2015-2016学年第12期总第614期高一教案
哈尔滨市第一中学 张婳
Picasso’s unusual art (P4)
I. Pre-reading
Do you know who this is?
II. Reading
1. Who was Picasso?
He was probably the greatest artist of the 20th century, an artist who “defined modern art”.  
2. What did paintings look like before Picasso started painting?
They looked like windows. They showed which objects were “close” to you and which objects were “far away”, as if the picture were a window you were looking through.
3. What was Picasso’s answer to what a painting is?
The answer was to break up objects into pieces and show all the angles.
4. Read this sentence: “Picasso could not have painted it without the skills he had learned during his cubist period.”
Did Picasso use the skills he had learned to paint it?
Yes.
III. Vocabulary
Look at these sentences and try to figure out the meanings of the underlined words.
1. Their answer was to break up objects into pieces and show all the angles.
打碎
2. It was an analytical approach to art.
方法; 道路；接近
注意与介词to搭配
your approach to learning English
3. Nearly 100 pieces of Picasso’s work are on display.
在展出
4. A famous and terrifying painting, Guernica (1937) is a picture …
可怕的
IV. Structure
Look at the sentences and pay attention to their structures.
1. Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity (相对论) was proving what humans knew about time and space to be wrong.
What引导的是什么从句？
宾语从句
请分析what引导什么从句。
What really matters is that she wore a pair of white shoes.
主语从句
People were perhaps more honest a long time ago when life was very different from what it is today.
宾语从句
Whether ways will be found to stop pollution or not is just what worries the public.
表语从句
They have no idea at all what he is working on.
同位语从句
V. Post-reading
Surf the Internet to find out more about Picasso’s works and analytic cubism.

How giraffes got long necks (P5)
I. Pre-reading
What comes into your mind first when you think of a giraffe?
II. Reading
1. What does the passage mainly talk about?
It talks about how giraffes got long necks. 
2. How did researchers find the answer?
Research teams at the institute took old fossils (化石) and compared them to modern day giraffes.
3. How many usages of the neck are mentioned in the passage? What are they?
Two. 1) To reach tasty leaves.  2) To fight over females.
4. Have the necks of all members of the giraffe family grown longer?
No.
III. Vocabulary
Look at these sentences and try to figure out the meanings of the underlined words.
1. ACROSS the animal kingdom, giraffes are well known for having one of the most noticeable features.
kingdom: 王国
feature: 特征  
2. …allows them to reach the tasty leaves that other species are unable to get.
物种
3. But rather than evolving a long neck, it has a neck that has gotten shorter again.
而不是…；与其…倒不如
We’ll have the meeting in the classroom rather than in the stadium.
IV. Structure
Look at the sentences and pay attention to their structures.
1. A second stretch toward the tail happened around 1 million years ago.
a second 再一个,又一个 =another
he bought a second car.他又买了一量车。
the second 第二个
First impressions are the most lasting. After all, you never get _____ second chance to make a first impression.
A. the
B. a
Many people in the world speak English as __ language.
A. a second
B. the second

Learn about luck (P6)
I. Pre-reading
Have you ever worn something like a hat that you believed would give you luck?
II. Reading
1. Why brought good luck to the writer?
Her brother’s hat. 
2. Did the writer know when the test would be taken?
No.
3. Did the writer wear the hat during her audition?
No.
III. Vocabulary
Look at these sentences and try to figure out the meanings of the underlined words.
1. I was eating breakfast when – “YOUCH!” I screamed.
尖叫
2. “What am I going to do? I don’t have time to change.
换衣服
3. “Well,” Tex said, taking the old green baseball cap off his head, “you could borrow my lucky hat.
帽子
4. I was racing to catch the school bus when I saw a dollar on the sidewalk.
n. 赛跑，v.快速移动
5. But I had left that hat in my locker (柜子) that day.
落下
IV. Structure
Look at these sentences and pay attention to their structures.
•If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have found out till it was too late!
•此句为虚拟语气的句子。
•虚拟语气用来表示假想，而不表示客观存在的事实，所说的是一个条件，不一定是事实，或与事实相反。 
•If I were you, I would take an umbrella.
•If I knew his telephone number, I would tell you.
•If I had arrived there earlier, I would have met her.
•If he had come here yesterday, I would have spoken to him.
1. It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I _____ in love, at the age of seven, with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown.
A. wouldn’t have fallen
B. had not fallen
C. should fall
D. were to fall
2. If I _____ do anything I wanted to, I’d go to Tibet and travel through as much of it as possible.
A. would
B. could
C. had to
D. ought to