高中新课程标准下的英语教材特色比对

Unit

Topics

Functional Items

Structures

Reading

Writing

1 Friend-

ship

Friends and friendship

International relationships

Attitudes

Agreements & disagreement

Certainty

Direct speech & Indirect speech (1): statement and questions

Anne’s best friend

Friendship in Hawaii

Writing for practical purposes: letter of advice

2 English around the world

English language and its development

Different kinds of English

Difficulties in language communication

Indirect speech (II): Requests &commands

The road to modern English

The Oxford English Dictionary

Discussion: giving opinions and organizing ideas

3 Travel journal

Travelling

Describing a journey

Good wishes

Farewells

Means of transportation

The Present Progressive Tense:

Expressing futurity

Journey down the Mekong

The dream and the plan

A night in the mountains

The end of our journey

Personal recount:

impressions

4 Earth-

quakes

Basic knowledge about earthquakes

How to protect oneself and help others in disasters

Talking about past experiences

The Attributive Clause (that, which, who, whose)

A night the earth didn’t sleep

The story of an eyewitness

Recount:

Newspaper article

5 Nelson Mandela –-- a modern hero

The qualities of a great person

The lives of some great people

Giving opinions

Making comments

The Attributive Clause (where, when, why, prep + which/ whom)

Elias’ story

The rest of Elias’ story

Two ideas about Bill Gates

Persuasive writing:

letter

Unit

Topics

Functional Items

Structures

Reading

Writing

1 Art

A brief history of Western painting and Chinese art

Famous artists and works of art

Preference

Subjunctive Mood (1): ( I wish I could/ did/ would …

If I did…, I would do….)

A short story of western painting

The best of Manhattan’s art galleries

A letter to the school council

Persuasive writing: letter of suggestion

2 Poems

Different types of poems

Reading, writing and listening to poetry

Intention

Subjunctive Mood (2): ( If I had done…, I would have done….)

A few simple forms of English poems

I’ve saves the summer

A few more poems

Free verse: writing simple poems

3 A healthy life

Health problems: smoking, HIV/ AIDS, and drugs

Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS

Prohibition

Warning

Permission

The use of “it” (1)

Cigarette smoking

HIV/AIDS: are you at risk?

Successful AIDS programme in Yunnan

Practical writing: letter of advice

4 Global warming

Global warming

Pollution

The importance of protecting the earth

Agreement & disagreement

Blame & complaint

The use of “it” (2)

The earth is becoming warmer ---- but does it matter?

What can we do about global warming?

Clean up your butts and bags

Persuasive writing: poster

5 The power of nature

Volcanoes

Crater lakes

Cyclones

Emotions (fear, worry, surprise)

Revising the –ing form

An exciting job

The lake of heaven

Trapped by the flood

Explanatory writing: description

Unit

Topics

Functional Items

Structures

Reading

Writing

1 Breaking records

Guinness records

Sports

Surpassing physical limits

Emotion (Surprise)

The Subject (words, phrases, nonfinites, clauses

“The road is always ahead of you”

Focus on…

Newspaper articles of record breakers

Recount: magazine profile

2 Sailing the oceans

Navigation

Discovery and exploration of unknown land

Sea exploration

Cause & effect

The Predicate (different types of verbs)

Sailing oceans

The greatest navigational journey: a lesson in survival

Sindbad’s second adventure

Persuasive writing: a report to the leader

3 Australia

History and geography of Australia

Wildlife

Tourism

Customs and culture

Prohibition & warning

The Predicative (words, phrases, nonfinites, clauses

Glimpses of Australia

Australia’s dangerous creatures

Greenhill High School Notice Board

Personal recount:

an email

4Exploring plants

Nature: plants

History of plant exploration

Emotions (wonder, digust)

The Direct Object and Indirect Object

Plant exploration in the 18^th and 19^th centuries

Flowers and their animal pollinators

Co-evolution

Descriptive writing: describing a plant

5

Inside advertising

Different types of advertisements and their effect

The ways to make effective advertisements

Advertising controls

Different view of argument

The Object Complement

How advertising works

Keeping advertisers honest

Does food advertising have an effect on obesity?

