Unit 2
1. Teaching objectives：
(1)Knowledge objectives: ①students can master some key words and animal expressions of the
text.
②Students can acquire more about the present continuous tense & the past continuous tense.
③Students can learn how to write supporting sentences and concluding sentences.
(2)Ability objective: ①students can improve the abilities of listening, speaking, reading and
writing.
②Students can have a better understanding of language and culture and improve the ability of the cross-cultural Communication.
(3)Emotional objectives:①students can get more interested in English culture.
②students can raise their awareness to protect and love animals .
2. Teaching key points: ①enable students to master the symbolic meanings of animals.
②help the students have a better understanding of the present continuous tense and the past contiunuous tense.
3. Teaching difficult points: enable students to infer where conversations take place and ask for
more information.
4. Teaching procedure
Part One Listening and Speaking Step 1. Pronunciation and listening skills Inferring where conversations take place Tips
推断对话发生的地点是听力中常见的一种考题。遇到这样的题目，要注意听整个对话，理解对话的内容。不要听到某个表示地点的词就认为该对话发生在这里，导致选择错误。 Scripts 1.
W: Oh, dear, I’m tired. I can’t walk any farther.
M: Let’s go to the restaurant across the street and get something to eat, OK? Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 2.
W: Dear, I feel hungry now. How about you?
M: So do I. Let me call Room Service. Hello, Room Service? Please send a menu to Room 320 right away.
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 3.
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M: I’ll have the steak, French Fries, and let’s see, chocolate ice cream for dessert.
W: Oh, you know these things will ruin your health, too much fat and sugar, how about ordering some vegetables and fruit instead?
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 4.
M: Excuse me, I’m looking for the emergency room. I thought it was on the first floor. W: It is. This is the basement. Take the elevator one flight up and turn left. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? Tips
推断对话发生的地点时要注意听完整个对话，理解对话的内容，切忌断章取义，听到某个表示地点的词就认为该话发生在那里，导致选择错误例如，在对话1 中，先提到了walk，又提到了 go to the restaurant across the street，综合这些，可以推断出该对话发生的地点是在大街上，而非其他地方。如果仅听到了restaurant 就作出选择的话，就会推断错误。 Step 2. Conversations
Conversation 1- Asking for information
1. Listen to a conversation and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1. B 2. B 3. A
2. Listen again and answer the following questions by filling in the blanks. Scripts
Hello, this is Quay Restaurant.
Hello, I’d like to make a dinner reservation. Could I know when you’re coming, Sir? Tuesday night.
Could you tell me what time you’d like to come? Our first choice would be 7:00 o’clock, or perhaps 7:30.
7:00 o’clock is fine. I’d like to know how many of you will come, Sir.
I’d like to reserve a table for eight, please. And could I have a table by the window?
Let me see what’s available. Yes, we have one. May I have your name and phone number, please? Great! My last name is Foster, and my phone number is 15010989616. Thank you, Mr. Foster. See you this Tuesday at 7:00 o’clock.
Thanks for your help. I look forward to having a wonderful dinner in your restaurant.
3. Role-play a conversation in pairs according to one of the following situations. You may refer to the Functional Language. Functional Language
Conversation 2 -Asking for more information
1. Listen to a conversation and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. 1. C 2. C 3. B
2. Listen again and complete the following sentences with what you hear. Pay attention to the function of these expressions.
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Scripts
Top Art School. What can I do for you?
Hello. I’d like to study painting. Could you please tell me what courses you offer?
Our subjects cover almost every painting style, such as oil painting, watercolor painting, traditional Chinese painting, and so on.
I’m more interested in oil painting. Do you mind telling me more about it?
The course is given twice a week for two months and the tuition fees are 1,600 yuan. OK. Could you be more specific about what I will learn from the course?
It includes a brief introduction to oil painting and its basic techniques. You will learn to appreciate the paintings of some great masters such as Da Vinci, Raphael, and so on. And then you will finish your own work under the teacher’s guidance.
It includes a brief introduction to oil painting and its basic techniques. You will learn to appreciate the paintings of some great masters such as Da Vinci, Raphael, and so on. And then you will finish your own work under the teacher’s guidance.
