Unit 2 Iconic Attractions Period6 Using language—Reading comprehension and 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 Unit2 Iconic Attractions 教学设计 Period 6 Teaching and learning contents: Using Language—Reading comprehension and language focus Comprehensive teaching and learning objectives: By the end of this period, the students will have been able to: 1) Read and comprehend the text and know about the amazing animals in Australia; 2) Learn about the new language items in the text. Teaching and learning important points: 1) Reading comprehension of the text and knowing about the amazing animals in Australia; 2) Learning about the usage of the new language items in the text. Teaching and learning difficult points: 1) Reading comprehension of the text and knowing about the amazing animals in Australia; 2) Learning about the usage of the new language items in the text. Teaching and learning procedure: Step 1 Leading in Activity 1 Leading in 1. Introduce the learning objectives of this period. 2. Watch a short video about the amazing animals in Australia to arouse the students’ interest. Step 2 Reading comprehension Activity 2 Reading comprehension 1. Read the subheadings and the first sentence to find out what is special about each animal/ what makes each animal special? And then talk about why the writer uses questions in the subheadings and predict the main content of each part. Answers: Kangaroo: a symbol of the country. Koala: cute but sensitive. Tasmanian devil: a little cute creature. Duck-billed platypus: It lays eggs like a bird and few people know about the animal. 2. Read the text and then answer the questions. 1) When do baby kangaroos begin to spend less time with their mothers? After they are about seven or eight months old and when they begin to jump. 2) Why shouldn’t you try to pet a wild kangaroo? They can hit and kick very hard. 3) What do koalas spend most of their time doing? They spend quite a lot of time eating, sleeping, and hanging onto tree trunks. 4) Why has the government made it against the law to handle koalas? Interaction with humans can cause them a lot of stress. 5) What two things about Tasmanian devils can bother people most? The noise they make could wake the dead and they have a terrible smell. 6) What do Tasmanian devils like to eat? Their diet is mostly dead animals. 7) What makes the way duck-billed platypuses give birth so different from the other mammals? It lays eggs in a nest like a bird. 8) What is the unique way used by duck-billed platypuses to find food? It finds food in the water by using electrical sensors in its bill. Step 3 Language Focus Activity 3 Learning about the new language items Learn about the following new language items. 1. It has to be the kangaroo, as it has a wide distribution throughout the country. 一定是袋鼠，因为它在全国分布广泛。 distribution n.分布；分配；分发 distribute vt.分布；分配；分发 distribute sth. to/among... 把某物分配/分发给…… distribute...into... 把……分成…… e.g. The organization distributed food to/among the earthquake victims. The PE teacher distributed the students into three rows. According to the survey, the distribution of English learning styles is as follows. 根据调查，英语学习风格的分布情况如下。 What’s more, we can also rely on leaflet distribution to call on people to protect the ocean. 此外，我们还可以靠散发传单，呼吁人们保护海洋。 2. They sleep and drink milk in that temporary, protected environment until they are about seven or eight months old. 大约七八个月大之前，它们一直待在那个暂时受保护的环境里睡觉和吃奶。 1) 句式结构：|until引导时间状语从句。till和until可以通用,表示主句谓语动词所表达的动作持续到从句谓语动词所表达的动作发生时为止，在肯定句中，主句要用延续性动词。在否定句中，until 或till可以和非延续性动词连用。until引导的从句可以放在句首，till引导的从句一般放在句末。not until放在句首时，主句的主谓要倒装，表示加强语气。 e.g. The traffic laws don’t take effect until/till the end of the year. Until she spoke I hadn’t realized she wasn’t English. He didn’t realize what had happened until he entered the room. →Not until he entered the room did he realize what had happened. She didn’t go to bed until she had made sure that everything was in order. 直到她确信一切都井然有序后才去睡觉。 2) temporary adj.短暂的；暂时的；临时的 e.g. I’m looking for some temporary work. 我在找临时工作。 More than half the staff are temporary. 半数以上的职员是临时雇员。 3. phase n. 阶段；时期v. 分阶段实行；逐步做 during the first/next/last phase 在第一/下一/最后阶段 e.g. She’s going through a difficult phase. 