人教版高中英语必修二Unit 1 Cultural relics 教案2

Unit 1 Cultural relics 教案2
（A FACT OR AN OPINION<PART 2>）Introduction
You are learned to distinguish a fact and an opinion。

Help students with their reading of A FACT OR AN OPINION。

Translation of the text into Chinese is proposed.
Objectives
⏹To learn to tell facts from opinions
⏹To write a reply letter
⏹To listen and speak about cultural relics
Procedures
I。

Warming up
(1) Warming up by questions
Morning, class。

We always say, “We must respect facts and can’t wholly depend on one’s opinions”。

But can you tell me：
A.What does it mean when you say，“I t is a fact”？
B.What does it mean when you say，“I t is an opinion”？
（2) Warming up by questioning
Turn to page 5。

Read the passage and tell me：
A。

If you want to go in for law against somebody, and if you want to win，what’s the most important thing you should do first?
B. What makes a judge decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe？
II. Guided reading
(1）Reading and defining
Read the passage and define: What is a fact？What is an opinion？What is an evidence?
（2）Reading and translating
Read the passage and translate it into Chinese paragraph by paragraph。

Tom，you are to do paragraph 1，please…
（3) Reading and underlining
Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the part。

Copy them to your notebook after class as homework。

(4）Listening
Now，boys and girls, as we know, people have never stopped searching for the Amber Room. This time we’ll listen to what three people say they know about the missing Amber Room。

Before we listen to them, I’ll present some related new words to you to help you understand them easily。

Please look at the screen and read after me。

（5）Sharing and Correcting
Well done. Now share your forms with your partner and tell me in the three forms: What are facts？What are opinions? Li Ming，do you want a try？
(6) Reviewing
We often use some expressions to ask for opinions. What are they？Oh，yes. Wh at do you think of …？
Do you believe …?
How can you be sure of …?
How do you know that？
And we often use some expressions to give opinions。

What are they？Ok, Tom，Please. Oh，yes。

They are: I think... / I don’t think (I)
don’t agree that… / I suppose that…
（7）Discussing
Please look at exercise 3, and discuss which person gave the best evidence. Use the expressions above to help you。

Before we discuss，let's deal with the following discussion：
A。

What is the best evidence?
B. How can we know which eyewitness is most believable？
Well done. Let’s come to the discussion “Which person gave the best evidence?”
（8) Reading and writing
Sometimes we may fall into or face a moral choice。

That is a moral dilemma。

Let’s read the letter on page 7 and see what’s Johann's choice and opinion。

OK，finished? Now answer the following questions：
A.What's Johann’s opi nion about the Amber Room?
B.What’s his father’s opinion about the things found by him？
C.What happened to Johann when she was a pupil？
（9）Completing the letters A ＆B and then giving your own letters A。

When you write your letter，you may choose to agree or not agree with the writer.
B。

You must give a reason why you agree or don't agree with the writer。

C. Be sure to give an example from your own life so that the reader can better understand your opinion。

Ⅲ Closing down
(1）Closing down by a debating
There is a long ancient wall around a less developed town。

It is reported it has a long history，dating back to over 5 century BC。

The local government is collecting money to repair and rebuild the wall。

It has cost a lot of money。

Some of your classmates think it is not worth。

Some think it's a good way to develop the local economy. Now Group 1 and 2 against Group 3 and 4。

Let’s have the debating.
（2）Closing down by dictation
1。

The design for the room was of the fancy style popular in those days. 2。

The room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.
3。

The man who found the relics insist that it belongs to his family。

4. The room was completed the way she wanted it .
5。

It was ready for the people of St。

Petersburg to celebrate the 300th birthday of their city.
6. After that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a
mystery。

7. In a trial，a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe。

8。

Is it something that more than one person believes?
9。

A fact is anything that can be proved.
10. An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved。