2025年AdoctorforanimalsLesson57 A doctor for animals Lesson57 Lesson 57Properties: Recorder, Overhead Projector Teaching Objectives: 1. Understand the dialogue. 2. Learn some useful structures and phrases. 3. Learn the grammar: the Infinitive. Language focus: like being a…, play with, a lot of fun Teaching Procedures: I. Showing the teaching aims II. Revision Revise the names of animals that could be kept as pets: dog, cat, snake, parrot, rabbit, fish, etc. Ask: Does anyone have a pet? What kinds of animals would you like to have as pets? III. Leading in Ask: What do you want to be when you grow up? Let the students discuss the question. Then give the second question: What do you want to be, a doctor for humans or a doctor for animals? Why? IV. Presentation Look at the picture in Lesson 57. The boy is sitting on the sofa. His father is talking with a dog in his hand. What did they say? Play the tape for the students to listen, check the answers with the students. Then read the dialogue and answer the questions of Exercise 1 in the workbook in pairs. Go through the dialogue and explain some language points.
Play the tape for the students to listen and repeat, ask the students to practise. Then let them act out the dialogue in pairs. V. Free practice Do an example with one student. Then let the class make up their own dialogues in pairs. Get them to act out their dialogues. Ask the students to discuss the questions. Ask: Do you think it's more important to help people than animals? Why? What kinds of jobs do you know? What would you like to be in the future? What are your parents' jobs? Do your parents like their job? Why or why not? VI. Presentation Ask the students to find the Infinitive sentences. 1. To be a doctor for animals is very rewarding. 2. To help animals is helping people. Ask the students to pay attention to the Infinitive. Give them more examples to understand better. Then go through Part 3. Choose the possible answer. Let the students master this form: It is adj. + to do something / to do something is + adj. VII. Workbook Do Exercise 3 in class. Let the students translate the sentences into Chinese.
VIII. Summary Exercises in class Have a dictation. 1. Do you like being a doctor for animals? 2. To be a doctor for animals is very rewarding. 3. To help animals is helping people. 4. A pet can help a person feel less lonely. 5. To play with a pet is a lot of fun. 6. To complain too often isn’t a good thing. 7. To work hard brings success. Open the books check the answers by themselves and correct their spelling mistakes. IX. Homework 1. Recite the dialogue. 2. Pre - read in Lesson 58. A doctor for animals Lesson57
