TEENS初三20-21学年第12期总第642期教案

刘晓倩

 

 

US chooses leader  (P2)

 

 

I. Warm up

1. Which country was this picture probably taken in?

 

2. What big event recently took place there?

 

II. Pre-reading

3. What does “the nation waiting” mean here?

 

4. Why does the writer use “new” here?

 

 

III. While reading

3. Have you ever experienced this kind of situation?

  Did you find it annoying?

 

4. How do you deal with this kind of situation?

 

Fast reading

Which parties do these politicians belong to? Which one got the support of most Americans?

 

Trump  vs   Biden

 

 

Detail reading

Which one got the support of most Americans?

 

 

 

What was the result of this year’s election?

 

 

“Many world leaders, including those of France, Germany and the UK, have congratulated Biden. “The Americans have chosen their president,” French President Emmanuel Macron said in a message on social media.”\

 

 

 “Not over”? Why?

 

 

IV. Post-reading

Language points

* A record number of mail-in ballots (邮寄选票) needed to be counted in several states.

Tips：

a number of : 意为“许多，大量”，其中number还可以用large或者small来修饰。

the number of : 意为“......的数量”。

 

Exercises:

1. The number of students in this class ____ 40.

2. A number of students ___________ (plant) trees on the hill now.

3. _____ people who are waiting  ____ 13.

    A. A number of; are      B. The number of; are    

    C. The number of; is

 

1. is

2. are planting

3. C

 

* Major US media outlets, including CNN and Fox News, also announced that Biden was the winner.

 

win v.     winner n.

 

Exercises:

1. Some battles you ____, some battles you ____. 胜败乃兵家常事。

2. He doesn't have any chance of ______ (win) the election.

3. She _______ (win) five gold medals.

4. The _______ (win) of the competition are having an interview.

 

1. win, lose
2. winning
3. won
4. winners

 

 

* He said the voting process was dishonest and the election was rigged (被操纵的) in some way.

Exercise:

Add a prefix to the following words to give them the opposite meaning.

 

Translation

1. 到目前为止，我已经收集了300多张邮票。

2. 至少你为我提供了一些有用的建议。

3. 我礼貌地拒绝了他们的邀请。

4. 我们选择Paul当我们的学生会主席。

 

1. So far, I have collected more than 300 stamps.

2. You at least offered me some useful suggestions.

3. I politely refused their invitation.

4. We chose Paul as chairman of our Student Union.

 

 

Role play

 Imagine you are Joe Biden or Donald Trump. What would you say about the election?

 

 

Eg. Hello, everyone!

      I'm ...

      I belong to ...

      These days I ...

      On Nov 3, ...

 

V. Homework

Search online and find out more about the US presidential election. Write a short passage about your opinion on it.