一、教學目標與要求
通過學習本單元取材于馬克吐溫的《百萬英鎊》并改編成短劇形式的課文,學生能初步了解馬克吐溫的寫作風格以及對資本主文社會中丑惡現象的無情揭露。學生應能在教師的指導下,排演這個短劇,并在排練和表演中,加深對原作品深刻含義的理解;通過對話課的學習與操練,學生接觸表示堅持個人意見的常用語句,并要求學生運用到模擬交際的會話中;學習并初步掌握as if和no matter引導讓步狀語從句的用法;正確完成練習冊安排的練習。
二、教學重點與難點
1.重點詞匯fault;insist;depend;choice;trust;apologize;excited;perfect;treat;e-qual; shop assistant; or else; be after; change…
for…; depend on…; take place; get off; do somebody a favor; make… to one’s own measure; put down; drop in; once upon a time; keep back
2.重要句型 1) I know that gentlemen like you carry only large notes. 2) My friend,you shouldn’t judge strangers always by the clothes they wear. 3) She did up the buttons insuch a way that one at the bottom was not done up.4)He judged that, because she was a woman, she did not understand about the wine.
3.語法 as if和no matter引導的讓步狀語從句(The use of as if and no matter) 1)It looks as if it hasn’t been washed following the instructions. 2) No matter what he is wear-ing, you must serve him. 3) It looks as if it is pure gold. 4) No matter how much I have to pay, I will take it.
4.日常交際用語 堅持個人意見(Insistence)1)That may be true,but you sold me a blouse that I can’t wear any more. 2) What do you think I should do then?3)I insist that you give me my money back. 4) I would like you to change this blouse, or else give me my money back.
三、課型
(一)對話課
Ⅰ.教具 錄音機、投影儀、一件女裙。
Ⅱ.課堂教學設計
1.教師通過向學生提出下列問題導入本課: Do you often do shopping? What do you of-ten buy if you do shopping often? If there is something wrong with the thing you have bought, what will you do?
由學生討論以上問題,引出本單元對話內容。
2.準備放對話錄音。借助授影片打出以下聽前提問: Where did the conversation take place?放錄音一遍,請學生回答上述問題,教師予以必要訂正。
Key:The conversation took place at a shop.
再次放對話錄音,學生跟讀。根據本課對話內容,教師再提出一些問題,檢查學生的理解程度。
1)What did the customer buy last week?2)What happened to the blouse she bought?3) And what did she want to do with the blouse? 4) According to the shop assistant, whose fault was it? 5) Why couldn’t the shop assistant give her money back? 6) What did the cus-tomer decide to do at last?
Key: 1)She bought a blouse from the shop last week. 2)When she washed the blouse,the colours ran. 3)She wanted to change the blouse, or she would like her money back.4)It was the fault of the company that made the blouse according to the shop assistant. 5)The shop assistant couldn’t give her money back because the manager was not there. 6) The cus-tomer decided to change it.
3.將學生分為兩人一組練習對話。數分鐘后,請兩三組同學到前面借助教師準備好的女裙表演。
教師指導學生歸納本課中有關堅持個人意見(Insistence)的常用語句(見日常交際用語部分)。
組織學生練習書上Practice中的相關語句。
4.要求學生將本課對話改寫為一篇短文,以顧客作為第一人稱,描述這次購物經歷。
教師可給予必要的提示。
提示語(用投影儀打出): 1) buy a blouse last week 2) something wrong with it 3)ei-ther change it or get money back 4) can’t get the money back 5) persuade me to change it for another one
將首句給出: Last week I bought a blouse from a shop.
要求學生根據對話,參照老師所給提示及首句編寫短文,當堂要求學生完成。數分鐘后,請幾位同學朗讀自己的短文,教師予以講評。
Model:
Last week I bought a blouse from a shop.But there was something wrong with it. After I washed the blouse, the colours ran. So I went to the shop again and asked the shop assis-tant either to change it or get my money back.
The shop assistant asked me if I followed the instructions when washing the blouse.Then she said that it was the fault of the company that made the blouse. But she said she couldn’t give me the money, because the manager was not there. Finally she persuaded me to change it for another one, and I agreed.
5.為學生提供幾個情景,啟發同學在對話中運用所學語言編出新的對話。
Situation 1: You have just bought a pair of shoes from a shoe shop. But later you find that the shoes are not of the same size. So you go to the shop again. Make a dialogue be-tween the shop assistant and you.
Situation 2: You have just bought a tape-recorder. But it does not work as soon as you get home. So you go back to the shop and ask for a new one.
學生可任選其中之一的情景編小對話,也可自己設計其他情景。數分鐘后,請同學表演對話,教師給予講評。
6.布置作業1 )預習第38課;2)完成練習冊中安排的練習。
(二)閱讀理解課(Ⅰ)
Ⅰ.教具 錄音機、投影儀。
Ⅱ.課堂教學設計
1.檢查生詞及短語。
2.教師通過以下提問導入正課: 1) Do you know the famous American writer Mark Twain?2)Have you ever read anything written by Mark Twain before?3)Can you tell me some of the works he wrote?(The Adventure of Tom Sawyer ;The Prince and the Pauper ;The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn;Run for Governor,etc.)
