高中英语读写校本课程----“英语美文阅读与欣赏”江苏省姜堰中学吉晨春、严书萍高中英语读写校本教材----“英语美文阅读与欣赏”课程纲要一、课程基本概况1、课程名称：英语美文阅读与欣赏2、课程类型：校本课程（选修）3、教学材料：选编、改编4、授课时间：高二上学期5、授课对象：高二学生6、开发教师：吉晨春、严书萍二、课程内容：1、课程背景：1）高中牛津英语教材（现在学生用课本）有着丰富而鲜活的语言素材，是一套很理想的教材，但对于姜堰中学来自各乡镇的优秀生群体来说，内容还显得不足，学生学力有余。
英语文化丰富且博大精深，从莎士比亚英语到如今网络英语，英语语言随着人们生活的变化、时代的进步而不断发展，如果不能充分地利用这种时代英语资源，充分开发学生潜力，既是浪费资源，也是错失教育良机。
2）新课程改革提倡国家、地方、学校三级课程，鼓励教师进行校本教研，提高使用教材和开发教材的能力。
2、课程目标：“英语美文阅读与欣赏”课程是国家课程的校本化，旨在根据学生英语学习水平的实际情况补充适量、相当的阅读素材，弥补牛津英语教材的不足，扩大学生的阅读量和阅读视野，丰富学生的词汇，使得学生更广泛地了解英语国家的文化，在语言学习的同时，陶冶情操，提高文学素养和人文素养。
3、课程内容与任务课程内容主要涉及六个方面，即文学作品中的神话、童话及传说，名人故事或生平介绍，不同国家、地区的社会习俗、风土人情，对于人生的看法、态度及理想，国家、地区历史及文化差异，科学与经济发展。
主要任务是通过篇章阅读,获取信息，了解相关知识，增强文化意识；掌握不同题材文章的阅读技巧,形成相应的阅读策略;掌握关键词、短语和句型，扩大词汇量，重点发展学生阅读和写作能力。
4、科目安排：18课时，每个话题（六个话题）各3课时（1）神话传说1 Apollo / 2 The Little Match Girl /3 The Pied Piper of Hamelin（2）人物故事1 Pop Star and Songwriter: Han Hong/2 Special Fund in Honor of Hong Zhanhui/3 Louis Armstrong（3）社会风情 1 The Origin of Kiss/2 International Left-hander’s Day/3 Make Sports a Kind of Culture（4）人生态度与理想1You Are the World/2 Facing Life Positively/3 Honesty（5）历史文化 1 Studying difference/2 Spring Festival’s Symbols/3 Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt（6）科学与经济 1 Greenhouse Effect Occurred 5,000 Years Ago/2 China’s New “Four Great Inventions”/3 China’s launching plans for Shenzhou 7三、课程形式：课堂教学1、教学方法：任务交际法2、教具：多媒体、音像资料等四、教学评价：教师评价与学生评价相结合附1)阅读自我评价表：（每节课下前学生自我评价）Name Date 注: 优秀（A）良好（B）合格（C）待改进（D）Reading Item A B C DWhile Reading Look up new words in the dictionaryFind out difficult and key points Hunt for wonderful sentencesBe active in thinking while reading Express your feelings/ ideas clearlyAfter Reading Be involved in discussion activelyWrite down what you think and feel and likeSummarize reading strategies附2）写作自我评价表（课后）注: 优秀（A）良好（B）合格（C）待改进（D）Item Evaluation A B C DPrewriting 1.(structure)Write an outline2.(topic) Be stated clearly.3.(details) Fit the topic.Editing 4.(details) Be in an order that makes sense.5.(final copy) Be well organized .6.( Every sentence)Have correct tense and voice5.(Every sentence) Have a subject.6.(Pronouns) Be used correctly.Post-writing7.(Spelling, punctuation and capitalization) Be correct.8.(final copy) Be neat, clean and easy to read.Part I Myths and Tales神话传说Lesson 1 Apollo 阿波罗Among the crowd of Olympian gods the one most widely admired was Apollo. He was the son of Zeus and Leto. According to Greek mythology, Leto was driven by Hera from land to land at last Poseidon took pity on her and brought the island of Delos out of water for her to live on. There she gave birth to the twins, Apollo and Artemis.Apollo was the sun-god. He wore a purple robe(长袍). He usually sat in his bright eastern palace early in the morning and made ready to start his daily journey across the sky. During the day he drove his carriage of gold and ivory (象牙), and brought light, life and love to the great world below. Late in the afternoon he came to the end of his journey in the far western sea and got on his golden boat to return to his eastern home.Apollo was the god of music and poetry. He could stir up all feelings. These feelings are expressed in lofty songs. With his lyre (古希腊的竖琴) of gold and the sweet accents of his godlike voice he led the choir of the Muses at Olympus. The pleasant music from his lyre was so exciting that stones marched into their places in rhythmic time and of their own will when he helped Poseidon build up the walls of Troy (特洛伊城). On one occasion, invited to a contest by the human musician Marsyas, he won and then flayed him to death for his pride. On another occasion, he lost out to Pan at a musical contest and turned the ears of the judge, King Midas, into those of an ass(驴).His son, Orpheus, took over such skill from the father that his lyre moved man and animals alike.Apollo stood for youthful and manly beauty. His golden hair, stately manner and air all combined to make him the admiration of the world. A beautiful girl, by the name of Clytle, was so fond of his beauty and glory that from dawn to dusk she knelt on the ground, her hands outstretched towards the sun god, and her eyes looked at his golden wheeled carriage racing across the blue sky. Though her love was not returned, she had never changed her mind about Apollo. The gods were moved at the sad sight, and changed her into a sunflower.I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）To learn a passage about Apollo, one of the gods in Greek myths and let the students get some information about Apollo and Greek myths.ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）Key points（重点）:1) to describe Apollo2) to grasp some useful expressions:according to, take pity on, give birth to, on one occasion, lose to, take over, stand for, by the name ofSpecial difficulties(难点): different names of Gods in Greek mythsⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approachⅣBrief Teaching Procedures(教学过程)Step1 Background information(背景知识)Do you know about Apollo? Can you tell me something about it?