1、Period Four Listening and Everyday EnglishTeaching objectives:1. To enable the students to recognize and understand some new words and expressions in a dialogue or a section.2. To finish the exercises in SB according to what they hear.3. To be able to catch the useful information from their discussi
2、on.Important and difficult points: To have the Ss understand what they hear. To enable the students to know how to catch the useful information.Teaching procedures:Step 1. Listening backgroundPorgy and Bess started life as a 1925 novel by Dubose Heyward called Porgy, about the life of African Americ
3、ans in Charleston. George Gershwon (1898-1937), a composer of popular and classical music read the book, and saw its potential（潜在的）as an opera. With his brother, the lyricist（歌词作者）Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) and Heyward, they put together a startling（惊人的）new work, called Porgy and Bess , which was prem
4、iered（首次公影）at the Alvin Theatre on New Yorks Broadway on October10th 1935. It soon became a classic（杰作）of modern American music, and the songs (Summertime, I loves you Porgy, It aint necessarily so, I got plenty of nothin) have became standards（要求达到的规范或水准, particularly of the jazz repertoire（演奏曲目.Ge
5、rshwin said, “Porgy and Bess deals with Negro life in America-it brings to(产生) the operatic form elements that have never before appeared in the opera and I have adapted my method to utilise（利用）the drama, the humour, the superstition, the religious fervour（热诚）, the dancing and the irrepressible（无法抑制
6、的）high spirits of the race.”Step 2. While-listening activitiesI. Directions: Listen to the tape check your answers.Step 3. Everyday English: Choose the correct answers according to the context of Listening. If something is your favourate of all time, it means _(a)you like it now; (b)you have always
7、liked itIf youre missing the point, it means _(a)you dont understand sth; (b)you cant see sthIf you cant stand something, it means _(a)you have to sit down; (b)you dont like itIf you say Oh come on! In a conversation, it probably means _(a)you agree with someone; (b)you dont agree with someone(5)If sth is described as a jazz classic, its _(a)a famous jazz tune; (b)a piece of classical music(6) If you describe a jazz tune as really ancient, its probably_(a) more than 20 years old (b) more than a hundred years oldAnswers: b a b b (5)a(6)b
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