“英语美文阅读与欣赏”

高中英语读写校本课程

----“英语美文阅读与欣赏”

汕头市下蓬中学

余蓓蓓

高中英语读写校本教材

----“英语美文阅读与欣赏”课程纲要

一、课程基本概况

1、课程名称：英语美文阅读与欣赏

2、课程类型：校本课程（选修）

3、教学材料：选编、改编

4、授课时间：高二上学期

5、授课对象：高二学生

6、开发教师：余蓓蓓

二、课程内容：

1、课程背景：

1）现在学生用的课本有着丰富而鲜活的语言素材，是一套很理想的教材，但英语文化丰富且博大精深，从莎士比亚英语到如今网络英语，英语语言随着人们生活的变化、时代的进步而不断发展，如果不能充分地利用这种时代英语资源，充分开发学生潜力，既是浪费资源，也是错失教育良机。

2）新课程改革提倡国家、地方、学校三级课程，鼓励教师进行校本教研，提高使用教材和开发教材的能力。

2、课程目标：

“英语美文阅读与欣赏”课程是国家课程的校本化，旨在根据学生英语学习水平的实际情况补充适量、相当的阅读素材，弥补教材的不足，扩大学生的阅读量和阅读视野，丰富学生的词汇，使得学生更广泛地了解英语国家的文化，在语言学习的同时，陶冶情操，提高文学素养和人文素养。

3、课程内容与任务

课程内容主要涉及六个方面，即文学作品中的神话、童话及传说，名人故事或生平介绍，不同国家、地区的社会习俗、风土人情，对于人生的看法、态度及理想，国家、地区历史及文化差异，科学与经济发展。

主要任务是通过篇章阅读,获取信息，了解相关知识，增强文化意识；掌握不同题材文章的阅读技巧,形成相应的阅读策略;掌握关键词、短语和句型，扩大词汇量，重点发展学生阅读和写作能力。

4、科目安排：18课时，每个话题（六个话题）各3课时

（1）神话传说1 Apollo / 2 The Little Match Girl /3 The Pied Piper of Hamelin

（2）人物故事1 Pop Star and Songwriter: Han Hong/2 Special Fund in Honor of Hong Zhanhui/3 Louis Armstrong

（3）社会风情 1 The Origin of Kiss/2 International Left-hander’s Day/3 Make Sports a Kind of Culture

（4）人生态度与理想1You Are the World/2 Facing Life Positively/3 Honesty

（5）历史文化 1 Studying difference/2 Spring Festival’s Symbols/3 Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt

（6）科学与经济 1 Greenhouse Effect Occurred 5,000 Years Ago/2 China’s New “Four Great Inventions”/3 China’s launching plans for Shenzhou 7

三、课程形式：课堂教学

1、教学方法：任务交际法

2、教具：多媒体、音像资料等

四、教学评价：

教师评价与学生评价相结合

附1)阅读自我评价表：（每节课下前学生自我评价）

Name Date 注: 优秀（A）良好（B）合格（C）待改进（D）

附2）写作自我评价表（课后）

注: 优秀（A）良好（B）合格（C）待改进（D）

Part I Myths and Tales神话传说

Lesson 1 Apollo 阿波罗

Among the crowd of Olympian gods the one most widely admired was Apollo. He was the son of Zeus and Leto. According to Greek mythology, Leto was driven by Hera from land to land at last Poseidon took pity on her and brought the island of Delos out of water for her to live on. There she gave birth to the twins, Apollo and Artemis.

Apollo was the sun-god. He wore a purple robe(长袍). He usually sat in his bright eastern palace early in the morning and made ready to start his daily journey across the sky. During the day he drove his carriage of gold and ivory (象牙), and brought light, life and love to the great world below. Late in the afternoon he came to the end of his journey in the far western sea and got on his golden boat to return to his eastern home.

Apollo was the god of music and poetry. He could stir up all feelings. These feelings are expressed in lofty songs. With his lyre (古希腊的竖琴) of gold and the sweet accents of his godlike voice he led the choir of the Muses at Olympus. The pleasant music from his lyre was so exciting that stones marched into their places in rhythmic time and of their own will when he helped Poseidon build up the walls of Troy (特洛伊城). On one occasion, invited to a contest by the human musician Marsyas, he won and then flayed him to death for his pride. On another occasion, he lost out to Pan at a musical contest and turned the ears of the judge, King Midas, into those of an ass(驴).

His son, Orpheus, took over such skill from the father that his lyre moved man and animals alike.

Apollo stood for youthful and manly beauty. His golden hair, stately manner and air all combined to make him the admiration of the world. A beautiful girl, by the name of Clytle, was so fond of his beauty and glory that from dawn to dusk she knelt on the ground, her hands outstretched towards the sun god, and her eyes looked at his golden wheeled carriage racing across the blue sky. Though her love was not returned, she had never changed her mind about Apollo. The gods were moved at the sad sight, and changed her into a sunflower.

I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）

To learn a passage about Apollo, one of the gods in Greek myths and let the students get some information about Apollo and Greek myths.

ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）

Key points（重点）:

1) to describe Apollo

2) to grasp some useful expressions:

according to, take pity on, give birth to, on one occasion, lose to, take over, stand for, by the name of

Special difficulties(难点): different names of Gods in Greek myths

ⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）

Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach

ⅣBrief Teaching Procedures(教学过程)

Step1 Background information(背景知识)

Do you know about Apollo? Can you tell me something about it?

