必修三Unit 1 Festivals around the world Period 2 Learning about language Important language points

Unit 1Festivals around the worldPeriod 2Learning about language: Important language points整體設(shè)計(jì)教材分析This is the second teaching period of this unit. The teacher can first check students homework and offer chances for students to review what they learned during the first period.The emphasis of this period will be placed on the important new words, expressions and sentence patterns in the parts Warming up, Pre-reading, Reading and Comprehending. In order to make students understand these important points thoroughly, we can first get students to understand their meanings in the context, then give some explanations about them, and later offer some practice to make students master their usages. Some new words and expressions, such as trick, gain, award, admire, take place, look forward to, as though and so on are very useful and important. So are the sentence patterns “. . . people would starve if food was difficult to find. ” and “The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow. ” We ought to pay more attention to them and design special exercises.At the end of the class, the teacher can make students do more exercises for consolidation. In doing so, they can learn, grasp and use these important language points well.教學(xué)重點(diǎn)1. Enable students to grasp the usages of such important new words and expressions as trick, gain, award, admire, take place, look forward to, as though, etc.2. Get students to master the patterns “. . . people would starve if food was difficult to find. ” and “The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow. ”教學(xué)難點(diǎn)1. Let students learn the usage of the expression “take place”.2. Enable students to learn the adverbial clause introduced by as though.3. Get students to understand some difficult and long sentences.三維目標(biāo)知識(shí)目標(biāo)1. Get students to learn and grasp the important useful new words and expressions in this part: beauty, harvest, starve, origin, religious, ancestor, Mexico, feast, bone, belief, poet, arrival, gain, independence, gather, agriculture, award, rooster, admire, energetic, Easter, clothing, Christian, custom, take place, in memory of, dress up, play a trick on, look forward to, day and night, as though, have fun with2. Let students learn the following important useful sentence patterns:1). . . people would starve if food was difficult to find. . . (the subjunctive mood)2)The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow. (as though. . . ) 能力目標(biāo)1. Get students to use some useful new words and expressions correctly.2. Enable students to make sentences after the useful sentence patterns.情感目標(biāo)1. Stimulate students interest in learning English.2. Develop students spirit of cooperation and teamwork.教學(xué)過程設(shè)計(jì)方案(一)Step 1 Revision 1. Check the homework exercises.2. Ask some students to talk about festivals and celebrations.Step 2 Reading and findingGet students to read through Warming up, Pre-reading, Reading and Comprehending to underline all the new words and useful expressions or collocations in these parts.Read them aloud and copy them down in the exercise book after class.Step 3 Practice for useful words and expressions1. Turn to Page 4. Go through the exercises in Discovering useful words and expressions with students and make sure they know what to do.2. Give them several minutes to finish the exercises. They first do them individually, then discuss and check them with their partner.3. Check the answers with the whole class and explain the problems they meet where necessary.Step 4 Studying important language points1. Discuss when they take place, what they celebrate and what people do at that time.