Module 7 Great booksUnit 1 Were still influenced by Confuciuss ideas.教学目标1. 知识目标：能正确理解并使用下列单词及短语I 能正确使用下列单词和短语discuss, thinker, wise, review, influence, sense, make sense, by the way, suppose, well-knownII 交际用语1. Whats up?2. Well, maybe3. I suppose4. Why dont you?2. 技能目标：掌握一般现在时的被动语态的用法。3.通过对话学习，对孔子、莎士比亚、马克吐温这三位伟大的人物有基本的认识，在交流中鼓励不同层次的学生敢于发表自己的观点。教学重难点一般现在时的被动语态的用法 教学过程Step 1 Lead-in标题导入:“RecentlyIvereadagreatbookcalledRomeoandJuliet。 Imdeeplymovedby it.Haveyoueverreadsomegreatbooks?”随即将 “Greatbooks”呈现在黑板上，鼓励学生说出他们读过的名著。这里用学生们熟悉的话题导入新课，能够激发学生学习的兴趣，活跃课堂气氛，更重要的是通过老师的表述，如运用重读、稍慢的语速等方式强调被动语态的句子，让学生们在真实的语境中感知被动语态。Step 2 Listening听activity1，展示三幅图片，问“Whoarethey?Doyouknowsomethingaboutthem?Trytousethewordsinthetabletohelpyou.”,学生们两人一组描述图片，之后，听磁带看学生们的匹配是否与所听到的一致。1. Ask the students to Look at the pictures. 2. Say who they are and why they are famous.3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen carefully.4. Now listen and check your answers.5. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.6. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.Step 3 Listening carefully1. Ask the students to read through answer the sentences.1) Confucius is well-known in _.2) Shakespeare wrote _.3) Mark Twains stories are set _ of the US.2. Play the recording and ask the students to listen carefully.3. Listen and complete the sentences.4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.5. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.6. Now listen and check.Step 4 Listen and read（一）学生自主学习，理解activity 3的意思，找出不懂的地方。（二）小组内合作解决不懂的地方，再有疑难，小组间共同解决，教师适时点拨。1. Show some pictures, and ask the students to talk about them.2. Ask the students to read the conversation silently.3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation.4. Read the conversation.5. Act it out.6. Match the people with the descriptions.（1） Ask the students to read the conversation again.（2）Read the information in Activity 3.1) Confucius 2) Shakespeare 3)Mark Twaina) He was a very wise man.b) He is not as well-known as the other two people, but his works are still popular.c) His plays are read by millions of people.d) He was more a teacher and thinker than a writer.e) People are still influenced by his ideas.3. Now match the people with the descriptions.4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.5. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.Keys: 1.a), d), e) 2. c) 3. b)Step 5 Finish the activity 4.1. Ask the students to the words in the box in Activity 4.accept discuss influence review sense thinker wise2. Ask the students to read through the passage in Activity 4.Mr Jackson and Betty are (1)_ great writers. Betty explains that in her Internet group, each person reads a favourite book and then write a(n) (2)_of it. Mr Jackson (3)_ that Confucius and Shakespeare are great because their works are still read by people today, but he thinks Confucius was more a teacher and (4)_ than a writer. He says that Confucius was a very (5)_ man. Mr Jackson thinks that we are still (6)_ by Confuciuss ideas and that Shakespeares plays still make (7)_ to people today.3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.4. Check with a partner.5. Call back the answers from the whole class.Keys: 1. discussing 2. review 3. accepted 4. thinker 5. wise 6. influenced 7. sense Step 6 Everyday English让学生们说说这些句子在文中的意思。Whats up?Well, maybeI supposeWhy dont you?Step 7 Pronunciation1）跟读录音朗读文章，模仿语音语调2）读熟文章3）画出重读的句子1. Play the recording once without stopping.2. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to repeat.1) Were still influenced by Confuciuss ideas.2) Shakespeares plays also make a lot of sense to us today.3) He was important, but I suppose he isnt as well-known as Confucius or Shakespeare.3. Ask the students to listen and underline the words the speaker stresses.4. Now listen again and repeat.Step 8 Group work and speaking1. Work in groups. Do you agree with the following opinions? Give your reasons.1) Teahouse is one of the greatest plays in China.2) Everyone should learn some Tang poems.3) We should only read books by great writers.I acceptI agree / dont agree withI supposeI think2. Now report the ideas of your group to the whole class.Most of us thinkWe think we learn3. Work in groups.Step 9 Language points1. Whats up? Whats up? 是一种非正式的用法，意思是“怎么了/出什么事了？”例如：Whats up? You look very worried? 怎么了？你看上去很焦虑。2. But I think Id describe Confucius more as a teacher and thinker than a writer.这里的Confucius指孔子，为“孔夫子”的英语译名，是长期以来约定俗成的译法。morethan在本句中表示“