TheFourthPeriod●从容说课ThisisthefourthperiodofUnit2whichfocusesonlistening.Inthislesson，therearetwoparts.Oneofitistoconsolidatethesentencestructureofindirectspeechanddirectspeech.Theotherpartconcernslisteninginwhichtwopassagesareincluded.BothofthemareaboutthetopicofEnglish.Listeningisbecomingmoreandmoreimportant.Teachingstudentstolisteninproperwayistheaimofthispart.Agoodlistenershouldbeabletopredictaccordingtosomehintssuchasthetopic，thequestionslisted，etc.，tolistenwiththepurposeoffindingusefulinformationandtosummarize.Sothispartshouldbetaughtaccordingtotheaim.Init，we’llfirsthavearevision.Itdealswiththeexercisetalkingonpage48.Thoughttheusageofthesentencepatternsindailylife，studentscanmasterthisgrammarpartmuchbetter.Theirabilityofusinglanguagewillbepracticedaswellinthispart.Andthenwe’lllistentotwopassages.Inthispart，totrainstudents’listeningskills，Iwilldesignsomequestionsaboutthepassagesothatstudentscanlistenonpurposeoffindingusefulinformation.Besides，studentscanpracticetheabilityofpredictingwhatwillbeheardinthispart.Atlast，adiscussionwillbeorganized.Thisistotrainstudents’abilityofusinglanguageandreadingcritically.●三维目标1.Knowledge：Reviewthesentencepatternsbyusingthem.2.Ability：GetmoreinformationonEnglishdialect.3.Emotion：Howtohelpstudentsimprovelisteningskill.●教学重点Usethesentencepatternsinlife.Understandthelisteningmaterial.●教学难点Howtoimprovestudents’listeningskills●教具准备cassetterecorder●教学过程Step1GreetingsandRevisionGreetthewholeclassasusual.T：Yesterdaywelearntthesentencepatternswhichexpresscommandsandrequests.Whocantellmesomethingaboutit？S：Toexpresscommands，wecanuse“Do...；Donotdo...”.S：Toexpressrequests，wecanuse“Do...please；Donotdo...please；Willyoudo...？Wouldyoudo...？Canyoudo...？Couldyoudo...？”T：Yes，youareright.ThenhowcanwechangethemintoIndirectSpeech？S：Ifitisacommand，wecanuse“sb.told/orderedsb.todo...；sb.told/orderednottodo...”.S：Ifitisarequest，wecanuse“sb.askedsb（not）todo”.T：Pleasetellwhichoneistherightanswer.,“____________，”LiMingsaidtohisteacher.A.Canyoubuymeanewwatch？B.Givemethatbook，C.Lendmeyourbike，D.CouldyouhelpmewithmyEnglish？S：IthinkDistherightanswer.T：Couldyoutellmewhy？S：BecauseAisnotlogical.BandCarecommands.Inlastperiodwelearntthatcommandsshouldbemadebypeoplewhohaveauthority.SoIthinkhereDisright.T：Yourexplanationisperfect.Step2Talking（WorkbookP48）T：Great.Nowlet’spractisethesentencepatternsbymakingupdialogues.SopleaseturntoP48andlookatthepartoftalking.Pleaseworkingroupsoffour.Andchooseonesituationtorole-play.（5minutesforpreparation）T：Nowlet’sbegin.Possibleversion：Group1：A.（foreigner）：Excuseme，couldyougivemeahand？B：Sure.Youseemtobelookingforsomeone.A：Yes.MyChinesefriendsandIpromisedtomeetattheexitofthesubway.B：Couldyouspeakabitslowly.Ican’tquitefollowyou.IguessyouarelookingforyourChinesefriends.A：I’msorry.Iwasn’tnoticingitjustnow.Yeah，wesaidthatwewouldmeethere—theexitofthesubwayat2p.m.Anditis2：15，butIstillcannotfindthem.B：Exit1orExit2？A：Whatdoyoumean？There’re2exits？B：Yes.Herearetwoexits.Soyoushouldbesurewhichoneiswhereyoupromisedtomeet.A：Isee.Iamsurethattheymustbewaitingformeattheotherexit.Thankyouverymuch!Group2：（P：parents；W：waitress；Y：you）P：Excuseme，couldyoutellmewherethetoiletis？W：Er...therestroom？Well，gostraightahead，anditwillbeattheendofthecorridor.P：Butwedonotneedrest.Wearejustlookingforatoilet.Y：ImeanwewanttogotheWC.W：WC？Wedon’thaveone.Y：NoWC!HowcanarestauranthavenoWC？W：I’msorry!ButwhatdoyoureallymeanbysayingWC？