1、教材的结构
鉴于篇幅原因，只能分别将三套教材的必修、顺序选修和任意选修的第一本教材作简单的介绍：
人教版：
必修一：
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Unit |
Topics |
Functional Items |
Structures |
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Writing |
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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 |
Writing for practical purposes: letter of advice |
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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 |
Discussion: giving opinions and organizing ideas |
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3 Travel journal |
Travelling Describing a journey |
Good wishes Farewells Means of transportation |
The Present Progressive Tense: Expressing futurity |
Journey down the The dream and the plan A night in the mountains The end of our journey |
Personal recount: impressions |
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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 |
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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 |
选修六：
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Unit |
Topics |
Functional Items |
Structures |
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Writing |
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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 A letter to the school council |
Persuasive writing: letter of suggestion |
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2 Poems |
Different types of poems |
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 |
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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 |
Practical writing: letter of advice |
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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 |
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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 |
选修九：
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Unit |
Topics |
Functional Items |
Structures |
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Writing |
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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 |
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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 |
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3 |
History and geography of Wildlife Tourism Customs and culture |
Prohibition & warning |
The Predicative (words, phrases, nonfinites, clauses |
Glimpses of |
Personal recount: an email |
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4Exploring plants |
Nature: plants History of plant exploration |
Emotions (wonder, digust) |
The Direct Object and Indirect Object |
Plant exploration in the 18th and 19th centuries Flowers and their animal pollinators Co-evolution |
Descriptive writing: describing a plant |
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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 |
北师大版
Book 1
Learning to learn(P4-6) A. You and your class B. Getting Familiar C. How Good Are You?
Language Input
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Units/ lessons |
Function |
Grammar |
Vocabulary |
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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 |
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Review (P18) Culture corner (P19) English Tea Culture |
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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 |
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Review (P32) Culture corner (P33) Space Heroes |
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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) |
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Review (P46) Culture corner (P47) Happy Halloween |
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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
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Units/ lessons |
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Listening |
Speaking |
Writing |
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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 |
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Bulletin Board (P20) Unit Diary (P20) |
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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 |
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Bulletin Board (P34) Unit Diary (P34) |
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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 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 |
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Bulletin Board (P48) Unit Diary (P48) |
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