4a—4d教案教学设计

The Fifth Period

Section B (2a-2c)

天长市杨村中学

徐其芳

I.Teaching aims 1.Key words:world,answer,different,cake,candle,age,blow,if,will,candy,lucky,popular,idea 2.Key phrases:blow out,cut up,around the world,make a wish,good luck,on their birthday 3.Important sentences:

①What would people like to eat on their birthday?

②The answer would be different in different countries.

③In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles.

④The number of candles is the person’s age.

⑤The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles.

⑥In China, it is getting popular to have cake on your birthday.

⑦They never cut up the noodles because the long noodles are a symbol of long life.

⑧They bring good luck to the birthday person. II.Important and difficult points:

.重点短语和句型

Ⅲ.Teaching process

Step 1

Lead in Teacher: What do you eat on your birthday? Student 1:I eat a big cake. Student 2:I eat some noodles.

Student 3:I eat pancakes. Step 2

Work on 2b-2c 1.阅读2b短文,找出中国人和英国人在生日的时候常吃的食物以及它们的寓意,完成2b表格。集体核对答案。

2.再一次仔细阅读短文,找出2c问题的答案。

3.第三遍阅读短文,整体感知全文意思,并能简单复述短文内容。

Step 3

Work on 3a-3b 1.请同学们读3a的短文,然后从方框中选词将短文补充完整,集体核对答案。

Language points

1.The number of candles is the person’s age.

蜡烛的数量就是过生日人的年龄。（教材第59页）

the number of 意为“……的数量” 。

e.g.: Who knows the number of the students in our school? 谁知道我们学校的学生数量？

【辨析】the number of 和a number of （1）the number of 意为“……的数量”，后接可数名词复数。作主语时，谓

语动词用单数。

e.g.:The number of the men workers in that factory is forty-six.

那个工厂男工人的数量是46人。

（2）a number of 意为“许多；大量”，后接可数名词复数。作主语时，谓语动词用复数。

e.g.: A number of pupils are visiting the Tian’anmen Square. 许多小学生在参观天安门广场。

2.All of these birthday foods may be different, but the ideas are the same. 所有这些生日食品可能会有所不同，但其蕴含的意义是一样的。（教材第59页）

(1)此处food为可数名词，表示食物种类的多样。birthday foods意为“各种各样的生日食品”。

e.g.: There are lots of foods at the party:cakes, fruits and drinks.

聚会上有许多食品：蛋糕、水果和饮料。

【拓展】food通常用作不可数名词，意为“食物”。

e.g.:Give some food to the poor child. He looks so hungry. 给这个可怜的小男孩一些食物，他看起来很饿。

(2)may情态动词，此处意为“可能；也许”，表猜测。

e.g.: She may not come. 她可能不来了。

【拓展】may还作“可以”解，用来征求对方许可，相当于can。

e.g.: May/Can I use your pen?

我可以用一下你的钢笔吗？

（3）idea可数名词，意为“想法；主意”。

e.g.: Do you have any good ideas for the plan?

对这个计划，你有什么好主意吗？

【拓展】Good idea!或That’s a good idea!通常用来表示对别人提出的好的建议或想法的回应。

e.g.: —Let’s go shopping tomorrow morning. 明天上午我们去逛街吧。

—Good idea! 好主意！

3.The answer would be different in different countries.不同的国家将会有不同的答案。（教材第59页）

answer此处用作可数名词，意为“答案，回答，答复”，后面常接介词to，表示“……的答案”。

e.g.:I don't know the answer to this question. 我不知道这个问题的答案。

【拓展】(1)answer可用作及物动词，意为“回答，答复，应答”。

e.g.:The boy can't answer this question. 那个男孩回答不出这个问题。

Please answer the telephone.请接电话。

(2)answer还可用作不及物动词，意为“回答”。

e.g.:He answered with a smile.他微笑作答。

4.The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles.寿星必须许个愿望并吹灭蜡烛。（教材第59页）

（1）make a wish意为“许愿”。

e.g.:It's easy to make a wish, but it is difficult to make it come true. 许下愿望容易，要使愿望成真却很难。

（2）blow动词，意为“吹；刮”。blow out意为“吹灭”，blow out 中out为副词，后接名词作宾语时，宾语可以紧跟其后，也可置于blow与out之间，但接代词作宾语时，宾语必须放在blow与out之间。

e.g.:Let's blow out the candles.让我们吹灭蜡烛吧。

The wind is blowing hard.风很大。

The candles are burning. Don't blow them out. 蜡烛正在燃烧。不要吹灭它们。

5.They never cut up the noodles because the long noodles are a symbol of long life.他们从不切断面条，因为长长的面条是长寿的象征。（教材第59页）

cut up意为“切碎”，是一个“动词+副词”型短语，代词作宾语时只能放在中间；名词作宾语时，可放在中间，也可放在up后面。

e.g.:Pass the meat to me. I'll cut it up. 把肉递给我，我来切碎它。

Cut up the vegetables, please.请把蔬菜切碎。

【拓展】与cut相关的其他短语：

cut down砍倒

cut off剪掉，切掉，砍掉

cut...into... 把……切成……

cut in 插话

Exercise 一、单项选择。

1.The number of teachers in our school

fifty. A.are

B.is

C.be

D.has 2.You should

the candle before you leave. A.cut up

B.blow out C.put on

D.short of 3.There ____ any beef in the noodles. A.is

B.isn’t

C.are

D.aren’t

4.—Do we need to buy some meat? —Yes. Let’s buy some ____. A. chicken and fish

B. chicken and apples C. fish and carrots

D. fish and cakes 5.—What’s your father’s ____?

—He’s forty-two years old. A.height

B.build

C.age

D.old 6.—What size shoes do you want? —____ A.

Small shoes.

B. Size 36.

C. 36 size.

D. Big shoes. 7.

Coke

my favorite drink. A.is

B. are

C. be

D. Has

二、句型转换。

1.I'd like a large bowl of rice.（对画线部分提问）

_____ ______ bowl of rice would you like? 2.I'd like a bowl of noodles.（改为一般疑问句）

______ you _____ a bowl of noodles? 3.Bruce would like strawberries.（对画线部分提问）

______ ______ Bruce like? 4.She'd like tomato noodles.（对画线部分提问）

______ ______ of noodles would she like？

Homework