高中英语Unit2TheUniversalLanguageReading教学设计2牛津译林版选修8

单 元：Unit 2 The universal language

板 块：Reading 2

Thoughts on the design:

本节课以语言的感知、领悟、操练和运用为主，在语言知识点的识记过程中，设法体现语境和语用特征，任务的设置尽可能真实化。

Teaching aims:

After this lesson, students will be able to know meaning of some of the words and phrases and

Ask students questions about the opera Turandot, mainly focusing on the main aspects of the play.

1. Where does the story ? 2. Who are the main characters? 3. What is Calaf like? 4. What is Turandot like?

5. How does Turandot’s father find the deaths of many men?

6. What Calaf recites the answers to Turandot’s questions correctly?

Step 2 Language learning

1. Some of the world’s opera singers were cast in this production, and many great Chinese musicians also participated.

Cast—to choose which people will act particular parts in a play, film etc. Peter was expected to be cast alongside Douglas in the new film.

2. He liked East Asia very much and also wrote Madam Butterfly, which is set in Japan.

be set in—if a film, play, story etc. is set in a particular place or period, the action takes place there The novel is set in France.

1 3. Those who cannot answer all three riddles, would dare to ask for marriage. ask for one’s marriage—ask sb. to get married

After they fell in love with each other for nine years, John asked for Mary’s marriage.

5. However, although your promise? When was that?

6-7. Shortly afterwards, another prince, Calaf, falls in love with Turandot at first sight and decides to solve the riddles so that marry women fall in love, they tend to eat more.

They meet and fall in love with each other during the Second World War.

At first sight these deals might not appear to takes on a classic love

triangle between Calaf, Turandot and Liu.

take on—to begin to the Prime Minister began to talk about the economic situations in the country, . demand to knowsee. demand that

They demanded that the military government free all political prisoners. demand something of somebody

It seemed that no matter what she did, more was demanded of ’t resist chocolate. She can never resist buying new shoes. It is invitation like that.

resist the temptationurge to do something She resisted the temptation to laugh.

11. Calaf scolds Turandot for not being more merciful. scold sb. for doing sth.

Don’t scold transformed into the spot for a beautiful and sad love story. transform—to completely change the appearance or character of sth, esp. so that it is better.

The company transformed from a family business to a multi-million-pound one. Is there an event that 80 words, using five of the new words and expressions.

2 Step 4 Homework

1. Review what learned in today’s class. 2. Finish the exercises on Page108. [Explanation]

本节课首先复习课文内容，以免使得词汇学习太过突兀。在讲解语言点时，不要只放幻灯，要注意向学生提问，给他们充分发挥、练习的机会，如展示The company transformed from a family business to a multi-million-pound one. 这个例句时，可以再问问所在学校、城市的变化。另外，所提供的答案也不是唯一的，目的也是让学生在进行语言操练的同时，拓展扩散性思维。

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