(Apollo is the god of the sun, and he is one of the gods in Greek myths…)

Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）

Read fast and answer the following questions（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:

1) How many gods are mentioned in the passage? Who are they?

2) What was Apollo’s carriage?

3) How did Apollo help build up the walls of Troy?

Keys（参考答案）:

1) Five. Apollo, Zeus, Leto, Hera and Poseidon.

2) It was the sun.

3) Moved by the pleasant music from his lyre, stones marched into their places.

Step3 Careful reading（细读）

1. Pick up some nouns or adjectives from the passage to modify Apollo.

(the son of Zeus and Leto, sun-god, god of music and poetry, pride, beauty, stately manner…)

2. Key language points（语言点）

1) take pity on= show pity for 同情，怜悯

2) give birth to=bear/ deliver 生，生育

3) On one occasion, invited to a contest by the human musician Marsyas, he won and then flayed him to death for his pride.

Once he competed against Marsyas. After defeating Marsyas, Apollo killed him because of his pride.

4) On another occasion, he lost out to Pan at a musical contest …

lose out to…= be defeated by/ be beaten by…输给……

5) stand for = mean/ represent 代表，象征

Step4 Classroom activities（课堂活动）

Work in groups of four and discuss:

1) What was Apollo like?

2) What was Zeus like? What about Poseidon?

Step5 Homework（作业）

Tell your neighbor about one or two gods in Greek myths.

Step6 Assessment（评价）

Words and Expressions（词和短语）

1. admire vt.崇拜，钦佩

2. lofty adj. 崇高的，高尚的

3. march v.行军，前进

4. rhythmic a dj. 韵律的，有节奏的

5. stately a dj. 庄严的，威严的

6. outstretch v. 伸出，伸展

7. according to 根据8. take pity on 同情，怜悯

9. give birth to生，生育10. lose to 输给……

11. take over接管12. stand for代表

Lesson 2 The Little Match Girl

卖火柴的小女孩

Once upon a time, a little girl tried to make a living by selling matches in the street.

It was New Year’s Eve and the snow clad streets were dese rted. From brightly lit windows came the tinkle (发出清脆的声响)of laughter and the sound of singing. People were getting ready to bring in the New Year. But the poor little match seller sat sadly beside the fountain. Her ragged dress and worn scarf did not keep out the cold and she tried to keep her bare feet from touching the frozen ground. She hadn’t sold one box of matches all day and she was frightened to go home, for her father would certainly be angry. It wouldn’t be much warmer anyway, in the draughty attic (阁楼) that was her home. The little girl’s fingers were frozen with cold. If only she could light a match! But what would her father say at such a waste! Falteringly (迟疑地)she took out a match and lit it. What a nice warm flame! The little match seller cupped her hand over it, and as she did so, she magically saw in its light a big brightly burning stove.

She held out her hands to the heat, but just then the match went out and the vision faded. The night seemed blacker than before and it was getting colder. A shiver (寒噤) ran through the little girl’s thin body. After hesitating for a long time, she struck another match on the wall, and this time, the glimmer turned the wall into a great sheet of crystal. Beyond that stood a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick. Holding out her arms towards the plates, the little match seller seemed to pass through the glass, but then the match went out and the magic faded. Poor thing: in just a few seconds she had caught a glimpse of everything that life had denied her: warmth and good things to eat. Her eyes were filled with tears and she lifted her gaze to the lit windows, praying that she too might know a little of such happiness.

She lit the third match and an even more wonderful thing happened. There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles, glittering (闪烁) with tinsel (金属箔) and colored balls. “Oh. How lovely!” shouted the little match seller, holding up the match. Then, the match burned her finger and went out. The light from the Christmas candles rose higher and higher, then one of the lights fell, leaving a trail behind it. “Someone is dying,” murmured the little girl, as she remembered her beloved Granny who used to say: “When a star falls, a heart stops beating!”

Scarcely aware of what she was doing, the little match seller lit another match. This time, she saw her grandmother.

“Granny, stay with me!” she pleaded, as she lit one match after the other, so that her grandmother could not disappear like all the other visions. However, Granny did not disappear but gazed smilingly at her. Then she opened her arms and the little girl hugged her crying: “Granny, take me away with you!”

A cold day dawned and a pale sun shone on the fountain and the icy road. Close by lay the lifeless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches.

“Poor little thing!” exclaimed the passers-by. “She was trying to keep warm!”

But by that time, the little match seller was far away where there is neither cold, hunger nor pain.

I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）

To learn a story about the little match girl written by Anderson.

ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）

Key points: to grasp some useful words and expressions

deserted, fade, strike, hesitate, deny, exclaim, glimpse, aware, be frozen with, go out, strike a match, catch a glimpse of

Special difficulties:

1) to learn Inversion.

2) to learn v-ed phrases used as modifiers

ⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）

Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach

ⅣBrief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）

Step1 Background information（背景知识）

Do you know about the great tale writer Anderson?

Can you list some of his masterpieces?

Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）

Read the passage quickly and answer（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:

1) Why didn’t the little girl strike a match to keep herself warm?

2) What did the little girl see when the last vision appeared?

Keys（参考答案）:

1) She was afraid that her father would be angry.

