M8u2 Reading Turandot in Beijing
Language points (I)
Teaching goals: 1) To enable the students to be able to understand the
important and new words, phrases and sentence structures from
paragraph 1-paragraph 7;
2) To enable the students to apply these words, phrases and sentence
structures to listening, speaking, reading and writing.
Teaching important points: Help the students finish the six tasks on the
paper handed to them by reading, thinking and discussing.
Teaching difficult points: 1) cannot be more awesome
2) dare do/to do
Teaching method: Task-based language teaching
Teaching procedures:
Step I Lead-in
Review: What is the structure of this passage?
Step II Presentation
Part 1(para. 1-2)
1. Listen to this part. Then find the answer to the following question:
What does the author think about performing Turandot in the
Forbidden City? ( C )
A. It is very interesting.
B. It is a little strange.
C. The setting is very good.
D. The setting is very frightening.
2. Enjoy a video clip about the performance of Turandot in the
Forbidden City. Appreciate the awesome setting together.
3. Show the sentence” There could not be a more awesome setting!”:
1) What is the meaning of “awesome”?
2) So this sentence means “It is the best setting.”
3) Fill in the following blanks:
This is the most wonderful film I have ever seen.
I have ____ seen a ____ _________ film.
4) Rewrite the following sentences with the structure “否定词+ 比
较级”:
A: I agree with you very much.
B: I have a very bad day today.
C: The earth is the best planet for human to live.
5) Compare the rewritten sentences with the previous ones. Which
one is better?
So you’d better try to use the structure “ 否 定 词 + 比 较 级 ” to
replace your “the best” ”the most beautiful” “very good”… in your
writing next time.
Part 2 (para.3-7)
1. Task 1
Para.3: Invite one student to read this paragraph. Then, please retell
the story by using these words and phrases in this paragraph:
stubborn be condemned to death dare to ask for her hand in
marriage disturbing
break his promise do as she wishes
2. be condemned to sth.
condemn sb. for (doing) sth.
condemnation n. 谴责，责备
3. dare
1) Compare these two sentences and try to find out the differences
between the usages of “dare”:
How dare she do things like that to me?
I dare to jump down from the top of the wall.
dare do sth. 情态动词
dare to do sth. 实义动词
2） Who’d like to help me to complete this form?
dare 人称和数的变化 否定式 过去式
情态动词
实义动词
3） Fill in these blanks with the correct forms of the verbs behind
them:
We could see that he dared not___(tell) the truth./ didn’t dare
____(tell) the truth.
Dare you____(tell) her the truth?
She said it as loudly as she ____(dare).
4. disturbing
Read this sentence together. Then try to fill in the following blanks:
The disturbing news that John was a murder disturbed the peace of
this town, which caused a disturbance and made us feel disturbed.
disturbing(___)----_____(adj.)----_____(vt.)----_____(n.)
Para.4
1. Task2:
Read this paragraph carefully. Find out the underlined phrases in the
following passage and then try to translate the passage.
Jack 与 Marry 一见钟情。然而，不久以后，Marry 却爱上了 John。
他们之间呈现出来典型的三角恋情。
fall in love with sb. at first sight
shortly afterwards
take on
love triangle
2. 1）Show the sentence:
This story then takes on a classical love triangle between Calaf,
Turandot and Liu.
Question: The phrase “take on” in this sentence has the closest
meaning to that in sentence___.
A. He is always ready to take on heavy responsibilities.
B. They no longer have to take on many workers to do the work.
C. The old factory has taken on a new look.
take on: 承担，接受；雇佣；呈现（某种特征、外观等）
2) Can you think of more verbal phrases with”take”?
3) Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:
After talking with John, the manager was satisfied and decided to
take him in.
I’m sorry. I have taken down so much of your valuable time.
Para. 5-6
Task 3:
Scan these two paragraphs and try to answer the following questions:
1) Who finally solve these three riddles?
2) Doses Turandot want to marry him?
be unwilling to do
3) Why does Turandot want to know Calaf’s name?
by sunrise
4) Why does Turandot seize Calaf’s father and Liu?
have been seen doing sth.
5) Does Liu tell her Calaf’s name?
resist doing sth.
Para. 7
1. Task 4
Find out these words in this paragraph and then use them to fill in the
blanks in the following dialogue.
Words:
evident scold merciful demand deadline unite
Dialogue:
----Hi, Jack, why are you looking so tired?
----I have been doing my homework. Today is the ______.
----So have you finished it?
----No. Our teacher ______ that we read Great Expectations in a week
and write a book review with no less than 1,000 words. It is ______ that I
can’t finish it on time.
----Well, it’s really a hard task. Can you ____ with your classmates to ask
your teacher to give you one or two more days?
----It’s a good idea. I hope my teacher will be ____ and not ____ me for
not finishing the task on time.
2. Task 5:
Discuss with your partner and fill in the blanks on your paper. You can
turn to your dictionary for help.
1) evident adj.----______ n.
2) scold sb. ____ doing sth. 因为……责备某人
3) merciful adj.----______ n.
4) demand that sb.________ sth. 要求某人做某事
5) unite vt.&vi.----____ n.----____ adj.
unite as one _______
Unity is power. ________
Step III Practice
Task 6:
There are 10 mistakes in the following paragraph. Try to find them out
and then correct them.
My dad is a strict man. At the first sight, you may even not dare
speak to him. But as time goes by, you’ll find he is very mercy.
When I was in middle school, I once failed in a math test because I
couldn’t resist read novels in math classes. Our teacher demanded that
those who failed in the exam should asked their parents to call him. This
disturbed news made me feel so sad. To my surprise, my father did not
scold me of not studying hard after talking with the math teacher. Also,
he said he was sure that I know how to deal with that problem. I could
not be most regretful at that moment! From then on, I studied hardly
and realized my dream of becoming a teacher.
Step IV Summary
1. Show the important and new words, phrases and sentence structures
on PPT. Ask the students to read them together.
2. Point out that there is nothing more important than applying these
language points to their listening, speaking, reading and writing.
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