Module 7 Great books
Unit 1 We are still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.
[学习目标]
知识与技能：1. 能听懂谈论人物或文学作品的对话。
2. 能够谈论自己喜欢的书籍和作家。
过程与方法：通过自主互助与合作的方法，以听促说，听说结合，提高学生听力、口语表达能力以及合作交流能力。
情感目标：通过学习，树立好读书、多读书的意识，通过读书，不断丰富自己的学识。
文化意识：通过学习，加深对中国传统文化的了解，加强对西方著名作家、戏剧家及其文学作品的了解。
[重点难点]
能够熟练运用一般现在时的被动语态谈论自己喜欢的书籍和作家。
[课前准备] Search some information about the famous writer Lu Yao from the Internet, and learn about his representative works--- The Ordinary world, then choose your favourite character.
(运用网络搜索有关作家路遥及代表作《平凡的世界》的信息，引起学生学习兴趣，激发学习积极性，更有利“说”环节的顺利开展。 )
Grammar
课前各组长带领组员复习一般现在时的被动语态，按要求完成各题
1、一般现在时被动语态的构成：______________________________
2、中考链接
1）Every year lots of trees ___ to make our country more beautiful.
A. is planted??B. was planted??C. are planted??D. were planted (山东莱芜市)
2）--What languages ____ in that country?
--German and English. （2013年天津）
A. are speaking? B. are spoken? C. speak?? D. is spoken
3）The pet dog is warm and loving, It ______ as a daughter of my family.
A. treats B. treated C. is treated D. was treated 【2014河北】
4）Every day, too much water _______ in our school. We should save it.
A. is wasted B. wastes C. was wasted D. wasted【2014陕西】
3、将下列句子改为被动语态
1）Confucius’s ideas still influence us.
______________________________________________________________
2）Millions of people read his plays.
(本环节由学生在课前自主完成，既是对上一节语法课知识的巩固，又为本节“听说”中被动语态的运用夯实基础。 )
[学习过程]
Step1 Lead-in
Read the sentences and predict(预测) what we will learn this class.
1. But I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer. 我更愿意把孔子描述为教师兼思想家，而非作家。
describe…as… “把……描述为……”
more…than… 在本文中指“与其说……不如说……”
2. Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today.
莎士比亚的戏剧现在对我们来说也仍然很有意义。
Please write down the words you can think of. （work in groups）
(利用重难点句子预测本节课学习内容来导入新课，目的在于复习本单元的新单词，游戏形式展现本课目标还能激发学生学习兴趣。本环节需要小组合作完成，并鼓励中层学生大胆发言。 )
Step2 Pre-listening
Let’s talk: Look at the pictures and say who the people are and why they are famous. (You can use the words and expressions in step1. )
(通过对孔子、莎士比亚、马克吐温三位名人的描述，为学生创设真实情境，有利于说的训练；同时在这个环节中，运用对话中的信息组织语言，为听做好铺垫。)
Step3 Listening
Listen and complete the sentences.
1. Confucius is well-known in __________________.
2. Shakespeare wrote______________________.
3. Mark Twain’s stories are set _________________ of the US.
（在进行了大量的信息铺垫后，听力也会简单易行。）
Step4 Dialogue
读前听
1. Listen to the dialogue and choose the answers.
1) How?many?great?people?are?mentioned?in?the?dialogue???
A.?Two?? B?Three? ?C.?Four
2) What?is?Mr Jackson’s?favourite?book??
A.?New??Standard??B.?Great?books?C.?The?adventures?of?Tom?Sawyer
Listen and check the true sentences.
1) Betty wants to join an Internet group to discuss great books. ( )
2) Betty’s great writers are Confucius and Mark Twain. ( )
Mark Twain is an English writer in the nineteenth century. ( )
Shakespeare’s plays make a lot of sense to us today. ( )
（让学生在充分听的基础上，再往下进行, 并在常规听力练习中进一步提高学生听的能力。）
听后读
Read the dialogue，then match the people with the descriptions (Activity 3).
(在听力结束后再进行阅读，旨在加强语言输入，有利接下来的环节更顺利的进行。）
听后说 Talk about The Ordinary world by Lu Yao. (Fill in the blanks , then talk about The Ordinary world with your partners.)
A：Hello, what’s up?
B：I want to join an Internet group to discuss great books by great writers.
A：Who are your great writers?
B：_________.
A：I accept that he is great because _____________________________. He was __________________. And ____________ is my favourite.
B: Who’s your favourite character in this book?
A: ____________ because _______________________________________.
（在听力结束后进行小组活动，通过谈论著名作家路遥以及他的作品《平凡的世界》中的人物来掌握重点句型，体会语言，以便更好地达到听说结合的效果。）
Step5 Summary
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
[Homework]
Write a review of your favourite book.
（作业的设计旨在学以致用，并利用作业顺利进入Unit2的学习，在与课文进行学习比较后再加工，进一步提高写的能力。）
Module 7 Great books
Unit 1 We are still influenced by Confucius’s ideas.
