Behind beliefs
江苏省赣榆县厉庄高级中学牛津版高中英语选修九 Unit 4 Behind beliefs Reading 1 学案.doc
江苏省赣榆县厉庄高级中学牛津版高中英语选修九 Unit 4 Behind beliefs Reading 1 课件.ppt
　　Module 9 Unit 4   Behind beliefs   Reading (1)
　　Learning aims (学习目标)：
　　1. Enable students to gain some knowledge about idioms, understand their original meanings and learn about their practical usage in English.
　　2. Practice and reinforce their reading comprehension and improve their overall ability.
　　Important and difficult points(重点难点)：
　　1. Gain some knowledge about idioms.
　　2. To learn how to use idioms properly in our daily life.
　　【预习导航】
　　Skimming
　　1.How is the information in the passage mainly organized ?
　　A.  Present to past
　　B.  Cause and effect
　　C.  Examples and analysis
　　D.  More important to less important
　　2.Divide the text into 4 parts
　　Part 1(para. 1)        ● _______   of an idiom
　　Part2 (para.2)         ● _______   to biblical idioms
　　Part3(paras.3-6)       ● _______   of biblical idioms  
　　Part 4(para.7)         ● _______   of idioms
　　【课堂互动探究】
　　Scanning
　　Task 1   Read Para. 1 . Answer the following question.
　　What is an idiom?
　　¬¬_____________________________________________________________________________
　　Task 2    Para. 2 . Fill in the blanks.
　　The 3______ of idioms Many of the idioms come from the 1_______ , which was first written in Hebrew and Greek.
　　But as time goes on, some idioms have their meanings 2_________, for example, “by and by”.
　　Task 3   Part 3 (paras3-6) Fill in the blanks.
　　Various1._______
　　of biblical
　　idioms Some biblical idioms emphasize the 2._______ of a story.
　　Some biblical idioms focus on 3._______;one famous example is ‘kill the fatted calf’
　　Other subjects of biblical idioms 4._______food and agricultural life.
　　Explain the meaning of the idioms.
　　feet of clay ____________________________________________________________________
　　see the handwriting on the wall____________________________________________________
　　kill the fatted calf_______________________________________________________________
　　you reap what you sow___________________________________________________________
　　the apple of somebody’s eye______________________________________________________
　　Task 4
　　Choose the correct idiom from the article to complete each sentence below.
　　(1). Debbie’s father always warned her to be nice to people she did not know, because we __________________
　　(2). Sarah’s mother adores her; Sarah is _______________.
　　(3). Wilson was disappointed when he learnt that the coach had __________.
　　(4). She knew it might take a long time for her teammates to change their minds, but she believed that the new plan would work _________.
　　(5). When my brother came back home from his trip to Europe, we __________________.
　　(6). After his company suffered millions of dollars in losses, Joe ______________________________ and left the company.
　　Task 5  
　　Read paragraph 7 carefully and try to list the benefits of learning idioms.
　　(1) Improving your _______________
　　(2) Developing a high level of competence in your __________ ___________
　　(3) Better _________ and _________ the ________ and _______ of English-speantries
　　【巩固训练】
　　Fill in the following form with proper words according to your comprehension of the text.
　　Biblical idioms in English
　　The(1)             of idiom An idiom is a group of words that has a special meaning which is not usually (2)___________.
　　Idioms in English Quite a few of them come from the Bible.
　　(3)_______ ____ of biblical idioms From stories with the (4)_________ in the Bible ★ Feet of clay
　　★ To see the handwriting on the wall
　　Using (5) ___________ Kill the (6) _________ calf
　　Using things (7)______
　　to agricultural life or food ★ You reap what you sow
　　★ The apple of somebody’s eye