高中英语人教版必修2Unit 1 Cultural relics教学设计

The first period Warming up， Pre-reading， Reading and Comprehending

1．Knowledge points： Get the students to learn the useful new words and expressions：rare，valuable，survive，vase，dynasty，amaze，select，honey， design，fancy，style，decorate，jewel，artist，belong，troop，reception，remove，wooden，doubt，former，worth，in search of，belong to，in return，at war，less than

Get the students to learn the history of the Amber Room. 2．Ability aims:

Let the students read the passage In Search of the Amber Room. 3．Important points:

Learn and read the passage In Search of the Amber Room to help them learn different reading skills.

4．Difficult points:

Develop their reading skills and get them to talk about cultural relics.

Step 1. Warming up

1. Warming up by looking and talking: show them some pictures to arose. 2. Warming up and definition.

1) What kind of old things are cultural relics? 2) Are all the old things cultural relics?

3) What is the definition and classification of cultural relics? 4) Whom do cultural relics belong to?

Step 2. Reading .

Ask them to read and predict what the reading passage is about.

Step 3. Reading

1. Skimming for the general idea of each paragraph.

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The passage Para 1 Para 2 The general ideas The history of the Amber Room The introduction about the Amber Room: design, color, shape, material The present to the Czar: a part of winter palace in St. Petersburg, a reception hall for important visitors Para 3 The relocating of the Amber Room in the Catherine Ⅱ times: moved into the Summer Palace, more added to its designs. Para 4 The missing of the Amber Room: the two countries were at war. Nazi German army stole the Amber Room, and 27 wooden boxes were trained to a German city. Nobody knew it from then on. Para 5 The rebuilding of the Amber Room: a new one but the same as the old built by the two countries, for celebrating the 300th birthday of Petersburg

2. Scanning for detailed information: read the text carefully and do exercises 1 and 2 in Comprehending.

1). Join the correct parts of the sentences together. (1) Frederik I A. stole the Amber Room

(2) Frederik William I B. sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia (3) Peter the Great C. had the Amber Room made (4) Catherine II D. had it moved outside St Petersburg (5) The Nazi army E. gave it to the Czar as a gift

(6) The Russians and Germans F. built a new one after studying pictures of the old one

2). The following five questions summarize the main idea of the five paragraphs in the passage. Put the paragraph numbers in the boxes. Then answer the questions.

□ How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? □ How was a new Amber Room built? □ How did the Amber Room get lost? □ How was the Amber Room made?

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□ Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?

3. Deal with any language points students might meet.

4. Reading aloud and underlining. (listen to the tape and pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pause within each sentence. Pick out all the useful expressions or collocations from the passage while reading and copy them to the notebooks after class.)

5. Reading and transferring information. (Filling the table)

Number 1716 1770 1941 2003 7000 tons 600 2 2 100,000 27 The 300th

6. 根据课文内容填空

The Amber Room A general Introduction to It was made of tons of amber, whose color was yellow-brown the Amber Room and it was decorated with gold and jewels. It took Prussia’s best artists about ten years to make it. Time Times of Peter the great Events In 1716, Frederick William I gave it to Peter the great to exchange it for a troop of soldiers.

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Meaning Then, it became a small reception hall of the czar’s winter palace in St Petersburg. Times of Catherine II Catherine II had her artists add more details to it and the work was completed in 1770--almost six hundred candles lit the room and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. World War II Some furniture and small art objects were removed from the room. The Amber room itself was stolen by the German Nazis, and then it was gone. Recently The Russians and the Germans worked together to rebuild a new Amber Room to celebrate the 300th birthday of St Petersburg.

Step 4. Discussing the characteristics of the text:

(This passage is a narrative prose or non-fiction article. It tells the history of Amber Room in the order of time so that we can clearly learn about what happened to it. The tense used the text is the past tense. )

Step 5 Closing down by retelling the story of the Amber Room.

Step 6 Homework

Learn the useful new words and expressions in this unit Tell the story of the Amber Room

The second period: Learning about important language points

Important points: enable the students to grasp the usages of such new words and expressions as surviving, belong, doubt, belong to, in search of. Get the students to master the patterns: “sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.” “There is no doubt that the boxes were then out on a train for Konigsberg”

Difficult points: get the students to understand some difficult and long sentences.

