高职高专英语1 Unit 8 Apologies.docx

1、高职高专英语1 Unit 8 Apologies授课日期 年 月 日第 周时数 课型L/S课 题 Unit 8 Apologies教 学目 标知识目标：Students (Ss) will be able to:make apologies to others and how to respond to an apology properly. 能力目标：Improve your listening proficiency by completing the tasks in the section 情感目标：Have a deeper understanding about the life

2、styles of different animals, and animals early warning systems, so as to arouse their awareness of wild life protection. 教学重点Learn to express themselves properly 教学难点Dialogue I & II: some conversational strategies in talking about apologies教学资源Textbook, teachers book, workbook, PPT, etc.教法与学法Task-ba

3、sed teaching, ExplanationGroup discussionQuestions and answersMulti-mediaPerformance学情分析（含更新、补充、删节内容）Most Ss can follow the instruction . They have to work hard to learn the new way to express themselves .For those who are weak in learning, try to deliver some easier drills for them to practice.板 书设

4、 计 observe, isolated, incident, survey, surface, thunder, abandon, credit, adapt to, survive, mild, the other day, progress, estimate, detect, pressure, on the way, store up, head for, be responsive etc.教后记 教学程序和教学内容（包括课外作业和板书设计）师生活动 Warming up for the new class: Ask students 1) Do you know how to m

5、ake apologies to others? Excuse me. Im so sorry. Im awfully sorry. Im terribly sorry about that. I apologize. My apologies. Please forgive me. It seems I owe you an apology. You have my sincere apology. Im sorry; I didnt mean to bother you. 2) Do you know how to respond to an apology properly? Im af

6、raid Ive brought you a lot of trouble. Im sorry for what Ive done. It was so stupid of me. Forgive me, I didnt mean to offend you. I shouldnt have done that. I didnt mean to do that. Its my fault. 3. Speaking Dividing the students into groups of four or fiveTask 1Ask the students to work in groups a

7、nd practice sample dialogues Say sorry to the teacher because you are late for class. Make an apology for forgetting an appointment. Make an apology for breaking your classmates MP3 player.Ask the students to work in groups to1) Understand the short dialogues on Page 166-167 of the Textbook 2) To ac

8、t outTask 2 Ask each group to choose one of the situations to create further the dialogues Act out in front of the class4 Focus on Listening1) Word tips: apology: an act of saying sorry e.g. we should accept their apology. e.g. I owe you an apology make an apologyapology forApology to sb. for sth. f

9、ault: n. a mistake, especially something for which you are to blame e.g. It was not our fault that we were late. be at fault : to have done something wrong e.g. Which of the two drivers was at fault in the car crash? find fault with sb: to criticize someone or something, especially without good reas

10、ons. e.g. He found fault with my composition.e.g. Hes always finding fault with my work appointment: n. a formal arrangement to meet or visit someone at a particular time and place e.g. I have an appointment for coffee this afternoon. arrange: v. to plan or prepare for; to organize arrange toe.g. Th

11、ey arranged to have dinner the following month. e.g. Can we arrange to meet on the 27th? arrangement n. 安排 complete: adj. 完整的, 完成的, 彻底的 vt. 完成, 使完美；使圆满 比较：complete: 指完成预定的任务或使某事完善，补足缺少的部分等。finish: 与complete基本同义，着重圆满地结束或完成已着手的事end: 最普通用词，着重事情的完成。也指某种活动因达到目的而自然结束或由于某种原因而突然中止。conclude: 正式用词，多指以某事或活动达到预

12、期目的而告终。terminate: 强调有一个空间和时间的限度，届时必须终止。书面语用词accomplish: 正式用词，强调一个过程的完成；也可指依靠努力达到一定目的，或取得一定的结果。 upset：adj. unhappy and worried v. to make someone worried, unhappy or angry (upsetting, upset, upset)e.g. I was very upset about her opinion. e.g. Dont upset yourself by thinking about what might have been

13、. interrupt: v. to stop a person from speaking for a short period e.g. She tried to explain what had happened but he kept interrupting her.e.g. Please dont interrupt me while Im on the phoneinterruption n. 中断；干扰；中断之事 make it up to sb.: 补偿，回报某人e.g. How can I make it up to you? the other day: 前几天, 不久前

14、的一天e.g. Helen borrowed my book the other day, saying that she would return it soon. 5. Assignment: Review these words; Read the dialoguesQuestion & AnswerPractice different dialoguesWork in pairsListening practiceKeep notes授课日期 年 月 日第 周时数 课型R1课 题Unit 8 Apologies教 学目 标知识目标：Students (Ss) will be able

15、to:Mastering the key language points and grammatical structures in the text.能力目标：Ss can use the expressions 情感目标：make apologies to others and how to respond to an apology properly. 教学重点Learn to express themselves properly 教学难点Reading strategies 教学资源Textbook, teachers book, workbook, PPT, etc.教法与学法Ta

