Unit2WitnessingtimeWordpowerThoughtsonthedesign:本节课是词汇学习课，要求学生了解英语中的希腊语词汇。英语在其发展的过程中吸收了大量的外来词汇。希腊文明对西方文明产生了巨大的影响，同样地，希腊语也为英语贡献了大量的词汇。学生通过这些词汇的了解，可以提高词汇学习的策略，从而提高学习的效率。谚语也是词汇学习的一部分，让学生欣赏一些希腊的谚语，帮助学生更多地了解希腊文化。Teachingaims:Afterlearningthispart,thestudentswillbeabletorecognizesomeborrowedwordsfromGreek.Andthustheywillbeabletolearnthevocabularymoreeffectively.Meanwhile,someGreekproverbsareappreciatedinthisperiod.Teachingprocedures:Step1RevisionTellthestudents:TheAcropolisisjustoneofthemanymonumentslistedbyUNESCOasaWorldHeritagesite.CanyouidentifywherethefollowingWorldHeritagesitesare?[Explanation]通过讨论世界文化遗址激活主题，引导学生复习了前几个课时刚刚学过的知识，重点复习了部分国家和世界文化遗址名称。Step2BrainstormingTellthestudents:Inthepreviousperiod,we’velearnedsomethingaboutGreekarchitecture.We’velearntthatnoonehadagreaterimpactonWesterncivilizationthantheancientGreeks.Similarly,theGreeklanguagehasalsoinfluencedtheEnglishlanguage.TherearealotofEnglishwordsderivedfromGreek.Canyoulistsomeexamples?Activity:PairworkThestudentscanrefertothearticleinthetextbookorsharewhattheyhavealreadyknown.[Explanation]将课文复习自然地过渡到词汇学习，同时激发学生已有知识。通过讨论，学生互相学习，从而提高学生合作学习的能力。Step3Vocabularylearning1.NowreadthepassageinPartAandfindouttheanswerstothefollowingquestions:WhatwordsdoesGreekcontributetotheEnglishlanguage?(Wordsrelatedtoscience,sportandmanyeverydaywords.)WhyaretheresomanyscientificwordsthatcomefromGreek?(BecausetheGreeksmadeahugecontributiontothefieldofscience.)2.WorkinpairsandputthewordsmentionedinPartAinthecorrectfieldsinthechartontheslide.3.Checktheanswers.4.Readthemaloud.5.CompletePartConpage23individuallyturningtoPartAandBforreference.Answers(1)theatre(2)music(3)choir/chorus(4)History(5)museums(6)Geography(7)Science(8)technology[Explanation]学生通过阅读了解希腊词汇，通过归类和填空巩固所学词汇。Step4Vocabularyextension1.ApartfromtheGreeklanguage,throughouthistory,theEnglishlanguageborrowedmanywordsfromotherlanguages.Whatwordsareborrowedwordsandwhichlanguagedidtheycomefrom?Pleasefindoutasmanywordsaspossibleandwriteyouranswersonthepaper.Anglo-Saxon:pick.Norse:liftFrench:beef,mutton,pork,baconGermanendings:men,oxen,feet,teeth,children2.WordguessingCanyouguessthemeaningofthefollowingwordsaccordingtowhatyou’velearned?triangletelescopebiotechnologyautomobilesocialistkilometergymnastmarathonmicrowavespecializetragedycommunism3.Greekproverbs.GetthestudentstoappreciatetheproverbsinPartDandputthemintoChinese.[Explanation]除了希腊语之外，英语中还有许多来自其它语言的词汇。通过这一环节，学生更多的了解了英语中的外来词汇。猜词部分对所学单词进行巩固，因wordpower部分是作为词汇拓展而设计的，因此要求学生能够识别本课单词皆可，不要求更高层次的运用，以免增加学生负担。另外，谚语也是词汇学习的一部分。让学生欣赏希腊谚语，并帮助他们翻译成汉语。Step5Discussion1.Organizestudentsintogroupsanddiscussthefollowingquestions:1)DoestheChineselanguageborrowwordsfromotherlanguages?Examples?2)Whydoesalanguageneedtoborrowwordsfromotherlanguages?2.Asksomestudentstoreporttheiranswers.[Explanation]通过前面的学习，学生对英语吸收外来词语、特别是希腊语言的情况有了初步了解。通过本环节关于母语吸收外来语的讨论，目...
