Unit1 Science Fiction Period2 Reading and Thinking Language focus教学设计-2025-2026学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第四册

Teaching and Learning Design Book4 Unit1 Science Fiction 教学设计 Period 2 Teaching and learning contents: Reading and thinking—Language Focus and Thinking Quality Development Comprehensive teaching and learning objectives: By the end of this period, the students will have been able to: 1) Learn about the usages of new words, chunks and sentence patterns and try to use them in real language situations to improve language competence; 2) Comprehend the text better to reconstruct the text and improve thinking quality; 3) Learn about comparison and contrast. Teaching and learning important points: 1) Language focus and better reading comprehension; 2) Learning about comparison and contrast. 3) Text reconstruction and thinking quality improvement. Teaching and learning difficult points: New language items learning, text reconstruction and thinking quality improvement. Teaching and learning procedure: Step 1 Review Activity 1 Review Check the answers to the reading comprehension exercises in the reference book to review the main content of the text to improve the students’ reading comprehension of the text. Step 2 Language Focus (In this step, the teacher explains some of the new and important language items in the context by offering some examples so that the students could comprehend the text better and focus on how to use the new language items in specific language situations created by the teacher.) Activity 2 Learning about the new language items Learn about the following new language items: 1. He seemed more like a human than a machine. 他看起来更像一个人而不是一台机器。 more...than...“与其说……倒不如说……;比……更……”，该结构强调more后面的内容，表示同一个人或事物的两种特征对比，more和than后接两个并列成分。 more(...)than…的用法： 1) more than+数词，意为“超过，不止”，相当于over。 2) more than+名词，意为“不只是，不仅仅……”，相当于not only。 3) more than+形容词/副词，意为“非常，很”，相当于very。 4) more than one意为“不止一个”，后接可数名词单数，作主语时谓语动词用单数形式。 e.g. I made such great progress in English that my teacher praised me, saying that I was more diligent than clever. 我在英语上取得了如此大的进步,以至于我的老师表扬了我,说我与其说是聪明倒不如说是勤奋。 Chinese people have been using them for more than 3,000 years. 中国人已经使用了它们3 000多年。 As far as I am concerned, our English teacher is more than a teacher, and she is our friend as well. 就我而言，我们的英语老师不仅仅是老师，她也是我们的朋友。 I will be more than happy if you can go together with me. 如果你能和我一起去,我会非常高兴的。 2. Claire thought it was ridiculous that she was being offered sympathy by a robot, but she gradually admired his wisdom and integrity and began to trust him. 克莱尔觉得一个机器人对她表示同情十分荒谬，但她逐渐欣赏托尼的智慧和正直，并且开始信任他。 ridiculous adj. 愚蠢的；荒唐的，可笑的 It is/was ridiculous that… ……是荒谬的 e.g. It’s ridiculous that we have to wait six weeks. She looked ridiculous in this hat while she was fond of the style. It sounded like a ridiculous idea. However, it was the idea that led to this invention. 3. She wasn’t like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around. 克莱尔与格拉迪丝•克拉芬不同，后者是当地最有钱有势的女性之一。 one of the richest…在句中作同位语，对Gladys Claffern作进一步解释和说明。 e.g. This is Mr. Zhong, a famous specialist from China. They each can get a chance to travel by air. The young man tried to achieve his aim ‒ entering the key university. 注意：同位语从句通常跟在某些抽象名词(fact, plan, view, idea, belief, opinion, possibility, thought等)后，用来说明所修饰词的具体内容。 e.g. I am in favour of the view that children shouldn’t always rely on their parents. I have a very strong fear that the lie we’re telling is doing spiritual damage to our children. The opinion that learning is a lifelong process has been expressed by education experts. 4. As a favour, Tony promised to help Claire make herself more beautiful and her home more elegant. 作为一项恩惠，托尼答应帮助克莱尔，把她变得更漂亮些，也把她的家变得更雅致些。 favour n.喜爱，恩惠；好意；帮助；支持 vt.偏爱 favourable adj.有利的；赞同的；给人好印象的 favourite adj. 最喜爱的 n. 特别喜爱的人/物；亲信；夺冠热门 do sb. a favour　帮某人的忙 ask sb. a favour＝ask a favour of sb. 请求某人帮忙 in favour of 支持 in one’s favour 对某人有利 e.g. I would like you to do me a favour: Could you please offer me some tips on how to improve my English writing?我想请求你帮忙:你能给我一些关于如何提高英语写作的建议吗? It’s one of my favourite movies. 这是我特别喜欢的电影之一。 Much to her sorrow, the saleswoman didn’t make a favourable impression on her boss. As you know, the situation isn’t in my favour. So I am writing to ask you a favour. I wonder if you could be in favour of me. 正如您所知道的,形势对我不利。因此我写信向您求助，我想知道您能否支持我。 5. She had an appointment to paint her nails, (and) then she went into an expensive clothes shop. 她按预约去美甲后，走进了一家高档服装店。 appointment n.预约；约会；委任；职务 appoint vt.任命，委派；约定；指定 appointed adj.(时间)指定的，约定的 make/have an appointment with sb. 与某人约会/预约 (时间) keep/break an appointment 守/失约 appoint sb. as/to be... 指定/任命某人为…… appoint sb. to do sth. 委派/任命某人去做某事 e.g. Learning your recent appointment as chairwoman of the organization, I am writing to congratulate you. 得知你最近被任命为这个组织的主席,我写信祝贺你。 I had an appointment with my friend to have a holiday last summer but she broke it for some reason. 去年夏天，我和我的朋友约了一起度假，但她因故失约了。 I was appointed to take charge of arranging all the activities on that day. To Tom’s joy, he was appointed as a sales director. They ignore the appointed time and leave their homes only after the fixed time. 6. As she turned around, there stood Gladys Claffern. 当她转过身时，格拉迪丝•克拉芬就站在那儿。 there stood Gladys Claffern为完全倒装句。 e.g. In that picture, around the table with three books on it sit three students. 在图画中，三个学生坐在桌子周围，桌上有三本书。 For a moment nothing happened. Then came voices all shouting together. 有一段时间什么也没发生，然后传来了大家一起喊叫的声音。 There stands an ancient tower, for which my hometown is famous throughout the country. 那里矗立着一座古塔，我的家乡因此而闻名全国。 Lying on the bed was my deskmate, weak and worried. 我的同桌躺在床上，既虚弱又忧心忡忡。 7. guilty adj.内疚的；有罪的；有过失的 guilt n.内疚；悔恨；犯罪；罪行 guiltless adj.无罪的，无辜的 be guilty of　犯有……罪 be/feel guilty at/about... 对/为……感到内疚/有愧 out of guilt出于愧疚 e.g. I felt guilty about my conflict with my dear friend and I must apologize to him. 为和亲爱的朋友之间的冲突感到内疚，我必须向他道歉。 “But I have cheated my grandmother,” she said, tears of guilt flowing down her cheeks. 她说：“可是我已经欺骗了我奶奶，”脸颊上流下了内疚的泪水。 Out of guilt, I explained to my teacher and promised this would never happen again. 出于愧疚，我向我的老师解释，并保证这种事情不会再发生。 8. The guests would be arriving soon, so Claire dismissed Tony for the rest of the night. 客人们很快就要来了，于是克莱尔让托尼结束了当晚的工作。 dismiss vt.让(某人)离开；解散；解雇；消除；不予考虑 dismiss sb. for... 因……而解雇/开除某人 dismiss...from... 去除，消除；解雇，免职，开除 e.g. After the class was dismissed, I came to him to apologize for my bad manners. vt.解散 The workman was punished by his company for his mistake but not dismissed. vt.解雇 In consequence of your bad work I am forced to dismiss you from your position. vt.开除，解雇 Friends and family had suggested we get another dog, but Alan and I dismissed the idea. vt.不予考虑 9. She heard him declare that he did not want to leave her the next day, and that he felt more than just the desire to please her. 克莱尔听着托尼宣布说他次日并不想离开她，而且他心里的愿望不只是让她开心而已。 declare vt.表明；宣称；公布 declaration n.宣告；宣言；声明(书)；宣布 declare sb./sth. (to be)... 宣布某人或某事是…… declare for/against 表示赞成/反对…… declare war (on...) (向……)宣战 declare that 宣布…… make a declaration 作出声明 e.g. The police have now declared war on drug dealers in the area. The accused man was declared to be guilty by the court. These events led to the declaration of war. Because of our encouragement, David gradually became more and more confident, and declared firmly that he would take part in the running race. 由于我们的鼓励，大卫逐渐变得越来越自信，并坚定地宣布他将参加跑步比赛。 Activity 3 Learning about comparison and contrast 1. Introduce comparison and contrast Compare and contrast: Some words and phrases are often used to compare and contrast information. lt is easier to understand two separate things by describing their similarities and differences. 2. Complete the diagram with the similarities and differences between Tony and a human being. Then use the words in the boxes to describe the similarities and differences. Comparison the same as, similar to, similarly, more like, just as, in comparison, in the same way Contrast different from, but, while, whereas, although, however, on the other hand, in contrast The similarities and differences between Tony and a human being. Tony (differences) Similarities A human being (differences) facial expression never changes; programmed to appear sensitive and caring; always the same smooth hair; offers sympathy; treats people kindly; warm body facial expression changes often; can show true sensitivity and care; emotions can change 3. Make a presentation according to the above form. An example: A human being’s facial expressions change often, whereas Tony’s never changes. Although Tony’s actions appeared sensitive and caring, he was just following his programming and these were not real emotions. In contrast to Tony, who never changed from his programming, a human’s emotions can change. However, there are similarities between them. Tony’s smooth hair and warm body are the same as human beings. Tony treats people kindly in the same way. He can offer sympathy just as what we do. Step 3 Post Reading—Thinking quality improvement and text reconstruction Activity 4 Thinking quality improvement and text reconstruction 1. Share and comment on the endings of the story. 2. Discuss the influence of AI and robots on human beings in the future and give a presentation. 3. Reconstruct the text by retelling the text, using some of the language items above. Step 4 Evaluation and summary Activity 5 Self-evaluation Guide the students to reflect on their learning of this period by considering the following aspects. 1. How is your mastery of the new language items? (Good/Fairly good/Moderate/Just so so/Poor) 2. How is your learning performance? (Good/Fairly good/Moderate/Just so so/Poor) Activity 6 Summary (The teacher) Summarize the usages of the main language items of this period briefly and encourage the students to think about and know about the influence of AI and robots on human beings in the future. Homework: 1. Arrange notes after class to consolidate the new language items. 2. Complete the vocabulary exercises in the workbook. 3. Complete the vocabulary exercises in the reference book. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $