牛津译林版高中英语选修八Unit 2《The Universal Language》教学参考.docx

1、牛津译林版高中英语选修八Unit 2The Universal Language教学参考Unit 2The universal language【美文阅读】What is music?音乐，是人们生活中不可缺少的一部分。什么是音乐？你喜欢什么样的音乐？Suppose you hit a wooden table with your hand. It makes a sound. Now suppose you hit a ball. It makes a sound. The second sound is called a tone(乐音). A tone is a single music

2、al sound. Music is the art of organizing tones into meaningful patterns of sound. We might call it the language of tones. Sometimes the language of music speaks to us in tones sounding after one another in melody(旋律). Or the tones could be sounding together in harmony(协调)When tones hit with one anot

3、her, it is not in harmony. But this hit is often full of meaning. What we call melody is given meaning by its rising or falling or moving straight ahead. It is also given meaning by its rhythm of beats and phrasing, its speed and how loud or soft it is at any moment. All of this sounds very technica

4、l. But it doesnt have to be understood or thought about for us to enjoy music. What music means to us often can not be put into words. We can feel that the music expresses joy or sorrow, pleasure, tenderness(柔情), love, angerall kinds of things and feelings that words alone could never do.Music can a

5、lso be enjoyed just for its beauty, and not for what it is saying. We can get pleasure from even a single tone of voice, violin, horn, or some other instruments. We may love a beautiful melody for many years of our lives and always enjoy hearing it.There are, of course, many forms of music, from the

6、 anthem(赞美诗) to the symphony, and many types of music, from folk music to opera.【诱思导学】1Do you like music? What kind of music do you like most? 2According to the above passage, what kinds of expressions can we feel from the music? 【答案】1.Yes, I like it very much. I like soft ( pop, rock and roll, etc.

7、 ) music most.2. We can feel that the music expresses joy or sorrow, pleasure, tenderness, love, angerall kinds of things and feelings that words alone could never do.Period Previewing(教师用书独具)教学目标本课时主要是通过学生对学案所给出的内容的学习，了解本课文中所出现的词汇，初步了解课文以及相关的背景知识，对新课文的全面理解起到一个铺垫作用。教学地位本单元让学生阅读有关歌剧评论的文章，从而吸取其中的精髓，陶冶

8、自己的情操，提高自己对歌剧这种艺术形式的审美水准和鉴赏能力。(教师用书独具) 新课导入建议通过两个问题引发学生思考：Question 1: “Have you read Turandot in Beijing？”Question 2: “Do you like it? Why or why not？”教学流程设计导入新课。学生阅读“美文阅读”与“诱思导学”(见学案第20页)。学生就“美文阅读”进行讨论，统一答案。学生再次阅读课文(课本第1819页)并完成“语篇理解”(见学案第21页)。师生共同讨论并统一答案。让学生快速阅读课文，(见课本第1819页)并完成“篇章结构”(见学案第21页)。学生共

9、同讨论，并让学生发表各自见解，最后统一答案。学生再次仔细阅读课文，(课本第1819页)进行深度理解，并完成“课文缩写”(见学案第21页)。老师指导学生讨论，共同找出答案。让学生根据所给出的表格进行自我评估(见学案第22页)。学生讨论，并让学生代表发表他们讨论得出的答案，老师予以更正。让学生完成“知识初探”部分，(见学案第2122页)。老师布置作业，并让学生预习学案Period (见学案第2227页)。.篇章结构阅读P1819的Reading部分，完成下列表格(每空1词)MainAt the 5. ，a prince is killed for being unable to answer Tu

10、randots riddles.Then，a love triangle is taken on between Calaf，Turandot and Liu.4. of the storyAt the end of the story，the prince and princess get 6. and the whole city is in 7. of their happiness.Other information of the opera8. Puccini，an Italian9. Zhang Yimou10. Zubin Mehta，born in IndiaCastTuran

