初中英语人教新目标 (Go for it) 版八年级下册Section B教学设计

Unit 8 Have you read Treasure Island?

Section B (1a~2e)

教学目标

【知识与技能】

1. 学习并掌握现在完成时的用法，学习有关音乐的词汇。

2. 掌握句型She hasn’t been to…; She has already done…

【过程与方法】

通过彼此交流了解歌曲、歌手的相关信息；运用阅读策略理解文意。

【情感、态度与价值观】

通过本课的学习，激发学生对音乐的热爱。

教学重难点

【教学重点】

掌握现在完成时，学习有关音乐的词汇

【教学难点】

运用阅读策略获得文章大意，从而提高阅读效率。

教学准备

图片、视频、多媒体等

教学过程

Step 1 Revision

1. — China develops so fast.

  — That’s true. It _____ a lot already.

    A. changes  B. changed  C. will change     D. has changed 

2. Julia isn’t going to the cinema with us because she ______ the film.

  A. sees             B. saw       C. will see           D. has seen

3. — I’d like to introduce my best friend to you, Peter.

  — Thank you, Lucy. But we _____ already.

  A. meet           B. met    C. will meet       D. have met

4. —Kitty, will you go to see the film Cold Mountain this evening?

  — No, I won’t. I ____ it already.

  A. saw            B. have seen     C. see             D. will see

答案：D, D, D, B

Step 2 Warming up

Show some pictures about singers and musicians. Ask and answer:

Who is your favorite singer or musician? Why do you like him or her?

I like /love ……because it’s __________

Because it sounds ____________

I feel ___________ when i listen to it.

For example:

1) I like pop music because it is exciting. I feel excited when I listen to it.

2) I love rock music because it is really loud. I feel…

3) I prefer country music because it is very natural. I feel ...

Free talk. Who’s your favorite singer or musician? Why do you like him / her?

What’s your favorite band? My favorite band is ….  They play… music. 

I like their music because…

Step 3 New words

Learn the new words: pop, rock, band

Step 4 Listening

1b Listen to a conversation between Alex and Dave. Write A for Alex and D for Dave next to each opinion.

____ The Toms must be popular.

____ The Toms play pop music.

____ The Toms’ music sounds more like rock.

____ Listening to The Toms is a good way to wake up.

1c Listen again. Take notes.

Fill in the blanks.

   Dave and Alex are talking about a band ___________ “The Toms”. They are a _________ band, they only started ________ earlier this year. But they’ve already ________ two CDs. There are ________people in the band and they’re all teenage ________. Alex thinks their pop music is more like ________. Their music is ________ and full of energy, it makes him _________. Dave also likes their music, he says their music _________ him happy for the whole day.

答案：named/called   new  singing  made  five  boys   Rock  loud   excited   makes

Step 5 Speaking

Work with your partner and make a conversation.

For example:

A: What kind of music do you like?

B: I like country music.

A: Why do you like it?

B: Because it is so gentle and relaxing. And it makes me feel peaceful.

1d Ask your friends and parents what kind of music they listen to and why. How does

the music make them feel?

Make a conversation like:

A: What kind of music do you listen to?

B: I listen to pop music.

A: Why do you listen to it?

B: I like it.

A: How does the music make them feel?

B: It makes me relaxed.

Step 6 New words

1. fan n. 迷；狂热爱好者          2. laughter n. 笑；笑声

3. beauty n. 美；美丽

4. record n. 唱片；记录 v. 录制；录（音）

e.g. The machine is recording now. (v.) 那个机器正在录音。

5. forever adv. 永远；不断地

e.g. The little boy is forever asking questions. 这小男孩老是没完没了的问问题。

6. abroad adv. 在国外，到国外 go \ study abroad

e.g. Are you going abroad for your holiday? 你打算去国外度假吗？

7. actually adv. 真实地，事实上 — in fact

e.g. Actually, that’s not quite right. 实际上，那不完全对。

8. southern  adj. 南方的

e.g. She lives in southern Italy. 她住在意大利南部。

9. modern adj. 现代的，当代的

e.g. What do you think of modern art? 你对现代艺术怎么看？

10. success n. 成功 — a great success; successful; successfully

e.g. He had finally achieved success. 他终于获得了成功。

11. belong v. 属于，归属 — belong to (介词）+人

e.g. The British and Dutch belong to the same race. 英国人和荷兰人是同一种族。

12. million num.一百万 — two million; millions of

e.g. The population has increased from 1.2 million to 1.8 million.

人口已从120万增加到了180万。

Step 7 Discussion & Reading

2a Discuss the questions with a partner.

1. Do you have a favorite singer or band?

2. Do you have a favorite song?

3. What facts do you know about your favorite singer, band or song?

Reading guidance

1. Read the passage and make notes or underline the main idea of the text.

2. After reading, write a short summary in your own words.

Reading tasks

Read the passage and complete the fact sheet.

