1、Period 2Understanding ideas(2)学习目标1.通过推测和阅读,理解文章大意。准确理解课文标题和作者的写作意图。2.通过精读获取主要信息,正确梳理信息之间的关系。3.思考英语的奇妙之处,理解英语词汇背后蕴藏的文化内涵,并就此发表自己的观点。4.基于课文内容,联系英语学习实践,树立正确的英语学习观,培养对英语学习的信心和兴趣。自主预习一、重点词汇1.title 2.eggplant 3.pineapple 4.sculpt 5.sculpture 6.seasick 7.homesick 8.opposing 9.behavior 10.confusing 11.capi
2、talized 12.unique 13.burn up/burn down 14.alarm 15.reflect 16.creativity/creative 17.visible 18.wind up 二、用单词的适当形式填空1.He became Jamaicas first Olympic gold medallist when he won the 400m (冠军) in 1948.2.He studied (雕刻) because he enjoyed working with clay.3.(homesick) is the motivation and destinatio
3、n of his writing.4.At our planning meeting we heard two (相反的) opinions.5.His strange (行为) made the police suspicious.6.However,some advertising can be (使人困惑的) or misleading.7.As is known to all,pandas are (唯一的,独一无二的) to China.8.Unfortunately,the fire up more than $50,000 worth of antiques.9.The Los
4、Angeles riots (反映) the bitterness between the black and Korean communities in the city.10.Scientific research often involves (创造力) and inventions.课堂探究一、观看“混乱”的英语片段,根据自己的学习体验,体味英语的“混乱”,导入课文。二、单词复习:复习课文中要用到的单词和短语。三、课前阅读浏览文章标题和幻灯片展示的图片,预测课文大意。四、速读快速阅读课文,核对预测答案,选择作者的写作目的。五、细读(一)细读课文,完成课本Page 16 Activity
5、 4。In order to support his idea,the author uses many examples that show the 1 madness of English.no egg in eggplant no ham in 2 neither pine nor apple in 3sculpt a sculpturepaint a(n) 4BUT take a photoseasicksick at sea5sick in the air6sick in a carBUT 7/ sick at home“Hard”is the opposite of “soft”.
6、“Hardly”and“softly”are not a(n) 8 pair.“Harmless” is the opposite of “harmful”.Shameful and shameless 9 are the same.burn upburn downfill in a form10 a formStars are out.They are visible.Lights are out.They are 11.I wind up my watch.It starts.I wind up the passage.It 12.The reason is that English wa
7、s invented by people,and it 13 the creativity of the human race.(二)阅读文章重点信息,回答问题。The word “pineapple” developed from the Spanish word “pina”,which means pine cone.When it came to England,“apple” was added to show it is a kind of fruit.The origin of “hamburger” was a hard beef steak called “Hamburg s
8、teak”,eaten without bread.Later,people reinvented it and called it “hamburger”.Eggplants used to be smaller and yellow or white.They looked a bit like eggs,which led to the name “eggplant”.Question 1.How did pineapples,hamburgers and eggplants get their names?Question 2.Does the information above gi
9、ve you a better understanding of the passage?Give your reasons.(三)长难句突破:分析、理解文章中的长难句。1.This got me thinking how English can be a crazy language to learn.此句中“get sb doing” 是“”的意思。2.You also have to wonder at the unique madness of a language in which a house can burn up as it burns down,in which you f
10、ill in a form by filling it out,and in which an alarm is only heard once it goes off!此句中的三个“in which”引导三个并列的 从句,修饰先行词 ,在定语从句中作 语,因此可以替换成关系副词 。此外,此句中的wonder at.是“”的意思。3.English was invented by people,not computers,and it reflects the creativity of the human race.此句中的“reflect”是“”的意思。这句话的意思是:英语是被人所创造的,
11、不是计算机发明的,它反映了人类的创造力。另外,reflect还有“”的意思。再如:(1)Without the forest covering,these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere,warming the rest of the world.此句中reflect是“”的意思。(2)I reflect on/upon how my days gone and think about the rest of the week.此句中reflect是“”的意思。(四)文章篇章结构分析:分析篇章结构,完成思维导图。六、课文语法填
12、空Have you ever asked yourself why people often have trouble 1(learn)English?One day,what my five-year-old son asked me got me 2(think)how English can be a crazy language 3(learn).For example,we can get seasick at sea,airsick in the air and carsick in a car,but we dont get homesick when we get back h
13、ome.And 4(speak)of home,why arent homework and housework the same thing?If“hard” is the opposite of “soft”,why are “hardly” and “softly” not an 5(oppose)pair?Even the smallest words can be 6(confuse).You also have to wonder 7 the unique madness of a language 8 a house can burn up as it burns down.En
14、glish 9(invent)by people,not computers,and it reflects the 10(creative) of the human race.七、知识拓展,头脑风暴Can you give some examples of the same phenomenon in Chinese?八、思考与分享1.Do you agree with the authors opinion about the English language?Give your reasons.2.What do you find most challenging about lear
15、ning English?How do you deal with this?九、课堂小结总结英语之“美”,激发英语学习的兴趣。核心素养专练根据文章结构和内容,写一篇汉语之“疯狂”的文章,进行知识迁移。Background information:We can find more examples of“confusion” or “madness” of English by clicking 参考答案自主预习二、1.title/champion2.sculpture3.Homesickness4.opposing5.behavior6.confusing7.unique8.burned/b
16、urnt9.reflected10.creativity课堂探究五、(一)1.unique2.hamburger3.pineapple4.painting5.airsick6.carsick7.homesick8.opposing9.behaviors10.fill out11.invisible12.ends13.reflects(二)1.The name of “pineapple” developed from the Spanish word “pina”,with “apple” added to show its a kind of fruit;the name of hambur
17、ger came from the idea of “Hamburg steak”,and later people reinvented it and called it “hamburger”;eggplants got the name because they used to look like eggs.2.Students own answers.(三)1.使某人一直做某事或处于某种状态2.定语;language;状;where;对感到惊讶3.反映;反射;反思;反射;反思(四)六、1.learning2.thinking3.to learn4.speaking5.opposing6.confusing7.at8.in which/where9.was invented10.creativity