Lesson 7 What Is the Meaning of Life?教学评价实录

第一课时

Lesson 7 What Is the Meaning of Life?

1.记忆单词meaning,dialogue,successful,missing,survey,neighbour;短语deep in thought,succeed in,write down。

2.掌握重点句型:①Li Ming sits in the classroom,deep in thought.②I’m not sure how to answer them,but I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life.③What’s the meaning of life?④Why are great people so successful?

3.能够听懂探讨生命意义的文章,并从中获取有效信息。

4.能用所学词汇和重点句型与他人进行交流。

1.学会并能正确使用单词及短语:meaning,dialogue,successful,missing,survey,neighbour,deep in thought,succeed in,write down,think about,the meaning of,for example,try one’s best(to do sth.),be good to等。

2.能够听懂探讨生命意义的文章,并从中获取有效信息。

3.能够正确运用下列句型:①Li Ming sits in the classroom,deep in thought.②I’m

not sure how to answer them,but I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life.③What’s

the meaning of life?④Why are great people so successful?

1.能够正确应用本课的重点词汇:meaning,dialogue,successful,missing,survey,neighbour;掌握重点短语:deep in thought,succeed in,write down,think about,the meaning of,for example,try one’s

best(to do sth.),be good to…。

2.掌握本课所学短语和重点句型的实际运用。

思路一:本课的教学内容是冀教版九年级英语第二单元的第七课,主要围绕“生命的意义”,通过与学生对话交流渲染课堂气氛,导入新课。然后利用图片,导入词汇、短语、句型的学习。通过小组合作的形式,运用本节课所学的句型,讨论生命的意义。理解课文内容,最终达到语言综合运用能力。

思路二:本课的教学内容是冀教版九年级英语第二单元的第七课,主要围绕“生命的意义”,采用复习导入的方式。复习第一单元的主题,引出第二单元,从而引出本课的主题“the meaning of life”,通过小组合作形式,运用本节课所学的句型,讨论生命的意义。理解课文内容,最终达到语言综合运用能力。

教师在课前设计教学PPT,准备录音机和磁带,多媒体等。

StepⅠ.Lead in

Leading in 【情景1】

T:Good morning/afternoon,everyone.Do you know any people who are successful?Why do you think so?

Ss:Yes!

S1:I think Mo Yan is very successful because we all like his books.

S2:I think my father is successful because he loves his job and he does well in it.

S3:I think my aunt is successful because she lives a happy and healthy life.She enjoys her work and she is good at it.

T:Good answers.Did the people who you think are successful follow their dreams?

Ss:Yes,they did./No,they didn’t.

T:What are your dreams for the future?

S1:I want to be an English teacher.

S2:I want to be a scientist.

S3:I want to be an engineer.

S4:I hope to travel around the world. …

T:You all have such amazing dreams.I’m sure they will come true and you will all succeed.

OK,now let’s read the lesson.

[设计意图]

通过师生互动交流导入本单元话题,渲染了课堂气氛,激发了学生学习英语的兴趣,锻炼了学生们的口语交际能力。

Leading in 【情景2】

T:In the last unit we talked about our health and what we should do to stay physically healthy.What can we do to stay healthy?

S1:Eat healthy foods.

S2:Get enough exercise.

S3:See a doctor when we are sick.

S4:Take care of our health. …

Ask several students to respond.

T:Yes,well done.In this unit,we will talk more about how we can live full and rich lives.We know that first we must be healthy.When we are healthy we can then focus on other things we’d

like to accomplish.

[设计意图]

通过复习第一单元的主题话题,引出第二单元的话题,衔接得自然,把学生自然而然地带入第二单元的学习中,让学生在轻松愉快中学到知识,培养学生学习的积极性。

StepⅡ.Presentation

1.The teacher shows some pictures of new words.Students learn the words:meaning,dialogue,successful,survey,neighbour.

2.Show some new phrases in the text on PPT.

think about考虑,the meaning of………的意思,for example例如,try one’s best to do sth.尽某人最大努力去做某事,be good to…对……好/友善,live a happy life过着幸福的生活

[设计意图]

通过教师读单词和短语,学生跟读,让学生循序渐进感知文中的单词和短语。

3.Read the text and find out main phrases and main sentences.

Main phrases:

·deep in thought

·think about

·write down

Main sentences:

·What is the meaning of life?

·Do you ever wonder about that?

·For example,why are great people so successful?

·And how can we succeed in life?

·And how do you know if you’ve succeeded?

·I’m not sure how to answer them,but I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life.

·That sounds right to me.

·My dad always says that we should be good to others.

·I agree. ☆教材解读☆

1.After the history class,Li Ming sits in the classroom,deep in thought.

deep in thought意为“深思,沉思”,还可以用lost in thought表示。其中thought为名词,意为“思考,思索”。

【拓展】

thought是动词think的过去式和过去分词,意为“想,认为”。

2.What are you thinking about?

think about意为“考虑”,一般可与think of互换,后接名词、代词、动词-ing形式,也可接“疑问词+动词不定式”结构或宾语从句。

【拓展】

(1)think of意为“考虑,想起,认为”,后接名词、代词或动词-ing形式,常用于疑问句中,与what连用。

(2)think over意为“认真考虑,仔细考虑”,后接名词或代词作宾语,当接代词时,应将代词放在think与over之间。

3.What is the meaning of life?

meaning为名词,意为“意思,意义”。the meaning of…意为“……的意思/意义”。

【拓展】

(1)mean为动词,意为“意欲、打算”。mean to do sth.意为“意欲/打算做某事”。

(2)询问“……是什么意思?”的常用句型:

What does…mean?

