教案book4-lesson07_spring sowing.docVIP

教 案 周 次 第 5 周，第 1 次课 授课时间 2008年 4月1-2 日 授课章节 Lesson Seven: Spring Sowing 本（章）节 授课方式 课堂讲授（√） 实践课（ ） 教学时数 2学时 授 课 要 点 本 （章） 节 教 学 目 标 1. Explain the pre-class work 2．Ask students to acquire key words 3. Ask students to acquire relevant background information 教 学 重 点 和 难 点 1.Word formation 2.Key words 3.Background information 思考题 或 作 业 1．Preview Text A and analyze the structure. 2．Underline the difficult points.ivy-covered snow-covered被雪覆盖的 flood-stricken受灾的 wind-blown被风吹的 weather-beaten（因风吹日晒）粗糙的，受损的 student-centered以学生为中心的 dog-tired极度疲乏的，累极了 hen-pecked怕老婆的，惧内的 2. suffix: -en : to make or become whiten v. darken变黑暗 fasten装牢；系紧 heighten增高；增强 lengthen（使）变长 moisten使湿润 sharpen（使）锐利；（使）敏锐 strengthen加强；（使）坚固 weaken使弱；使稀薄 worsen（使）恶化；（使）变坏 3. suffix: -en: made of; looking like woolen adj. brazen黄铜制的；坚硬的 earthen土制的；地球上的 golden金制的；金色的 leaden铅制的；沉闷的 wooden木制的；呆笨的 Ⅱ: introducing the author and the present passage Liam O’Flaherty is one of the most important modern Anglo-Irish authors together with James Joyce. He was born in 1896 on an island in Ireland, which must have had very big influence on his character as well as on his writing. “Spring Sowing” is taken from his first collection of short stories which bears the same title published in 1924. the story describes the first day of the first spring planting of a newly-wedded couple against the background of a traditional agricultureal country. In Ireland at that time, most people still depended on fariming for a living, and the main crop was the potato. Modern science and technology had not yet caught up with the land, there was little machinery. Practically everything was still done by hand. A typical famer believed in traditional virtues: hard