ext in order to train and culture the students' of reading skills in grasping the main idea of a reading material. The teacher can ask the students to summary the main idea of each paragraph or pick out the key words in each paragraph and help the students to connect the internal relationship between each paragraph so as to find out the main idea of the whole text.
A. Language points:
a. succeed in doing /sth.
e.g. I am sure they will succed in passing the examination
b. in honor/honour of 為紀念……
e.g. They called the boy Sam in honour of his father who died before his birth.
c. On the laboratory bench was a glass container form which came a tiny soft light.
地點狀語置于句首，句子主謂倒裝。
d. devote … to… (devote oneself to) 專心致志于……（do sth. In a very single-minded way）to 是介詞，后接名詞或-ing 形式。
e.g.1.He devoted part of his time to the study of history.
2. They devoted themselves to the work of children's health care.
e. give off 散發，放出 （to send out sth. especially a liquid, gas or smell）
e.g. 1. If plastic and rubber are burned, they give off poisonous gases.
2. The water gives off an unpleasant smell. You cannot drink it any more.
3.Let's go out and see the flowers. They're giving off a sweet fragrance.
f.give out 發出聲音，光，熱；分發; 發布；用盡（vi）
e.g. 1.The radiator is giving out a lot of heat, and my wet clothes are surely to become dry soon.
2. The teacher gave out the examination papers.
3. The news of his death was given out in a radio broadcast.
4. Her patient finally gave out and he lost his temper at last.
5. One of the plane's engines gave out in mid-Atlantic.
f. work hard at 為了……而努力工作；致力于……
e.g.1. He is working hard at a maths problem.
2. You can make rapid progress in your English if you work hard at it.
B. Underline useful expressions and phrases while going through the text, for example:
be admitted to, be determined to do…, from then on, go by, share sth. with sb.
Step3 Workbook (Ex.3, Page 74)
Homework:
1. Ex.4, Page 74 （分類找出，至少5個）
2. Read aloud the text and learn by heart paragraphs2 & 3.

教學設計Unit 1 Lesson 3

Unit 1 Lesson 3 (略)

set off :出發（vi）;引起，引爆/引發（vt）
e.g.1. We'd better set off at 8 tomorrow morning.
2. A slight touch will set the bomb off.
3. Tom's speech set off a wave of anger.
set out 與set off 用法相似時，意為"出發，動身"，另外，set out to do, set about doing 意為"著手去做。。。。。"

Unit 1 Lesson 3
MADAME CURIE (2)
課文閱讀理解檢測題
! Radium may not do serious damage to ____.
A. people's health B. animal's life C. plants D. metal things
2. Which can be used to cure (治愈) human beings' disease?
A. Polonium B. Radium C. Uranium D. Silicon
3. The verb phrase "set off " in the text means to cause the bomb to ____.
A. start B. burst C. balance D. make
4. In which countries were two Radium Institutes set up?
A. Poland and America B. France and America
C. France and England D. Poland and France