Learning about Language教学设计思路

Unit 5 Meeting your ancestors Period 3 Learning about language and using language Teaching goals

1. Target language：words and expressions 2. Ability goals:Enable the Ss to describe the life of early people Language point p37 •identify these objects •alternative/have no alternative /choice but to

•come to a conclusion,

conclude •

archaeologist

-y •suffer from starvation/acute anxiety(P40);

•make a tentative guess/suggest tentatively to sb sth ;

After accurate analysis，the archaeologist tentatively assumed that the newly-found hammer and spear dated back to 2，000 BC. p38 •show sb around/round sp.

show sb in/out •be aware of/that…;

•it is here that we found evidence of…

•excavate; •interrupt;

•an acute observer/illness/embarrassment ;

a cute child assume

assumption; •regardless of; •scare …away;

•might have done; •keep the fire burning; •the freezing winter; •at most; •sharpen(er)

sharpened stone tools ; •cut up; •rub an ample amount of salt onto…;

•messy kitchen ;

ample=enough 足够的

•ample time to get to the station 到车站时间充足

*￡5 will be ample for my needs. 5英镑就足够我用的了.

abundant; plentiful 充足的; 富裕的: a man of ample strength 力气大的人

* The director of the company receives an ample salary. 公司的董事薪水很高.

•large in size; spacious; extensive 大的; 宽敞的; 广泛的

an ample bosom 开阔的心胸

There's ample room for the children on the back seat. 後座很宽敞足容得下孩子们.

The election was given ample coverage on TV. 电视上对选举作了广泛的报道.

p39

•primitive;

•care about

care for •well preserved •identify; •botanical analysis/analyses

botany •

ripe(n)/sharp(en);

•category;

p40 •significance/attach significance to; •give him ample time to do;

•be prepared to pursue

pursuit •forbid sb to do(forbad(e),forbidden) •somehow; •be (entirely) due to •(ex2P40) •on behalf of; •in spite of;

•regardless of, •ahead of/because of/instead of •spit(spat/spit;spat/spit); •delete; •scratch; •lie ahead of; •receptionist •the famine breaks/broke out •the nurses in the kindergarten have been busy looking after…

•be fed up with/be tired of somehow •以某种方式; 通过某种途径

We must stop him from seeing her somehow.我们得设法不能让他再

跟她来往. •由於未知的或未确指的原因

Somehow, I don't feel I can trust him. 不知什麽缘故, 我觉得不能信任他. * I always knew I'd get the job, somehow. 也不知为什麽, 我总是觉得我能得到那份工作. •anyhow/anyway

随随便便地; 杂乱无章地

He made notes anyhow across the page. 他在那页上胡乱作了些笔记.

无论如何; 即使如此; 至少

It's too late now, anyhow. 无论如何现在已经太迟了.

Anyhow, you can try. 至少你可以试试. be due to

2nd reading: •work division

primitive society /necklace

•feast;have a feast for/feast on;

•Worried about…,Lala …

•separate/gather; •reunion;

•herd兽群/herb草本植物，药草；

•wrinkle/twinkle; •if only/wish:if only it could be just like last year/if only she had looked ahead and planned better this year! •pulse脉搏; （音乐的）节拍v. 强烈而有规律地跳动; 搏动; 振动: The news sent the blood pulsing through his veins. 这消息使他的血液都沸腾起来了. * (fig 比喻) the life pulsing through a great city 大都市里紧张繁忙的生活;

•applaud his choice/plan; •howl; •accelerate her walk; •there might be …lying in wait for;

•arrest her progress; •be dizzy with hunger; •abruptly/suddenly she sat down,only to be scooped up by her laughing,shouting sister…;

•with/in relief/to one’s relief;

•He had a large ,square

face with strongly pronounced 非常明显的

eyebrows;

pronounce

pronunciation

•scrape/-r

scratch; •need /want/request doing/to be done需要被…;

need sharpening

•gay快乐的; 欢快的; 轻松的; 愉快的: gay laughter, music 欢快的笑声﹑

音乐

* The streets look gay with bright flags and coloured lights. 街上旗帜鲜艳﹑

彩灯缤纷, 显出一派欢乐景象.

gaily adv: the gaily decorated buildings 装点得喜气洋洋的建筑物

gaiety n. •date back to/from... 追溯到…

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when 表示“ 就在那时” 意义时，常见句式及意义如下：

(1) He ____________about his plans ______suddenly the lights went off. •

他正谈论着他的计划，这时灯突然灭了。

(2)I _____________go to bed ______someone knocked at the door. •

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我正要上床睡觉，这时有人敲门。

(3) We ___________arrived ________it began to snow.

我们刚到就开始下雪了。

Step V Homework

Write a letter to describe a visit to a city museum.