她正处于困难时期。 The redundancies will be phased over two years. 裁员将在两年内分阶段进行。 4. session n. 会议；开庭；一段时间；学年 e.g. The course is made up of 12 two-hour sessions. 这门课总共上12次，每次两小时。 The court is now in session. 法庭现在正在开庭。 5. frequency n. 发生率；重复率；(声波或电磁波振动的)频率 frequent adj. 频繁的；经常发生的 vt.常去,常出入于 frequently adv. 频繁地；经常地 e.g. The program can show us word frequency. n.重复率 Sound waves, light waves, and radio waves have a certain frequency. n.频率 Anyway, besides helping my father on the farm, I would frequently visit Tom’s airport. It is not unusual that you experience great stress in your life on a frequent basis. 你在生活中经常经历巨大的压力，这并不奇怪。 6. Fortunately, despite their name (Tasmanian devil), they are generally not violent towards people. 幸运的是，尽管它们名叫“袋獾”（塔斯马尼亚恶魔），但通常对人类并不凶猛。 violent adj. 暴力的；猛烈的 violently adv. 凶狠地，强烈地，厉害地 violence n. 暴力；暴行 e.g. Sometimes the men get violent. 有时这些人会变得很粗暴。 The team came across the violent storm in the strait. 这支队伍在海峡中遇到了暴风雨。 7. While it may lay eggs in a nest like a bird, it’s really a primitive mammal, with a unique biology. 虽然它可以像鸟一样在巢里产卵,但其实是一种原始的哺乳动物，有着独特的生物学特征。 句式结构：while引导让步状语从句。 while的常见用法：1)while用作并列连词，意为“而，然而”，表前后意义上的对比或转折。2)用作从属连词，引导时间状语从句，意为“当……时候，和……同时”。3)用作从属连词，引导让步状语从句，从句常置于句首，意为“虽然，尽管”，表示转折。 e.g. I noticed one boy was still in the middle while the others had climbed up. (conj.而，然而) While I was walking along the street, I heard my name called. (conj.当……时候) While I can enjoy more freedom, I realize that being a grown-up means more responsibilities. 虽然我可以享受更多的自由，但是我意识到作为成年人也意味着更多的责任。(conj.虽然，尽管) While regular exercise is very important, it’s never a good idea to exercise too close to bedtime. 虽然定期锻炼非常重要，但在睡前锻炼太近从来都不是一个好主意。(conj.虽然，尽管) 8. It has a capacity to find food in the water by using electrical sensors in its bill. 鸭嘴兽是利用嘴里的电场感受器在水中寻找食物。 capacity n.能力；容量 capable adj.有能力的；有才干的 have the capacity to do... 有做……的能力 be capable of... 能够…… e.g. With a capacity to speak English fluently, I have no difficulty communicating with foreign visitors. 我能说一口流利的英语,与外国游客交流没有困难。 The room had seating capacity for about 80. 这间房间能坐 80 个人左右。 I am capable of perfectly organizing the Chinese Painting Exhibition to be held in this local city. I have the capacity to perfectly organize the Chinese Painting Exhibition to be held in this local city. 我有能力完美组织即将在本市举行的中国画展览。 9. hatch vi.孵出；破壳 vt. 使孵出；策划；(尤指)密谋 hatch (out) 孵出；破壳 hatch sth. (up) 策划；(尤指)密谋 e.g. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. 不要过早乐观。(谚语) The eggs hatch after a week or ten days. vi.破壳 He worked the whole night, hatching up the plot of the film. vt.策划 10. There are only a small handful of animals in the world that can do that! 世界上只有很少的动物可以那样做! 1) 句式结构：There be...+定语从句。 “There be...+定语从句”句式常可根据需要转化成以下几种形式：There be...doing sth.，There be...to do sth.，There be...形容词短语。 e.g. There are colorful after-class activities in our school that/which are designed to broaden our horizons. 我们学校有丰富多彩的旨在拓宽我们眼界的课外活动。 In the course of the Art and Culture Show, there are various performances, which vary from singing, dancing to reciting poems.(定语从句) →In the course of the Art and Culture Show, there are various performances varying from singing, dancing to reciting poems. (分词短语作定语) 在艺术文化会演中,有各种各样的表演,从唱歌、跳舞到吟诗不等。 2) a handful of 几个人(物)，少数人(物)；一把 常见的“a+量词+of”型短语 a flock of 一群（羊或鸟） a mouthful of 满嘴的…… a bagful of 满满的一袋…… e.g. There were only a handful of people there. 那里只有几个人。 The boy picked up a handful of stones. 那男孩捡起一把石子。 A flock of sheep was grazing in the field. 一群羊在田野里吃草。 A mouthful of water helped to cool him down.一口水让他感到清凉。 A bagful of apples was on the table. 桌子上放着一袋苹果。 Step 4 Summary and evaluation Activity 4 Summary and text reconstruction 1. Summarize the above language items. 2. Reconstruct the text from the perspective of structure of the two texts. Activity 5 Self-evaluation Guide the students to reflect on their learning of this period by considering the following aspects. 1. How is your reading comprehension? (Good/Fairly good/Moderate/Just so so/Poor) 2. How is your mastery of the new language items? (Good/Fairly good/Moderate/Just so so/Poor) Homework: 1. Complete the reading comprehension exercises in the reference book. 2. 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