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Unit 2 The Olympic Games Using language教学设计

主讲：武鸣区锣圩高级中学

黄蓉柳

I. Teaching aims: 1. Read the passage The Story of Atlanta, and know about the Greek mythology. 2. To master the following expressions:

marry; bargain; amaze; promise; time; pick up; one after another; deserve 3. Develop the reading skills: skimming, scanning, careful reading II. Teaching methods: Reading, speaking and writing III. Teaching important and difficult points: Important points : Learn the expressions in this part:

marry; bargain; amaze; promise; time; pick up; one after another; deserve Difficult points: To understand the passage: The Story of Atalanta IV. Teaching procedures: Step 1: Revision Review some words in this part. Step 2: Warning up 1.

Skimming the passage and answer the questions: 

How many characters ( 人物

) are mentioned in the passage?



Who are they?



What's the relationship among them? 2.

Find out the main idea A.

Atalanta did not want to marry Hippomenes. B.

Atalanta wanted to punish Hippomenes. C.

Atalanta wanted to marry a man who ran faster than her. In order to win the race, Hippomenes asked for help for the goddess. （目的：通过这一环节，学生能够快速掌握文章的主旨大意）

Step 2: Reading

The Story of Atlanta

1. Scanning: Scan the passage and find the answers: Para.1:

Q1: Who was Atlanta? What was she good at?

A:

She was a Greek princess. She was good at running.

Q2: What rules did she make? A: She wanted to marry a man who could run faster than her.

Para.2:

Q3: Who was the man?

A: The man was Hippomenes. Q4: Did Hippomenes want to marry Atlanta? A: Yes, he did. Para.3:

Q5: How could Hippomenes win Atlanta?

A: He asked for help from the Greek Goddess of Love. The Greek Goddess of Love gave him three golden apples to attract Atlanta's attention and make her slow down. (Students scan the text as quickly as they can, then let them share answers with each other)

2.

Careful Reading :

Read the statements first and then read the passage quickly. Decide whether they are true or false and give a reason. (P14) 1.

She practiced running to compete in the Olympic Games. 2.

At first Hippomennes understood why men ran against Atlanta. 3.

Atlanta was not sure she could win. 4.

She was so angry about the fact that she could not run in the Olympics. 5.

She made as many men as she could share her pain. 6.

Her father did not understand her wish to compete in the Olympics. 7.

He did not refuse her wish to choose her husband in a race. （Answer: FFFTTTT）

Step 3 Deal with the language points in this part.

1. marry

结婚,嫁,娶

A marry B

marry A to B

把A 嫁给B

adj.

married

A get/ be married (to B)

n. marriage

2. bargain vi.讨价还价；讲条件

n.

便宜货；协议

3.

amazed= surprised

be amazed at sth

be amazed to do sth

be amazed that…

4. promise vt. 1)允诺，答应

promise sb. sth.; promise (sb) to do sth.

vi

保证，前途

2)有可能

n.

诺言、字据，充当make, break, keep, carry out 的宾语

5.

time “时代，时期”，

单复数均可

6. pick up 1). 拾起；捡起

2). (偶然、无意识地)获得(消息);学会(某一种语言等)

3). (车辆等)中途搭载(人)

4). 收听(广播)；收看到

7. one after another

陆续地；一个接一个地

8. deserve

vi. & vt.

应受(报答或惩罚);值得

deservedly

adv.

理所当然地；应得地

deserving

adj.

值得的；应得的

deservingly

adv.

应得地；当然地

deserve ill/well of

应受……的惩罚、奖赏；有罪/功劳于

Step 4 Discussion

1) What do you think would happen to Hippomenes? 2) How would you end the story if you were the writer?

( Give students about 3 minutes to have a discussion with their teammates, then present their opinion to all the students) Step 5. Listening

1.

Students listen to the listening material for the first time, just listen. 2.

Let the students read the statements on exercise 3 on page 15 to know about the story and listen again to number the sentences. ( After numbering ,teacher give the Listening passage on PPT .Then listen again and check) 3.

Listen for the mian idea. Students listen again and find out the correct answer to the question on PPT31. 4.

Listen the material again and fil in the blanks in exercise 5 . 5.

Free talk :

Do you believe the story is true? Please give your reasons Step 6

Speaking and writing

Do a survey of interests and divide the students according to their interests .Ask them talk about their common interests. Then let them try to write what you have to do to study a hobby. Step 6

Homework 1.

Complete the composition after class. 2.

Review what we learnt in this period and read the passage on page52 to find out the main idea.