Country Music Fact Sheet

Where it is from: ___________________

What kind of music it is: _____________

A famous country music place in Nashville: _______________

A famous country music singer: ____________

The number of records he has sold: _____________

2c Read the passage again and underline the main ideas. Then use the underlined

text to write short answers to the questions below.

First paragraph

Who is Sarah?             Where is she from?        What does she like?    

Second paragraph

What is country music?      What is country music about?

Third paragraph

What is Sarah’s dream?      Who is Garth Brooks?

Step 8 Language points

1. When Sarah was a teenager, she used to fight over almost everything with her family.

  used to 过去常常，后跟动词原

e.g. She used to sing this song, but now she doesn’t. 她过去经常唱这首歌，但是现在不唱了。

   fight over 为……争吵

fight for + 抽象名词（事业、自由、权利） 等 “为......而斗争”

have a fight with 和......打了一架

2. She came to realize how much she actually missed all of them.

  她开始意识到事实上她是多么想念他们。

  actually 真实地，事实上

　actually 和 in fact 用法的区别

actually adv. (无比较级、最高级)实际上，事实上，实际。前者通常作状语，用于书面语，修饰副词不可单独使用。

e.g. He looks unpleasant, but actually he is very kind. (翻译)

     他看起来板着面孔,但事实上很和蔼。

  in fact 相当于really, truly。后者可作状语或表语，可单独使用，既可用于书面也可用于口语中。

e.g. No one believed it, but in fact, Mary did pass her exam. (翻译)

     尽管没有人相信，但实际上玛丽确实考试及格了。

【运用】

______ the earth is actually a bit nearer to the sun during our winter.

A. actually　　   B. in fact　　 C. real　　　    D. /

3. Ever since then, she has been a fan of American country music.

  ever since then 从那时以来，与现在完成时连用，要求动词必须是延续性动词。

e.g. Ever since then, I have lived here.   从那时以来我就住在这儿。

have been (in) 待在某地

have/has gone to“到某地去”，说话时该人不在现场。

e.g. —Where is Jim？    —吉姆在哪里？

    —He has gone to England.   —他去英国了。（尚未回来）

have/has been to“曾经去过某地”，现在已不在那里了，后可接次数，如once twice，three times等，表示“去过某地几次”，也可和 just, never, ever等连用。

e.g. My father has been to Beijing twice．我父亲去过北京两次。

have been in表示“在某地呆了多少时间”，常与时间段状语连用。

e.g. I have been in Shanghai for three years.  我到上海已有三年了。

1. —Why are you worried?

  —I’m expecting a call from my daughter.     She ______ New for three days.

  A. has gone to      B. has been to     C. has been in      D. has come in

2. —I’d like you to tell me something about Shen Nongjia.

  —I’m sorry, but neither Jack nor I ____ there.

  A. have been        B. had been   C. have gone        D. has gone

4. Country is a traditional kind of music from the southern states of America.

 乡村音乐是来自于美国南部州的一种传统音乐。

 southern adj.，“南方的；在南方的”，south n. 南部。in southern China“在中国南部”，或in the south of China。

【拓展】其他方位词及其形容词形式：

east (东方) —eastern (东方的)        west (西方) —western (西方的)

north (北方) —northern (北方的)

northeast (东北)        southeast (东南)

northwest (西北)       southwest (西南)

5. Many songs these days are just about modern life in the US, such as the importance of money and success, but not about belonging to a group.

  现在的很多歌曲是关于美国现代生活的，例如：金钱和成功的重要性，但

  它们不属于一种类型。

such as “例如，诸如此类的，像……那样的”，such as 后不可列出前面所提过的所有东西。

e.g. I know four languages, such as Japanese and English.  我懂四种语言，如日语、英语。

for example/such as辨析：

for example“例如”，一般只以同类事物或人中的“一个”为例，作插入语，用逗号隔开，可置于句首、句中或句末。

用来举例说明，有时可作为独立语，插在句中，不影响句子其他部分的语法关系。

e.g. He, for example, is a good student. 例如，他就是个好学生。

such as“例如”，用来列举同类人或事物中的几个例子。用来列举事物，插在被列举事物与前面的名词之间，as 后不可以有逗号，可以与 and so on 连用。

e.g. Boys such as John and James are very friendly. 像约翰和詹姆斯这样的男孩都很友好。

success  n. 成功    succeed v. 成功，达到   successful adj. 成功的

successfully adv. 成功地  succeed in doing sth.   make a success 取得成功

【运用】She works very hard ,so she will ____ in ____ the exam.

