Learning about Language名师教学设计1

Unit One

Learning about language

Teaching Goals:

1. To let Ss know about some extraordinary women and learn something from them. 2. To develop Ss’ reading skills.

Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Homework-checking Purpose: To prepare Ss for the lesson by reviewing what was learnt last period.

To make sure Ss have learned how to describe a great person 1. Read the following words and expressions and ask Ss to write them down. achieve, working conditions, connection, organization, considerate, kindness, deliver a baby, modest, communication, How would you describe her? What do you think about…?

2. Ask two pairs of students to act out the dialogue made up by themselves in front of the class.

Step 2. Leading-in

Purpose:

To develop Ss’ interest in wild animals and protecting them.

To prepare Ss for learning the new text in the unit. 1. Show Ss some pictures of wild animals.

……

panda

penguin

tiger

chimp

2. Ask the following questions and ask Ss to answer the questions as quickly as possible.

①

What’s the animal in each picture?

②

Where do they usually eat?

③

Do you like wild animals?

④

Are they very important to human being? Why?

⑤

Would you like to take a job studying wild animals?

Step 3. Fast reading Purpose: To develop Ss’ ability of reading.

1. Tell Ss that they are going to learn a new lesson about a student of wild life and then show a picture of Jane Goodall. Ask them to guess what the passage talks about.

2. Ask Ss to skim the text and find the answers to the following questions. (1) Who is the student? (2) What does she study?

(3) Where does she carry out her work? At a university or in the forest? (4) What did she discover?

Suggested Answers:

(1) She is Jane Goodall.

(2) She studies chimps.

(3) She carries out her work in the forest instead of in a university.

(4) One thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other.

3. Ask students to read the text fast and finish Ex.1 and Ex.2 on P3.

Step 4. Report

Purpose: To develop Ss’ ability of using language and speaking.

Ask Ss to read the sentences in the form again and then ask some students to give a report about Jane Goodall. They may begin their report like this.

Jane Goodall likes animals very much. She spent many years observing and recording

chimps’ daily activities. ……

Step5. Language points Purpose: To let Ss master important words, phrases and grammar points.

1. Ask Ss to find these sentences in the text and then read aloud. 

Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. (Para 1, Line5)



This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before. (Para 1, Line6)



Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. (Para 1, Line11) 

However, the evening makes it all worthwhile.(Para.1, Line13) 

Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. (Para.2, Line4)



For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. (Para 3, Line1)

2. Explain the language points in the above sentences. (1) Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. (Para 1, Line5) V-ing形式可相当于名词在句中作主语，谓语动词用单数。如：

Doing morning exercises is good for health.做早操对健康有益。

Asking costs nothing. 多问不吃亏。

注意V-ing形式作主语时与不定式的区别：

V-ing形式作主语表示抽象或泛指的动作。不定式作主语表示具体某一次的行为。二者一般可互换，差异不大，但要注意下列几种情况：

①当表语是V-ing形式时，主语也要用V-ing形式；当表语是不定式时，主语也要用不定式。如：

Seeing is believing. (To see is to believe.) 眼见为实。

②在It’s no use /no good/ a waste of time doing sth.等句型中一般用V-ing形式，而不用不定式。如：

It is no good keeping this secret.此事不公开没有什么好处。

It is a waste of energy arguing with her.和她争论是浪费精力。

③在It is important/ necessary/ easy… to do sth 或It is + adj. + for (of) sb + to do sth.等句型中通常只能用不定式，而不使用V-ing形式。如：

It is important for you to learn English well.对你来说学好英语很重要。

It is very kind of you to help us.你真太好心了来帮助我们。

(2) This means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before. (Para 1, Line6) ①

mean to do 打算做某事，意欲做某事

I mean to go, but my father would not allow me to.我本打算去，但爸爸不允许。

Sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you.我没想伤害你．

②

mean doing表示

“意味着”的意思

I mean going to park.我是说去公园（的意思）．

Missing the train means waiting for another hour.误了这趟火车意味着再等一个小时。

③

a. we left the chimp family sleeping in a tree the night before.(Para.6, Line6)

b. She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it. (Para 2, Line10) 在以上两句中，sleeping和hunting都是宾语补足语。V-ing形式常在keep, find, notice, have, feel, hear, see, leave...等动词后常用V-ing形式作宾语补足语。如：

