1、安徽省滁州市第二中学高中英语 Unit 24 Society The Ninth Period Culture Corner 教案 北师大版选修 8 Teaching goals 教学目标 1. Target language 目标语言 a. 重点词汇和短语 golden ages, hail from, exceptional, leap, milestone, ensure, spring up, whistle, commitment, courageous, give up, go up, hold up, clean up, turn up, do up, brighten up,
2、set up, make up b. 重点句型 Id rather you cleaned the table. If I were you, I would raise some money for her operation. 2. Ability goals 能力目标 Learn golden ages in history. Learn American life. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标 Cultivate cultural awareness by learning the golden ages of western civilization
3、s. Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点 Understand the three golden ages of western civilizations. Teaching methods 教学方法 Reading, translating, asking and answering. Teaching aids 教具准备 A multi-computer. Teaching procedures show the suggested answers on the PowerPoint. Suggested answers: 1 Th
4、ey all made exceptional leaps forward in cultural, scientific and social achievements. 2 Because they wanted to ensure that there was a good supply of educated laborers to work in the Florentine Economy. 3 Because both poor people and wealthy merchants looked for ways of enjoying themselves and lear
5、ning new things about the world. Step III Check your progress Read the text: America is work: “Whistle while you work” to learn about life in America and American social culture. And do the post reading exercises. Deal with Ex 1 3 Its high time that they got down to; 4 demanded that I stay at home a
6、nd do some ; 5 Youd/had better put on; 6 The headmaster insisted that every child (should) have; 7 If I were you, I would raise, 8 Its about time Tom started studying; 9 You ought t stay in bed for several days and take; 10 suggested widening/that we (should) widen; 11 Barbara had better stop Deal w
7、ith Ex 4 Students do the exercise individually, and then check answers by having individuals read out their answers. Deal with Ex 5 Ask students to do the exercise individually and then compare answers with each other. Check the answers by having individuals write their answers on the board. And cor
8、rect the answers with the whole class. Step IV Bulletin Board Deal with Bulletin Board T: OK. We have learnt much about the society; lets pay attention to the world around us. Our socialist construction is changing the face of our hometown day by day. Have you seen any changes in our hometown over t
9、he last few years? S: Yes, our hometown has changed a lot over the last few years. The streets used to be very dirty. The sky was grey. The trees and flowers were often covered with dirty. Now, the government has closed down some of the factories that were causing serious pollution. And some factori
10、es have invested money in building a pollution control centre, which can reduce pollution and re-use resources as well. Of course the air is clean again. And the streets look more comfortable. T: Good. We all should enhance the awareness of environmental protection and build a harmonious community.
11、Now please read the example on the Bulleting Board. Then write down changes in our hometown and put it on the board. Step V Summary Unit diary Get students to assess their learning over the unit. By completing unit diary students will learn what their difficulty is and what they should do to improve
12、 their English and make adjustments and plans for their further learning. 附 件 I. 课文注释与疑难解析 1Tr ade unions demand that the government shorten the working week. 工会要求 政府缩短每周工作时间。 demand 要求, 请求（某事物）。常用结构： 1) demand +名词 e.g. demand an apology (from sb.) 要求（某人）道歉 The workers are demanding better pay. 工人们要
13、求提高工资。 2) demand to do He demands to be told everything. 他要求将一切事情都告诉他。 3) demand 后面可以跟从句，从句中经常使用 should。如： They demanded that the right to vote should be given to every adult man. 他们要求每一个成年人都有选举权。 I demand that John should go there at once. 我要求约翰立即赶往那里。 2. If laws such as these came into being, a hu
14、ge adjustment would be required and there would certainly be diverse reactions. 如果出台了类似这样的法律，那 么就要做很多调整，反响肯定是各种各样的。 come into being 形成，产生。 如： When the new law comes into being, the old one will be abolished immediately. 当新的法律产生，旧法律立即废除。 I have no idea when the policy comes into being. 我不知道新政策何时开始实行的
15、。 3. They were then able to place guards at the entrances of the various hutongs, which made it easier to keep an eye on peoples movements. 他们派卫兵把守着 胡同的入口，这样做使他们容易监视人们的举动。 keep an eye on 照看，留心瞧，注意。如： He would be in trouble if I dont keep an eye on him. 我要是不留神，他就会出事。 Will you keep an eye on the child
16、ren? 你可以照看一下孩子们吗？ 5. The only time that life sentences should be given is when a person is so dangerous that the community is at risk if he or she is let out of prison. 判死刑的唯一条件是：罪犯十分危险，一旦他或她被释放出狱，周围的人们就要遭殃。 at risk 有危险，冒险。如： The mans life was at risk when he was trying to save the girl. 那人去救女孩的时候是冒
17、了很大生命危险的。 Heart trouble can be avoided if people at risk take medicinal advice. 如果高危人群遵循医嘱，心脏病是可以避免的。 risk 常见短语还有： at the risk of (doing sth.) 冒之险（做某事） At the risk of sounding ungrateful, I must refuse your offer. 我甘受佛逆盛情之嫌，也必须谢绝你的提议。 take a risk / risks 冒险 Thats a risk Im prepared to take. 那是我愿意冒险做
18、的事情。 6. Measures to slow population growth like Chinas one-child policy, have also contributed to lowered birthrates. 缓解人口增长速度的措施，如中国的独生子女 政策，对降低人口出生率也起了作用。 contribute to 捐献，贡献；起促成作用。如： Various factors contributed to his failure. 多种因素导致了他的失败。 That advertisement contributed a great deal to the sale o
19、f the new car. 那则广告曾为这款新车打开销路起了很大作用。 7. The civilisations that reached these “golden ages” hail from around the world, and made their mark on history through exceptional leaps forward in cultural, scientific and social achievements. 这些曾达到过“黄金时代”的文明 起源于世界各地，它们在文化、科学和社会进步上取得过杰出的成就，它们永垂青史。 hail from 来自
20、，在某地生长（是某地的人）。如： Mr. Gardner hails from Mississippi. 加德纳先生来自密西西比州。 They hail from all parts of the country. 他们来自全国各地。 II. 文化背景知识 Beijings hutongs A unique feature of Beijing is its numerous hutongs which means small lanes. The life of ordinary people in these lanes contributes greatly to the charm o
21、f this ancient capital. Beijings hutongs are not only an appellation for the lanes but also a kind of architecture. It is the living environment of ordinary Beijingers. It reflects the vicissitude of society. Most of the hutongs look almost the same as grey walls and bricks. Hutongs are a happy kind
22、 of place for children. There are often 4 to 10 families with an average of 20 people sharing the rooms of one courtyard complex named Siheyuan. So hutong life is a friendly and interpersonal communication. However, as a rule of social development, new things must take the place of the old ones. Hop
23、efully, the original styled Beijing hutong will remain. The word “hutong” originates from the word “hottog” which means “well” in Mongolian. Villagers dig out a well and inhabited there. Hutong means a lane or alley, in fact the passage formed by lines of siheyuan (a compound with houses around a co
24、urtyard) where old Beijing residents live. Be careful not to lose in it! It was recorded that in the Yuan a 36-meter-wide road was called a standard street, an 18-meter-wide one was a small street and a 9-meter-wide lane was named a hutong. In fact, Beijings hutongs are inequable ranging from 40 cen
25、timeter to 10 meter in wide. The longest has more than 20 turns. Either in east-west or north-south, Beijings hutongs varied as slant, half or “blind hutongs” cul-de-sacs. The gray-tiled houses and deep alleys crossing with each other in identical appearance like a maze, you will find it much fun to walk through but be care not to lost yourself.