Creative writing:

Designing an advertisement

Units/ lessons

Function

Grammar

Vocabulary

1 Lifestyles (P7-17)

Warm-up

Lesson 1 A Perfect Day?

Lesson 2 Relaxing

Lesson 3 A volunteer Teacher

Lesson 4 City and Country

Communication Workshop

Preferences

I like/ prefer/ enjoy …

I hate/ don’t like …

I can’t stand…

Present tenses

-- Present Simple

-- Present Continuous

Future tense

-- arrangements

-- intentions

Lifestyle adjectives

Jobs

Life description

Pronunciation

Hesitation

Questions

Review (P18)

Culture corner (P19)  English Tea Culture

2 Heroes (P21-33)

Warm-up

Lesson 5 Modern Heroes

Lesson 6 History Makers

Lesson 7 Sports Stars

Lesson 8 Superhero

Communication Workshop

Expressing opinions

Agree and disagree

I agree/ I think...

You’re right.

In my opinion,

I don’t agree.

Personally,

Past tenses

--Past Simple

--Past Continuous

Present tense

--Present Perfect

Adjectives:

--personality; mood; opinion

Space words

Historical events

Pronunciation

Stressed words

Review (P32)

Culture corner (P33)  Space Heroes

3 CELEBRATION (P35-45)

Warm-up

Lesson 9 Chinese Seasonal Festival

Lesson 10 Parties

Lesson 11 Weddings

Lesson 12 Christmas

Communication Workshop

Giving advice

You should…

You shouldn’t…

You must…

You don’t have to.

Congratulations

Happy Birthday

Congratulations!

The passive (1)

Model verbs

have to/ don’t have to

can/ can’t

should/ shouldn’t

Celebration words

Words that go together (verbs and nouns)

Review (P46)

Culture corner (P47)  Happy Halloween

Units/ lessons

Reading

Listening

Speaking

Writing

1 Lifestyles (P7-17)

Warm-up

Lesson 1 A Perfect Day?

Lesson 2 Relaxing

Lesson 3 A volunteer Teacher

Lesson 4 City and Country

Communication Workshop

A couch potato

A workaholic

City and country

Strategies

Prediction

Using background knowledge

Monologues

Radio programmes

Interviews

Strategies

Prediction

Likes/Dislikes

A class survey

Strategies

Group work

A personal letter

Strategies

Writing an informal letter

Bulletin Board (P20)   Unit Diary (P20)

2 Heroes (P21-33)

Warm-up

Lesson 5 Modern Heroes

Lesson 6 History Makers

Lesson 7 Sports Stars

Lesson 8 Superhero

Communication Workshop

National hero

Sports stars

Christopher Reeve

Strategies

Identifying theme- related words

Identifying main ideas of paragraphs in context

Working out meaning

Character descriptions

Radio programmes

A song

Strategies

True/ false questions

Getting prepared for listening

Discussion

-- agreeing

-- disagreeing

Strategies

Preparation for discussions

A story

Strategies

Planning paragraphs

Bulletin Board (P34)   Unit Diary (P34)

3 CELEBRATION (P35-45)

Warm-up

Lesson 9 Chinese Seasonal Festival

Lesson 10 Parties

Lesson 11 Weddings

Lesson 12 Christmas

Communication Workshop

Chinese seasonal festivals

Weddings

Memories of Christmas

Strategies

Reading for specific information

Reading for key words

Multiple-choice questions

Dialogues

Recent celebrations

Strategies

Listening for important words and phrases

Linking key words to topics

Understanding the general idea

Recent celebrations

Childhood memories

Strategies

Roleplay

Describing an event

Strategies

Preparing and linking

Bulletin Board (P48)   Unit Diary (P48)