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Unit4 Listening and Speaking
课时内容
Share views on historic sites
主题语境：人与社会 主题群：历史、社会与文化
子主题：分享交流对历史遗迹的看法 语篇类型：听力文本、对话
文本分析：听力文本是一位英国学生前往孔庙时与一位中国学生的对话。英国学生William 去孔庙游览时，向中国学生Xiao Kong问路。Xiao Kong正好要去孔庙与研究小组成员会面， 于是两人一路同行，交流了对孔庙、孔子、孔子后裔及孔子教育思想等方面的看法与观点。 学生通过听对话体会、思考孔子及其思想对中国历史传统的深远影响。
课时目标
学完本课后，学生能够：
1. 了解曲阜关于孔子的历史遗址及其重要性。
2.获取并梳理对话中有关孔子及其教育思想的事实性信息并进行概括整合。 3.分享自己对孔子教育思想的了解及看法。
4.获取对话中的英语习语及相应的解释。
5.提高在听的过程中猜测单词意义的能力。
6. 谈论历史遗迹和伟人，简要探讨和表述孔子教育思想及文化遗迹的重要历史价值。 重点难点
重点
1.能够使学生意识到习语在英语学习和文化理解中的重要性，引导学生通过上下文猜测习 语的意思，并养成在日常学习中积累习语知识的习惯。
2.能够使学生通过联想、类比和分析，比较深入地理解孔子及其教育思想对中国历史传统、 思想文化等的重要影响。
难点
1.加强学生的文化意识，引导学生树立正确的历史观。
2.感悟历史、传统、文化、习俗等对语言理解和表达的重要影响。
3. 分享自己对孔子教育思想的了解及看法。
教学准备 教师准备
1.提前搜集关于曲阜、孔庙、孔府和孔林的背景资料和语言素材。
2. 搜集有关孔子教育思想的英文句子。
3. 搜集一些学生熟知的英语习语并进行英汉对比。 4.准备好相关教学设备。
学生准备
1.预习本课的相关词汇，利用网络了解孔子及其教育思想的相关知识。
2. 了解英语习语及其相关的文化典故知识。
精彩课堂
StepI 学习理解
活动一：感知与注意 1.Background.
(1)Ask students to look at the picture and answer the questions. ·Who is this person
·What do you know about this person
Suggested answers: ·Confucius.
·Confucius is a great educator in China.
(2)Ask students to discuss the following questions. ·Do you know Qufu
·What do you know about it
Suggested answers: ·Yes.
·Qufu is a city in Shandong Province.Qufu,located in southwestern Shandong Province,is the hometown of the well-known Chinese philosopher Confucius.The three most famous cultural
sites of the city,known as "San Kong",have been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994.
2.Ask students to look at some photos of Qufu and share what they can say about these places.(Activity 1)
Suggested answers:
Temple of Confucius:The most famous and largest temple honouring the great sage,it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.It covers 16,000 square metres and has 460 rooms.The main part consists of nine courtyards with several gates.Dacheng Hall stands at the centre and is the principal place for offering sacrifices to Confucius.
Kong Family Mansion:Located to the east of the Temple of Confucius,this was the historical home of the descendants of Confucius from where they managed sites and ceremonies in Qufu. Today it is a museum.
Cemetery of Confucius:This is where Confucius and his descendants are buried.There are more than 10,000 of them,buried here over 2,000 years.The cemetery has had many renovations and extensions in its history.
【设计意图】通过输入孔子及曲阜、孔府、孔庙、孔林的相关信息，激活学生有关孔子及其 思想的背景知识，帮助学生学习相关的语言知识，为听力理解扫除生词障碍。
3.Predict.
Ask students to look at the table in Activity 2 and predict what the conversation is mainly about. 【设计意图】该任务是听前的热身活动，旨在预测听力内容并了解将要完成的任务。
活动二：获取与梳理 1.Listen and check.
Ask students to listen to the conversation and check their prediction. Suggested answer:
A British tourist and a Chinese student in Qufu share their views on Confucius and the historic sites in Qufu.
【设计意图】该任务帮助学生对所听内容有一个初步印象。 2.Listen for key information.
Ask students to listen to the conversation again and write down what the British tourist and Chinese student say about Confucius.(Activity 2)
Suggested answers:
Name Fact/Opinion about Confucius
William ①Confucius is one of his favourite philosophers. ②He was a wise man ③He lived over 2,500 years ago
Xiao Kong ①Confucius has over 3 million descendants. ②He was a great educator and had many ideas about education.③He was one of the greatest minds in history.
【设计意图】该活动侧重检测学生捕捉关键信息和概括主要内容的能力，引导学生梳理文本 中与孔子相关的事实和观点。
3.Listen for detailed information.
