14-15学年第36期总第594期高一教案

Net to speed up (P2) 

山东烟台经济技术开发区高级中学  唐福珍

I. Warming up   

1. Do you often download movies from the 

Internet?

2. How long does it usually take you to download a movie?

3. Are you satisfied with your Internet speed?

II. Skimming 

Look through the passage and decide what the main idea of each part is.

Part 1 (1-2): 

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will  lower mobile Internet data fees and improve infrastructure. 

Part 2 (3-6):

What people are not satisfied with.

Part 3 (7-9):

The reasons why China faces such problems with its Internet services.

Part 4 (10-11): 

How to turn around the situation. 

III. Scanning 

Read the passage again and answer the following questions.

1. Why aren’t people satisfied with China’s Internet?

China’s Internet connection speed is behind that of many countries.

The slow Internet service in China costs a lot.

2. Why is it difficult for China to improve its infrastructure?

It’s expensive to put in and maintain fiber networks, through which light sends text, music and video globally in less than a second. It is also difficult for China to cover its 9.6 million square kilometers of land with fiber networks. 

3. What is the result of a monopoly (垄断)? 

There isn’t much competition in the market to lower prices.

IV. Sentence structure

Read the sentences and pay attention to their structure.

1. In fact, China’s Internet connection speed is behind that of many countries. 

that 用来指代“同名异物”的可数名词单数或不可数名词。此处指代前面的“China’s Internet connection speed ”。

E.g. His personality is more outgoing than that of his brother. 

【高考链接】 

The English spoken in the United States is only slightly different from _____ spoken in England.  

A. which    B. what    C. that     D. the one 

解析：答案为C。that 指代前面所提到的the English。

2. It means that you can download a 1 GB movie within 6 minutes in South Korea, while in China it would take half an hour.

For instance, China Mobile Guangdong charges people 388 yuan for a package with 6 GB of mobile Internet data, while in Japan, mobile operator (运营商) NTT Docomo gives users unlimited mobile data and telephone calls for 5,900 yen (306 yuan) a month.

while 在两个句子中都是用来表“对比”的。

V. Vocabulary

1. For instance, China Mobile Guangdong charges people 388 yuan for a package with 6 GB of mobile Internet data, while ---.

charge sb. money for sth. 因---向某人收费

E.g.  He only charged me half price.

Hotels charge them for services. 

2. So why are the world’s two largest economies (经济体) behind in terms of Internet services?

in terms of: 就---而言

【教材链接】 

In terms of size and population, how big is the European Union compared with China? (外研版 3)

3. Also, “monopoly (垄断) is to blame”.

be to blame: 应负责，应受到谴责

【教材链接】

It seemed that the water was to blame. 看来（霍乱的流行）要归罪于饮用水了。 (人教版 5)

【高考链接】

Mr. Green stood up in defence of the 16-year-old boy, saying that he was not the one ______. 

A. blamed    B. blaming    

C. to blame   D. to have been blamed

答案为C。

VI. Discussion

What problems with the Internet can you see in your daily life? List as many problems as possible and discuss them with your partner.  

Personal space still important to Britons (P4-5)

哈尔滨市第一中学 张婳

I. Pre-reading

How far do you usually stand from the person you are talking to?

II. Reading

1. Is the writer a Briton?

Yes.

2. Are Britons comfortable if people stand behind them talking loudly on the phone?

No.

3. Do Chinese people usually mind if someone puts an arm around them?

No. 

4. Do French and Spanish people stand closer than Britons do?

Yes.

5. Are Britons really as cold as they look?

No.

III. Vocabulary

Look at these sentences and try to figure out the meanings of the underlined words.

The next passenger decides to ignore all the empty seats to sit right next to you. 

忽视

The government ignored his views on the subject... 

政府忽视了他对此问题的看法。(主观不理睬)

He worked so hard that he neglected his health.

（客观上没有注意到）

These are attacks (袭击) of the personal space invaders. 

侵略者

v. invade 侵略

As the British etiquette (礼仪) website Debrett’s puts it, …

=say, 说

Far from it. 

远非如此。

IV. Structure

Look at the sentences and pay attention to their structure.

doing做非谓语在本文中的应用

请考虑划线部分在句中做什么成分 

The next customer stands just behind you shouting into his phone. 

伴随状语

Somebody standing too close may make you “focus less on what somebody is saying than on how close they are to you”. 

后置定语

Simple acts like putting an arm around someone you don’t know that well may seem friendly in China, … 

介词后的宾语

Being a British person around people from other countries can therefore be full of problems. 

主语

Giving advice on how to behave around a British person, Debrett’s says that “if you can feel the warmth of their worried breath upon your face, then you’re standing too close”. 

时间状语

Translate these sentences.

看太多电视对眼睛不好。

Watching too much TV is bad for your eyes.

喜欢问问题的学生通常听课非常认真。

Asking a lot of questions usually shows that you’re listening to the teacher very carefully.

他站在那，不知道要做什么。

He stood there, not knowing what to do.

他读书的时候，时不时地点点头

He nodded from time to time while reading the book. 

我期待再次见到你。

I’m looking forward to seeing you again.

A poem for Mom (P6)

山东烟台经济技术开发区高级中学  季绍妮

I. Pre-reading

If you wanted your mother to make some changes, how would you encourage her to make them?

II. Scanning:

1. How did the writer find her rehearsal?

She thought her act was “lame”.

2. Why did her mother stop painting after her 30s?

Because she was too busy with housework.

3. What was the author’s attitude toward her mother giving up painting? Why did she give her mother sketchbooks as gifts?

She was sad about it and she wanted to encourage her mother to start painting again. 

4. Why did the writer say “my stomach dropped” after she finished her performance?

Because she had criticized/chastised her mother in public and felt worried.

5. Why did the writer press her face to her mother’s shoulder?

Because she didn’t want to know whether her mother was in tears.

III. Structure

1. I squinted (眯着眼看), looking for my parents, but I couldn’t pick out their faces. 

句子仿写：

我来到了北京，梦想着找到一份工作可以养家糊口。

I came to Beijing, ____________ of finding a job that I could do to support my family.

但是别的人不同意，他们认为燃放烟花爆竹会传承我们的传统。

But others disagree, ________ that setting off fireworks can help keep our traditions alive.

2. She could have said, “That’s not your story to tell.”

句子仿写：我本可以帮助你，但你没跟我说。

I _________________ you, but you didn’t ask me.

IV. Discussion:

What do you think of the way the writer tried to persuade her mother to make some changes?