【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ress their own ideas in English. Teaching Aids: Tape recorder, pictures, MP4, stories, puter, projector. Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Review Ask some students to read the plete sentences of as a revision of words study. Explain some difficult points if necessary. Step 2. Intensive Reading 8 1. Lead the students to listen to the passage so as to review the basic idea of it. 2. Explain some important language points. 1) thank sb. for sth: say or write one is grateful to sb. because of sth. 為某事而感謝某人 eg. The old man thanked me for helping him. I have to thank you for the present. 2) be/get caught up in: be/get absorbed or involved in 被卷入，陷入 eg. The country didn’t want to get caught up in another country’s war. He is very busy, for he often gets caught up in everyday things. 3) take the time to do sth: use the time to do sth. 花時(shí)間做某事 eg. He takes the time to visit his mother every month. take some time to do sth. It takes/took sb. some time to do sth. 4) on the occasion of: at the time of (a certain event) 在?之際 eg. We bought her the picture on the occasion of her 70th birthday. I send you my best wishes on the occasion of your silver wedding anniversary. 6) tady amp。 late : tardy 和 late 都含遲的、晚的意思。 tardy 指不及時(shí)做某事的、行動(dòng)遲緩的、 遲于預(yù)定時(shí)間的。 eg. Two of the pupils were tardy this morning. Summer came late that year. 6) There was nothing quite so humbling as?? :最為丟臉的事莫過(guò)于?? 英語(yǔ)中，句型“否定詞 +so+形容詞 /副詞 +as”可以表示最高級(jí)， 意思是“沒(méi)有?比?更?”。 eg. Nothing is so difficult as to decide. There are none so blind as those who will not see. 7) take up: fill or occupy (the specified time or space) 占去（時(shí)間或地方） eg. Move over! You’re taking up far too much room. This work takes up all my time. 8) (right) to the point: (in a way that is) relevant and appropriate 切題的（地）；切中的（地）；中肯的（地） eg. His words were short and to the point. P. 85 Ex. 7 9 9) be afraid to do amp。 be afraid of afraid 可用于 be afraid of 結(jié)構(gòu)和 be afraid to do 結(jié)構(gòu)，前者表示 worried or anxious (about doing sth.) in case one does wrong, or makes a mistake (怕做 某事 )。 而后者側(cè)重表示 not want to do sth. because of fear (因?yàn)閾?dān)心后果嚴(yán) 重而不敢 也不愿做某事 )。 eg. He is afraid to go there. We are never afraid to lay down our lives for the right cause. She was afraid to leave the room, afraid of missing the call. 10) give/lend a (helping) hand: give help 給予幫助，助一臂之力 eg. If you are in trouble, I can give a hand. 11) on one’s own: alone。 with no help from others 獨(dú)自一人，獨(dú)立地 eg. Ever since her father’s death, Mary has been on her own. Did he do this on his own? Don’t leave me on my own in this terrible place. 12) keep sb. from doing sth.: stop sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事， 防止某人做某事 eg. She held onto the tree to keep herself from falling. 13) go hungry: bee hungry :挨餓 此處 go 作連系動(dòng)詞，表示“變得， 成為” 。 eg. go pale 臉發(fā)白 go mad 發(fā)瘋 go blind 失明 14) be grateful (to sb.) for (sth.): feel thankful (to sb.) because of (sth.) eg. I am grateful to your for your help. 15) look back (on/upon): think about one’s past 回顧，回憶 eg. He looks back on his childhood with joy. Step 3. Practice 1. Ask the students to make up some sentences with the languages points that they have just learnt. 2. Lead the students to discuss and do Ex. 6 3. Lead the students to discuss and try to translate the given sentences with the newlylearnt expressions. Step 4. Assignment 10 Summary. Firstly, ask the students to bine the topic sentences we have identified in each paragraph, and assign them in small groups to work out a short version of the story told in this text. Finally, ask two or three students to retell the story. Review some of the key words by doing exercises. References: Oxford dictionary, EnglishChinese dictionary, teacher’s book, Theories and Practices of English Teaching, Questions and Issues on Language Teaching, resources on the inter. After Class Notes: The passage is a letter written by a son on the Mother’s Day. The students are familiar with this day and also feel so grateful to their own mothers, so they may learn the text fast and express their ideas correctly and clearly. 11 Unit 4 Run Like the Wind Teaching subject: Freshmen in The Department of Fine Art. Lesson Content: Vocabulary, text ARun Like the Wind, grammar viewVerb tenses(4) reading skillstopic sentence, Basic writing skills. Teaching Aims: 1) The students will know what to say when they want to express their personal interests. 2) The students will be able to grasp the basic skills necessary to state likes and dislikes. Methodology: Taskbased Language Teaching. Information gap activities, opinion sharing activities, reasoning activities, done in pairs or groups. Any language can be used to plete the tasks. Key Issue: 1) How to lead the students to change their way of thinking and get used to thinking in English. 2) How to lead them to make dialogues according to different situation in an appropriate way. Potential Problems and Difficulties: 1) How to help the students to master so many new words which are considered dull by the students. 2) How to anize a classroom discussion or activity to help them express their own ideas in English. Teaching Aids: Tape recorder, pictures, MP4, stories, puter, projector. Teaching Procedures: Step 1. Review Ask some students to read the plete sentences of as a revision of words study. Explain some difficult points if necessary. Step 2. Intensive Reading 12 3. Lead the students to listen to the passage so as to review the basic idea of it. 4. Explain some important language points. 4) up a