Unit 4 Exploring literature
Reading (II)
◆内容分析：
本板块的话题是“文学作品”。

Reading板块引导学生探究优秀文学作品的特征，思考阅读文学作品的好处。

语篇节选改编自英语作家威廉·约瑟夫·朗恩的著作《英语文学：历史及其对英语世界生活的意义》。

文章介绍了文学作品的定义和功能，描述了优秀文学作品的三大特点：即刻画真与美，让读者产生共鸣并激发其想象，以及拥有经久不衰的生命力。

◆教学目标：
By the end of this section, students will be able to:
1.find the three qualities of literature by skimming the article;
2.give an example to support an idea;
3.point out the cohesive devices applied in the article;
4.appreciate beautiful sentences from the article; understand the significance of
reading literature in daily life.
◆教学重难点：
1.understand some new words and expressions.
2.be able to use the new words and expressions correctly.
◆教学过程：
Step 1 Lead-in
Read and underline the following key words and expressions.
amaze, unnoticed, in store for sb., appeal to, be capable of, awaken, in the presence of, permanence, adapt
Step 2 Building vocabulary
1. Word study: amaze
Introduce the meaning of “amaze” through different situations, first the context of the speech and then other situations.
(1) Different meanings of amaze
(2) Collocations of amaze
(3) Variations of the word “amaze”
(4) Exercises of amaze: Practice makes perfect.
2. Word study: unnoticed
Introduce the meaning of “unnoticed” through different situations, first the context of the speech and then other situations.
Example sentences that include the word “unnoticed”
3. Word and phrase study: in store for sb
Introduce the meaning of “in store for” through different situat ions, first the context of the speech and then other situations.
(1) Collocations of “in store for”
(2) Exercises of “in store for”: Practice makes perfect.
4. Word and phrase study: appeal to
Introduce the meaning of “appeal to” through different situati ons, first the context of the speech and then other situations.
5. Phrase study: be capable of
Introduce the meaning of “be capable of” through different situations, first the context of the speech and then other situations.
6. Word study: awaken
Introduce the meaning of “awaken” through different situations, first the context of the speech and then other situations.
(1) Different meanings of awaken
(2) Collocations of awaken
(3) Exercises of awaken: Practice makes perfect.
7. Phrase study: in the presence of
Introduce the meaning of “in the presence of”.
8. Word study: permanence
Introduce the meaning of “permanence” through different situations, first the context of the speech and then other situations.
(1) Different meanings of permanence
(2) Collocations of permanence
(3) Exercises of permanence: Practice makes perfect.
9. Word study: adapt
Introduce the meaning of “adapt” through different situations, first the context of the speech and then other situations.
(1) Different meanings of adapt
(2) Collocations of adapt
(3) Exercises of adapt: Practice makes perfect.
Sentence analysis
Let a little song appeal to the ear, or a great book to the heart, and we discover a new world, a world of dreams and magic. (lines 8-9)
Sentence translation
Consolidation
1. Exercises to review the knowledge learned
2. Check the answers of B1 on P47
教学反思。