Module One Unit Two Growing pains
Period Two Reading: Home alone(1)
（一）学习要求：通过欣赏两幕戏剧，了解美国人的家庭生活及发生在美国青少年和他们父母之间的种种矛盾；初步了解戏剧的特点并初步掌握戏剧阅读的基本技巧。
（二）词汇扫雷(写出下列单词的汉语意思)：
1. vacation 2. surprise 3. explain
4. leave 5. reason 6. trust
7. behavior 8. teenager 9. fault
10. mad 11. rude 12. punish
（三）句型点击（朗读和翻译下列句型，并找出自己认为重要的其它句型）：
1. I can't wait to surprise the boys．
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2. Eric runs in after it, followed by a big dog，walking very slowly．
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3. The money with which you were to buy dog food is gone，but Spot looks so hungry!
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（四）主旨理解
What’s the main idea of the play?
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（一）自学评价（Complete the diagram according to the context of the passage.）
Home alone
Characters: Dad, Mom, Daniel (elder son), Eric (younger son)
（二）系列活动
I. Lead-in
If you were left alone at home, can you imagine what might happen?
II. Presentation
Today, we’ll read a play about the big fight an American family had. Before that, let’s learn the reading strategy: reading a play.
1. Most of the play is in the form of a dialogue.
2. Read the dialogue aloud, paying attention to the instructions and tips.
III. Reading
1. Listen to the tape and finish Part A on page 22.
2. Read the dialogue aloud and do Parts C1&C2 on page24.
IV. Practice
1. Group work: Divide students into groups of five. One is the narrator and the others are the main characters. Role-play Act One and Act Two.
2. Pair work: Use your imagination to add an end to the play.
（三）追踪练习
Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the play.
1. Mom and Dad were back from their holiday a week earlier.
2. Eric was happy when seeing his mother.
3. Parents left Daniel in charge.
4. The boys spent the money seeing the vet for Spot.
5. The room was very clean and tidy when their parents came back.
6. Daniel didn’t have a chance to explain what had happened.
7. Mom felt regretful for what they said to Daniel.
8. Boys didn’t use up the money from their parents.
A play
A play is quite different from an article in a magazine or a newspaper. It is a piece of work written to be performed by actors and actresses. It is great fun to watch a play performed on stage. The first thing to do when reading a play is to find out what kind of play it is. Is it sad or funny? Was it written a long time ago or is it modern? While reading a play, you have to check how many acts the play has and what each act is all about. Sometimes there are two or more scenes in one act. It is important to understand the main characters of a play. Also, identifying the relationships between different characters can help you understand the play better. If you have trouble understanding a passage from the play, try reading it out loud. For more information, you can visit the following website:
http://www.ehow.com/how_3650_read-play.html
I. Translate the following phrases from the play：
1、度假归来_________________ 2、迫不及待做_________________
3、在水池里_________________ 4、在垃圾桶周围_______________
5、转向．．．_________________ 6、负责．．．___________________
7、砰地关门_________________ 8、熄灭_______________________
9、给．．．机会_______________ 10、对．．．苛刻________________
II. Reading Comprehension:
Years ago ,when I started looking for my first job ,wise advised,” Barbara, be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience. ”How right they were!
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going tough. It is the inner voice that whispers, “I can do it!” when others shout, “No, you can’t !”It took years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine , to be generally accepted. Yet she didn’t stop working on her experiments. Work was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.
We are all born with wide-eyed, enthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air, whatever their age was. At 90,cellist Palblo Cassls would start his day by playing Bach. As the music flowed through his fingers his stooped shoulders would strengthen and joy would reappear in his eyes . As author and poet Samuei Ulman once wrote, “ Years wrinkle the skin ,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”
Enthusiastic people also love what they do, regardless of money or power . Patricia Mellrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theatre in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, “My father ,a lawyer long ago told me , I never made a dime until I stopped working for money.”
If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a hobby. Elizabeth Layton was 68 before she began to draw. This activity ended periods of depression that had troubled her for at least 30 years ,and the quality of her led one critic to say,” I’m tempted to call Layton a genius.”
We can’t afford to waste tears on “might-have-beens”. We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after “what-can-be ”.We need to live each moment whole-heartedly, which all our senses-including pleasure in the sweet smell of a back-yard garden, the simple picture of a six-year –old ,the beauty of a rainbow.
1. What is the Chinese for “Enthusiasm”?
A.热情 B. 色彩 C. 惰性 D.金钱
2. Which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence in the second paragraph?
A. Enthusiasm can give you courage and strength in difficult times.
B. If you don’t have enthusiasm, you can achieve nothing.
C. Enthusiastic people never consider money and fame.
D. Enthusiastic people can gain great fame and honor.
3. The author mentions cellist Pablo Casals in the third paragraph to show that____.
A. music can arouse people’s enthusiasm
B. enthusiasm can give people inspiration needed to succeed
C. enthusiasm can keep people feel young
D. enthusiasm can keep people healthy
4. How many examples are given in the passage to show the importance of enthusiasm?
A. Three B. Two C. Four D. Five
5. The author mainly wants to say that _________
A. enthusiastic people never get old
B. enthusiasm can make you succeed and enjoy life
C. enthusiasm is more important than experience
D. enthusiasm can give people more success and fame .