Emotional aims: Develop the students` spirits of cooperation and teamwork. Stimulate their

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interest in learning English

Step 1 Revision 1) Check the homework.

2) Retell the history of the Amber Room

Step 2 Reading and finding:

Get the students read through Warming up, Pre-reading, Reading and Comprehending to underline the new words and useful expressions or collocations in these parts.

Collocations: a cultural relics, be rare and valuable, survive for a long time, whether…. Or not, an amazing history, be used to do, the design of the room, the fancy style, popular in those days, give the name, decorated with gold and jewels, in fact, as a gift of, in return, be made to be a gift, serve as, add more details to, the search for, be mad for, one of the wonders, are objects, look much like…., at war, remove….from…, remain a mystery, be ready for….

Step 3 Practice for useful words and expressions

Do the exercises in discovering useful words and expressions

Step 4 Vocabulary study

(1) Survive：continue to live or exist，in spite of nearly being killed or destroyed Few survived after the flood. The custom still survives. The house survived the storm. He survived his wife for many years.

(2) belong to： be the property of， be a member of The land belongs legally to the government. The blue sky belongs equally to us all. They belong to the younger generation. (3) in return: as payment or reward for sth. I bought him a drink in return for his help.

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(4) doubt: uncertainty or disbelief, reason for not believing sth. There is no doubt about it.

I have doubts about his competence(能力). Please dismiss all doubts about it. It is human to doubt. 怀疑是人的天性. I doubt whether he is at home.

(5) remain: be left or still present after other parts have been removed or used or dealt with After the fire, very little remained of my house. If you take 3from 8, 5 remains. Much remains to do.

We should remain modest and prudent. (我们应该保持谦虚谨慎) Let things remain as they are. (保持原状吧.)

Step 5 Sentence focus

(1) This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The chairman, who spoke first, sat on my right.

I`m seeing the manager tomorrow, when he will be back from New York. (2) The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. (3) In 1770, the room was completed the way she wanted. I was never allowed to do things the way that I wanted. He was looking at her in the way that surprised her. We have to make it work in the way they want it to.

(4) There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konisberg, which was at that time a German city on the Balitic Sea. They had to face the fact that the nearest filling station is 30 miles away. The doctor came to the conclusion that the patient was suffering from cancer. I have no idea when he will return. There is no doubt that he is affine scholar.

There is no doubt that you can find a way to solve this problem.

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Step 6 Using words and expressions (page 42)

Step 7 Homework.

Finish off the Workbook Exercises.

Learn the useful new words and expressions by heart.

The third period Learning about grammar

Knowledge aims: enable the students to know the structure of the restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clauses

Important points: get the students to master the structure and usage of the restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clauses and the differences

Difficult points: Enable the students to learn how to use the restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clauses correctly

Step 1 Revision

Check the homework exercises

Dictate some useful words and expressions

Step 2 Warming up by reading and discovering Some examples in the reading passage:

This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. In 1770, the room was completed the way she wanted. This was a time when the two countries were at war. Later, Catherine Ⅱ had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers.

Step 3 Grammar learning

(1) Looking and thinking:

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(2) Summing up and explanations.

An adjective clause is a dependent clause which takes the place of an adjective in another or phrase. Like an adjective, used to modifies a noun or pronoun , answering questions like “which” or “what kind of” Relative pronouns: who / whom / which / that Relative adverbs: when / where / why

(3) Restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clauses My uncle, who lives in London, is very rich. My uncle who lives in London is very rich.

The policies, which were unpopular, were rejected by the voters. The policies that / which were unpopular were rejected by the voters.

Step 4 Grammar practice Do the exercises on page 4.

Step 5 Closing down by a quiz 1. Choose the right answers.

