Unit 8 Lesson 44
教学目标
1.The new words: simple, generation, wealthy, wise, foolish, light, whether, image
2.Although sayings are usually simple and easy to remember, they are full of deep meaning.
3.These sayings help people understand the world and form good habits, or encourage people to work hard.
核心素养
实践创新
Practical Innovation
1. Labor awareness: To talk about festivals with the words and phrases we’ve learnt.
2. The use of technology:To talk about the culture differences between China and the West
教学重点
Do you know the English for the Chinese saying “ai wu ji wu”
教学难点
Human beings share similar hopes and fears.
教学过程
一、导入新课
Think about it
Do you know any English or Chinese sayings What are they
Do you use sayings in your daily life Give an example.
Lead in
If you want to tell someone that when something goes wrong, we can find a way to remedy it and prevent further losses we can say,“It's never too late to mend.”
If you want to tell someone that when you do more,you’ll get the hang of (掌握) it and do it better, you can say,“Practice makes perfect.”
“No pain, no gain.”tells us the truth: Everyone can succeed through hard work.
爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog.
百闻不如一见 One look is worth a thousand words.
好事不出门,坏事传千里 Bad news travels fast.
活到老学到老 Never too old to learn.
人之初,性本善 Humans are born good.
二、新课讲解
Think about it
Do you know any English or Chinese sayings?What are they
Do you use sayings in your daily life?Give an example.
100个中国成语俗语的英文翻译
https://mp.weixin./s/6P36oCwkmG_tfMW18SWFow
Lead in
Do you know any English or Chinese sayings
What are they
千学不如一看,千看不如一练。
马看牙板,人看言行。
不经冬寒,不知春暖。
A cat has 9 lives.
A cat may look at a king.
Actions speak louder than words.
Language points
1. Although sayings are usually simple and easy to remember, they are full of deep meaning.
“be + 形容词 + 不定式”表示“很……做某事”,
短语be full of 与be filled with 同义,意为“充满、装满”。
e.g.
Her life is full of happiness.
她的生活充满快乐。
2. These sayings help people understand the world and form good habits, or encourage people to work hard.
help somebody do something 意为“帮助某人做某事”,还可说help somebody to do something;
encourage somebody to do something 表示“鼓励某人做某事”,这里用不定式作宾语补足语。
e.g.
Jenny often helps me (to) speak English.
詹妮经常帮助我讲英语。
3.Whether the sayings are in Chinese, English, or any other language, they share something in common.
①whether 作“是……还是……”讲时,表示一种选择,其后可以跟不定式短语。
e.g.
I don't know whether to accept the offer or refuse it.
我不知道是接受这个提议还是拒绝它。
② whether 作“是否”讲时,可用来引导名词性从句,即主语从句、宾语从句、表语从句和同位语从句。
e.g.
Whether they consider this opinion or not is not clear.
他们是否考虑这个意见还不清楚。
3.Whether the sayings are in Chinese, English, or any other language, they share something in common.
③ whether 作“无论……还是……”讲时,用于引导让步状语从句。
e.g.
Whether others help you or not, you may rely on my help.
无论别人帮不帮你,你都可以依赖我的帮助。
Work in pairs. Discuss the meanings of the following saying. Can you find the matching Chinese sayings Then make sentences with the sayings you have learned.
A good medicine tastes bitter.良药苦口。
A friend is easier lost than found.
得朋友难,失朋友易。
A good fame is better than a good face.
美名胜过美貌。
All good things come to an end.
天下没有不散的筵席。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一心不能二用。
Exercises
Put the words in the correct order.
1.similar,hopes,fears,beings,human,share,and(.)
Human beings share similar hopes and fears.
2.common,share,they,in,something(.)
They share something in common.
3.sayings,world,help,these,understand,the,people(.)
These sayings help people understand the world.
4.full,meanings,they,of,deep,are(.)
They are full of deep meanings.
5.old,ever,those,you,have,heard,sayings( )
Have you ever heard those old sayings
三、摘要
Words:
society, generation, wealthy, penny, pound, foolish, whether, human
Phrases:
be full of, help sb. do sth., be similar to, other than
Sentences:
Although sayings are usually simple and easy to remember, they are full of deep meaning.
These sayings help people understand the world and form good habits, or encourage people to work hard.
Whether the sayings are in Chinese, English, or any other language, they share something in common.
And “Every dog has his day” is similar to the Chinese saying “shi nian he dong, shi nian he xi”.
Although Chinese sayings use images of animals or things other than dogs, the meanings are almost the same.
四、作业
1. Talk about sayings with your parents.
2. Collect more sayings and lean their deep meanings.
3. Learn and remember the words and phrases we’ve learnt in this lesson.