内容正文:
Unit 2 The Universal Language
Reading (II)
· 内容分析:
本单元的主题语境是“人与社会”,话题是“音乐”。Reading板块通过两封交换生写的电子邮件,分别介绍了中国的小提琴协奏曲《梁祝》和美国的乡村音乐,旨在帮助学生意识到音乐是全球性的语言,通过音乐可以了解不同文化,借助音乐可以促进跨文化交际。
· 教学目标:
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1. understand the usage of the key words and expressions:
2. use the above words and expressions in new situations;
3. have a better understanding of the outline and key information of the news report.
· 教学重难点:
1. Understand some new words and expressions;
2. Be able to use the new words and expressions correctly.
· 教学过程:
Step 1 Lead-in
Read and underline the following key words and expressions.
· deserve twists and turns tear apart
· be overcome with significantly have one’s roots in
· rely on sb. to do sth. deep in thought for good measure
· be suggestive of guarantee
Step 2 Building vocabulary
1. Word study: deserve
Introduce the meaning of deserve through different situations, first the context of the speech and then other situations.
· Collocations of deserve
· deserve sth.
· deserve to do/to be done
· deserve doing(主动表被动)
· deserve well/ill of sb.应该受到某人好的/坏的对待
· Exercises of deserve: Practice makes perfect.
· They deserve ________________(send) to prison.
· You deserve ___________(win) the game as you have prepared very well.
· She deserves _________ reward for her selfless efforts.
· She deserves well ________ her employer.
· 试译第四句:
2. Phrase study: twists and turns
Introduce the meaning of “twists and turns” together with the translation tasks.
· The car followed the twists and turns of the mountain road.
· 我们的关系也曾经历困难和波折
3. Phrase study: tear apart
Introduce the meaning of “tear apart” through different situations, first the context of the speech and then other situations.
· Collocations of tear
· be torn between A and B
· Exercises of tear: Practice makes perfect.
· He ______________(tear) the letter to pieces when I came in.
· I felt totally ___________(tear) between my friend and my pa