高中英語(yǔ)Unit4BehindbeliefsWordpowerTask教案

Model9Unit4：Behindbeliefsord

powerTask

TeachingAims】

After

learning

this

section,

the

students

will

be

presented

different

expressions

related

to

religious

andsomereligious

words.

Theywill

read

apassage

aboutreligions

around

the

world

andthen

learn

somereligious

expressions

thatare

usedineverydayEnglishwithoutreligiousmeaning.Exercisesaredesignedfor

studentsto

practice

andreinforce

the

newvocabulary

theyhavejustlearnt.

Students

areexpected

to

makethemselves

familiar

with

theexpressions

related

to

religion.

【TeachingImportantPoints

】

Helpthestudentstogainsomeknowledgeofreligiousaroundtheworld

【TeachingDifficultPoints

】

Usethewordslearntinclasstocompletetherelevantexercises.

TeachingAids】

Theblackboard

【TeachingProcedures】【Preparationfor

Step1:Brainstormingyourownclass】

1.SurftheInternetorrefertosomerelevantresourcesabout

differentreligions.

Inthissection,wewilllearnsomeexpressionsrelatedto

religions.Maybeyouwouldliketoknowthefollowing

information.

Whatarethemostpopularreligionsintheworld?

Whatdowecallthepeoplewhobelieveinareligion?

Whodopeoplebelieveineachreligion?

Whatreligiousbooksdopeopleuse?

Whatplacedopeopleworshipin?

Doyouknowanyimportant

religious

figures

orfamousreligious

architecture?

Doyouknowanyreligious

wordsthatareusedin

our

dailylife

now?Havethemeaningsofthesewordschanged?

2.

Present

the

information

you

collected

about

different

religionstotheclass.

Step2:Vocabularylearning

1.

Readthe

article

in

Part

Aonpage54.

Explain

the

following

wordswithyourownwords.

Whatreligions

are

mentionedin

this

article?

(Hinduism,

Buddhism,Judaism,ChristianityandIslam.)

Whatinformationhaveyougotaboutthesereligionsfromthe

article?

2.Readthepassageagainandfillinthefollowingtable:

People

whoWho/Whatthey

Thereligiou

believeinit

believein

booktheyrea

wo

Hinduism

Hindus

several

Vedas

differentgods

Buddhism

Buddhists

Theteachings

Buddhist

ofBuddha

scriptures

Judaism

Judaist

God

Torah

Christianity

Christians

God

and

Bible

Jesusthe

Islam

Muslim

sonoftheGod

Allah

Koran

mosque

Step3:Vocabularyextension

Canyoutellmewordsorexpressionsrelatedtoreligion?(priest,bishop,nun,worship,angel,devil,soul)

Lookatthefollowingpicturesandthesentencesbelow.Can

youexplainthereligiouswordsinyourownlanguage?What

arethedifferencesbetweenthereligiousmeaningsandthe

meaningsthatarenowusedinDailyEnglish?P.55

angel:

Inreligiousbooks,anangelreferstoamessengerand

servantofGod,usuallyrepresentedasapersonwithwings

anddressedinwhite.

Whileinourdailyspeaking,itcanrefertoapersonwho

isverykindoryouareverygratefulto.Whenitisused

todescribeachild,itmeansthechildbehaveswell.

devil:

Inthereligiousterm,itmeansthemostpowerfulevil

spirit.

Whileinourdailyconversation,itreferstoapersonwho

behavesbadly.

soul:

Inthereligiousterm,itmeansthespiritinsideone’s

body,orthepartofapersonthatisnotthebody.Thesoul

isbelievednottodieevenifthebodyisdead.

Whileinourdailyconversation,itreferstoakindofhuman

feelingwhichhelpsusrecognize,createandenjoythework

ofart.

UsetheabovehighlightedwordstofillintheblanksinPartB.

Answers:

B(1)soul(2)angel(3)devil

TaskTellingastoryaboutFatherChristmas

Skillsbuilding1:findinginformationabout

alegendary

person

Thispartteachesyoutofindoutwhichinformationisreal,

impossibleordoesnotexistaboutalegendaryperson.

1.I’dliketoaskyousomequestions:

Whatdoesthewordlegendmean?(Legendreferstothe

traditionalstoryofafamouspersonoranevent.Someof

thestoriescanbetrue.However,mostofthestoriesare

unreal,mythicalorevensupernatural.)

Canyougiveanexampleofalegend?

