Unit 4 Body Language Learning About Language 语法 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 4

Teaching and learning contents: Learning About Language—Discovering useful structures

Comprehensive teaching and learning objectives:

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

1) Learn about the v-ing form used as object and predicative;

2) Practise using the v-ing form as object and predicative in context and complete the grammar exercises.

Teaching and learning important points:

1) Learning about the v-ing form used as object and predicative;

2) Practising using the v-ing form as object and predicative in context.

Teaching and learning difficult points:

1) Learning about the v-ing form used as object and predicative;

2) Practising using the v-ing form as object and predicative in context.

Teaching and learning procedure:

Step 1 Leading in

Activity 1 Leading in

Lead in the teaching topic and introduce the learning objectives of this period.

Step 2 Discovering useful structures

Activity 2 Discovering the usage of v-ing  

1. Revise the v-ing used as subject learned in the previous unit. By the way, emphasize that the v-ing form can be used as subject, object, predicative, attribute, adverbial and object complement in sentence.

2. Identify the function of the v-ing form in the sentences below.

She enjoys learning about body language in different cultures. (object)

The crucial thing is using body language in a way ... (predicative)

However, you should avoid making this gesture in Brazil and Germany, …(object)

A good way of saying “I am full” is moving your hand in circles over your stomach. (predicative)

There is nothing better than seeing the smiling face of a good friend. (object)

3. Find other examples from the reading text.

Elsewhere, people favor shaking hands, bowing from the waist, or nodding the head when they meet someone else. (object)

Perhaps the best example is smiling. . (predicative)

Step 3 Learning about the structures

Activity 3 Learning about the structures—the v-ing form used as subject

(Get the students to read the grammar explanations in RB or Appendix by themselves and complete the exercises in RB in advance.)

I. v-ing形式作宾语

1. 跟v-ing形式作宾语的动词

常见的有：admit承认，advise建议，allow允许，avoid避免，consider考虑，delay推迟，deny否认，dislike不喜爱，enjoy喜爱，escape逃脱，fancy想要，finish完成，forbid禁止，forgive原谅，imagine 想象，keep保持，mind介意，miss错过，permit允许，practise练习，prevent阻止，risk冒险，stop停止，suggest建议等。

e.g. He also admitted that he had enjoyed making her run around and saw it as a game.

他还承认，他喜欢让她到处乱跑，并将其视为一场游戏。

She imagined walking into the office and telling everyone what she thought of them.

她想象自己走进办公室，对每个人说出自己对他们的看法。

The moral of the story is that a wicked person cannot escape being punished.

这个故事的寓意是一个邪恶的人无法逃脱惩罚。

2. 跟v-ing形式作宾语的动词短语：

常见的有：insist on，give up，devote...to...，put off，keep on，leave off，look forward to，think of，feel like，succeed in等。

e.g. She insisted on being present at all the interviews. 她坚决要求出席所有的采访。

We offered to give Sharon a ride home, but she declined, saying that she felt like walking.

我们提出送莎伦回家，但她拒绝了，说她想走路。

3. 在以下结构中常使用v-ing形式作宾语：

get down to doing sth 开始做某事

be opposed to doing sth 反对做某事

be worth doing sth 值得做某事

can’t stand/bear doing sth 不能忍受做某事

be/get used to doing sth 习惯于做某事

stop/prevent/keep...from doing sth阻止……做某事

be busy (in) doing sth 忙于做某事

have difficulty/trouble (in) doing sth做某事有困难

e.g. On our arrival, we got down to working together as planned.

我们一到就开始按计划一起工作。

I have been looking forward to seeing you. 我一直盼望见到你。

注意：有的动词后接动词-ing形式作宾语时通常带有逻辑主语。

e.g. Do you mind my/me opening the window? I want to let some fresh air in.

你介意我打开窗户吗？我想让新鲜空气进来。

4. 有些动词后既可跟动词-ing和跟动词不定式作宾语应注意的问题。

1) 有些动词后既可跟动词-ing形式作宾语, 也可跟动词不定式作宾语, 且后接以上两种形式作宾语时意义上没有什么区别。常见的有：begin, start, continue等。

e.g. I began reading / to read this novel last month and I still haven’t finished it.

  Everyone in the class started laughing /to laugh.

  Sally wanted to continue working / to work after she was   married.

  We all love talking / to talk about ourselves.

2) 有些动词(短语)后既可跟动词-ing形式作宾语，也可跟动词不定式作宾语，但用法和意义都有所不同。常见的有：remember, forget, stop, regret, try, mean, go on等。

区别如下：

remember doing sth.记得做过某事   remember to do sth. 记住去做某事

forget doing sth. 忘记做某事   forget to do sth.  忘记要做某事

stop doing sth.  停止做某事   stop to do sth.  停下来(原来的事)去做某事

try doing sth.  尝试着做某事   try to do sth. 努力做某事

mean doing sth.  意味着做某事   mean to do sth.  打算做某事

go on doing sth.  继续做同一件事  go on to do sth.  (做完某事)接着做另一件事

e.g. He took a long look at the girl and finally remembered

  seeing her at a party somewhere.

Remember to call me when you arrive!

Stop shouting — you’re giving me a headache!