Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank NotePeriod 3 Learning about language: Grammar
整体设计
教材分析
This is the third teaching period of this unit. To test whether students have grasped the important and difficult language points they learned in the last period, the teacher should first offer them some revision exercises. Then lead in the new lesson.
This teaching period mainly deals with the new grammar items: 1. noun clauses as the object; 2. noun clauses as the predicative. Students often feel noun clauses abstract and difficult to learn, so it is necessary to make the lesson interesting and lively, and connect it with their daily life in order to let it easy to accept and understand. Firstly, the teacher can ask students to read the play The Million Pound Bank Note again, tick out all the sentences from the play where noun clauses are used as the object and the predicative, and then translate them into Chinese. Secondly, compare and discover the uses of each noun clause by giving a lot of example sentences. Thirdly, do the exercises in Discovering useful structures on Page 21 and more exercises for students to master the related noun clauses. Finally, summarize the use of noun clauses as the object and the predicative and let students make it clear how each noun clause is being used in the situations.
At the end of the class, ask students to do the exercises in Using structures on Page 57 and additional exercises for consolidation.
教学重点
Get students to understand and use noun clauses as the object and the predicative.
教学难点
Enable students to learn how to use noun clauses as the object and the predicative correctly.
三维目标
知识目标
1. Get students to know more about noun clauses.
2. Let students learn noun clauses as the object.
I can’t say that I have any plans.
. . . and he does not know what he should do.
I did not know whether I could survive until morning.
3. Have students learn noun clauses the predicative.
That’s why we’ve given you the letter.
The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand. . .
能力目标
Enable students to use noun clauses as the object and the predicative correctly and properly according to the context.
情感目标
1. Get students to become interested in grammar learning.
2. Develop students’ sense of group cooperation.
教学过程
设计方案(一)
→Step 1 Revision
1. Check the homework exercises.
2. Dictate some new words and expressions.
→Step 2 Leading-in by a game
Play the game of “Pass the message”. Show the same written message to the first person in each team of the class. Ask the person to pass the message on orally in indirect speech as quickly as possible. The first team that finishes it must put up their hands and the last person tells the class the message. If he/she has got it right, that team has won the game.
Example 1:
Message: There will be no homework tonight.
S1: The teacher said that there would be no homework tonight.
Example 2:
Message: The fact is that she has been ill for 3 days.
S1: The teacher said the fact was that she had been ill for 3 days.
→Step 3 Grammar learning
1. Reading and discovering
Ask students to turn back to Page 17 to read through the play The Million Pound Bank Note, let them pick out the sentences using noun clauses as the object and the predicative, read them aloud, and then translate them into Chinese.
Suggested answers:
Sentences using noun clauses as the object:
1. Oliver believes that with a million pound bank note a man could survive a month in London.
奥利弗相信一个拥有一张百万英镑钞票的人可以在伦敦生存一个月。
2. It is Henry Adams, an American businessman, who is lost in London and does not know what he should do.
他叫亨利·亚当斯, 一个美国商人, 在伦敦迷了路, 不知道该怎么办。
3. I wonder, Mr. Adams, if you’d mind us asking a few questions.
亚当斯先生, 不知你是否介意我们问你几个问题。
4. May we ask what you’re doing in this country and what your plans are?
可不可以问问, 你在这个国家要干点什么？你的计划又是什么呢？
5. Well, I can’t say that I have any plans.
嗯, 谈不上有什么计划。
6. I didn’t know whether I could survive until morning.
我不知道是否能活到早晨。
7. I’m afraid I don’t quite follow you, sir.
对不起, 先生, 你的话我没有听懂。
8. If you don’t mind, may I ask you how much money you have?
如果你不介意, 能不能告诉我, 你手头有多少钱？
9. If this is your idea of some kind of joke, I don’t think it’s very funny.
如果你们认为这是一个笑话, 我可一点儿也不觉得好笑。
10. Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll be on my way.
好了, 请原谅, 我想我该上路了。
11. You mustn’t think we don’t care about you.
你千万不要以为我们不在意你的感受。
12. We know you’re hard-working我们知道你工作是很卖力的。
13. Well, why don’t you explain what this is all about?
怎么不给我讲讲, 这究竟是怎么回事呢？
Sentences using noun clauses as the predicative:
1. The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand, which accounts for my appearance.
我是作为一个不拿工资的帮手赚来我的船费的, 这就是我为什么会衣冠不整的原因了。
2. That’s why we’ve given you the letter.
这正是我们给你这封信的原因。
2. Thinking and discussing
Let students read the sentences they picked out, think over and discuss with a partner how each of these noun clauses is being used in the situations. If students have some difficulty, give them a hand.
