Unit2 Language Points教学设计
第四课时Language Points （词汇拓展与语言现象讲解）
1. Teaching Objectives
a. Further understanding of key words & expressions and difficult sentences:
key words and expressions:
balance, curiosity, lie, limit, benefit, get away with, in debt, cut down, before long
difficult sentences:
Wang Peng sat in his restaurant feeling frustrated.
“Nothing could be better,” he thought.
Suddenly he saw his friend Li Chang hurrying by.
b. Revision of other new words and expressions
2. Teaching Procedures： 原文呈现 + 导学案
Step I Finding out the key words
1. Basic understanding—ask students to read again the passage quickly, find out
where the following words appeared in the textbook and tell their meanings.
balance, curiosity, lie, limit, benefit, get away with, in debt, cut down, before long
① What will happen to you if you don’t eat a balanced diet? (Page 9)
② Curiosity drove Wang Peng inside. (page 10, line 16)
③ He could not have Yong Hui getting away with telling people lies. (page 10, line
27)
④ He did not look forward to being in debt because his restaurant was no longer
popular. (page 14, line 3)
⑤ …, but I found your menu so limited that I stopped worrying and started
advertising the benefits of my food. (page 14, line 9)
⑥ In this way they cut down the fat and increased the fiber in the meal. (page 15,
line15)
⑦ Their balanced diet became such a success that before long Wang Peng became slimmer and Yong Hui put on more weight. (page 15, line 16)
2. Further understanding: basically using 3 steps
① find out the meanings of the targeted words in different context by translating the
example sentences into Chinese.
② add some more information to enlarge student’s knowledge of the targeted
vocabulary.
③ provide some exercises for students to check their understanding.
1. balance n. 天平；平衡；结余，余额;
v.平衡；权衡
(1)Translate the following sentences into Chinese:
①Can you balance yourself on the skateboard?
②If you earn $100 and spend $60, your balance is $40.
③You have to balance the advantages of living in the country against the
disadvantages.
Suggested answers：
①你能在滑板上保持平衡吗?
②如果你挣100美元，花60美元，那么你就会结余40美元。
③你得权衡一下住在乡下的好处和坏处。
(2)Fill in the blanks with the help out their Chinese translations
①The two trucks had wheels out of balance on delivery.
这两部卡车在交货时车轮失去了平衡。
(3)Multiple choice
In education there should be a good ________ among the branches of knowledge
that contribute to effective thinking and wise judgment.
A. distribution B. balance C. combination D. assignment (B)
2. lie vi.& n.说谎；谎话，谎言(lied，lied，lying) vi.躺，卧；处于(某一位置)，在于……(lay，lain，lying)
(1)Translate the following sentences into Chinese:
①It will be against my principle to lie to you about this.
②He tried to cover his mistakes with a lie, but failed.
③She felt sick and go to lie down in her cabin.
④West of the lake lies the famous city.
⑤I’d rather use my money than leave it lying in the bank.
Suggested answers:
①在这件事上对你说谎是违背我的原则的。
②他尝试用一个谎言掩盖自己的错误，但是没有得逞。
③她感到有些恶心，就回她的舱房去躺下休息了。
④那个著名的城市坐落在湖的西面。
⑤我宁愿把钱花掉也不愿搁在银行里不用。
(2)Comparison—see whether students are able to tell the differences between “lie”
and “lay”
单词 词性和含义 过去式、过去分词和现在分词形式
lie vi & n. 撒谎；谎言 lied, lied, lying
lie vi. 坐落于…；躺下 lay, lain, lying
lay vt. 放置；下蛋 laid, laid, laying
Then check their understanding:
There was an oil painting ________ in the corner. It________ there for several
days.
A. laying; had laid B. lain; had laid
C. lying; had lain D. laid; had been lain (C)
3. curiosity n. 好奇心 curious adj. 对…好奇 be curious about sth.
(1)Translate the following sentences into Chinese:
①Children are naturally very curious about the world around them.
②I opened the packet just to satisfy my curiosity. ③Out of curiosity, he went to the library for further information about the
spider.
Suggested answers:
①小孩子对他们周围的世界天生地感到好奇。
②我打开包裹只是为了满足我的好奇心。
③出于好奇，他去图书馆找寻更多的关于这种蜘蛛的信息。
4. benefit vt. 有利，有益 n. 好处；利益；优势
(1)Translate the following sentences into Chinese:
①The project will bring great benefit to the local people.
②Your body will benefit a lot from regular exercise.
③Extensive reading is very beneficial to all teenager students.
④It is said Yoga is of great benefit to human health.
⑤I have typed out some of the notes for the benefit of those who were absent.
Suggested answers:
①这项工程会给当地人带来巨大的利益。
②你的身体将从日常的锻炼中获益匪浅。
③广泛的阅读对青少年学生有很大的益处。
④据说瑜伽对人体健康有很大好处。
⑤我帮缺席的那些人打印了一些笔记。
(2)Comparison—compare the differences among the following words:
benefit, interest & profit
benefit 为普通用词，指通过正当手段从物质或精神方面得到的任何好处或利益。它的复数形式benefits意为“救济金”。 eg. The insurance
company will pay extra
cash benefits for the
accidents.
interest 作“利益”讲时，多用复数形式，既可指集团、群体的利益，又可指个人的利益。interest作不可数名词时，意为“利息”。 eg. It is in the public
interests that these facts
are made known.