3.準備閱讀課文。教師給出讀前提問:1)Why did the shop assistant show the customer the cheapest clothes? 2) What made the manager very excited?
教師給學生數分鐘,要求學生快速閱讀課文,之后請同學回答上述問題。
Key:1)Because he thought the customer was very poor since he was poorly dressed and the customer could not afford to buy expensive clothes.2) He thought the customer was a millionaire and this made him very excited.
4.反復放課文錄音,學生跟讀數遍。教師要求學生認真模仿磁帶錄音的語音語調。
5.要求學生在本課對話中,找出能刻畫服裝店老板人物特征和心理變化的相關語句。(以下供教師參考)
(The first time he saw the customer)
There’s a customer, Tod.Will you serve him?
No matter what he is wearing, Tod, just show him the cheapest.
Come,come.Get him his change,Tod.
When the manager first saw the customer, he thought he was only a poor fellow and could not afford to buy expensive clothes. So he just asked his assistant to serve the cus-tomer and told him to show the customer the cheapest clothes.
(When he realized that the customer was a millionaire) Goodness me! Six zeros! I’ve never seen anything like this before.To sell such a suit as that to a millionaire!Tod’s a fool.Please get those things off, sir, and throw them into the fire. Do me the favor to put on this shirt, and this suit…
I can wait all my life, sir. Tod, you will send these things to the gentleman’s address.Put down the gentleman’s address…
Have a discussion with your students about why the manager changed his attitude to-wards the customer and tell them a word: snob.
6.將學生分為三人一組,反復練習。適當準備一些道具排演短劇。
7.布置作業 1)排演短劇;2)完成練習冊中所安排的練習。
閱讀理解課(Ⅱ)
Ⅰ.教具 錄音機。
Ⅱ.課堂教學設計
1.上演短劇。
2.準都閱讀第39課,教師給出讀前提問:1)What is the passage mainly about?2)What were included in the newspaper report?
教師給學生兩分鐘,要求學生快速閱讀課文,之后請同學回答上述問題。
Key:1) The passage is mainly about a journalist’s report on wine shops. 2)The names of the wine shops she had visited were included in the newspaper report.
放課文錄音,學生跟讀一至兩遍。
3.教師就課文內容再提出問題,檢查學生的理解程度:
1) Why did the London journalist want to do some research about wine shops? 2) What did she think before she did the research? 3) How did the journalist dress? Why was she dressed in such a way? 4) Why did she explain to the shop assistant what food she was plan-ning to cook? 5) Why did she say that she did not mind how much she spent? 6) How many wine shops did she go to and how was she treated at the different shops?
Key: 1) Because she wanted to see which shops offered the best advice and service. 2)Before the research she thought that the shop assistants in the best wine shops might judge their customers by their clothes. 3) The journalist put on a long raincoat and did up the but-tons in such a way that one button at the bottom was not done up. She was dressed like this because she wanted to test what she had thought before the research. 4) Because she wanted to know if the shop assistant would offer the best advice.5) She said this in order to show that she could afford to buy expensive wines.But what she wanted was only good,ordinary wine. So in this way she was testing the shop assistants whether they would offer the best advice. 6) She went to at least six wine shops. Not all the shops treated her kindly and well.
4.組織學生根據本課內容,編出這位倫敦記者與幾家酒店服務員的對話。數分鐘后,請幾組在班上交流,教師予以講評。
5.布置作業1)復述課文;2)完成練習冊中所安排的練習。
(三)語言訓練課
Ⅰ.教具 投影儀。
Ⅱ.課堂教學設計
1.教師檢查課文復述。
2.教師從本單元詞語中選擇部分常用詞語,配以例句介紹給學生。要求學生反復練習這些例句,并請同學造句,教師予以講評、訂正。
1)insist
She insisted on getting her money back.
She insisted on the shop assistant giving back her money.
She insisted that the shop assistant(should)give back her money.
She insisted on her money being given back.
She insisted on the shop assistant’s apology.
2)or else
You must go there quickly or else you will not be back in time.
The book must be here,or else you’ve lost it.
3)trust
You may trust me that I am speaking the truth.
I don’t have/put/place much trust in his promises.
4)apology/apologize
I have to come to apologize to you.
Please accept my apologies.
5)excited
What are you excited about?
Everybody was excited by the news of the victory.
6)be after
The police were after him.
When he explained to me what he was after,I knew what he had expected was too much.
7)put down
Here is my address;put it down before you forget it.
The bus stopped to put down passengers.
8)drop in
He usually drops in at my place on his way home.
9)depend on
Health depends on good food,fresh air and enough sleep.
Whether he can go or not depends on his parents’wishes.
10)treat
They treated me as one of their family.
Why not send her off to some big hospital where she can be treated?