3. Summing up: noun clauses as the object and the predicative
种类 关联词例句说明
宾语从句 陈述意义 that 1. I believe (that)he is honest.
2. I think (that)he is honest and that he is always keeping his promise.
3. We must realize (that)we should learn English well.
that在从句中不充当任何成分; 在口语或非正式文体中常被省去, 但若从句并列时后面的从句that不能省略。
疑问意义 if whether 1. I don’t know if/whether it is interesting.
2. He doesn’t care if it isn’t a fine day.
3. I wonder whether he will come or not.
4. Everything depends on whether we have enough money.
if和whether一般可以互换, 但当与or not连用和作介词宾语时要用whether, 不能用if; 从句是否定句时一般用if。
特殊疑问意义 who, whom, which, whose, what, when, where, why, etc. 1. Please tell me who will go with you.
2. He isn’t aware of what a terrible thing he has done.
3. I wonder why he hasn’t called me.
4. She always thinks of how she can work well.
5. I wonder where he is going with his classmates.
宾语从句作及物动词的宾语, 也可作介词的宾语。宾语从句用陈述语序。
注1 We must make it clear that anybody who breaks the law will be punished. 如果宾语是复合宾语, 则用it作形式宾语, 将从句放后。
注2 1. We don’t think you are right.
2. I don’t believe he will do so.think, believe, imagine, suppose等的宾语从句, 否定前移到主句中。
表语从句 连词 that whether as if 1. The problem is (that)they can’t get there early.
2. It looks as if it is going to rain.
在非正式的文体中that可以省略。
连接代词 who what which 1. That’s just what I want.
2. The question is who/which of you will be the next speaker.
连接副词 When where why how 1. This is where our problem lies.
2. That is why he didn’t come to the meeting.
表语从句位于主句连系动词之后。
→Step 4 Grammar practice
1. Turn to Page 21. Ask students to do the exercises in Discovering useful structures. Several minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. Give some explanations if necessary.
2. Turn to Page 57. Ask students to do Exercises 1-3. Check the answers after most of them finish.
→Step 5 Closing down by a quiz
Show the following exercises on the screen. Let students finish them within five minutes to see if they have mastered noun clauses as the object and the predicative. Five minutes later, check the answers with the whole class.
1. —What did your parents think about your decision?
—They always let me do ______________ I think I should.
A. when
B. that
C. how
D. what
2. I just wonder ______________ that makes him so excited.
A. why it does
B. what he does
C. how it is
D. what it is
3. A computer can only do ______________ you have instructed it to do.
A. how
B. after
C. what
D. that
4. Someone is ringing the doorbell. Go and see ______________.
A. who is he
B. who he is
C. who is it
D. who it is
5. —Look at what you are doing!
—Ah, I wonder ______________ this boot won’t fit me. I’ve been trying to put it on the wrong foot.
A. how
B. if
C. why
D. that
6. His ability has never been in doubt. The question is ______________ he is prepared to work hard.
A. that
B. when
C. where
D. whether
7. —Are you still thinking about yesterday’s game?
—Oh, that’s ______________.
A. what makes me feel excited
B. whatever I feel excited about
C. how I feel about it
D. when I feel excited
8. You can’t imagine ______________ when they received these nice Christmas presents.
A. how excited they were
B. how they were excited
C. how were they excited
D. they were how excited
9. They make ______________ a rule whoever breaks the law will be punished.
A. it
B. that
C. this
D. what
10. You are saying that everyone should be equal, and this is ______________ I disagree.
A. why
B. where
C. what
D. how
Suggested answers:
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→Step 6 Homework
1. Finish off the workbook exercises.
2. Preview the play The Million Pound Bank Note (Act 1 Scene 4)on Page 22, find the sentences in which noun clauses as the object and the predicative are used, and see if you can identify the use of each noun clause.
设计方案(二)
→Step 1 Revision
1. Check the homework exercises.
2. Translate the following phrases and sentences into English.
1)抚养; 培养; 教育
2)偶然; 无意中
3)盯着看; 凝视
4)导致; 作出解释
5)与此相反; 正相反
6)俱乐部的规定是不允许抽烟。(permit)
7)——不知你是否介意我问你几个问题？
——请问吧。(mind; go ahead)
8)事实上, 当他进入办公室时是偶然被保安发现的。(spot)
9)说实话, 我从来没有喜欢过他。(to be honest)
→Step 2 Warming up
Tell students that noun clauses can be used for different purposes. They can be used as the subject, the object, the predicative and the appositive. Ask them to read through the play and find out at least ten sentences that contain noun clauses as the object and the predicative. Then let them explain the meanings and discuss in pairs how each of the noun clauses is being used in the situations.
