Unit 5 Do you want to watch a game show（第四课时）
教学目标：
知识目标
1、 能掌握以下单词：
culture, famous, be famous for…, appear, become—became, rich, succeed—success—successful—successfully, might, main—mainly, reason, common, film, unlucky-luck—lucky—luckily, lose—lost, girlfriend, ready, character, simple
2、能掌握以下句子：
（1）When people say “culture”, we think of art and history.
(2). One very famous symbol in American culture is a cartoon.
(3)When this cartoon came out in New York on November 18,1928, it was the first cartoon with sound and music.
(4).In the 1930s, he made 87 cartoons with Mickey.
(5).One of the main reasons is that Mickey was like a common man, but he always tried to face any danger.
(6) He was always ready to try his best.
(7).Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
(8). Today’s cartoons are usually not so similar as little Mickey Mouse, but everyone still knows and loves him.
能力目标
1.阅读短文，获得相关信息，提高学生们的综合阅读能力。
2.阅读2b部分的短文并完成相关要求。
3.了解卡通文化在美国的发展史。
教学过程
. StepI. Pre-reading
1. Ask” what ‘s your favorite cartoon?” let the students discuss in groups and make a list.
2. Tell the students :Today we are going to learn sth about the history of American cartoons.
3.Let Ss read the passage quickly and complete the time line on the next page.
StepII. Reading
1. Students read the passage again and find out the key and difficult points.
2. Explain some key and difficult language points:
（1）When people say “culture”, we think of art and history.
(2). One very famous symbol in American culture is a cartoon.
(3)When this cartoon came out in New York on November 18,1928, it was the first cartoon with sound and music.
(4).In the 1930s, he made 87 cartoons with Mickey.
(5).One of the main reasons is that Mickey was like a common man, but he always tried to face any danger.
(6) He was always ready to try his best.
(7).Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
(8). Today’s cartoons are usually not so similar as little Mickey Mouse, but everyone still knows and loves him.
StepIII2c2d
Read the passage again and fill in the facts about Mickey in 2c.
Discuss the questions in 2d with a partner and then ask some students to give their answers.
StepIV Test
I don’t like the talk shows at all because they are_________(毫无意义的)
Qibaishi was a _______（著名的） artist and he was good at drawing shrimps.
Can you tell me the _______(理由) why you were late for class?
When did she _______（完成）a movie star?
教后记：
