湖南省茶陵縣高中英語 Unit 2 Language Project教案 牛津譯林版必修3

Unit 2 LanguageProject Designing a bookletTeaching Aims:l To help students to understand the development of Chinese characters and the story of Braille.l To help students to learn useful words and phrasesl To apply what they have learnt to prepare a booklet about languages Teaching Procedure:Step One: Reading1. Show students some pictures about old Chinese pictograph and let them guess what they are. Ask them to think about how Chinese characters developed.2. Ask them to read the article and answer some questions.3. Ask them to read again and get the main idea of each paragraph.4. Ask them to read the article about the story of Braille to know more about the Braille, then ask them where can they see Braille.4. Help them to learn some useful phrases and important words.5. Ask them to fill in the blanks to consolidate language points.Step Two: make a booklet about languages Planning Preparing Producing Presenting Step Three: language points1. The Chinese language differs from Western language in that, instead of analphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. 漢語與西方語言不同，區(qū)別在于它不使用字母，而是用漢字表示思想、物體和行為。 differ vi. 相異，相區(qū)別 differ from 和不同，不同于e.g. China differs greatly from the USA in politics and culture. = China is very different from the USA in politics and culture. 中國和美國在政體和文化方面有很大的不同。 stand for 代表，象征，擁護e.g. UN stands for the United Nations. UN是聯(lián)合國的縮寫。 John always stands for what is right. 約翰一貫支持正確的事情。2. Then he had the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects.于是他想到可以用不同的形狀來代表不同物體。 represent vt. 代表，展示e.g. He represented himself to be the Son of God. 他自稱是救世主。 His opinion represents that of the majority. 他代表了大多數(shù)人的觀點。3. Some characters have been simplified and others have been made more difficult over time.一些漢字被簡化了，而另一些則變得更加復(fù)雜。 simplify vt. 簡化e.g. Try to simplify your explanation for the children. 試著簡化你對孩子們所作的解釋。4. However, as a whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms.不過總的來說，漢字從圖畫發(fā)展成了標準形式。 as a whole 總的來說，總體上e.g. As a whole, it is very hot in Nanjing during the summer. 總的說來，南京的夏天相當熱。5. Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together.有時為了表達概念，某些漢字由兩個或多個漢字組合而成。 combine vt./vi. 組合；(使)聯(lián)合e.g. The two countries combined together against their enemy. 這兩個國家聯(lián)合起來對抗他們的敵人。6. Though these kinds of characters indicate meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they do not show how they should be pronounced.雖然這幾種類型的漢字能夠表意，但是它們的缺點之一是其字形不具有表 音的功能。indicate vt. 顯示，暗示，象征e.g. The sign at the entrance indicates that there are bears in the mountains, so visitors should be careful. 入口處的指示牌標明山中有熊，所以游客需要當心。Researches indicate that the wide use of computers has changed the way of life of many young people.研究表明，電腦的廣泛使用改變了許多年輕人的生活方式。Step Four: Homework:Do parts B1 and B2 on Page 99Do parts D1 and D2 on Page 101Review the words and phrases in this unit - 3 -