一、语言知识(常用词汇、短语和表达) ：Learn and use the following vocabularies: nowadays,search,among,crayon,shame,regard,count,century,according,to,opposite,especially,childhood.

二、语言功能：能从阅读中获得自己周围的事物变化的相关信息。

1. Using Previous Knowledge: Guessing what a text is about by using what they already know.

2. Guessing the meaning of the vocabularies according to the context and word-formation.

3. By reading students can master the different reading strategies―scanning and skimming.

四、情感态度:珍惜自己周围事物的变化感恩社会，回报社会，关爱他人。.                                                                    

 Look at P78 and put the following into English orally. And then, write them down without looking at the word list.

1.一年一两次   _____________         2.一位46岁的父亲和丈夫  __________________  

3.离开农村去寻找工作_____________         4.怀着极大的兴趣______________________

5.从城市里派老师 ______________       6.总是保持不变_______________________

7.一起在大树下玩耍______________      8.如此快乐的一个童年____________________

T: You like your hometown, don’t you?

Ss: Yes, we do.

T: Why?

S1: Because we can have a good time there. When I was a child I played with my friends together.

S2: Because I can swim in the river before.