Y：It’saplacewherewecanwashhands.W：Ah，Isee.Well，gouptothesecondfloor.Y：Thankyousomuch!（Youandyourparentsgouptwofloorsbutonlyfindemptyroomsthere.）W：Haveyoufoundit？Y：No，wewentuptwofloors，butwedidn’tfindatoiletbutemptyrooms.Group3：A：Excuseme，couldyouhelpme？,B：Sure？What’sit？A：OurEnglishteacheristellingussomethingimportant，butIcanquitefollowher.She’sspeakingsofast.B：Yeah，she’sreallyspeakingfast.ThenhowcanIhelpyou？A：Couldyouasktheteachertospeakalittlebitslowly？B：OfcourseIcan，butwhydon’tyoudoso？A：Er...B：Isee.（StudentBputsuphishand）T：Yes？B：I’msorry，butwouldyouspeakalittleslowly？Step3Listening（Ⅰ）T：Yesterday，wehavelearntsomethingaboutdialectsintheUS.Todayletuslistentothedialoguespokenwithanaccent.PleaseturntothelisteningpartonP14.Firstlistenandfindouthowmanypeoplethereareinthedialogueandwhotheyare.S：...T：Great!Nowpleaselistentoitagain，andanswerthequestionsonthetextbook.（afterlistening）Haveyougottheanswers？Nowcomparenoteswithyourpartner.T：Areyousureaboutyouranswersnow？Let’schecktogether.T：Youdidaverygoodjob.Nowwewilllistentoitagain.Afterthat，youshouldretellthestorytoyourpartner.See？S：...T：Soyousee，thereissomedifficultyforpeopletounderstandthedialects.Right？SowhatwedowhilelearningEnglish？S：WecanlearnstandardEnglish.S：Idon’tthinkso，becausewehavelearntthatthere’snostandardEnglishactually.SoIthinkwhatweshoulddoistopronouncebetter，andusethecorrectwordsandgrammar.Step4Listening（Ⅱ）T：Byreadingthepassage“theroadtomodernEnglish“，wehaveknownEnglishisaworldlanguagewhichisspokeninmanycountriesandareas.InthisperiodwewilllistentonativespeakersfromdifferentEnglish-speakingcountries.PleasemovetoP51andlookatListeningTask.NowseveralstudentsinaninternationalhighschoolinShanghaiaredescribingwheretheycomefrom.Whatdoyouthinkyouwillhearintheirintroduction？S：Iguesstheywilltalkaboutthelocation，climate，people，custom，specificthings，andsoon.T：Youareveryclever.Weareintroducingsomeplace，mostoftimewewillgivesomedescriptionoftheclimate，people，custom，people，history，placesofinterests，andsoon.T：Listencarefully，thentellwhichtopicsarementioned.S：...T：Good.ThenIwillplaythetapeagain.Thistimeyoushouldtrytoguessthenameofeachstudent’scountry.S：...T：Goodjob.Thistime，youshouldpaymuchattentiontoeachstudent’sdescription.Afterlisteningitagain，youshoulddescribethecountryusingyourownwords.S：...T：Welldone!NowworkingroupsoffouranddiscusswithyourpartnerswhyEnglishis,spokeninsomanyplacesaroundtheworld.Makealistofthereasonsandthenreportyourgroupworkwithothergroups.Step5SummaryThisclasswehavereviewthegrammarpartbyusingitindailylife.Wehavepractisedreadingaswell.Welearnthelanguageinordertouseit.SoIadviseyoupractiseusingwhatwelearntdailysothattheycanbepartofyourknowledge.Step6HomeworkLookupthewordsleftinthevocabularyinthedictionary.●板书设计Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldTheFourthPeriodSentencepatternsGuessingthetopicsmentionedinthetape●活动与探究Thisactivityistodosomeresearchonthelisteningskills.Studentsarerequiredtosurftheinternettosearchforsomeinformationonadviceonimprovinglistening.