The Trick

I. Type of the text: Reading

II.Teaching aims and demands

i. Language ability

a.Enable the students to grasp the use of the following words :pause, in a flash, break into, calm, hold out, break off, fear ,flight.

b. Enable the students to understand these difficult sentences:

1.He had had a sudden thought.

2.He appeared calm, but inside his heart was beating wildly with fear.

3.He might be attacked and have his case stolen from him.

4.The moment he entered the room, Bill fixed the chain across the

door.

5.I prefer someone large, he thought to himself.

ii. Communication ability

a. Enable the students to paraphrase the sentences in their own words.

b. Enable the students to retell how Bill Banks escaped from being followed successfully with the picture as a guide.

c. Enable the students to say something about how to escape if they are followed .

III. Difficult points

a. To understand the sentences .

b. To guess out the motive .

c. To draw the picture of the curious hotel rooms after reading the text.

d. To imagine how Bill Banks escaped.

IV. Important points

a. To guess out the motive because the text is a detective story. It’s important to know why people do this or that.

b. To draw the picture of the curious hotel rooms because it’s where the trick lies.

V.Teaching tool: Multi-media

VI.Teaching method: audio-video approach, communication method etc.

VII.Teaching process

一.Lead in

1. Listen to a song: Golden eyes

2. The picture of James Bond

二.New words:

Match the left with the right.

1. pause A. enter by force

2. in a flash B. free from excitement

3.break into C. stop for while

4.calm D. very quickly ;suddenly or soon

5.hold out E. flying through the air ;stairs between two landings

6.break off F. be very much afraid

7.fear G. cause to separate

8flight H. to stretch out a part of one's body to the limit

三.Listening

1. Why was Bill worried?

2. Where had Bill planned to travel to?

3. From which room did Bill escape?

四.Fast reading

True or false:

1. Bill Banks discovered that two men were following him on his way to the airport.

2. The two men meant to catch him and steal his money.

3. Bill went to Pyramid Hotel and spent a night there.

4. Bill felt safe when he saw two police officers outside the entrance of the hotel.

5. Bill called his friend Mick asked him to go to Japan right away instead of himself.

6. As soon as Bill saw Mick arriving at the hotel , he went his room.

7. Bill was satisfied to have Room 511.

8. The hotel was curious , because Bill could escape from the window.

五. careful reading

Put the sentences into the correct order.

1.Bill picked up a computer program from a research station, planning to take it to Japan.

2. Two men were watching him from outside the hotel.

3. Two men were following him .

4. He took a taxi and arrived at Pyramid Hotel.

5. They went up to his room.

6. He asked someone to show him to his room when he saw Mick

7. Two men followed him to the hotel in a taxi.

8. The two men forced open the door of Room 411 and found the room was empty.

9. He made a telephone call to Mick and told him what to do .

10. Mick was waiting at the airport, wondering whether Bill had managed to escape.

六. paraphrase

1.He had had a sudden thought. He thought of something suddenly. 2.He appeared calm, but inside his heart was beating wildly with fear. On the outside he appeared calm, but on the inside his heart was beating fast because he was afraid. eg: He was trembling (顫抖)with cold. Hearing the news ,we jumped with joy. 3.I'd prefer someone large ,he thought to himself. I'd prefer a person strong enough to protect me.

4.He might be attacked and have his case stolen from him. eg: I intended to have my daughter educated(educate) in England. I'm not going to have you mixed up (mix up) with this sort of business.

5.The moment he entered the room,Bill fixed the chain across the door. As soon as he entered the room,Bill...... Immediately Hardly had he entered the room,Bill....... No sooner

七. discussion

1. Guess: ①Bill stopped in front of the first shop to see whether he was still followed. ②Bill didn't go up to his room immediately because he was afraid that the men might attack him or break into his room. ③Bill asked Mick not to say his name aloud because the men might hear the name and would realize they were working together. ④Bill asked Mick not to say anything during the second phone call because the men might hear something.

2. Imagine : ①What instructions could Bill probably give Mick in the second call? Go up to Room511. ②How is the curious hotel rooms like? Draw them out.

③How do you think Bill finally escaped from the hotel?

八.Oral practice

Suppose you are Bill Banks ,tell us how you escape when you find yourself being followed in the street.

九. Enjoyment

Enjoy a part of the film Golden Eye

十. Homework

Prepare a riddle or a detective story and tell it to your classmates next period.

江蘇省梅村高級中學

呂萍

2002．10．22