Learning about Language优质课教案内容

Unit 3

Learning about language Teaching Aims After this class, students will be able to *have a good understanding of the important words and expressions in this unit *use the words and expressions in certain contents *write stories using different expressions to express time periods Teaching Key and Difficult Points *focus on the usage of the words and expressions Teaching Procedure Step 1

1.

Review the phrases from the text 2.

Read the second paragraph together and pay special attention to the connection words

First,... then...As a result...As...Over time...And... But... Step 2 Writing after the model P20 My story

Ask students to focus much on the phrases in blue and then write their own story after the model. Step 3 Words and expressions from the text

1. in common:

P17

共同的；共有的；共用的

in common 常常同have连用，如：

have nothing in common 无共同之处

have little in common 几乎无共同之处

have something in common 有一些共同之处

have a lot in common 有许多共同之处

以下是从英国国家语料库中选出来的几个例句: 1) You know, Dorothy, you and I have one thing in common．

2) We just had nothing in common and I couldn't communicate with his dull business friends．

3) I suddenly felt we had a lot in common. 2 over time 在一段时间里，

over指时间时，表示“在..中，（多少时间）以来，经过…（时间）”

(L1)

I got to know him very well over the years.多年来我对他很了解。

Can you stay here over the weekend.

Why has English changed over time? 英语在一段时间里为什么会起变化呢？

3. calculate

v. work (sth.) out by using numbers

(L2) e.g. calculate the cost of sth. calculator

n.

让我们一起回忆一下以or结尾的词吧：

visitor,

survivor,

competitor 4. begin as / start as

以..开始，作为..而开始+表职业/身份类的名词

(L1)

The writer started as a middle school teacher after he graduated。

The professor of medicine began as a country doctor.

Begin/start as

begin/ start(…) with+ 某物

He began his speech with a famous saying.

5. analytical adj.分析的, 解析的

L5

analyse vt.

分析;研究

analysis n.

分析;研究

6. before

有时表示“…之后才…”

L5

It was a week before he could tell his experience. 过了一个星期他才能讲述他的经历。

The boy worked two hours before he could find the answer to the question. 7. artificial adj.

人工的,人造的

L11

artificial flowers/limbs/pearls

假花/假肢/假珍珠

artificial intelligence 人工智能

8. By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger.

L14

By last weekend, we had learned 2,000 English words. 9. As time went by, I was made smaller.

L16

As time went on, he came to realize that I was right.

As we grow older, we get wiser. 随着我们年龄的增大，我们也变得更加聪明。

Go by

/ pass by

Four years has gone by since I bought this computer.

10. totally adv.

整个地;完全地

L19

totally blind 全盲

total adj.

完全的; 整个的

total silence 寂静无声

in total 总共

11. And my memory became so large that even I couldn’t believe it!

L20 句型：so… that…

如此……以致于……

与

too…to… 句型的相互转换

And my memory became too large for me to believe it. eg He is so old that he can’t carry the box.

He is too old to carry the box. 此结构中的that从句表示结果。

The stone is so heavy that no one can lift it.

比较: so that 既可以表结果,也可以表目的。

so...that...结构的so+形容词/副词位于句首时,句子用倒装结构。

So hard does he work that he seldom goes home.

12. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations.

L28 1) help (sb) with sth 协助(某人)做某事

e.g. A man is helping the police with their enquiries. 有一男子在协助警方进行调查。

2) as well as

也，还，而且

e.g. He grows flowers as well as vegetables.

She is a talented musician as well as being a photographer. 3）be used to do 4) 这个句子是现在完成时被动语态，其机

构是

(have/has +been + 过去分词）

e.g.

The radio has been repaired when

we phoned the shop. 13. anyhow 无论如何

L32

Anyhow, you can try.

无论如何你可以试试。

I don’t care what you say; I’m going to do it anyhow.

14. provide sth for sb

provide sb with sth

L32

They provided him with money and clothes.

We are now provided with everything we need.

This will provide a good opportunity for them to express themselves.

Step 4 Consolidation

Practise to consolidate the words and expressions P20 Discovering useful words and expressions

Exx. 1 & 2 P56 Using words and expressions

Ex. 3 Translation

Homework :1 Finish “Your story”

2 Finish the translation exercise on Page 56