江苏省沭阳县潼阳中学高中英语Unit4Behindbeliefs教案5牛津译林版选修

1. What is an idiom?
2. Why does the Bible have a lot of idiom? (Para______) 3. What are the features of Biblical idioms? (Para______) 4. Why should we learn idioms well? (Para______) Key: part 1 (para1) Part 2 (para2) Part3 (para3-6) Part 4 (para7) Step 3 Detailed reading
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3) Which idiom is often used to describe children? 2. Ask some students to answer the 3 questions. Keys: 1) An idiom is a group of words or an expression whose meaning ofห้องสมุดไป่ตู้en can not be understood by looking at the meanings of the separate words in it. 2) In Hebrew. 3) “Apple of their parents’ eye”. 3. The text can be divided into 4 parts. Discuss how to divide it in pairs with the help of the main ideas of each part. (Para______)
1. Introduce two famous sentences quoted from Confucian Analects(《论语》).The students can find two Chinese idioms in these two sentences.
Analects.
3. Introduce a sentence which contains an English idiom. This sentence is quoted from OLD TESTAMENT (《圣经•旧约》). 4. Then Introduce Bible briefly, emphasizing that many basic concepts and principles of Western culture have come down from the Bible, and many common English phrases and expressions have their origin in the Bible as well. Then lead to the topic of this lesson. 5. Biblical idioms in English. Step 2 Fast reading
1. Scan the text and listen to the recording of the text. Think about the following 3 questions: 1) What is an idiom? 2) Which language was the Bible first written in?
tion of Using a number of words to represent a single object, person or concept, an idiom The (2) ______ __ of learni ng idioms The (5) ______ __ of Biblic al Idioms about agricultural life or food- related The (6) ______ of image Bible stories-related Feet of clay A hidden weakness Having a large celebration (8)___________ (9)______________ (3)______________ your comprehension Developing a high level of competence in your communication skills Better understanding and (4) ______________ the history and culture of English-speaking countrie s etc
(7)___________ Kill the fatted calf
Apple of their Meaning their parents love their parents children very much and be proud of them.
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Reap what we sow Small kindnesses often bring us a rich reward while small offences can (10)_______ in disaster
1. Read paragraph 1 and 2 again carefully. Try to answer some T/F questions. a. The meanings of an idiom are always the same as the meanings of its components. b. You can easily misunderstand a sentence if you don’t recognize an idiom is being used. c. The original meaning of Biblical idioms has never changed. Keys: a. (F) b. (T) c. (F) 2. Read Para 3-6 carefully and answer the following questions: 1) Why did Biblical idioms often come from stories?
专题课件 Unit 4 Behind beliefs
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1.students gain some knowledge about idioms especially the Biblical idioms 教学目标 2. reinforce their reading comprehension abilities. 教学重难点 教学流程\内容\板书 Reading(1) Step1 Lead-in 关 键 点 拨 加 工 2. Introduce Confucian Analects briefly, especially its effects on our history and culture, emphasizing that now many Chinese idioms we often use ar e from Confucian 润 色 and improve their overall
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2) What does “feet of clay” mean? 3) Which animals are featured in the idioms in the article? 4) Whi ch examples included in the text are related to agricultural life or food? Keys： 1) Because the idiom itself was the expression that underlined the moral of a story and gave audiences a picture to help them understand the story better. 2) There is a hidden weakness in somebody whom we admire or respect. 3) calf. 4) “reap what we sow” and “the apple of my eye”. 3. Read paragraph 7 again carefully and try to list the benefits of learning idioms. Keys: 1) improving your comprehension 2) Developing a high level of competence in your communication skills 3) Better understanding and appreciating the history and culture of English-speaking countries. 4. How many idioms have been mentioned in this article? What are they? Keys: 6. by and by, feet of clay, to see the handwriting on the wall, kill the fatted calf, reap what we sow and apple of their parents. 5. 1) Debbie’s father always warned her to be nice to people she did not know, because we __________________ 2) Sarah’s mother adores her; Sarah is_______________. 3) Wilson was disappointed when he learnt that the coach had ________. 4) She knew it might take a long time for her teammates to change their mind s, but she believed that the new plan would work _________. 5) When my brother came back home from his trip to Europe, we ____________. 6) After his company suffered millions of dollars in losses, Joe _________ and left the company. Keys: 1) reap what we sow clay 2) the apple of her mother’s eye 3) feet of
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4) by and by 5) killed the fatted calf 6) saw the handwriting on the wall
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Fill in the following form with proper words according to your comprehension of the text. The defini A group of words or an expression whose meaning can only be understood by looking at the (1) ______________ meani ng of the words in it