Unit 2 Great minds名师课堂实录

Unit 2 Great minds First Period (text understanding) Knowledge Objective: to enable students to learn a story about Einstein to fill out information gap about Einstein Competence Objective: to practice students’ speaking abilities

Emotional Objective: to help the students to know more about Einstein

Teaching Procedures: I. Pre-instruction: Help the students differentiate between fiction and non-fiction, and then provides students with photos of one fictional character, two real people and a real person playing a fictional character. Encourage the students to tell you what they know about the people in the photos. Provide some words and phrases to help students guess who the people are. For example:

a. scientist, physicist, theory of relativity, German- American- Albert Einstein b. patients, take care of, war, the lady with the lamp-Florence Nightingale II. Performance Ask the students to look at the pictures, and read the title and the first and last paragraphs of the article.

Then they should be able to answer the question: Why they rejected the other options? III. Promotion: Ask students to read the sentences first, and then scan the story to find the proper words to replace the

italicized words. Give students time to read the text and find out the “who, when, where, what, why

and how”of the story. Then read and think. Homework: 1. Review the verbal phrases 2. Preview the vocabulary and phrases in the text and finish Ex. 3. Practice reading and know about the story

4. To describe a genius.

Second Period (vocabulary) Knowledge Objective: to enable students to learn vocabulary and phrases

Competence Objective: to know more words Emotional Objective: to learn to use dictionary Teaching Procedures: I. Pre-instruction: 1. Review the story about Einstein

2. Encourage students to act out the story, taking on different rules.

II. Performance: T: Thank so much for your wonderful performance, so we have got a good revision of the whole text, but do you have any difficulty with the vocabulary or phrases in the text? S…

T: When we meet with new words or phrases in your reading, we can turn to dictionary for help,

1.

regard

…as to think about (somebody or something) in a certain way把……视为 He is generally regarded as one of the best basketball players in the NBA. 人们普遍认为他是 NBA 最优秀的球员之一。

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genius n.a person who is very intelligent 天才Test showed that the child was a genius. 测试表明，

这个孩子是天才。

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attempt n. an act of trying to do something 尝试；试图Their attempt to climb the mountain was successful. 他们攀登这座山的尝试成功了。 attempt v. 尝试

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workings n.【pl】 the way that something operates （复数）运作方式Most people do not understand the stock exchange. 大多数人都不了解证券交易所的运作情况。

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universe n. space and everything in it 宇宙One theory about the origin of the universe is that it began with a ‘Big Bang’. 宇宙起源的理论之一是宇宙于一次大爆炸。universal adj.

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lead to 导致

to have as a result The worker’s laziness led to failure. 那位工人的懒惰导致了失败。

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nuclear adj. related to the nucleus (the central part) of an atom原子能的；核能的

another nuclear power station is to be set up in that area. 那个地区将再建一座核电站。

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nuclear energy n. a type of power made by splitting atoms to produce electricity核能；原子能There are both good and bad aspects of nuclear energy. 核能有利也有弊。

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gift n. a talent or natural ability天赋She has a gift for dancing. 她有舞蹈天赋.n.礼物gifted adj.有才华的；杰出的

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curiosity n. a strong desire to find out about something 好奇心；求知欲Curiosity is part of human nature. 好奇是人类天性的一部分。curious adj.好奇的

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sense of

humour the ability to find things funny or make people laugh幽默感

His sense of humour makes him popular with the students. 幽默感让他很受学生欢迎。

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reputation n. the opinion that many people have about somebody or something based upon past actions 名声；名誉The shop enjoys an excellent reputation. 这家商店名声很好。

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theory n. a group of ideas that explains how something works 理论The project sounds perfect in theory. 这个项目从理论上来说是完美的。

theoretical adj.理论的；理论上的

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distant adj. faraway遥远的；远处的

The visitors came from a very distant place. 这些游客来自一个遥远的地方。distance n.距离

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let…down to disappoint (somebody)使……失望The basketball team let everyone in the school down when they played poorly in the championship game. 篮球队在锦标赛中的糟糕表现让学校离得每个人都很失望。