(Apollo is the god of the sun, and he is one of the gods in Greek myths…)Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）Read fast and answer the following questions（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:1) How many gods are mentioned in the passage? Who are they?2) What was Apollo’s carriage?3) How did Apollo help build up the walls of Troy?Keys（参考答案）:1) Five. Apollo, Zeus, Leto, Hera and Poseidon.2) It was the sun.3) Moved by the pleasant music from his lyre, stones marched into their places.Step3 Careful reading（细读）1. Pick up some nouns or adjectives from the passage to modify Apollo.(the son of Zeus and Leto, sun-god, god of music and poetry, pride, beauty, stately manner…)2. Key language points（语言点）1) take pity on= show pity for 同情，怜悯2) give birth to=bear/ deliver 生，生育3) On one occasion, invited to a contest by the human musician Marsyas, he won and then flayed him to death for his pride.Once he competed against Marsyas. After defeating Marsyas, Apollo killed him because of his pride.4) On another occasion, he lost out to Pan at a musical contest …lose out to…= be defeated by/ be beaten by…输给……5) stand for = mean/ represent 代表，象征Step4 Classroom activities（课堂活动）Work in groups of four and discuss:1) What was Apollo like?2) What was Zeus like? What about Poseidon?Step5 Homework（作业）Tell your neighbor about one or two gods in Greek myths.Step6 Assessment（评价）Words and Expressions（词和短语）1. admire vt.崇拜，钦佩2. lofty adj. 崇高的，高尚的3. march v.行军，前进4. rhythmic a dj. 韵律的，有节奏的5. stately a dj. 庄严的，威严的6. outstretch v. 伸出，伸展7. according to 根据8. take pity on 同情，怜悯9. give birth to生，生育10. lose to 输给……11. take over接管12. stand for代表Lesson 2 The Little Match Girl卖火柴的小女孩Once upon a time, a little girl tried to make a living by selling matches in the street.It was New Year’s Eve and the snow clad streets were dese rted. From brightly lit windows came the tinkle (发出清脆的声响)of laughter and the sound of singing. People were getting ready to bring in the New Year. But the poor little match seller sat sadly beside the fountain. Her ragged dress and worn scarf did not keep out the cold and she tried to keep her bare feet from touching the frozen ground. She hadn’t sold one box of matches all day and she was frightened to go home, for her father would certainly be angry. It wouldn’t be much warmer anyway, in the draughty attic (阁楼) that was her home. The little girl’s fingers were frozen with cold. If only she could light a match! But what would her father say at such a waste! Falteringly (迟疑地)she took out a match and lit it. What a nice warm flame! The little match seller cupped her hand over it, and as she did so, she magically saw in its light a big brightly burning stove.She held out her hands to the heat, but just then the match went out and the vision faded. The night seemed blacker than before and it was getting colder. A shiver (寒噤) ran through the little girl’s thin body. After hesitating for a long time, she struck another match on the wall, and this time, the glimmer turned the wall into a great sheet of crystal. Beyond that stood a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick. Holding out her arms towards the plates, the little match seller seemed to pass through the glass, but then the match went out and the magic faded. Poor thing: in just a few seconds she had caught a glimpse of everything that life had denied her: warmth and good things to eat. Her eyes were filled with tears and she lifted her gaze to the lit windows, praying that she too might know a little of such happiness.She lit the third match and an even more wonderful thing happened. There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles, glittering (闪烁) with tinsel (金属箔) and colored balls. “Oh. How lovely!” shouted the little match seller, holding up the match. Then, the match burned her finger and went out. The light from the Christmas candles rose higher and higher, then one of the lights fell, leaving a trail behind it. “Someone is dying,” murmured the little girl, as she remembered her beloved Granny who used to say: “When a star falls, a heart stops beating!”Scarcely aware of what she was doing, the little match seller lit another match. This time, she saw her grandmother.“Granny, stay with me!” she pleaded, as she lit one match after the other, so that her grandmother could not disappear like all the other visions. However, Granny did not disappear but gazed smilingly at her. Then she opened her arms and the little girl hugged her crying: “Granny, take me away with you!”A cold day dawned and a pale sun shone on the fountain and the icy road. Close by lay the lifeless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches.“Poor little thing!” exclaimed the passers-by. “She was trying to keep warm!”But by that time, the little match seller was far away where there is neither cold, hunger nor pain.I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）To learn a story about the little match girl written by Anderson.ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）Key points: to grasp some useful words and expressionsdeserted, fade, strike, hesitate, deny, exclaim, glimpse, aware, be frozen with, go out, strike a match, catch a glimpse ofSpecial difficulties:1) to learn Inversion.2) to learn v-ed phrases used as modifiersⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approachⅣBrief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）Step1 Background information（背景知识）Do you know about the great tale writer Anderson?Can you list some of his masterpieces?Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）Read the passage quickly and answer（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:1) Why didn’t the little girl strike a match to keep herself warm?2) What did the little girl see when the last vision appeared?Keys（参考答案）:1) She was afraid that her father would be angry.2) She saw her beloved grandmother who had died.Step3 Careful reading（细读）1. What visions did the little match seller see? What did they mean to her?(a big brightly burning stove→warmth; a fine table laden with food→good things to eat; a Christmas tree hung with candles→joy and happiness; her grandmother→love and care)2. Translate the following sentences and pay attention to the underlined parts.1) From brightly lit windows came the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing.2) Her ragged dress and worn scarf did not keep out the cold and she tried to keep her bare feet from touching the frozen ground.3) Beyond that stood a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick.4) Her eyes were filled with tears and she lifted her gaze to the lit windows, praying that she too might know a little of such happiness.5) There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles, glittering with tinsel and colored balls.6) Close by lay the lifeless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches.7) If only she could light a match!8) A cold day dawned and a pale sun shone on the fountain and the icy road.9) But by that time, the little match seller was far away where there is neither cold, hunger nor pain.What characteristics do the underlined parts have? What function?(They are all v-ed phrases, which are used as modifiers.)Step4 Key patterns(主要句型)Analyze the sentence below:From brightly lit windows came the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing.This is an inverted sentence. The subject of the sentence is “the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing”, and “came” functions as the predicate.Find out more similar sentence structures in the passage.(Beyond that stood a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick.There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles…Close by lay the lifeless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches.)Step5 Homework（作业）Rewrite the story. (With about 200 words.)Step6 Assessment（评价）Words and expressions（词和短语）1. deserted adj.冷清清的2. draughty adj. 漏风的3. vision n.景象4. fade v .消逝，消失5. strike vt. 擦（火柴）；击打6. hesitate v. 迟疑，犹豫7. glimpse n .v. 一瞥8. deny v.否定，否认9. pray v. n. 祈祷10. aware adj.意识到，觉察11. exclaim v.呼喊，惊叫Lesson 3 The Pied Piper of Hamelin哈米伦的吹笛人Once upon a time, on the banks of a great river in the north of Germany lay a town called Hamelin. The citizens of Hamelin were honest people who lived contentedly in their grey stone houses. The years went by, and the town grew very rich. Then one day, an extraordinary thing happened to disturb the peace. Hamelin had always had rats, and a lot too. But they had never been a danger, for the cats had always solved the rat problem in the usual way—by killing them. All at once, however, the rats began to multiply.In the end, a black sea of rats swarmed over the whole town. First, they attacked the barns and storehouses then, for lack of anything better, they gnawed（啃）the wood, cloth or anything at all. The one thing they didn’t eat was metal. The terrified citizens flocked to plead with the town councilors（委员会）to free them from the plague of rats（鼠疫）. But the council had, for a long time, been sitting in the Mayor’s room, trying to think of a plan.“What we need is an army of cats!”But all the cats were dead.“We’ll put down poisoned food then…”But most of the food was already gone and no poison stopped the rats.“It just can’t be done without help!” said the Mayor sadly.Just then, while the citizens milled around outside, there was a loud knock at the door. “Who can that be?”the city fathers wondered uneasily, mindful of the angry crowds. They gingerly opened the door. And to their surprise, there stood a tall thin man dressed in brightly colored clothes, with a long feather in his hat, and waving a gold pipe at them.