Unit4BehindbeliefsReading2Teachingaims:Afterlearningthelanguagepointsinthistext,thestudentswillbeabletogetfamiliarwiththemeaningsofsomewordsandexpressions.Also,thestudentswillbeabletousethemcorrectly.Studentsareexpectedtogooversomeimportantsentencestructuresandtheirabilityoftranslatingorparaphrasingwillalsobeimproved.Teachingprocedures:Step1Revision(Competition)Holdacompetitionbyaskingfivestudentseachrepresentinghisorhergrouptowriteidiomsontheblackboardasmanyaspossible.Thenaskanotherfivestudentsfromeachgrouptoexplaintheidiomswrittenbytheirgroup.Thegroupwhichcanwritethemostidiomsandcanofferrightexplanationswillwinthecompetition.［Explanation］一直感觉课文语言点的讲评课形式比较刻板，学生们基本上都是以听、记或者机械地回答问题为主，课堂气氛也比较沉闷。因此设计这个竞赛作为整节课的开始，既起到了复习上一节课所学内容的作用，又能有效地让学生参与进来，充分调动学生的积极性，课堂气氛也顿时活跃，为下一步学习作了良性准备。Step2LanguagepointsParagraph11.Readtheparagraphtogether.2.Line1-2Anidiomisagroupofwordsoranexpressionwhosemeaningisnotstraightforward,becauseitoftencannotbeunderstoodbylookingatthemeaningsofitsseparatewords.*Translatethesentence.Key:习语是词义不直接的词组或者一种表达方式，因为其意义无法从孤立的单词中获得。*Separatehereisusedasanadjectivewiththemeaning‘eachorindividual(wordinthegroupofwordsortheexpression)’or‘nottogether’.e.g.这对双胞胎共享一个房间，但是他们各自睡一张床。Thetwinsshareoneroom,buttheysleepinseparatebeds.Separatecanalsobeusedasaverb,whichmeans‘tobecomeapart’or‘tobenottogether’.e.g.要将两头正在争斗的公牛分开是非常困难的。Itisextremelyhardtoseparatetwofightingoxen.3.inotherwords换句话说类似于“Thatis(tosay)…”其他和word有关的短语及固定用法：inaword简言之，总之haveawordwithsb.与某人谈一下havewordswithsb.与某人吵架keepone’sword守信，信守承诺Wordcamethat…有消息称······课堂操练：Yourperformanceinthedrivingtestdidn’treachtherequiredstandard—______,youfailed．A.intheendB.afterallC.inotherwordsD.atthesametimeKey:C4.anumberof许多（用于修饰可数名词）thenumberof…的数目课堂操练：Thenumberofthestamps_____limited,soanumberofpeople_____tohavealookatthem.A.are;wantB.is;wantsC.is;wantD.are;wantsKey:CParagraph21.Readtheparagraph.2.Line9:TheBiblewasfirstwritteninHebrewandGreek,bothofwhichusemanyidioms.Translatethefirstsentence.《圣经》最初是用希伯来文和希腊语写成的，这两种语言都是用很多习语。*代词+ofwhich/whom引导定语从句的用法:most,both,all,neither,either,none等代词+ofwhom（指人）/which（指物）可以引导定语从句。如：Shehastwodaughters,neitherofwhomlivesathome.Hehasfivedictionaries,allofwhicharepractical.*代词+ofwhom（指人）/which（指物）引导定语从句也可转换成ofwhom（指人）/which（指物）+代词引导定语从句。如：Ihavemanystorybooks,ofwhichallareinteresting.【考例】Lastweek,onlytwopeoplecametolookatthehouse,______wantedtobuyit.A.noneofthemB.bothofthemC.noneofwhomD.neitherofwhom(2007安徽)Key:D简析：D。定语从句与先行词可连成neitheroftheonlytwopeoplecametolookatthehouse，因此应填neitherofwhom引导定语从句。3.theconnectionto…也可以用介词with与······的联系4.beforelong不久以后，很快longbefore很久以前5.beusedtodo被用来做某事usedtodo过去常常做某事beusedtodoing习惯于做某事课堂操练：Asayoungman,Tomusedtointhetown,________tofindajobforafewcoins.A.knockingabout;waitedB.knockeddown;waitingC.knockabout;waitingD.knockeddown;waitedKey:CParagraph31.Readtheparagraph.2.L...
