Unit 8 Culture Shapes Us.Lesson 44 Popular Sayings. 教案

Unit 8 Culture Shapes Us
Lesson 44 Popular Sayings
1. Analysis of the Students
The students of Grade 9 have mastered certain vocabularies，expressions and structures. They also have the abilities of self-teaching and working in groups. Most of them are willing to express their opinions in English.【出处：21教育名师】
2. Analysis of Teaching Content
Lesson 44 is the second lesson in Unit 8, Book 5.This unit focus on the subject Culture shapes us. Students cares about the subject because it is close to everyone. Lesson 44 mainly talks about the popular sayings in Chinese and English.【版权所有：21教育】
【知识目标】
1. To master the words: society, pound, whether, human, generation, wealthy, penny, foolish
2. To master the phrases: walks of life, in common, be similar to, other than, human being.
【能力目标】
Improve the students’ ability of speaking, listening, reading and writing. To know some popular sayings.21世纪教育网版权所有
【情感目标】
Create the students' spirit of cooperation.
【教学重点】
To master the words and phrases.
【教学难点】
Talk about the popular sayings in Chinese and English.www.21-cn-jy.com

Tape recorder, Multimedia
Step 1. Warm-up
Free talk: 1. Do you know any English or Chinese sayings? What are they?
Do you use sayings in your daily life? Give an example.21cnjy.com
Step 2. Presentation
Explain the words according to the pictures.
Read the Chinese sayings below and find the matching English expressions from the lesson.
Explain the language points:
encourage sb. to do sth. “鼓励某人做某事”。
My parents often encourage me to study hard.
父母经常鼓励我努力学习。
whether conj. 是否；不管；无论
(1) whether常与or连用，表示一种选择，意为”或者……或者……；不管是……还是……”。
(2) whether可引导宾语从句，可与if互换使用；whether也可引导表语从句；还可引导同位语从句。2·1·c·n·j·y
e.g. Jake goes to school every day whether by bike or by bus.21·世纪*教育网
杰克每天或骑车或坐公共汽车去学校。
He doesn’t know whether to go to our school or not.21*cnjy*com
他不知道是否该去大学。
in common “共同 ( 做 ) 的；共用的；公有的”。
He and his brother have no background in common.
詹妮和丹尼没有共同的背景。
In common with many Chinese, He likes dumplings very much. 21·cn·jy·com
同很多中国人一样，他非常喜欢吃饺子。
other than“不同于，非；除了”。
The fact is quite other than what you think.
事实和你想得完全不一样。
She sang other than perfectly.
她唱得远非尽善尽美。
Step 3. Practice
Listen and follow to the tape.
Fill in the blanks using the sayings from the lesson.21教育网
_________________. We warmly welcome you to visit our factory.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
_____________________. It is very important to make a good start.www-2-1-cnjy-com
Cleaning the room will not take long if we all help. You know________________________.
_____________________________. We should do more and speak less.
Although you failed the exam, you shouldn’t give up. Remember____________________.
Check the answers.
Practice the text in groups.
Step 4. Consolidation
Work in pairs: Discuss the meanings of the following sayings. 2-1-c-n-j-y
Write as many sayings as possible in groups according to your memory.
Make sentences with the sayings you have learned.
Enjoy a story and get the saying: Don’t judge a book by its cover. 【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
Step5. Homework
1. Listen and read.
2. Finish exercises of this lesson.
3. Find more sayings after class.
略。