Teaching Aims:

1. Review the words appearing in the last period.

2. Learn the grammar and usage: Euphemism.

Teaching Important Points:

1. Help the students master the grammar and usage: Euphemism.

2. Help the students finish each exercise correctly.

Teaching Difficult Point:

the grammar and usage: Euphemism.

Teaching Methods:

1. Practicing to make the students master the grammar and usage: Euphemism.

2. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.

Teaching Aids:

1. the multimedia

2. the blackboard

Teaching Procedures:

Step Ⅰ Greetings

Greet the whole class as usual.

Step Ⅱ lead in

Show pictures to students.

Step III Grammar

Euphemism

1. We often use euphemism to express taboo or very sensitive subjects.

His grandfather passed away last week. The funeral will be held this Friday. “pass away” means _______.

When Sinclair joined in 1959, membership was falling, and the society was on its last legs.

“On one’s last legs” means ________________________________.

Last year, my father set up a club for Senior Citizens. Once a week, they meet up and play cards.

“Senior Citizen” means ____________.

The school is for people who are physically challenged.

“physically challenged” means _____________________________

He was only 14 years old and was already a juvenile delinquent. He would spend his next 10 years in prison.

“a juvenile delinquent” means _______________________________________.

2. We often use euphemism to raise the status of someone or something.

The sanitary workers cleaned the hospital. “Sanitary worker” means _____________________________.

Clive Sinclair is the man who brought technology to the man in the street.

“the man in the street” means ___________________________.

My father has a lot of free time because he is between jobs at the moment.

“between jobs” means ___________.

3. We often use euphemism to indicate situations not fit to express directly in public. I am just going to wash my hands. “wash one’s hands” means ________________.

The film was famous for having the highest body count of any war film. “body count” means_____________ ____________________________.

The murderer would spend the rest of his life in The city’s correctional facility.

“Correctional facility” means _______.

Step IV More euphemism for you to enjoy

I'm goin’ to answer the natural call.

I'm goin’ to make some water .

I'm gonna pee.

The boy is a bit slow for his age. (The boy is stupid.)

He is a bicycle doctor. He mends bicycles.

Nowadays many weight-watchers would like to go to the gym.

如今有不少胖人喜歡到健身房去鍛煉.

Social diseases are on the increase in Hong Kong.

香港的性病比以往增多了。

Step V More doulbespeaks

He is not a grave man until he is a grave man.

grave有兩個含義, 一個是“嚴肅的” (形容詞), 一個是“墳墓” (名詞), 因此這句話的意思是: 他不是一個嚴肅的人, 除非他躺到墳墓里, 才能嚴肅起來.

They pray for you today and prey on you tomorrow. 他們今天為你祈禱, 明天就會加害于你.