Word power: Words used in performing教学设计实例

The Third Period

Language study

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language目标语言

重点词汇和短语

prop, script, stage direction, microphone, to laugh one’s head off, to smile on someone 2. Ability goals能力目标

Enable students to use words used in play scripts properly and freely. 3. Learning ability goals学能目标

Help students learn how to use words used in play scripts properly and freely. Teaching important points教学重点

Words used in play scripts and some idioms about smiling and laughing. Teaching difficult points 教学难点

Teach students how to use words used in play scripts properly.

Teaching methods教学方法

Explaining and practicing. Teaching aids教具准备

The multimedia computer. Teaching procedures && ways教学过程与方式

Step Ⅰ

Revision Ask students to practice the four main types of stand-up comedy.

T: Last period you were asked to practice the four main types of stand-up comedy. Now who would like to have a try? …

After their performance, ask a student to say something about Billy Crystal. Students may refer to the following phrases shown. Well-known as a stand-up comedian, his outstanding ability to improvise, in the1970s, in the 1980s, Pepsi, also famous for, the Academy Awards ...

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Step Ⅱ

Words used in play scripts Deal with A && B on Page 6. Remind students of Reading strategy: guessing the meaning of a word from the context on Page 3.

T: Good. Glad you’ve done a very good job. Now open your books to Page 6. Let’s learn words used in play scripts. First please read the passage about acting. While reading, please pay more attention to the words in blue. Try to guess the meaning from the context. Students are given several minutes to remember the words used in play scripts. Then ask them to do Exercise C on Page 7. Five minutes later check the answers with the whole class. Then ask students to read A and C again. After reading the two passages, students will be asked to sum up what an actor is supposed to do.

Step Ⅲ

Explanation of useful expressions Explain some useful expressions. Explain in Chinese when necessary. 1. be supposed to do：be expected to do；be allowed to do

应该

/ 被期望做

a. We are not supposed to play football on Sundays. (= We should not play football on Sundays.)

b. You’re not supposed to take the books out of the reading room. (= You should not take the books out of the reading room.) c. You are not supposed to smoke in here. (= You should not smoke here.)

d. Employees are supposed to be here at eight every day. (= Employees should be here at eight every day.) e. What are you supposed to do when you meet for the first time? (= What should you do when you meet for the first time?) f. You’re supposed to shake hands. g. I was supposed to arrive at 7:00, but I arrived at 8:00. h. You should have asked what you were supposed to wear.

2. divide into分开；划分

a. The Nile divides near its mouth and forms a delta. 尼罗河在靠近河口的地方分开，形成一个三角洲。

b. Let’s divide ourselves into several groups. 我们分成几个小组吧。

c. How shall we divide up the labor in the work? 我们怎样分工? d. This class is too large; we shall have to divide it for oral practice. “这个班级太大,我们必须把它分成小班作口语练习。”

3. be made up of: to constitute; form 由……构成

a. That country is made up of ten states.

那个国家由十个州构成。

b. One hundred years make up a century.

一百年构成一个世纪。

Step Ⅳ

Idioms about smiling and laughing T: Now we are going to learn some idioms about smiling and laughing. First learn the two idioms in D on Page 7 and then you are supposed to consult the dictionary to find more idioms about smiling and laughing. We will have a competition to see which group learns more. After the competition, show the following to the students. 1. a horse laugh是一种表示不信任的嘲笑

When this guy running for Congress told us how much money he’d save us taxpayers, we all gave him the horse laugh. We knew when he was in the state legislature he always voted for higher taxes.

当这个竞选国会议员席位的人对我们说，他会为我们这些缴税的人省多少钱的时候，我们大家都哄堂大笑。我们知道，在他担任州议员期间，他老是投票赞成提高税收的。

Harry thinks he’s God’s gift to women: that none of them can resist his charm. So

we all gave him the horse laugh when he asked the new girl in class to go to a movie and she told him to get lost.

哈里总是以为自己具有莫大的魅力，女人们都被他倾倒，他就像上帝恩赐给女人的礼物一样。所以，当他请班里新来的那个女孩去看电影，而被那女孩毫不客气地拒绝了以后，我们都禁不住地嘲笑他。

2. the last laugh可以说是最令人满意的笑了

I used to laugh at my roommate in college —

he’d stay in and study on weekends while I went out for a good time. But I guess he has the last laugh on me. He’s a famous brain surgeon and me, I’m selling used cars and barely make enough to live on. 我过去在大学的时候总是笑话我同宿舍的同学，因为他周末老是呆在学校念书，而我总是出去玩。现在，我猜想他一定很得意地在笑我。他已经成为一个脑外科专家，而我则以卖旧汽车为生，只能勉强糊口。

3. just for laughs这个俗语在不同情况下，它的意思也就不同。首先，它可以解释为：做某件事纯属为了高兴, 有时也可以指做愚蠢的事，或有害的事。Come on and get your jacket —

let’s go out and have a couple of beers just for laughs.

来吧，穿上你的外套，我们到外面去喝两杯啤酒高兴高兴。

Just for laughs they tossed Mary in the swimming pool with all her clothes on. Then they found out she didn’t know how to swim. 就是为了开玩笑，他们把玛丽连衣服带鞋F 整个扔进了游泳池，结果他们发现，玛丽根本不会游泳。

I really enjoyed that movie last night. It won’t win any prizes, but it has two funny guys in it that are worth watching just for laughs. 我很喜欢昨晚看的那个电影。这个电影不见得会得什么奖，但是那两个滑稽的角色值得一看，非常好玩。

4. laugh up (one’s) sleeve或laugh in (one’s) sleeve：to rejoice or exult in secret, as at another’s error or defeat.幸灾乐祸：偷偷地欣喜或高兴，如对他人的错误或失败

We were all laughing up our sleeves at the teacher when he was up at the blackboard explaining the math problem. He had a rip in the back of his pants and

didn’t know it. 当老师在黑板前讲解数学题的时候，我们都偷偷地笑，因为他裤子后面有个裂缝，他自己还不知

道。

We were all laughing up our sleeves at our brother when he sat down at the dinner table. He’d seen his girl off at the airport and had lipstick on his face and didn’t know it.

当哥哥坐下吃晚饭的时候，我们都在偷偷地笑他，因为他刚去机场送他的女朋友，脸上留下了口红，他还不知道。

5. be all smiles：looking very happy形容人非常愉快、满面春风的样子。

The student was all smiles when he got the highest score on the test. 那个学生考试得最高分，显得满面春风。

Tom was all smiles when he heard the news. 听到这消息,汤姆满面笑容。

Step Ⅴ

Language practice After the explanation of the idioms, ask students do Exercises A1, A2 on Page 100 individually. Five minutes later check the answers with the whole class. Teacher should help students to understand the purpose of each exercise. Ex. A1 helps students to gain some knowledge of word formation. Ex. A2 helps students to memorize phrases with prepositions and adverbs.

Step Ⅵ

Homework Go over words and expressions. Prepare for Grammar and usage.