王志慧观摩课.PPT

College English Unit One, Book Three Extensive Reading Why the Tortoise’s Shell Is Not smooth Contents I. Pre-tasks Pre-read the text in 15 minutes before hand. Do pre-reading exercises. II. During-tasks Answer question. Find out the topic sentences of the text. Summarize the text. III. Post-tasks Do abstract exercises. Analyze the structure of the text. I. Pre-tasks: 2. Do pre-reading exercises. Talking About Tortoise Directions: Discuss the following questions in groups. What characteristics come to your mind when you think of a tortoise? Can you guess why the shell of the tortoise is not smooth? Give a brief explanation. Do pre-reading exercises. Useful Words and Phrases cut sth. into pieces (砍/切成碎片) slip on the ice (摔倒在冰上) inherit fall into pieces look beautiful protect himself Do pre-reading exercises. What characteristics come to your mind when you think of a tortoise? Sample: We can see the tortoise in the zoo but never think of why its back is not smooth. Usually a tortoise doesn’t have a good reputation. A tortoise is very slow, very foolish. It is ugly but it has a long life. It is often the symbol of longevity. But we have a story about “Tortoise and Hare”, which depicts the tortoise as clever and determined. In the story, the tortoise has a race with the hare. Even though the hare runs much faster than the tortoise, the tortoise doesn’t give up and finally wins the race because the hare is too proud and takes a nap while the tortoise is crawling. Do pre-reading exercises. 2) Can you guess why the shell of the tortoise is not smooth? Give a brief explanation. Sample: Maybe it inherited from its mother or father; maybe it once made people annoyed so people cut it; maybe it looks more beautiful, so on and so forth. I think his shell was smashed by something very hard. One day he was so hungry that he wanted to go to a castle to get some food. The place was very dangerous and it was at night, he didn’t see that the