Unit 22 A Tale of two cities

Teaching objectives and demands:
1.After the learning of this unit the students are supposed to master the following words and expressions: tale; revolutionary; cart; servant; let...in; mad; brave; cruel; have a test; disturb; mental; noble; tax; fortune; spy; deed; prisoner; in peace; strength; attend; marques; fall in love with; make sure of; suffer from; in public; set fire to; burn…to the ground; court; do wrong; sentence… to death chemist; be eager to; do a good deed
2.The students required to understand and also be able to use the daily expressions in communication:
You must have been….
She can’t have been....
She may/might have done....
You might have done….
3. Grammar: in learning the unit, we are going to deal with the grammar “-ing form used as attribute and adverbial.
4. Language use: the students are got involved in listening, speaking, reading and writing practice to improve their language use abilities.
5. Ethics teaching: learn some history about the situation in the 18th century France by learning the content of the text the students are aroused to have the sympathy to the peasants in the country and the poor in the cities.

Time arrangement:
This unit is going to be finished in 6 teaching periods, including a unit test.

Key and difficult points of this unit:
1. Grammar: the ing form used as attribute and adverbial
2. Words and useful expressions
3. Daily expressions in communication
4. Listening and writing practice






Lesson 85

Teaching objectives:
1. Students are required to master the following words and useful expressions: tale; revolutionary; cart; servant; let...in; mad; brave; cruel; have a test; disturb;
2. Students are supposed to use the everyday English for communication (conjecture of the past event):
You must have been….
She can’t have been....
She may/might have done....
You might have done….
3. Language use: Manipulate listening, speaking practice for the students to use the language.
Key points: Everyday English for communication (conjecture of the past event)

Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Revision
(1) Check the homework exercises of the previous unit.
(2) Start a topic about the French history to lead to the French Revelation.

Step 2. Presentation
SB Page 55, Part 1. Talk about the picture and get the students to tell what they think ids happening. Teach the new words of tale; revolutionary; cart; castle etc. if necessary.

Step 3. Listening
Now listen to the dialogue and find out this information:
1Where does the story happen? (In France)
2Where were they going? (Into the castle)
3Did they succeed? (Yes)
Pick out some students to answer the questions loudly to the rest of the class.

Step 4. Reading and explanations
Now get the students to read the dialogue in pairs and underline the difficulties and the key points that they think.
(1)It was not yet light, so it was easy to stay hidden.
当时天还没亮，所以容易隐藏。
light是形容词，意为“轻的”、“淡的”、“亮的”，如：
It is as light as feather. 这轻如鸿毛。
We only carried some light weapons. 我们只携带了一些轻武器。
She likes light blue. 她喜欢淡蓝色。

(2) ...I persuade her to help me. 我说服了她，让她帮助我 。
persuade是及物动词，意为“说服”。persuade 主要用于三种结构，如：
How can I persuade you of my honesty? 我怎样才能使你相信我的诚实?
We persuaded him to give up smoking. 我们说服他戒烟。
persuade与advise不同：
① advise表示“劝告”动作，不看结果，而persuade强调“已经说服”，如：
I advised him to go to a doctor, but he wouldn’t listen.
我劝他去看病，但他就是不肯听。
I persuaded him to say sorry to the teacher and so he did.
我说服他去向老师道歉，他照我所说的去做了。
② advise可接动词的-ing形式作宾语，也可接that引导的宾语从句(必须用should虚拟语气)，而 persuade不可接这两类宾语。如：
I advisewaiting for
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