Ask students to listen again and decide whether these statements are true (T),false (F),or not mentioned (NM).Then have them answer the question.(Activity 3)
【设计意图】该活动主要是检测学生对细节内容的理解，正误判断题在“正确”“错误”两个选 项的基础上增加了“未提及”,要求学生在听的过程中准确捕捉相关细节，避免盲目猜测。
4.Ask students to think about the question.
·What are the possible reasons to limit building heights around historic places Suggested answer:
·The reasons may be:
general consistency of building heights disproportion effect of tall buildings
maintenance of the historic character of a town/city/..
possible significant harm of tall buildings in the wrong location
【设计意图】关于城市建筑限高的细节题，要求学生结合听力思考限高的原因。
Stepll 应用实践
活动三：分析与判断 1.Learn the strategy.
Ask students to go through the sentences and make sure they understand their meanings. 2.Listen,write and explain.
Ask students to listen again and write down the English idioms that are used in the conversation. Have students explain their meanings and think about some Chinese equivalents.(Activity 4)
Suggested answers:
English idiom Meaning Chinese equivalent
Achilles'heel something that is someone's weakness 弱点；要害
pull one's leg to joke with someone 戏弄
fish out of water someone who feels uncomfortable because they are in an unfamiliar place 如芒在背
3.Ask students to think of some other English idioms. Suggested answers:
English idiom Meaning Chinese equivalent
rain cats and dogs rain heavily 倾盆大雨
cost an arm and a leg be extremely expensive 付出昂贵的代 价，价格昂贵
break the ice to be the first one to do sth 打破僵局
shake a leg hurry up 快点，迅速行动
【设计意图】引导学生关注听力文本中英语习语的意思和文化内涵，以及相关典故和背景知 识，并结合其文化含义联想汉语中的类似短语，进行简单的英汉语言及文化比较。
活动四：内化与运用
Ask students to translate the following sentences and think about Confucius' ideas on education.
①Learning without reflecting leads to confusion.
②Review the old and learn the new.
③ Make no social distinctions in teaching.
④To learn and at due time to repeat what one has learnt,isn't that after all a pleasure Suggested answers:
①学而不思则罔。②温故而知新。③有教无类。④学而时习之，不亦乐乎
【设计意图】让学生翻译有关孔子教育思想的句子，加深对孔子教育思想的理解，为后面的 讨论活动做好准备。
Step II 迁移创新
活动五：推理与论证 1.Discuss.
Ask students to discuss the following questions in groups and voice their opinion.
·What do you know about Confucius' ideas on education Think of two or three examples. ·What else do you know about Confucius and his philosophy
Suggested answers:
·Education was one of Confucius' core values.He believed learning about the past would help us know the future.He also thought education helped our confidence which would help bring peace and prosperity.He also thought it was important to use and apply what we have learnt in our education.
·Confucius was a great thinker,educator,and philosopher.His principles had a great influence on Chinese traditions and beliefs.He believed strongly in strong family loyalty and respect for others. He believed in the so-called"golden rule"of philosophy:Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you.
【设计意图】通过开放性活动，引导学生深入探讨孔子及其教育思想。
2.Pronunciation.
(1)Ask students to learn the definition of linking sounds.
Linking sounds means connecting the end sound of one word with the start sound of the ext
word,making it easier to communicate in English.
(2)Ask students to learn the rules.
一般来说，相邻的两个单词属于同一意群时，前一词末尾的某些音素和后一词词首的某些音 素，可能连起来读。
①辅音十元音：前一词以辅音结尾，后一词以元音开头时。 e.g.Look at the photos.
Add examples of powerful prepositions in English.
②r /re十元音：前一词以-r或-re结尾，后一词以元音开头，此时r或 re发 /r/ 音，与后 面的元音连读。
e.g.There are many kinds.
③元音十元音：前一词 以 / 1 / 或 /i:/ 结尾，后一词以元音开头时，添加/j / 后 连读；前 一词以/u/ 或 /u:/ 结尾，后一词以元音开头时，添加/w/ 后连读。
e.g.I agree./arj a'gri:/ Go out of the room.aut av a'ru:m/
(3)Ask students to read the part of the poem“If-”written by British poet Rudyard Kipling.Have them notice the linking sounds and mark the linking sounds after the model.
(Pronunciation,Activity 1) Suggested answer:
ll you can make one heap offll your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose,and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them:“Hold gn!”
(4)Ask students to repeat the poem after the recording.(Pronunciation,Activity 2) 【设计意图】让学生听音跟读，巩固连读的发音规则，提高发音的准确性。 活动六：想象与创造
Ask students to think about a historic site that they have visited,and give an oral presentation about its history and importance.
【设计意图】将本节课所学知识进行迁移创新，通过实际运用，发散思维，培养学生的高阶 思维能力。

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