Lesson 3 A Changing World
教案
Teaching Aim:
(1) to read a passage about Hutongs
(2) to learn some reading strategies—summarizing
(3) to master uses of some words and expressions
Stage 1 introduction of the topic through some pictures
Look at the photos and the title, and predict where these people lived and what the article is about.
Stage 2 predicting the topic of the passage
Stage 3 introduction of the reading strategies
Reading Strategies: Summarizing
Read the text to get the general idea and identify paragraph topics.
Underline the key sentence in each paragraph (often the beginning but not always). Then find information that backs it up.
Write notes of the main points and the key information. Use your own words.
Stage 4 reading extensively
read for the first time, choose the best title for the passage, match the title to each paragraph and finish true or false questions
a). Beijing Urban Planning
b). Chinese Buildings
c). Beijing’s Hutongs
d). The History of Hutongs
answer:c
read for the second time, match the headings to the correct paragraphs and finish note taking
Para A a). Bad times for hutongs
Para B b). When and why hutongs were built
Para C c). Beijing’s hutongs today
Para D d). What is a hutong?
Para E e). Connecting lives
Note-taking
1.Hutongs are _________ that connect the court-yards of traditional Chinese houses.
2. The term hutong is nowadays used to describe the alleyways, courtyards and the ___________ that live there
3. The Emperors organised Beijing in blocks of houses because this made the city easier to ____________ _________.
4. Most of Beijing’s hutongs were built during the _____ _____ and _____ Dynasties.
5. Wealthy and important people lived in hutongs built close to the ___________________________.
6. Near the end of the Qing Dynasty, conditions in Beijing’s hutongs worsened because of _______ _________.
7. After the People’s Republic of China was established, conditions in Beijing’s hutongs _________.
8. Today, _________ of Beijing’s residential areas are hutongs.
9. Today, ____ of Beijing’s population still lives in hutongs
10. Hutongs are still an important part of Beijing. They attract many _______ each year.
Stage 5 solve language puzzles
1．Here, several words are explained. They are:
leave an impression on
refer to
control over
keep an eye on
date back
an ancient yet modern city
2．Language Points
1. flock
vi. (常与to, together连用) 聚集成群
People in the town flocked to the theatre to see the new opera.
镇上的人蜂拥到剧院去看那部新歌剧。
Birds of a feather flock together.一丘之貉。 flock n. 禽群；畜群
a flock of sheep 一群羊
2. wander
vi. (常与in, off连用) 漫游;漫步;漂泊
The children wandered in the woods.
孩子们在森林里漫步。
The river wanders through beautiful country. 那河蜿蜒流过美丽的村庄。
His mind is wandering. 他神志不清。
3. gaze vi. (常与at, into, on连用) 凝视,注视
The child gazed at the toys in the shop window.
孩子眼睛盯着商店橱窗里的玩具。
He just sat gazing into space/gazing through the window. 茫然地望着/呆呆地望着
4. in awe 敬畏地
No difficulty could awe these young men.
We felt awe when contemplating(欣赏) the works of Bach.
be in awe of… 对······望而生畏;对······感到害怕;对······十分崇敬
5. see sights 观光
6. leave…impression
7. refer -rr- (常与to 连用）涉及; 提到
Don’t refer to this matter again, please.
The new law does not refer to farm land. 新法律与耕地无关。
The shop referred the complaint to the manufacturers.商店把投诉转交给制造商。
control over 控制
9.keep an eye on sb./sth.: make sure that sb./sth. is safe, etc; look after sb./sth.
Keep an eye on the baby.
Could you keep an eye on my suitcase for a moment?
10. be situated in/on adj. 坐落, 位于······
The house is situated on a hill.
11. due to 因为；由······引起；由于
Many accidents are due to driving at high speed.
Her illness was due to bad food.
她的病是吃了坏了的食物造成的。
12. make up
One hundred years make up a century.
made up an excuse
make up the lost time
make up a room
13. be fascinated by: be attracted by
14. date back (to/from)
This castle dates from the 14th century.
This castle dates back 6 centuries.
Our partnership dates back to 1960.
15. an ancient yet modern city
a beautiful and tender lady
an ugly yet tender lady
Stage 6 exercises for some vocabularies
alley, thirst, arch, squeeze, undertake, turning, cast, fragrant, recipe, mop, guard, grand, ancient, rectangle, edition
stage 7 Speaking
Work in groups. Retell the text to each other using the notes from Exercise 5.
Try to use your own words and the headings below.
What is a hutong?
When and why hutongs were built?
Connecting lives
bad times for hutongs
Beijing’s hutongs today
Stage 8 homework.
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