A. successful; pass   B. success ;passing   C. succeed; passing    D. successful; passing

belong to“属于……，是……的成员”，后接名词或人称代词宾格。

e.g. This dictionary belongs to me.＝This dictionary is mine

【注意】belong to不能用于进行时，也不能用于被动语态。可以用“be＋名词性物主代词”替换。sth. belongs to sb = sth. is sb’s。

e.g. The yellow car belongs to Mr. Smith = The yellow car is Mr. Smith’s.

【运用】

1. — Are these books _______?

    — No, they are not mine. They belong to ________.

    A. your; her        B. yours; her     C. you; hers        D. yours; she

2. Mo Yan, a famous Chinese writer, won the Nobel Prize for literature at the end of the year 2012. We learn that success ______ the person with a never-give–up attitude.

A. drives out          B. takes over     C. belongs to

6. However, country music brings us back to the “good old days” when people were kind to each other and trusted one another.

  然而，乡村音乐把我们带回人们彼此友好、彼此信任的“美好旧时代”。

be kind to 对……友好= be friendly to

kind of “有点儿，有几分”相当于a    little 或a bit。

a kind of “一种”      all kinds of “各种各样的”      different kinds of “不同种类的”

7. It reminds us that the best thing in life is free….

  reminds sb. that+从句 使某人想起某事

e.g. This book reminds me that I should study hard. 这本书提醒我应该努力学习。

8. Sarah hasn’t been to Nashville yet, but it is her dream to go there one day.

  It is her dream to + do sth. 做某事是某人的梦想

e.g. It is my dream to go to America. 去美国是我的梦想。

9. I hope to see him sing live one day!

1) see sb. do sth. 表示“看见某人做某事”。类似的感官动词还有：watch, feel,

hear, listen to, smell 等用于主动语态时，后面可以接名词（或代词）+ 不带to 的不定式（或v-ing形式）。

see sb. do sth. 意为“看到某人做了某事”，强调看到动作的全过程。而see sb.

doing sth.意为“看到某人正在做某事”，强调看到的动作正在进行。例如：

Mary saw him clean the classroom.  玛丽看见他打扫教室了。

Mary saw him cleaning the classroom.  玛丽看见他正在打扫教室。

2) live adv. 意为“在现场直播；在现场表演”

e.g. LangLang is playing live in our city tonight. 朗朗今晚在我们城市举办现场演奏。

10. The number of records he has sold. 他已售出唱片的数量。

   the number of “……的数目” ，后跟名词 复数或代词，其后的谓语动词用单数。

   a number of 表示“大量的，许多” ，后跟复数名词，其后谓语动词用复数。

1. — A number of students ____ in the dinning hall.

     — Let me count. The number of the students _____ about 400.

     A. are; is         B. is; are         C. are; are

2. —How many ______ teachers are there in your school?

   — _____ them _____ over two hundred.

    A. woman; The number of; is      B. women; The number of; is

    C. woman; A number of; is        D . women; A number of; are

3. In our school library there ___ a number of books on science, and in these years the number of them ___ growing larger and larger.

      A. are; is             B. is; are         C. have; are           D. has; is

Step 9 Writing

2d Use the notes you made in 2c to write a short summary of the passage. Write

no more than 100 words.

  示例：   

Sarah is an American girl. She likes country music. She is a fan of country

music. Country music is a traditional music from the southern states of

America. Many songs are about modern life in the US, such as the importance of

money and success. Sarah’s dream is to go to Nashville because Garth Brooks is

there. She likes to listen to his songs. Garth is one of the most successful

musicians in American history.

Step 10 Exercise

Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给首字母提示，补全所缺单词。

1. This computer doesn’t b      to Jen. It’s Bill’s.

2. —What kind of music does your uncle like?

—R      music.

3. —These days Sun Li is studying a     .

—Really? Which country is she in?  

4. Jinan is an old city but we can see many new and m      buildings there.

5. Keep working hard and one day you will achieve s     .

Ⅱ. 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

1. The singer is very popular and he has lots of ________(fan).

2. Today we only sold fifty ________(record).

3. Come to the beach and enjoy its ________(beauty).

4. Yesterday Lucy was very happy and her ________(laugh) filled her room.

5. The city of Zaozhuang is in the ________(south) part of Shandong Province.

Ⅲ. 根据句意，从方框中选择恰当的短语填空，有的需要变换形式。

ever since, one another, used to, think about, do some research

1. He learns a lot about pandas because he has ____________ on them.

2. This poor girl made me ____________ my sister in the countryside.

3. He ____________ like country music but now he doesn’t like it.

4. ____________ then, this old man has taught him to play the violin.

5. They gave gifts to ____________ when they met at the train station.

答案：

Ⅰ. 1. belong  2. Rock  3. abroad  4. modern  5. success

Ⅱ. 1. fans  2. records  3. beauty  4. laughter    5. southern

Ⅲ. 1. done some research  2. think about  3. used to 

4. Ever since  5. one another

课堂作业

Write an article about your favorite singer.

教学反思