Lesson 19: Sayings
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: culture, several, action, fly, as soon as
Oral words and expressions: saying, penny, earn, boil, hatch, judge, prevention, cure, worm, fence, spoil, broth, honey, vinegar, Nick, giggle
Teaching Aims:
1.Know more about the differences between the Chinese and Western table manners.
2. Train the students focus abilities.
3. Cultivate the students’ cooperation abilities.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Understanding the English saying.
2.The expressions of similarities and differences.
3.The past future tense.
Teaching Difficult Points:
重点点拨
(1) 观察下面两个句子,说出 “so” 的用法
A. Many people learn English so they can have more success in business .
B. We teach our class in the evening so you won’t miss work or school .
(2) 请同学们在文中找出含有 “if”的句子.
A. If you join our course, you’ll learn all the business lingo you need .
B. If you pass the final examination , we’ll give you a certificate .
这两个句子都是 “if” 引导的条件状语从句,在这
样的句子中,主句用将来时态,if 引导的从句用一
般现在时态.
搜集了一些商务英语:
1.我们新研制的……已推出上市,特此奉告。
We are pleased to inform you that we have just marketed our newly-developed….
2.我们盼望能成为贵公司的……供应商。
We are pleased to get in touch with you for the supply of...
3.我们的新产品刚刚推出上市,相信您乐于知道。
You will be interested to hear that we have just marketed our new product
Learn the expressions of similarities and differences between Chinese and Western countries on table manners and sayings.
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures
Type of Lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedures:
Step1.Lead in:
The teacher begins the class by discussing the question. It is a group activity. Ask the students to tell the manners at the table.
In the activity, the students will think of many funny stories. Give them chance to speak in front of the class. Praise the groups that act well.
Step2. Listening task:
Listen and answer the following questions:
1.Who does Nick sit beside?
2.Is Nick full at last?
Reading task:
Read and find the new words:
But as soon as his bowl was empty, the grandmother put more in it.
Wu Yang’s little sister giggled.
Let the students make sentences with the new words.
1.Nick ate it all up.
2. The grandmother kept giving him more.
3.Wu Yang was trying not to smile.
Divide the class into several groups in three or four. Guess the meanings of the English sayings.
First let them exchange the meanings of the sayings in the group first. Then exchange the meanings in groups.
Let the students decide which are the correct answers to the English sayings.
Step6. Exercises :
1.I will call you __________(一……就)I come back.
2.You must _________(解释) it to your parents.
3.Although he failed, he kept _________(努力).
4.What _______(其他的) can I do for you?
Step7. Project:
It is a group activity. Divide the class into several groups to finish the task.
The people in the story have a problem. They don’t understand each other very well.
Write an ending for the story.
Explain why you choose you ending. Search more information about the differences between China and western countries at the table.
Summary:
Some English sayings are interesting to Chinese students. They know many Chinese sayings but they don’t know their English meanings. This class gives students chance to match them. It is right to arrange an activity to discuss the English sayings. It is interesting to find the correct Chinese meanings in discussing.
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