Teaching goals
1. a. 重点词汇和短语:
literature, romantic, comedy
b. 交际用语
What shall we do?
Would you like to...?
I’d like to...
Maybe we could...
I’d prefer to...
Which do you prefer...or...?
Can’t we...?
There are several things we could do.
Teaching procedures
Step I Revision
Check the homework assigned in the last lesson.
1. Check the Ss’ writings.
2. Check if the students find out which countries the four painters are from.
T: Hello, boys and girls! Please check your writings with each other first. (After a while) Have you found out which countries the four painters are from？
Ss: Yeah.
Now compare your notes with your partner.
Step II Warming up
Talk about the pictures.
T: Now, I’ll narrate the resume of the painters and you’ll guess who they are.
1. He is a painter of Holland. He lived in the nineteenth century. He is famous for his emotional expression in painting. His great works include Bedroom at Arles,
Starry Night and Crows in the Wheatfields.
2. He is an Italian painter. He lived during the 15th and 16th century. He is well-known for his works like the Last Supper and Mona Lisa. Besides, he is also a sculptor, architect, engineer and scientist.
3. He is a Spanish painter. He is widely known as the most important artist of the 20th century. But many people say it is not easy to understand his paintings.
4. He is a Chinese painter. He lived a very long life, crossing two centuries, from 1864 to 1957. He is not only good at painting, but good at making poems and sculpture.
T: Please tell me who they are.
Sa: No.1 is Vincent van Gogh.
Sb: No.2 is Leonardo da Vinci.
Sc: No.3 is Pablo Picasso.
Sd: No.4 is Qi Baishi.
T: Now, discuss the three questions below the pictures.
(After a discussion) Who want to tell us your favorite paintings?
Sa: I like Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
Sb: The paintings about nature like mountains, rivers, flowers and birds are my favorite, so I enjoy Qi Baishi’s.
Sc: I’m fond of Xu Beihong’s horses.
T: Who want to give us a description of your favorite paintings?
Sd: I prefer Mona Lisa very much. Her smile seems to be changeable. Sometimes she is happy and gentle; sometimes she is serious and a little bit sad; sometimes she mocks and sneers. There is a veil over her eyes and lips. Her smile is difficult to ascertain and forget.
Se: I like Qi Baishi’s shrimps. Look at the picture. The shrimps are of different forms and vivid. Their bodies seem transparent and they seem to be swimming or jumping. They are really true to life. The picture is of great sense of beauty.
Sf: My favorite is Zhen Bangqiao’s Black Bamboos. In the picture the bamboos erect tall and straight. The branches reach out of the picture. A poem is written vertically downward. It’s mainly made up of vertical lines. It’s of fine lines and gigantic stature.
T: Who volunteer to give us your answer to the last question？
Sh: In the picture a boy is almost buried by piles of books. In front of him are Chinese, Math and English books; on his right are Physics, Chemistry and Biology books; on his left are History, Geography and politics books. The boy is me.
Si: It’s an early spring. All the flowers are booming. A girl with a colorful flower ringing on her head smells the fresh air in the sea of flowers jumping and laughing. The girl is me.
Step Ⅲ Speaking
Do some preparations guided by the teacher and then get the Ss to ask each other questions in pairs using the given role cards and information. Finally ask some of them to act out.
T: Talking about art, we often think of paintings. Can you name any other kinds of arts？
Ss: music, drama, comedy, sculpture. Architecture, writing, TV play, film, Peking opera...
T: Good! They are all arts. And I know most of you have your favorite film stars and you won’t miss any films performed by them. But what’s on in the cinema this
weekend?
Ss: I’m sorry I don’t know.
T: Maybe we can call someone else to ask about it. But if you are calling to see whether your friend wants to go to see a film, what would you say?
Sa: Hi, Tom, this is Mary speaking. Would you like to see a film this evening?
Sb: Hello, Joe, this is Jane. Would you prefer to see a film on Sunday?
T: If you want to try to get him or her to go with you, what would you say?
Sc: It’s said the film is full of adventures and very exciting.
Sd: The film is performed by your favorite film-star Cheng Long. You never miss any films performed by him, do you?
T: If your friend asks you about the film, what shall he ask?
Se: What’s the film about?
Sf: When is the film shown?
Sg: Who is the main character?
Sh: How much are the tickets?
Situation 1
T: Now, here are two pieces of film information on Page 79. Read them quickly and then work together with your partner to make up a dialogue. (After a while) Which pairs would like to act out your dialogue?
A: Hi Jack, this is Peter speaking. Would you like to see a film on Sunday?
B: Which film do you want to see?
A: Well, I have read about two films. One is called Last Chance. It’s about a hero who tries to save his girl friend and it’s an action film.
B: It sounds that there will be a lot of shootings and fights. What’s the other film? A: It’s called Under the Moon. It’s said that it’s a romantic comedy and it’s full of fun.
B: I prefer action films. They are much more exciting. So I’d like to see the former. When is it shown?
A: Sunday 6 pm at the Red Sun Cinema.
B: Great! How much are the tickets?
A: $ 3. Not too much.
B: No problem, but what about you?
A: Of course, I’ll go with you. I like comedy too.
B: Ok, I’ll call for you at 5:30 pm on Sunday. Bye.
A: Bye.
Situation 2
T: let’s do more practice. Go through Situation 2 on Page 79 and 80 quickly and make up another dialogue.
(After a while) Who want to perform yours?
A: Liberty Park. This is Mary. What can I do for you?
B: I’d like to learn more about the art festival next week.
A: We’ll have some activities both on Saturday and Sunday
B: What can we do on Saturday?
