重大版高中英语必修10EntertainingUs.pptVIP

Entertaining Us Looking Ahead Get to know about magic. Accumulate vocabulary related to the topic. Review word formation. Grammar recycling: active and passive voices. Practise giving friendly warnings and advice. Write a composition based on an outline. Getting Ready 1.Look at the following pictures and tell what they are about. Then work in pairs to make a list of your ways of entertainment and report to the whole class. 2.Decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false(F) according to what you know about magic. Then compare your answers with your partner’s. ____ 1) Magicians have special powers to do things that are impossible for common people. ____ 2) Magicians use psychology as a help when they play magic tricks to entertain people. ____ 3) Hand skills of the magician play an important part in magic shows. _____4) What a magician does is to make people believe that he can do almost anything by using tricks. _____5) Modem magicians play better magic tricks than magicians of the past due to the help of better mechanical equipment and greater knowledge of audience psychology. Reading Think about how Para. 1 and 7 are developed. mechanical device: 器械装置 Why is the word “magically” quoted? illusion : 幻觉 Comprehending 1.Skim the text and decide the main idea. The text mainly tells us that____________________ 1) magic shows are entertaining as long as the audience does not discover how the tricks are done 2) magic is a form of entertainment that is based on pretending to do things that are impos­sible 3) two basic magic tricks are making objects seem to appear and making objects seem to disappear. 4) the magician usually depends on his skill with his hands, on his knowledge of psychology, and, sometimes, on mechanical devices. 2. Read the text carefully. Answer the following questions in full sentences with your partner. 1) What is special about the magician? 2) What is important to the magician when he is trying to entertain people? 3) Why do most