单元：Unit3Amazingpeople板块：Reading2Thoughtsonthedesign:本节课是以听、说、读、练为主的词汇教学课。通过梳理本单元阅读文章中出现的相关重要词汇，帮助学生构建一定的词汇知识。遵循和运用认知规律，温习已学词汇，巩固和拓展新词汇，力争在词汇教学中，努力提升运用语言的能力，并给学生传授一些相关的词汇学习的方法和策略。Teachingaims:Afterlearningthetext,thestudentswillbeabletograspthekeywordsandexpressionsrequiredinthepassage,forexample,curious,discovery,riches,empty,present,coincidence,disturb,result;setsailfor,searchfor,aswellas,upondoing,resultin.Inaddition,thestudentsareexpectedtobroadentheirvocabularywiththeassistanceoftheteacherinlearningthetext.Thestudentsarealsoexpectedtobegivenaidorguidedinlearningmethodandstrategyforvocabulary.Teachingprocedures:Step1RevisionFillintheblankswithwordsfromthemagazinearticleonpages42-43ofyourbook,accordingtothefirstgivenletter.(PPT4-5)1.Childrenarec__________abouteverything.Theyarealwaysaskingalotofquestions.2.Don’td__________her;sheisdoingherhomework.3.Thed__________ofgoldinCaliforniamadepeoplerushtothewest.4.TheGreatLondonFire,whichbeganon2ndSeptember1666,r__________inhugedamagetothecityofLondon.5.I'venevercomea__________anyonequitelikeherbefore.6.Itr__________asecret.(Keys:curious;disturb;discovery;resulted:across;remains)[Explanation]通过巩固练习，复习阅读中的主要词汇。Step2Explanationforlanguagepoints1.Hewasbrightandcuriousabouttheworldoutsidehishometown.(Page42,Lines5-6)(PPT6)●Inthesentence“curious”means“eagertolearn/know”,itscommonusagesarelistedbelow.becuriousaboutsth.对……好奇becurioustodosth.好奇地做某事Curiouslyenough…奇怪的是，……（口语，常放句首）e.g.Theywereverycuriousaboutthepeoplewholivedintheisland.Heisalwayscurioustofindouthoweverythingworks.Curiouslyenough,ayearlaterexactlythesamethinghappenedtomeagain.2.In1891,attheageof17,hesetsailforAlexandria,Egypt.(Page42,Lines6-7)(PPT7)●Thephrase“setsailfor”means“totraveltosomewherebyboat”.Inthephrase,theword“sail”means“ashorttripusuallyfropleasureorinaboatwithsails”.e.g.WesetsailfromDoverforOstend.Wewentforasailaroundtheisland.●Thepreposition“for”herereferstothedestination.e.g.Thesunwassinkingaswesetoutforhome.Weleftourbagsinthestationandmadestraightfortheshipyard.3.Bythe1920s,hehadbecomeanexplorer,searchingforthetombsoftheEgyptianKings.(Page42,Lines7-8)(PPT8-9)●Inthissentencethepreposition“by”means“notlaterthan”or“before”,andisoftenfollowedbyaphraseindicatingapointoftime.e.g.Bythetimethedoctorarrived,thewomanhadgivenbirth.Mikemusthavemadesomefriendsinhisnewschoolbynow.●Thephrase“searchingforthetombs”worksasanadverbialofmanner.Here“searchfor”means“tolookfor”.e.g.Scientistsarestillsearchingforacureforthecommoncold.Thepolicedidn’tgiveupsearchingforthemissingboy.●Therearesomeotherexpressionsfor“search”.searchsp./sb.forsth.搜索（某地/某人）;寻找某物insearchof…（介词短语）寻找e.g.Thepolicesearchedthehouseforthestolenjewelry.HemovedtoNewYorkinsearchofabetterlife.4.Thesepreservedbodiesareknownasmummies.(Page42,Lines9-10)(PPT10-11)●Inthissentence“preserved”means“keepfromriskofgoingbad”,functioningasattributive.Itscommonusagesarelistedbelow.preservesth./sb.from…保护……免于……preservedfruit防腐水果thepreserve（野生动物）保护区e.g.ThecityshouldtakestepstopreservetheoldtempleOilusuallypreservesmetalfromrust.Nohuntingisallowedinthepreserve.●Thephra...