16、sk-based teaching, ExplanationGroup discussionQuestions and answersMulti-mediaPerformance学情分析（含更新、补充、删节内容）Most Ss can follow the instruction . They have to work hard to learn the new way to express themselves .For those who are weak in learning, try to deliver some easier drills for them to practice

17、.板 书设 计 Excuse me. Im so sorry. Im awfully sorry. Im terribly sorry about that. I apologize. My apologies. Please forgive me. 教后记 教学程序和教学内容（包括课外作业和板书设计）师生活动 1. Lead-in story:T asks Ss the following questions on the song Ben (Michael Jackson)? Who is Ben? How does he feel about Ben? Why? Do you think

18、 the song Ben reveals something about the relationship between man and animals? If so, what is it?2. Intensive Reading (Text A) Pre-reading: After the lead-in story and questions, the teacher asks the students to look at the theme of Text A and try to answer the questions as follow: 1. Do most anima

19、ls stay in the same place?2. Which animals are the biggest?3. How can we see the smallest animals?4. How many kinds of animals have been found so far?5. Why are animals different from other living things?6. Are reptiles, amphibians and fish are cold-blooded? What is their common feature? 7. What do

20、warm-blooded animals use to stay warm?8. What do all animals eat?3.While-reading (Text A)1) Text OrganizationAfter scanning the whole text, students are required to find the top sentences of each paragraph. And try to divide the text into 3 parts and summarize the main idea of each part.Part 1 (Para

21、 1-3): Animals have been found everywhere on the Earth. Part 2 (Para 4-7): Several things make animals different from other living things.Part 3 (Para 8): Animals have their distinctive features and bear some differences. 3). Language pointsExplain the difficult words and sentences, including langua

22、ge and grammatical points. Focus: roam: v. move about aimlessly 漫游, 闲逛, 徜徉 e.g. He used to roam the street for hour on end. Burrow: to dig a hole in the ground, . 掘地洞，住地洞； e.g. Rats had burrowed into the bank of the river.n. 洞穴， e.g. Little Pink Frog crept outside her burrow. creep: v. 爬, 蔓延,慢慢地移动 (

23、crept, crept) e.g. The cat was creeping silently towards the mouse. e.g. We crept upstairs so as not to wake the baby. 辨析：creep: 多指人或四足动物匍匐爬行，尤指偷偷地或 不出声地缓慢向前爬行。也指植物的蔓延生长等。climb: 通常指用手或足爬上或爬下，也指飞机、日、月的 上升，还可用作比喻。crawl: 指人或动物以身躯贴着地面缓慢地移动。 leap: n. v. to make a large jump or sudden movement, n. v. 跳跃，飞

24、跃 (leaped or leapt) e.g. One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. e.g. There has been a great leap in economy in these past five years. a portion of 的一部分e.g. She only eats a small portion of food. e.g. A portion of my spare time is given to playing football. all the time: continuously始终，一

25、直 e.g. She works hard all the time. cool off: 冷却；平静下来 e.g. The government wants to cool off the economy e.g. When we cool off, we will discuss it later. 2) Explain some difficult sentences, encourage students paraphrase some sentences. 4. Post-reading ExercisesReading comprehension exercises (see te

26、xtbook P175-177)5 AssignmentReview the phrases and expressions Try to retell the Reading Text AGroup discussionText readingQuestion and answerKeep notesparaphrase some sentences.授课日期 年 月 日第 周时数 课型R2课 题Unit 8 Apologies教 学目 标知识目标：Students (Ss) will be able to:Mastering the key language points and gram

27、matical structures in the text.能力目标：Ss can use the expressions情感目标：Ss may try to talk about their apologies教学重点Learn to express themselves properly 教学难点 The usage of key words and phrases教学资源Textbook, teachers book, workbook, PPT, etc.教法与学法Task-based teaching, ExplanationGroup discussionQuestions an

28、d answersMulti-mediaPerformance学情分析（含更新、补充、删节内容）Most Ss can follow the instruction . They have to work hard to learn the new way to express themselves .For those who are weak in learning, try to deliver some easier drills for them to practice.板 书设 计 make an apology; apology for; Apology to sb. for s

29、th. fault: n. a mistake, especially something for which you are to blame e.g. It was not our fault that we were late. be at fault : to have done something wrong e.g. Which of the two drivers was at fault in the car crash? find fault with sb: to criticize someone教后记教学程序和教学内容（包括课外作业和板书设计）师生活动1. Lead-i

30、nAsk several students to retell the Reading Text A. 2. Extensive Reading Text B1) Pre-reading：discussionStudents are required to discuss the topics in a group of four or five, and share the result of the discussion with the whole class. Do you believe that animals have a six sense and early warning systems?Have you ever notice any strange behavior about animals?2) While-reading: Scanning Scanning and find these statements True or False? 3) Explain some key words and language points in Text B. be on the/ones way 接近，在途中e.g. Heavy snow is on the way.