北师大版高中英语必修1 Unit 2《Heroes》(Lesson 4 Superhero)英文教案

U2 Heroes

Lesson 4 Superhero

Objectives

To develop strategies for working out meaning when reading.

To develop word attack skills to cope with new vocabulary and phrasal verbs. To practise asking for and giving personal information.

Pre-Reading

What do you know about Christopher Reeve?

A superwoman in China. Do you know her?

Reading

Look at the two pictures and answer the questions.

1 What was his most famous film character? Superman

2 What terrible thing happened to him in real life? He fell off his horse and broke his back.

3 What did he do afterwards?

He promoted medical research and made speeches all over the USA about his experiences.

Match the topics with the parts of the article.

a) the riding accident (1)

b) his marriage ( )

c) his feelings after the accident ( )

d) his death ( )

e) his parents ( )

f) his belief ( )

g) how he get involved with charity work ( )

h) his work ( )

Answers: b 4 c 3 d 8 e 5 f 7 g 6 h 2

Post-Reading

True or False

1 After the accident, with his wife’s help, Christopher Reeve pulled through.

2 Christopher Reeve got involved with charity work because he wanted to improve the quality of his life.

3 Reeve was optimistic facing the fact that he couldn’t stand up any longer.

4 Both of Reeve’s parents loved their son.

Answers: TFTT

Language points

1 be famous for 以…而著名

He is famous for his songs.

be famous as 作为…而出名

Li Lianjie is famous as an actor.

2 on one's own

独自；靠自己

She lives on her own.

她一个人过。

3 experience

经验（不可数）

Experience is their preparation for giving advice. 经验为她们进行咨询作了准备。

Experience teaches.; Experience does it.

经验给人教训。;经验给人智慧。

经历，阅历（可数）

Please tell us your experiences in America.

请你告诉我们你在美洲的经历。

4 suffer from

忍受, 遭受

suffer from cold and hunger

饥寒交迫

suffer from floods

遭受水灾

5 come to

涉及；谈及

When it comes to politics I know nothing.

谈到政治，我一无所知。

获致；到达；结束

The car came to a dead stop.

汽车蓦地刹住。

The water came to my waist.

水已达我的腰部。

总共；共计

The bill came to $5.50.

账款共计5美元50美分。

突然想起

Suddenly the words of the song came to me.

我猛然想起了这首歌的歌词。

6 pull through

度过难关, 恢复健康

I believe that you can pull through. 我相信你能够度过难关。

7 give up 放弃

Don’t give up.

give in 屈服

give away 送掉, 分发

give out 发出(气味、热等)

8 get on 生活, 融洽相处, 进展

They are getting on well now. 他们现在相处融洽。

I believe that we can get on well with each other.

9 react to 与...起反应

The eye reacts to light.

眼睛对光起反应。

10 With the progress of new medical research, I’m confident that—

with 短语作状语

He stands there, with a book in his hand. 他站在那儿，手里拿着一本书。

With his head lowered, he came into the classroom. 他低着头，走进教室。

Exercises

Work out the meaning of these words from the text and use them to replace the underlined words in the sentences.

disaster, on his own, depression, injury, confident, get involved, divorced

1 A really bad thing happened in 2003. Our school burnt down.

2 Many people suffer from feeling very sad. It can be treated with medicine.

3 Don’t just sit there! Take part and help disabled people!

4 He won’t be able to walk by himself ever again.

5 She’s sure that her mother’s hurt will heal.

6 Many people’s parents are no longer married these days.

Answers: 1 disaster 2 depression 3 Get involved 4 on his own 5 confident, injury 6 divorced