课件26张PPT。UnderstandingPeopleBOOK6 Unit 4Reading Focal Points: 1. Enable students to use different reading skills2. Develop the students’ reading abilityStudy Aims
1. Develop students’ reading ability
2. Understand the text .
3. Experience the change of love between father and sonDifficult Points
1. Understand the long and difficult sentences
(1). I would inwardly be restless and shy at the unwanted attention.
(2). Once there, he would take firm hold of the handrail until he reached the lower steps that the warmer tunnel air kept ice free
(3). I wonder if he sensed my unwillingness to be seen with him during our walk. If he did, I am sorry I would never told him how sorry I was for feeling that way, how shameful I was and how I regretted it.
2. how to improve the students’ reading skillRevision Ask one student to tell us something about Hellen Keller and then the teacher adds to more information and introduce:
develop, devoted, blind, deaf, perseverant, bitterness, diligence, bravery and so on. Checking Preview
Ask students to teach the new words and expressions in ReadingIn your life, you must have come across
a lot of people who do great help to you.
Free Talk1. Can you list some of them?
2. Can you tell us how they help you?
3. Among them, who is the most helpful
and most unforgettable? Can you give
some evidence or story?Prediction1) Who is leaning on somebody else?
2) Who is being leant on?
3) What is the young man’s attitude to the old man’s leaning?If you had such a father, how would you feel when you walk with him.Read and check if the son had the same feeling as yours.SkimmingTo get general ideasThe main idea of the article is_____________Reading Comprehensionthe father and the son have a great rapportScanningTo get detail informationReading Comprehension ⅡRead the article carefully and choose the correct answers.1.“ I was embarrassed to be seen with my father” because ________.
A. my father seemed too severe
B. I felt uneasy when seen with my crippled father
C. my father was unusually short2. Father said ”You set the pace. I will try to adjust to you.” because_____.
A.He wanted me to decide on the speed and he would try to walk at the same speed
B.He wanted me to walk first and then he would adjust my pace
C.He wanted me to slow down my pace so that he could balance his own steps3. It can be inferred from the article that when the weather was fine Father got to the subway station_______.
A. on a child’s sleigh pulled by my sisters or me
B. by holding on to my arm for balance
C. by taking a firm hold of the handrail4. How did Father react when he was given unwanted attention?
A. He would take himself as an object of pity.
B. He would complain a lot about the mistreatment and stress.
C. He would not care about his own “disability” but look for a “good heart” instead.5. According to the article, Father had the following hobbies except _____.
A. playing baseball
B. attending parties
C. ice-skating6. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the article?
A. Father once helped to manage the local baseball team.
B. Father once joined the Navy.
C. Father enjoyed himself a lot at dances and parties though he could only sit and watch.7. What can we infer from the sentence “ I could have done this, too, if things had been different” in Para 9?
A. Father trusted that he himself could have done as well as “ I”, if he were not crippled.
B. Father believed that he himself could have been excellent in the Navy if he had been enrolled.
C. Father was dissatisfied with my performance in the Navy and thus set himself as an example for me.8. How do “I” feel now when Father has been gone for years?
A. I always recall how I complained to Father about trifles and my envy of others’ good fortune.
B. I am always afraid that Father might have sensed my unwillingness to be seen with him.
C. I miss my father a lot and feel regretful and sorry for what I thought about him.ListeningListen to the tape and understand the text better. 1. Do you know your parents’ birthday? 2. Do you give birthday gifts or greeting for them? If yes, how do they react to your gifts / greeting? 3. Do you know their likes and dislikes?4. Do your parents know your birthday?5. Do your parents hold birthday party for you? And give gifts to you or not?Quiz6. Did you misunderstand your parents before?
7. Did you quarrel with your parents before? If you did, how did you solve it?
8. Do you think father and mother care about you in the same way?
1. In the last paragraph, why does the writer say he would put his hand on Father’s arm to regain his own balance? And what is your understanding of “You set the pace. I will try to adjust to you.” in that case?
2. If you were the son, how would you feel toward the father?
3. What is a “good heart” in writer’s view? And what is your understanding of a “good heart”?Work in groups to discuss the following questions.Discussion 11)The author means that his father is just physically crippled, but he seems to be mentally crippled and how he wishes his father was still with him.
2) I would feel very proud of my father because of his determination, understanding heart, courage, and active attitude of life always means a lot to me.
3) A good state of mind or attitude toward life.
A good heart means kindness, benevolence, tolerance, happiness, and full of enthusiasm.
A “good heart” can enlighten and ease our life stress and even misfortune. Everyone can become a better person with a good mind, so the world can become a better place for us to live in. Discussion 21. What is your most deep impression on your father?
2. In the process of growing up, what can you learn from him?Homework1. Read the text and review the new words.
2. Preview Word Power and do the exercises
3. Does anyone around you have a “good heart”? What makes you think him/her has a good heart? Write a passage to tell us about it.(100词左右)
Useful words: Lean severely despite engage shameful envious grow up trifle