Lesson Four Midnight Visitor Teaching Aims：nguage points: new words & expressions, word formation,2.The key elements of the story3.The structure of the text4.The theme analysis of the story5.Grammar points: adverbial clause of time/reason, passive voiceKey Points：1.Understand the work of spies2.Understand the structure of the text3.Understand the passive voice4.Understand the useful suffixes and prefix in the textDifficult Points：nguage points2.The key elements of the story3.The themeTeaching Materials：Textbook & Reference bookTeaching Methods：Lecture, Discussion, Practice, Questions and answersTeaching Hours：16 hoursTeaching Process：1.Warm-up: about James Bond, secret agent2.Background knowledge: about the cold war3.Introduction to the text: brief introduction & pre-class discussion4.Detailed learning of the text: words & expressions, sentences, affixes5.Detailed analysis of the text: structure, theme, questions & discussion6.Exercises: oral work, vocabulary & grammarTeaching Reflection：1.Warm-upAsk the students about the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony. Who parachuted into the London bowl？“Good evening, Mr. Bond,” Her Majesty said to one of the UK’s most iconic characters (played by actor Daniel Craig), before being escorted out of Buckingham Palace. The queen and 007 — or, rather, actors portraying them —then parachuted into London’s opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics.Q: Who is James Bond?James Bond is a fictional character created by novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. Bond is a British secret agent working for MI6 who also answers by his codename, 007. He has been portrayed on film by actors Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, in twenty-four productions, with a twenty-fifth in production. MI6(Military Intelligence, Section 6): The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), often known as MI6, collects Britain's foreign intelligence. SIS provides Her Majesty's Government with a global covert capability to promote and defend the national security and economic well-being of the United Kingdom.Q: What is a spy’s work like?What kind of qualities do you think would make a perfect spy?2.BackgroundThe Cold War was the most important political and diplomatic issue of the later half of the 20th Century. The main Cold War enemies were the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cold war got its name because both sides were afraid of fighting each other directly. In such a "hot war," nuclear weapons might destroy everything. So, instead, they fought each other indirectly. They played havoc with conflicts in different parts of the world. They also used words as weapons. They threatened and denounced each other. Or they tried to make each other look foolish.diplomatic [ˌdipləˌmætik] a.外交的，从事外交的；策略的，有手腕的havoc ['hævək] n. 大破坏, 混乱vt. 破坏denounce [diˌnauns]vt.谴责，指责；告发3.Introduction to the textThe Key Elements of the StoryPlot: a spy got rid of his rival by using his mental workSetting: in a hotel roomProtagonists: Ausable, Fowler, Max, and the waiterTheme of the StoryAusable, a secret agent, did not look like a spy in people’s imagination. He carried no weapon, but he had excellent brain which is more powerful than any weapon. He appeared helpless, but he got rid of his deadly enemy without lifting a finger.Structure of the TextThe introduction: (para 1-5) background information.The body: (paras. 6-23) the battle of wits between Ausable and Max.The conclusion: (paras. 24-28) the result of the battle.nguage learning1.fit the description of……Ausable is fat and sloppy, doesn’t fit the description of a spy.My students say I am too young to fit the description of a university teacher.2.down(of flat surfaces or areas) along; towards the direction in which one is facing （指平面或区域）沿着, 顺着（面对的方向）: Go down the road till you reach the traffic lights. 沿路前行直至有交通灯处.3.where…where在定语从句中用作关系副词，作状语，先行词一般指地点。
例如：This is the farm where we worked when we were young.这就是我们年轻时候在此干活的农场。
He met his wife in the park where they fell in love with each other.他是在这个公园遇到他的妻子，就是在那里，他们相爱了。
在实际的英语学习中，where在定语从句中的用法远不是这么简单，相反，要复杂得多.某些在从句中充当地点状语的“介词+关系词”结构可以与where 互换，where=in/at/on/...which 例如：This is the house in which I lived two years ago.This is the house where I lived two years ago.这是我两年前住过的房子。
where和其他词的用法的区别。
This is the factory where/in which you worked last year.This is the factory that/which/you visited last year.在第一句中，关系词在定语从句中作状语，所以用关系副词where或者in which，因为定语从句中worked 是个不及物动词；而在第二句中，关系词在定语从句中做宾语，因此用that或which，还可以省略，visited是个及物动词。