2) She saw her beloved grandmother who had died.

Step3 Careful reading（细读）

1. What visions did the little match seller see? What did they mean to her?

(a big brightly burning stove→warmth; a fine table laden with food→good things to eat; a Christmas tree hung with candles→joy and happiness; her grandmother→love and care)

2. Translate the following sentences and pay attention to the underlined parts.

1) From brightly lit windows came the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing.

2) Her ragged dress and worn scarf did not keep out the cold and she tried to keep her bare feet from touching the frozen ground.

3) Beyond that stood a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick.

4) Her eyes were filled with tears and she lifted her gaze to the lit windows, praying that she too might know a little of such happiness.

5) There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles, glittering with tinsel and colored balls.

6) Close by lay the lifeless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches.

7) If only she could light a match!

8) A cold day dawned and a pale sun shone on the fountain and the icy road.

9) But by that time, the little match seller was far away where there is neither cold, hunger nor pain.

What characteristics do the underlined parts have? What function?

(They are all v-ed phrases, which are used as modifiers.)

Step4 Key patterns(主要句型)

Analyze the sentence below:

From brightly lit windows came the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing.

This is an inverted sentence. The subject of the sentence is “the tinkle of laughter and the sound of singing”, and “came” functions as the predicate.

Find out more similar sentence structures in the passage.

(Beyond that stood a fine table laden with food and lit by a candlestick.

There stood a Christmas tree hung with hundreds of candles…

Close by lay the lifeless body of a little girl surrounded by spent matches.)

Step5 Homework（作业）

Rewrite the story. (With about 200 words.)

Step6 Assessment（评价）

Words and expressions（词和短语）

1. deserted adj.冷清清的

2. draughty adj. 漏风的

3. vision n.景象

4. fade v .消逝，消失

5. strike vt. 擦（火柴）；击打

6. hesitate v. 迟疑，犹豫

7. glimpse n .v. 一瞥8. deny v.否定，否认

9. pray v. n. 祈祷10. aware adj.意识到，觉察

11. exclaim v.呼喊，惊叫

Lesson 3 The Pied Piper of Hamelin

哈米伦的吹笛人

Once upon a time, on the banks of a great river in the north of Germany lay a town called Hamelin. The citizens of Hamelin were honest people who lived contentedly in their grey stone houses. The years went by, and the town grew very rich. Then one day, an extraordinary thing happened to disturb the peace. Hamelin had always had rats, and a lot too. But they had never been a danger, for the cats had always solved the rat problem in the usual way—by killing them. All at once, however, the rats began to multiply.

In the end, a black sea of rats swarmed over the whole town. First, they attacked the barns and storehouses then, for lack of anything better, they gnawed（啃）the wood, cloth or anything at all. The one thing they didn’t eat was metal. The terrified citizens flocked to plead with the town councilors（委员会）to free them from the plague of rats（鼠疫）. But the council had, for a long time, been sitting in the Mayor’s room, trying to think of a plan.

“What we need is an army of cats!”

But all the cats were dead.

“We’ll put down poisoned food then…”

But most of the food was already gone and no poison stopped the rats.

“It just can’t be done without help!” said the Mayor sadly.

Just then, while the citizens milled around outside, there was a loud knock at the door. “Who can that be?”the city fathers wondered uneasily, mindful of the angry crowds. They gingerly opened the door. And to their surprise, there stood a tall thin man dressed in brightly colored clothes, with a long feather in his hat, and waving a gold pipe at them.

“I’ve freed other towns of beetles and bats,”the stranger announced, “and for a thousand florins, I’ll rid you of your rats.”

“A thousand florins!” exclaimed the Mayor. “We’ll give you fifty thousand if you succeed!” At once the stranger hurried away, saying, “It’s late now, but at dawn tomorrow, there won’t be a rat left in Hamelin!”

The sun was still below the horizon, when the sound of a pipe wafted through the streets of Hamelin. The pied piper slowly made his way through the houses and behind him flocked the rats. Out they scampered from doors, windows and gutters (沟), rats of every size, all after the piper. And as he played, the stranger marched down to the river and straight into the water, up to his middle. Behind him swarmed the rats and every one was drowned and swept away by the current.

By the time the sun was high in the sky, there was not a single rat in the town. There was even greater delight at the town hall, until the piper tried to claim his payment. “Fifty thousand florins?”

exclaimed the councilors, “Never…”

“A thousand florins at least!” cried the pied piper angrily. But the Mayor broke in. “The rats are all dead now and they can never come back. So be grateful for fifty florins, or you’ll not get even that…”

His eyes flashing with anger, the pied piper pointed a threatening finger at the Mayor.

“You’ll bitterly regret ever breaking your promise,” he said, and disappeared.

A shiver of fear ran through the councilors, but the Mayor shrugged and said excitedly, “We’ve saved fifty thousand florins!”