评测练习
基础练习
一、写出下列词组。
1. 为.……写评论 _________ 2. 我们每个人 ___________
3. 加入网络小组 _________ 4. 参加讨论 ____________
5. 在19世纪 __________ 6. 一个明智的人 __________
7．伟大的作家 __________ 8. 顺便说一下 _____________
二、用所给中文或单词的适当形式填空。
1. Today, Chinese people are still _______ (影响) by Confucius’s ideas.
2. She looks so happy, I________ (猜想) that she won first place in the singing competition.
3. Mark Twain is as________ (著名的) as Charles Dickens.
3. The Arabian Nights is _________ (think) to be a great book.
4. Our classroom _________ (clean) three times a day, so it is always very clean..
5. All of us are _________ (amaze) at the _________ (amaze) news.
三、句型转换，改为被动语态。
1）Confucius’s ideas still influence us.
___________________________________________________________
2）Millions of people read his plays.
___________________________________________________________
学习拓展
一、单项选择：
1）Every year lots of trees ___ to make our country more beautiful.
A. is planted B. was planted C. are planted D. were planted
2）---What languages ____ in that country?
---German and English.
A. are speaking B. are spoken C. speak D. is spoken
3）The pet dog is warm and loving, it ______ as a daughter of my family.
A. treats B. treated C. is treated D. was treated
4）Every day, too much water _______ in our school. We should save it.
A. is wasted B. wastes C. was wasted D. wasted
5）Experts ________ to make suggestions to help him develop.
A. will invite B. are invited C. have invited
6）Han Han’s books are popular. They ______ by many teenagers.
A. are reading B. are read C. were read
7）—Don’t you see the sign “No Parking!” on the right?
—Sorry, I didn’t. But now I know parking______ here.
A. wasn’t allowed B. isn’t allowed
C. won’t allow D. doesn’t allow
二、完形填空
World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by UNESCO(取合国教科文组织）in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of 1 .
Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy 2 of special prices, much lower than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year 3 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Premier Wen Jiabao does lots of reading 4 he’s very busy. On World Book Day 2009, he 5 people to do more reading. He suggested that young people should spend more time reading. “Books can’t change the world, but people can change the world by changing 6 through reading.” he said.
Reading can benefit (有益于）people 7 . Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent. Reading helps us to follow the 8 development of science and technology. Reading 9 us with information about other culture and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things 10 are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain 11 about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the mo re we know. The more we know, the 12 we become. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language 13 English. We all know that we 14 learn everything at school, for example, the ways of English people are speaking and writing today.
“Reading makes a full man.” Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of materials can help us know more about the outside world and perfect us. 15 , it is necessary for us to form a habit of reading every day.
( ) 1. A. listening B. speaking C. reading D. writing
( ) 2. A. clothes B. dictionaries C. computers D. books
( ) 3. A. since B. in C. from D. by
( ) 4. A. because B. though C. through D. when
( ) 5. A. allowed B. ordered C. called on D. introduced
( ) 6. A. ourselves B. yourselves C. themselves D. itself
( ) 7. A. in many ways B. by the way
C. in any way D. in the way
( ) 8. A. earlier B. later C. latest D. late
( ) 9. A. shares B. gets C. opens D. provides
( ) 10. A. those B. that C. where D . how
( ) 11. A. think B. to think C. talk D. to talk
( ) 12. A. outstanding B. prettier C. smarter D. outgoing
( ) 13. A. like B. at C. about D. towards
( ) 14. A. can B. can’t C. might D. have to
( ) 15. A. So B. However C. Now that D. Therefore
三、阅读理解
Hemingway was one of the famous writers. He was born in America in 1899. His father was a doctor and loved sports very much, and his mother taught music. Among the six children in the family, Hemingway was the second oldest. Hemingway had written many books in his life. The Old Man and the Sea is one of the most famous and also my favourite. It came out in 1952. The main char actor in the book is a fisherman. He is an old man and fishes alone. People think he is a man with bad luck, because he doesn’t get a fish in eighty-four days. Every evening, he comes home with his empty boat. But the old man believes himself. Then on the eighty-fifth day the man takes a big fish. Although he meets a lot of trouble, the old man never gives up(放弃).
( ) 1. Hemingway’s father was a fan of _______.
A. books B. sports C. music D. art
( ) 2. The Old Man and the Sea was published(出版) in _______.
A. 1 852 B. 1899 C. 1952 D. 1989
( ) 3. The old man doesn’t get a fish until the _______ day.
A. fifteenth B. eightieth C. eighty -fourth D. eighty-fifth
( ) 4. What does the old man do when he can’t get a fish?
A. He has to look for food somewhere else.
B. He doesn’t give up fishing.
C. He doesn’t fish any more.
D. He has nothing to do.
( )5. What can we learn from the old man?