What is the meaning of…?

What do you mean by…?

4.Do you ever wonder about that?

wonder在本句中用作不及物动词,后搭配介词about表示“想要知道,感到疑惑,觉得好奇”,后搭配at表示“感到惊讶”。

【拓展】

(1)wonder作动词时,后常接由疑问词或whether,if引导的宾语从句及“疑问词+动词不定式”的结构。

(2)wonder还可作可数名词,意为“奇观,奇人”。

(3)wonder的形容词为wonderful,意为“极好的”。

5.For example,why are great people so successful?

◆for example意为“例如”,用于举例说明,一般只举同类人或物中的一个为例。作为插入语,可置于句首、句中或句末,要用逗号隔开。

【拓展】

such as意为“例如”,用于列举同类人或事物中的几个为例,置于被列举的事物与前面的名词之间,其后不能用逗号。

◆successful为形容词,意为“成功的”,可作表语,也可置于名词之前作定语。它是由名词success加后缀-ful构成,后缀-ful常与名词一起构成形容词。其名词为success,动词为succeed。

6.And how can we succeed in life?

succeed为动词,意为“成功”,常用结构succeed in sth./doing sth.,意为“在某方面/做某事很成功”。

【拓展】

“在……方面成功”可表达为

7.And how do you know if you’ve succeeded?

本句中的if为连词,意为“是否”,用来引导宾语从句,与whether同义。

I don’t know if it will rain tomorrow.

我不知道明天是否会下雨。

【拓展】

if还可以表示“如果”,引导条件状语从句。一般情况下,主句用一般将来时,条件状语从句用一般现在时。

8.I’m not sure how to answer them,but I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life.

◆sure为形容词,意为“肯定的,确定的”,常见用法有:“be sure of+名词/代词”或“be sure+that从句”表示“对……有把握或确信”,主语是人,指主语对某事有把握。be sure to do sth.表示“推测一定或必然会……”,主语是人或物,是说话人做出的判断。

【固定搭配】

make sure为固定短语,意为“确保,查明”,后接of短语或宾语从句。

◆try one’s best意为“尽某人最大努力”,与do one’s best同义,其后通常接动词不定式,也可单独使用。

9.That sounds right to me.

sound为系动词,意为“听起来”,后面常接形容词作表语,有时也可接like构成短语sound like,意为“听起来像”。

【拓展】

sound还可作名词,意为“声音”,指自然界中所有的声音。

10.My dad always says that we should be good to others.

◆本句中that引导的宾语从句作says的宾语。

◆be good to意为“对……好/和善/慈爱”,后接表示人或人格化的词,与be friendly to意思相同。

【拓展】

(1)be good for意为“对……有益”,其反义短语为be bad for,意为“对……有害”。

(2)be good at表示“擅长,在……方面做得好”,at后跟名词、代词或动名词。

11.I agree.

I agree.意为“我同意”,是英语中的常用口语,表达同意对话者的意见。

12.Let’s write these questions down and then survey our parents,friends and neighbours about their thoughts.

◆write down意为“写下,记下”,是由“动词+副词”构成的短语。write down的宾语如果是名词,放在down前后均可;如果是代词,必须放在down之前。

◆本句中的survey为及物动词,意为“(对……做)民意调查”。

[设计意图]

对文中的重难点句型进行讲解,帮助学生明确语言点,为课文的理解清除障碍。

StepⅢ.Reading

1.Read the text,and monitor the students’ pronunciation and comprehension.

2.Show Let’s Do It!No. 1.

Read the lesson and fill in the blanks.

After the history class,Li Ming sits in the classroom,deep in thought.Wang Mei comes in,and they start a

.Li Ming wonders about the

of life.He has many questions about his

purpose in life.Wang Mei thinks those questions are

to answer.They decide to

their questions

,and then

some people about their thoughts.

【Keys】

dialogue,meaning,difficult/hard,write,down,survey

[设计意图]

通过学生们反复朗读课文,加强学生们的记忆,同时也锻炼学生们的口语表达能力。

StepⅣ.Listening

T:Boys and girls,it’s

our listening time.Please listen to the video and do Let’s

Do It!No.2.If you know the answer,please stand up and speak out!You’ll get stars for your group.Ready?Go!

Listen to the passage and tick the ideas mentioned.

Become famous.

Have a happy family.

Attend a good university.

Make other people happy.

Have a satisfying job.

Be rich.

【Keys】

Become famous.Have a happy family.Attend a good university.Be rich. ☆教材解读☆

Make other people happy.

