Lesson 7 What Is the Meaning of Life?教学设计(第一课时)

Lesson 7 What Is the Meaning of Life?

1.记忆单词meaning,dialogue,successful,missing,survey,neighbour;短语deep in thought,succeed in,write down。

2.掌握重点句型:①Li

Ming sits in the classroom,deep in thought.②I’m

not sure how to answer them,but I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life.③What’s

the meaning of life?④Why

are great people so successful?

3.能够听懂探讨生命意义的文章,并从中获取有效信息。

4.能用所学词汇和重点句型与他人进行交流。

1.学会并能正确使用单词及短语:meaning,dialogue,successful,missing,survey,neighbour,deep in thought,succeed in,write down,think about,the meaning of,for example,try one’s best(to do sth.),be good to等。

2.能够听懂探讨生命意义的文章,并从中获取有效信息。

3.能够正确运用下列句型:①Li Ming sits in the classroom,deep in thought.②I’m

not sure how to answer them,but I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life.③What’s the meaning of life?④Why

are great people so successful?

1.能够正确应用本课的重点词汇:meaning,dialogue,successful,missing,survey,neighbour;掌握重点短语:deep in thought,succeed in,write down,think about,the meaning of,for example,try one’s best(to do sth.),be good to…。

2.掌握本课所学短语和重点句型的实际运用。

本课的教学内容是冀教版九年级英语第二单元的第七课,主要围绕“生命的意义”,通过与学生对话交流渲染课堂气氛,导入新课。然后利用图片,导入词汇、短语、句型的学习。通过小组合作的形式,运用本节课所学的句型,讨论生命的意义。理解课文内容,最终达到语言综合运用能力。

教师在课前设计教学PPT,准备录音机和磁带,多媒体等。

StepⅠ.Leading in

T:Good morning/afternoon,everyone.Do you know any people who are successful?

S1:I think Mo Yan is very successful because we all like his books.

S2:I think my father is successful because he loves his job and he does well in it.

S3:I think my aunt is successful because she lives a happy and healthy life.She enjoys her work and she is good at it.

T:Good answers

T:What are your dreams for the future?

S1:I want to be an English teacher.

S2:I want to be a scientist.

S3:I want to be an engineer.

S4:I hope to travel around the world.

T:You all have such amazing dreams.I’m sure they will come true and you will all succeed.

OK,now let’s read the lesson.

[设计意图]

通过师生互动交流导入本单元话题,渲染了课堂气氛,激发了学生学习英语的兴趣,锻炼了学生们的口语交际能力。

StepⅡ.Presentation

1.The teacher shows some pictures of new words.Students learn words:meaning,dialogue,successful,survey,neighbour.

2.Show some new phrases in the text on PPT.

think about考虑,the meaning of………的意思,for example例如,try one’s

best to do sth.尽某人最大努力去做某事,be good to…对……好/友善,live a happy life过着幸福的生活

[设计意图]

通过教师读单词和短语,学生跟读,让学生循序渐进感知文中的单词和短语。

3.Read the text and find out main phrases and main sentences.

Main phrases

·deep in thought

·think about

·write down

Main sentences:

·What is the meaning of life?

·For example,why are great people so successful?

·And how can we succeed in life?

·I’m not sure how to answer them,but I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life.

·That sounds right to me.

·My dad always says that we should be good to others. ☆教材解读☆

1.After the history class,Li Ming sits in the classroom,deep in thought.

deep in thought意为“深思,沉思”,还可以用lost in thought表示。其中thought为名词,意为“思考,思索”。

【拓展】

thought是动词think的过去式和过去分词,意为“想,认为”。

2.What are you thinking about?

think about意为“考虑”,一般可与think of互换,后接名词、代词、动词-ing形式,也可接“疑问词+动词不定式”结构或宾语从句。

【拓展】

(1)think of意为“考虑,想起,认为”,后接名词、代词或动词-ing形式,常用于疑问句中,与what连用。

(2)think over意为“认真考虑,仔细考虑”,后接名词或代词作宾语,当接代词时,应将代词放在think与over之间。

3.What is the meaning of life?

meaning为名词,意为“意思,意义”。the meaning of…意为“……的意思/意义”。

【拓展】

(1)mean为动词,意为“意欲、打算”。mean to do sth.意为“意欲/打算做某事”。

(2)询问“……是什么意思?”的常用句型:

What does…mean?

