1、Content Teaching PeriodTopic StyleAims: 1. Ability goals: Enable students to gain some knowledge about idioms, understand their original meanings and learn about their practical usage in English.2. Learning ability goals: Students are expected to practice and reinforce theirreading comprehension and
2、 improve their overall ability.Teaching procedures :Step1. Lead in Please guess the meanings:1. When the cats away, the mice will play. _2. A cat may look at the king. _3. The cat shuts its ayes when stealing cream. _ Guess the meanings of the underlined words:1. Thats a bad apple! Lets think up a w
3、ay and teach him a lesson. _2. If you dont know how to skate, why dont you give the skates to me? Dont be a dog in the manger(马槽)_3. I took mu mothers car without asking for permission. She is angry with me. Im in hot water now!_Step 2. Fast reading1. What are mentioned in the passage? definition of
4、 an idiom writer of the bible brief introduction to biblical idioms belief of western people examples of biblical idioms functions of idioms2. What are the relevant paragraphs?Part 1( ) Definition of an idiomPart 2( ) Brief introduction to biblical idiomsPart 3 ( ) Examples of biblical idiomsPart 4
5、( ) Functions of idiomsStep 3. Careful readingPart 1 Why is an idiom easily misunderstood?1. When was the Bible translated into English?Part 2 2. What does “by and by” mean?3. Why does the Bible have a lot of idioms?Part 3 para 3 idioms with _idioms origins Present meaningPara 4 idioms using _ to cr
6、eate an imageidioms origins Present meaningPara 5 idioms using _ to create an imageidioms origins Present meaningPart 4 How is studying idioms useful in language learning?Step 5. Practice. 1. You may not have played very well today, but at least youve got through to the next round and _. （ 2007 江苏卷）
7、 A. tomorrow never comes B. tomorrow is another dayC. never put off till tomorrowD. there is no tomorrow2. - It shouldnt take long to clear up after the party if we all volunteer to help.- Thats right. _. （2008 江苏卷）A. Many hands make light workB. Something is better than nothingC. The more the merri
8、erD. The sooner begin, the sooner done3.I have tried very hard to find a solution to the problem, but in vain. Why not consult with Frank? You see, _.（2010 江苏卷）A. Great minds think alikeB. Two heads are better than oneC. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bushD. Its better to think twice before
9、doing something4. Analyzing the law of the talion - an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth - William Ian Willer presents an original thinking over the concept of “pay back”（2006上海卷阅读 C 篇）The word “talion” in introducing the book Eye for an Eye is probably a concept of _.A. medicine B. trade c. aveng
10、ing D. strivingII. reading comprehension.Life is raw material. We are artisans (n.工匠). We can sculpt our existence into beautiful or debase (vt. 降低，贬低) it into ugliness. Its in our hands. - Cathy Better.Its in Our HandsIsnt it amazing how few of us ask ourselves the important question?Several years
11、ago, I was invited to hear an important speaker address the students body of a small college in South Carolina. The auditorium was filled with students excited about the opportunity to hear a speaker of her status (n. 地位，身份) speak. After the governor gave the introduction, the speaker moved to the m
12、icrophone, looked at the audience from left to right, and began:“I was born to a mother who was deaf and couldnt speak. I dont know who my father is or was. The first job I ever had was in a cotton field.”The audience was spellbound. “Nothing has to remain the way it is if thats not the way a person
13、 want it to be. She continued “it isnt luck, and it isnt circumstances, and it isnt being born a certain way that causes a persons failure to become what it becomes.” And she softly reported, “Nothing has to remain the way it is if thats not the way a person wants it to be.”“All a person has to do,”
14、 she added in a firm voice, “to change a situation that brings unhappiness or dissatisfaction answers the question: How do I want this situation to become? then the person must commit totally to personal actions that carry them there.”Then a beautiful smile shone forth as she said, “My name is Azie
15、Taylor Morton. I stand before you today as treasurer (n.财务主管) of the United States of America.”Question：Which of the following can best tell the main idea of the passage?A. Where there is a will, there is a way.B. Experience is the best teacher.C. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.D. Still waters run deep.