(1) As many children ____ came were given some cakes. A. that B. as C. who D. whom

(2) The visitors saw rows of houses the roofs _____ are red. A. on which B. of which C. where D. that (3) I usually take a nap after lunch, _____ is my habit. A. which it B. as it C. as D. that (4) Please tell me the way ______ you did the job. A. how B. where C. which D. in which

(5) Is this museum ______ some German friends visited the day before? A. the one B. which C. that D. where

6) The farmer uses wood to build a house ______ to store grain. A. in which B. where C. that D. with which

(7) I shall never forget the days ______ I spent in the country with the farmers, ______ has a great

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effect on my life.

A. when, which B. that, which C. when, that D. which, that (8) Little has been done ______ is helpful to our work. A. that B. what C. which D. all that

(9) Perhaps this is the only market ______ you can get such cheap goods. A. that B. of which C. by which D. where

(10) We`ll put off the outing until next week, ______ we won`t be so busy. A. when B. which C. at which D. in that (Answers: BBCDA ABADA)

2. Complete the sentences by combining the two ones. Use formal written English. (1) An antecedent is a word.

A pronoun refers to this word.

An antecedent is a word which / that a pronoun refers to.

(2) The blue whale is considered the largest animal that has ever lived.

It can grow to 100 feet and 150 tons.

The blue whale which / that can grow to 100 feet and 150 tons is considered the largest animal that ever lived.

(3) The plain was met by a crowd of 300.

Some of them had been waiting for more than 4 hours.

The plain was met by a crowd of 300, some of whom had been waiting for more than 4 hours.

(4) In this paper, I will describe the basic process.

Raw cotton becomes cotton thread by this process.

In this paper, I will describe the basic process by which raw cotton becomes cotton thread.

(5) The researchers are doing case studies of people to determine the importance of heredity in health and longevity.

These people`s families have a history of high blood pressure and heart disease.

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The researchers are doing case studies of people whose families have a high blood pressure and heart disease to determine the importance of heredity in health and longevity.

(6) At the end of this month, scientists at the institute will conduct their AIDS research.

The results of this research will be published within 6 months.

At the end of this month, scientists at the institute will conduct their AIDS research, the results of which will be published within 6 months.

(7) According to many education officials, “math phobia” is a widespread problem. A solution to this problem must be found.

According to many education officials, “math phobia” is a wide spread problem to which a solution must be found.

(8) The art museum hopes to hire a new administrator.

Under this person`s direction it will be able to purchase significant pieces of art.

The art museum hopes to hire a new administer under whose direction it will be able to purchase significant pieces of art.

(9) The giant anteater licked up ants for its dinner.

Its tongue is longer than 30 centimeters.

The giant anteater, whose tongue is longer than 30 centimeters, licked up ants for its dinner.

(10) The anteater`s tongue is sticky.

It can go in and out of its mouth 160 times a minute.

The anteater`s tongue, which can go in and out of its mouth 160 times a minute, is sticky.

Step 6 Home work

Finish off the workbook exercises.

Preview the part Reading the passage on page 5, pick out the sentences with the non-restrictive attributive clauses。

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The fourth period Using language： Reading and writing

Knowledge aims：get the students to learn some useful new words and expressions in this part ：trail, consider, opinion, evidence, rove, pretend, more than, even though

Important points: develop students` reading skills by extensive reading ;train students` speaking ability by telling the difference between fact and opinion and talking about something which interests them ad about which they are familiar with.

Difficult points: Enable the students to learn to use reading strategies such as skimming and scanning. Get them to learn how to tell facts from opinions.

Step 1 revision Check the homework

Ask some students to review the restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clauses.

Step 2 Warming up by asking some questions

We often say, “we must respect facts and can`t wholly depend on one`s opinions”. ① what does it mean when you say, “It is a fact”? ②what does it mean when you say, “It is an opinion”?

A fact must be real, objective and without any personal judgment. So it can be proved.

An opinion always expresses one`s own ideas. It is always subjective. So it has not been proved.

Step 3 Reading this passage A Fact or An Opinion?

Reading and defining: read the passage fast and make the following definitions: what is fact / opinion / evidence?

Listen and read the passage to underline the useful expressions.

Step 4 Reading a man`s story.

Read and decide whether it is a fact or an opinion, then give some reasons.

Step 5 Talking

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Tell the students something about Abu Simbel and ask them to answer the question: Do you think it was worth spending so much money to move a cultural relic as Abu Simbel?

