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let the Ss guess the Chinese meanings. T: Do you think your English is excellent? Look at the sentences and guess their meanings. 老師上課時可帶一本英語習語大詞典,可以讓學生現(xiàn)場查看其意思。 Do you know the meanings of these sentences? Come and take the challenge! Examples : It’s raining cats and dogs now. I have let the cat out of the bag. They lead a catanddog life. Mr. Brown is taking his bird to the movie tonight. He does not want the house。 it always has been a white elephant. I will give him beans. His girlfriend is a peach. S1:貓和狗像下雨那樣往下跳。 S2:我把貓從袋子里放出來了。 S3:他們過著像貓狗一樣的生活,天天都打架。 S4:布朗先生帶著他的寵物鳥去看電影。 S5:... S6:... S7:.. 最好做成PPT,以便及時核對答案。用小黑板,則要用紙把漢語先遮住,待學生說了以后再撕開。 3 Prereading (5mins) Group work Step 1: Present the idioms in 1a. Let the Ss discuss them in groups and guess the meaning. T: Look at these idioms. Discuss them and try to guess the meaning of them. Example : A B a homeless dog a lucky dog a mad dog Every Translate the idioms about dogs into Chinese. S1:流浪狗 S2:瘋狗 S3:一個正在跑的狗 S4:一個正在抓老鼠的狗 S5:一個幸運的狗 S6:每個狗都有它的一天 Ss: Column A is about 學生不能正確翻譯的短語,老師要給出正確的譯文。在展示這些短語時,最好分成兩欄,一欄貶義 ,一欄褒義。老師在解釋的過程中還可以教授新 Individual work dog has its day a running dog a dog catching a mouse T: What’s the difference between Column A and Column B? T: Wonderful! You have got it! The idioms in Column A has negative meaning while the idioms in Column B has positive meaning . That’s to say, even the same animal, people use it differently in different cultures. For example, dogs are considered as friends in western countries and they stand for honest people .But in China we always