牛津高中英语模块5 Unit2 Language Pionts.docVIP

Unit 2 The Environment Reading Language Points Teaching aims: 1) Improve the Ss’ other basic abilities: the use of the words and expressions in reading Important points difficult points: 1) Master the usage of some key words and structures 2) Encourage the students to refer to dictionaries. Teaching procedure: Step 1: Review We have learned the debate and know something about how to solve the environment problems. Today we will read the text and find the difficult language points in it. Then ask students to put forward their difficulties in understanding the text. Then write them on the blackboard. (T can ask students to use their dictionaries and reference books and find answers for them. Let the students discuss them in pairs.) Step 2 Explain the language points. …and discuss which problems are caused by nature and which ones are caused by man. 讨论一下哪些问题是自然造成的，哪些又是人为因素。 ⑴ nature 自然，大自然（不可数名词, 不可用冠词the修饰） You can not go against nature. 你不能违背自然。 Man can conquer nature.人定胜天。 by nature 天生地 She is by nature a happy person. 她天生乐观。 Man is taller than woman. 男子比女子高。 Then we will open the floor for discussion. 然后我们将展开自由谈论。 句中the floor为“发言权” After they had each said a few words, Professor White took the floor. 他们各自说了几句话后，怀特教授开始发言。 The President then took the floor and answered the journalists’ questions. 总统随后讲话并回答了记者的提问。 If you have any questions or comments, you can use this time to voice them. 如果大家有任何疑问或评论，可以利用这个时间段来提出。 voice (v.) 表达，吐露 Yesterday morning in the city in the USA, a crowd of dustmen went on strike to voice complaint about their low-pay. 昨天上午在美国一个城市，大批清洁工举行罢工，以表达他们对工资的不满。 I dared not voice my dissatisfaction. 我不敢表达我的不满。 4. These boats catch large numbers of fish without giving them time to lay eggs. 这些捕捞船未等鱼儿产卵就大量捕捉他们。 ⑴ large numbers of 许多，大量，加复数名词，相当于a large number of , a great / good many Large numbers of whales have been killed by these Japanese ships. 这些日本捕捞船已经杀死了许多鲸鱼。 Numbers of people came to the meeting from all over the country. 全国各地许多人来