(Therearealotof

traditional

Chineselegendary

stories,

such

asPangu

cutting

openheavenandearthor

Nuwapatchingthe

skywith

five-colourstones.)

Whodoyouthinkarelegendarypersons?

(Thepeoplein

legendarystories,suchasPangu,Nuwa,FatherChristmas,

arelegendarypersons.)

Readtheguidelinesonpage58.Makesomesentenceswiththeexpressionsgiven.

Step1:takingnotesaboutFatherChristmas

InthispartyouwillfirstlistentoaTVprogrammeabout

FatherChristmasandtakesomenotesaboutthislegendary

person.ThenyouwillreadawebpageaboutStNicholastolearn

moreaboutFatherChristmas.

ReadtheguidelinesinPartAtounderstandwhatyouwill

dofirst.Thengooverthenotesheettogetideasaboutwhat

youshouldpayattentiontoandwritedownwhileyouare

listeningtotherecording.Fillintheanswersyoualreadyknoworpredicttheanswersforsomeblanksbeforelistening.

FinishPartAonpage58afteryouheartherecording.Ifnecessary,I’llplaytherecordingseveraltimesforyoutowritedownyouranswers.

Host:Goodmorning.Today,Iamgoingtointerviewsomeonewho

knowsalotaboutFatherChristmas.SteveSmithisthe

ownerofatoyshop.Now,Steve,Iwonderifyoucould

quicklysummarizewhoFatherChristmasisandwhathe

does.

Steve:Well,thecharacterFatherChristmashasbeenaround

forhundredsofyears,andheisknowntomanychildren

aroundtheworldasthe

personwhobrings

themChristmas

presents.Heisoftendescribedasahappy,fatmanwith

longwhitehairandalongwhitebeardandmoustache,

dressedinaredsuitwithablackbeltandblackboots.

However,hehasn’talwaysdressedlikethat.Afamous

advertisement

used

apicture

ofhim

wearingredin

nineteenthirty-one,butbeforethat,hewasusually

drawnwearinggreen.

Host:FatherChristmascomestovisitusatChristmastime,

butwheredoeshespendtherestoftheyear?

Steve:Well,heissaidtoliveneartheNorthPolewithhis

wifeandlotsoflittlecreaturescalledelves.Theelves

reindeerthathelphimdeliverthepresentsonChristmas

Eve.

Listentothesecondhalfoftherecordingtofillinalltheblanks.

Host:

WhenI

wasachild,

Iusedto

write

to

Father

Christmas,

sothathewouldknowwhatIwanted.

Steve:

Manychildren

dothat

several

monthsbefore

Christmas.

Theywrite

to

tell

him

what

presentsthey

would

like

for

Christmas.

Oneof

thetraditions

in

the

UKis

for

children

totakethe

list

of

presents

they

want

andput

it

in

the

chimney.

Host:Whathappensafterthat,onChristmasEve?

Steve:

According

to

stories,

onChristmas

Eve,

Father

Christmasputsall

ofthepresents

onto

his

sled

andflies

acrosstheskywithhistwelvereindeer.OnceFather

Christmasarrivesatahouse,hegoesdownthechimney

andplacespresentsforthechildreninstockingsorin

front

ofthe

family

Christmas

tree.

Somepeople

hangthe

stockingsbytheirbeds,butmostpeoplehangthembythe

fireplace.ManypeoplesaythatFatherChristmaslikes

toeatmincepies,sotheyalwaysleavesomeoutforhim

toeat.Manypeoplealsoleaveacarrotoutforthe

reindeer.

Host:Ididn’tknowthat!I’llhavetorememberthatinthe

knowwheretheideaforFatherChristmascamefrom?

Steve:ThereisaquestionbetweenFatherChristmasandSt

Nicholas,whowasasaintfromhundredsofyearsago.You

canfindmoreaboutStNicholasontheInternet.

Host:Steve,thanksfortalkingtoustoday.Isuggestthat

anyonewhowantstofindoutmoreaboutFatherChristmas

shouldlookontheInternet.Therearemanysitesand

thereismuchinformationabouthim.

ReadtheguidelinesinPartBsothatyouwillknowwhatyouwilldohere.Readthewebpageandthequestionsthatfollow.Makesureyouunderstandthewholepassageandknowhowtoanswerthesequestions.

Skillsbuilding2:askingquestionsaboutculturaldifferences

Thisparttellsyouhowtoaskquestionsaboutcultural

differences,soyoucanusethequestionspresentedinthis

parttofindsomeinformationyouneedtoknow.Readthe

guidelinesandthequestionstructuresin