That night, freed from the nightmare of the rats, the citizens of Hamelin slept more soundly than ever. And when the strange sound of piping wafted through the streets at dawn, only the children heard it. Drawn as by magic, they hurried out of their homes. Again, the pied piper paced through the town, this time, it was children of all sizes that flocked at his heels to the sound of his strange piping. The long procession soon left the town and made its way through the wood and across the forest till it reached the foot of a huge mountain. When the piper came to the dark rock, he played his pipe even louder still and a great door creaked open. Beyond lay a cave. In trooped the children behind the pied piper, and when the last child had gone into the darkness, the door creaked shut. A great landslide（山崩）came down the mountain blocking the entrance to the cave forever. Only one little lame boy escaped this fate. It was he who told the anxious citizens, searching for their children, what had happened. And no matter what people did, the mountain never gave up its victims. Many years were to pass before the merry voices of other children would ring through the streets of Hamelin but the memory of the harsh lesson lingered in everyone’s heart and was passed down from father to son through the centuries.

I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）

To learn a tale--The Pied Piper of Hamelin and get the students to know the importance of honesty. ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）

Key points: to grasp some useful expressions

all at once, free sb. from…, rid…of…, make one’s way, break in

Special difficulties: to understand Inversion.

ⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）

Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach

ⅣBrief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）

Step1 Fast reading（快速阅读）

Read the passage quickly and answer some questions（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:

1) What trouble did the citizens of Hamelin have?

2) What was the result of their breaking the promise?

Keys（参考答案）:

1) There were too many rats in the town for them to live a normal life.

2) All the children but one were drawn into the cave and killed.

Step2 Careful reading（细读）

1. What words did the author use to indicate that the plague of rats was too terrible?

(a black sea, swarmed the whole town, gnawed everything except metal, need an army of cats…)

2. Find out inverted sentences in the passage.

(…, on the banks of a great river in the north of Germany lay a town called Hamelin.

…, there stood a tall thin man dressed in brightly colored clothes…

Behind him swarmed the rats….

The pied piper slowly made his way through the houses and behind him flocked the rats. Beyond lay a cave.

In trooped the children behind the pied piper.)

3. Key expressions (要点表达)

1) all at once = all of a sudden/ suddenly 突然

2）And to their surprise, there stood a tall thin man dressed in brightly colored clothes, with a long feather in his hat, and waving a gold pipe at them.

“dressed in brightly colored clothes, with a long feather in his hat, and waving a gold pipe at them” is used to modify the subject “a tall thin man”.

3）There was even greater delight at the town hall, until the piper tried to claim his payment. “claim” in the sentence means “ask for”.

4) His eyes flashing with anger, the pied piper pointed a threatening finger at the Mayor.

“His eyes flashing with anger”是独立主格结构，在句中用作状语。

5) It was he who told the anxious citizens, searching for their children, what had happened.

该句为强调句型, searching for their children为现在分词短语作定语修饰the anxious citizens。Step3 Classroom activities（课堂活动）

Divide the class into groups of four and discuss:

What lesson can we learn from the passage?

What do you think is very important in getting along well with others?

Step4. Homework（作业）

Get the students to tell the story to their family members.

Step5 Assessment（评价）

Words and expressions（词和短语）

1. multiply v.增加

2. content adj. 满足

3. swarm v.密集

4. flock v. 聚集

5. uneasily adv.不安地

6. threaten v.威胁

7. claim v.索取，索赔8. current n. 水流

9. procession n.队伍10. troop v. 群集

11. harsh adj. 严厉的12. block v. 封锁

13. all at once 突然14. rid sb. of sth.使某人摆脱……

15. make one’s way 前进16. break in 插嘴，插话

PartⅡFigure stories人物故事

Lesson 1 Pop Star and Songwriter: Han Hong流行歌星和创作者：韩红

Songs about Tibet are growing in popularity among China’s pop music

circles today, and they’ve caused a lot of interest in the region. But the

songs of Han Hong, a Tibetan-born young song-writer, are particularly

beautiful b ecause they’re based on her own experiences and knowledge of

the culture.

Many people didn’t expect Han Hong to become a famous pop star in China, for she didn’t have the attractive look and slim figure that is usually associated with successful personalities in the pop industry. Despite discouraging comments, Han Hong has never given up her pursuit of a career in music. Now she has become

famous for being one of the few all-around female musicians who not only sings well, but is a very successful songwriter.

Han Hong was born in 1971 in Xigaze, the second largest city in the Tibet after Lhasa, and was given the Tibetan name, Gesang Zhuoma. That’s why quite a number of her songs are deeply rooted with Tibetan culture and music traditions.

At the age of nine, Han Hong came to Beijing to receive professional vocal training in a children’s chorus(合唱团). This was just the start of the long way in pursuit of a professional musical career. In 1985, 14-year-old Han Hong won her first national prize in a singing competition.

Han Hong’s ambition goes far beyond just being a pop singer, though. She also writes her own music. She started composing songs in 1993, without having had any professional training. Maybe this helped her form her own style, which has become popular with so many listeners.

Quite a number of Han Hong’s songs combine elements of classical Tibetan folk music with pop music. Her songs have thrown a light on the mysterious and rich culture of Tibet and caused a lot of interest.

The song Brilliant Rays on a Snowy Landscape (《雪域光芒》) is one of Han Hong’s early works, which conveys the vastness (广博) and beauty of Tibet. It swept various pop song billboards across China, receiving more than 20 awards.

As a pop singer in Beijing, she also tried different styles of music, such as Jazz, R&B, Rock and Roll and Latin music.

I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）

To learn a passage about Han Hong, one of the most popular Chinese singers and let the students know the reason for her success.

ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）

Key points:

1) to describe Han Hong

2) to grasp some useful words and expressions

pursuit, despite, personality, comment, professional, element, be based on, be associated with, be rooted with, throw a light on

Special difficulties: the characteristics of Han Hong’s songs

ⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）

Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach Slide show

ⅣBrief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）

Step1 Background information（背景知识）

Do you like listening to pop music? Do you know about Han Hong?

Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）

Read fast and answer the following questions（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:

1) When and where was Han Hong born?

2) Why are Han Hong’s songs very beautiful?

3) Why are the public interested in Han’s songs?

Keys（参考答案）:

1) In 1971, in Xigaze.

2) Because they are based on her own experience and knowledge of the culture.

3) Because most of her songs combine elements of classical Tibetan folk music with pop music.

Step3 Careful reading（细读）

1. Pick up some words from the passage to describe Han Hong.

(a famous pop star, has no attractive look and slim figure, all-around female musician, sings well, very successful songwriter, never gives up her pursuit, have her own style…)

2. Pay attention to the following expressions and sentences.

1)…, for she didn’t have the attractive look and slim figure that is usually associated with successful personalities in the pop industry.

be associated with = be related to/ be linked to/ have something to do with

2) Despite discouraging comments, Han Hong has never given up her pursuit of a career in music. This sentence means “Though the public make discouraging comments about her (not having attractive look and slim figure), she has never given up her dream to become a successful pop singer.”

3) Han Hong’s ambition goes far beyond j ust being a pop singer, though.

This sentence means “Han Hong’s dream is not limited to becoming a pop singer. She also wants to be successful in other fields.”

4) Her songs have thrown a light on the mysterious and rich culture of Tibet and caused a lot of interest.

throw a light on = explain

Step4 Classroom activities（课堂活动）

Work in groups of four and discuss:

What has made Han Hong so successful as a famous musician?

How can we become successful in realizing our dreams?

Step5 Homework（作业）

Write a passage about Han Hong. (Around 150 words.)

Step6 Assessment（评价）

Words and expressions（词和短语）

1. popularity n. 流行

2. personality n. 性格；人物

3. despite prep.尽管，虽然

4. comment n.v.评价

5. pursuit n. 追求

6. professional adj.专业的

7. combine v. 结合，联合8. element n.要素，元素

9. mysterious adj.神秘的10. convey v.揭示

11. be based on 以……为基础12. be associated with 相联系

13. thrown a light on 解释

Lesson 2 Special Fund in Honor of Hong Zhanhui

给洪战辉的特别救济金

A special fund has been set up to support students who are suffering hardships in honor of a young man named Hong Zhanhui, a 23-year-old college student in Huaihua of Hunan Province. Hong was born in a poor rural family in Xihua County in 1982. When he was 12 years old, his father caught a mental illness and killed his sister. Later, the family adopted a girl, naming her Chenchen. A year later, Hong’s mother walked out because she couldn’t stand the beatings from her husband.

Hong has since shouldered all the burdens on his own. He had to split his time and energy into earning money, looking after Chenchen, treating his father, and educating himself. He took on a lot of part-time jobs, such as selling instant noodles（方便面）, selling ball-point pens, books, potatoes, and so on. “Many people looked down upon me for selling then,” Hong recalled, “But I didn’t care.”

After his stories were known by the public, he received a large amount of donation. He thought he himself had passed the worst time and there were many other people who needed help much more than him. “I think it is more important for a man to support himself and be strong. I want to be such a man, who brings opportunities to other people instead of myself.”

He tried his best to return all of them. He put those from the donators who didn’t leave their names into the fund to help others. But he insists that those who accept help from the fund must pay back the money after they pass the hardships. He says that the help which doesn’t need to be repaid may be something selfish, because it may hurt a person’s pride as a human.

I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）

To learn a passage about Hong Zhanhui and call on the students to learn from him—to support oneself and be strong.

ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）

Key points:

1) to describe Hong Zhanhui

2) to grasp some useful words and expressions

adopt, mental, burden, recall, opportunity, in honor of, take on

Special difficulties: Hong Zhanhui’s virtues of never losing heart in face of hardships

ⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）

Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach

ⅣBrief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）

Step1 Lead-in （导入新课）

What do you know about Hong Zhanhui?

Step2 Fast reading （快速阅读）

Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:

1) When and where was Hong Zhanhui born?

2) How did he support his family after his mother left?

Keys（参考答案）:

1) In 1982, in Xihua County, Hunan Province.

2) He took on a lot of part-time jobs to treat his father and educate himself.

Step3 Careful reading （细读）

1. What is the view of Hong Zhanhui on the using of the fund?

(He insisted that those who accept help from the fund must pay back the money after they pass the hardships. The help which doesn’t need to be repaid may be something selfish, because it may hurt

a person’s pride as a human.)

2. Complete the story about Hong Zhanhui by filling in each blank with the given first letter of a proper word.

Hong Zhanhui is f______ a poor country family. His father has a m_______ disease. After his mother l_______ the family for a better life, Hong Zhanhui had to support the whole family. Although he has to l_______ a_______ his father and t________ c________ o________ his adopted sister at the same t________, he tries his best to study hard, and he is now a college student.

(from; mental; left; look; after; take; care; of; time)

Step4 Classroom activities（课堂活动）

Work in groups of four and discuss:

What kind of person is Hong Zhanhui? What can we learn from him?

