Unit 2 Witnessing time一,【教学目标】1. To learn some language points in this text, to enlarge the vocabulary2. To use the language points when doing the exercises二,【教学重难点】Learn to analyze some long and complicated sentences.三,【预习检查】 英汉互译/识记短语1. associate A with B _____________ 2. 任命某人为 _____________3. 设法做成某事______________. 4. 宣布对某人的判决 _____________________5. place/lay/put stress on sth. __________ 6. in particular ___________________7. 被控告有….罪 ______________ 8. on behalf of _________________9. in terms of ____________________ 10. 时事 ______________________ 11. come to sb’s assistance __________ 12. mend one’s ways _________________四,【课堂教与学】重点单词用法探究1. 【原句回放】In particular, we associate ancient Greek civilization with the capital city of Athens, the greatest symbol of which is the Acropolis. associate A with B 把 A 和 B 联系在一起;由 A 联想到 B A be associated with B A 与 B 有关 associate with sb. 与某人交往 We should not sacrifice environmental protection to __________ economic growth. A. concentrate B. promote C. associate D. accumulate2. 【原句回放】 King Henry VIII accused her of having affairs, and sent her to the tower on 2 May 1536. current/foreign/world affairs 时事/外交事务/国际事务 state of affairs 事态,情势 put one’s affairs in order 料理自己的事务3. 【 原句回放】His death sentence was withdrawn at the last minute, though, and he spent thirteen years more in the Tower. pass/pronounce sentence on sb. 宣布对某人的判决 serve one’s sentence 某人服刑 under sentence of death 判处死刑 sentence sb. to sth. 判处某人… 那名男子因偷窃被判入狱。The man was _______________ for theft. 4. 【原句回放】 In addition, getting these historic sites recognized by the re...