“make+sb.+adj.”意为“使某人……”。make sb. do sth.意为“使/让某人做某事”。

[设计意图]

在学生解决了课文的疑难点之后,学生对课文有了一定的认知,在此基础上练习听力,才能做出听力后的题目,达到听力训练的目的。

StepⅤ.Task

1.It’s said that happy people can live longer.What do you need to be happy?Fill in the mind map.Then give a reason for each thing you list.

【Keys】

Health is important for living a full and active life.You need to be healthy to work and play.

2.Instruct the students to work in groups to complete their own mind map like the one in the student’s

book.They may choose to include some drawings or images of things in the mind map instead of words.

3.Ask the groups to present their mind maps to the class and discuss.After all of the groups have had a chance to present their mind maps,put the mind maps up around the classroom.

[设计意图]

培养学生们的总结归纳能力。

StepⅥ.Practice

Ⅰ.Show

Let’s Do It!No. 3. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box. success purpose survey wonder neighbour 1.Work hard and you will be

in the future.

2.I

who he was,but nobody could tell me.

3.What is the

of your visit?

4.One of our

helped us look after our dog while we were away.

5.We

500 people and 75% of them were in favour of the plan.

Ⅱ.用所给词的适当形式填空

1.What’s the

(mean)of life?

2.Why are great people so

(success)?

3.How can we

(success)?

4.I’m not sure how

(answer)them.

5.We should try our best

(learn)English well.

Ⅲ.根据汉语意思完成句子

1.如果海伦尽力,她也能过上幸福生活。

If Helen

,she can live a happy life,too.

2.你知道这个词是什么意思吗? Do you know

?

3.你认为我们的城市怎么样? What do you

our city?

4.我确信他最后会成功。

I am

he will succeed at last.

5.从这些成功人士的成功中,我们能学到许多。

We can learn a lot from these

people’s

.

【Keys】

Ⅰ.1.successful

2.wondered 3.purpose 4.neighbours 5.surveyed Ⅱ.1.meaning

2.successful 3.succeed 4.to answer 5.to learn Ⅲ.1.tries her best 2.what this word means 3.think of 4.sure that 5.successful,success

[设计意图]

以习题的形式,巩固本节课所学的重点词汇和句型。

StepⅦ.Summary

In this class,we’ve learnt some main phrases and sentences about the meaning of life.

[设计意图]

给学生以总结,让学生明确这节课的学习内容。

StepⅧ. Homework

1.Finish off the remaining exercises in the activity book.

2.Read the next reading in the student’s book.

[设计意图]

让学生通过习题巩固本节课内容,并提前做好预习。

Lesson 7 What Is the Meaning of Life? Main phrases: ·deep in thought ·think about ·write down Main sentences: ·What is the meaning of life? ·Do you ever wonder about that? ·For example,why are great people so successful? ·And how can we succeed in life?

·And how do you know if you’ve succeeded? ·I’m not sure how to answer them,but I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life. ·That sounds right to me. ·My dad always says that we should be good to others. ·I agree.

【基础训练】

Ⅰ.要点词汇

1.意义;意思

2.对话,对白

3.获得成功的;有成就的

4.缺少的;丢失的

5.调查

6.邻居

Ⅱ.翻译短语

7.深思;沉思

8.在……方面成功;顺利完成

9.对……友好

10.写下,记下

Ⅲ.根据汉语意思完成句子

11.你曾经为此疑惑过吗? Do you ever

that?

12.我们怎样才能在生活中成功? And how can we

life?

13.我不确定怎样回答它们,但我认为我们应该尽我们最大努力去过好的、幸福的生活。

I’m not

how to answer them,but I think we should

to

a good and happy

.

14.你怎样知道你是否已成功? And how do you know

you’ve

?

15.你在想什么? What are you

?

【综合运用】

Ⅰ.根据首字母或汉语提示完成句子

1.Could you tell me the Chinese m

of this word?

2.Mo Yan is a s

writer.I like his books.

3.Our English teacher asked us to read the

(对话)again and again.

4.Mr. Black is my

(邻居).He is friendly to others.

5.Let’s write down the questions and

(调查)our classmates.

Ⅱ.单项填空

6.—Let’s

some questions about life,Jim.

—OK.Here’s one:how do we succeed in life?

A.thinks about

B.think of C.thinks over

D.think out 7.I’m sure Rio de Janeiro can

holding the 2016 Olympic Games.

A.successful in

B.have success in C.have succeed in

D.is success in 8.What often makes you

?

A.happily

B.sadly

C.nervous

D.hardly 9.—Is Cindy serious? —I

.She never means it.

A.suppose

B.agree

C.believe

D.wonder 10.Wang Lin now lives with his parents happily.He is living a

life.

A.hard

B.easy

C.happy

D.terrible Ⅲ.句型转换

11.What’s the meaning of this sentence?(同义句转换)

does this sentence

?

12.Tony wrote down what he said every day.(同义句转换) Tony

what he said every day.

13.He needs to lose a bit of weight.(改为否定句) He

to lose a bit of weight.

14.He asked,“What will your mother and grandfather say?”(改为间接引语) He asked

mother and grandfather

say.

15.I wonder what we should do next.(同义句转换) I wonder

next.