11、dotSharon SweetLiuBarbara HendricksCalafKristjan JohannssonEvaluation of the operaThe performance was splendid，and the production was amazing.【答案】1.Background2.Setting3.Weather4.plot5beginning6.married7.celebration8.Writer9Director10.Conductor.语篇理解阅读P1819的Reading部分，从每题所给的3个选项中选择最佳答案1How many perform

12、ances of Turandot were performed in the Forbidden City in Beijing?AEight.BSeven.COne.2Why doesnt the emperor stop Turandots killings?ABecause he doesnt want her daughter to marry.BBecause he dares not control her daughter.CBecause he cannot break his promise.3If Turandot can guess his name by sunris

13、e, Calaf promises that .ATurandot does not have to marry himBhe will marry Turandot for sureChe will be at the mercy of Turandot4Which of the following best describes the prince, Calaf?ADevoted and generousBBrave and intellectualCGreedy and selfish5How does the writer think of the opera?ATerrible. B

14、Amazing. CMoving.【答案】1.A2.C3.A4.B5.B.课文缩写阅读P1819的Reading部分，完成下面课文缩写Last night Turandot was 1. in the Forbidden City in Beijing. Turandot is the story of a 2. and cruel Chinese princess, named Turandot, who lives in Beijings Forbidden City. She says any potential husband must solve three riddles or w

15、ill be 3. to death.The story begins when a prince is killed for 4. to solve the riddles. Shortly afterwards, Calaf sees Turandot and 5. in love with her. Meanwhile, a young 6. of Calafs father, Liu, loves Calaf. Calaf answers the riddles without any mistake, but Turandot is 7. to get married. Calaf

16、says that if she can guess his name by sunrise, she doesnt have to marry him. Turandot threatens and terrifies Liu; Liu kills 8. . In the end the prince and princess 9. in marriage and the whole city celebrates their happiness.The production 10. the very best of Western and Chinese talents in music,

17、 staging and directing.【答案】1.performed2.stubborn3.condemned4falling5.falls6.slave7.unwell8.herself9unitebined.词义搭配1Universal Adetermined not to change your opinion or attitude2Stubborn Bsay what someones punishment will be3condemn Cnot wanting to do sth.4Disturbing Dready to forgive people and show

18、them kindness5unwilling Emaking people feel worried or upset6seize Fclear, easily seen; obvious7demand Gto ask for sth. very firmly8evident Hdone by or involving all the people in the world or in a particular group9scold Ito speak angrily to sb. because they have done something wrong10merciful Jto t

19、ake something or somebody usingforce【答案】1.H2.A3.B4.E5.C6.J7.G8.F9.I10.D.短语填空be accessible to; transform.into; condemn.to death; the first time；at first sight; take on; break ones promise; depend on1The murderer was arrested a week later and afterwards.2 ， I thought the exercise was familiar, but aft

20、er a careful look, I found it was different.3The two young people with each other and got married two years later.4Located on top of the mountain, the temple tourists only on foot.5You may it that he will join our club.6The company has just a new secretary.【答案】1.condemned to death2.At first sight3.f

21、ell in love4.is accessible to5.depend on6.taken on.句型背诵1The emperor finds the death disturbing.皇帝看到有人被处死，感到很不安。2Unfortunately，Puccini died of a heart attack before he completed this final scene.不幸的是，普契尼还没有完成这最后一幕就因心脏病突发而死3Just imagine performing such an opera in the Forbidden Citythere could not be

22、a more awesome setting!试想一下，在紫禁城内表演这样一出歌剧再也不可能有比这更棒的背景了！4While the blues was popular，as a musical format it lacked variety and was too sad and slow to dance to.尽管蓝调音乐非常受欢迎，然而作为一种音乐形式，它缺少变化，而且太伤感、节奏太慢，不适合跳舞时伴奏。5Wherever the Beatles went，there was a phenomenon called “Beatlemania”thousands of fans wou

