Learning about Language第二课时教学设计

Unit 4

Pygmalion Learning about Language Teaching

Aims

1.

My students will be able to master some important words( caption, garment, whistle, woolen, hesitate, troublesome, wallet,outcome,condemn,brilliant,adaptation,thief) by observing the English meaning. 2.

My students will be able to use these words in the correct form(handful

upper

betray

status

mistaken

fortune

plot

pass

classic

classify

superior). 3.

My students will be able to use these phrases in sentences(in return

in disguise

in amazement

in delight

in particular). 4.

My students will be able to revise the past participle as adverbial through translation. Teaching Difficulties and Important Points

Important words and phrases

Past participle as adverbial Teaching Aids

Computer Teaching Procedure STEP 1 Discovering useful words and expressions

1.The teacher asks the students to look at the meanings and identify the words from the unit. Then find them in the word square.

1. words printed above or below a picture

2. a piece of clothing

3. high sound made by blowing air with your mouth 4. made of wool

5. nervous pause before saying sth.

6. causing problems

7. leather purse

8. final result of sth. caption 9. strongly disapprove or punish

10. extremely clever or very bright

11. something written in a different form

12. someone who steals sth. or robs sb. garmen/whistle/woolen/hesitate/troublesome wallet/outcome/condemn/brilliant/adaptation/thief 2.

The teacher shows the following words and asks the students to 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!

(mistaken/status/betrayed/classify/pass/upper/superior/fortune/handful/plot/)classic 3.

The teacher asks the students to think of phrases “in+n.),then 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 disguise/in delight/in amazement/in particular /in

return)

STEP2 Discovering useful structures

The teacher asks the students to translate the sentences and talk about the usage of the participle as adverbial 1.

从山顶上看, 这个城市就像一个大花园。

__________________________ , the city looked like a big garden.

入党以后, 他决定献身于党的事业。

_____________________,he decided to devote his life to the cause of the Party. (Seen from the top of the hill Accepted by the Party ) 2. 激动的人们被那个故事深深地感动了, 停止了争吵。

________________________, the excited young people stopped arguing. 3. 再给他一次机会, 他会做得更好。

______________________________________

(Encouraged by the speech

Given another chance, he will do it better. ) 和你哥哥相比, 你应该更加努力学习英语。

__________________________, you should make greater efforts to study English. 水如果被加热, 会变成水蒸气。

_________, water can be turned into steam.

(Compared with your brother If heated_ 幻灯片16 4.

尽管已经跑得筋疲力尽, 他们还是继续追赶着那个强盗。

_________________________, they went on running after the robber.

尽管被许多人嘲笑, 他还是继续他的研究。

____________________________________ (Exhausted by the running Laughed at by many people, he continued his study. ) 5. 那个老人在他的妻子的搀扶下走进了房间。

The old man went into the room, ______________________. 我和父亲坐在桌子旁边讨论着我的工作问题。

__________________, my father and I were talking about my job.

(supported by his wife Seated at the table) 6.Seeing in this light, the matter is not as serious as people generally suppose. Seen in this light, the matter is not as serious as people generally suppose.

STEP3 Summary

HOMEWORK

Write a short passage using at least 5 words and phrases in this class, and the past participle is also required.