●备课资料ColorsAmericanshaveusedcolorstocreatemanyexpressionstheyuseeveryday.Wesayweare“inthepink”whenweareingoodhealth.Itiseasytounderstandhowthisexpressionwasborn.Whenmyfacehasanicefresh，pinkcolor，itisasignmyhealthisgood.IfIlookgrayandashen，Imayneedadoctor.Redisahottercolorthanpink.AndAmericansuseittoexpressheat.InEnglish，thesmallandhotpeppers（辣椒）foundinmanyMexicanfoodsarecalled“redhots”，fortheircolorandtheirfiery（火辣辣的）.Wesaythatfast，fierymusic，especiallythekindcalled“DixielandJazz”is“redhot”.Blueisacoolercolor.ThetraditionalbluemusicofAmericanblacksistheoppositeoftheredhotmusic.Itisslow，sadandsoulful.DukeEllingtonandhisorchestra（管弦乐队）recordedafamoussong，MoodIndigo（《深蓝的情调》），aboutthedeepbluecolor，indigo.Inthewordsofthesong，“Youaren’tbeenbluetillyou’vehadthatMoodIndigo”.Tobe“blue”，ofcourse，istobesad.Whilethecolorgreenisnaturalfortrees，itisanunnaturalcolorforhumans.Whensomeonedoesnotfeelwell，someonewhoissickforexample，wesayhelooksgreen.Whensomeoneisangrybecausehedoesnothavewhatsomeoneelsehas，wesayheis“greenwithenvy（忌妒）”.Somepeopleare“greenwithenvy”becausesomeoneelsehasmoredollars，or“greenbacks”.Dollarsarecalledgreenbacksbecausethat’sthecolorofthebacksideofthemoney.Thecolorblackisoftenusedinexpressions.Peopledescribeadayinwhicheverythinggoeswrongasa“blackday”.A“blacksheep”isthememberofafamilyorgroupwhoalwaysseemstobeintrouble.A“blacklist”isillegal（非法的）now，butatonetime，someemployerssharedblacklistsofpeoplewhoshouldnotbegivenwork.Notallthe“black”expressionshavebadmeanings.Abusiness“intheblack”，forexample，isonewithprofits（利润）.Acompany“inthered”islosingmoney.Redinkisusedtoshowlossesinafinancialreport.Profitsarewritteninblack.Ifsomeonetellsyoutoputsomething“inblackandwhite”，theywantyoutowriteitdown.,Insomecases，colorsjustdescribeasituation.A“blackout”，inWorldWarTwo，waswhenalllightswereturnedofftomakeitdifficultforbomberplanestofindtheirtarget（目标）atnight.A“brownout”isanAmericanexpressionforreducedelectricalpowerwhichmakeselectriclightsdim.AmericanwomenusetheFrenchwordforredasthenameofthecoloredcosmetic（化妆品）whichtheysometimesusetobrightentheircheeks.It’sjustcalled“rouge”.Theyuseitespeciallywhentheyaregoingoutfortheevening，orasAmericanssay“topaintthetownred”.Thecoloryellowissometimesusedtodescribeacoward（胆小鬼）.Apersonwhois“yellow”hasnocourage.Aperson’sskinmaybecomeyellowasaresultofdiseasesthatattacktheliver（肝）.Yellowfeverisone.Inthepast，shipscarryingfevervictimsraisedaflagcalledthe“yellowjack”.IntheUnitedStates，anactivistorganizationofoldpeoplecallsitselfthe“graypanthers”（灰豹）.Thenamecomesfromthegrayhairofitsmembersandfromthepanther，afierceanimalofthelionorleopard（豹）family.WordsandIdiomsToeatcrow乌鸦肉根本没法吃，因此要一个人吃乌鸦，那肯定是非常难受的。这也正是toeatcrow这个俗语的含义。toeatcrow的确切意思是一个人把自己弄得很丢人，因为他犯了一个很难堪的错误，而又不得不承认：Thatmanrunningformayorwentaroundbragginghe’dwintheelectionbyabig50000majority.Buthehadtoeatcrowwhenthewomanrunningagainsthimwonbymorethan60000votes.那个竞选市长的人到处吹嘘，说他肯定能以5万张选票的票数赢得选举。可是，现在他很丢脸，因为那位和他一起竞选的女候选人最后以6万多票的多数当选市长。可是，爱夸口的人似乎到处都有。下面的一个例子更是可笑：Ourneighborhadtoeatcrowyesterday.He’sbeentellinguswhatagoodtennisplayerheis.Well，hetookmy12-year-oldsonouttoplayandthekidbeathimthreestraightsets.我们的邻居真是丢尽了脸。他老是在我们面前吹嘘，说他网球打得很好。他昨天带着我那12岁的儿子去打网球，结果我儿子直落3盘把他打败了。Toputallone’seggsinonebasket.鸡蛋也是一些美国俗语的组成部分。要是一个人把他所有的钱都当作赌注，想冒险发财，这在中文里是“孤注一掷”，在英文里就是：toputallone’seggsinonebasket.把所有的鸡蛋放在一只篮子里，这样是很冒险的。Ifyouwanttoplaythestockmarket，it’ssmartertodivideyourmoneyandbuythreeorfourdifferentstocksinsteadofputtingthewholeamountintojustonestockandputtingallyoureggsinonebasket.要是你想玩股票，最好把你的钱分开来买三、四种不同的股票，这是比较聪明的做法。千万不要把所有的钱都用来买一种股票，把所有的鸡蛋放在一只篮子里。“Toputallone’seggsinonebasket”不仅可以用在经济方面，还可用于其他方面，例如：Goingsteadyinhighschoolwithonlyonememberofoppositesexisamistake.Gooutwithseveralpeople—don’tputallyoureggsinonebasket.在中学里只交一个异性朋友是错误的。应该多交朋友，而不要把自己局限在一个人身上。