討論它們（中國(guó)節(jié)日）是什么時(shí)間舉行, 慶祝的是什么事件, 人們?cè)诋?dāng)時(shí)做什么事。take place: occur; happen 發(fā)生; 舉行When does the ceremony take place? 儀式什么時(shí)間舉行？We have never discovered what took place that night.我們從沒發(fā)覺那天晚上發(fā)生了什么事情?！颈嫖觥?take place, happen, occur, come about & break outtake place, happen, occur, come about和break out是同義詞, 都含“發(fā)生”的意思。英語中表示“發(fā)生”的詞或短語均為不及物動(dòng)詞或短語, 不用于被動(dòng)語態(tài)。主語為所發(fā)生的事。take place側(cè)重安排或按計(jì)劃而發(fā)生的事, 帶有“非偶然”的意思。例如:The wedding will take place tomorrow. 婚禮明天舉行。In 1919, the May 4th Movement took place in China.1919年, 中國(guó)發(fā)生了五四運(yùn)動(dòng)。happen普通用詞, 含義很廣。常指具體客觀事物或情況的發(fā)生, 含有“偶然”的意味。當(dāng)以具體事物、事件作主語時(shí), happen 和 occur可以換用; 但當(dāng)happen用作“碰巧”之意時(shí), 不能用occur代替, 但可以與come about 互換。例如:What has happened to her? 她出了什么事？It happened to rain that day. 那天碰巧下雨。occur較正式用詞, 指事情偶然地、意外地發(fā)生。occur to有“想起”的意思, 指思想突然浮在心頭。The traffic accident occurred on Wednesday.那場(chǎng)交通事故發(fā)生在星期三。come about常指偶然發(fā)生的事情（很多時(shí)候與how 連用）, 與happen 用法較接近。例如:How does it come about that you were caught by the police? 你被警察抓住是怎么發(fā)生的？break out 指(火災(zāi)、戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)、疾病等)突然發(fā)生、爆發(fā)The Second World War broke out in 1939.第二次世界大戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)于1939年?！就卣埂?take ones place/take the place of sb. /sth. : replace sb. /sth. 代替某人/某事物She couldnt attend the meeting so her assistant took her place.她不能出席會(huì)議, 所以由她的助手替她。Nothing could take the place of the family he had lost.他失去了家庭, 這一損失是無法彌補(bǔ)的。2. At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months.在那個(gè)時(shí)候, 尤其是冬季寒冷的月份里, 如果食物難得找到, 人們會(huì)挨餓。starve1)vt. & vi. (cause a person or an animal to) suffer severely or die from hunger 挨餓; 餓死Millions of people starved to death during the war.戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中數(shù)百萬計(jì)的人挨餓至死。2)be starved of/starve for: long for; be in great need of渴望; 缺乏Shes lonely and starving for friendship. 她很寂寞, 渴望友誼。The homeless children were starved of/were starving for affection.這些無家可歸的孩子渴望得到愛。3)vi. feel very hungry感覺很餓（僅用于進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)）When will the dinner be ready? Im starving.晚飯什么時(shí)候做好？我快餓死了。3. Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm.有些節(jié)日, 是為了紀(jì)念死者, 或者使祖先得到滿足, 因?yàn)樽嫦葌冇锌赡芑氐绞郎希ńo人們）提供幫助, 也有可能帶來危害。這是一個(gè)復(fù)合句, who might return either to help or to do harm是非限制性定語從句。do harm: cause harm損害; 危害; 傷害(與do good相對(duì))It wouldnt do any harm to stay up late for a few days.僅僅熬幾天夜不會(huì)對(duì)你造成任何傷害。If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.倘如我們進(jìn)行干預(yù), 那可能弊多利少。4. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense in memory of their ancestors.在日本的盂蘭盆節(jié), 人們要掃墓、燒香, 以緬懷祖先。In the USA, Columbus Day is in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World.美國(guó)的哥倫布日是紀(jì)念克利斯朵夫·哥倫布發(fā)現(xiàn)“新大陸”的日子。in memory of/to the memory of: serving to remind people of sb. , especially as a tribute紀(jì)念; 追念He founded the charity in memory of his late wife.他興辦那項(xiàng)慈善事業(yè)以紀(jì)念他已故的妻子。The museum was built in memory of the famous scientist.興建這座博物館是為了紀(jì)念那位科學(xué)家。結(jié)構(gòu)類似的短語還有:in honor of出于對(duì)的敬意; 為紀(jì)念in charge of負(fù)責(zé); 掌管in search of尋找5. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.他們向亡者祭獻(xiàn)食物、鮮花和禮品?！颈嫖觥?offer, provide & supplyoffer, provide和supply都是及物動(dòng)詞, 都含有“提供”的意思, 但習(xí)慣搭配各有不同。offer主動(dòng)提供: offer sth. to sb. ; offer sb. sth.provide供給（所需物, 尤指生活必需品）: provide sth. (for sb. ); provide sb. with sth.supply供應(yīng)（所需要或所要求之物）: supply sth. to sb. ; supply sb. with sth.Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs: offer, provide and supply.1)When I meet difficulty, my roommates will _ me help.