Lesson 4 Understanding名师教学视频（文字实录）

Unit15 lesson4 learning (the first period) 一、教学目标：

1.

学生能掌握关键单词和词组。

2.

学生能从阅读当中准确获得阅读信息，并完成相关的填空和问答题目。

3.

学生能积极主动参与自主学习和合作学习。

二、教学难点：

本课学习结束后能很好地理解课文，掌握连接词的运用。

三、教学过程：

Teaching procedure: Step1 revision 

Task one: read the new words of lesson4 

Task two: match the meanings with the correct phrase. A.

acquire knowledge

开始，首先

B.

to start with

观察世界

C.

observe the world

获得知识

D.

study the facts

重要人物和受尊敬的人

E.

after that

提出

F.

the type of analysis

那之后

G.

bureaucratic details

繁文缛节

H.

believe more in religion

分析方式

I.

put forward

更信仰宗教

J.

some important and respected 研究事实

(使学生熟悉本课的单词和较难的词组，为文章的阅读降低难度，并做好阅读准备。)

Step2 reading Lead-in 

Task three: Discussion 1.

How can you acquire knowledge now? book, school, teacher, TV, Internet…

2. Which of the following help you to understand things? being relaxed and happy having time to think about what you are learning being interested in the topic discussing topics with friends asking questions

(小组学习，并且引起学生的学习积极性，导入本课的课题) Fast reading



Task four: Read the whole article quickly and divide it into four parts. Part one:

Para.1 Part two: Para.2 Part three:

Para. 3&4 Part four: Para. 5 (快速阅读，训练学生快速阅读抓主要信息并归纳概括的能力) Careful reading 

Para.1 (1)What is the writer’s view?

We can acquire knowledge and understanding by

asking …

observing …

studying …

considering …

testing …

(2) Read Part one carefully and complete the table: Now It seems obvious how we

knowledge and understanding. ①

To start with, you

questions. ②

Then, you

the world around you and

the facts. ③

After that, you

possible answers and

each to find the right

. Today, modern scientists and thinkers are still solving the world’s problems with this type of

. 

Para.2 (1)Did people at that time believe what Galilei said?

No,

…

(2) Read Part two carefully and complete the table: In the However, people believe more in

than in facts. The church and 17th many people tended to

the facts and were

to century challenge what they had always comfortably believed. 

Para. 3&4 (1)Why was Galilei put into prison?

Because the church and many people tended to ignore the facts and unwilling …

(2) Why did Aristotle assume that the sun moved around the earth?

Because it felt like the earth was standing still while the sun moved through the sky. (3) Read Part three carefully and complete the table:

In the People feel that if someone

and respected says that is right, then 17th it must be so

century 

Para.5 Read Part four and complete the table:

Today We need to thank the great men of the past since they knew that knowledge and understanding are things to

; more vital to man, and more

to mankind. Step3 Summary part one→part two→part three→part four (复习归纳文章内容，引导学生深入理解文本) Step4 Homework 

1.Underline the linking words in the text. 

2.analyze the following two sentences:

(1)At that time, people believed more in religion than in facts and people like Galileo Galilei, …with no one coming to their defence. (2) So much of our knowledge and understanding of the world today is due to people…that today’s civilization is built upon.