“I’ve freed other towns of beetles and bats,”the stranger announced, “and for a thousandflorins, I’ll rid you of your rats.”“A thousand florins!” exclaimed the Mayor. “We’ll give you fifty thousand if you succeed!” At once the stranger hurried away, saying, “It’s late now, but at dawn tomorrow, there won’t be a rat left in Hamelin!”The sun was still below the horizon, when the sound of a pipe wafted through the streets of Hamelin. The pied piper slowly made his way through the houses and behind him flocked the rats. Out they scampered from doors, windows and gutters (沟), rats of every size, all after the piper. And as he played, the stranger marched down to the river and straight into the water, up to his middle. Behind him swarmed the rats and every one was drowned and swept away by the current.By the time the sun was high in the sky, there was not a single rat in the town. There was even greater delight at the town hall, until the piper tried to claim his payment. “Fifty thousand florins?”exclaimed the councilors, “Never…”“A thousand florins at least!” cried the pied piper angrily. But the Mayor broke in. “The rats are all dead now and they can never come back. So be grateful for fifty florins, or you’ll not get even that…”His eyes flashing with anger, the pied piper pointed a threatening finger at the Mayor.“You’ll bitterly regret ever breaking your promise,” he said, and disappeared.A shiver of fear ran through the councilors, but the Mayor shrugged and said excitedly, “We’ve saved fifty thousand florins!”That night, freed from the nightmare of the rats, the citizens of Hamelin slept more soundly than ever. And when the strange sound of piping wafted through the streets at dawn, only the children heard it. Drawn as by magic, they hurried out of their homes. Again, the pied piper paced through the town, this time, it was children of all sizes that flocked at his heels to the sound of his strange piping. The long procession soon left the town and made its way through the wood and across the forest till it reached the foot of a huge mountain. When the piper came to the dark rock, he played his pipe even louder still and a great door creaked open. Beyond lay a cave. In trooped the children behind the pied piper, and when the last child had gone into the darkness, the door creaked shut. A great landslide（山崩）came down the mountain blocking the entrance to the cave forever. Only one little lame boy escaped this fate. It was he who told the anxious citizens, searching for their children, what had happened. And no matter what people did, the mountain never gave up its victims. Many years were to pass before the merry voices of other children would ring through the streets of Hamelin but the memory of the harsh lesson lingered in everyone’s heart and was passed down from father to son through the centuries.I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）To learn a tale--The Pied Piper of Hamelin and get the students to know the importance of honesty. ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）Key points: to grasp some useful expressionsall at once, free sb. from…, rid…of…, make one’s way, break inSpecial difficulties: to understand Inversion.ⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approachⅣBrief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）Step1 Fast reading（快速阅读）Read the passage quickly and answer some questions（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:1) What trouble did the citizens of Hamelin have?2) What was the result of their breaking the promise?Keys（参考答案）:1) There were too many rats in the town for them to live a normal life.2) All the children but one were drawn into the cave and killed.Step2 Careful reading（细读）1. What words did the author use to indicate that the plague of rats was too terrible?(a black sea, swarmed the whole town, gnawed everything except metal, need an army of cats…)2. Find out inverted sentences in the passage.(…, on the banks of a great river in the north of Germany lay a town called Hamelin.…, there stood a tall thin man dressed in brightly colored clothes…Behind him swarmed the rats….The pied piper slowly made his way through the houses and behind him flocked the rats. Beyond lay a cave.In trooped the children behind the pied piper.)3. Key expressions (要点表达)1) all at once = all of a sudden/ suddenly 突然2）And to their surprise, there stood a tall thin man dressed in brightly colored clothes, with a long feather in his hat, and waving a gold pipe at them.“dressed in brightly colored clothes, with a long feather in his hat, and waving a gold pipe at them” is used to modify the subject “a tall thin man”.3）There was even greater delight at the town hall, until the piper tried to claim his payment. “claim” in the sentence means “ask for”.4) His eyes flashing with anger, the pied piper pointed a threatening finger at the Mayor.“His eyes flashing with anger”是独立主格结构，在句中用作状语。