23、ld surround them，screaming and going crazy trying to see them.不管“披头士”乐队去哪里，都会出现一种“披头士狂热”现象成千上万的歌迷围住他们，尖叫着，疯狂地想见他们一面。Period Welcome to the unit & Reading(教师用书独具)教学目标(1)熟记学案中所列出的单词和短语。(2)通过学案中所给出的重点单词和重点短语的学习，让学生能够正确理解和使用这些单词和短语。(3)通过对这些词汇的学习能够更深层次的理解课文，再通过课文加深对这些词汇的理解，更加熟练的运用这些词汇。(4)通过对本课文的理解，让学生能够用英

24、语简单描述所读过的歌剧作品并介绍自己喜爱的剧作家和音乐家，以提高学生的口头及书面表达能力。教学地位单词和短语是构成句子的最小单位，在语言学习中起至关重要的作用，所以理解和正确使用英语单词和短语是英语学习的重点所在。(教师用书独具)新课导入建议“Lets know something about Turandot in Beijing”开门见山，直入主题。教学流程设计老师检查上堂课所布置的作业，检查学生对学案预习的情况。导入新课。让学生就“课堂互动探究”(见学案第2227页)进行讨论，让学生各自发表自己的见解，然后让各个讨论组派代表汇报各自讨论结果。让学生再次阅读课文以加深对所学单词与短语的理解

25、。老师针对难点和重点词汇进行讲解，并补充老师认为重要的词汇和句型，补充一些必要的练习。让学生针对各自不同的意见展开讨论，然后老师给出详细正确答案。让学生完成“自我评估”(学案第27页)。布置作业并预习“Period ”(见学案第2732页)。1universal adj.通用的，共同的，普遍的；全体的，全世界的Music has been called “the universal language” because people do not need to speak the same language to understand it.(P17)音乐一直被叫做“通用语言”，因为人们不必讲

26、相同的语言就可以理解它。Its a universal truth.这是一个普遍的真理。Overpopulation is a universal problem.人口过剩是个世界性的问题。universally adv.共同地，万能地，普遍地universe n.the universe宇宙；天地万物；万象；全世界；全人类 God is believed to have made the universe.人们相信神创造了天地万物。The universe desires peace.全世界期望和平。单项填空English is the language of today.Auncommon

27、 BuniversalCabstract Dspecific【解析】本题考查形容词词义辨析。句意：英语是现在全球通用的语言。universal“普遍的，共同的”，符合语意，故选B。【答案】B2cast vt. & vi.选派角色；为(戏剧、角色)选派演员Some of the worlds greatest opera singers were cast in this production，and many great Chinese musicians also participated.(P18)几位世界顶级歌剧演唱家在制片中担任角色，许多杰出的中国音乐家也参加了演出。The play

28、is being cast in the whole country.目前正在全国挑选这部戏的演员。Wu Yue was cast for the part of Sun Wukong in the new TV play.在这部新电视剧中吴樾被选派扮演孙悟空的角色。cast sb. as./cast sb. for the part of.选派某人演角色cast ones mind back to.回顾，回想cast about/around for.苦苦思索；四处寻找cast aside抛弃；丢弃cast away漂流cast down沮丧；不愉快cast off抛弃；丢弃 He has

29、cast her as an ambition lawyer in his latest movie.他已经选定她在他最新的影片中扮演一个雄心勃勃的律师。He was much cast down when he heard of his failure at the examination.他听到他考试不及格时，心情极为沮丧。用恰当的介/副词填空He was cast Zhou Enlai in the film.They were cast on a desert island.Dont be so cast by the sad news.【答案】asawaydown3Just imag

30、ine performing such an opera in the Forbidden Citythere could not be a more awesome setting！(P18)想想在紫禁城上演这出歌剧吧不可能有比这更好的场景了！句中there could not be a more awesome setting是用比较级形式表达最高级含义，属于“否定比较级”结构。not，no，never等否定词与比较级连用，表示最高级含义，意为“再没有比更的了”。You cant find a more suitable person for the job.你不可能找到一个比他更适合这项工作的人了。I cant agree with you more.我再同意你不过了。比较级表达最高级含义句型有：比较级than She is taller than any other girl in our class.She is taller than all the other girls in our class.她是我们班个头最高的女孩。【对接高考】(2013浙江高考)I myself moreit was a perfect day.