Step 6 Reading task

Read the text quickly and try to retell it.

Step 7 Closing down by discussing

Question: Do you think China should save all of its cultural relics?

Step 8 Homework

Finish off the workbook exercises.

Learn all the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.

The Fifth Period: Using Language: Listening and speaking

Difficult points: get the students to listen and understand different listening materials and to develop their speaking ability.

Important points: develop the students` listening and speaking abilities. Enable them to master different listening skills. Let them learn how to ask for opinions and give opinions.

Step 1 Revision Check the homework.

Ask some students to talk about Feng Jicai`s story.

Step 2 warming up

Warm them up by asking them some questions: what is fact / opinion / evidence? Can you imagine the fate of the Amber Room?

Step 3 listening (Page 5-6)

Step 4 Speaking (page 6)

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Some useful expressions: Do / Don`t you think that…….? Would you consider …. ? Why / Why not…?

Do you have any idea about…..? Are you sure that …….? What would you say….? How do you feel about …. ?

What are your opinions / reasons for saying that? I don`t believe …… because …….. I think …… is telling the truth because …….

Suggested answer: Hans Braun is less believable because he is working for a company trying to find the ship which carried the treasures in the Baltic Sea. Of the three eyewitnesses, only Anna Pettov has no selfish reason for saying what she has said. In particular, she is not involved in any current effort to find the treasure. Therefore, she is the most believable.

Step 6 listening (page 41) Something about the Aswan Dam.

Step 7 listening task (page 44)

Step 8 Homework.

Finish off the Workbook exercises Preview the next part: Reading and writing

The Sixth Period: Using Language: Reading and writing

Ability aims:

Develop students` writing ability by writing letters. Enable them to express agreement and disagreement Enable them to express good reasoning and strong feelings. Important points:

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Develop the students` writing ability. Difficult points:

Learn to write a letter to express one`s good reasoning and strong feelings.

Step 1 Revision Check the homework.

Ask some students to talk about the fate of the Amber Room.

Step 2 Warming up by discussing.

Sometimes we may fall into a moral choice. Things like this: my old granny happened to find an ancient vase under a big tree in the earth of our garden. It`s so beautiful and special, my family fell into a moral dilemma(窘境). Can you help me to make a choice?

Step 3 Reading and writing on page 7

1. Ask students to read the letter from a German newspaper in which the writer gives his opinion

about what should be done with the cultural relic that has been found. 2. Ask the following questions:

Who do you think the Amber Room belong to ?

What should you do with the things you have found even if the search cost you time and money?

Do you agree with Johnson? 3. Have a debate about the relics.

Some tips:

There must be a question with two possible answers. There must be a chairperson?

There must be two sides: “for” or “against” the question. Each side takes turns to debate and gives reasons for their opinion. At the end there should be a class vote. The chairperson says which side wins and why? Step 4 Writing task on page 46

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Step 5 Closing down by debating

Step 6 Home work

Finish off the Workbook exercises.

Appendices:

Useful verbs: survive, amaze, select, remain, belong, design, fancy, decorate, remove, doubt, consider, explode, sink, debate

Phrasal verbs: belong to, take apart, think highly of

Useful nouns: dynasty, vase, honey, design, style, jewel, artist, troop, reception, doubt, painting, castle, trail, evidence, entrance, sailor, debate

Useful adjective and verbs: cultural, rare, valuable, amazing, fancy, wooden, former, worth, local, informal, apart

Useful expressions: in search of, in return, at war, less than New grammar item: the restrictive and non-restrictive clause

一. Word spelling

1. As is known, the Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world. 2. In the accident, only two people survived at last. 3. The building is specially designed for the homeless people. 4. The furniture in your room looks new at the first sight. 5. Enough evidence can help him a lot in the court. 6. I got a very friendly reception when I arrived there. 7. I have some doubt whether they will come here on time. 8. He removed his trousers and I found the wound. 9. Haven`t you know he had enough treasure by cheating? 10. The fancy style attracted a large number of people. 11. Tom looked through the suits and selected (选择)the most expensive one for me.