3.書面表達練習
中文提示(用投影片打出):1)杰克在百貨公司上班的第一天,遇到一位奇怪的顧客;2)她要買鞋,但給她拿了多雙,都不喜歡;3)杰克禮貌待人,她最后還是要了最初的那雙;4)她告之杰克,她是經理助手,前來考察。
英文提示(用投影片打出):customer;be after;treat;assistant;manager;play the part of;serve;apologize
將首句及結束語給出:Jack found a job at a department store.The very first day when he was at work,…However,she apologized that she had been too hard on him.
七八分鐘后,請幾位同學朗讀自己的短文,教師予以講評。
One possible version:
Jack found a job at a department store.The very first day when he was at work,he met with a very strange customer,who would like to buy a pair of shoes.Jack showed her many pairs.But she said she liked none of them.When Jack asked her what shoes she really liked,she picked up the first pair that Jack had showed her and said that pair was the kind she was after.Though Jack was not pleased,he treated her politely.Later the customer told Jack that she was the assistant of the manager.She had played the part of the customer only to see how well Jack would serve the customers.However,she apologized that she had been too hard on him.
4.課堂活動
(A)Suppose you are Tod,the shop assistant.Tell the story to others about what hap-pened at the tailor’s shop in your own words.You may begin like this:
This morning when I was busy doing my usual work at my shop,a man came in.You could see he was poor from the clothes he was wearing.And I was wondering why he had come to our shop,for I didn’t think he had any money with him.I came up to him and showed him the cheapest suit we had…
(B)Suppose you are the manager.Tell the story to others about what happened at the tailor’s shop in your own words.You may begin like this:
This morning,when I was sitting at my desk as usual,I heard Tod shouting,“Good-ness me!”I knew he was serving a customer,so I asked what was the matter.Tod told me he could not get the customer his change.I couldn’t understand.But when Tod passed me the bill’I was taken aback.Six zeros!I had never seen anything like that before.I realized that the customer must be a millionaire…
5.布置作業 1)預習第11單元;2)完成練習冊中安排的練習。
四、難句分析
1.I’m not that foolish.我還不至于愚蠢到那種地步。
“that”為副詞,意為“那樣(so),達到那樣地步(to such a degree)”。例如:
Do you think the problem of pollution is that serious?你認為污染問題有那么嚴重嗎?
After that she never came back that late.打那以后,她再也不回來得那樣晚了。
Can hard work change a person that much?難道勞累能使人變化那么大嗎?
另外,“this”也有同樣的用法。如:
Why did you ask for this much?你為什么要得這么多?
2.It looks as if it hasn’t been washed following the instructions.看來好像沒按說明來洗滌。
It looks as if…意為:看來似乎……,看來好像……。例如:
It looks as if they have to walk home.看來他們得走回家了。
It looks as if she is not so healthy as she used to be.看來她好像沒有以前那么健康。
It looks as if they haven’t finished the work yet.看來他們似乎還沒完成工作。
following the instructions在句中作方式狀語,相當于according to the instructions的意思。例如:
You should do things following the rules.你應當依照規章辦事。
3.I insist that you give me my money back.我堅持你把錢退還給我。
insist后跟that從句,從句中謂語動詞用should+動詞原形,是虛擬語氣的一種用法。其中,should可以省略,意為:“堅決要求”。例如:
I insist that we(should)write to her immediately.我堅持認為我們該立刻給她寫信。
They insisted that Miss Li(should)report this to the manager himself.他們堅持要李小姐把這事報告給經理本人。
insist還可跟on/upon,接名詞或-ing形式。意為“堅持要求某事或做某事”。例如:
They insisted on visiting the hospital the next day.他們一定要第二天參觀醫院。
Why did you insist upon a reply from them?為什么你一定要他們答復?
4.I just didn’t want to put you to the trouble of changing a large note.只不過我不想麻煩你破開一張大票子罷了。
put sb.to the trouble意為:給某人添麻煩。例如:
I hope we haven’t put you to any trouble.希望我們沒有給你添麻煩。
I’m sorry for putting you to so much trouble.給你添了許多麻煩,真是過意不去。
He didn’t want to put me to the trouble of meeting him at the station.他不想麻煩我去車站接他。
5.To sell such a suit as that to a millionaire!竟然把這樣一套衣服賣給一位百萬富翁!
這是不定式的一種特殊用法,相當于一個感嘆句,常常用來表示驚異、氣憤、祝愿等情緒。例如:
To think he knew about it all the time!沒想到他一直知道這件事!
Oh!To be youny again.啊,要能再年輕就好了。(本句可以理解為:How wonderful it is to be young again!)
To ask such silly questions!竟然提出了這樣的傻問題!(本句可以理解為:How silly you are to ask such questions!)
6.She did up the buttons in such a way that one at the bottom was not done up.她這樣扣鈕扣,最底下的那個不扣上。
do up意為:扣、系、包等。例如:
Do up your shoes,please.把鞋帶系好。
Why didn’t you do all the bottons up?你為什么不把扣子都扣上?
You’ve done up your bottons the wrong way.你把鈕扣扣錯了。
do up還可解釋為:收拾、整理、修理、打扮。
She did herself up before going to the party.去晚會前她打扮了一下。
Why is he always doing up his hair?他干嗎總是整理頭發?
* 建議在課前或課后組織學生觀看《百萬英鎊》