1、Unit 2 MORALS AND VIRTUESReading and Thinking: Mother Of Ten Thousand Babies文本简析本单元的话题是“道德与美德”,阅读文本介绍了被尊称为“万婴之母”的林巧稚大夫。她是中国妇产科学的主要开拓者、奠基人之一,她不仅医术高明,她的医德、医风、奉献精神更是有口皆碑。所以,本阅读部分旨在通过了解和学习林大夫的生平事迹来学习林大夫的感人事迹和高贵品德, 并引导学生思考自己的人生选择,树立积极向上的人生价值观。本文体裁是一篇名人传记。文章共 6 个段落,第一段落以一句引言、即支撑林大夫一生的信念开始,然后用 amazing woma
2、n 和 a life of hard choices来总领下面的段落。第 2、3 段落重点介绍林大夫的求学经历和早期工作经历,第 4 段落介绍了林大夫在战乱期间的选择和为病人、尤其是穷人服务,第 5 段落介绍了新中国成立以来,林大夫虽然身兼多职,但是依然心系病人、坚持为广大妇女儿童看病,第 6 段说明了标题、即“万婴之母”的由来,以及她去世前的感人事迹。文章用了很多时间的相关表达,如“As a five-year-old-girl”、“At age 18”、“Eight years later”、“Within six months”、“The newPeoples Republic of C
3、hina saw .”、“over the next several decades”等,所以时间线索清晰。作为名人传记,本文有着丰富的情感态度和价值观方面的教育意义。林大夫以其执着的追求和不懈努力获得了事业上的成功; 她的家国情怀让她在国家战乱时毅然决定回国;她关注贫穷病人,以她的善良、爱心、无私和高超医术赢得了人们的尊敬;她把毕生精力投入事业、奉献病人和服务社会。这篇文章不仅可以让学生了解林大夫的这些高尚品德, 而且对学生在面对人生重大选择时如何做出选择,有积极的指导意义。阅读策略上,主要是指导学生根据文中具体信息得出合理结论,尤其是在谈论人物性格时, 找到相应的支撑信息。 此外, 学会用
4、信息链来梳理文章零散信息,比如在此文中根据时间表达梳理林大夫的生平事迹 ,然后聚焦 hard choices这一核心词, 找出关键信息,进行梳理和整合。第 1 课时一、教学内容本节课是文本解读的第一课时。首先,明确语篇主旨大意,把握文本体裁,厘清文章框架,梳理文本发展主线。其次,在理解全文的基础上,重点围绕林巧稚在其不同的人生阶段所作出的重要人生选择以及她一生所取得的成就, 并在此基础上,理解文章标题的内涵。最后,通过复述语篇,巩固对文本浅表信息的理解与掌握。二、课时目标1. 通过略读,梳理全文的篇章结构,把握文章主线。2. 通过寻读,理清在不同的人生阶段,林巧稚所面临的不同的人生抉择。3.
5、通过寻读,了解林巧稚取得的伟大成就,并理解文章标题的内涵。三、教学过程Activity 1: Activating background information about life choices.本活动为实现课时目标 2 作铺垫。1.Play a game.Q: Which envelope do you choose?T: Today I bring some small gifts for your perfect performance lastperiod. You see, I have two envelopes in my hands, and the gifts are i
6、none of the envelopes. Now it s your turn to make a choice. Which one doyou choose?2.Talk about life choices.Q: What important life choices are you faced with?T: It s a very small choice like many choices we make every day. Theyare easy and not that important. However, some choices can influence ore
7、ven determine our life or future. They are very important. Whatimportant life choices are you faced with?【设计意图】 “重要的人生选择”这一话题,学生乍一听觉得似乎有话可说,但细一想又不知该从何说起。因此,通过一个小游戏把学生带入一个选择的情境中, 自然地引出文本话题, 随后再进一步讨论什么是影响我们人生的重要的选择,激活学生已知信息。由近及远,由浅入深,既锻炼了学生的思维能力,又让学生体验到成就感。此外,开放式的讨论也提高了学生的参与度,锻炼了学生的表达能力。同时,通过对文本话题的探讨使
8、学生形成阅读期待。Activity 2: Reading to understand the structure of the text本活动旨在落实课时目标 1.Skim the whole text and find out the structure of the passage.Q1: What is the text mainly about?Q2: What is the type of the text?( What does a biography generally contain? What aspects arementioned in this biography? )
9、Q3: In what order is the text written?( Can you pick out all the time expressions in the text? )【设计意图】 关注文章体裁, 了解文章结构, 为提取和归纳基本信息做准备。同时,引导学生了解人物传记的基本信息。Activity 3: Reading to comprehend Dr Lins choices本活动旨在落实课时目标 2。Scan the whole text and answer the following question.Q: What important choices was D
10、r Lin faced with throughout herlife?(conclusion: Throughout her life, she chose to devote herself to hermedical career.)【设计意图】学生自主阅读,以时间为线索,梳理、归纳文本信息,体会林巧稚一生中所做出的重要的选择。Activity 4: Reading to comprehend Dr Lins achievements本活动为实现课时目标 3。1.Read the text again and underline the sentences about Dr Linsac
11、hievements.Q: What achievements did Dr Lin make?2.Summarize Dr Lins achievements with the aid of the teacher.To herself: She got a professional medical training./ She receivedgood compliments (称赞) from society.To followers: She inspired those who wanted to chase the samedream as her.To society: She
