Learning about Language教学设计实例

Book8

Unit 4

Pygmalion Learning about language Learning objective.

1.To review words and expressions in the passage

2.To enlarge vocabulary Task1.Complete the passage using the correct form of the words below.

handful

upper

betray

status

mistaken

fortune

plot

pass

classic

classify

superior

George Bernard Shaw was interested in the way people spoke. He argued that he was never _________ about a person’s _______. Generally speaking, he thought that lower class people _________ themselves with their remarks whenever they spoke, and that he could ________ people’s social position after only a few minutes’ observation. However, he never put himself to the test like Henry Higgins and tried to ______ someone of the lower class off as an authentic member of the _______ class. Higgins thought that a _________ social position was more dependent on grammar and pronunciation than on a person’s ________. Actually his view was only accepted by a ________ of his followers. These people never realized that this idea would form the _____ for one of Bernard Shaw’s most famous and _______ plays!

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Task2 Complete these sentences using the correct form of the phrases below.

in return

in disguise

in amazement

in delight

in particular

1. The man we thought was a policeman was actually a thief ___________. 2. As he accepted the prize for his adaptation of a novel for TV, Li looked around him __________.

3. She stared at the priceless antique ring

______________. 4. It was such a wonderful play – I

enjoyed the music ____________. 5. He gave me a musical box at my birthday party and I gave him a wonderful new coat __________. in＋n.→介词短语

in amazement 吃惊地；惊讶地

in advance 预先，提前

in surprise 惊奇地；惊讶地

in detail 详细地；仔细地

in relief 如释重负地

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写出下面各句中画线单词的词性和意思。

1. ①You can't give away Granny's old bookcase — it's a priceless antique. ________ ________

②Antique furniture is valuable if it is in very good condition. ________ ________ 2. ①Rachel was a musical child.

________ ___________

②Jenny liked to perform in musicals. ________ ________

Finish Using Words and Expressions on Page 71 of workbook.

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