Learning about Language教学设计一等奖

Unit 5

Meeting your ancestors Learning about Language

阜南县实验中学

李素梅

Teaching Goals: 1.To enable Ss to master some new words and expressions.

2. To get Ss to have knowledge of this grammar point: the present perfect continuous tense Teaching Procedures: Step 1.Word study 1. Ask Ss to complete the following sentences according to the notes (1) The event has a far-reaching historical s_______. (2) ______（不知怎么地）he couldn’t get to sleep. (3) They will make a s_______（彻底的）search of the city. (4) The workers are ______（挖掘）a tunnel through the mountain. (5) We made a careful _______（分析）of the problem. Suggested Answers:

(1). significance

(2) Somehow

(3) systematic

(4) excavating

(5) analysis 2. Ask Ss to choose the best answers to the following questions. (1) We_____ for the bus half an hour, but it has not come yet. A. have been waiting

B. have waited C. are waiting

D. have been waited

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(2) You are so late. We ____ you for a whole hour.

A. waited

B. had waited

C. were waiting for

D. have been waiting for (3) He ____ articles for our wall-newspaper the three years, and he _____about thirty articles.

A. has written; has written

B. has been writing; wrote

C. is write; has been writing

D. has been writing; has written (4) It _____ for two days. The roads will be blocked if it ______ soon.

A. snowed; won’t

B. has been snowing; doesn't stop

C. has snowed; won’t stop

D. snow ; doesn’t stop (5) It _____ for two hours and the ground is too wet to play on, so the match______.

A. has been raining; has put off

B. has rained; is put off

C. was raining; has been put off

D. has been raining; has been put off (6) He wanted to know how this _______.

A. had happened

B. happened

C. has happened

D. has been happening

(7) I welcome any change that will _____ something better.

A. lead in

B. lead to

C. bring in

D. bring up

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(8) I think her ideas are right, but _____ I’m not completely sure.

A. somewhat

B. somehow

C. somewhere

D. sometime (9) He was late _______ the traffic jam.

A. lead to

B. as a result

C. as a result of

D. because (10) I ______ him, because he often tells lies.

A. think much of

B. think highly of

C. think little of

D. think high of

Suggested Answers:

(1) A

(2) D

(3) D

(4) B

(5) D

(6) A

(7) B

(8) B

(9) C

(10) C

3. Ask Ss to complete the following sentences with the phrases in the form. in spite of ; think highly of; lead to; take turns to ;refer to; be fed up with

(1) Don’t _____ the dictionary if you come across a new word when you read a passage. (2) _____ the heavy rain, they went to school as usual. (3) I _____ his constant complaint about the had condition. (4) We’d better _____ drive the car , for it’s a long journey. (5) His carelessness _____ an accident.

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(6) I don’t ________________ her idea. Suggested Answers:

(1) refer to

(2) In spite of

(3) am/was fed up with

(4) take turns to

(5) led to

(6) think highly of Step 2. Grammar Purpose : To get Ss to have knowledge of the grammar point: the present perfect continuous tense. . 1. Explain the grammar point for Ss. (1) 现在完成时的“已完成”用法强调动作的完成，而现在完成进行时表示动作未完成。试分析：

I have read David Copperfield.（已看完）

I have been reading the novel.（未看完）

They have built an oil ship.（已造成）

They have been building the oil ship.（未造成）

(2) 在与表示一段时间的状语连用时，现在完成时的“未完成”用法和现在完成时都表示动作过程的持续性，但用现在完成时更强调动作延续时间的长久。如：

How long have you learned English?=How long have you been

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learning English? I’ve been staying in the hotel for six weeks. 我在这家旅馆一直住了六个星期。

My parents have lived in this city all their lives.

我的双亲在这住了一辈子。

(3) 现在完成时同某些频度副词或数字连用时，表示反复的（可能有间断）动作；现在完成时可以表示反复的不间断动作，不能同表示具体次数和完成事物的具体数字并存。如：

I’ve written two letters. 我写了两封信。

I’ve been writing letters. 我一直在写信。

I’ve read this poem six times this evening. I’ve been reading this poem six times this evening.(错句) (4) 现在完成时不带感情色彩，使用现在完成进行时带有感情色彩。试分析：

He has been talking too much.(表示厌烦)

Someone has been using my pen.(表示埋怨) (5) 表示状态动词的“未完成”用法，用现在完成时，不宜用现在完成进行时。如：

How long have you known each other?

*How long have you been knowing each other?

(6) 现代英语中，象lie, rest, wait, stay, sleep等动词更倾向于现在完成进行时。如：

I’ve been waiting for a long time.

He’s been sitting here all morning.

2. Ask Ss to choose the best answers to the following questions. (1) They

on the program for almost one week before I joined them,and now we

it as no good results have come out so far. A. had been working ;are still working

B. had worked; were still working

C. have been working; have worked

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D. have worked; are still working

(2) Millions of pounds’

worth of damage

by a storm which swept across the north of England last night.

A. had been caused

B. has been caused

C. will be caused

D. will have been caused

(3) Now that she is out of job, Lucy

going back to school , she hasn’t decided yet.

A. had considered

B. has been considering

C. considered

D. is going to consider (4) The crazy fans

patiently for two hours, and they would wait till the movie star arrived.

A. were waiting

B. had been waiting

C. had waited

D. would wait

(5) —Have you heard from Janet recently? —

No, but I

her over Christmas.

A. saw

B. will be seeing

C. have seen

D. have been seeing

(6) You

things about. Look, what a mess in your room!

A. always throw

B. have always thrown

C. are always throwing

D. have always been throwing

(7) —Li Ming is said

abroad. Do you know what country he studied in? —

Yes, in Britain.

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A. to have studied

B. to study

C. to be studying

D. to have been studying Suggested Answers: (1) A

(2) A

(3) B

(4) B

(5) B

(6) C

(7) A

3. Divide Ss into groups of four. The first person begins with a sentence and each person in the group adds extra and different information using the tenses, especially the present perfect continuous tense. Examples: S1: I am doing my homework.

S2: I did my homework.

S3: I have done my homework.

S4: I have been doing my homework. Step 3. Practice Purpose: To get Ss to have knowledge of the grammar through exercises.

Ask Ss to translate the following sentences: 1. 我整个早晨都在读书。

2. 他等公共汽车已经3个小时了，可公共汽车还没有来。

3. 在我们到达上海时，已经下了3天雨了。

4. 我们一直住在上海。

Suggested Answers: 1. I have been reading books the whole morning.

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2. He has been waiting for the bus for 3 hour, but the bus hasn’t arrived. 3. It had been raining for 3 days when we arrived in Shanghai. 4. We have lived in Shanghai. Or we have been living in Shanghai.

Step 4. Homework 1. Ask Ss to finish the exercises of Learning about Language on P40～P41. 2. Ask Ss to preview Using Language.

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