This is the first period of this unit.This period focuses on reading.In this lesson£¬there are a warming up and a passage of reading “The Road To Modern English”.This warming up attracts students’ attention to the phenomenon of world English.The reading passage tells us the present situation in which English is used and the development of English.To let students to form a good habit of reading and have proper reading strategies are one of the main tasks for senior middle school English teaching£¬so in this period£¬we should teach according to this aim.