Period3AsamplelessonplanforUsingLanguage(MAKINGTHEBET)IntroductionLanguageislearnedtobeusedinandforcommunication.Sointhisperiodweshallhavethestudentsread,listen,writeandspeakinEnglish,makinguseofthefocusedwords,collocations,structuresandtopicideascoveredinthisunit.Thefollowingstepsareofferedtotheteacherforreference:warmingupbylearningmoreaboutPYGMALION，readingandacting，copyingthecollocations，actingaplay，closingdownbylearningtoact.ObjectivesTohelpstudentsreadthepassageMAKINGTHEBETTohelpstudentstousethelanguagebyreading,listening,speakingandwritingProcedures1.WarmingupbylearningmoreaboutPYGMALIONWhenGeorgeBernardShawwrotePygmalionmorethanahalfcenturyago,noonecouldhavepredictedhisplaywouldeventuallybeconvertedintooneofthegreatmusicalsofourtime--MyFairLady--andanAcademyAwardwinningmotionpicture.GenerationsofreadersandtheatergoershavefoundrelevanceinShaw'sstoryofspeechtherapistHenryHiggins,whosuccessfullytransformsLizaDoolittle,a"draggle-tailedguttersnipe,"intoadarlingofhighsocietywhomomentarilyupsetshishard-edgedreserve.Theextraordinarywitofthismasterdramatistofthetwentiethcenturycutsawayattheartificialityofclassdistinctionstorevealthathumanclaycanbemoldedintowondrousshapes.2.ReadingandactingReadthetextMAKINGTHEBETonpage33to:cut/thesentenceintothoughtgroups,blackenthepredicates,darkentheconnectivesandunderlinealltheusefulcollocations.3.Copyingthecollocations1Whydowelearncollocations?•Yourlanguagewillbemorenaturalandmoreeasilyunderstood.•Youwillhavealternativeandricherwaysofexpressingyourself.•Itiseasierforourbrainstorememberanduselanguageinchunksorblocksratherthanassinglewords.Nowreadthetextandfindthecollocations.CollocationsfromMAKINGTHEBETsitdeepinconversation坐着深切交谈,fancyoneself自负,pronouncetwenty-fourdistinctvowelsounds清晰地发出24个元音,acommonkindofgirlwithdirtynails普通的手指甲脏的姑娘,talkinto…对着……讲话,getaninterestingaccent夹杂很有趣的口音,abitofluck有运气,makerecords做记录,returnshortly很快回来,comeintotheroomsshyly羞怯地走进房间,bedirtyandbadlydressed穿着破旧并且脏,curtsyto…向……行屈膝礼,askanyfavors求某人帮忙,treat…likedirt把……当下贱人看,get…fortwoshillingsanhourfrom…从……每小时得到两先令,havethefacetodo…有脸做……,pass…offas…冒充一位……,payfor…向……付钱,burnone’shorribleclothes烧掉可怕的衣服,haveabath洗澡,weepwith…和……哭泣,inneedof…需要……,dealwith…处理……,beginwith…以……为开端,fadeout减弱消失,gooffstage走下台4.ActingaplayPygmalion(ByGeorgeBernardShaw)ACTICoventGardenat11.15p.m.Torrentsofheavysummerrain.Cabwhistlesblowingfranticallyinalldirections.PedestriansrunningforshelterintothemarketandundertheporticoofSt.Paul'sChurch,wheretherearealreadyseveralpeople,amongthemaladyandherdaughterineveningdress.Theyareallpeeringoutgloomilyattherain,exceptonemanwithhisbackturnedtotherest,whoseemswhollypreoccupiedwithanotebookinwhichheiswritingbusily.Thechurchclockstrikesthefirstquarter.2THEDAUGHTER[inthespacebetweenthecentralpillars,closetotheoneonherleft]I'mgettingchilledtothebone.WhatcanFreddybedoingallthistime?Hesbeengonetwentyminutes.THEMOTHER[Onherdaughter'sright]Notsolong.Butheoughttohavegotusacabbythis.ABYSTANDER[onthelady'sright]Hewontgetnocabnotuntilhalf-pasteleven,missus,whentheycomebackafterdroppingtheirtheatrefares.THEMOTHERButwemusthaveacab.Wecantstandhereuntilhalf-pasteleven.It'stoobad.THEBYSTANDERWell,itaintmyfault,mis...
