Period4 ReadingIII and Word Study

I Teaching Objectives:

1. Enable the students to learn more language points.

2. Enable the students to learn more words and one sentence pattern.

II Teaching Methods: translation and task-based teaching

III Key Points and Difficult Points:

Key Points: Enable the ss to some language points and new words.

Difficult Points: Enable the students to master a sentence pattern.

IV Teaching Aids: slide, radio

V Teaching Procedures:

Step1. Learn the language points in the rest paragraphs.

Activity1. Greeting and lead-in.

T: good afternoon, girls. Tomorrow is National Day, and you’ll have a golden week for holiday, right?

S: yes.

T: I see some of you have packed your luggage and are ready to go home. So are you very excited?

S: yes.

T: I’m very excited too, seven-day holiday! But, before the holiday, we must finish today’s work,right?

S: yes.

T: so please listen to me carefully for another 45 minutes, I’ll really appreciate your cooperation.

S; ok, yes.

T: thank you very much. Now, let’s begin our study. This morning we didn’t have time to deal with the last two paragraphs, so, now, let’s see it together.

Activity2. Language points.

Task1. paragraph 7

T: first, I want one of you to read this paragraph out. Who can?

S:….

T: good. When she is reading the other students please find how many attributive clauses in this paragraph and what are they. Are you clear?

S: yes.

T: ok. You can start now. despite the fact that……

S: ………….

T: your pronounciation and intonation are both very good. And you read fluently. Just good. Sit down, please. Ok, how many attributive clauses can you find?

S: 2,3,………….

T: is there an attributive clause in the first sentence?

S: no.

T: what about the second sentence? **, do you know?

S: ….. who use designs from nature when they….

T: good. And what does thin attributive clause modify? 這個從句修飾哪個詞呢？ 先行詞是什么？

S: other modern architects..

T: right. Very good. Sit down, please. And in the third sentence, which is the attributive clause? **, please?

S:…who built an art museum in New York……

T: good. 先行詞是？

S: Frank Lloyd Wright.

T: yes. Right. Sit down, please. What about the last sentence? The whole class please answer me.

S: …..that people think of seashells…

T: good. 先行詞呢？

S: another famous building.

T: great. I think most of you are very familiar with the attributive clause. Now, let’s see the first sentence. What does “despite” mean here?

S: 雖然，盡管

T: yes. Despite means盡管. It is a preposition. It must be followed by a noun. So in this sentense “the fact” is followed. Right?

S: yes.

T: then after the fact, there is a that-clause. What clause is it? It is not an attributive clause, you’ve just said. It is the content of the word “th fact” , right?

S: yes.

T: ok. We call this kind of clause appositive clause. Are you clear?

S: yes.

T: good. Ok, the next sentence. What does “in fact” mean?

S: 事實上

T: yes. Do you know another phrase that hai the same meaning with it?

S:………

T: it is as a matter of fact. It means the same thing. And it’s longer, right? When you are writing a composition you can add more words.

S: yes.

T: there’s another verb in this sentence that I should say something. Create, 創造。Do you remember another two verbs which have similar meanings? What’s English for 發明？

S: invent.

T: and what’s for 發現？

S: discover.

T: yes. We have three verbs now. invent, discover and create. Invent means 發明，指通過學習、思考或實驗而發明了新的有用的物品。比如說，愛迪生發明了電燈。

How to translate this sentence?

S: ………….

T: Edison invented the light bulb. Ok, what about discover?

S: 發現

T: yes. 發現原本已經存在的事物。This is easy. Then what about create?

S: 創造

T: yes. Create　可用于創造抽象事物，也有培養的意思。　

For example, Shakespeare created many famous characters.　莎士比亞創造了許多有名的人物。這里當然是說文學上抽象的人物，而不是具體的人，否則莎士比亞不成上帝了。Create也有培養的意思，培養社會主義新人，怎么說？

S: ……

T:….create new socialist men. Are you clear?

S: yes.

T: ok, now let’s move on. Look at the last sentence. Here is a phrase. What’s English for “使。。。想起”？

S: make sb think of

T: yes. This is the phrase of make +n.+do,　一般含有強制的意義 translate this sentence: 她要孩子們在吃東西前洗手。

S: ……..

T: yes. She made her children wash their hands before eating. Good. Ok, this is the 7th paraphgraph.

Task2. paragraph 8

T: Now let’s move on to the last paragraph. Also I want one of you to read this paragraph. I have asked you to read the whole passage so in this way I can check your homework and see if you have read the passage after class. Any volunteers?

S:……

T: good. I believe you have read the text after class.

S:…

T: very good. Your pronounciation and intonation are both excellent. Sit down, please. There are not many language points in thin para. Let’s translate it into chinese together. 北京2008奧林匹克體育場又是一個另人聯想到大自然的設計。 從頂上看，仿佛體育場覆蓋著灰色的鋼網。Here, many of tree branches is pastparticiple used as attributive and modify the word nest. 過去分詞做定語修飾nest. As if means好象，仿佛 Let’s move on.鳥兒用松軟的材料在樹枝間搭建鳥巢. Here’s a phrase. Fill up … with…用。。。填滿 how to say 用水填滿這個杯子。

S: fill up the cup with water.

T: good. Fill up the cup with water. Right. Let’s move on. Just so,….與此相仿， 體育場夠家中的空間也將布滿充氣的大塑料袋。Here is a phrase, be filled with…這是被動語態， 被。。。填滿。Ok, the last sentence. Although….盡管體育場用鋼筋水泥建造，但流暢的線條和圓形的結構使建筑物顯锝溫暖，另人感到親切。

Task3. paragraph1

T: Well, so far, we have learned all the paragraphs except one, right? That’s the first para. I leave it to the last because it is the conclusion of the whole text . now let’s see the first para. there are 3 sentences in this paragraph and give us three points about archtecture. The first sentence, architecture looks at the man-made living environment. 建筑學所關注的是人造的生活環境. So what is man-made living environment? 什么是人造的生活環境呢？

S:….

T: opposite to man-made environment is the natural living environment, right?

S:….yes.

T: is there architecture in natural living environment?

S: no.

T: so architecture only exists in man-made living environment. Actually, the man-made living environment here just refers to cities. We can say that everthing in cities are more or less changed or made by man. Right?

S: yes.

T: so the first sentence tells us the point that architecture relates with cities. And the second sentence relates architecture with what?

S: culture.

T: yes. It says that architecture can express the culture of a country. We have said that the Temole of Heaven expresses the ancient belief of “heaven is round and earth is square” right?

S: yes.

T: ok, so what does the third sentence tell us?

S:….

T: it says that different architectures have different styles.

Task4. the whole passage.

T: Well, we have learned the content and the language points of the reading text. Now, listen to the tape , you can read the whole passage by yourself quietly and see if you have any questions.

(listen to the radio for 4 minutes and the teacher walks around the classroom)

t: do you have any questions?

S: no

T: ok. That’s all for our reading text. Please read it until you can read fluently after class by yourself. Now open your book to page 21. Let me see if you have finished your homework.

Step3. Word Study

Activity1. check the homwork.

(teacher walks around and check homework for about 1 minute)

T: well, I am glad to see most of you have done it and there’s only one or two ss haven’t. I hope these ss will deal with their homework carefully next time.

Activity2. Exercise1

T: now, I want one of you to give me the answers for exercise1.

S: ….

T: yes. Good. What’s the answers?

S: E,F, B, C, D, A

T: do you agree with her?

S: yes.

T: yes. I agree too. She’s right. Now, look at the blackboard, don’t look at your books. I give you the explanations and you give me the correct words. Ok?

S: yes.

T: well, not beautiful?

S: ugly.

T: easy to do and easy to reach

S: convenient

T: a person who designs buildings

S: architect

T: a shelter made by a bird to hold its eggs and young.

S: nest

T: the structure that covers or forms the top of a building

S: roof.

Activity3. Exercise2

T: very good. You have mastered the words indeed. Now let’s come to exercise2. there’s a sentence pattern. Let’s see the example first: a nest is to a bird what a house is to a man. 巢對于鳥而言就如房子對于人一樣。鳥巢和房子的作用是一樣的，都是躲避風雨、棲息的地方，對嗎？

S: 是

T: 所以我們就把這樣一種關系用what 連接起來 let’s see other groups of words

(write on the blackboard: ① honey-----bee milk--- cow) honey is to a bee what milk is to a cow. 蜂蜜對于蜜蜂而言就如牛奶對于奶牛一樣。 蜜蜂能產出蜂蜜，奶牛能產出牛奶，兩者的關系也是一樣的。Let’s see other examples: (② ____----nose taste-----tongue) what can be filled in this blank?

S: smell

T: yes. 鼻子的嗅覺與舌頭的味覺 so how to say the whole sentence?

S: smell is to the nose what taste is to the tongue.

T: another one: (③ net---fisherman ____-----hunter) what can be filled in this blank?

S: gun.

T: yes. How to say the whole sentence?

S: net is to a fishierman what gun is to a hunter.

T: good. Can you make other sentences?

S: water is to fish what air is to man.

T: good sentence. Any more? I know you all have rich imaginations.

S: hair is to girls what ball is to boys

T: really? Maybe some boys don’t like balls and some girls like to have their hair cut. I’m sorry. Anything else?

S: fur is to animals what clothes is to man.

T: great. Ok, now, there are some sentences on the book. Let’s see it together on page 21, exercise2.

(check the answers)

Step4. Homework

T: ok, it’s time for our homework. You’ll have a long holiday, so the homework will be a little more. Please preview the grammar and finish exrcises on page 96 and 97 and do the exercise ont the exercise book A and B from unit1 to 3. See you. Have a happy holiday!

Blackboard work:

1. despite prep. 盡管

2. in fact=as a matter of fact A nest is to a bird what a house is to a man.

3. invent 發明 Edison invented the ① honey-----bee milk----- cow

light bulb ② ____----nose taste-----tongue

discover 發現 ③ net---fisherman ____-----hunter

create 創造 create new socialist men

4. make+n.+ do 含有強制的意思

5. fill up…with 用。。。填滿