Book3_U3_Project1.doc

海门市麒麟中学高一英语组 制作：陈金美 吴丽丽 审核：张爱国 编号18. 日期：2013/3/4M3U3 ProjectTeaching aims:1. Read and understand the text.2. Get to know how to introduce someone important in history.Teaching procedures:Step 1 Lead inStarts the lesson by showing a picture of the film Alexander, and thus introduce the article students are going to read.Step 2 Read and understand Passage 11. Read Ancient Greek statue found in Xinjiang and try to get the main idea of each paragraph.Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 42. Answer the following questions:1. Where was the statue discovered in Xinjiang probably from?2. When did Alexander become king? 3. What was his ambition? 4. Did his own army always support him?5. Why or why not?6. How old was he when his kingdom became the largest in the world?7. What happened to his kingdom after he died? 3. Fill in the blanks with proper wordsAlexander the Great had a great (1) on the world by spreading the Greek culture from Europe to Africa and Asia. At the age of 20, he became king. With many cities (2) him, he led an army to take them back. With the intention of (3) the entire world, he marched his army in many directions and defeated every army standing his way. By the age of 30, he had (4) more land than anyone before. At the age of 33, he died of a fever, after which his kingdom was (5) by his generals. Step 3 Read and understand Passage Two1. Read The father of Western philosophy and try to get the main idea of each paragraph.Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 42. Answer the following questions:1. What does the word philosophy mean?2. Who was Socrates?3. What was his special way of teaching?4. What is the basis of modern philosophy and science?5. What do people think of him?2. Fill in the blanks with proper wordsSocrates, the father of Western philosophy, made great (6)_ to Western thought and science. When he was young, he was a brave soldier, then worked as a teacher for free and made his living as a(n)(7) . With the idea of asking questions until you reach the right answer, he (8)_his students to develop and explain their own arguments. This could approach the (9) . In 399 BC, he was put on (10) and sentenced to death by being forced to drink poison. Step4. Discussion Compare Alexander and SocratesSimilariti