宁波市鄞州高中英语教学论文 一堂英语新教师展示课的教学设计

Be Bold: Ask for What You Really Want!（Reading & Writing）

——一堂新教师展示课的教学设计

一、教学目标：

1. 语言知识目标: 学习并运用以下词汇和句子：

单词和词组：bold, assume, dilute, eliminate, overwhelmed, spouse, boundary, hold the water, sell…short, get sb. wrong

句子：Hints don’t cut in, Fortune favours the bold.

2. 阅读技能：提升学生通过上下文猜词义的技能；掌握议论文的格式，模仿文章写一篇议论文

3. 情感目标：通过阅读文章，让学生在碰到不愉快的情形，能明白：大胆地说出自己真正想要的东西不是自私的行为。

二、教材改编：

Margie Warrell的原文Be Bold: Ask for What You Really Want! 是一篇具有哲理性和语言美感的议论文，因此笔者把课型设计为阅读课和写作课，对文章进行研习和挖掘。笔者的材料解读侧重于语篇分析，利用文章的主旨以及议论文这一语篇结构指导学生仿写一篇类似议论文。

本文结构清晰，一二两段引出话题内容，故将其合并。为了使衔接更好，笔者在段尾补上了原文中的“Here are five tips to help you on your way”。

改编后的教材：

Has your neighbor or co-worker kept bothering you? Has your boss had unreasonable expectations from you? Have you felt guilty when asking for a pay raise?

All these are not what you want, which make you angry, frustrated, unappreciated or overwhelmed, but often you do not have the courage to ask for what you really want. What should we do? Complain? It never solves any problem. Only when you get clear about what you want, and are brave enough to ask for it will you move on. Here are some tips to help you on your way.

Don’t ________others are mind readers. You often assume your spouses, bosses, work colleagues and good friends can read your minds. So when they don’t act as you’d like, you end up hurt and upset. Of course, for a better relationship, both parties have to take responsibility for communicating their needs. Hints just don’t cut it. You must convey what you want clearly, for example, ho w you’d like your colleague to communicate with you about a work project, or how you’d like your boss to evaluate your work.

Be ________ in your requests. When it comes to asking for what you really want, the Latin proverb sums it up perfectly; fortune favors the bold. The reality is that you will seldom be given more than what you have the courage to ask for. So don’t dilute your requests in order to avoid being turned down. Just ask for what you want confidently and courageously.

Be _________about what and when. In the workplace, the biggest reason for unmet expectations is a lack of understanding of exactly what is expected. Asking someone to

do something “soon” can be interpreted in all sorts of way. For a request to hold any water, it needs to specify not just what you want, but also the time frame within which you want it, that is, both a specific and clear “what” and “when”.

Let others know what you will or will not________. Making requests will go a long way to eliminating the “tolerations” in your life. Whether it be asking your friend to show up on time, or asking your colleagues to return the money they’ve borrowed from you, you teach others how to treat you. If you allow others to take you for granted, to overstep the line of your personal boundaries, then you are partly to blame for the abuse you receive. What are you no longer willing to tolerate? Therein lie the boundaries that you alone must set and the powerful requests that you alone must make.

Skip the _________ and put your own needs first. You may sometimes struggle with needless guilt when it comes to putting your own needs ahead of others. As the big sister of seven, mother of four and girlfriend of many more, I believe we women can sometimes sell ourselves short and put the needs of those around us first. Don’t get me wrong, it’s wonderful to come to the aid of those who need help, and to be generous with colleagues, community, friends and family. But if, in being all things to all people, we fail to take care of our own needs, we end up overwhelmed, angry, or both. Who’s that serving? Putting your own needs ahead of everyone else’s is not a selfish act, it’s the most loving thing you can do for everyone. So enough of the guilt-driven act. Your needs matter. So, when there’s somethin g you need, ask!

Asking for less than you really want — from yourself, from others and from life —doesn’t serve anyone. Take responsibility. You are capable of more than you think you are. Remember that fortune favors the bold. So make bigger, better, bolder requests, and ask for what you really want. Who knows … you might just get it! Now wouldn’t that be nice?

Vocabulary:

bold: adj. brave

overwhelmed: adj. 压倒性的

spouse: n. 配偶

convey: v. express and communicate interpret: v. understand

eliminate: v. get rid of

dilute: v. weaken

Guess the meaning of the following items according to the context

Hints just don't cut it.

Fortune favors the bold

hold water boundary

sell oneself short get sb. wrong