湖南省茶陵县高中英语 Unit 2 Language Project教案 牛津译林版必修3.doc

unit 2 languageproject designing a bookletteaching aims:l to help students to understand the development of chinese characters and the story of braille.l to help students to learn useful words and phrasesl to apply what they have learnt to prepare a booklet about languages teaching procedure:step one: reading1. show students some pictures about old chinese pictograph and let them guess what they are. ask them to think about how chinese characters developed.2. ask them to read the article and answer some questions.3. ask them to read again and get the main idea of each paragraph.4. ask them to read the article about the story of braille to know more about the braille, then ask them where can they see braille.4. help them to learn some useful phrases and important words.5. ask them to fill in the blanks to consolidate language points.step two: make a booklet about languages planning preparing producing presenting step three: language points1. the chinese language differs from western language in that, instead of analphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. 汉语与西方语言不同，区别在于它不使用字母，而是用汉字表示思想、物体和行为。 differ vi. 相异，相区别 differ from 和不同，不同于e.g. china differs greatly from the usa in politics and culture. = china is very different from the usa in politics and culture. 中国和美国在政体和文化方面有很大的不同。 stand for 代表，象征，拥护e.g. un stands for the united nations. un是联合国的缩写。 john always stands for what is right. 约翰一贯支持正确的事情。2. then he had the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects.于是他想到可以用不同的形状来代表不同物体。 represent vt. 代表，展示e.g. he represented himself to be the son of god. 他自称是救世主。 his opinion represents that of the majority. 他代表了大多数人的观点。3. some characters have been simplified and others have been made more difficult over time.一些汉字被简化了，而另一些则变得更加复杂。 simplify vt. 简化e.g. try to simplify your explanation for the children. 试着简化你对孩子们所作的解释。4. however, as a whole, the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms.不过总的来说，汉字从图画发展成了标准形式。 as a whole 总的来说，总体上e.g. as a whole, it is very hot in nanjing during the summer. 总的说来，南京的夏天相当热。5. sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together.有时为了表达概念，某些汉字由两个或多个汉字组合而成。 combine vt./vi. 组合；(使)联合e.g. the two countries combined together against their enemy. 这两个国家联合起来对抗他们的敌人。6. though these kinds of characters indicate meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they do not show how they should be pronounced.虽然这几种类型的汉字能够表意，但是它们的缺点之一是其字形不具有表 音的功能。indicate vt. 显示，暗示，象征e.g. the sign at the entrance indicates that there are bears in the mountains, so visitors should be careful. 入口处的指示牌标明山中有熊，所以游客需要当心。researches indicate that the wide use of computers has changed the way of life of many young people.研究表明，电脑