一、自主学习 1、知识回顾
Warming- up and revision
1. Daily greeting.
2. Check the homework.
3. Let some Ss talk about what kind of movies/books/bands/actors/actresses.... they like.
2、出示学习目标
1) 能掌握以下单词:sense, sadness, pain, reflect, moving, look up, perform, lifetime,
Pity, total, in total, master, praise, recall, wound, painful,
2) 能掌握以下重难句子:
1. I like clothes that are unusual.
2. I like writers who explain things well.
3. I love movies that are scary.
4. ..but it was one of the most moving pieces of music that I've ever heard.
5. Abing's father taught him to play many musical instruments, such as the drums, dizi, and erhu,
3) 运用that/which/who引导的定语从句来谈论自己在乐队,书籍,电影等方面的个人爱好。
4) 培养学生的阅读能力和归纳能力。
3、 出示自学提纲
1) Work on 1a. Ask Ss to write their favorite movie, book, and band and fill in the chart.
2)listening practice Work on 1b:
a. Listen and write the three things that Michael likes in the first column of the chart.
b. Work on 1c Listen again. Write why Michael likes each thing in the second column of the chart in 1b.
2)Reading practice work on 2a2b
Now look at the title of the following passage and read the passage and answer the following questions.
Which musician does the passage mainly talk about?
What is the name of his most famous piece of music?
How does the writer feel about this piece of music?
3)Do the exercise in 2c2d2e
4) Language points
1. ...I sensed a strong sadness and pain.
1) sense v. 感觉到, 意识到
e.g. We all seemed to sense his sadness at that time.
在那个时候我们好像都感觉到了他的悲伤。
sense n. 意识,感觉
e.g. People have five senses, sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
人有五种感觉:视觉,听觉,嗅觉,味觉和触觉。
2) sadness n. 悲哀
e.g. Don't give yourself up to sadness, there's still hope!
不要太悲伤,还有希望!
- ness是个名词后缀,一些形容词后加ness可变成名词,如:
happy-happiness kind--kindness
sad adj. 悲伤的,忧愁的
e.g. She sang a sad song. 她唱着悲伤的歌。
3) pain n. 疼痛,努力
e.g. He has pains in the arm. 他手臂痛。
painful adj. 痛苦的;疼痛的;令人不快的
e.g. He had a painful experience in the past.
他过去有一段痛苦的经历。
2. The piece had a simple name, Erquan Yingyue (Moon Reflected on Second Spring),...
piece表示音乐作品,相当于汉语的"一首歌;一支乐曲"等。
e.g. When he was a small boy, he could hum songs and difficult pieces of music. 当他还是个小孩子,就会哼唱歌曲和颇有难度的乐曲。
I especially like that short piece by Beethoven.
我特别喜欢贝多芬的那首小曲。
reflect v. 反映,映出
e.g. His actions reflect his thoughts. 他的行为反映他的思想。
3. Later I looked up the history of Erquan Yingyue...
look up (在字典,参考书中,通过电脑)查阅,抬头看
e.g. It is unnecessary to look up every word you don't know in the dictionary while
your are reading.
阅读时,碰到生词,不必都要在词典中查阅。
I looked up and saw him. 我抬起头来看见了他。
4. He performed in this way for many years.
perform v. 表演,执行
e.g. He performed a dance for them. 他为他们表演了一个舞蹈。
He performed his duties perfectly. 他圆满地完成了自己的任务。
5. It is a pity that only six pieces of music in total were recorded for the future world to hear, but his popularity continues to this day.
1) pity n. 遗憾,怜悯
e.g. It's pity that you missed the beginning of the movie.
很遗憾你错过了电影的开头。
2) total n. 总数,合计
e.g. Their expenses reached a total of 1,000 pounds.
他们的花费总计一千英镑。
Add this numbers together and give me the total.
把这些数字加起来,告诉我总数是多少。
in total 总共;合计
e.g. In total over 100 people attended the conference.
共计有百余人参加了这个会议。
total adj. 总的,全体的
e.g. What is the total population of Japan? 日本的总人口为多少?
popularity 表示"声望;知名度"之意。当我们说to win popularity或to enjoy popularity即指"享盛名;得众望;受欢迎"。
e.g. Country music is growing in popularity.
乡村音乐正逐渐得到更多人的喜爱。
6. ...all the great erhu masters play and praise.
praise n. 赞扬,表扬
e.g. He won praises for his modesty. 他以自己的谦虚赢得别人的赞扬。
He deserves all the praise 他值得我们一切的赞美。
praise v. 赞扬,表扬
e.g. The teacher praised her many times because of her kindness.
因为她的善良,老师表扬了她很多次。
7. ...makes people recall their deepest wounds from their own sad or painful experiences.
wound n. 伤口,创伤
e.g. He has a wound in the arm. 他臂上有一处伤。
wound v. 使(身体)受伤;伤害
e.g. Two soldiers were wounded in the attack.
在这次袭击中,有两名士兵受伤。
You must not wound her feelings.
你不可以伤害她的感情。