我遇到困難的時(shí)候, 室友們總是主動(dòng)提供幫助。(offer)2)They _ a reward for the return of the lost jewels.他們懸賞找回丟失的珠寶。(offered)3)The government need to _ these old people with food and clothes.政府得提供這些老人們吃穿。(provide)4)Electricity should be _ enough every month.每個(gè)月都得供應(yīng)足夠的電。(supplied)6. It is now a childrens festival, when they can dress up and go to their neighbours homes to ask for sweets.它（萬圣節(jié)前夕）現(xiàn)在是兒童們的節(jié)日, 他們可以喬裝打扮, 到鄰居家要糖吃。這是一個(gè)復(fù)合句, when they can dress up and go to their neighbours homes to ask for sweets是非限制性定語從句。dress up: wear ones best clothes; put on fancy dress, etc. 盛裝; 打扮You dont have to dress up. Come as you are.你用不著穿講究的衣服, 就穿平時(shí)的衣服來吧。Children love dressing up. 孩子們都喜歡化裝打扮。They were dressed up in Victorian clothes.他們化裝成維多利亞時(shí)代的人。Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs: dress, put on and wear.1)She is _ a gold ring. (wearing)2)She hurriedly _ her son and took him to the kindergarten. (dressed)3)Remember to _ your coat. It is cold outside. (put on)7. If the neighbours do not give any sweets, the children might play a trick on them.如果鄰居們不給糖果, 孩子們可能會(huì)捉弄他們。trick1)n. thing done in order to deceive or outwit sb. 詭計(jì); 花招You cant fool me with that old trick! 你玩弄那種老花招騙不了我！play a trick on sb. 對(duì)某人施用詭計(jì); 對(duì)某人搞惡作劇; 詐騙某人; 開某人的玩笑2)vt. deceive欺騙; 詐騙Youve been tricked. 你受騙了。He tricked me into giving him the money. 他哄騙我給了他錢。Her partner tried to trick her out of her share.她的合伙人企圖騙走她的股份。8. India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain Indias independence from Britain.在印度, 10月2日是紀(jì)念莫罕達(dá)斯·甘地的全國(guó)性節(jié)日, 他是幫助印度脫離英國(guó)而獨(dú)立的領(lǐng)袖。gain vt. obtain, win獲得; 得到; 贏得gain sb. s affections贏得某人的喜愛He quickly gained experience.他很快就有經(jīng)驗(yàn)了。Only after ten years in the country did she gain her citizenship.她在這個(gè)國(guó)家住了十年后才取得了公民身份。9. People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter and the agricultural work is over.越冬的糧食收集起來了, 而農(nóng)活季節(jié)已經(jīng)過去, 人們都心懷感激。gather vt. & vi. come or bring sb. /sth. together in one place搜集; 集合; 聚集Give me time to gather information.給我些時(shí)間搜集資料。The teacher gathered the pupils round her.老師把小學(xué)生們聚集在她周圍?！癈hildren, gather round, and Miss Alice will tell you a fable. ”“孩子們, 大家聚攏點(diǎn), 愛麗絲小姐給你們講個(gè)寓言故事?！?0. Some people might win awards for their farm produce, like the biggest watermelon or the most handsome rooster.有些人可能因?yàn)樗麄兊霓r(nóng)產(chǎn)品（參加評(píng)選）而獲獎(jiǎng), 比如最大的西瓜或最帥的公雞。award1)n. thing or amount awarded獎(jiǎng); 獎(jiǎng)品She showed us the awards she had won.她給我們看她贏得的獎(jiǎng)品。Mary got an award and was able to finish her study.瑪麗得到了助學(xué)金, 得以完成學(xué)業(yè)。2)vt. make an official decision to give sth. to sb. as a prize, as payment or as a punishment授予; 判定The school awarded Marry a prize (for her good work).學(xué)校（因?yàn)樗ぷ鞒錾┆?jiǎng)勵(lì)了瑪麗。He was awarded the gold medal for being the fastest runner.他跑得最快, 因而獲得了金牌。The court awarded him damages of $50 000.法庭判給他50 000美元損害賠償費(fèi)。11. China and Japan have mid-autumn festivals, when people admire the moon and in China, enjoy mooncakes.中國(guó)和日本都有中秋節(jié), 這時(shí)人們會(huì)賞月。在中國(guó), 人們還品嘗月餅。admire vt. regard sb. /sth. with respect, pleasure, satisfaction, etc. 贊美; 欽佩; 羨慕I admire her for her bravery. 我欽佩她的勇氣。We all admired her for she saved the children from the fire.她把孩子們從大火中救出來, 我們都?xì)J佩不已。Everybody admires him for his fine sense of humor.人人都?xì)J佩他那絕妙的幽默感。【拓展】 admirable 令人欽佩的；值得贊美的admiration n. 欽佩；贊美12. The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.最富生氣而又最重要的節(jié)日就是告別冬天、迎來春天的日子。look forward to: expect; anticipate sth. with pleasure期望; 盼望; 期待look forward to ones holidays, the weekend, a trip to the theater盼望放假、周末、去看戲We are so much looking forward to seeing you again.