Using LanguageⅠ名师课堂实录

Unit 1 Using Language (A FACT OR AN OPINION) Teaching Aims: 1.

To learn to tell facts from opinions;

2.

To learn some useful words and phrases；

3.

To learn how to take notes while listening

Teaching procedures:

1.

talking about “evidence and opinion” by answeringthe following questions: a.

if you want to go in for lawagainst somebody, and if you want to win, wat's the most important thing you should do first? b.what amkes a judge decide which eyewitness he can believe and which not? 2. Reading and underlining Next you are to read the text on page 5 and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the part. Copy them to your notebook after class as homework. Collocation from Using Language on page 5 in a trial, rather than, more than, tell the truth, agree with, It can be proved that …, no reason to lie, a reply to a letter, think highly of, search for, return the treasure to…, cost …a lot of time and money 3. Reading to complete the chart What is evidence? What is a fact? What is an opinion? The useful facts given by an eyewitness is called evidence. A fact is anything that can be proved.

An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. 4. Listening and filling the forms

Now, boys and girls, as we know, people have never stopped searching for the Amber Room. This time we’ll listen to what three people say they know about the missing Amber Room. Before we listen to them, I’ll present some related new words to you to help you understand them easily. Please look at the screen and read after me.

explode vt. 爆炸, Czch n. 捷克, mayor n. 市长, melt vt. 熔化, sub (sub marine) n. 潜水艇，水雷, survivor n. 幸存者, Titanic n. 泰坦尼克船

Now listen and fill in the charts on page 5 and page 6

NAME PLACE

One night in 1941

Anna Petrov Konigsberg

JOB TIME

a maid 1941-1945 NAME PLACE What he heard

Jan Hasek Czech Republic

JOB TIME

A miner 1945:now Something explored at midnight. 1 Some German soldiers put wooden boxes in the mine.

2 The entrance to the mine was closed. nothing The Amber Room and some gold were buried in the mine. What he saw/sees

What he did/does

What he believes

Many trucks came to the castle withlarge boxes . The German soldiers took the boxes into the castle.

She heard that a special art treasure in the castle was shown to important visitors

She heard something explode, and she saw the castle was on fire. She found some melted pieces of something that looked like honey

The soldiers told her that the melted pieces could have come from the Amber Room.

At the end of August, 1944

NAME PLACE

Hans Braun Konigsberg

JOB TIME

a sailor 1945

One night during the war

He was told to help German soldiers put some big wooden boxesonto the ship.

The soldiers said that the heavy boxes .were full of treasure

The ship went out to sea. On the voyage, the shipwas attacked and sank. Almost everyone died

He had to swim three kilometres before he was saved by a German ship.

4.

language points: a.

agree with b.

trial

n. 审判；审讯；试验

c.

rather than 而不是，连接两个并列成分

d.

evidence n. 根据；证据

e.

explode

vi. 爆炸

f.

by the light of the moon 借助月光

g.

to one’s surprise/ amazement / joy/ delight /sorrow/ excitement / disappointment 使某人惊讶/高兴/难过/兴奋

/ 失望的是…

h.

entrance

n. 入口

5.

Homework: a.

Finish off the Workbook exercises. b.

Learn all the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.