A. When we are in trouble, we should not give up.
B. When we want to fish, we can get a big fish.
C. We can do everything well because we are young.
D. We can live a better life if we like fishing
四、中考链接——书面表达：
4月23日是“世界读书日”(the World Book and Copyright Day)，你将代表学校参加全市举办的英文演讲比赛，请你就以下要点写一篇演讲稿。
【写作要点】
① 每年4月23日人们举办各种活动，鼓励更多的人热爱读书；
② 许多名著至今仍然流行，例如，孔子的论著(Confucius’ works) 现在仍被很多人阅读；
③ 我把大部分空闲时间花在阅读名著上，他们对我的思想产生很大影响；
④ 我常跟家人和朋友分享读书的乐趣；
⑤ 我最喜爱读的书是……，因为……
【写作要求】
1、词数90左右;
2、短文的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数;
3、文中需包括所有写作要点,但不要逐字翻译,可适当加入过渡语句,使短文通顺、连贯;
4、文中不能出现考生真实姓名和学校名称。
Good morning, everyone! Today is the World Book and Copyright Day. It started in 1995.
______________________________________________________________
I wish you will enjoy reading as much as I do. Thank you!
答案：学习拓展
一、单项选择
1-----7 C B C A B B B
二、完形填空
1-----5 C D A B C 6-----10 C A C D B 11-----15 B C A B D
三、阅读理解
1-----5 B C D B A
四、中考链接——书面表达
Good morning, everyone! Today is the World Book and Copyright Day. It started in 1995.
In order to encourage more people to read more books, all kinds of activities are held on April 23rd. Till now many famous books are popular, such as Confucius’ works by Confucius are still read by many people. I spend most of my free time reading famous books which affect me greatly. I often share my happiness of reading books with my family and friends. Of all the books, I like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain best. It tells how young people grow, how people love each other and how bad people pay for their actions.
I wish you will enjoy reading as much as I do. Thank you!
课件17张PPT。Unit 1
We're still influenced by Confucius's ideas. Module7 Great books课前任务：各组长带领组员复习一般现在时的被动语态，按要求完成各题。grammarStep1 Lead-inRead the sentences and predict(预测) what we will learn.
1. But I think I’d describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer. 我更愿意把孔子描述为教师兼思想家，而非作家。
describe…as… “把……描述为……”
more…than… 在本文中指“与其说……不如说……”
2. Shakespeare’s plays also make a lot of sense to us today.
莎士比亚的戏剧现在对我们来说也仍然很有意义。
Please write down the words you can think of. Let’s talk:What do you know about him?Confucius 孔子/ k?n'fju:?i?s /Confucius was a great teacher and thinker in ancient China, and he is well-known in many countries. He was a wise man. we are still influenced by his ideas. Let’s talk:What do you know about him?William ShakespeareHe was a great English writer. He wrote plays and poems. And he wrtoe many famous works like Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and so on. His plays also make a lot of sense to us today.
Let’s talk:What do you know about him?Mark TwainHe was a great American writer. His funny stories are set in the south of the US. I suppose he isn’t as well-known as Confucius, but his works are still popular.Listen and complete the sentences. 1. Confucius is well-known in ______________.
2. Shakespeare wrote___________________.
3. Mark Twain’s stories are set ___________
of the US.many countriesplays and poemsin the southStep3 Listening
1.?How?many?great?people?are?mentioned?
in?the?dialogue???
A.?Two?? B?Three? ?C.?Four 2.?What?is?Mr Jackson’s?favourite?book??
A.?New??Standard??
B.?Great?books??
C.?The?adventures?of?Tom?SawyerStep4 DialogueListen and answer the questionsListen and check the true sentences.ShakespeareAmerican1 Confucius
2 Shakespeare
3 Mark Twaina) He was a very wise man.
b) He is not as well-known as the other two people, but his works are still popular.
c) His plays are read by millions of people.
d) He was more a teacher and thinker than a writer.
e) People are still influenced by his ideas.match the people with the descriptionsP57What do you know about him?Lu YaoHe was a great writer in China. He was born in the countryside, so his works are all about the country stories, such as Life, The Ordinary World.Representative WorksLu Yao was well-known for Life in 1982.The Ordinary World was his the most successful work, it won the third Mao Dun Literature Prize in 1988.A：Hello, what’s up?
B：I want to join an Internet group to discuss great books by great writers.
A：Who are your great writers?
B：_________.
A：I accept that he is great because _______ _____________________. He was ________.
And ______________ is my favorite.
B: Who’s your favorite character in this book?
A: _________ because ____________. Let’s talk about The Ordinary world his works are read by many people his works make a lot of sense to us todayLu Yaoa wise mana great writerThe Ordinary WorldHe Xiulianshe is kind and she pays the life for her familyTian XiaoxiaShe's got a heart of gold. It’s a pity that she died for saving a drowning girl Who is the winner?
Summary
[Homework]
Write a review of your
favourite book.
