英语公开课教学案

English Proverbs

Teaching aims:

1.Enlarge students’ English knowledge by learning English proverbs.

2.Encourage students to talk more about English proverbs .

Teaching important points:

How to master more English proverbs.

How to translate more English proverbs.

Teaching difficult points:

1.Different aspects of English proverbs, including life,friends,time,

learning,health,money,confidence...

2. Focus on the meaning of English proverb and make sure that they know which English proverb refers to.

Teaching methods:

1. Double activities teaching method

2. Question-and-answer activity teaching method

3. Free discussion method

4. Group work method

Teaching aids:

1. multimedia

2. the blackboard

Teaching steps

Step 1 Lead in

Greet the whole class as usual and ask Ss to think of some English proverbs.. Then show Ss some English proverbs and ask Ss to guess what they mean in Chinese. Step 2. Group work: Guessing game

One group shows some English proverbs and the other groups guess what they mean in Chinese. Which group guesses more is a winner .

Step 3: Question-and-answer

Show some pictures about dogs and cats, then encourage students to talk about English proverbs about animals.

Step 4: Conclusion:

Proverbs are produced in people’s working and daily life. Therefore, human being’s experience and observation have been reflected in proverbs.Although many English and Chinese proverbs have the same meaning, English and Chinese culture have great differences, which are also reflected in the proverbs. so if we do not master enough English cultural backgrounds, we cannot understand their true meanings. Proverbs show the development of every society．English proverbs, like a mirror, can reflect a nation’s whole culture, and it is also like a window, which can display the nation’s culture.

Step 5. Homework

1.Go on studying English proverbs as many as possible, including cultural background and differences between Chinese proverbs and English proverbs.

2. Do some exercises about English proverbs.

一、情景交际中的谚语知识

1. If you are traveling ____ the customs are really foreign to your own, please do as Romans do.

A. in which

B. what

C. when

D. where

2. --- Never thought to see you here, Jay! - - --- ____ .

A. It’s a small world

B. Don’t let it worry you

C. It’s always the case

D. I’d like to meet you every day

3. --- I’ve given up smoking already, darling.

--- You should have taken the doctor’s advice years ago. ____, anyway.

A. Better late than never

B. It’s easier said than done

C. No pains, no gains

D. Well begun is half done

4. “First come, first ____”is an English proverb.

A. service

B. served

C. serving

D. to serve

5. All work and no play ____ Jack a dull boy.

A. make

B. made

C. makes

D. making

6. Give him an inch ____ he’ll take an ell.

A. or

B. but

C. and

D. Otherwise

二、阅读理解中的谚语知识

You hear the same complaint all the time: “My memory is terrible.”Is it all in the mind, or do real changes take place in the brain with the passing of time? The answer is that the brain’s cells decline and die with age. However, according to Professor Arthur Shimamura of the University of California, people vary greatly in how they change mentally with age, as well as how much their mental ability declines.

There are three main ways in which mental function changes. The first concerns speed, such as how quickly you can react to fast-moving incidents on the road. Drivers in their late teens react quickly but often drive too fast, while the over -60’s are more careful but react more slowly. This type of mental slowing results from a reduction in the efficiency with which the brain’s neurons (神经细胞) work.

The fact that adults find it harder to learn musical instrument than children points to a second type of mental decline, the loss of learning ability with age. The part of the brain which is known to control new learning is particularly sensitive to the effects of ageing. This means we have to depend more on diaries and other mental aids as we get older, take longer to learn a new language and are slower to master new things at work.“Working memory”is the third brain function that is sensitive to the effects of ageing. Absentmindedness occurs at all ages because of imperfections in the working memory system. For example, you may continually lose your glasses, or find yourself walking into a room of your house only to find that you cannot remember what you came for. Such absent-mindedness also occurs more often as we get older.

However, evidence also shows that the principle “use it or lose it”applies to the ageing brain. Professor Shimamura studied a group of university professors who were still mentally active, and compared their performance on neuro–psychological tests with that of others of their age group, as well as with younger people. He found that on several tests of memory, the mentally active professors in their 60’s and early 70’s performed better than those of the same age, and as well as the younger group.

1. Memory gets worse as people grow older because ____.

A. the brain starts to produce too many neurons

B. cells in the brain stop the neurons from working

C. the brain’s neurons don’t work as well as before

D. when people get old, they complain too much

2. Which of the following well-known sayings best expresses the idea of the third paragraph?

A. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

B. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.

C. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

D. It’s never too old to learn.

3. We can conclude from Shimamura’s test on the professors that ____.

A. active minds might keep their memory better

B. memory can improve with the time passing on

C. all of the old people will suffer memory loss

D. the principle “use it or lose it”is obviously wrong

4. This passage is mainly about ____.

A. youth and ageing

B. problems of getting old

C. secrets of a good memory

D. ageing and mental ability