Unit 7 The SamplerThe author finds out that good intentions alone are not enough when his attempt to be kind to an old man leaves them both feeling worse than before.In a certain store where they sell puddings, a number of these delicious things are laid out in a row during the Christmas season. Here you may select the one which is most to your taste, and you are even allowed to sample them before coming to a decision.I have often wondered whether some people, who had no intention of making a purchase, would take advantage of this privilege. One day I asked this question of the shop girl, and I learned it was indeed the case."Now there's one old gentleman, for instance," she told me, "he comes here almost every week and samples each one of the puddings, though he never buys anything, and I suspect he never will. I remember him from last year before that, too. Well, let him come if he wants it, and welcome to it. And what's more, I hope there are a lot more stores where he can go and get his share. He looks as if he needed it all right, and I suppose they can afford it."She was still speaking when an elderly gentleman limped up to the counter and began looking closely at the row of puddings with great interest."Why, that's the very gentleman I've been telling you about," whispered the shop girl." Just watch him now." And then turning to him:" Would you like to sample them, sir? Here's spoon for you to use."The elderly gentleman, who was poorly but neatly dressed, accepted the spoon and began eagerly to sample one after another of the puddings, only braking off occasionally to wipe his red eyes with a large torn handkerchief."This is quite good.""This is not bad either, but a little too heavy."All the time it was quite evident that he sincerely believed that he might eventually buy one of these puddings, and I am positive that he did not for a moment feel that he was in any way cheating the store. Poor old chap! Probably he had come down in the world and this sampling was all that was left him from the time when he could afford to come and select his favorite pudding.Amidst the crowd of happy, prosperous looking Christmas shoppers, the little black figure of the old man seemed pitiful and out of place, and in a burst of benevolence, I went up to him and said:"Pardon me, sir, will you do me a favor? Let me purchase you one of these puddings. It would give me such pleasure."He jumped back as if he had been stung, and the blood rushed into his wrinkled face."Excuse me," he said, with more dignity than I would have thought possible considering his appearance, "I do not believe I have the pleasure of knowing you. Undoubtedly you have mistaken me for someone else." And with a quick decision he turned to the shop girl and said in a loud voice, "Kindly pack me up this one here. I will take it with me." He pointed at one of the largest and most expensive of the puddings.The girl took down the pudding from its stand and started to make a parcel of it, while he pulled out a worn little black pocketbook and began counting out shillings and pennies on to the counter. To save his "honour" he had been forced into a purchase which he could not possibly afford. How I longed for the power to unsay my tactless words! It was too late though, and I felt that the kindest thing I could do now would be walk away."You pay at the desk," the shop girl was telling him, but he did not seem to understand and kept trying to put the coins into her hand. And that was the last I saw or the old man. Now he can never go there to sample pudding any more.作者想对一位老人表示一番好意，结果却使两个人都很难堪，这时他才认识到，光有善良的意愿是不够的。
( 英语教案 )学校：_________________________年级：_________________________教师：_________________________教案设计 / 精品文档 / 文字可改高一英语：第一册新教材unit7(参考文本)Learning English is conducive to making friends, chatting or working together with foreigners, and learning English is very useful for traveling abroad.高一英语：第一册新教材unit 7(参考文本)Unit 7 Cultural relicsI. Teaching Goals:A. Language study:1.Words & expressions: bring…back to life, give in (to sb.), in ruins, in pieces2. Word formation: prefix re + verb.3. Sentence patter: Where there is a river, there is a city.B. Speaking:1. Talk about cultural relics.2. Talk about ways to protect cultural relics.3. Give advice and make suggestions.C. Grammar:1. Use the Present Perfect Passive Voice.D. Writing:1. Write a letter to the editors.E. Emotion task:1. Cultivate the students’ love for cultural relics.II. Teaching time: four periodsPeriod 1: 1) Talk about cultural relics and the ways to protect cultural relics2) Give advice and make suggestions.Period 2: 1) Read the passage “ A City of Heroes”.2) Learn how to give a proper title for a passage.Period 3: Enable the students to use the Present Perfect Passive VoicePeriod 4: Learn how write a letter.Period 5: Learn the important language points in this unitIII. Teaching Aids:1. a tape recorder2. a projectorThe Second PeriodI. Teaching Aims:1. Understand the main meaning of the passage.2. Learn how to find the topic sentence of each paragraph.3. Learn how to give a proper title for a passage.II. Teaching Important Points:1. How to give a proper title for a passage.III. Teaching Difficult Points:1. How to grasp the main idea of a passage2. How to find the topic sentence.IV. Teaching Methods:1. Use the Discussion method to make the students understand what they have learnt in class.2. Use pair work and group work to get every student totake part in the class activities.V. Teaching Aids:1. a projectorVI. Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Greetings and RevisionGreet the whole class as usual.T: In the last period, we learned about some cultural relics in the world. Perhaps we all know that many cities have their own cultural relics. Some cultural relics have become the symbols(象征) of the cities. Now I’ll show you some pictures. Please look at them and try to give the names of the cities.(Show the following slides and ask the students to give the names of the cities.)1. Eifel Tower — Paris2. The Temple of Heaven— BeijingHuai’an(Huaiyin)Paris3. Zhou Enlai Memorial — Huai’anBeijing(1) (2) (3)Step 2 Pre-readingT: Several years ago, we changed the name of our city from Huaiyin to Huai’an. Could you tell me why we did so? Yes, because Huai’an is Zhou Enlai’s hometown and Zhou Enlai is a world famous great man. Huai’an can become more famous for this great man.Of course, in the world there are many other cities that are famous for some great men or heroes.Today we are going to learn a passage about “ A City of Heroes”. Now, Who can tell me the name of the city? ( StPetersburg) (Show the following slide)A City of Heroes— St PetersburgStep 3. Showing the AimsT: In this passage we should … ( Show the following slide) Step 4 Brief introductionT: Now I’d like to talk about the passage briefly. ( Show the following slide)Brief Introduction1703St Petersburg1914Petrograd1924Leningrad1991St Petersburgthe second largest city in Russiathe largest port in Russia“the Northern Venice”Step 5. Fast Reading (Discussing)T: Now, please read the passage quickly and then try to discuss the question on the screen (Show the following slide) Fast ReadingQuestion:Who are the heroes of St Petersburg?A. Peter the Great — built the city of St PetersburgB. The people of St Petersburg — fought against the enemy and rebuilt the city of St PetersburgStep 6. Careful ReadingA. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers: (Show the slide)Careful Reading (1)Choose the best answer:1. What is always true according to the passage?A. Where there is a river, there is a city.B. St Petersburg in Russia is on the Neva River.C. St Petersburg seems to be something out of a fairytale.D. St Petersburg is the capital of Russia.2. When did the city come back to life?A. Three hundred years ago.B. After the Russian Revolution of 1917.C. Nine hundred days after the Germans attack.D. Years after the Germans had gone.( Key: 1. B 2. D )B. Now please read the passage carefully once more and try to tell the following statements true (T) or false (F) (Show the following slide)Careful Reading(2)B. Tell the statements true (T) or false (F)1. The city of St Petersburg was rebuilt by Peter the Great. ( )2. The Germans attacked St Petersburg a hundred years ago. ( )3. A portrait of Peter the Great was destroyed by the Germans. ( )4. It was difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces. ( )5. St Petersburg will never be as beautiful as it was before. ( )( Key: 1.F 2.F 3.T 4.T 5.F )Step 7. Post-readingT: Now let’s discuss the following question in groups of four. (Show the following slide)Post-readingWhat does the passage want to tell us?(Five minutes later the following slide is shown and the students are asked to choose the best answer)Post-readingWhat does the passage want to tell us ?A. How beautiful the city is.B. How great the Russian Czars were.C. How great the people of the city are.D. How old the city is.( Key: C )Step 8. StructureT: Now please read the passage again and try to find the topic sentence of each paragraph (Show thefollowing slide) StructureTry to find the topic sentence of each paragraph:Paragraph 1: The Russian Czar Peter the Great built St Petersburg.Paragraph 2: St Petersburg has been the center of many important events in history.Paragraph 3: The people of St Petersburg rebuilt the city.Paragraph 4: The people of St Petersburg are the modern heroes of Russia.(Three minutes later, check the answers. The answers are shown on the screen above)T: Well, who could tell us where we found the topic sentence?( Paragraph 1—Middle; Paragraph 2 —Beginning; Paragraph 3 — Beginning; Paragraph 4 — End)T: Now tell me which topic sentence do you think is the most important one.( The last one. Because it is related with the title.) Yes, very good. Now let’s have a discussion: (Show the followingslide)Discussion1. What does the title of the passage imply(含义) ?After two minutes, some choices are given on the screen: Discussion1. What does the title of the passage imply(含义) ?A.There are many heroes living in the city.B.The city is very wonderful.C.Many heroes have been building the city.D.The people of the city are brave and great.