Learning about Language教案1

Grammar：the –ing form as either the subject or the object Period 3 Learning about language Unit2 NSEFC BOOK4

一、教学目标：

1. 语言知识目标：学生能在一定语境中识别并掌握动名词用作主语或宾语的功能。

2. 语言能力目标：引导学生形成发现和归纳动名词做主语或宾语规则的能力；培养学生在句子和语篇中运用动名词做主语或宾语的能力。

3. 情感目标：在教学活动中充分营造平等竞争的氛围，帮助学生积极参与各种形式的教学活动。

二、教学过程

（一）课前预习

要求学生在上一节所学的课文中找出用-ing形式做主语和宾语的句子，并按以下要求归类。

动名词作主语(Subject) 1) Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. 2) Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him. 3) Just dreaming for things, however, costs nothing.

动名词作介词的宾语(Object of preposition) 1) As a young man, he saw the great need for increasing the rice output. 2) Dr. Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. 3) However, he doesn’t care about being famous. 4) Dr. Yuan awoke from his dream with the hope of producing a kind of rice that could feed more people. 动名词作动词的宾语(Object of verb) He enjoys listening to violin music, playing mahjong, swimming and reading.

(二)课堂讲解及课堂训练

1．Learning the usage of the –ing form as either the subject or object Give students some explanations if necessary after two students made comments on their performances. And make students understand that we should change the form of verb as v-ing form when the form of verb acts as the subject or the object in a sentence. 2.Practice Task 1: Translate the following sentences into Chinese. 1. Talking to him is talking to a wall. 2. Smoking may cause cancer. 3. Smiling is the best language. 4. Seeing is believing. 5. I suggest bringing the meeting to an end. Task 2: Do Ex.2 on P13 and Ex.1 on P50. （三）课外延伸

Ask students to discuss in groups and find out some verbs that can be followed by –ing form as object. And then report your ideas on blackboard. At last, ask one student to

comment and choose the best three groups and students.

（四）

总结

1）

Some verbs that are followed by –ing as object: advise,

finish, practice, suggest, avoid, enjoy, imagine, admit, miss, escape, risk, excuse, stand, keep, mind….

2）Some phrases that are followed by–ing as object:

look forward to, devote to, be busy doing, feel like, can’t help doing, lead to….

3）Some sentence patters : spend ….doing

ave some difficulty in doing something….

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（五）课后作业

1．英汉互译

1).踢足球可以增强我们的体质，有利于我们的健康。然而，花费大量的时间打篮球是不明智的。

2). Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what others think is impossible is genius. 2. 根据括号内汉语提示，完成短文。

As a young man, Li Ming dreamt of ________ (become) a scientist. He enjoyed ________ (study) all the subjects at school. But when he saw the need for doctors in the poor countryside, he decided ________ (devote) himself to ________ (look after) sick people. After ________ (graduate) from Shanxi medicine university, he became a doctor in his hometown. He cares little about ________ (make) money. He is interested in ________ (help) poor people. When some poor villagers come for help, he seldom asks them for charge. He even offers some money to them. He is never afraid of ________ (become) poor. He is only concerned about people’s health.