Reading and vocabulary多媒体教案及点评

Reading and Vocabulary I. Introduction of Frankenstein Answer the questions:

1. When was the film made? 2. Say what you know about the story.

Describe the monster using the words below:

huge, human being, lip, monster, ugly, frightening, horror, resemble, wrinkled II. Pre-reading

Are you interested in horror films?

What horror films have you ever seen? III. Reading

1. fast reading Part1.

Scan this part and complete the sentences.

1. When Frankenstein studies at university, he ____________________________. 2. He creates the monster by_________________________________________. 3. The monster is like a human being because______________________________. 4. The scientist decides to destroy his creator because _______________________. 5. At last, ___________________________________. Answers: 1. discovers the secrets of how to give life to a lifeless matter

2. using bones from a dead body 3. it has learnt to speak, is intelligent and has human emotions 4. the monster murders his brother, his best friend and his wife.

5. the monster disappears into the ice and snow to end his own life.

Part 2: Extract from Frankenstein. Give the right order. a. Frankenstein had worked for nearly two years with one aim only to give life to a lifeless body. b. Frankenstein threw himself on the bed in clothes and had terrible dreams. c. He ran out of the room and hid in the garden, regretting what he had done.

d. The monster opened his eyes and came to the world. e. His fiancée appeared in his dream. f. The monster stood by the scientist’s bed, watching him. He wanted to say something.

a

d

b

e

f

c

2. Intensive reading

Answer the questions according to the two parts.

a. What do we learn about the monster’s appearance?

He is very ugly, with wrinkled yellow skin and black lips.

b. Why was the young scientist so disgusted when he first saw the monster? Because he had wanted to create something beautiful, but this one was ugly.

c. What had Frankenstein wanted more than anything in the world? To give life to a lifeless body. d. Why did Frankenstein wake shaking with fear? Because he had terrible dreams.

e. Why did the monster come to Frankenstein’s bedroom?

Because it wanted to talk with him. f. What did Frankenstein do after running out of the room for the second time? He hid in the garden because he was terrified by the monster and regretted having created him. 3. Post reading

Discuss the following questions.

What do you think of creating a creature? Are you for or against cloning? IV. Vocabulary

1. Find words in the passage which mean:

a. a terrifying dream b. your blood moves through these in your body c. the most northern part of the world d. the thing that everything is made of

e. very different from answers: nightmare, veins, Arctic, matter, contrast V. Language points 1. give life to sb

give sb life

给某人以生命

e.g. Mother gave life to me. 妈妈给与我生命。

2. resemble：vt. be like or similar to…与…相像

常用短语：resemble sb/sth (in sth) e.g. She resembles her brother in looks.

她和她弟弟长得很像。

e.g. She resembles her mother in the way she moves her hands when she talks.

她说话时打手势的动作像她妈妈。

3. Lonely and unhappy, he begins to hate his creator.

孤身一人又很不快乐，于是他开始痛恨起那个把他制造出来的人。

此处用法为形容词来充当句子的状语，修饰强调句子的主语。

4. chase: follow, 追捕

e.g. Outside in the yard, kids were yelling and chasing each other. 在外面的院子里，孩子们叫喊着，互相追逐。

chase off: 赶跑

5. It was on a cold November night that I saw my creation for the fist time. 我是在11月一个寒冷的晚上首次看到我的作品的。

解释：该句是一个强调句，强调时间状语。

on表示“在某一天的早晨/下午/晚上”，这时表示时间的名词前有形容词修饰。

e.g. He returned home on a cold winter night.

他在一个寒冷的冬日的夜晚，回到了家乡。

6. burn (oneself) out=be burnt out 燃尽，烧光

e.g. Lacking enough air, the fire was soon burnt out.

因为缺乏足够的空气，火很快就灭了。

burn的其他词组：

burn (sth) down, 把（某物）烧得精光

e.g. The house was burnt down soon, with nothing left. 这个房子很快就被烧得精光，什么都不剩。

burn (sth) to sth把（某物）烧成某种状态

e.g. The wood was burnt to ashes within a few minutes. 这块木头几分钟内就烧成了灰烬。

7. contrast vi. & vt.

vi. contrast with…① show difference与…形成差异/对比明显

e.g. The white wall contrasts with the black carpet. 白色的墙壁和黑色的地毯形成对比。

vt. contrast sth with sth: ②compare…with…把…与… 进行比较

e.g. Contrast this poem with that one and you will find much difference. 把这首诗与那首比较，你就会发现很多不同之处。

固定词组：in contrast with/to sb/sth和…形成对照, 与…相比

e.g. His white hair was in sharp contrast with his dark skin.

他的白头发与黑皮肤形成鲜明对比。

VI. Vocabulary practice.

1. We’re all d________ at the way he treats his children. 2. The big clock went wrong and r_________ to welcome the New Year. 3. She has been charged with the attempted m___________ of her husband. 4. Most people don’t realize that they are b________ polluted air.

5. Some people think that e______ quotient plays a more important role than intelligence quotient in one’s development.

6. The hunting dog c_____ the rabbit into the bush. 7. These two words r_________ each other in meaning.

8. With no time to hide, the man _____ _____ _____ _____ _____(扑倒在地上) and pretended to be dead. 9. Hearing the news, he got so excited that he walked ____ ____ ____ (来回地)in the room.

10. With the candle to _____ ______ _____(燃尽), the darkness began to shut in. 11. The experienced doctor ______ ______ ____(赋予……生命) the dying patient.

Answers：disgusted, refused, murder, breathing, emotion, chased, resemble, threw