Thoughts on the design:
本节课的主要目的是帮助学生学习课文中出现的重要词汇,通过中译英、句型转换、情景设置等方法帮助学生理解文中出现的语言现象,掌握新的语言知识。 Teaching aims:
1.Learn the language points in the passage. 2. Practise listening,speaking and writing. Teaching procedures:
Step1Learn the new language points
1. The gravity of the situation shocked Bob Geldof, an Irish musician, so he organized a charity concert called Live Aid to raise money for the victims of hunger in Ethiopia.
gravity n.严重性;重力;地球引力 Newton’s law of gravity 牛顿万有引力定律
e.g. I don’t think you realize the gravity of the situation. 我认为你没有意识到形势的严重性。 shock
1) v. to surprise and upset somebody
e.g. I was shocked at the news that bird flu had been found in our city. 2) n. a bad feeling as a result of something unpleasant happening unexpectedly e.g. He got a shock when he touched the water.
She said the scary movie gave her the shock of her life.
2. The concert also made the headlines around the world, and put great pressure on politicians and statesmen to do something about the problem of world hunger. headline n.〔报纸的〕大字标题
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word headline news 头条新闻
e.g. The scandal was in the headlines for several days. 这一丑闻连续几天都刊登在头版头条。 hit/make the headlines 成为重要新闻
put (great) pressure on somebody (to do something) 促使;强迫;劝说;给某人施加压力做某事,迫使某人做某事
e.g. Industrial development has put (great) pressure on the environment. 工业发展已给环境带来了〔巨大的〕压力。 under pressure from 在来自……的压力下 pressure sb. into doing sth. 迫使某人做某事
3. In wrestling with the dilemma of worldwide hunger, the United Nations set up an agency called WFP in 1963.
wrestle vi.奋力对付;努力处理;全力解决;摔跤 e.g. Armed guards wrestled with the intruder. 武装警卫和闯入者打起来了。
She had spent the whole weekend wrestling with the problem. 她整个周末都在绞尽脑汁处理这个问题。 dilemma n.困境,进退两难
e.g. I seem to be in a dilemma.我似乎陷入了一种困境中。
4. This is beyond doubt an amazing achievement, but is it enough? beyond prep. 超出(……之外);非……所能及;在(或向)……的那一边 beyond doubt 毫无疑问 beyond doubt = without doubt
e.g. He is without/beyond doubt the cleverest student I’ve ever taught. 他确实是我所教过的学生中最聪明的。
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word 5. Today, some developing countries in Africa, Asia and South America stand at a crossroads.
crossroads n.十字路口;转折点;重大的抉择时刻 (单复数相同) at a crossroads (人生或发展)处于关键时刻,在紧要关头,面临重大选择 e.g. His life was at a crossroads after he quit his job. 辞职之后,他的人生面临着重大抉择。
6. In order to find a permanent solution to this long-term problem, … permanent adj.永久的;永恒的;长久的 a permanent/temporary job 固定工作/临时工作
e.g. They are now living together on a permanent basis. 他们现在决定长期同住。
反义词: impermanent, temporary
7. Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for the rest of his life. [考点]
“祈使句 + and + 陈述句〞是一个使用广泛的句型。祈使句形式其实表达的是一个条件或假设,由连词 and 引起结果,相当于 if 从句。
这两个句子可以转换成:If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime。 又如:
Give me love and work, and I will be able to live a contented life. 给予我爱和工作,我就能生活得心满意足。 [考例]
—English has a large vocabulary,hasn’t it?
—Yes. ______ more words and expressions and you will find it easier to read and municate. A. Know
B. Knowing
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word C. To know D. Known
[点拨] 选A。答句第二句相当于 If you know more words and expressions, you will find it easier to read and municate.
8. They are the result of teaching a man to fish so that he can fill his belly for a
lifetime.
fill one’s belly 填饱肚子
e.g. Jack is not particular about what he eat. He is happy so long as it fills his belly.
杰克对于吃不大讲究。只要填饱肚子,他就很高兴。
[设计说明]在语言点的操练过程中可以采用中译英、句型转换、情景设置等方法帮助学生理解文中出现的语言现象,掌握新的语言知识。 Homework
1. Review the language points of this unit.
2. Make preparations for the Word Power of this unit. [设计说明]复习巩固本课所学的语言知识。
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