人教版高中英语选修8 Unit4__Period__2__Learning__about__lang

姓名，年级：时间：Ⅰ。

单词拼写根据汉语或首字母提示,写出下列单词1．She betrayed(背叛) her country over and over again.2．We will condemn（谴责） those people who mistreat pets，such as dogs and cats。

3．A few years ago it was very difficult for people to find superior（优等的） quality coffee in local shops.4．The task requires extraordinary(非凡的） patience and endurance。

5．When it comes to adaptation（适应)，it is important to understand that climate change is a process.6．He didn’t hesitate to ask her to sit beside him。

7．Would you classify her novels as serious literature or as mere entertainment?8．My father has many acquaintances in the city。

9．She made a big fortune from wise investment。

10．Her parents disapprove of her going out alone at night。

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拓展词汇根据词性和汉语提示，写出下列单词1．adapt v．（使)适应；改编→adaptation n．适应（性)；改编本2．hesitate vi.犹豫；踌躇→hesitation n．犹豫；踌躇3．uncomfortable adj.不舒服的;不安的；不自在的→uncomfortably adv.不舒服地；不自在地→comfortably adv。

Unit 4 PygmalionPeriod 1 Warming up一．Aims:Teaching goals 教学目标1. Target language目标语言：重点词汇和短语adaptation, plot, professor, Pygmalion2. Ability goals能力目标Enable the students to talk about the Greek story Pygmalion二．Contents:Ask Students to look at a group of three pictures and try to describe them in their own words.T: Yes, today we are going to learn about a Greek story Pygmalion. First, look at the pictures on page 28. Please work in pairs and work out the story.S1: Let me try. Pygmalion was a very gifted artist. He spent a long time making a stone statue of a beautiful woman. It was so beautiful that he couldn’t help loving it and wanted it to be his wife.T: What problems do you think they will have?S1: Maybe they can’t understand each other, bec ause they come from different world. S2: It’s very hard for Pygmalion to understand his wife, because his wife is made form a stone. She doesn’t know the words, behavior, anything about him.…Step III DiscussionMake a brief introduction about Shaw.T: George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater. Shaw was a freethinker, defenders of women’s rights, and advocate of equality of income,. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw accepted the honor, but refused the money. He was a very humorous playwright. Here is a story about him. One day, Shaw took part in a grand party, in which he met the then Prime Minister Churchill. Churchill was very fat at that time whe reas Shaw was very thin. Churchill said to Shaw very sharply, “Whenpeople see you, they will know how poor your country is”. And then Shaw answered very quickly, “When people see you, they will know the reason why our country is so poor.” From it we can s ee how witty Shaw is!T: Have you seen the film My Fair Lady? Do you like the film?Say something about the film.Step V Homework1. Find more information about Pygmalion2.Pre-read the play and get ready for the next period.Period 2 Reading一．Aims:1. Ability goals能力目标Enable the Ss to talk bout the play and use the play to work out the characteristics of each social group.2. Learning ability goals学能目标Help the Ss learn how to talk about the play and use the play to work out the characteristics of each social group.二．Contents:Step I Revision and Lead-inStep II ReadingDeal with the Reading part. Play the tape for the Ss to listen. Then analyze the play. Ask the students to read through the text. While reading, pay attention to the writing style.SkimmingAsk the Ss to read the play quickly and answer the questions.T: Now please read the play. After a few minutes, I’ll ask you some questions.Show the followings.1. How many characters are there in the play?2. What is the weather like when the play begins?3. Do you think Eliza a well educated woman, why or why not?4. Why did Professor Higgins want to make notes of what Eliza said?5. What’ the meaning of the newly rich?ScanningAsk three students to read to the play while other students scan it and get ready to answer the questions:According to Higgins, if a person is very poor, he or she can still be better off at last. Do you agree with him? If so, how to realize the aimWho can complete the last sentence in the first line on page 30: Now once taught by me…?What other things show one’s statue in society apart from how one speaks?Do you think Pickering if of the upper class?Step III ComprehendingAsk Ss to listen to the tape as carefully as possible. They should not only pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation but get the main idea of the play as well.T: Pygmalion is about recognizing a person’s position in society by the way they behave and speak. Please listen to the tape and use the play to work out the characteristics of each social group.And then fill in the blanks on page 30Step IV DiscussionAsk Ss to do part 5 on page 31.T: Suppose you have a chance to help Eliza improve her use of the English language. Look at the sentences on page31 in Part 5 and help her correct all these sentences in terms of grammar, spelling, etc, so that she can use them properly.Step V Homework1. Read the play repeatedly and try to act out it.2. Preview the grammar part.Period 3 Language Points一．Aims:Learn the language points and some important sentence patterns.二．Contents:1. work out 计算出，设法弄懂，精心制定出，逐渐解决，按某种方式发展。