Learning about Language优质课一等奖

Unit 3 Computers

本堂课是Learning about language部分。他们是语言知识和文化意识的输入过程；是语言技能、情感态度和学习策略的培养过程，也是语言输出过程。在整个教学过程中，它是培养学生词汇使用的主要过程，教学重点是词汇的学习、交际能力及情感态度的提升。

教学目标

Knowledge objectives: 掌握以下词语和句型：Calculate, sum, solve, simplify, artificial, intelligence, revolution, reality, totally, application, finance, in common, over time, as a result, from···on, so···that. Ability objectives: 训练学生一定的词汇，使他们掌握一些有效的学习策略，从而提高阅读速度和篇章理解的准确性，并养成一定的自主学习能力；培养学生词汇的运用能力。

Emotion objectives: 通过对“computer”的学习，启发学生思考电脑给我们带来的影响，从而以一种正确的方式利用电脑和网络资源；另外通过电脑的发展历程让学生意识到科技对生活的影响。

教学重难点

1. 教学重点：

1.了解计算机的发展过程，进一步认识计算机的演变以及对人类的影响。

2.训练学生的词汇运用技巧，提高学生词汇使用能力。

2. 教学难点：

对所获取的信息进行处理、加工和学习，形成有效的学习策略。

1.任务型教学

2.课堂操练和小组讨论

3.多媒体教学

教学方法

教学过程

Step 1

Leading in

What can computers be used to do in our daily lives? How do you use computers and the Internet? talk with family / friends play computer games send emails

check emails buy tickets make travel plans check the time of a train watch movies listen to music What English words do you know about a computer? What are they? Step 2

Language points 1. In pairs discuss what they have in common. (P.17) 两人一组讨论一下它们有什么相同之处。

common adj. 普通的，常见的；共有的

n. 共用

A great interest in music was common to them.

他们对音乐都有着共同的强烈兴趣。

It’s common sense to dress more warmly when it gets cold.

天冷了要穿暖一点，这是常识。

In common with many people, he prefers classical music to pop music. 和许多人一样，他喜欢古典音乐，而不喜欢流行音乐

【短语归纳】

in common共用(的)；共有(的)

have a lot in common with和……有许多共同之处

have nothing in common with 无共同之处

have something in common with 有一些共同之处

【2. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums.

尽管当时我还年轻，但是我能简化

一些复杂的数学题。(P18 )

simplify vt.使简易，简化

The English in this story has been simplified to make it easier to understand.

这个故事里的英语得到了简化，使它更容易理解。

【拓展归纳】simplified adj. 简易的，简化的

simple adj. 简单的

simply adv. 简单地,仅仅地

purify 净化

beautify美化intensify强化classify分类citify 使都市化

【高考链接】

（1）

(湖北卷) While intelligent people can often ___ the complex，a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.

A．sacrifice

B．substitute

C．simplify

D．survive

（2）(浙江卷) Running a company is not ___

a matter of hiring people—they also need to be trained．

A. simply

B. partly

C. seriously D. equally

3. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. (P18)我发育缓慢，差不多到了两百年之后，查尔斯。巴比奇才把我制成了一台分析机。

“It was(not)／will(not)be+时间段+before…”意为“用不了多久就……”.

【小试牛刀】

（1）It’ll be three weeks _ before he comes back _. 要过三周他才回来

。

（2）He became angry _ before I could explain

to him我还没来得及向他解释，他就生气了。

（3）John thinks it won’t be long ____he is ready for his new job．

A．when

B．after

C．before

D．Since

4. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my “artificial intelligence”. (P.18) 那时这被当作是一次技术革命，也是我“人工智能”的开始。

(1) consider v. 认为；考虑；细想

consider doing sth考虑做某事；

consider sb / sth (as) sth认为……是……；

be considered to do被认知

considerable adj. 相当多的

considerate adj. 考虑周到的；体贴的

consideration n. 考虑（的事）；深思；体谅

(2) intelligence n. 智力，聪明

He is a person of great intelligence. 他是个极聪明的人。

intelligent

adj. 有智力的，聪明的

intelligently

adv. 聪明地

intellectual adj.智力的

adv.知识分子”。

【高考连接】

(广东卷完形) I observed a number of _____ children who were taken out of a special class and placed in a regular class．

A. intelligent

B. competent C. ordinary

D. independent

5. In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how computers could be made to work as a “universal machine” to solve any mathematical problem. (P.18) 在1936年，我真正的父亲艾伦·图灵写了一本书，讲述了怎样使我成为一台“通用机器”来解决任何数学难题。

英语中有些动词可接不带to的不定式作宾语补足语，表示动作已完成，但在被动结构中须带上to.

let, make, have;

see, look at, watch, notice, observe, hear, feel, listen to等。

They used to be made to work twelve hours a day. 他们过去每天被迫工作12小时。

The boy was seen to go out the gate. 有人看到这个男孩从大门口跑出去了。

6. As the years have gone by, I have been made smaller and smaller. (P18，

L16-17)

随着岁月的流逝，我被做的越来越小了。

As we grow older, we get wiser. 随着年龄的增长，我们会变得更聪明。

注意：with表示“随着”时，是介词，后不接句子。

As the economy develops, more and more waste will be produced.

= With development of the economy, more and more waste will be produced. 随着国家财富的增加，会产生出越来越多的废物。

【小试牛刀】

（1）____ time goes by，Mother's hair has turned grey and the wrinkles on her face deeper.

A．As

B．With

C．While

D．Because

（2）____ the years slipped by，I thought less about her.

