History of a famous effect (Page 4)

山东泰安东平高级中学 蔚晓华

I. Lead in

Have you ever read or seen a famous play called Pygmalion, written by George Bernard Shaw?

What is the play about?

A professor called Henry Higgins makes a bet with his friend that he can turn a poor flower girl with bad manners called Eliza Doolittle into an upper-class lady. His plan works.

II. Fast reading

What is the “Pygmalion effect”?

If you believe that someone is capable of achieving greatness, then that person will indeed achieve greatness.

Simply believing in potential creates potential.

III. Careful reading

Which of the following statements is true?

A. US psychologists Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobsen carried out an emotional intelligence test.

B. The students who took the test were selected intentionally to take it.

C. In Pygmalion, the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she's treated but how she behaves.

D. After eight months, Rosenthal and Jacobsen discovered that the students who hadn’t been randomly selected had scored significantly lower.

IV. Discussion

What is your understanding of the Pygmalion effect?

V. Language point

... 1965 in a California elementary school, making students take an intelligence test.

现在分词做伴随状语（表示动作发生的时间、原因、结果、条件、让步、方式或伴随情况，通常相当于一个状语从句或并列分句。）

Her husband died ten years ago, leaving her with three children to look after.

Hearing their teacher's voice, the pupils stopped talking at once.

Explaining our dog love (Page 5)

山东泰安东平高级中学 蔚晓华

I. Lead-in

Have you ever imagined what happens in our bodies when our dogs gaze into our eyes?

Fast reading 

When does the body release oxytocin?

When our dogs gaze into our eyes, our bodies – and theirs as well – are flooded with the “love hormone” oxytocin.

When a mom gazes at her newborn infant, their bodies release oxytocin.

II. Careful reading

Match the left with the right

Left column

•the same experiments on wolves which had been raised by humans

•experiments on dogs

•when a mom gazes at her newborn infant 

•our dogs gaze into our eyes

Right column

• oxytocin levels increased 

•the release of oxytocin 

•no change in oxytocin production

What is the meaning of ‘hijack’ in the last paragraph?

A. take control of and use to their advantage

B.increase

C.be afraid of

D.use in the wrong way

III. Discussion

Why there was no change in oxytocin levels when the same experiments were performed on wolves?  

V. Language points

-Mr. Black is very happy because the clothes   made in his factory have never been ___. 

A. popular   B. more popular    C. most popular    D. the most popular

-I’m not interested in seeing that film at all.

-Why not? It looks ___ than all the other films out at the moment.

A. far more interesting   B. much less interesting

C. no more interesting    D. any less interesting

there would be nothing more fitting than the stare a dog and its owner share. 

否定词与与比较级连用表最高级用法

1.as +  原级 +as  any/ever

2.nothing/no +so+  原级  +as

3.nothing/no +比较级  +than

Nothing is more precious than health.     

健康的身体是最宝贵的

4.比较级+than any other (或any--else)

5.nerve+比较级 I have never read a more interesting novel.

Coaching the kids (Page 6)

21ST

I. Lead-in

What is your favorite coach like?

What are the most important qualities needed in a soccer team?

II. Careful reading

1. By saying “I am like one of those guys who marries the same woman three times”, the author means that he ____.

A. has become tired of his current marriage

B. found it challenging to coach a youth team

C. had great expectations for the next three months

D. was eager to do something different

2. What does the author look like in the eyes of his players?

A. Funny but impatient.

B. Smart but shy. 

C. Rough and strict.

D. Energetic and humorous.

3. What can be inferred from the article?

A. The author’s team won the first three games of the season in a row.

B. The parents of the youth soccer team weren’t satisfied with the team’s performance.

C. The author believed his players were easily distracted and needed to improve their skills.

D. The author successfully sold his team motto to a major airline at the end of the season.

III. Discussion

What is your favorite sport? If you were asked to start a club based on this sport in your class, what would be your plan?