我們非常盼望再見到你?！咀⒁狻?該短語中to為介詞, 后接名詞、代詞或動(dòng)名詞。類似的短語還有devote. . . to, lead (. . . ) to, be/get used to; get down to; stick to等。13. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.整個(gè)國(guó)度到處是櫻花盛開, 看上去就像罩上了一層粉紅色的雪。句子中的covered with cherry tree flowers是過去分詞短語, 用作定語, 相當(dāng)于非限制性定語從句which is covered with cherry tree flowers。as though it is covered with pink snow是表語從句。連詞as though等于as if, 既可引導(dǎo)表語從句, 又可引導(dǎo)方式狀語從句。as though/as if: with the appearance of; apparently好像; 仿佛as though/as if引導(dǎo)的從句可用虛擬語氣, 也可用陳述語氣。虛擬語氣（表示與事實(shí)有可能相反）He behaved as if/as though nothing had happened.他裝作若無其事的樣子。He talks as if/as though he knew everything.他說起話來好像什么都知道似的。He looks as if/as though he were ill.他看上去好像生病了。陳述語氣（表示很可能的事實(shí)）It looks as if/as though it is going to rain.天看上去好像要下雨。The animal was walking as if/as though its leg was hurt.這動(dòng)物走路的樣子好像腿受了傷。She spoke to me as if/as though she knew me.她和我說話的神情, 好像她早就認(rèn)識(shí)我。14. People love to get together to eat, drink and have fun with each other.人們喜歡聚在一起吃、喝、玩耍。fun n. U1)enjoyment; pleasure享樂; 快樂; 娛樂; 樂趣We had lots of fun at the fair today.我們今天在游樂場(chǎng)上玩得很高興。What fun it will be when we all go on holiday! 我們大家一起去度假那可太有意思了。2)playfulness; good humor滑稽; 幽默She is very lively and full of fun.她很活潑又很幽默。3)amusing; providing pleasure（作定語）有趣; 逗笑She is always wearing a fun hat.她總是戴著一頂可笑的帽子。have fun (with): have good time (with)（與某人一起）玩得開心They had fun with each other during their holidays.假日期間, 他們一起玩得很開心?！就卣埂?for fun/for the fun of it/just in fun: for amusement; not seriously; as a joke取樂; 非認(rèn)真地; 當(dāng)笑話Mr. Alexander doesnt just write for fun; in fact, writing is his bread and butter.亞歷山大從事寫作不是為了好玩, 事實(shí)上寫作是他的謀生之道。make fun of sb. /sth. : laugh at sb. /sth. , usually unkindly嘲笑某人/某事It is cruel to make fun of people who stammer.嘲笑口吃的人未免不近人情。注意以下搭配have fun/a good time/a great timetake pleasure/enjoyment in sth.get pleasure/enjoyment from sth.spoil the fun/sb. s pleasuredo sth. for fun/pleasure/enjoyment15. Festivals let us enjoy life, be proud of our customs and forget our work for a little while.節(jié)日讓我們享受生活, 讓我們?yōu)樽约旱牧?xí)俗而自豪, 還可以暫時(shí)忘卻我們的工作。be proud of: take pride in以為自豪; 以為驕傲They were proud of their success/being so successful.他們?yōu)樽约旱某晒?取得了這樣的成功而驕傲。She is proud of her new car.她為她的新車而頗覺得意。Step 5 Using words, expressions and patternsDo exercises in Using words and expressions on Page 42.The following procedures may be followed:1. Go through the three exercises with students and make sure they know what to do.2. Several minutes for students to finish them individually, and then discuss and check them with their partner.3. Check the answers with the whole class.4. If time permits, explain the problems students meet where necessary.Step 6 Homework1. Finish off the Workbook exercises. Do Exercise 3 on Page 42 in the exercise book.2. Learn the new words and expressions by heart.設(shè)計(jì)方案(二)Step 1 Revision1. Check the homework exercises.2. Ask some students to dictate some useful new words and expressions.Step 2 Vocabulary study1. Let students review the new words and expressions in Warming up, Pre-reading, Reading and Comprehending and give time to students to ask their own questions.2. Ask students to fill in the following form according to the requirement and learn the word formation.n.+-ousadj.n.+-aladj.v.