Are you saying that after the course, I could paint myself? If you can keep up with the course, that is definite. Good. I’ll think it over and call you later. Thanks a lot.
3. Role-play a conversation in pairs according to one of the following situations. You may refer to the Functional Language. Functional Language Step 3. Passage
1. Listen to a passage and match the expressions about cats in Column A with what they really mean in Column B.
2. Listen again and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Scripts
Good morning class! Today I’d like to introduce some English expressions about animals. Cats are one of the most popular pets among Americans; so it’s not surprising that there are many expressions about cats in American English.
If someone looks very proud and satisfied with himself, we might say, ―He looks like the cat that ate the canary.‖
If you reveal a secret or a surprise by accident, we can say, ―You let the cat out of the bag.‖ If you couldn’t speak or answer a question, someone might ask, ―Has the cat got your tongue?‖
And for the way you behave in class when the teacher leaves, we sometimes say,
―When the cat’s away, the mice will play,‖ meaning to do what they want and have fun when there is no supervision.
You may have also heard the expression, ―Curiosity killed the cat.‖ This is to warn someone not to ask too many questions, as it might get them into trouble. Oral work
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Make some sentences or describe a situation by using one or more expressions about cats you have heard. Part Two Reading
Passage A Dog talk: Every dog has its day
Step 1. Lead-in
1. Video appreciation 2. Extended reading
小狗包弟（节选）——巴金 Bird
(1) Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕；一举两得
（2）Birds of a feather flock （群集）together. 物以类聚，人以群分
（3）Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，马要鞍。 cat
(1) A cat has nine lives. 猫有九条命；吉人天相 (2) Cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心
(3) A gloved cat catches no mice.
戴手套的猫，老鼠抓不到。(不愿吃苦的人成不了大事业。 （4）The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. 猫偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。(掩耳盗铃) chicken
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. 鸡蛋未孵出，先别数小鸡(不要过早乐观) crow乌鸦
A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often. 江山易改，本性难移。 dog
Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌. Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。 Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。
Every dog is a lion at home. 狗是百步王，只在门前凶。
He is a lucky dog. 他是个幸运儿 lead a dog's life 过穷困潦倒的日子 frog
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean. 井底之蛙，不知大海。 fish
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Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧 Go to the sea, if you would fish well. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子 horse
Don’t ride the high horse. 勿摆架子
Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen. 失马之后锁马厩。(亡羊补牢)
3. Pre-reading questions
1. Discuss with your partner what characteristics the animals in the pictures
below generally represent.
2. Translate the following sentences into Chinese. Step 2. Text study
1. Text reading
2. Organization of the text
Structure
Part I (Para. 1) Introduction: Americans have many expressions using the word ―dog.‖
Part II (Para. 2-7) The author’s exemplification: Some ―dog‖ expressions and their profound cultural connotations.
Part III (Para. 8) Conclusion: Dog expressions abound in all cultures reflecting all aspects of our humanity…
3. Language points
1.
They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside, and give them good food and medical care. 他们带狗去散步，让它们在户外玩耍，给它们上乘的食物和医疗。 三个动词take，let，give 在句中作谓语，构成平行结构。 take sb. / a dog for walks: 带某人去散步/ 去遛狗 他会带海伦娜去公园散步。 He’d take Helena for walks in park.
2.This means that when many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs, they are quick to forget their basic humanity.
这句话的意思是，许多人在为同样的东西——比如好的工作——竞争时，他们很快就忘了自己的本性。
compete for sth.: 为某物而竞争
在圣诞季节，商店不得不为争夺顾客而竞争。
The stores have to compete for customers in the Christmas season. 3.And if we fall ill or become miserable, we might become ―sick as a dog.‖ 如果生病了或状况很糟糕，我们可能会―sick as a dog（病得很严重）”。
fall ill 和become miserable 一样，是“系动词+ 表语”构成系表结构，在从句中作谓语。常见的系动词有be，become，fall，feel，seem，sound，turn 等。 e.g. feel good, seem beautiful, sound great, turn red 如果我在旅游时生病了怎么办？
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