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guide v. to show (somebody to a particular place) 指引；带领 I guided him to the headmaster’s office. 我把他领到校长办公室。guidance n.指引

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platform n. a raised area on which people stands so that an audience can see them 讲台 He is always very nervous on the platform. 他在讲台上总是很紧张。

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perfectly adv. in a very good way; without any mistakes完美地

The dress fits her perfectly. 这条连衣裙她穿非常合身。adj.完美的

v.使完美、完善

perfection n.完美，完善

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applause n. loud noise created by many people clapping their hands to show

approval or enjoyment 鼓掌His wonderful speech won deafening applause from the audience. 他精彩的演讲赢得了观众震耳欲聋的掌声applaud. 鼓掌

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complex adj. made of many different parts that are connected or difficult to understand复杂的；难懂的At last, the little boy managed to answer the complex question. 最终小男孩回答出了这个复杂的问题。

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offer v. to say that you are willing to do something 主动提出He offered to help Mary when she had a problem.当玛丽有困难时，他主动提出帮助她。

offer n.提议；建议

III. Promotion Do Ex.D1, D2 E1 E2 Homework: Memorize the vocabulary and do translation: ①

很多人认为爱因斯坦是一个天才。（genius）

②

他对宇宙运动的解释促进了核能的发展。（attempt）

③

由于声名鹊起，年轻的爱因斯坦接到许多大学的邀请，希望他去阐述他的理论。（reputation）

④

汉斯被领到讲台前，站在那里，身边围着一群教授和学生。（platform）

Third Period (Grammar) Knowledge Objective: to review the vocabulary and phrases Competence Objective: to review grammar---infinitives Emotional Objective: to review grammar---infinitives

Teaching Procedures: I. Pre-instruction: Review the basic forms of infinitives and learn how to use an infinitive as the subject of a sentence. Infinitives can also be used as the object of a verb, as an object complement, or as an adverbial. Begin with an example: It usually takes me twenty minutes to get to school every morning. II. Performance: Revision Exercises Learn about sentences and remember. 1.

动词不定式是由to和动词原形构成，有时to可以省略。

2.

不定式可以做主语。在大多数情况下，常用it作形式主语，将不定式后置。常用的句子结构有：It takes /took (somebody) (some time) to do (something). It takes him ten minutes to walk there. 他花了十分钟走到那里去。It costs/cost (somebody) (some money) to do (something). It cost 100 yuan to get the TV set repaired. 花了一百元钱修那台电视机。It +be+形容词+of/for+名词或代词+to do (something). It is so kind of you to bring us the good news. 你给我们带来了这个好消息，真是太好了。

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不定式可以作动词宾语：动词+不定式或动词+疑问词+不定式

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不定式可以做宾语补足语，此时句中的宾语是不定式的逻辑主语。动词+宾语+不定式

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不定式可以作目的状语。

III. Promotion 1.

Ask students to write sentences with infinitives as subjects. Encourage them to work in groups and

write as many sentences as possible. 2.

Ask students to write a short passage that uses as many infinitives as possible. Encourage the group members to check whether the infinitives are correctly used, and categorize their use. Homework:

Finish ex.B1, B2

Fourth Period (listening and speaking) Knowledge Objective: to enable students to learn descriptive words Competence Objective: to learn how to describe a story Emotional Objective: to improve the listening and speaking

Teaching Procedures: I. Pre-instruction: Make sure students understand the task and explain how to perform it. Have students listen, and then guess who the great minds are. II. Performance: 1.

Play the recording again for them to fill in the blanks. After students have filled in the blanks, ask each group to work together to check their answers. 2.

Giving and accepting an invitation. Ask students to make a short dialogue in pairs according to the following situation: want to invite, to go to the zoo, on Saturday, is calling, ask a few pairs to perform their dialogues in front of the class. Then ask them to read the example given in the Student’s Book.