+-(a)tionn.religioncultureproducedangernationeducatehumorseasoncelebratecourageoriginpredict religioncultureproducedangernationeducatehumorseasoncelebratecourageoriginpredictStep 3 Practice for useful words and expressions1. Let students do Exercise 2 in Learning about Language on Page 4 and check the answers after most of students finish.2. Question students on the meanings of those new words which will be used in Exercise 3 in Learning about Language on Page 4. Then let students complete these famous quotes and check the answers after most of them finish. Finally ask students to read these famous quotes aloud and try to think of some Chinese idioms or sayings that carry the same meaning.Step 4 Sentence focusAsk students to read through the Warming Up and Reading again to find out the difficult sentences they cant understand and give time to students to ask their own questions. Explain them to the class.Step 5 Workbook exercises for consolidationAsk students to do the exercises in Using words and expressions on Page 42 to consolidate what they have learned in this period.Step 6 Homework1. Learn the new words and expressions by heart.2. Finish off the Workbook exercises.3. Do Exercise 3 on Page 42 in the exercise book.板書設(shè)計(jì)Unit 1Festivals around the worldLearning about language: Important language pointsImportantvocabularystarve, religious, feast, belief, poet, arrival, gain, independence, gather, agriculture, award, admire, energetic, clothing, Christian, custom, take place, in memory of, dress up, play a trick on, look forward to, day and night, as though, have fun with1. . . . people would starve if food was difficult to find. . .2. They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead.3. The country, covered with cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.活動(dòng)與探究Creation and descriptionStep 1: Have a group discussion and create a festival as you wish. Then fill in the following form.What is the name of your festival?When is the festival celebrated?Who celebrate the festival?How do people celebrate it?Why do people celebrate it?What are the themes?Step 2: Describe the festival you create.One possible example:What is the name of your festival?Grandparents Day.When is the festival celebrated?On the second Sunday in April.Who celebrate the festival?Children and young people.How do people celebrate it? Children and young people call on their grandparents to express thanks and love.Why do people celebrate it?To honor the hard work and to care of grandparents.What are the themes? Respect, love and dignity.One possible description:The purpose of my festival is to give thanks and praise to one of the most important people in my life, my dear grandmother. She is my only living grandparent. She is 86 years old and has lived near my home since I was born. She is really lovely, although she is quite old. Everyday she brings fresh eggs and milk to my mother to give me for breakfast. Sometimes when I visit her, she still gives me candies, although she knows I am no longer a child.I must say that I seldom forget all the good things my grandparent has done for me but I know that some of my friends often do. This festival will help remind them how important it is to honor our oldest family members. After all, without them, none of us would be here. All old people deserve our respect, which adds to their feeling of dignity, dont you think?My festival will always be held on the second Sunday in April when spring has truly come to all parts of China. Our grandparents may be old but I believe they are still young at heart. Spring is the time to celebrate their youthful spirit.Each of us should take at least one of our grandparents to a park, or some other quiet places, such as a museum. We should talk to them and perhaps bring him or her little gift. I think the gift should be something we have made, so it neednt be expensive. We should write the symbol for long a life in the gift to wish our grandparents a long and healthy life.Hope you agree with me and you are welcome to ask me more questions about it if you are interested in it.9