Unit 4 Looking Good,Feeling Good Extended reading教学设计 2024-2025学年高一英语译林版必修第一册

M1 Unit4 Extended reading Don’t judge a book by its cover 祁阳四中 桂玉燕 Teaching aims: 1. Learn about teenagers' negative thoughts on their physical appearance; 2. Learn how to deal with teenagers' negative thoughts on their physical appearance. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Lead-in: watch a vedio Read and answer the following questions: 1. Have you ever been judged by others just like the man in the vedio? 2.Are you confident in your appearance or do you have any negatives thoughts on your appearance? Step2 Fast reading Read the passage and choose the best answer according to the article. 1. What does “Don’t judge a book by its cover” mean in the passage? A. We should not care about the cover of a book. B. We should not judge a person by physical appearance. C. A book should have a good cover. D. The content of a book is more important than its cover. 2. What do paragraphs 2 and 3 mainly talk about? A. The external influence on your standards of beauty. B. Most people can’t live up to the beauty standards of stars. C. Your friends influence the way you view your physical appearance. D. Your friends have a negative influence on your physical appearance. 3. Which of the following is not true according to the passage? A. We are all unique and have our own beauty. B. We should not follow popular beauty standards blindly. C. We should focus on our strengths to build up confidence. D. We should judge ourselves by what is on the outside, not on the inside. Step 3 Careful reading I. Read the text again and answer the questions 1.What's the purpose of the use of a group of questions in Para. 1? 2. What attitude does the author hold towards standards of beauty in the media? 3. Do you agree with these standards of beauty that mentioned in the passage ?why? 4. What is the passage mainly about? II. Read the passage once again and complete the chart below with information from the magazine article. Step 4 Discussion Can you think of other causes of teenagers’ negative thoughts on their physical appearance and other effective ways to deal with them? Make a list and explain briefly. Other causes: _____________________________ _____________________________ Ways to deal with them _____________________________ _____________________________ Step 5 Further thinking “Don‘t judge a book by its cover” is an English saying. Here are some Chinese sayings about one's physical appearance. Do you know the meaning of them? 1.Gold and jade on the outside, rot and decay on the inside. _____________________________ 2.As a man cannot be known by his looks, so can the sea not be measured by a bushel. _____________________________ 3.Be flashy without substance. _____________________________ Step 6 Homework Find out more Chinese sayings about one’s physical appearance. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$