A: There are several things you can do, such as a classical music concert, an art exhibition, a pop concert, a Rock concert and a picnic.
B: Oh, I see. What about Sunday ?
A: On Sunday, there is a theatre play, an art exhibition and a folk music concert.
B: Thanks a lot. There are so many things I can do on Sunday. You said there were two art exhibitions, but what’s the difference between them?
A: On Sunday paintings by the most famous local artists are shown. The other exhibition is an international one. By the way, some painters may come and give some lectures if possible.
B: Marvelous. I’d like to know when the picnic is.
A: At 5 pm on Saturday.
B: Would you like to tell me when the pop and the folk music concerts start?
A: Well, the former starts at 1 pm and the latter, at 6 pm.
B: Could you tell me how much are the tickets?
A: Certainly. You can buy a one-day ticket or a two-day ticket. Which one do you prefer?
B: I’d prefer to buy a two-day ticket.
A: The two-day ticket is $ 35 for adult, $ 25 for those under 18 and $15 for groups.
B: Hmm, half of my classmates will go, so I think we’ll buy the group tickets.
A: That’s the best. But you should book the tickets three days before this weekend.
B: I see. Thank you very much. You’ve been so helpful.
A. You are welcome. I hope you will enjoy the festival.
Step III TAIKING (若时间不足，可改为作业)
Make up stories by putting forward questions first.
T: So far, you’ve done very well. But we have something more to do. Let’s go through the instructions first on Page 151 in TALKNG...I suggest before you make up a story, you should put forward some questions. And then you can do the task easily. Take No.1 picture for example.
(Project the questions on the screen.)
Look at the screen. You may read the following questions on it:
Why is she holding the flowers?
Is she waiting for someone?
Where is she?
What’s she thinking about?
(After they finish the task)
Hi, boys and girls. Who want to tell us your story?
Sa: I’ll tell you a story about Picture four. After Robinson’s boat and his men were lost at sea, he was drifted to a lonely island. He didn’t speak for a long time, for there was no human being on the island. He didn’t know how long he had been on the island. One day when he was looking for some fresh water, he saw many seagulls were flying over the sea. This sight made him very homesick, so he put down his two wooden buckets and sat on the sands looking over the endless sea. How he wished to see a human! How he wished to put the lonely life to an end!
Sb: Here is a story about Picture 3. Susan was a beautiful little girl, aged six. She was the only girl of the Blacks and they loved her very much. But unfortunately she suffered a serious illness. It was fall and the whether was becoming colder and colder. She could see the leaves falling from a tall tree through the window.
Recently Susan was becoming weaker and weaker. She told her parents that she would go away when all the leaves on the tree fell to the ground. More and more leaves were falling down every day. The parents were in great sorrow. On one sleepless night an idea occurred to Mrs Black. The following day Mrs Black visited a friend, who was a famous painter and told him about her daughter’s illness and her idea. The painter was moved by Mrs Black and he agreed to help her. He painted a green leave and hung it in the tree. A few days later all the leaves had fallen down except the one that the artist painted. Every day the girl watched the leave. To her surprise, she felt better and better. One day the doctor told her that she had fully recovered and could go home. Everyone was too happy to believe it.
Sc: My story is about Picture 2. Hank liked sweets very much. As a result of this, he suffered a lot from bad toothache. One day he couldn’t stand the ache any longer.
So he went to a doctor. The doctor told him he’d better have his bad tooth pulled out and he agreed. He saw the doctor take out a big pier. He felt a little bit nervous
but he had to obey the doctor. The doctor put the pier into his mouth and pulled his tooth with great strength. In the end the tooth was pulled out. But to his surprise, what the doctor pulled out was a good tooth but not the bad one.
Sd: I’ve made up a story about Picture 5. Mr Smith was a poor man. His wife died and left him three children years ago. He worked day and night to bring them up. To his joy, his children all got good jobs after they graduated from universities. To repay their father, they bought a house for his father in the city and hoped he could live a happy life in his later years. But shortly after he moved to the new house, an unlucky thing happened. One night while he was sound asleep, his house was broke into. A thief stole his new TV set and a lot of valuable things. He was very sad and he told his children he wanted to go back to his home village because the village was much safer than cities. Besides, he wasn’t used to the city life and missed his old friends very much.
Se: My story is about Picture 1. Jenny is working in a foreign company. She likes chatting on the internet. She often chats with a net-friend calling himself “Huo Yuanjia”. Through chatting they found that they had many things in common and they became interested in each other. They wanted to know each other. So they decided to meet at the entrance to the History Museum at six pm. In case that they couldn’t recognize each other, they appointed to hold a rose in their hands. Jenny arrived a little earlier. Now she is standing there and thinking what “Huo Yuanjia”is like.
Sf: Here is a story about Picture 5. This is a summer vocation. Jane and Barbara are carrying out a social inves tigation on pollution. They have been to many factories in the city where they live and many villages around. They’ve found that most rivers in the countryside are polluted and a few factories are the sources of different kinds of pollution. The dirty rivers that are used to irrigate the fields pollute the soil, and the farmers can’t have agood harvest any longer. They’ve almost return to poverty. Seeing this, the two girls decided to do something as possible as they can to draw the attention of people involved to this. Now they are making a poster on the computer. On the poster there is a picture which shows the past beautiful sight in the countryside: A great pine tree stands there strong and tall; a clean river is shining in the sun; a farmer is getting in his wheat with a machine. Its subject is GIVE THE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND CLEAN RIVEES BACK TO US!
T: Good! Thank you for your wonderful stories.
Step Ⅴ Homework
1. Make up more stories according to the pictures.
2. Do some listening practice.