Using LanguageⅠ教学实录

必修二Unit 1 Cultural relics Using language I Teaching goals 教学目标

1.Target language

a. Key words and phrases : trial, eyewitness, consider, prove, tell the truth, pretend, think highly of, besides

b. Key sentences Asking for opinions Do/don’t you think that….?

Would you consider….?

Do you have any idea about….? How do you know that?

Are you sure that he /she was telling the truth? What do you think of….?

What’s your idea/opinion of….?

How do you feel about….?

Who do you think was….?

What are your reasons for saying that? Giving opinions

I think/don’t think that….

Sorry, I don’t agree with you. In my opinion，…

It can be proved.

In my opinion I don’t believe…, because….

I think… is telling the truth because….

2. Ability goals Enable students to ask for opinions and give opinions. Enable students to write a report on a debate.

3. Learning ability goals Help students learn how to tell a fact from an opinion.

Teaching methods

Learning and practicing Teaching aids

Some slides and a projector Teaching procedures

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Step I Reading and listening 1. Reading T: Yesterday we learned something about Amber Room and we know that the one that we now can see is a rebuilt one. Where is the lost one now? How did it disappear? Is there anyone know the mystery? Is there any eyewitnesses? Today we will read a man’s story about what happened to the Amber Room, and find if the story is a fact or just an opinion. Before doing this, we should know what a fact is and what an opinion is. Ask the students to read this passage A FACT OR AN OPINION? to learn what is a fact and what is an opinion.

Give four examples. Ask what is a fact? A fact is anything that can be proved. What is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. Explain the useful expressions in the text.

“疑问词+不定式”, 构成不定式短语, 在句中作主语, 表语, 宾语等成分。

考虑

consider sth. / doing sth. 认为

consider +that-clause

v.

consider…as/ (to be)…

rather than 而不是

other than 除了…

Now imagine that you are a judge; you have to make a decision whether a story is a fact or it’s just an opinion. Look at Exercise 2. Let them read a man’s story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly. And according to what they have known about a fact and an opinion to decide what the story is and give their reason, using the structure:

I think it is a______________ because_____________________. Suggested answer: I think it is an opinion because the man didn’t see the Amber Room with his own eyes. He just saw some German soldiers putting wooden boxes in the mine. He heard about

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the news that the Amber Room and some gold were buried in the mine. But that may be a rumour.

let students complete the table in Exercise 3. NAME PLACE Jan Hasek Job A miner April, 1945 A mine in Czech Time Republic What he heard What he saw Something exploded He saw some German soldiers putting boxes in the mine; and a week later he saw the entrance to the mine was closed.

What he believes 2. Listening The Amber Room and some gold are buried in the mine. T: In fact, till now many theories have been put forth about the fate of the Amber Room.Even now, several teams of treasure hunters continue to search for it. So the so called eyewitnesses are very important. Now we will hear another two people talk about what happened to the Amber Room. Play the tape, and ask the students to pay attention to the two questions:

Part A: Where was the Amber Room lost?

Part B: How was the Amber Room lost?

And then finish the two blanks in Exercise 4. Exercise 5 gets students to listen for specific information. Play the tape again. Stop after each part and fill in the blanks. Step II Speaking

The Ss will use the information in the former section, and discuss in pairs which person gave the best evidence. While discussing, make use of the expressions given. Now read the expressions and tell which are used to ask for opinion and which give opinions.

The best evidence is factual and is given by a person who is believable. the most believable eyewitness is the one who has nothing to gain from telling a lie. A Sample discussion: It can be proved that Anna Petrov gave the best evidence because she saw something

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that could have come from the Amber Room and she has nothing to gain from her story. the students share their ideas with another group and choose the answer with the best reasons. At last present the discussion to the class.

Suggested answer: Jan Hasek is less believable because he owns a little restaurant near the mine. If the search stopped, his business would suffer.

Hans Braun is also less believable because he is working for a company trying to find the ship which carried the treasures in the Baltic Sea.

Anna Petrov has no selfish reason for saying what she has said. In particular, she is not involved in any current effort to find the treasure. Therefore, she is the most believable. Step 3 Homework Write a report about amber room base on the debate.

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