A．With

B．As

C．Since

D．To

go by 经过（某地）

Don’t let this chance go by.

不要错失这次机会。

【拓展归纳】by用法

The house stands by the side of the river.房子坐落在河边。

They had finished their work by the end of last week.到上周末他们已完成了工作。

I’ll be here by five o’clock this afternoon.我最迟在今天下午5点前到这里。

My mother often goes to work by bike.我母亲经常骑自行车去上班。

We learn to swim by swimming.我们通过游泳学习游泳。

It’s dangerous to judge by appearances.以貌取人是很危险的。

His horse won by a nose. 他的马以一鼻之差险胜。

They are paid by the month. 他们所得报酬按月计。

Are bananas sold by weight? 香蕉是按斤出售的吗？

【高考链接】

(1)（2015陕西卷）The little pupil took his grandma

the arm and walked her across the street.

(2) --- When do we need to pay the balance?

--- ____ September 30.

【小试牛刀】

(1)Luckily, the bullet narrowly missed the captain ___ an inch,

(2)—You’re so lucky.

— What do you mean ___ that?

(3) He __________(build) his own lab by the time he was ten．

7. First as a PC(personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s. 自二十世纪七十年代以来，我一直被用在办公室和家庭里，先是用作个人电脑，后来又做成便携式。(P18，

L16-17)

(1) 现在完成时的被动语态由“have／has been+过去分词”构成。

The party has been planned since the new year. 这聚会自新年起就已筹划了。

【高考链接】

(2013北京卷)

Shakespeare’s play Hamlet _________(make) into at least ten different films over the past years.

(2) personal adj. 私人的，个人的，亲自的

personally adv.

就自己而言; 就我个人来说

personally speaking 我个人认为，以我的看法来说

【高考链接】

（2010湖北卷）In this lecture, I can only give you a purely ___ view of how we can live life to the full and make some suggestions about the future.

A. private B. personal C. unique D. different

8. As a result, I totally changed my shape. (P18，L19)结果，我完全改变了我的形状。

as a result 结果，因此

It doesn’t often rain in summer. As a result, we have to water the vegetable garden.

这儿夏天不常下雨，因此，我们不得不给菜园浇水。

As a result of the accident, he became lame. 因为这次事故，他瘸了。

【拓展归纳】

as a result(=therefore )

因此（+结果）（放在句首或句中，用逗号与句子其它部分隔开

as a result of(=because of)

因为（+ 原因(名词，代词，动名词)

result from 由……导致；源于……

result in …导致……

He was lazy. As a result, he was late for school. 他懒。结果，他上学迟到了。

As a result of his laziness, he was late for school.由于他懒。他上学迟到了。

His laziness resulted in his being late for school. His being late for school resulted from his laziness. 【高考链接】

（1）（江西高考卷）My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever；____, he could neither eat nor sleep.

A. as a result B. after all C. any way D. otherwise

(2) (全国Ⅱ卷)Jenny nearly missed the flight ____ doing too much shopping．

A．as a result of

B．on top of C．in front of D．in need of

9. But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the early 1960s, they gave me a family connected by a network. (P18)但是我总是孤孤单单地站在那里，直到60年代初，人们才给了我一个用网络联成的家庭。

lonely孤独的；

荒凉的，

I am lonely without you. 没有你，我是孤独的。

She has a soft place in her heart for all lonely people. 她同情所有孤独的人。

It felt like the loneliest place in the world. 感觉这就像是天底下最荒凉的地方。

【拓展归纳】

以

–ly结尾的并非都是副词，有的加-ly的词是形容词（多是名词加-ly），

如：friendly（有好的），lovely（可爱的）, manly（男子气的），orderly（有秩序的）costly（昂贵的）, brotherly（兄弟般的）, deadly（致命的），lively（活泼的），elderly（稍老的）, likely（可能的），fatherly（父亲般的）,womanly（女子气的）,…等。

【近义辨析】lonely, alone

lonely只作形容词用，表示“孤独的、寂寞的”，富有感情色彩。可用作表语和定语。

He feels lonely because he has no friends. 他感到孤独，因为他没有朋友。

This is a lonely mountain village. 这是一个荒凉的山村。

alone用作形容词，在句中只用作表语。alone用作副词,表示“单独地、独自”，相当于by oneself。

He doesn’t feel lonely when he is alone. 他一个人在家时不感到寂寞。

He lives alone by now. 到现在他还是一个人生活。

(2) by myself我独自地

【拓展归纳】

by oneself 独自地

of oneself自发地，独自

for oneself 为自己，亲自

enjoy oneself 玩得开心

express oneself 表达自己的意思

help oneself 自取，随便吃

kill oneself 自杀

(3) connected by a network 做定语

10. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. (P18，

L32-33)不管怎样，我的目标是给人类提供高质量的生活。

anyhow = anyway不管怎样.

Anyhow, it’s worth trying. 不管怎样，这事值得一试。

It may rain, but we’ll go anyhow. 也许会下雨，但我们无论如何都要去。

【近义辨析】

somehow由于某种未知的原因；不知怎么的；以某种方式；用某种方法；从某种角度。

Somehow he was afraid of her. 不知怎的，他怕她。

Anyhow/anyway无论如何，尽管如此”,

可以置于句首，句中或句末。

I’ve tried, but I can’t open it anyway. 我已经试过了，但无论如何也打不开。

【高考链接】

(湖北高考卷) I'm certain David's told you his business troubles. _____, it's no secret that he owes a lot of money to the bank.

A. However B. Anyway

C. Therefore

D. Though Step 3

Homework

Retell the text according to the following clues and then write down your retelling.