2019新人教高中英语必修二Unit4 History and Traditions整单元完整教案

2019新人教高中英语必修二

Unit 4 History and Traditions整单元完整教案

Unit 4 Listening and Speaking公开课教案

Teaching aims:

1.Enable students to get familiar with the vocabulary of“Confucius,Temple of

Confucius,Confucius’ descendants,Confucius’ educational thoughts”.

2.Guide students to understand some English idioms and their related cultural

allusions.

3.Help students to talk about Confucius’ ideas on education and introduce the

history and importance of a historic site.

Teaching key and difficult points:

1.To help students to get familiar with the vocabulary of“Confucius,Temple of

Confucius,Confucius’ descendants,Confucius’ educational thoughts”.

2.To enable students to understand English idioms and the related cultural allusions.

3.To lead students to talk about Confucius’ educational thoughts.

Teaching procedures:

StepⅠLead-in

Look at the Opening Page and have a discussion.

1. How do you understand the quote“A people without the knowledge of their past

history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots”by Marcus Garvey?

2. Why is it important to protect historic buildings and cultural traditions?

Suggested answers:

1. In this quote, Garvey is emphasizing the importance of knowledge about the

history of your country and people.He uses“people”in the countable form to

refer to all the persons who live in a particular place or belong to a particular

country,race,or other groups. In Garvey’s case, race is especially important.A

tree is a good metaphor for a group of people.For example, we talk

about“family trees”,which detail our relatives across time.A tree without roots

would easily fall down and die.The roots also feed the tree.The roots of a tree cannot usually be seen, but they often spread deep and wide. In this way, a

people’s history also has deep roots that spread far and wide.If people do not

know about their history, they will not learn from the past and will not be able

to develop and progress well into the future.

2. It is important to protect historic buildings and cultural traditions because they

are a record of our shared history and tell us a lot about who we are as a

country and people.

StepⅠListening

Activity 1 Warming up

Look at some photos of Qufu.What can you say about these places?

Temple of

Confucius Kong Family

Mansion Cemetery of

Confucius

Suggested answers:

Activity 1

1.Temple of Confucius:The most famous and largest temple honoring the great

sage.It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.It covers 16,000 square meters and

has 460 rooms.The main part consists of nine courtyards with several

gates.Dacheng Hall stands at the centre and is the principal place for offering

sacrifices to Confucius.

2.Kong Family Mansion:Located to the east of the Temple of Confucius,this was the

historical home of the descendants of Confucius from where they managed sites

and ceremonies in Qufu.Today it is a museum.

3.Cemetery of Confucius:This is where Confucius and his descendants are

buried.There are more than 10,000 of them,buried here over 2,000 years.The

cemetery has had many renovations and extensions in its history.

Activity 2 Prediction

Predict what the listening text is about by looking at Activity 2 on page 38. Suggested answer:

The listening text is probably about the introduction of a great educator—Confucius.

Activity 3 First listening

Listen to a conversation between a British tourist and a Chinese student in Qufu,and

then write down what they say about Confucius.（红色为学生作答）

Name Fact/Opinion about Confucius

William 1.Confucius is one of his favorite philosophers.

2.He was a wise man.

3.He lived over 2,500 years ago.

Xiao Kong 1.Confucius has over 3 million descendants.

2.He was a great educator and had many ideas about education.

3.He was one of the greatest minds in history.

Activity 4 Second listening

1.Listen again and decide whether these statements are true(T),false(F),or not

mentioned (NM).

(1)Confucius said that learning without understanding leads to confusion.( )

(2)Xiao Kong is doing a research project on Confucius philosophy.( )

(3)As one of Confucius’ descendants,Xiao Kong’s name is recorded in the family

tree.( )

(4)Dacheng Hall is the tallest building in Qufu.( )

2.Answer the question:Why do you think William said his hometown was similar to

Qufu?

A.There are famous halls in his hometown.

B.There are no tall buildings in his hometown.

C.Both places have a famous person who was born there.

D.His hometown doesn’t allow other buildings to be more noticeable than the

historic buildings.

Suggested answers:

1.(1)F (2)F (3)NM (4)T