二、教学重点与难点 1．重点词汇force；rapid；praise；encourage；have a talk with；come across；make progress；before long；move on；keep on（doing something）；translate...into... 2．重要句型 1）In 1849，he went to England and made London the base for his revolutionary work．2）He made such rapid progress that before long he began to write articles in English for an American newspaper．3）His English was so good that Engels wrote him a letter and praised him for it．4）He found it important to study the situation in Russia．
Unit 21 Karl Marx
一、教学目标与要求
通过本单元教学，使学生进一步掌握过去完成时的用法，并复习一般过去时态。 通过学习马克思如何学习外语来了解外语学习的重要性及这位伟人极富顽强毅力 的一面，学习这位伟人的科学精神。学生能够用自己的语言，描述有关马克思生 平的一些情况和学习的务实态度，并从中受到教育和启发。
Say something about how Karl Marx learned foreign languages using the information from the reading passage：
学生先在小组内交流并相互启发、补充，然后请学生在班上交流。 6．布置作业 1）根据以上表格，准备讲马克思刻苦学习外语的故事；2）完成 练习册中所安排的练习。 注：以下关于马克思的背景资料仅供参考，教师决定是否将其压缩并介绍给学 生。 Karl Marx was born on May 5，1818 in Trier，a city in the west of Germany．He entered Bonn University in 1835 and went to Berlin University to continue his studies in 1837．In April 1841， he received his doctor’s degree and in October the next year he became the editor of the Rheinische Zeitung published in Cologne，and there he began his attack on the old society．Because of his revolutionary activities he was forced to leave his homeland．He moved to France and then to Belgium．In April 1848，he returned to Cologne with Engels to join the revolution directly．After the 1848 revolution failed，he was expelled from Ger－many．He went to Paris， but was soon forced to leave France．In August 1849，he went to London with his family and spent most of the rest of his life there． Marx became one of the leading spirits of the International Working Men’s Association（the first International） when it was first founded in September 1864．
情景 1：Someone has a lot of difficulty in spelling，he just can’t spell the words correctly．Sometimes he adds some letters，other times he misses some letters．He always makes mistakes in spelling and he is very worried．Make a dialogue between this person and his friend and try to give him some advice． 情景2：Someone has a lot of difficulty in pronunciation．Though she tries hard，she just can not pronounce the words correctly．She knows that the teacher on the tape does not read English in the way she does，but she does not know how to improve her pronunciation．Make a dialogue and give her some suggestions． 经数分钟练习后，教师可请几位同学到前面进行表演，教师予以讲评。 4．要求学生以伐木工为第一人称，讲述这个故事。教师可给出首句：One day when I was working in the woods a stranger passed by． Model： One day when I was working in the woods a stranger passed by．He seemed to be interested in what I was doing and asked，“What are you doing？”I told him that I was cutting the tree down．The next day when I was cutting the tree into pieces so that I could have some firewood，the same stranger passed by again，asking me the same question．When I told him I was cutting the tree up，he couldn’t understand it and went away，puzzled．
3．语法 掌握过去完成时的用法；复习一般过去时：1）Marx had learnt some English before he got to England．2）After he arrived in England，Marx worked hard to improve his English．3）When all his money had gone， Marx had to leave his house in London． 4．日常交际用语 谈论语言学习（Talking about language study）：1）How are you get－ting on with your English lessons？2）My grammar is improving，but I find idioms and useful expressions hard to learn．3） Which do you find easiest／most difficult—listening，speaking， reading or writing？4）If you have a problem with...，you should... 三、课型
2．准备放对话录音。借助投影片打出以下听前提问：1）What does Yang Mei find hard to learn in English？ 2）When the man met the woodcutter the second time，what was the woodcutter doing？放录音一至两遍，请学生回答 上述问题，教师予以必要订正。 Key：1）Yang Mei finds idioms and useful expressions hard to learn．2） The woodcutter was cutting the tree up． 根据本课对话内容，教师再提出一些问题，检查学生的理解程度，并对某些问题 展开讨论。 1）Yang Mei finds idioms and useful expressions hard to learn．Do you agree？Please give examples to show why you agree or disagree．2）Did the man really understand what the woodcutter had said？According to the dialogue，why do you think the man got puzzled about the expression“cut the tree up”？3）What did the woodcutter really mean by saying“I’m cutting this tree up”？4） Why do you think Sara tells this story to Yang Mei？What does he want to show by using this example？ 3．再次放对话录音，学生跟读。将学生分为两人一组练习对话。数分钟后，请 两、三组同学到前面表演。 教师指导学生归纳在本课中有关谈论语言学习的常用语句（见日常交际用语部 分）。为学生设计一些在英语学习上遇到的困难，启发同学运用这部分语言编出 对话。