[高中英语]新人教版英语高三选修9：Unit 2教案【第4课时】

新人教版英语高三选修9：Unit 2教案【第4课时】

The Fourth Period Practicing

Learning about Language

Teaching Aims:

1.Revise the language points learned in the last period.

2.Do the exercises in this part.

Teaching Important Points:

1.Discover useful words and expressions.

2.Revise useful structures.

Teaching Methods:

1.Discussion method.

2.Pair work or group work.

Teaching Aids:

1. a computer;

2. courseware

Teaching procedures

Step1 Greetings

Greet the whole class as usual.

Step2 Revision

Translate the following sentences into English:

1.我对杰夫真是搞不明白,他忽而对我友好,忽而对我视若路人.

I can’t work out Geoff out; one day he’s friendly, the next day he ignores me completely.

2. 他认为美与善是一致的.

He identifies beauty with goodness．

3. 到周末你很可能会发现你需要更多东西.

You might well find that you’ll need more by the we ekend.

4. 他们在海上迷失的方向,任凭风和天气的摆布.

They were lost at sea, at the mercy of wind and weather.

5. 即便他能通过考试,以后找工作也成问题.

He will have problems in finding a job even if he can pass the exam.

6. 他把车沿着围墙停放.

He parked his car alongside the fence.

Step 3 Discussion

I. Pair work. Ask the students to do the exercises about Discovering useful words and expressions.

1 Replace the words underlined by ones of similar meaning from the reading passage.

1 Seeing the dark clouds above him, George hurried for home.

2 Sailing a boat alone far way from the shore made Flora’s parents worry about her safety.

3 Clare, would you please put your bicycle next to the others in the shed?

4 “Why don’t you plot a more simple route with the smallest number of stops?” asked Mary.

5 Setting out on a long journey by sea with unskilled sailors would be dangerous especially if there were no modern navigational instruments.

2 Find the words from the reading passage that are the opposite of these compound words. anywhere upload inward unreliableland flower strong point

3 Write down the words you know, which are related to navigation and sea.

4 Complete the following paragraph with the words below.

precise outward nowhere awkward reference seaweed

accelerate mercy randomly voyage alongside approximate

Samuel the sailor was extremely good at plotting his course using the stars as a . One day he was determined to set out on a across an unknown sea to an unknown continent. He set out with his instruments so he would not be at the of the sea. He found on his journey a rocky island. It seemed to be covered in nests. Suddenly, as Samuel looked, an enormous bird swooped down and picked him up as if he were a/ an parcel. It its speed and rose straight up into the air so as to reach the place on the rocks where its nest lay. Once there, it shook itself and threw Samuel in the direction of the nest. There seemed to be to hide but then he noticed lots of on his left and quickly hid under it. The bird landed nearby and pecked at the rocks. Samuel rolled over swiftly and found himself at the edge of the cliff. He looked down slowly with a beating heart. Below him was his boat lying the shore! “How lucky I am!” Samuel th ought to himself. He then gave a mighty leap and landed in it. Once inside he could safely sail away.

Suggested answers:

Answer key for Exercise 1;

1 overhead

2 offshore

3 alongside

4 simplified; minimum

5 voyage; seamen

Answer key for Exercise 2:

nowhere—anywhere; download—upload; outward—inward; reliable—unreliable; seaweed—land flower; shortcoming—strong point