Learning about Language教学设计第一课时

Book8 Unit5 learning about language 教学目标

1.

Get the students to learn and grasp some important new words and expressions: alternative, interrupt, assume, regardless of, somehow, and so on. 2.

Get the students to understand some useful sentence patterns. (1)

it’s here that we found evidence of some…

(2)

We have been excavating layers of ash almost six metres thick, which suggests that they might have kept the fire burning. (3)

It seems that they might have used sharpened stone tools to cut up the animals and remove their skin. (4)

As

the botanical analyses have shown us, …

3.

Enable the students to use some useful words and expression correctly. Develop the students’ spirit of cooperation and teamwork.

教学重点

1.

Enable students to grasp the usages of such important new words and expressions as alternative, interrupt, assume, regardless of, somehow, and so on. 2’

Help students to understand and master some useful and difficult sentence structures. 教学难点

How to enable students to understand some difficult and useful sentence structures and master useful words and expressions. 教学方法

1.

Discussing, summarizing and practicing. 2.

Cooperative learning 教学过程

Step1 Revision

1.

Check the homework. 2.

Ask some students to tell something about the life of our ancestors according to the passage they have learned. Step2 Reading and finding the difficult points Ask the students to try to find out some new words and expressions as soon as possible in the passage and underline some difficult sentences. Step3 language points 1.

Long and difficult sentences （1）You must be aware that it’s here that we found evidence of some of the earliest people who lived in this part of the world. 主句

you must be aware that…..(宾从)

it’s here that…强调句

who lived in this part of the world 定从

（2）We have been excavating layers of ash almost six metres thick, which suggests that they might have kept the fire burning. have been excavating 现在完成进行时表示这个动作从过去一直持续到现在

which suggests that …非限制性定语从句

might have kept 对过去事实的推测

kept the fire burning

keep sth doing 使…持续发生

（3）It seems that they might have used sharpened stone tools to cut up the animals and remove their skin. It seems that…主语从句，好像是…

might have used

对过去事实的推测

sharpened 作定语修饰stone tools (4)

As

the botanical analyses have shown us, all the fields around here used to be part of a large shallow lake. As the botanical analyses have shown us, as引导定语从句，正如植物学的分析给我们所展示的

2.

Useful words and expressions (1)

alternative

①

adj.供选择的；其他的

e.g. The way was blocked, so we had to go by alternative road. ②

n. [C] 二选其一；可供选择的东西；替代物

an alternative to ...…的替代品

have no alternative but to do sth.别无选择只好做……

There is no alternative but to do...别无选择

eg. We have

no alternative but to go on.

除了继续下去，我们没有选择的余地。

There is no alternative but to fight. 除了战斗，没有其他的办法。

(2)

interrupt 1阻断, 中断

○e.g. His studies were interrupted by the war.

Don’t interrupt him, for he hasn’t finished yet. 2打岔; 插嘴

○e.g. It is rude to interrupt.

“Don’t interrupt,” he said.

interruption n. 打断；中断；打岔；插嘴

without interruption 连续，无中断

他连续讲了两个钟头。

He kept talking for two hours without interruption. （3）assume vt. 1假定, 设想

○

e.g.科学家设想月球上没有动物。

The scientists assume that there are no animals on the moon. 2装作

○e.g.She assumed a look of surprise.

她装出一副吃惊的样子。

(4)regardless of

prep. 1

不管; 不顾

○不管有多危险, 他还是爬上了大厦。

e.g. He climbed the building, regardless of the danger.

2

尽管

○e.g. We will persevere regardless of past failures.

尽管以前我们失败过, 但仍要坚持下去。

(5)

somehow adv. 用某种方法，不知怎么地，莫名其妙地

eg. Somehow he was afraid of her. 不知为什么，他怕她。

Don’t worry, we’ll get the money back somehow. 别担心，我们总会把那些钱拿回来的。

(6)

fed up with

受够了；厌烦

eg. I’m fed up with waiting for her.

我等她等得受够了。

You look fed up. What’s the matter? 你满脸不高兴的样子。怎么啦？

I am fed up with his being as vain as a peacock. 我受够了他像孔雀一样虚荣。

Step4 practice Part1

Fill in the blanks with the new words and expressions. 1.Do you have________________________? 你有没有别的解决办法？

2.________________________ but to give up the plan. 除了放弃那个计划，我别无选择。

3.________________________, but there's someone to see you. 对不起打扰一下，有人要见你。

4.___________________ he won't cheat you.

我想他是不会骗你的. 5.

The law says everyone is equal, ________________ race, sex or religion. 法律规定人人平等，不论种族、性别和宗教。

6.

He __________________ the lies being spread about him.

关于自己的流言蜚语满天乱飞，他实在受够了。

Part2 Translate the following sentences 1.正是在这儿我们快乐地度过了三年时光。（用强调句）

2.我已经找了三天我丢的书, 但仍没找到。

3.看起来他已经灰心了。

4.正如人们所期望的那样, 他的女儿考入了一所重点大学。

keys Part1 1.an alternative solution

2.

I have no alternative

3.

Sorry to interrupt

4. I assume that

5.

regardless of

6. was fed up with Part2 1.

It's here that we spent three years happily together. 2.

I have been looking for my lost book for three days, but I still haven’t found it.

3.

It seems that he has lost heart. 4.

As is expected, his daughter entered a key university. Step5 Homework Finish the exercises on P40