We found the old lady lying in bed. 我们发现那老太太躺在床上。

Don’t leave her waiting outside in the rain. 不要让她在外面雨中等待着。

注意：在感官动词：see, hear, look at, notice, observe, feel, find...等及使役动词：have, make, leave, keep, get...等后既可以用不定式也可以用V-ing形式作宾语补足语。不定式（不带to）表示过程或动作完成，V-ing形式强调进行或当时情景。例如：

I saw the old man crossing the street. 我看见那位老人在过马路。（正在过马路）

We heard her sing two songs. 我们听她唱了两首歌。（已经唱完）

(3) Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right. (Para 1, Line11) 在本句中，介词by表示不迟于、在……之前。例如：

The documents need to be ready by next Friday. 文件最迟需要下周五前准备好。

(4) However, the evening makes it all worthwhile.(Para.1, Line13) worthwhile adj.值得做的，常用于句型It is worthwhile to do sth./doing sth. 或To do sth./Doing sth. is worthwhile中。如：

a worthwhile experiment一项值得做的实验

I don’t think it is worthwhile.我认为不值得做这件事。

It is worthwhile discussing/to discuss the question.讨论一下这个问题是值得的。

注意：这个单词除了用于名词前均可写成worth while。如：

Did you feel the meeting was worth while? 你觉得这次会议值得吗？

再如：

这是一次很有价值的访问。

[误] It was a worth while visit. [正] It was a worthwhile visit. 那座寺庙值得一看。

[误] The temple is worthwhile visiting. [正] It is worth while visiting the temple. (5) Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. (Para.2, Line 4)

本句为倒装结构。为了强调only及其所修饰的状语(通常是副词、介词短语或从句)，则将它们移到句首，句中的主谓作部分倒装。再如：

Only then did we realize that the man was blind.直到那时我们才发现那个人是盲人。

Only when the war was over in 1918 was he able to get happily back to work.直到1918年战争结束后，他才得以愉快地重返工作岗位。

(6) For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. (Para 3, Line1)

Outspoken(adj): expressing your opinions honestly and directly 直言不讳的

As a former schoolmaster, he has always been outspoken on education issues and a firm supporter of traditional learning methods.作为前任校长，他总是就教育问题坦率地发表意见，坚定地支持传统的学习方法。

Respect(vt): to be careful not to do anything against someone’s wishes, rights, etc 尊重

She said she wanted to leave, and her father respected her wishes. 她说她要离开，她的父亲尊重她的愿望。

Step 7. Consolidation Ask Ss to choose the best answers to the following questions. 1. ---Hi, Tracy, you look tired.

---I am tired. I ______ the living room all day.

A. painted

B. had painted

C. have been painting

D. have painted

2. Your suit won’t be ready ______ Friday. You can collect it next Monday.

A. on

B. by

C. till

D. for

3. Only then ______ how much damage had been caused.

A. she realized

B. she had realized

C. had she realized

D. did she realize

4.______ by keeping down costs will Power Data hold its advantage over other companies.

A. Only

B. Just

C. Still

D. Yet 5. I won’t tell the student the answer to the math problem until he ______ on it for more than an hour.

A.has been working

B.will have worked

C.will have been working

D.had worked 6. If you think that treating a woman well means always ______ her permission for things, think again.

A. gets

B. got

C. to get

D. getting 7. He looked around and caught a man ______ his hand into the pockey of a passenger.

A. put

B. to be putting

C. to put

D. putting

8. The ______ boy was last seen ______ near the East Lake.

A. missing; playing

B. missing; play

C. missed; played

D. missed; to play

Suggested Answers: (1)～(8) C B D A A D D A Step 8. Homework 1. Ask Ss to revise all the language points. 2. Ask Ss to go to the library to read or get online to seek more information on wildlife protection.