III. Promotion: Listen to the tape script. Then do the exercises. Ask students to work in pairs, each pair thinks of a situation, such as an activity, a meeting or a party, which they need to invite others to take part in., have them make a dialogue based upon this situation.

Homework: Do exercises.

Fifth Period (Writing) Knowledge Objective: to enable students to review how to write a story from pictures. Competence Objective: to learn to write short messages Emotional Objective: to learn to write short messages Teaching Procedures: I. Pre-instruction: Teach them how to complete and organize a story. II. Performance: Writing practice for short messages Explain the students the importance of organizing a story by using the main Reading passage as an example. Ask them to pay attention to the verb tenses they will need to use. III. Promotion: Ask students to complete the task in the Student’s Book individually to work in groups to share their

answers. Homework: Read the reference material. Then fill in the blanks.

Sixth Period (More reading) Knowledge Objective:

to enable students to read passages Competence Objective: to consolidate the content of the passage Emotional Objective: to consolidate the content of the passage Teaching Procedures: I. Pre-instruction: Show some pictures of Nobel Prizes for science and asking students to guess who the winners are. Encourage them to share whatever they know about Alfred Noble, the Noble Prize, and winners of Noble Prizes for science. II. Performance: 1. Ask the students to share what they have found. Make a table like the one that follows. Ask students to guess what ach number represents. Then ask them to scan the text and compare what they find in the text with what they had predicted.(biaoge). Have students find the infinitives in the passage as a review of the grammar learnt in this unit. III. Promotion: Have students talk about what they can learn from these two great minds. Reference website. Then learn the new words. 1.

have (something) in common to share the same features with与……有共同之处

Since they had nothing in common, the two strangers soon ran out of things to talk about. 由于两个陌生人毫无共同之处，他们很快就没有什么话题可聊了。

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hibernate v. to spend the winter in a deep, sleep-like state冬眠；蛰伏Not all the animals hibernate in winter. 不是所有的动物冬天都要冬眠。Hibernation n.冬眠

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occur v. to happen 发生；出现They were driving at high speed down the motorway when the accident occurred. 事故发生时，

他们正在高速路上飞速行驶。

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continuously adv. happening for a long period of time without stopping. 不断地；持续地

It rained continuously the whole day. 一整天都在下雨。Continuous adj. 不断的

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absence n. a lack of something不在的；缺乏

Few plants can grow in the desert due to the absence of water. 由于缺水，很少有植物能够在沙漠中生存。Absent adj.不在的；缺席的。

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upside down in a position where the top of something is at the bottom and the bottom is at the top 底朝上After the toast was completed, the guests turned their glasses upside down to show that they had emptied them. 祝酒完毕，客人们都将杯子底朝上，以表示他们把酒都喝干了。

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pulse n. the regular beat of blood pumped through the body by the heart脉搏；脉率You have an irregular pulse. You’d better see the doctor tomorrow. 你的脉搏很不规则。你明天最好去看一下医生。

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rate n. the number of times something happens or exists in a certain period 比率；率Most people have a pulse rate of about 60 beats per minute. 大多数人的心率是60次每分钟。

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amphibian n. a cold-blooded animal which can live both on land and in water 两栖动物Frogs are

amphibians. They can live both in water and on land. 青蛙是两栖动物，既可以在水里又可以在陆地上生活。

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stir v. to move about动；移动

Everything was quiet. Not a creature stirred in the heat of the noonday sun. 四下里寂静无声。在正午骄阳的烘烤下，没有生物活动的迹象。

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disturb v. to interrupt or bother (somebody) 打扰；干扰；Do you mind turning down the radio? It is disturbing my sleep. 妨碍你介意把收音机音量调轻一点吗？它影响我睡觉了。Disturbance n.打扰

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den n. an animal’s hidden home let’s get away from here –it looks like a lion’s den. 我们快走吧——这儿有点像狮子洞。

Homework: 1.

Retell or recite the passage 2.

Recite the new words and make sentences 3.

Supplementary Ex.