What is the meaning of…?

What do you mean by…?

4.And how can we succeed in life?

succeed为动词,意为“成功”,常用结构succeed in sth./doing sth.,意为“在某方面/做某事很成功”。

【拓展】

“在……方面成功”可表达为

5.And how do you know if you’ve succeeded?

本句中的if为连词,意为“是否”,用来引导宾语从句,与whether同义。

I don’t know if it will rain tomorrow.

我不知道明天是否会下雨。

【拓展】

if还可以表示“如果”,引导条件状语从句。一般情况下,主句用一般将来时,条件状语从句用一般现在时。

◆try one’s best意为“尽某人最大努力”,与do one’s best同义,其后通常接动词不定式,也可单独使用。

6.My dad always says that we should be good to others.

◆本句中that引导的宾语从句作says的宾语。

◆be good to意为“对……好/和善/慈爱”,后接表示人或人格化的词,与be friendly to意思相同。

【拓展】

(1)be good for意为“对……有益”,其反义短语为be bad for,意为“对……有害”。

(2)be good at表示“擅长,在……方面做得好”,at后跟名词、代词或动名词。

[设计意图]

对文中的重难点句型进行讲解,帮助学生明确语言点,为课文的理解清除障碍。

StepⅢ.Reading

1.Read the text,and monitor the students’ pronunciation and comprehension.

2.Show Let’s Do It!No. 1.

Read the lesson and fill in the blanks.

After the history class,Li Ming sits in the classroom,deep in thought.Wang Mei comes in,and they start a

.Li Ming wonders about the

of life.He has many questions about his purpose in life.Wang Mei thinks those questions are

to answer.They decide to

their questions

,and then

some people about their thoughts.

【Keys】

dialogue,meaning,difficult/hard,write,down,survey

[设计意图]

通过学生们反复朗读课文,加强学生们的记忆,同时也锻炼学生们的口语表达能力。

StepⅣ.Listening

T:Boys and girls,it’s our listening time.Please listen to the video and do Let’s

Do It!No.2.If you know the answer,please stand up and speak out!You’ll get stars for your group.Ready?Go!

Listen to the passage and tick the ideas mentioned.

Become famous.

Have a happy family.

Attend a good university.

Make other people happy.

Have a satisfying job.

Be rich.

【Keys】

Become famous.Have a happy family.Attend a good university.Be rich.

[设计意图]

在学生解决了课文的疑难点之后,学生对课文有了一定的认知,在此基础上练习听力,才能做出听力后的题目,达到听力训练的目的。

StepⅤ.Practice

Ⅰ.Show

Let’s Do It!No. 3. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the box. success purpose survey wonder neighbour 1.Work hard and you will be

in the future.

2.I

who he was,but nobody could tell me.

3.What is the

of your visit?

4.One of our

helped us look after our dog while we were away.

5.We

500 people and 75% of them were in favour of the plan.

Ⅱ.用所给词的适当形式填空

1.What’s the

(mean)of life?

2.Why are great people so

(success)?

3.How can we

(success)?

4.I’m not sure how

(answer)them.

5.We should try our best

(learn)English well.

We can learn a lot from these

people’s

.

【Keys】

Ⅰ.1.successful

2.wondered 3.purpose 4.neighbours 5.surveyed Ⅱ.1.meaning

2.successful 3.succeed 4.to answer 5.to learn

[设计意图]

以习题的形式,巩固本节课所学的重点词汇和句型。

StepVI.Summary

In this class,we’ve learnt some main phrases and sentences about the meaning of life.

[设计意图]

给学生以总结,让学生明确这节课的学习内容。

StepⅦ. Homework

1.Finish off the remaining exercises in the activity book.

2.Read the next reading in the student’s book.

[设计意图]

让学生通过习题巩固本节课内容,并提前做好预习。

Lesson 7 What Is the Meaning of Life? Main phrases: ·deep in thought ·think about ·write down Main sentences: ·What is the meaning of life? ·Do you ever wonder about that? ·For example,why are great people so successful? ·And how can we succeed in life? ·And how do you know if you’ve succeeded? ·I’m not sure how to answer them,but I think we should try our best to live a good and happy life. ·That sounds right to me. ·My dad always says that we should be good to others. ·I agree.