12. The book’s design (设计) is for the children under ten, whose reading skills have not been fully developed.

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13. The police have collected evidence (证据) to prove that he had stolen the car.

14. The boiler exploded (爆炸) and many workers were injured by the hot water and steam. 15. I think the wood might be made into a really valuable (贵重) piece of work. 16. Luckily, all the passengers on board succeeded in the plane accident yesterday. 17. They have not moved into their new houses, because it is being decorated. 18. The film Tiny Times directed by Guo Jingming is well worth seeing. I have seen it twice. 19. These books can not be removed from the reading room. You can read it here. 20. The report said the ground in our city suddenly sank this morning, leaving a big hole in the middle of the street.

二. Fill in the blanks with the expressions given below. Use each one only once and make changes where necessary.

Search for, take away, show up, find out, look into, under attack, no wonder, belong to, in search of, in return, at war, take apart, come true, think highly of, no doubt, in search of, belong to, in return, at war, less than, take part in, in fact, think highly of, agree with, do with

1) The couple`s child was lost and the police have been searching for him everywhere. 2) He had made a through investigation. No wonder he knew so much about it. 3) I bought him a drink in return for his help. 4) The city of San Francisco was hit by an earthquake. A village in this area was also under attack. 5) Scientists are in search of a cure for the disease. 6) China is a developing country belonging to the third world. 7) A working party has been set up to look into the problem. 8) I`ve always dreamed of coming to china, and now my dream has come true. 9) These books must not be taken away from the library. 10) He was thought highly of when he saved a drowning boy from the river. 11) The country has been at war with its neighbor for two years and the people have suffered a lot. 12) The investigation showed up the inefficiency of the management. 13) Switzerland did not take part in the Second World War. 14) No doubt she will call us when she gets there. 15) He had been cheating the taxman but it was years before he was found out.

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16) It’s easy to take apart a computer but difficult to get it together again. 17) The population of gold monkeys has dropped from about 2,000 to less than 500. 18) ---What did you do with the money you found at the corner of the street? ---I handed it in to the office.

19) Mr. Green walked through the street in search of a place to live in. 20) You gave me so much help when I was in trouble that I want to do something for you in return. 21) I thought Little Tom was in his room, but in fact he was in the garden. 22) This book belongs to me. I mean, it isn’t Mary’s.

23) Though he is very stubborn, he sometimes agrees with things I have said to him. 24) Those two countries have been at war for a long time, and no one knows when peace will come. 25) Charlie was thought highly of by the couple, because he had saved their son.

三. Fill in the blanks with proper relatives.

1) Do you know the place where he borrowed the book? 2) He talked about the teachers and schools that he had visited. 3) Some of the road were flooded, which made our journey more difficult. 4) The novel in which you are interested was written by Mark Twain. 5) As is often the case, we have worked out the production plan. 6) I met that famous writer at the party, who had just won the Nobel Prize in Literature. 7) Their daughter won the world championship in the swimming yesterday, which made them happy and proud.

8) We are in a position where we may lose a large sum of money because of this wrong decision. 9) Mrs. Brown brought three children into the office, two of whom I had never seen. 10) This is a subject about which we might argue for a long while at the meeting.

四. 根据汉语意思及所给提示翻译下列句子.

1) 毫无疑问，随着科学的发展, 科学家们会找到治疗艾滋病的方法. (doubt)

With the development of science, there is no doubt that scientists can find a way to cure AIDS. 2) 一些身强力壮的年轻人被选中组成了一个小队去寻找失踪的文物. (in search of) Some strong young men were selected to organized a team in search of the missing cultural

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relics.

3) 我每天帮John学汉语.做为回报, 他上周送给我一个MP4播放器. (in return) I help John with his Chinese every day. In return, he gave me an MP4 player last week. 4) 地震过后, 这个镇上没有一栋房子没有一棵树仍然站着没到. (not..nor) Not a building was left standing after the earthquake, nor was a tree.

5) 作为父母, 我们应该告诉孩子们我们信任他们, 这有助于她们形成健康的性格. (定语从句) As parents, we should tell children that we trust them, which helps them to develop their healthy characters.

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