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1、2019-2020年高中英语 Unit4第1课时 The First Period Speaking教案 新人教版选修8Teaching goals教学目标1. Target language 目标语言重点词汇adaptation, plot, professor, Pygmalion 2. Ability goals 能力目标Enable the students to talk about the Greek story Pygmalion. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help the students learn how to talk about th
2、e Greek story Pygmalion.Teaching important points 教学重点Help the students learn how to retell the story. Teaching difficult points 教学难点Help the students know the similarities and differences between the story and the play Pygmalion.Teaching methods 教学方法Discussion.Teaching aids 教学准备A recorder, a puter
3、and a projector. Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step Lead-inT: Has anyone heard of “the Pygmalion Effect”？What is it?S1: The Pygmalion Effect is that people tend to behave as you expect they will. If you expect a person to take responsibility, they probably will. If you expect them not to even tr
4、y, they probably wont.T: Good. How did you know?S1: I have once read some Greek stories. And I have read the story Pygmalion before. T: Youre great. If someone is good at writing, we often say he or she is a lucky dog of the Muses. Do you know where the saying es from? S1: It also es from the Greek
5、story.Step Warming upT: Yes. Today we are going to learn about a Greek story Pygmalion. First, look at the pictures on page 28. Please work in pairs and work out the story. After a few minutes. T: Now lets have a look at the first picture. Who can tell me whats in it with your own words?S1: Let me t
6、ry. Pygmalion was a very gifted artist. He spent a long time making a stone statue of a beautiful woman. It was so beautiful that he couldnt help loving it and wanted it to be his wife.T: Wonderful! And who can follow it?S2: But it was only a stone. How could he make his dream bee true? He thought a
7、nd thought and at last he asked the Greek Goddess to help him to bring it to life.T: You did a good job. But did his dream bee true at last?S3: Yes! The Greek Goddess agreed to help and his wish was granted.T: Now who can present the plete story based on the above description? S4: Let me try. Pygmal
8、ion was a gifted artist. One day, he decided to make a stone statue of a beautiful woman. He worked day and night and at last he finished. Then he clothed the figure, decorated it with the jewellery, and even named it the Sleeping Love. The work was so beautiful that he couldnt help thinking that if
9、 the statue could be brought to life, hed very much like it to be his wife. Therefore, he asked the Greek Goddess to help make it alive. Finally the Goddess was moved by his sincerity. His wish was granted. Pygmalion threw himself to his feet, the girl smelt down at him. Afterwards, they fell in lov
10、e with each other and married.T: Wonderful! You did a good job! Now lets have a discussion. Do you think that Pygmalion and his statue-wife will be happy together?S: No, I dont think so.T: What problems do you think they will have?S1: Maybe they cant understand each other, because they e from differ
11、ent world.S2: Its very hard for Pygmalion to understand his wife, because his wife is made from a stone. She doesnt know the words, behavior, anything about him. T: Good. How do you think they might solve them?S3: Pygmalion loves the girl so much that he decides to teach her how to speak and how to
12、behave herself. Little by little, they understand each other well and live happily.T: Good imagination! The story is so interesting that it was made into a film My Fair Lady, which was based on the play by Bernard Shaw. Do you know this famous playwright?Step Discussion Make a brief introduction abo
13、ut Shaw.T: George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist, literary critic, a socialist spokesman, and a leading figure in the 20th century theater. Shaw was a freethinker, defender of womens rights, and advocate of equality of ine. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Shaw accepted the hono
14、ur but refused the money. He was a very humorous playwright. Here is a story about him. One day, Shaw took part in a grand party, in which he met the then Prime Minister Churchill. Churchill was very fat at that time whereas Shaw was very thin. Churchill said to Shaw very sharply, “When people see y
15、ou, they will know how poor your country is”. And then Shaw answered very quickly, “When people see you, they will know the reason why our country is so poor.” From it we can see how witty Shaw is!T: Have you seen the film My Fair Lady？S1: Yes. It was about a flower girl who became a lady in the upp
16、er class, helped by the expert in phonetics, Professor Higgins. T: Do you like the film? Why?S1: Yes, I do. What makes “My Fair Lady” special is the great musical score by Mr. Loewe with lyrics by Mr. Lerner. Most of the songs are by now, standards that have delighted us since they were written and have been sung by practically all the best singers of the world.: Ver
