Unit2WitnessingtimeWordpowerTeachingaimsanddemands:1.ToteachsomeEnglishwordsderivedfromGreek2.TogetstudentsfamiliarwiththeGreekwordsinEnglishDifficultandkeypoints:EnglishwordsborrowedfromGreekTeachingaid:Multi-mediaTeachingsteps:一．Revision.1.SaysomethingabouttheAcropolis2.Interpetthefollowingwordsorphrases(1)对…有影响(2)是…的起因(3)尤其(4)在一个很高的高度(5)纪念6)为了(7)自然的力量(8)夺取(9)引起大爆炸(10)在许多领域二．Brainstorming.1.HelpstudentsrevisethehistoryofEnglish.Conducttheactivityasfollows:Throughouthistory,theEnglishlanguageborrowedmanywordsfromotherlanguages.Whatwordsareborrowedwordsandwhichlanguagedidtheycomefrom?2.Showthestudentsthepictures,askingWhichlanguageweretheyborrowedfrom?3.Tellstudentsthat,apartfromtheabovelanguages,theEnglishlanguagealsofrommanywordsfromGreek.Lookatthefollowingpictures.三．Vocabularylearning1.AskstudentstoreadthepassageinPartAandfindouttheanswerstothefollowingquestions:1.WhatwordsdoesGreekcontributetotheEnglishlanguage?2.WhyaretheresomanyscientificwordsthatcomefromGreek2.AskstudentstofocusonGreekwordsmentionedinthetext.Makesurethattheyunderstandthemeaningofeachword.Helpstudentspronouncethewordscorrectly.SayouttheChinesemeaningsofthefollowingborrowedwordssocialismsocialistsocializetelescopetragedycomedyorchestrachoirmechanicmysterydemocracy四．Vocabularylearning1．AskstudentstoreadtheinstructionsforPartBonpage22.MakesurethattheyunderstandthechartshowingdifferentfieldsofstudybasedonGreekideasandwords.OrganizestudentsintogroupsoffourandaskthemtoworktogethertoputthewordsmentionedinPartAinthecorrectfieldinPartB.2.AskstudentstocompletePartConpage23individuallyorinpairs.TheymayrefertopartsAandBforreference.3.AskstudentstocompletePartDonpage23individuallyorinpairs.Encouragethemtoconsultwitheachotherorcheckthedictionarywhentheyhavequestionsratherthanaskingyou.Thencnecktheanswersasaclass.五．DiscussionOrganizestudentsintogroupsanddiscuss:Whydoesalanguageneedtoborrowwordsfromotherlanguages?Asksomestudentstoreporttheiranswers六．Summaryandhomework1.FindoutmoreborrowedwordsontheInternet2.Doexercisesinworkbook