→Step 3 Learning the grammar
1. Ask students to turn to Page 91 and learn the grammar Noun Clauses by themselves.
2. Encourage them to ask as many questions as possible. Give them explanations if necessary.
3. Solve the problems students meet during their study.
4. Sum up the rules of noun clauses as the object and the predicative.
→Step 4 Practice
Show the following exercises on the screen. Let students finish them within six minutes to see if they have mastered noun clauses as the object and the predicative. Six minutes later, check the answers with the whole class.
1. Work in pairs. Take turns to ask each other the questions and answer them using noun clauses as the object. Think of more questions.
1)Can you tell me if you like this play?
→ I must say that I really enjoy it.
2)What do you think of the bet the brothers have made?
3)What does Henry tell the brothers about his job in America?
4)What else does Henry tell the brothers?
5)What do the brothers want to know about Henry?
6)What do you think will happen to Henry?
2. Complete the following sentences using noun clauses as the predicative based on the information from the play.
1)Henry arrived in London by accident. The reason was ________________________.
2)Henry has a lot of problems. One of his problems is ________________________.
Another problem is ________________________.
3)Henry realized he needed help. The embassy is ________________________.
4)Henry tells the brothers about his job in America. His concern is ____________________.
5)The brothers ask Henry some questions. The brothers’ concern is ____________________.
6)Henry is invited to the brothers’ house. The envelope is ________________________.
(The answers are omitted. )
→Step 5 Consolidation
1. Ask students to do Exercise 5 in Discovering useful structures on Page 21.
2. Let them do the exercises in Using structures on Page 57.
→Step 6 Homework
1. Finish off the Workbook exercises.
2. Summarize the grammar item noun clauses as the object and the predicative in your exercise book.
板书设计
Unit 3 The Million Pound Bank Note
Grammar: noun clauses as the object and the predicative
种类 关联词例句说明
宾语从句 陈述意义 that 1. I believe (that)he is honest.
2. I think (that)he is honest and that he is always keeping his promise.
3. We must realize (that)we should learn English well.
that在从句中不充当任何成分; 在口语或非正式文体中常被省去, 但若从句并列时后面的从句that不能省略。
疑问意义 if whether 1. I don’t know if/whether it is interesting.
2. He doesn’t care if it isn’t a fine day.
3. I wonder whether he will come or not.
4. Everything depends on whether we have enough money.
if和whether一般可以互换, 但当与or not连用和作介词宾语时要用whether, 不能用if; 从句是否定句时一般用if。
特殊疑问意义 who, whom, which, whose, what, when, where, why, etc. 1. Please tell me who will go with you.
2. He isn’t aware of what a terrible thing he has done.
3. I wonder why he hasn’t called me.
4. She always thinks of how she can work well.
5. I wonder where he is going with his classmates.
宾语从句作及物动词的宾语, 也可作介词的宾语。宾语从句用陈述语序。
注1 We must make it clear that anybody who breaks the law will be punished. 如果宾语是复合宾语, 则用it作形式宾语, 将从句放后。
注2 1. We don’t think you are right.
2. I don’t believe he will do so.think, believe, imagine, suppose等的宾语从句, 否定前移到主句中。
表语从句 连词 that whether as if 1. The problem is (that)they can’t get there early.
2. It looks as if it is going to rain.
在非正式的文体中that可以省略。
连接代词 who what which 1. That’s just what I want.
2. The question is who/which of you will be the next speaker.
连接副词 When where why how 1. This is where our problem lies.
2. That is why he didn’t come to the meeting.
表语从句位于主句连系动词之后。
活动与探究
As we know, noun clauses are often used in formal situations. Imagine you are looking for a job. Your partner is the interviewer. Make a dialogue to brainstorm some questions and answer them with noun clauses. Be ready to present your dialogue to the class.
The following questions may help you:
Why do you want to work for this company?
Could you tell me why you are interested in this job?
What quality do you think is the most important for this job?
Could you tell me what you know about this company?
You may begin like this:
The interviewer: Why do you want to work for this company?
You: The reason is that. . .