高一英语Superhero教案

Lesson 4 Superhero
Objectives
To develop strategies for working out meaning when reading.
To develop word attack skills to cope with new vocabulary and phrasal verbs.
To practise asking for and giving personal information.
Pre-Reading
What do you know about Christopher Reeve?
A superwoman in China. Do you know her?
Reading
Look at the two pictures and answer the questions.
1 What was his most famous film character?
Superman
2 What terrible thing happened to him in real life?
He fell off his horse and broke his back.
3 What did he do afterwards?
He promoted medical research and made speeches all over the USA about his experiences.
Match the topics with the parts of the article.
a) the riding accident (1)
b) his marriage ( )
c) his feelings after the accident ( )
d) his death ( )
e) his parents ( )
f) his belief ( )
g) how he get involved with charity work ( )
h) his work ( )
Answers: b 4 c 3 d 8 e 5 f 7 g 6 h 2
Post-Reading
True or False
1 After the accident, with his wife’s help, Christopher Reeve pulled through.
2 Christopher Reeve got involved with charity work because he wanted to improve the quality of his life.
3 Reeve was optimistic facing the fact that he couldn’t stand up any longer.
4 Both of Reeve’s parents loved their son.
Answers: TFTT
Language points
1 be famous for 以…而著名
He is famous for his songs.
be famous as 作为…而出名
Li Lianjie is famous as an actor.
2 on one's own
独自；靠自己
She lives on her own.
她一个人过。
3 experience
经验（不可数）
Experience is their preparation for giving advice.
经验为她们进行咨询作了准备。
Experience teaches.; Experience does it.
经验给人教训。;经验给人智慧。
经历，阅历（可数）
Please tell us your experiences in America.
请你告诉我们你在美洲的经历。
4 suffer from
忍受, 遭受
suffer from cold and hunger
饥寒交迫
suffer from floods
遭受水灾
5 come to
涉及；谈及
When it comes to politics I know nothing.
谈到政治，我一无所知。
获致；到达；结束
The car came to a dead stop.
汽车蓦地刹住。
The water came to my waist.
水已达我的腰部。
总共；共计
The bill came to $5.50.
账款共计5美元50美分。
突然想起
Suddenly the words of the song came to me.
我猛然想起了这首歌的歌词。
6 pull through
度过难关, 恢复健康
I believe that you can pull through. 我相信你能够度过难关。
7 give up 放弃
Don’t give up.
give in 屈服
give away 送掉, 分发
give out 发出(气味、热等)
8 get on 生活, 融洽相处, 进展
They are getting on well now. 他们现在相处融洽。
I believe that we can get on well with each other.
9 react to 与...起反应
The eye reacts to light.
眼睛对光起反应。
10 With the progress of new medical research, I’m confident that—
with 短语作状语
He stands there, with a book in his hand. 他站在那儿，手里拿着一本书。
With his head lowered, he came into the classroom. 他低着头，走进教室。
Exercises
Work out the meaning of these words from the text and use them to replace the underlined words in the sentences.
disaster, on his own, depression, injury, confident, get involved, divorced
1 A really bad thing happened in 2003. Our school burnt down.
2 Many people suffer from feeling very sad. It can be treated with medicine.
3 Don’t just sit there! Take part and help disabled people!
4 He won’t be able to walk by himself ever again.
5 She’s sure that her mother’s hurt will heal.
6 Many people’s parents are no longer married these days.
Answers: 1 disaster 2 depression 3 Get involved 4 on his own 5 confident, injury
6 divorced
Choose the correct meaning for the phrasal verbs.
1 come to a) to visit b) to reach a state
2 pull through a) to survive b) to walk
3 think of a) to carefully consider b) to have an idea
4 give up a) to be afraid b) to stop fighting
5 get on a) to have a friendly relationship b) to escape
Answers: 1 b 2 a 3 b 4 b 5 a
Use the phrasal verbs above to complete these sentences.
1 Understanding his wife helps Christopher well with her.
2 After the accident, doctors warned Christopher that he wasn’t going to and live.
3 Talking with his family and friends helped Christopher terms with his disabilities.
4 Christopher says there is so much happening in his life right now that he is too busy
to giving up and dying.
5 After Dana told Christopher that he had her support and love, Christopher decided
not to on living.
Answers: 1 get on 2 pull through 3 come to 4 think of 5 give up
Speaking
Write questions to ask your partner about changes in his/her life in the last three years.
Example
Have you started a new holiday or sport?
Do you still like the same kind of music?


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