Unit13Rainydaysmakemesad（7）Reading:TheartofgivingⅠ．TeachingAimsandDemands1．KnowledgeObjectsKeyVocabularyweddinganniversary,vase,host,hostess,feminine,proper,acceptable,embarrass,let’ssay,aheadoftimeText:Theartofgiving2．AbilityObjectsFast-readingtogetageneralideaofthetext．Careful-readingtogetthedetailedinformationinthetext．Learnthewordsandphrasesfromthecontext．3．MoralObjectGivingagiftisanart．Moneyisoneofthegiftswecangiveothers．Butwemustknowmoneyisnoteverything．Soonlywhenitispropercanwegivesomeonemoneyasagift．Ⅱ．TeachingKeyPointsKeyvocabularyTrainstudents’readingability．Ⅲ．TeachingDifficultPointTrainstudents’readingandwritingskills．Ⅳ．TeachingMethodsFast-readingtoimprovestudents’readingability．Careful-readingtogetthedetailedinformation．PairworkandgroupworkⅤ．TeachingAidAprojector．Ⅵ．TeachingProceduresStepⅠKeyVocabularyThisactivityintroducesthekeyvocabularywords．Showthefollowingvocabularyonthescreenbyaprojector．Weddingn．婚礼；结婚anniversaryn．周年纪念；周年纪念日co-workern．同事；合作者let’ssay比如说（用作插入语）orangeadj．&n．橙黄色（的）；橘黄色（的）vasen．花瓶hostn．主人；房东hostessn．女主人；女房东aheadadj＆adv．在前；向前；提前aheadoftime提早arrangev．整理；布置；排列feminineadj．女性的；女子气的considerv．考虑；细想properadj．适宜的；合适的acceptableadj．可接受的；合意的traditionn．传统；惯例cheaplyadv．廉价地；便宜地vouchern．（代替现金的）票券；收据；凭单embarrassv．使窘迫；使尴尬breakern．打破者；破坏者containern．容器（如盒、箱、罐等）qualityn．品质；品德Readthewordsandhavestudentsrepeatthemagainandagainuntiltheycanpronouncethemfluentlyandaccurately．StepⅡPart1Thisactivityallowsstudentstoactivatetheirbackgroundknowledgebeforeattemptingthereading．Lookatthepicture．Ask,What’shappeninginthepicture?Letstudentsdescribethepicture．ReadthetitleTheartofgivingaloud．Getthestudentstopredictwhattheythinkthearticleisabout,basedonthetitleandthepicture．GetstudentstofinishTask1．Butdon’tlookatthereadingtext．Instead,theyusetheirbackgroundknowledgetotrytoanswerthequestions．Asstudentswork,movearound,lookingattheirprogress．Whenmoststudentscompletethetask,getstudentstoanswerthequestionswithaparter．Elicitanswersfromthestudents．Askifotherstudentshavethesameordifferentanswers．Donotgivethecorrectanswerstothestudentsatthispoint．Waituntilstudentshavefinishedthereadingandletthemrevisetheiranswersaccordingly．Answerswillvary．StepⅢPart2Thisactivityencouragesstudentstoreadforthemainidea．Readtheinstructionsaloudtotheclass．Getstudentsintogroupsoffour．Letthemreadth4textquickly,theneachgroupsummarizesoneparagraphintheirownwords．Astheyaredoingthis,goaroundtheclassroomtomakesuretheydiscussthequestionsinEnglish．Invitefourstudentstoreporttheiranswers．SampleanswersParagraph1Givingandreceivinggiftsisn’teasy．Paragraph2Somegifts,suchasflowersandplants,areusuallywelcome．Paragraph3Givingmoneymaybeagoodgiftbutmayhaveproblems．Paragraph4Followahost’ssuggestionoryoumayberude．Notes1．feminine—of,like,suitablefor,women2．giftvoucher—suppliedwithsomearticles（egpetrol,cigarettes）,tobeexchangedforgifts3．embarrass—maketofeelawkwardorashamedStepⅣPart3Thisactivityencouragesstudentstousethestrategyofreadingincontext．Lookbackatthestoryandfindoutthewordsandexpressionsindicatedinbold．Letstudentsguessthemeaning．Don’tgivethemthecorrectanswers．Getstud...
