Learning about Language教案教学设计

本科课题

Unit 1

Women of achievement 本课课型

Reading 共8课时

第3课时

教学目标

: 1. Get students learn the new words, expressions and sentences in the reading part. 知识目标:

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Let students know the passage better. 能力目标: 1. Develop students’ reading ability.

2. Enable students to understand and use the new expressions. 情感目标:

Stimulate students’ interest in learning English.

教学重点: 1. Let students grasp usage of some important new words and expressions in the reading part: behave, behavior, shade, move off, worthwhile, observe, respect, argue, lead a ...life, crowd, crowd in. 2. Get students to master the following pattern: a) Following Jane’s way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest. b) Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day.

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教学难点: 1. Let students learn the usage of “rise” and “raise”, “mean doing” and “mean to do”.

2. Get students to understand some long and difficult sentences. 教学方法:

Method of lecture

教学用具:Multimedia & blackboard 教学过程: Step 1

Leading in Check homework, ask two or three groups answer their opinions on the following questions: 1. Do you think it is important to study chimps in the wild rather in zoo? Give reasons. 2. Do you think you will go if you are asked to study animals in the wild? Why or why not? Step 2

Detailed-reading Let students read after the tape paragraph by paragraph.

Paragraph 1 1. Jane’s activities:

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watch a family of chimps wake up 2

follow the family to wander off into the forest 3

find chimps either feed or clean each other to show love 4

see chimps play in the tree and sleep together in the nest 2. New words and expressions in paragraph 1. 1) rise & raise rise和raise都有升起的意思，但rise一般多指日月的升起，或者价格的上涨，数量的增加，；而raise有举起、抚养等意思。除了意思上的差别，rise是不及物动词，没有被动语态，raise是及物动词，有被动语态。

Eg: The sun was rising when we climbed to the top of the mountain. The price of meat rises fast. Please raise your hands. They have been raised by the old couple. 2) Following Jane’s way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest.

沿着简研究黑猩猩的方法，我们一行人准备去森林里拜访它们。

3) behave

vt.&vi.举动；（举止或行为）表现

behaviour

n.(=behavior) 行为；举止；习性

Eg: she behaves well. You should pay attention to your behaviour.

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4) Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. 我们当天的首项任务就是观察黑猩猩一家是如何醒来的。

5) mean doing

意味着... mean to do

打算做... Eg: His expression means failing. The child means to finish his homework along. 6) in the shade of the trees 在树荫下

7) move off 离开；启程；出发

Eg: She has moved off. 8) worthwhile

值得的；值得做的

Eg: It is worthwhile to keep the distinction in mind. 9) We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family. 我们明白了猩猩家庭成员之间的联系像人类家庭一样紧密。

Paragraph 2 1. Jane’s discovers:

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Chimps hunt and eat meat 2

Chimps hunt a monkey and eat it 3

How chimps communicate with each other 4

Their body language helped her work out their social system 2. New words and expressions in paragraph 2. 1) observe

vt. 观察；观测；遵守

observation

n. 观察；观测

2) Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment. 从小简就想在动物生活的环境中研究他们。

3) Only after her mother came to help her for the fist few months was she allowed to begin her project. 她的母亲前几个月来帮她的忙，这才使她得以开始自己的计划。

4) communicate with

与...交流

5) work out

研究出；计算出

Paragraph 3: 1. Jane’s work:

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Help animals to be understood and respected. 2

Argue for leaving wildlife in the wild. 3

Set up special place where animals can live safely. 2. New words and expressions in paragraph 3. 1) For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. 40年来，简一直在呼吁世人了解并尊重这些动物的生活。

2) outspoken 直言的；坦诚

3) set up

建立

4) lead a ...life

过着...的生活

lead a happy/ busy/ rich life

过着幸福/忙碌/富裕的生活

5) crowd in

（想法、问题等）涌上心头；涌入脑海

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Eg: Many ideas crowd in his mind. Paragraph 4: 1. Jane’s achievement

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Work with animals 2

Gain a doctor’s degree

Step3 Homework 步步高

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短文改错

分层训练

p82语法填空

完形填空

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