Unit 4 Body Language Learning About Language Build up your vocabulary 教学设计-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第一册

Teaching and Learning Design

选择性必修Book1 Unit4 Body Language

教学设计

Period 3

Teaching and learning contents: Learning About Language—Building up your vocabulary

Comprehensive teaching and learning objectives:

By the end of this period, the students will have been able to:

1) Complete the vocabulary exercises in the textbook to learn some words formed by derivation and conversion and try to use them correctly;

2) Use the correct forms of the words and phrases learned in this unit to complete the passage about body language;

3) Complete the vocabulary exercises in the workbook to consolidate the words and phrases learned in this unit.

Teaching and learning important points:

1) Learning about some words formed by derivation and conversion and trying to use them correctly;

2) Using the words correctly and consolidating the usage of some words and phrases to build up vocabulary.

Teaching and learning difficult points:

1) Learning about some words formed by derivation and conversion and trying to use them correctly;

2) Using the words correctly and consolidating the usage of some words and phrases to build up vocabulary.

Teaching and learning procedure:

Step 1 Review and leading in

Activity 1 Review and leading in

1. Review some of the language items learned in the previous period briefly.

2. Introduce the learning objectives of this period.

Step 2 Learning About Language—Building up your vocabulary

Activity 2 Word formation review

Review word formation learned in the last unit briefly. Three main categories: compounding（合成）, conversion (转化) and derivation (派生).

Activity 3 Vocabulary exercises in the textbook

1. Fill in the table with different forms of the words (in advance before class). Check the answers and give some explanations if necessary.

  Answers:

Noun	Verb	Adjective	Adverb
difference	differ	different	differently
variance/variety/variability/variation	vary	variable/various/varied	variously
reliance/ reliability	rely	reliable	reliably
interaction	interact	interactive	interactively
approval	approve	approved	approvingly
embarrassment	embarrass	embarrassed/embarrassing	embarrassingly

2. Work out the meanings of the underlined words in the sentences below. In pairs, list more words of the same kind.

Answers:

1) I rest (vt. 被支撑; 使倚靠) my head on the desk to get some rest (n. 休息).

2) The child displayed (vt. 显露; 表现) great interest in the huge fireworks display (n.表演).

3) Most students favour (vt.较喜欢) the plan, while their teachers are not in favour (n.赞同;支持) of it.

4) Jeremy witnessed (vt.目击) the whole incident and was expected to be the key witness (n.日击者;证人) at the trial.

5) His lack (n. 缺乏) of eye contact when talking with people shows that he lacks (vt. 缺乏;不足) confidence.

6) When he noticed a slight frown (n.皱眉) on his twin sister’s face, he frowned (vi.皱眉) as well.

Learn about the new words:

1) incident n. 事件，事变；小插曲；敌对行动；骚乱

accident n. 事故，意外；偶然

e.g. There was a shooting incident near here last night. 昨夜这附近发生了枪击事件。

One in seven accidents is caused by sleepy drivers. 每七次交通事故就有一次是驾车者困倦造成的。

2) trial v. 测试 n. 审讯；试验；试用期；预赛

e.g. He’s on trial for murder. 他因涉嫌谋杀罪而受审。

3) slight adj. 轻微的；瘦小的；不足道的 n. 冷落 v. 轻视;