1、教学材料：外研版高中英语新教材选修第三册教学内容：Unit 6 Nature in words第二课时：Understanding ideas执教人： Unit 6 Nature in words Understanding ideasIntroductionRead the short introduction to the author of First Snow and answer the questions. P62 1 What careers did Priestley have in his lifetime?Priestly joined the army in World
2、War I before going on to study at Cambridge University. After graduation, he worked as a freelance writer and radio presenter. Introduction2 What kind of person do you think Priestley was? talented productive observant = being good at observing imaginative quick-mindedTibetSinkiang blizzard大风雪snowst
3、orm暴风雪blowing snow 飞雪drifting snow 飘雪sleet雨夹雪snow drift雪堆snow shower 阵雪light snow 小雪flurry阵雪/小雪heavy snow 大雪snowfall降雪snowflake雪花ReadingFast readingUnderline the expressions the author uses to describe the first snow.ReadingFast readingReadingFast readingReadingFast readingReadingFast reading Fast r
4、eadingRead the passage and match the main idea of each paragraph.1.Para.1 A It snowed heavily. 2.Para.2 B The snow was fascinating.3.Para.3 C The first snow is a magical event.4.Para.4 D The snow made the world dead white and pale blues.5.Para.5 E The world is full of a cold sparkle of white and blu
5、e.15 BCDEAReadingFast readingReadingFast readingReadingFast readingReadingFast reading1 By describing the magical scenery of the first snow, the author encourages readers to come to England and experience its beauty for themselves. 2 By depicting the beautiful, near-magical scenery of the first snow
6、, the author wants to convey his love for snow. 3 By recalling his memories as a child during the first snow, the author expresses his longing for the innocent happiness of childhood.Fast-reading Choose the authors purpose in writing the passage and give your reasons.P64Para11. at the risk of冒着冒着.的危
7、险的危险 talk away不断地说不断地说2. insist 坚称，坚持认为；坚决要求坚称，坚持认为；坚决要求insist on/upon + sth /doing sth.“坚持说/坚持认为” “坚持要求/坚持主张” insist + that 从句You should insist on your dream.You should insist upon doing exercise every day. She insisted that she was right. He insisted that she (should) say sorry to him first. Detai
8、led-readingDetailed-reading？Although I may be considered as another Mr. Woodhouse by this fair and witty reviewer, I strongly believe that last nights fall of snow was an event.The author is actually emphasizing his being excited at the fall of the snow in a humors way.Mr. Woodhouse-Emma by Jane Aus
9、tenPara1Why did the author get excited at the fall of snow?ABecause Mr. Robert Lynd said a fall of snow was an event.BBecause Christmas had suddenly come round again.CBecause he didnt see a fall of snow for a long time.DBecause he never saw so heavy a fall of snow before.Detailed-readingPara2wake up
10、 苏醒苏醒the very 正是正是magical adj.有魔力的有魔力的How did the writer find the first fall of snow here?AMagical. BQuiet.CStrange. DCommon.Detailed-readingPara3pale adj.浅色浅色的的splash v.刷刷come out 出现出现by the time 到到.的时候的时候delicate adj.柔和柔和的的be transformed into 被转换成被转换成.faintly adv.微弱微弱地地dispose v.排列排列 trunk n.树干树干
11、Detailed-readingPara3What made the familiar business in the bathroom so strange? A. The cold world. B. The Japanese print. C. The light coming through the window. D. The little plum tree outside.Para4a sparkle of闪烁闪烁着着 thick grey 厚重的灰色厚重的灰色disturbing adj.令人不安的令人不安的as if = as though 仿佛，好像仿佛，好像be turn
12、 into 被转换成被转换成.a body of 一片；一片；大量大量Which word cant be used to describe the scenery in this paragraph? A. Disturbing (令人不安的令人不安的). B. Threatening (阴沉沉的；危险的阴沉沉的；危险的). C. Cruel (残酷的残酷的). D. Fascinating (迷人的迷人的).Detailed-readingPara5glare n.强光强光Hans Andersen 安徒生童话安徒生童话be apart from 与与.分开分开flatten . agai
13、nst . 把把.贴在贴在.上上used to do 过去常常做某过去常常做某事事What scene made the author recall a rhyme(儿歌儿歌)？The author recalled a rhyme when he saw the children flattening their noses against the window. Detailed-readingPara5What made the writer hardly see the whole shallow valley clearly?AThe grey sky.BThe falling fl
14、akes.CThe bending trees.DThe white and blue light.Detailed-readingActivity4 The author uses picturesque language to depict the first snow. Complete the diagram with the expressions you have underlined in the passage. cold place of dead white and pale blues.delicate pinkslovely Japanese printlining i
15、ts branches and artfully disposedits trunk a cold sparkle of white and bluewent on and onthick greyso many black and threatening shapeslike a cruel grasslandthe snow is falling heavily, in great soft flakesthickall bendingUsing different images properly makes our description vivid! How the author or
16、ganises the structure of the passage. First Snowfascinating, excitedPara.35description of the scenery of the snowPara.1-2introductiona magical event.a cold place of dead white and pale bluesa cold sparkle of white and bluefalling heavilyTry to retell the passage.1.Para.1 The snow was fascinating. 2.
17、Para.2 The first snow is a magical event. 3.Para.3 The snow made the world dead white and pale blues.4.Para.4 The world is full of a cold sparkle of white and blue.5.Para.5 It snowed heavily. Post-readingAfter reading the passage，please fill in the following blanks.Last night it snowed and it was th
18、e first fall of snow people 1. (see) that winter. Priestley found the children 2. (look) through the windows at the snow fall excitedly. However，last year he was abroad sweating in a hot climate during the 3. (snow) season. The first snow fall was not only 4._ event but a magical event. People went
19、to bed in one kind of world and woke up to find 5. (they) in another. This morning，when Priestley got up，the light 6. came through the windows made everything very strange.had seenlookingsnowyanthemselvesthatThe dining-room window 7. (transform) into a lovely Japanese print. An hour or two later，he
20、looked out of the window and found the whole world 8. (change) again. It was as if the kindly countryside had been turned into a cruel grassland.Then the world had changed again.The snow was falling so 9. (heavy) that you could hardly see across the shallow valley. From his study，Priestley could see
21、 the children flattening their noses 10. the window and recalled a rhyme in his childhood.had been transformedchangedheavilyagainstWrite a short article within 100 words to depict anything you like in nature.Try to use as many words you have learnt in this unit as possible.Try to use different images to make your description vivid.Post-readingThank you!
