Period 3 Language StudyTeaching aims 1.To learn the useful expressions and sentence structures in the reading
2.To enable students to use language points both orally and in written forms
3.To further understand the friendship between man and whales
Teaching procedures Step 1 Learning words and phrases 1.witness vt
(1)be present at(someplace)and see it 当场见到/目击Did anyone witness the accident
有人亲眼看到那次事故了吗
(2)“见证了”,时间、地点等作主语
Recent years have witnessed the collapse of the steel industry
近年来钢铁业日渐衰落
n.[C]目击者,证人The police found the witness to the murder case
警察找到了那件谋杀案的目击者
There was no witness at the scene of the accident
在事故现场没有证人
witness 还可表示“作证”“证明”,常用“witness to sth
/doing sth
”a live witness to
活生生的证人bear/give witness to sth
为……作证witness-box(英)=witness stand (美)证人席2.sort out(1)分类,整理I am