Step5 Homework （作业）

Tell the story of Hong Zhanhui to your family or neighbors.

Step6 Assessment（评价）

Words and expressions（词和短语）

1. mental adj.心理的，精神的

2. adopt vt. 收养；采纳，采取

3. burden n. v. 负担

4. split v. 分离，分裂

5. recall v. 回忆

6. opportunity n. 机会，机遇

7. in honor of 为了纪念……，向……表示敬意

8. took on 承担；呈现；雇佣

Lesson 3 Louis Armstrong

路易斯．阿姆斯壮

Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong (1900—1971), an African-American musician, is one of the most important figures in the history of jazz. In the 1920s, this trumpeter, singer and bandleader began exploring the boundaries of jazz technique and style. Masters of jazz today admit their debt to this pioneer.

Armstrong’s gift was obvious from the start of his career. His earliest recordings first with a band led by his former teacher, Joe “King” Oliver, and then with his own band earned Armstrong international fame for technical originality. He freed his playing from the ordinary rhythms (节奏) of early jazz by creating musical phrases that seemed to go against the pulse of a song, only to combine them in the place later. His deep and rough voice became as special as his cornet (短号）playing, especially in his scat performances. Scat is a singing style in which meaningless syllables (音节) are repeated without preparation. Armstrong’s scat was among the earliest ever recorded.

By 1930, Armstrong had turned to more commercial, less experimental jazz. Some musicians criticized him for this. But others insisted that the real power of Armstrong’s art lay in its grace and sensitivity, fine qualities of the heart which remained in his music.

In the following years, Armstrong traveled around the world as the leading “goodwill ambassador” of American jazz music. The gentleness and great attraction of “Satchmo” filled his music and made him one of the world’s most beloved performers for over forty years.

I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）

To learn a passage about Armstrong, the pioneer of jazz and let the students know what contributions Armstrong made to jazz.

ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）

Key points: the contributions Armstrong made to the development of jazz

Special difficulties: the reasons for his popularity

ⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）

Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach

ⅣBrief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）

Step1 Lead-in（导入新课）

Have you ever heard about Louis Armstrong?

Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）

Read fast and answer（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:

1) Why was Armstrong called “pioneer of jazz”?

2) Why was “Satchmo” criticized by some musicians in the 1930s?

3) What made Armstrong the “good will ambassador” of American jazz music?

Keys（参考答案）:

1) He created musical phrases and freed his playing from the ordinary rhythms of early jazz.

2) For turning his attention away from making changes.

2) His attraction and sensitivity.

Step3 Careful reading （细读）

1. What is the passage mainly about?

(A praise of Armstrong’s contribution to jazz.)

2. Pick up some words from the passage to describe Louis Armstrong.

(one of the most important figures in the history of jazz, bandleader, pioneer, grace and sensitivity, fine qualities of the heart, gentleness and great attraction, one of most beloved performers…)

3. Translate the sentences below.

1) Masters of jazz today admit their debt to this pioneer.

Masters of jazz today think that Armstrong made a lot of contributions to the development of jazz and that they should thank him for this.

2) By 1930, Armstrong had turned to more commercial, less experimental jazz.

By 1930, Armstrong had turned his attention away from making changes and his music had become more commercial.

Step4Classroom activities（课堂活动）

Work in groups of four and discuss:

What were the reasons for Armstrong’s success?

(His early experiences in “King” Oliver’s band, his technical originality and his personality.) What qualities should a successful musician have?

Step5. Homework （作业）

Rewrite the passage. (Around 150 words.)

Step6 Assessment（评价）

Words and expressions（词和短语）

1. explore v.探索

2. boundary n.边界，界线

3. former adj.原先的，前面的

4. originality n. 创造力，独创性

5. commercial adj.商业的

6. criticize v.批评

7. grace n.优雅8. ambassador n.大使

9. go against 违背，违反10. turn to 转向

Part ⅢSocial customs社会风情

Lesson 1 The Origin of Kiss

接吻风俗的起源

Over time, the custom of kissing developed as a way for adults to express their love and affection for one another. The roots of this form of affection can date back to primitive times, when mothers fondled (爱抚) their children, much as mothers do today.

Much later, in the sixth century, society accepted the custom of kissing between adults as an expression of their affection. Not surprisingly, France first accepted kissing in courtship (求爱)and in love. There, figure dancing was the rage, and each dance was sealed with a kiss.

The custom of kissing swept from France through Europe to Russia, where Russian nobility loved to ape the French. Eventually, the kiss was incorporated into marriage ceremonies, and today lips lock couples into sweet matrimony.

The custom of kissing today, as well as in ancient times, serves to show respect, and to pay homage (敬意) to another. For example, early Romans kissed each other on the mouth or on the eyes to greet one another in a manner they seemed to be dignified. One Roman emperor even

ranked a person’s importance by the body part he was allowed to kiss. He allowed important nobles to kiss his lips, less important ones to kiss his hands, and the least important ones to kiss his feet.

In Russia, the highest sign of recognition from the crown meant a kiss from the Tsar (沙皇)himself. Today, natives of many African tribes pay homage to their chief by kissing the ground over which he has walked.

I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）

To learn a passage about the origin of kiss and let the students know what the practice”kiss”means in the past and at present.

ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）

Key points: to grasp some useful words and expressions

origin, affection, surprisingly, eventually, ceremony, rank, date back to

Special difficulties: the origin of kiss and its meanings

ⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）

Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach

ⅣBrief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）

Step1 Lead-in （导入新课）

When do people kiss each other? In what situations?

Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）

Read the passage quickly and answer the questions below（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:

1) When did the society accept the kissing between adults as an expression of their affection?

2) How do natives of many African tribes show respect for their chief?

Keys（参考答案）:

1) In the sixth century.

2) By kissing the ground over which he has walked.

Step3 Careful reading （细读）

1. What does a kiss mean? Give some examples to support your ideas.

1) Showing love and affection for one another (mothers fondle their children; adults kiss in courtship and in love)

2) Showing respect and paying homage to another (early Romans kissed each other; African tribes kiss the ground where their chief has just walked)

2. Translate the following sentences and pay attention to the underlined parts.

1) The roots of this form of affection can date back to primitive times, when mothers fondled their children, much as mothers do today

date back to = date from 追溯到……

This sentence means “The custom of kissing began in primitive times, showing love and affection to one another.”

2) The custom of kissing swept from France through Europe to Russia, where Russian nobility loved to ape the French.

This custom which first began in France was spread through Europe to Russia, where it was widely accepted by the Russian.

3) Today, natives of many African tribes pay homage to their chief by kissing the ground over which he has walked.

pay homage to … = show respect for…

Step4 Homework （作业）

Rewrite the passage. (Around 150 words.)

Step5 Assessment（评价）

Words and expressions（词和短语）

1. origin n. 起源

2. affection n.喜爱

3. primitive adj. 原始的

4. surprisingly adv. 令人惊讶地

5. nobility n. 贵族

6. eventually adv. 最后，最终

7. incorporate vt. 使并入，使合并8. ceremony n. 典礼

9. rank vt.赋予（阶级、名次）10. recognition n.承认，认可

11. date back to追溯到……

Lesson 2 International Left-hander’s Day

国际左撇子日

If you are a leftie(左撇子), then Left Hander’s Day is just for you!

The world is built for right handers. In school, have you ever seen a left handed desk? They don’t exist. Many left handed items cost more. The computer mouse is designed for right handers. Scissors are for right handers. Only a lefty would understand this.

But do you know that right handed people operate in the left side of the brain? Left handed people use the right side. Therefore, only left handed people are in their right mind.

Left handers have certainly earned the right to have a day special for them. This special day was first declared and celebrated on Friday, August13, 1976 by an organization called Lefthanders International. They chose to open their business on that day to address the myths (荒诞说法) and misconceptions(误解) about left-handers. They published a magazine for left-handers and they sold left-handed products for more than twenty years before going out of business a few years ago. The holiday is celebrated annually on the 13th of August.

But Left-Hander’s Day is not merely a celebration of the creative superiority of lefties, it also aims at raising awareness of the difficulties presented by a right-handed world. This is a day for left-handers to show their pride and pay tribute to(歌颂) famous left-handers past and present, including some of our greatest artists, athletes and entertainers. Furthermore, this day is to praise the creativity and talents of those left handers who are less famous but equally productive members of the society.

So take a minute to appreciate your left handed friends and loved ones. Don’t forget to send them a Left-Hander’s Day E-card to show your respect. Remember that “Lefties have rights!”

I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）

To learn a passage about International Left-hander’s Day and get the students to know that left-handers should have equal rights as right-handers have.

ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）

Key points: to grasp some useful words and expressions

declare, address, annually, awareness, athlete, creativity, talent, appreciate, go out of business, raise awareness of…, pay tribute to

Special difficulties: to learn something about International Left-hander’s Day (its date, origin, importance…)

ⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）

Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach

ⅣBrief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）

Step1 Lead-in （导入新课）

In your daily life are you accustomed to using your left hand or right hand?

Left-handed people are called lefties, and they have a day special for them—International Left-Hander’s Day.

Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）

Read the passage quickly and answer the questions（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:

1) What does the writer mean when he says “The world is built for right handers.”?

2) When was International Left-hander’s Day declared and celebrated?

Keys（参考答案）:

1) Left-handers aren’t paid enough attention to.

2) On Friday, August 13th, 1976.

Step3 Careful reading（细读）

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

(The writer thinks that left-handers should have equal rights as right-handers.)

2. Read the passage again and decide whether each of the following statements is true or false. 1) The writer says, “Therefore, only left-handed people are in the right mind”in the third paragraph in a serious way.

2) There was once a magazine for the left-handers.

3) Few people think doing things with right hands is reasonable.

4) There are many famous artists, athletes and so on in the past and at present.

5) All left-handers are proud of themselves.

6) Relatively, left-handers have more difficulties to overcome than the right-handers.

(F, T, F, T, F, T)

3. Translate the following sentences

1) They chose to open their business on that day to address the myths and misconceptions about left-handers.

The sentence means “They chose to open their business on that day to make others know it’s wrong to have misunderstanding about left-handers.” address =deal with

2) But Left-Hander’s Day is not merely a celebration of the creative superiority of lefties, it also aims at raising awareness of the difficulties presented by a right-handed world.

raise awareness of…唤起……的意识

The purpose of Left-Hander’s Day is not only celebrating the creativity of lefties, but also getting people to understand that there are many difficulties for them.