12、helped more patients and saved more lives. / Shemade great contributions to Chinas medical development.3.Comprehend the meaning of the title.She was known as “_”.【设计意图】再读文本,旨在引导学生了解林巧稚一生所取得的伟大成就,从而帮助学生更好地理解文章标题。此外,对文本碎片化信息进行梳理、整合,旨在提高学生分析信息、处理信息的能力。Activity 5: Retelling to review what have been lear
13、ned in class本活动为实现课时目标 1, 2, 3。Q: Retell the story of Dr Lin Qiaozhi in the order of time.【设计意图】通过复述课文,帮助学生进一步熟悉文本框架和内容,同时落实文本中的目标词汇,为下一阶段的阅读做好准备。Assignment1. Read the text again and retell Dr Lins story.2. Think about Dr Lins moral values and good virtues.【设计意图】通过复述课文,进一步熟悉文本内容,强化语言学习。此外,思考选择背后所体现的
14、林巧稚的道德品格,拓展话题内容。通过以上两个环节,为下一课时的学习作好铺垫。第 2 课时一、教学内容本节课是文本解读的第二课时。在回顾文本细节信息的基础上,重点围绕“hard choices”展开,即结合特定时代背景,引导学生思考为什么林巧稚的选择是困难的选择。随后,回归文章第一段,引导学生认知引领林巧稚走过那些困难选择的主要因素。在读后环节中,学生通过小组讨论,挖掘林巧稚身上所体现出来的高尚品格,深化主题意义,加强德育浸润。本节课多处引用了名人语录,旨在让学生多角度去了解林巧稚及她对中国妇产医学所作出的巨大贡献。二、课时目标1. 通过复述课文,回顾文章主要内容,落实目标词汇。2. 通过研读课
15、文,并结合时代背景,理解“hard choices”的含义。3. 通过合作探究,感悟林巧稚的高尚品格,深化主题意义,加强德育浸润。4. 通过联系实际,深化文本内涵,形成正确的价值观。三、教学过程Activity 1: Reviewing what have been learned本活动为实现课时目标 1。Retell the story of Dr Lin Qiaozhi by filling in the blanks with newwords in the text.【设计意图】通过复述课文,帮助学生进一步熟悉文本内容,同时通过课文填空的方式进行语言学习,落实文本中的目标词汇,同时为下
16、一阶段的阅读做好准备。Activity 2: Reading to comprehend why the choices were hard本活动为实现课时目标 2。Read the text again in groups and think about the followingquestions.Q1: Do you think it was easy for Dr Lin to make these choices?Q2: Why were the choices hard?Why was it hard for Dr Lin to study medicine?Why did she
17、 choose to return to China?Do you think it easy for Dr Lin to open a private clinic during the1940s?What sentences show Dr Lin cared more about her patients?Her heart, however, was elsewhere.The OB-GYN department cares for two lives.As doctors, we should be responsible for the patients and treat the
18、mas our sisters.Q3: What was the main principle guiding Dr Lin through the hardchoices in her life?It was her moral values and good virtues that carried her through alife of hard choices.【设计意图】通过问题链的形式逐步引导学生理解本文的一个重点及难点“hard choices”。同时,引导学生认知引领林巧稚走过那些困难选择的主要因素,从而回归文本第一段。在了解林巧稚人生选择的基础上,更好地理解首段中的引言。A
19、ctivity 3: Thinking critically to explore Dr Lins virtues本活动为实现课时目标 3。1.Work in groups of four and have a discussion on the followingquestions.Q: What kind of person do you think Lin Qiaozhi was? Why?I think she was an/a _ woman because _.2.Summarize Dr Lins virtues based on the details in the text.
20、She was a great woman of high moral values and noble virtues.3.Comprehend Dr Lins contributions with more quotes.【设计意图】首先,基于文本内容提炼人物的性格特征,旨在引导学生挖掘文本的深层内涵,通过事实感知林巧稚的高尚品格;其次,通过提炼概括,引导学生理解单元主题;最后,引用了名人语录,旨在让学生多角度去了解林巧稚及她对中国妇产医学所作出的巨大贡献。Activity 4: Reflecting to acquire the lesson we can learn from DrLi
21、ns life story本活动为实现课时目标 4。1.Work in groups of four and share ideas with group members.Q: What advice can we get from Dr Lins life story?2.Conclude the text by reading the quote together.The best portion of a good mans life is his little, nameless,unremembered acts of kindness and of love. William Wordsworth【设计意图】通过联系实际,旨在帮助学生加深对文本内涵的理解,巩固所学语言知识, 提升其思维能力和语言表达能力, 同时引导学生树立正确的价值观。Assignment1. Write a speech about Dr Lin Qiaozhi.2. Surf the internet and search for more information about Dr Lin.【设计意图】首先,通过写作的方式帮助学生巩固、内化课内所学知识,并进一步理解文本的内涵与精神。其次,充分利用网络等现在信息技术,拓宽学习英语的渠道,了解更多关于林巧稚的相关信息。