Learning about Language教学目标设计

Period 2 Learning about language 本课时主要内容是：

1. 处理阅读课中语言点知识；

2. 重点词汇的学习和操练；

3. 复合词语法的学习和操练

Step1

Fantasy theme parks show Get some groups to come to the blackboard to show their fantasy theme parks Step2

Language points in the reading passage

1. provide “提供,供给,为某人配备”，常用的结构为：

provide sb. with sth. 或

provide sth. for sb.

On sundays his landlady provided dinner as well as breakfast.

The school provided food for the students. = The school provided the students with food. 2. amuse “使…发笑，使…开心，给…娱乐（消遣）”

His silly jokes amused the children.

The children amused themselves by playing games. 另外，amuse还常用其过去分词形容词或Ｖ-ing形式形容词，其名词为amusement。

The audience was amused by Jiang Kun’s cross talk.

It was amusing to watch the trained elephant performance.

To our amusement, the actor jumped on and off the stage. 3. escape

既可用做不及物动词，做“逃脱，逃走”解，常接from介词短语；也可用做及物动词，当“逃避，避开”解，后接名词或动词ing形式。如：

Make a hole and let the water escape. They manage to escape form the burning building. You were lucky to escape punishment/being punished. How did he escape death/ being killed in the fire? We go south to escape the winter. 4. a bit

“一点儿，一会儿”，放在形容词、副词前，

相当于a little。如：

Wait a bit, please.

Come and rest a bit.

Your article is a bit too long for our paper.

I am thirsty. I want to have a bit of water. 注意：not a bit = not at all

not a little = very much

He is not a bit tired.

He is not a little tired. 5. charge “要价，收费，索取”，可作及物或不及物动词，常与for连用。如：

How much do you charge for mending a pair of shoes? They charged me 100 yuan for a single room for one night. 另外，也可用作名词，意为”价钱，费用“

Is there any charge for having the goods delivered? 6. involve

“牵连，牵涉；包含，需要”，一般不用进行式，常与in, with连用。如：

The problem involves us all.

Don’t get yourself involved in their problems.

This job involves traveling abroad most of the time.

He is involved in his study all day long. 7. come to life

“苏醒；恢复知觉；恢复生气；活跃起来；活了；兴奋起来”。如：

When he came to life, he found it was dark.

Everything came to life when the fairy waved her hands.

Step 3

Discovering useful words and expressions

1. Find words and expressions that mean the same:

Theme: a main subject or idea Equipment: set of things needed for an activity Sneakers: shoes used for sports and outdoor activity Settlers: people going to live in a new area with a small population Fantasy: unlimited imagination Experiment: a careful test to try out an idea Minority: a small number or part; less than half Come to life: become real; become alive

2. Complete the passage

When I was young my _______ made me feel cool. When I wore them I imagined being part of a _____ and going to a _____ park. In this dream I would do an __________ trying every ride to see which was the most exciting, when I did finally go to a theme park, I found that it was very different. They showed me wonderful __________ as well as life of the early ________ in America. This seemed so real that this period of history _________ for me. As a result I became very interested in history and studied it at university. Now I advise them parks to introduce more history of the ________ peoples in America, like the native Indians. His is all because of the way I felt about my sneakers.

3. Find words with similar meaning to replace the underlined words 1. The sides of the theme park kept Teresa entertained(amused) all the afternoon. 2. It has been raining in different(various) parts of the country. 3. When we left the hotel, they made(charged) us pay for two days even though we only stayed for one.

4. This ticket will give you free permission(admission) to go into the theme park. 5. the telephone companies are making large amounts of money(profits) every day. 6. When he went on a tour to Hainan he brought home some pictures as objects to remind him of the holiday(souvenir).

Step 4

Discovering useful structure

英语中有派生、合成和转化三大构词法。合成词是把两个或两个以上的自由词合并在一起构成新词。

1，

合成名词

1）名+名：

woodcraft, daybreak, handwriting 2）形/副+名：

software, swimming-pool, upland 3）词组：

makeup, breakthrough 2,

合成动词

1）

名+动：

sightsee, mass-produce, spotlight 2）形/副/介+动：

ill-treat, broadcast, overcome,

underline 3,

合成形容词

1)

名+形：

world-famous, worldwide 2)

名+过去分词：

man-made, horse-drawn 3)

名+现在分词：

English-speaking,

4)

形/副+形/分词：

outstanding, widespread 5)

形+名词+ed：

cold-blooded, middle-aged, old-

fashioned

6)

介/副+名/副：

underwater, indoor, 4, 合成副词

inside, downstairs, upwards, moreover, otherwise, however, whenever 5, 合成代词

Somebody, anything, another, whoever 6, 合成数词

Twenty-five, nine-tenths, thirty-first

7, 合成介词

Throughout, without, within, upon

1, Make compound words (page36): Watermelon, kindhearted, downtown, souvenir-shop, life-size, hardworking, handsome, worthwhile, ice-cream, mobile-phone.

2, A competition for compound words: Divide the whole class into halves and get them to tell you as many compound words as possible.

Homework: 1, Finish doing the exercises on workbook pages 70-72. 2, Preview the passage on page 38.