《牛津高中英语》（模块九·高三上学期）Unit4ReadingBiblicalidiomsinEnglish一、Teachinggoals1.Targetlanguage:newwordsandsentencestructure2.Abilitygoals:Enablestudentstogainsomeknowledgeaboutidioms,understandtheiroriginalmeaningsandlearnabouttheirpracticalusageinEnglish.3.Learningabilitygoals:Studentsareexpectedtopracticeandreinforcetheirreadingcomprehensionandimprovetheiroverallability.二、TeachingimportantanddifficultpointsGainsomeknowledgeaboutidioms,andimprovetheiroverallability三、TeachingaidsAtaperecorderandacomputer.四、TeachingproceduresandwaysStepILead-in1.Showpicturestostudents,andintroducesomethingabouttheBible.TheBibleisoftendescribedas"thegreatestbookeverwritten."Thisisbecauseofitsunendingsignificanceandinfluenceonpeoplethroughouttheages.NootherbookinhistoryhasimpactedpeoplesandculturesliketheBible.ManybasicconceptsandprinciplesofWesternculturehavecomedownfromtheBible.ManycommonEnglishphrasesandexpressionshavetheiroriginintheBiblewell.Eventhoughitwaswrittenmorethan2,000yearsago,theBiblecontinuestoinfluencepeopletoday.2.Enjoyastoryinit.TheObstacleInOurPathInancienttimes,akinghadaboulderplacedonaroadway.Thenhehidhimselfandwatchedtoseeifanyonewouldremovethehugerock.Someoftheking'swealthiestmerchantsandcourtierscamebyandsimplywalkedaroundit.Manyloudlyblamedthekingfornotkeepingtheroadsclear,butnonedidanythingaboutgettingthebigstoneoutoftheway.Thenapeasantcamealongcarryingaloadofvegetables.Onapproachingtheboulder,thepeasantlaiddownhisburdenandtriedtomovethestonetothesideoftheroad.Aftermuchpushingandstraining,hefinallysucceeded.Asthepeasantpickeduphisloadofvegetables,henoticedapurselyingintheroadwheretheboulderhadbeen.Thepursecontainedmanygoldcoinsandanotefromthekingindicatingthatthegoldwasforthepersonwhoremovedtheboulderfromtheroadway.Thepeasantlearnedwhatmanyothersneverunderstand.Everyobstaclepresentsanopportunitytoimproveone'scondition.StepIIFastreadingscantheInternetarticleonpage50quicklyandfindtheanswerstotheKnowledgequestions（细节复述型问题）whichelicitfactualanswersandrecognitionofinformation,words,phrasesorsentencesinthepassageasanswers.1).Whatisanidiom?---Anidiomisagroupofwordsoranexpressionwhosemeaningoftencannotbeunderstoodbylookingatthemeaningsoftheseparatewordsinit.2).WhichlanguageswastheBiblefirstwrittenin?---InHebrew.3).Whichidiomisoftenusedtodescribechildren?---Appleoftheirparents’eyeStepIIICarefulreading1.Listentotherecordingandfollow,thenreaditcarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestionsinPartC1.Thesequestionsinterpretsomeinformationinthepassage,sofinishthemandtrytoimprovethestudents’abilitytofindspecificinformation.1).WhydoestheBiblehavealotofidioms?---BecausetheBiblewasfirstwritteninHebrewandthentranslatedintoGreek,andmanyidiomsareusedinbothofthem.BecausetheBiblewastranslatedintoEnglishhundredsofyearsago,manyHebreworGreekidiomshavebecomepartoftheEnglishlanguage.2).Whatdid‘byandby’originallymeanintheBible?---Immediately.3).Whatdoes‘byandby’meantoday?---Beforelong.4).HowmanyyearsagowastheBibletranslatedintoEnglish?---Hundredsofyearsago.5).Whatdoes‘feetofclay’mean?---Thereisahiddenweaknessinsomebodywhomweadmireorrespect.6).Whichanimalsarefeaturedintheidiomsinthearticles?---Birdandclay.7).Whichfoodsareincludedintheidiomsinthearticle?---Appleandsalt.8).Howisstudyingidiomsusefulinlanguagelearning?---Youcanimproveyourcomprehensionanddevelopahighlevel...
