2017-2018学年度第690期总第10期高二教案

Appeal for every reader (P4-5)

山东省烟台第二中学 赵娜娜

I. Lead in 

1. What comes to your mind when you think of fantasy stories? 

2. Philip Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English novelist. 

•The author of several best-selling books, including the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials.

•One of the "50 greatest British writers since 1945"

•11th most influential person in British culture

 

II. Understanding 

Read the article quickly and answer the following questions

1. What happened during the past 17 years ?

During this time, his                    young readers have grown up, had children of their own, but still hold their                   for this author. Pullman’s new book, La Belle Sauvage, is                    in the hands of many of the original fans’ sons and daughters. 

2. What can we learn about the new book from the article?

The new book, which                      on Oct 19, is the first in a second trilogy for Pullman, called The Book of Dust. Fans will see the return of                     Lyra Belacqua, the brave 12-year-old                  at the heart of His Dark Materials. 

The new novel begins with Lyra as a baby and                   on Lyra’s experience of growing up and                      an adult herself. 

3. What makes Pullman’s works so popular with young people? 

The                          with which he takes his young readers is one of the main reasons why they                    him so much. 

Pullman is also known for his                         . 

4. What details are given about ‘Malcolm Polstead’ and ‘The Magisterium’?

Malcolm, an                        boy, hears _____ about evil developments in the larger world.  

The Magisterium, a powerful institution that                great weight, is organizing  ________  investigations into people who it thinks are _____ it. The Magisterium was introduced in the first trilogy, and here it is again in the second, as frightening as it was in the ________books.

 

III. Language points

1. appeal

vi.有感染力；呼吁；求助

appeal to 对......有吸引力；呼吁；上诉；引起......的兴趣

appeal to sb for sth  请求某人某事

appeal for sth  呼吁某事

appeal to sb to do sth 呼吁某人做某事

vt.将......上诉

n.呼吁；恳求；吸引力

make an appeal for sb to do sth  呼吁某人做某事

Sentences:

Her sense of humor appealed to him.

Five times he appealed the case, always losing.

The government is appealing to the public to help those who lost their homes in the flood. 

2. original

n. 原件；原作；原物；原型

adj. 原始的；最初的；独创的；新颖的

origin   n. 起源；原点；出身；开端

originate    vt. 引起；创作 vi. 发源；发生；起航

Exercise:

①The _____ of this word is unknown. 

②The _____ plan was a bad idea.

③Where does it  _______ ?

3. affection

n. 喜爱，感情；影响；感染

hold one's affection for

affect vt. 影响；感染；感动；假装

vi. 倾向；喜欢

effect n. 影响；效果；作用

effective adj.有效的，生效的

Exercise:

①The ____ his death had on the country will always be remembered. 

②The new rules will become _______ in the next few days. 

4. focus on = center upon

This time, he was going to focus on losing weight by restricting his diet.

5. This basis is one that the novel shares with many others, but still, only Pullman could have written La Belle Sauvage. 

•that是同位语从句，解释说明one的内容； 

•could have written 情态动词+完成式表示推测或陈述事实等，这里译为“本可以”

6. The seriousness with which he takes his young readers is one of the main reasons why they admire him so much.

•两个定语从句 

形式：先行词+关系词+从句

Turn into original sentences:

① The seriousness is one of the main reasons.

② He takes his young readers with seriousness. 

③ They admire him so much for reasons.

7. rumor n. 谣言  v.谣传

humor n. 幽默sense of humor

humorous adj. 幽默的

8. frightening adj.令人恐惧的 （客观的）

  frightened adj. 害怕的（主观的）

interesting & interested

exciting & excited

disappointing & disappointed

e.g.: I was disappointed that the movie wasn’t very exciting.

9. doubt n. 怀疑；疑问；疑惑

v. 怀疑；不信；恐怕；拿不准

there is no doubt= without doubt = out of question

Translate: 

• Others doubted whether that would happen.

• There is little doubt that humans have had an impact on the Earth's climate.

• I am still in doubt about that.

 

IV. Extra-Reading

Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials 04 – Lyra’s Oxford

http://www.doc88.com/p-147803250873.html

 

Read and share your personal feeling on fantasy stories. 

 

V. Homework

Your pen friend Jack shared his opinion on fantasy book series Harry Potter. He would like to hear your view on fantasy books or stories. 

Write a composition of no less than 100 words. 

 

 

 

Precious gold made in space (P6)

山东省烟台第二中学 赵娜娜

I. Warming up

1. Where can you see gold in your daily life?

Gold ring

Gold necklace

Gold medal

Watch

Smartphone

2. What do you know gravitational waves?

Gravitational waves (引力波) can be caused by the collision (碰撞) of neutron (中子) stars 

•On February 11, 2016, the LIGO and Virgo Scientific Collaboration announced they had made the first observation of gravitational waves. 

•In 2017, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Rainer Weiss, Kip Thorne and Barry Barish for their role in the detection of gravitational waves. 

3. Is it possible that there is a link between gold and gravitational waves?

 

II. Understanding 

Read the article quickly and answer the following questions

1. How are Chinese scientists involved with gravitational waves?

This August, Chinese scientists became the first in the world ______ gravitational waves (引力波) caused by the _____(碰撞) of neutron (中子) stars, reported Xinhua News Agency. 

Although collisions of black holes have been recorded before, this was the first time that two neutron stars were known to have______. 

2. What is the possible connection between gold and gravitational waves?

It’s believed that such collisions _____huge _______(爆炸) of energy, and even to the creation of _____metals such as gold and silver.

3. What is a possible origin of the heaviest chemical elements?

The ____of the really heaviest chemical elements (元素) in the universe had _____(使困惑) the scientific community for quite a long time. Now, we have the first _________proof (观察到的证据) for neutron star mergers (合并) as sources.

 

III. Language points

1. Gold is one of the rarest materials on Earth and has always been considered a valuable and precious resource.

He was one of the boys who were late.（不止一个男孩迟到）

He was the boy who was late.（只有一个男孩迟到）

valuable/ precious/ invaluable/ priceless

2. since

conj.自从…以来，自从…之后;因为，既然

prep. 自从…以来，自从…之后

adv. 后来

Exercise:

①We _______here since two o’clock. 

②____ you are unable to answer, perhaps we should ask someone else.

③We’ve been friends ever _____we were at school together.

3. Chinese scientists became the first in the world to witness gravitational waves caused by the collision of neutron stars.

•the +序数词+ to do

•过去分词做定语

4. It wasn’t until the recent collision that their theory was confirmed.

•强调句型和not until 连用  直到···才

e.g.:

① It was not until I finished my homework that  I was allowed to play video games.

② It was not until his father came back that he started doing his homework.

5. the recently observed collision is thought to have produced an amount of gold

•Be thought to be

•Be thought to have done

be said/reported/believed/thought/known/ considered to have done

It was reported that Cheng Yifei died several days ago.

Cheng Yifei is reported to have died several days ago.

 

IV. Extra reading

Find more information about gravitational waves on the internet.

 

V. Homework

Introduce the relationship between gravitational waves and gold according to the passage and your own online research. 

Write a composition of no less than 100 words.