M7Unit1LivingwithtechnologyPeriod6Grammarandusage2I.Teachingaims:1.Studentsareexpectedtolearnthatprepositionscanbecombinedwithverbs,nounstoformprepositionalphrasesandthewaystousetheminvarioussituations.2.Studentswillapplywhattheyhavelearnttopracticebyfulfillingsomewrittentasks.II.Teachingimportantpoint:Helpstudentslearntheusefulwordsandphrases.III.Teachingdifficultpoint:Studentswillapplywhattheyhavelearnttopracticebyfulfillingsomewrittentasks.IV.Procedures:Step1:Generalintroduction:Thegrammaritemsinthislessonfocusonprepositionalphrases.Youareexpectedtolearnthatprepositionscanbecombinedwithverbs,nounsandadjectivestoformprepositionalphrasesandthewaystouseprepositionalphrasesinvarioussituations.Atthesametime,youareexpectedtoapplywhattheyhavelearnttopracticebyfulfillingsomewrittentasks.Step2:Prepositionswithverbs:SomeverbsinEnglisharepairedwithaparticularprepositiontocreateanexpression.Eachoftheseexpressionshasaparticularmeaning.Eventhoughthereareoftentwoormoreprepositionspairedwiththesameverb,eachexpressionhasadifferentmeaningandtheycannotbeusedinterchangeably.Forexample,lookat,lookfor,andlookuphavethesameverbbutthreedifferentprepositions.Thephraseshavedifferentmeaningsandyoucannotuselookupwhenyouneedlookforinyoursentence.speakto和……说话staywith和某人呆在一起thinkabout考虑有关……writeto给某人写信lookfor寻找waitfor等待takecareof照顾callon（sb.）拜访arriveat（in）到达Step3:PrepositionswithnounsPrepositionscanalsobecombinedwithnouns,e.g.intimefor,ontime,bymeansof,byaccident,for/onsale,inair,onthemarket,inthatcase,uptodate…atleast至少atpresent目前atfirst起初atonce立刻atlast最后（终于）atnight夜晚onfoot步行onone’sway在去某地的路上onthetelephone用电话ontime准时onbehalfof代表......利益forawhile一会儿forexample例如foroneself为了自己forhours（days,years）有好几小时（天，年）inEnglish用英语inthosedays在当时inclass课上intime及时inall总计inadvance事前inthemeantime与此同时inplace适当地inhopesof(或inthehopeof)怀着.......希望inconnectionwith和……有关incontactwith和……联系inadditionto除......以外incaseof倘若，万一inconflictwith和......冲突inforce有效的，大批indepth彻底地inregardto关于intheneighborhoodof大约、邻近inretrospect回顾，一想起intheleast一点，丝毫inalarm惊慌、担心intheopinionof据……见解inthelongrun/term从长远说来inone'sopinion在……看来inword口头上inaword总之invain无益地,白白地incase如果，万一，以防indetail详细地inhaste急急忙忙地inconclusion总之inspiteof尽管inhonour/memoryof为纪念inchargeof负责inpraiseof赞扬inotherwords...换句话说inreturn作为回报inthenameof以......名义indoubt怀疑indebt负债bytheway顺便说byoneself独自地afterschool放学后ofcourse当然atwork在工作atschool在上学atwar在交战Step4:PrepositionswithadjectivesSomeprepositionscanalsobecombinedwithadjectives,e.g.goodat,capableof,fondof,fullof,happywith…Step5.Excises:Now,pleasecompletetheintroductiontothedigitalcameraonpage9.Checktheanswersasawholeclass.Answers(1)onsale(2)uptodate(3)capableof(4)standsfor(5)satisfiedwithbeabsentfrom缺席beproudof以……为自豪bedifferentfrom和……不同befamousfor因……而著名befondof……爱好，喜欢bepleasedwith乐于besorryfor（sth.）为……抱歉beafraidof害怕……bekindto对某人亲切begoodat在……做得好；擅长于……belatefor迟到beconfidentin对……有信心beinterestedin对……感性趣(6)onthemarket(7)Inthatcase(8)intimefor(9)upto(10)agreewithStep6.Extensions:1.Thefunctionsofprepositionalphrases●asanadverbialMymotherhasworkedintheschoolfornearlytwentyyears.Toourgreatsurprise,allofthestudentshavepassedtheexam.Myfathergoestoworkonfoot,butifitrain,hewillgobybus.●asanattributeThegirlunderthetreeismygoodfriend.Thebookwitharedcoverwasgiventomeasabirthdaypresent.Pleasepassmetheoneontheleft.●asanobjectcomplementLater,Ifoundmywatchinmypocket.Ileftmybookintheclassroom.Beforeitisreadytoeat,we’dbetterkeepitinthefridgeforawhile.2.Whenaprepositionisusedafteranintransitiveverbtoformaprepositionalverb,theprepositionalverbcanbefollowedbyanobject.Forexample:WhowilllookafterthechildrenwhenMotherisaway?Youcanalwaysbelieveinhim.Hewon’tletyoudown.Let’slookoverthenotesbeforethetest.Step7.Homework:AskstudentstofinishexercisesofpartC2onpage104ofWorkbook.V.Designofwritingonblackboard:VI.Recordafterteaching:
