Detective stories

Teaching aims

To practice the main language points of the context

Teaching focus

1. To practice the main language points of the context

2. To guess meaning from context

Difficult points

To learn some useful expressions and use them in different context

Teaching method

Free talk, Presentation, Practice, Consolidation.

Teaching procedures

The second preparing lessons

Step1 revision

1. Have a dictation.

Have a dictation

1. the body of a 22-year-old man 2. victim 3. somewhere else 4. attack sb. with sth. 5. bleed to death (bled, bled) 6. evidence of a struggle 7. more than one attacker 8. bright (clever, smart)    9. add 10. friends and enemies 11. guilty of a computer programmer 12. charge sb. with sth.    13. break into 14. several computer systems 15. breave heavily 16. something unusual  17. as a result  18. put up a good fight  19. a well-paid job  20. so far

Step 2 Reading

Read the whole passage carefully, and then Retell the passage one by one.

Read the passage again, and then practice the important language points.

For stronger classes, ask the students to retell the reading passage on their own. For weaker classes, give them the following sentences, then ask them to put them in a correct order.

a. The victim died.

b. The victim’s parents offered a reward for information.

c. The victim struggled with the attackers.

d. The victim left his office in New Town.

e. The police checked the scene for clues.

f. The body was found in the doorway of a clothes shop.

g. The victim was charged with computer crimes.

Step 3 Practice

Read the passage again, and then fill in the blanks.

A young man was m   1   in Valley Town. The body was f   2   in the doorway of a clothes shop. The v   3   was a computer programmer. The murder t   4   place between 9 o’clock yesterday evening and one o’clock this morning. The young man was a   5   with a knife, there was e   6   of a struggle. A witness saw a short, thin man r   7   down Upper Street with

b   8   on his shirt. But the man insisted he was guilty.

Step4 Consolidation

1. They offer hot water to us on the train. (改为同义句)

They                       hot water on the train.

2. His lovely dog left three days ago. (改为同义句)

His lovely dog                                for three days.

3. I have asked them to contact us. (对划线部分提问)

                                     them                   ?

4. He has broken into several computer systems in the past two months.

(对划线部分提问)

________ ________ computer ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ in the past two months?

找出错误并在横线上改正

1. They aren’t sure if they have decided to hold a meeting or not.         

2. The victim’s parents have offered a prize of ¥ 50,000 for useful information.   

3. Anyone has information should contact the police on 5550 1212.            

4. If something is confirmed, it is prove to be true.               

Step5 Homework

1. Revise the phrases and recite the text.

2. Do some more consolidation exercises.

(1) 他因流血而死。

 (2) 去年他犯了抢劫罪。

 (3) 此刻他呼吸急促。

 (4) 受害者显然进行了殊死搏斗。

Teaching notes