( Key: D)Discussion1. What does the title of the passage imply(含义) ?A.There are many heroes living in the city.B.The city is very wonderful.C.Many heroes have been building the city.D.The people of the city are brave and great.2. Why doesn't the author use “St Petersburg” as the title of this passage?T: Well, let’s talk about the other question. (Show the slide)(Two minutes later , ask the students to give the answer to the question , like the following)Discussion1. What does the title of the passage imply(含义) ?A.There are many heroes living in the city.B.The city is very wonderful.C.Many heroes have been building the city.D.The people of the city are brave and great.2. Why doesn't the author use “St Petersburg” as the title of this passage?From the title we can know that the author is praising thepeople of the city instead of just introducing the city.Step 9. ConsolidationT: Now let’s go over the passage and then try to fill in the following boxes( show the slide)Three minutes later, check the answers orally, like the following:Step 10. MoralityT: What can we learn from the people of St Petersburg? (Show two mottos on the screen)MoralityWhat can we learn from the people of St Petersburg?★“Difficulty gives in to a strong – willed man”世上无难事,只怕有心人。
Unit 7 The SamplerThe author finds out that good intentions alone are not enough when his attempt to be kind to an old man leaves them both feeling worse than before.In a certain store where they sell puddings, a number of these delicious things are laid out in a row during the Christmas season. Here you may select the one which is most to your taste, and you are even allowed to sample them before coming to a decision.I have often wondered whether some people, who had no intention of making a purchase, would take advantage of this privilege. One day I asked this question of the shop girl, and I learned it was indeed the case."Now there's one old gentleman, for instance," she told me, "he comes here almost every week and samples each one of the puddings, though he never buys anything, and I suspect he never will. I remember him from last year before that, too. Well, let him come if he wants it, and welcome to it. And what's more, I hope there are a lot more stores where he can go and get his share. He looks as if he needed it all right, and I suppose they can afford it."She was still speaking when an elderly gentleman limped up to the counter and began looking closely at the row of puddings with great interest."Why, that's the very gentleman I've been telling you about," whispered the shop girl." Just watch him now." And then turning to him:" Would you like to sample them, sir? Here's spoon for you to use."The elderly gentleman, who was poorly but neatly dressed, accepted the spoon and began eagerly to sample one after another of the puddings, only braking off occasionally to wipe his red eyes with a large torn handkerchief."This is quite good.""This is not bad either, but a little too heavy."All the time it was quite evident that he sincerely believed that he might eventually buy one of these puddings, and I am positive that he did not for a moment feel that he was in any way cheating the store. Poor old chap! Probably he had come down in the world and this sampling was all that was left him from the time when he could afford to come and select his favorite pudding.Amidst the crowd of happy, prosperous looking Christmas shoppers, the little black figure of the old man seemed pitiful and out of place, and in a burst of benevolence, I went up to him and said:"Pardon me, sir, will you do me a favor? Let me purchase you one of these puddings. It would give me such pleasure."He jumped back as if he had been stung, and the blood rushed into his wrinkled face."Excuse me," he said, with more dignity than I would have thought possible considering his appearance, "I do not believe I have the pleasure of knowing you. Undoubtedly you have mistaken me for someone else." And with a quick decision he turned to the shop girl and said in a loud voice, "Kindly pack me up this one here. I will take it with me." He pointed at one of the largest and most expensive of the puddings.The girl took down the pudding from its stand and started to make a parcel of it, while he pulled out a worn little black pocketbook and began counting out shillings and pennies on to the counter. To save his "honour" he had been forced into a purchase which he could not possibly afford. How I longed for the power to unsay my tactless words! It was too late though, and I felt that the kindest thing I could do now would be walk away."You pay at the desk," the shop girl was telling him, but he did not seem to understand and kept trying to put the coins into her hand. And that was the last I saw or the old man. Now he can never go there to sample pudding any more.作者想对一位老人表示一番好意，结果却使两个人都很难堪，这时他才认识到，光有善良的意愿是不够的。
