Module 5 Lao She Teahouse
Unit 1 I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.
一、教学目标
1. Function: Talking about intentions and plans.
2. Structure: Infinitive structures (1): infinitives as objects; verbs followed by infinitives.
3. 单词和短语:
actress, teahouse, offer, end, in the end, no idea, act, show, common, describe,
society, head teacher, college, novel, if, magic, twentieth, college, novel, name
句型:
1) How was it
2) You know, …
3) That’s the main thing.
4) No idea.
5) — Do you want to see the Beijing opera
— Yes, I’d love to.
6) — Do you want to come to Lao She Teahouse with me
— Yes, please. I’d like to go with you.
7) I wanted to see the Beijing Opera.
8) Lingling offered to take me there.
9) We only planned to watch for an hour.
10) We decided to stay for three hours.
11) I hope to understand more next time.
12) — I want to see the Beijing Opera.
—Why don’t we …
3. Skills:
1) Listening and understanding familiar topics (Beijing Opera) finding specific information.
2) Describing intentions and plans in simple language.
3) Reading and understanding the sequence of events.
4) Writing a short passage about favourite play or film.
4. Around the world: Theatres
5. Task: Acting out a scene from a play.
二、重点及难点:
Infinitive structures (1): infinitives as objects; verbs followed by infinitives.
三、教学设计:
Teaching aims:
1. To understand a conversation with infinitives
2. To listen for specific information
3. To describe one’s plan or intention with infinitives
4. To learn some key words and useful expressions.
Teaching Steps:
Step 1 Warming up
Introduce Lao She and Lao She Teahouse.
Step 2 Words and expressions
1. Learn the new words.
2. Read the new words.
Step 3 Work in pairs.
1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 1.
actress dance music play sing teahouse theatre traditional
2. Let Ss look at the pictures in Activity 1, and use the words from the box to talk about them.
Step 4 Listening
1. Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 2.
1) Betty often sees / wants to see some traditional Beijing opera.
2) Betty knows / doesn’t know Lao She Teahouse.
3) Lingling says that the opera is easy / difficult to understand.
2. Play the recording once without stopping.
3. Let Ss listen and underline the correct words.
4. Play the recording again and ask the students to check the answers with a partner.
5. Check the answers.
6. Listen again and fill in the blanks.
Lingling: Hi, Betty.
Betty: Hi, Lingling. I’d like to see the traditional _______________.
Lingling: Do you want to come to Lao She _________ with me
Betty: What’s Lao She Teahouse
Lingling: You can ______________________ there and drink tea at the same time.
Betty: Yes, please. ___________________. You can tell me what’s happening.
Lingling: Yes, it’s quite difficult to understand the story! Just watch the __________________, listen to the music and try to enjoy it.
Step 5 Listen and read.
1. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.
1) How long did Lingling and Betty plan to watch the traditional Beijing Opera
2) Does Tony know about Lao She
2. Read the conversation and choose the right answers.
1) Betty and Lingling went to a ____ last night.
A. cinema B. teahouse C. hotel
2) —Who took Betty there
—_____
A. Lingling. B. Betty’s parents.
3) —Has Betty ever heard of Lao She —______
A. No, she hasn’t B. Yes, she has.
4) — Who was Lao She
—_____
A. A singer. B. A teacher. C. A writer.
3. Read again and check the true sentences.
1) Tony went to Lao She Teahouse with Betty and Lingling.
2) Betty understood the opera.
3) Lingling and Betty stayed longer than they planned.
4) Betty enjoyed the opera.
5) Betty would like to go to the opera again.
6) Betty knew about Lao She before she went to the teahouse.
5. Ask the students to check the answers with a partner.
6. Check the answers.
7. Role play the conversation.
Step 6 Language points
1. You know I want to see the Beijing Opera, so Lingling offered to take me there.
你知道我想去看京剧, 所以玲玲就主动带我去了那里。
offer v. 提供, 供应; 提议, 提出
offer to do sth. 主动提出做某事
e.g. That boy offered the old man help.
= That boy offered help to the old man.
那个男孩主动帮助这个老人。
offer v. 提供; 供应
offer sb. sth. / offer sth. to sb. 向某人提供某物
e.g. Linda offered to help me with my English yesterday.
Linda昨天主动提出帮我学英语。
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) Sam刚才主动提出擦黑板。
Sam ________ _______ _______ the blackboard just now.
2) 上学期学校给Jim提供了一个去英国学习的机会。
The school ________ _______ _______ _______ to go to study in the UK last term.
