定语从句的初学阶段的教法及活动设计.doc

Defining Relative Clauses 【语法结构】 Grammar Structure who ; which ; that ; whose ; when ; where Function Defining relative clauses are used to define exactly who or what we are talking about. This is essential information about a person, a place or a thing. 【活动形式】 Reading Speaking 【活动步骤】 Step 1 1. Discuss. Do you think it is possible to cheat on a TV quiz show? How? 2. Work in pairs. Student A: read the text “Who wants to be a millionaire?” Student B: read the text: “The man who never lost.” Answer the questions and tell your partner about your story accordingly. Questions: 1. What was the TV programme? 2. What did the contestants win? 3. Why was there a scandal? 4. Who was involved in the scandal? 5. What happened in the end? Who wants to be a millionaire? Since making its debut in September 1998, Who wants to be a millionaire? Has become a worldwide hit. Four people have become millionaires (legally), seven have walked away with ￡500,000 and seven have walked away with nothing. On 10th September 2001 Charles Ingram became one of those lucky (and intelligent) people who won the big prize – a million pounds. So why, when he returned to the dressing room, did he have an argument with his wife? Why did he not celebrate? It was because they cheated, and they were nervous about being caught. When the truth was revealed, nineteen months later, they were caught. During the show which Ingram won, viewers heard someone coughing regularly. It was a college lecturer friend of theirs, Tecwen Whittock. He was in the studio, and every time he heard the correct answer, he coughed. Ingram never admitted cheating, but viewers who saw the show said that the cheating was obvious. On some occasions Ingram actually changed his answer after coughs from Whittock told him he was wrong. A doctor later said that Whittock told him he was wrong. A doctor later said that Whittock suffered from an allergy that was making him cough. But the 15.1 million people who watched a replay of