高二unit 14 Satellite
The government will look into the living conditions of the workers.
3. The dust air makes it difficult to get a clear picture of space.
* make it + adj./n. + to do
The snowstorm made it hard to continue the trip.
Children should make it rule to wash hands before meals.
I found it helpful to do exercises every morning.
4. Satellites are used to carry out experiments and to send the information back research centers on the earth.
* carry out : complete; give effect to; put into practice 完成; 实现;实行;进行到底;开展;贯彻; 执行;落实
It is often easier to make planes than it is to carry them out.
These orders must be carried out at once.
He carried out his promise to give up smoking.
They are told to carry out the policies of the Party.
5. would rather
* I would rather stay at home.
* I would rather not go to the cinema.
* I would rather stay at home than go to the cinema.
*prefer, would rather, would like, feel like
Step 4 Language study and practice
1. Part 2. Write two sentences on the blackboard and explain them to the students.
There is a rocket motor by which the direction of satellite can be changed.
There was no way in which it could be brought back to the earth.
2. Part 3. Teach the new words --- height, pilot, balloon, mention, and model. Do the first two sentences for example. Let the students work through the exercise in pairs. Check the answers with the whole class at the end.
3. Part 4. Teach the new words --- length, attempts, and globe. Do the first two sentences for example. Ask the students to work by themselves. Check the answers with the whole class.
4. Part 5. Explain to the students how to do. Do the first two sentences orally. Let the students work through the exercise in pairs. Check the answers with the whole class.
Step 5 Workbook
1. Get the students to do Ex.1 independently first. Then check the answer with the whole class.
2. Do Ex. 2 first in pairs, then with the whole class.
3. Ex.3. Ask the students to read the passage. Then discuss the answers in pairs. Finally call out two students read aloud the passage
Homework
Finish off the Workbook exercises. Do Ex.2 as written work. Read the passage again and try to recite it.