Keys: 1) offered to clean
2) offered Jim a chance
2. It was difficult to understand the words.
京剧的唱词太难了。
本句是动词不定式作主语的用法。为了保持句子平衡,常用it作形式主语放在句首,而将真正的主语(即动词不定式)放在后面。
e.g. To learn English well is important.
= It’s important to learn English well.
注意:单个动词不定式(短语)在句中作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。
3. We only planned to watch for an hour, but in the end, we stayed for three hours.
我们原计划只看一个小时,但最后我们待了三个小时。
end n. (时间的)最后一段,末尾
in the end 最后;终于
at the end of 在……的末尾
e.g. You can see a hospital at the end of the street.
In the end, the little girl found her mom.
end v. 结束;终止
既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词
e.g. The movie will end at 5:45 p.m.
The accident ended her career.
【语境应用】完成句子。
1) 姑娘们决定以一首歌结束这出戏。
The girls decided to ___________________________.
2) 他们六月底到达了纽约。
They arrived in New York ____________________.
3) 最后,他们队输掉了那场重要的比赛。
____________________, their team lost that important game.
Keys:1) end this / the play with a song
2) at the end of June
3) In the end
4. Tony: Who is Lao She
Betty: No idea. Ask Lingling.
托尼:老舍是谁?
贝蒂:不知道。问问玲玲吧。
No idea是I have no idea的缩写。相当于I don’t know。
e.g. She has no idea what they are talking about.
— Do you know how old our teacher is
— No idea. She looks pretty young.
Step 7 Summary
1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 4.
actress difficult end main offer
2. Read through the passage.
Betty wanted to see the Beijing opera, so Lingling (1) ________ to take Betty to Lao She Teahouse. The words of the opera were (2) ________ to understand, but the actors and (3) __________ were excellent. They only planned to watch for an hour, but in the (4) ________, they stayed for three hours. Betty thought it was interesting — that was the (5) ________ thing!
3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.
4. Ask the students to check the answers with a partner.
5. Check the answers.
Step 8 Pronunciation and speaking
1. Play the recording once without stopping.
2. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to repeat.
1) — Do you want to see the Beijing opera
— Yes, I’d love to.
2) — Do you want to come to Lao She Teahouse with me
— Yes, please. I’d like to go with you.
3. Ask the students to listen and mark the intonation.
4. Ask Ss to listen again and repeat.
Step 9 Work in pairs.
1. Ask the students to read the conversations in Activity 5 aloud.
2. Complete the sentences.
1) I want to ___________ next week.
2) They offered to ___________.
3) I hope to ___________ one day.
4) My parents agree to ____________ on Saturday.
3. Summary
动词不定式
“to+动词原形”, 我们称之为动词不定式。
动词不定式作谓语动词的宾语。
后接动词不定式作宾语的常见动词有:plan, hope, want, decide, try, agree, learn, love, offer, promise等。
Step 10 Speaking
1. Talk about something you’d like to do or see.
— I want to go to Xinjiang and ride horses.
…
2. Give some examples:
go skiing
have a picnic in the forest
Step 11 Summary
最后;终于 in the end
不知道 no idea
京剧 the Beijing Opera
下次 next time
主动提出做某事 offer to do sth.
计划做某事 plan to do sth.
带……到…… take … to ...
因……而闻名 be famous for ...
想要做某事 would like to do sth.
How was it 它怎么样?
That's the main thing. 这是最主要的。
Step 12 Exercises
Ⅰ.根据语境,从方框中选择恰当的短语填空,注意形式变化。
1. —What's the matter with Tom He looks sad.
—________________. Let's go and ask him.
2. Don't worry. Everything will be all right ________________.
3. This town ________________ its beautiful buildings in the 18th century.
4. Tony will go to Mei Lanfang Theatre to enjoy the ________________ this evening.
5. —Please do not make so many mistakes ________________.
—OK, I won't.
Ⅱ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子,每空一词(含缩略形式)。
1. Jack刚才主动提出做家务。
Jack _______ _______ _______ housework just now.
2. Dylan计划今天下班后拜访那个女演员。
Dylan _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ after work today.
3. Leila希望明年加入网球俱乐部。
Leila _______ _______ _______ the tennis club next year.
4. 独自在国外生活是很困难的。
_______ _______ _______ _______ in a foreign country by oneself.
5. 这周末爸爸将带我去茶馆。
Dad will _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ this weekend.
Step 13 Homework
Write something you’d like to do or see. You can use the following sentence patterns.
I want to ________________.
I hope to _________________.
I plan to __________________.