英語（新標準）高一年級第四冊

Module 6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World

Cultural Corner: The Universal Dragon

Teaching Plan for Module 6 Cultural Corner

I. Teaching Aims:

a. New words: generous, unpredictable, emperor, robe, reputation, border, positive, indicate, identity, myth, fortune

b. Enable the students to understand and use the new phrases: due to, according to

c. Inspire the students to be proud of our motherland as a nation of dragon.

II Key points and difficulties:

Key points: reading comprehension and new language points

Difficulties: reading comprehension

III Teaching Aids: multi-media

IV Teaching Methods: communicative and task-based learning

V Teaching Procedures:

Step 1: Warmer

A one-minute speech competition.

Ask two students to represent their own group and talk about the given topic “China” continuously for one minute. The other students will judge which group is better and thus is the winner group.

Step 2: Revision

Show 5 photos on the screen to the students and ask them to talk about possibilities using must, may, might, or can’t.

(For example: This picture may be taken on the beach.)

Step 3: Presentation

Teacher: Do you know how to say “龍” in English?

Students: Dragon.

Teacher: What do you think of the dragon? A good animal or a bad one?

Students: A good animal, as we Chinese people are descendents of the dragon.

Teacher: In Chinese language we also have many idioms that indicate the dragon is a good and popular animal, such as “dragons rising and tigers leaping”（龍騰虎躍） “like dragons flying and phoenixes dancing”（龍飛鳳舞）.

Do you have more examples?

(Free talk)

Teacher: Do you think there is dragon only in China? (Present the two pictures on the text on the screen) Here are two pictures of dragon,, can you tell me the differences between them? (head, claw, tail)

Say which one do you like better and why?

(Free talk)

Teacher: Yes, the red dragon belongs to the west, which may not be so good in people’s mind as in China. So let’s read the passage and find more about dragon in different parts of the world, as we call it “The Universal Dragon”.

Step 4: Reading

The given task: Fill in two forms about those differences as well as the origin or background for that.

(On the Students’ Paper)

Then check the answers together.

Step 5: Language Study

A. Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions. (On the Students’ Paper)

B. Find out the phrases in the passage. (On the Students’ Paper)

C. Study the new points. (On the Students’ Paper)

Step 6: Practice & Consolidation

A debate: Is dragon good or bad?

Divide the class into two groups and each group holds one side.

Step 7: Homework

Write a passage about dragon. (Resources on the Internet are welcome)

P.S. Internet Resources:

www.dragon.com.cn

www.zxxw.net

www.gdoverseaschn.com.cn

(后附本課學生學案)

Module 6 Cultural Corner: The Universal Dragon

I Reading Comprehension

a. What’s the difference in dragon between Chinese culture and western culture?

In Chinese culture Dragons are generous and wise , although they can be unpredictable.

The dragon was closely connected to the royal family.

If you were born in the year of dragon, you are intelligent, brave and a natural leader.

In western culture Dragons had a different reputation. In the story, the dragon is dangerous.

However, in Wales, the red dragon which appears on the Welsh flag is a positive symbol, indicating strength and a sense of national identityy.

b. Why should the dragon have a different character in different parts of the world?

In Chinese culture The idea of the dragon may have come from the alligator---a shy animal which lives in rivers, but which is usually only seen when there is plenty of water---a good sign for agriculture.

In western culture The idea of the dragon probably came from the snake--- an animal which people hated and were afraid of.

II Language Study

A. Fill in the blanks with prepositions.

1. The dragon was closely connected to the royal family.

2. The emperor’s robes have a symbol of a gold dragon with five claws.

3. …, but with fewer claws and of a different color.

4. However, across the border of Wales, the red dragon. Is a positive symbol.

5. …, but which is only seen when there is plenty of water---- a good sign for agriculture.

B. Find out the phrases in the passage.

1. 和……密切聯系be closely connected to 2. 根據 according to

3. 民族身份意識 a sense of national identity 4. 由于 due to

5. 產生自 come from 6. 許多plenty of

a. For a creature that doesn’t really exist, that’s quite something.

Examples: You are really something else.

He is something in the new uniform.

b. 這個錯誤產生自他的粗心.

The error came from his carelessness.

c. indicate vt 指出 表明 暗示

The road sign indicates the right direction. (正確的方向)

there is a shop ahead.(前方有一個商店)

d. due to- because of; caused by

由于大霧所有的車都不得不停在街道上了.

That all the cars had to stop in the street was due to the bad fog.

Correction: My illness due to bad food.

My illness is due to bad food.