第1页课题Unit 1 My Father 授课时数8授课类型Lecture教学目的1. To understand the different values different people hold and the generation gap2. To learn some vocabulary in the text3. To contrast uncountable mass nouns with related countable nouns教学重点1. To have a good mastery of the key language points and grammatical structures in the text2. To understand the different values different people hold and the generation gap3. To understand the various writing techniques employed by the writer教学难点1. To master the expressions for describing personality, personal appearance and managing relationships2. To understand some complicated sentences and expressions3. Summarize the text主要︵知识︶语言点1. easy to get along/on with 2. vain 3. unapproachable 4.easy-going 5. keep oneself to oneself 6. be out of touch with 7. slightly 8. come first 9. be off somewhere doing something 10. rehearse 11. autograph 12. be proud of something 13. incredibly 14. show off 15. MBE 16. be please to do something 17. let somebody down 18. settle down19. not see much of somebody 20. in the wrong/right clothes 21. humble 22. ideal 23. be opposed to 24. break up教学过程︵学时分配︶Periods 1-2Teaching Materials: Part 1 Listening & Speaking ActivitiesTeaching Steps:Step 1 Leading inAsk several Ss to talk about their summer vacation. Lead them to thetopic of this unit.Step 2 Presentation: Brainstorming1. Introduce the five tasks on the board and explain the meanings of eachcategory with exemplary words and expressions.2. Have the Ss work in pairs or groups to complete the five tasks.(to think outfive expressions for each category)3. Have three or four Ss present their work on the board.4. Comment on and add selectively new words or expressions to their lists byusing the vocabulary for reference.1) Adjectives for describing personality/character:Positive adjectives:easy-going, honest, open-minded, humorous,interesting, peasant, pleasurable, frank, sympathetic, helpful, loyal附记或教学说明第2页教学过程︵学时分配︶Negative adjectives: arrogant, dishonest, difficult, narrow-minded, boring, loathsome, unpleasant, selfish, rude, cowardlyNeutral adjectives:complicated, reserved, silent, quiet, talkative, sophisticated, ambitious, aggressive, timid, impulsive, sociable/unsociable 2) Expressions for personal appearance/one’s looks (most of these expressionsdescribe the physical features of a person):Size: thin, skinny, slim, slender, big, large, small, little, stout, plump, fat, robust, athletic, muscularAge: old, young, look old/young, doesn’t look one’s age, youngish, elderly, middle-aged, in one’s thirties/forties…Resemblance: look like somebody, resemble, take after somebody, have someone’s eye’s/nose/hair…3) Expressions for likes and dislikes:love, like, enjoy, be crazy/mad about, be keen on, be interested in dislike, feel sick about, hate, be indifferent to, don’t care for, be disgusted with4) Expressions for managing relationships:Improving relations: get along with, have a good or friendly relationship with, be on good terms with, live happily with, be kind/nice/agreeable to, compliment, praise, appreci ate one’s help/adviceHurting relations:laugh at, criticize, ridicule, quarrel with, split with, break up with, look down upon, interfere with one’s affairs, have a bad relationship with, there is bad blood between…and…, be difficult/hard on somebodyNeutral: cope with, keep in touch with, be in/out of contact with5) Expressions for people we know or meet :friends, strangers, acquaintances, colleagues, classmates, schoolmates, roommates, fellow students, fellow workers, neighbors, alumnus (pl.alumni)employer—employee, superior—inferior/subordinate, teacher—student, doctor—patient, salesman—customer, etc.5. Have the Ss classify these expressions.Step 3 Practice: Listening1. Introduce the following questions as a pre-listening activity.Have you any brothers or sisters? How are you getting on? Are you afraid of him?2. Discuss the meaning of some terms in the listening. (to refer to P4 in theTeacher’s Book)3. Play the tape and ask Ss to answer the questions.第3页Step 4 Consolidation: Speaking.1.Ask Ss to talk about the topic with the help of Part A and Part B.2.Ask several pairs to present their dialogue.Step 5 Homework1.Ask Ss to talk about Part C with their partners.2.Preview the text in P2.Periods 3-4Teaching Materials: Part 2 Reading Comprehension and Language Activities（Para1-3）Teaching Steps:Step 1 Leading in: Introduce the text by asking and talking about the following questions:1.Is there a generation gap between you and your parents?2.List at least three things that show the differences between you and yourparents.3.How can you bridge the gap between you and your parents?Step 2 Practice: Ask Ss to listen to the tape of the text, after listening, analyze the structure of the text.Part 1 (Para.1—Para.2):The narrator describes her father’s ch aracter, which is completely different from hers.Part 2 (Para.3—Para.6):The narrator tells the reader that she and her father have different interests.Step 3 Presentation: Go through the text. Explain some Language Points and difficult sentences.Language PointsPart 1I. Listen to this part, and then ask students to answer Questions 1—4.II. Ask some Ss to explain the following words.1. get on/along with sb | get on/along (together): to have a friendlyrelationship with sb（与某人）和睦相处，关系良好e.g.He’s never really got on with his brother. 他从未与哥哥真正和睦相处过。
