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课件网) Exploring the Topic Thinking Skills UNIT 1 My Dream Job 通过本节课的学习, 同学们将能： 通过阅读有关职业的文本，了解main idea 和topic的思维技能。 2.学会分析文本细节与主题、主旨之间的逻辑关系。 学习目标 Thinking Skills Unit 1 Exploring the Topic Identifying the topic and main idea The topic is often the general subject of a text. It is usually the title. The main idea is about the topic. It is often the topic sentence. Thinking Skills The topic: The main idea: A trip to North Mountain. It tells us what happened during the writer’s trip to the North Mountain and the importance of safety. After a house party, the writer’s parents made many new rules and the writer and his sister promised to follow them. The topic: The main idea: Family rules for a house party. Activity 1 Look at the pictures and read the text, and then learn how to identify the topic and main idea. Read the text and complete the chart. Activity 2 Jobs at Night We sleep at night, but some people do their jobs at night. For example, many doctors and nurses work at night because patients need help. Some railway workers also work at night because a few trains run during night time. Jobs at night Some people do their jobs at night. Doctors and nurses work at night. Some railway workers also work at night because a few trains run during night time. Pair work. Talk about jobs at night based on Activity 2. Activity 3 A: Are there other jobs at night B:Yes, there are. For example _____. A: Why do they need to work at night B: They need to _____. A: They are important to us. Any other jobs B: _____. A:Why do they need to work at night B: _____. A:They both play an important part in our society. Language points 1 Guide dog teachers train guide dogs to help blind people.导盲犬训练员训练导盲犬来帮助盲人。 [点拨](1)train 作名词，意为“火车”，本句中train为动词，常见搭配有train sb to do训练……做…… 例：Parents often train their kids to be polite from an early age.父母通常从小就训练孩子懂礼貌。 （2）guide dog 导盲犬。guide作为动词,意为“指导，带领”。 常见搭配如下： guide sb to 指引某人到（某地） 例：A volunteer guided the tourists to the entrance. 一名志愿者指引游客到入口处。 guide sb in (doing) sth在（做某事）方面指导某人 例：Her teacher guided her in writing the research paper. 她的老师指导她写研究论文。 guide作名词，意为 “向导，导游；指南”。 例：A guide shows us around the Great Wall. 一位导游带我们游览长城。 This book is a useful guide for first-time parents. 这本书是新手父母的实用指南。 2. Some railway workers also work at night because a few trains run during night time.一些铁路工人也在夜间工作，因为有一些列车在夜间运行。 [点拨] run作为动词,常见意思为“跑步” “经营，管理”“使运行，运转”例：He has no idea how to run a business. 他几乎不懂企业管理。 The machine runs smoothly. 这台机器运转正常。 一、用所给词的适当形式填空 1.The washing machine _____ （run）well when my mum used it yesterday. 2.The teacher guided the studen ... ...
