Unit 4 I used to be afraid of the dark.SectionA 3a-3c 教案

Unit4 I used to be afraid of the dark
Section A 2 (3a-3c)
一、教学目标：
1. 语言知识目标：
1) 学习掌握下列词汇： background, interview, Asian, deal with, dare, private, guard, require
2） 阅读短文，能按要求获取相关的信息。
3） 通过阅读训练来提高学生们的阅读能力。
4) 学习运用used to来表达“过去常常”存在的状态或的发生的动作。
2. 情感态度价值观目标：
让学生明白事物是在不断发展、变化的道理，培养学生积极向上的心态。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点：
1) 掌握本部分出现的生词和词组，达到熟练运用的目标。
2) 阅读短文，获得相关的信息。通过阅读练习，来提高阅读能力。
2. 教学难点：
1) 阅读短文，获得相关的信息的能力。
2) 理解并运用所学的词汇及表达方式。
三、教学过程
Ⅰ. Revision
Monitor：Let’s review what we have learned in the last lesson.
(The students report)
Ⅱ. Leading in
利用班班通上资源unit4sectionA1b课文动画导入新课。
展示一张Candy Wang的照片，并询问学生们如下问题。
1. Who’s beautiful and outgoing girl She’s the famous singer Candy Wang.
2. Can you guess what she was like
Yeah, she used to be very shy.
3. Do you want to know her story
She took up singing to deal with her shyness.
As she got better, she was not shy anymore and loved singing in front of crows. Now she’s the Asian pop star.
Ⅲ. Reading
Work on 3a
1. Tell Ss to read the article and identify the paragraphs in which the following information appears. Number the information [1-3].
____ how Candy’s life has changed
____ Candy’s advice to young people
____ Candy’s background
Ss read the article quickly and try to number the information.
2. 方法指导：先读懂所给的三个句子的意思，明确段落大意。然后快速阅读短文，争取在较短的时间内，确定每个段落的大意。
3. 学生们，按老师指导的方法进行阅读，确定每个段落的大意。
4. 最后，教师让部分说出自己的答案，并校对答案。
Keys: 2 3 1
Ⅳ. Groupwork
1. Read the passage carefully and finish the mind map.
2.check the answers.
Ⅴ. Language points
1. Candy told me that she used to be really shy and took up singing to deal with her shyness.
坎迪告诉她过去真的很羞涩，开始唱歌是为了克服自己的羞涩。
（1）take up 此处意为“开始从事”take up doing 开始做某事
He dropped medicine and physics.
他放弃医学，开始学物理。
（2） deal with 相当于do with, 意为“对付；处理
do with 与deal with 两者都可以用来表示“处理”do 侧重于对象，deal 侧重于方式方法。在特殊问句中，do with 与what 连用，deal with 则与How 连用。
I don’t know how they the problem.
= I don’t know what they the problem.
（3）shyness 名词，意为“害羞；腼腆”是形容词shy 加后缀-ness 构成的名词。
He can’t get over his shyness.
拓展：sad -------- sadness
happy-------- happiness
ill -------- illness
kind -------- kindness
2. As she got better, she dared to sing in front of her class, and then for the whole school.
随着情况的好转，她敢在全班面前唱歌了，后来敢为全校的人唱歌了。
( l )dare 此处用作及物动词，意为“敢于；胆 敢”。常构成短语dare to do sth.意为“敢于 做某事”。
He didn't at her in the eye. 他不敢正眼看她。
She at night. 她敢走夜路
(2)in front of 意为 “在......的前面”。
辨析 in front of 与 in the front of
in front of : 在……前面，强调在某一物体外部的前面。
in the front of :“在…… 的前部”，强调在某一物体内部的前面
There is a little child the house房前有一个小孩。
3. Now she’s not shy anymore and loves singing in front of crowds.
现在她再也不羞涩了，并且喜欢当众唱歌。
（1）not ... anymore = no more，意为“不再”。
He doesn't come late anymore.
= He comes late. 他不再迟到了。
4. I didn’t use to be popular in school, but now I get tons of attention everywhere I go.”
过去我在学校里默默无闻，但是现在无论我走到哪里，都得到太多的关注。
（1）tons of 意为“很多的;大量的”，是英语中一种夸张的表达方式。ton的本义为“吨”。
He has been late for school tons of times.
他上学屡次迟到。
（2）get…attention 意为“得到/引起......注意”
5. “Well,” she begins slowly, “you have to be prepared to give up your normal life.
“嗯, ” 她缓缓道来, “你得准备放弃正常的生活。
⑴ prepare 在此处用作及物动词，意为“准备；
预备”。 常用搭配有：prepare sb. sth. 表示“给某人准备某物”也可用prepare sth. for sb. 表示。
She prepared us a nice breakfast.
= She prepared a nice breakfast for us.
她给我们准备了可口的早餐。
(4) prepare to do sth. 表示“准备做某事”
They were preparing (cross) the river when it began to rain.
他们正准备过河，这时突然下雨了。
6.区别 a number of与the number of
A number of students ____(be) on the playground.
The number of students (be) fifty.
Ⅵ.Reading the article(3a)
Ⅶ.Finish 3b
ⅧEnjoy a song
Train students’speaking skills by singing English songs.
Ⅸ. Exercise
This time, the students do some exercises.