3) Furthermore, this day is to praise the creativity and talents of those left-handers who are less famous but equally productive members of the society.

What’s more, this day wants to praise the creativity and talents of those ordinary left-handers who can also make great contributions to society.

Step4 Homework（作业）

Step5 Assessment（评价）

Rewrite the passage.

Words and expressions（词和短语）

1. declare vt. 宣布，宣称

2. address v.针对，处理

3. annually adv.每年地

4. superiority n.优越性

5. awareness n.意识

6. present v. 呈现

7. athlete n.运动员8. creativity n.创造性

9. talent n.天赋，才能10. appreciate vt.欣赏，感激

11. go out of business 停业12. raise awareness of…唤起……的意识

Lesson 3 Make Sports a Kind of Culture

让体育成为一种文化

A large number of children today take part in sports not because they love it, but because their parents push them into the filed for medals and money. Sports unfortunately are becoming less of a culture.

What is driving children away from sports? That might be the tough competition even at local levels and that the people only pay attention to winners. The pride of just taking part in an event seems to have been lost.

China today is a powerful country of sports. It was second only to the United States in the gold medal list at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and some experts expect it to top the medal list at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. But we still depend on the national sports training system to make champions.

Most of the city children today are only interested in computer games and the Internet. They are unwilling to take part in sports because they think it’s impossible for them to have a successful future in this field. They prefer sitting inactively in front of the computers. This is not only making them fat, but also bringing them health problems and even mental problems.

We do need a sport culture to encourage the sports spirit: Have sports for the love of it, not for fame and fortune.

Let’s always keep this in mind: Sports is a way to build both our mental and physical health. It is a worldwide culture.

I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）

To learn the passage and let the students get some information about the present situation of children taking part in sports.

ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）

Key points: to grasp some useful words and expressions

a large number of, take part in, unfortunately, tough, second only to…, depend on, champion, inactively, encourage, fortune, worldwide, keep…in mind

Special difficulties: the necessity of making sports a kind of culture

ⅢTeaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）

Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach

ⅣBrief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）

Step1 Lead-in （导入新课）

Do you often have sports? Do you like sports?

Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）

Read fast and answer（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:

1) Why do some children dislike sports?

2) What is the result of children sitting inactively before computers without taking exercise? Keys（参考答案）:

1) On one hand, competition is very tough. On the other hand, people only pay attention to winners.

2) They will not only become fat, but also have health problems and even mental problems.

Step3 Careful reading（细读）

1) A large number of children today take part in sports not because they love it, but because their parents push them into the filed for medals and money.

not…but…不是……而是……

2) It was second only to the United States in the gold medal list at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and some experts expect it to top the medal list at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

second only to…仅次于……= next to…

3) This is not only making them fat, but also bringing them health problems and even mental problems.

4) Have sport s for the love of it, not for fame and fortune.

Step4 Classroom activities（课堂活动）

Work in groups of four and discuss:

What will you do for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?

Step5 Homework（作业）

Writing:

Suppose you have been chosen as a volunteer of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. What should you do and what shouldn’t you do? Write a passage about it. (Around 150 words)

Step6 Assessment（评价）

Words and expressions（词和短语）

1. unfortunately adv.不幸地

2. tough adj.无情的；费力的，棘手的

3. champion n.冠军

4. inactively adv.消极地

5. encourage v. 鼓励

6. fortune n. 运气；财富

7. mental adj.心理的；精神的8. worldwide adj. adv.世界范围的

9. a large number of 许多，大量10. take part in 参加

11. second only to…仅次于12.depend on 依靠，取决于

13. keep…in mind 记住

Part ⅣLife attitudes and ambitions人生态度与理想

经典英语美文欣赏80篇(适用于成人)

经典英语美文欣赏80篇（适用于成人） 英语美文欣赏80篇 01-The Love of Beauty 英语美文欣赏80篇 02-The Happy Door 英语美文欣赏80篇 03-Born to Win 英语美文欣赏80篇 04-Work and Pleasure 英语美文欣赏80篇 05-Mirror,Mirror-What do I See 英语美文欣赏80篇 06-On Motes and Beams 英语美文欣赏80篇 07-An October Sunrise 英语美文欣赏80篇 08-To be or not to be 英语美文欣赏80篇 09-Gettysburg address 英语美文欣赏80篇10-First Inaugural Address

英语美文欣赏80篇11-American black bears 英语美文欣赏80篇 12-Coal-fired power plants 英语美文欣赏80篇 13-Statistics 英语美文欣赏80篇 14-Obtaining Fresh water from icebergs 英语美文欣赏80篇 15-The source of Energy 英语美文欣赏80篇 16-Vision 英语美文欣赏80篇 17-Folk Cultures 英语美文欣赏80篇 18-Bacteria 英语美文欣赏80篇 19-Sleep 英语美文欣赏80篇 20-Cells and Temperature 英语美文欣赏80篇21-Youth 英语美文欣赏80篇 22-Three Days to See 英语美文欣赏80篇 23-Companionship of Books 英语美文欣赏80篇24-If I Rest,I Rust 英语美文欣赏80篇 25-Ambition 英语美文欣赏80篇 26-What I have Lived for 英语美文欣赏80篇 27-When Love Beckons You 英语美文欣赏80篇 28-The Road to Success

高中优秀英语美文摘抄

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