模块九Unit4ReadingBiblicalidiomsinEnglish课题：模块九Unit4ReadingBiblicalidiomsinEnglish教学目的：HelpstudentsgainsomeknowledgeaboutsomeEnglishidioms,understandtheiroriginalmeaningsandpracticalusage.Helpstudentspracticeandreinforcetheirreadingcomprehension.教学重难点：GainingsomeknowledgeofEnglishidioms,especiallyinunderstandingtheiroriginalmeaningsandpracticalusage.课型：Reading教学方法：content-basedinstructionteaching共3教时，第1教时Step1GreetingStep2Lead-inCanyouguessthemeaningsoftheunderlinedwords?A：Oh,myGod!Whathappened?Whyareyoublackandblue?B：IgotbeatenbyPeter’sbrotherA：That’sabadapple!Let’sthinkupawayandteachhimalessonabadapple:abadpersonRobertandJaniceweresupposedtogetmarriedlastmonth.AtthelastminuteRobertcancelledtheweddingbecausehewastoonervoustogetmarried.Hegotcoldfeet.getcoldfeet:tobecometoonervoustoactDon’ttellanybodyelsethatIamlookingforanewjob.Pleasekeepitunderyourhat.keepitunderone'shat:tokeepasecretFromtheaboveexamples,weknowthatidiomsplayanimportantpartinlearningalanguageandcanenrichthelanguageweuse.Nowreadthefollowingsentencesandguesswhateachidiommeans.Step3FastreadingGothroughthepassageasquicklyaspossibleandtrytofindanswerstothethreequestionsinpartAonPage50.1.Whatisanidiom?Anidiomisagroupofwordsoranexpressionwhosemeaningoftencannotbeunderstoodbylookingatthemeaningsoftheseparatewordsinit.2.WhichlanguageswastheBiblefirstwrittenin？InHebrew.3.Whichidiomisoftenusedtodescribechildren?‘Appleoftheirparents’eye’.Step4DetailedreadingReadthepassageasecondtimeandcompletePartC1.(1)WhydoestheBiblehavealotofidioms?BecausetheBiblewasfirstwritteninHebrewandthentranslatedintoGreek,andmanyidiomsareusedinbothofthem.BecausetheBiblewastranslatedintoEnglishhundredsofyearsago,manyHebreworGreekidiomshavebecomepartoftheEnglishlanguage.(2)Whatdid‘byandby’originallymeanintheBible?用心爱心专心Immediately.(3)Whatdoes‘byandby’meantoday?Beforelong.(5)Whatdoes‘feetofclay’mean?Thereisahiddenweaknessinsomebodywhomweadmireorrespect.(8)Howisstudyingidiomsusefulinlanguagelearning?Youcanimproveyourcomprehensionanddevelopahighlevelofcompetenceincommunicationskills.2.ReadthearticleagainandcompletePartC2.１Sarah’sgrandmotheradoresher;Sarahistheappleofhergrandmother’seye.２Wilsonwasdisappointedwhenhelearntthatthecoachhadfeetofclay.３Sheknewitmighttakealongtimeforherteammatestochangetheirminds,butshebelievedthatthenewplanwouldworkbyandby.４Thepeopleinmyvillageareveryhonestandhard-working;theyarethesaltoftheearth.５WhenmybrothercamebackhomefromhistriptoEurope,wekilledthefattedcalfforhim.６Shewouldnotsaywhotoldheraboutthesurpriseparty.Shejustsaid,‘Alittlebirdtoldme.’Step4PostreadingactivitesDiscussionDoyouthinkunderstandingidiomsisanimportantpartoflanguagelearning?Whyorwhynot?Discussthemeaningsofthefollowingidiomsbyanalyzingthehiddencluesandthenusethemincertainsituations.atthetopofahataneasyjobchild’splayhavingverylittlemoneyseeeyetoeyeimmediatelyonashoestringtohavethesameopinionassomeoneelse1.MysisterandIagreeabouteverythingfromfashiontopolitics.Weseeeyetoeyeonalmostanything.2.Alexhadverylittlemoneywhenhestartedhisfirstbusiness.Infactheonlyhadafewhundredpounds.Hestartedhisbusinessonashoestring,buthewasverysuccessful.3.Whenherfriendscall,Meganwilldropeverythingtogoandmeetthem.Shewillleaveatthetopofahat.4.Heisveryexperiencedinthiskindofproblem.Helpingyousolvetheproblemwillb...
