Using LanguageⅠ优质课教学设计

Unit5 Using Language The Feast:18,000BC Teaching Goals: 1. Enable the Ss to learn something about ancestors

2. Enable the Ss to learn some key words and expressions 3. Let the Ss learn the reading skill

Key Teaching Points How to improve the Ss’ reading ability. Difficult points

1. How to understand the text

Teaching methods

1). Skimming & scanning methods to make the Ss get a good understanding of the text. 1.

Discussion methods to make the Ss understand what they’ve learned in class.

2.

Pair work of group to get every student to take part in the teaching-and-learning activities. 3.

Competition and role-play method to arouse the Ss’ interest

Teaching procedures

Step1. Lead-in

Look at some pictures and learn something about Peking Man Step2. Fast reading Answer the following questions after reading the text:

1. Which jobs did Dahu do?

2. Which jobs did Lala do?

3. Who works cooperatively and who

does tasks alone?

4. Who does the most dangerous tasks?

5. Where does the danger come from? Step3:Careful reading Men’s tasks: patient (tool making), dangerous (hunting), some individual (tool making and repairing) and some co-operative (hunting), skilful (tool making), protective (of group) Women’s tasks: co-operative (cooking), caring (providing food),

patient (collecting food), skilful (cooking), individual (collecting nuts and fruit) Co-operative tasks:

When men go hunting or women doing cooking and preparing food, they work co-operatively. When men make or repair tools, or women collect fruit and nuts, they work alone.

Step4:Consolidation Not having ___________ and planned better, Lala felt very worried about the preparations for her feast. So she turned for home quickly with her ________ of nuts, melons and other fruit. When she was near home, a delicious smell _______ her progress and she became dizzy with hunger. She saw her mother and aunts _________ the deer and pig meat over the fire. Just then Dahu, her ________ , as well as the best ________ , came back with several

____ .

Later he began his task: he _________ his scrapers until they were sharp enough to ______ the meat and to scrape the fish. Soon, the first of the guests began to arrive. Lala hoped it was going to be just as wonderful as last year!

Step5:Words and expressions 1. If only it could be just like last year!

要是能像去年那样就好了! If only 但愿......; 要是……就好了。其后一般用虚拟语气。

If only she had looked ahead and planned better.

If only he had come．

2. applaud

v.

to express approval of (someone or something) especially by such clapping. 赞赏, 鼓掌向(某人或某物)

表示赞赏, 尤指鼓掌欢呼

Everyone applauded when the play ended.

演出结束时, 大家都热烈鼓掌。

I applaud your decision.

我赞成你的决定。

3. accelerate

a. to increase the speed of

加速, 促进加快…...的速度

这部新车加速效能良好。

The new car has good acceleration.

b. to cause to happen earlier (正式) 催促

他决定加快他的课程进度。

He decided to accelerate his courses. 4.arrest :

to capture and hold briefly (the attention, for example); engage 引起注意吸引并短时间吸引住(如注意力) ;吸引

花的艳丽色彩引起苏珊的注意。

The bright colors of the flowers arrested Susan’s attention.

5.dizzy :having a whirling sensation and a tendency to fall

眩晕的, 眼花的感到眩晕并要摔倒的

a dizzy height

令人晕眩的高度

The old woman was dizzied by the strong wind.

那位老太太被风吹得头昏眼花。

The disaster dizzied his brain.

那场灾难弄得他头脑昏乱。

6. Abruptly she sat down, only to be scooped up by her laughing, shouting

sister, Luna.

[考点] only to do 是不定式作结果状

语，

表示意料之外的结果。

1. The police have a______ two suspects in connection with the bank robbery. 2. The __________ (放射性的) waste should be buried deep under the ground in sealed

boxes. 3. The driver stepped on the gas and a_________ the car. 4. Americans in my neighborhood used to make their own ______ (酸乳酪). 5. The new method caught on and many peasants became very ______ (熟练的) at it. 6. It was so hot in the room that she felt ____ (目眩的). 7. The audience a_________ the singer for three minutes for his excellent performance.

1. Generally speaking, preparations ___ the Beijing Olympics are smoothly marching forward in accordance with plans. 2. Twenty years ago people looked _____ and thought the problem would be solved by now, but that clearly hasn’t happened.

3. Hunting spiders run after insects or lie __ wait for them. 4. She scooped __ a handful of snow and pressed it hard to make a ball. 5. He banged his head ______ the wall. 6. I smiled __ myself and stopped working so that I could better enjoy listening to the noise. 7. I became dizzy ____ all the do’s and the don’ts, and the how’s and the why’s.

8. We have asked the Conrads to come ___ dinner on Friday evening. I wWe walked a long way to see him, only to find that he had just left for the countryside. as walking in the street when someone called me from behind.

We must look ahead before we go further into the matter. If only they were here now, we would be able to celebrate their wedding anniversary. The leader is losing ground as the rest of the runners accelerate. She proudly displayed her collection of ornaments.

Step6: Homework

Practice using two or more adjectives to describe the Sanxingdui Ruins objects on page 44.