北师大版高中英语必修2Unit6教案《2 Great Buildings》教学指导

《2 Great Buildings》教学指导

Objectives

■To give opinions about buildings.

■To listen and make notes.

■To self-assess the difficulty of a listening text and exercise.

■To listen and identify stressed words that give new information.

■To practise describing places.

■To practise using vocabulary of buildings.

Resources used

Cassette, pictures of buildings.

Possible problems

Students may find the verb look followed by as if, like or an adjective a bit confusing.

Background

The Palace of the Doges, in Venice, is one of the finest Gothic buildings anywhere in Europe. It was finally finished in 1498 and was the residence of the Doges or Dukes of Venice.

The Post Office Savings Bank building in Budapest was designed by Hungarian architect Odon Lechner in the late nineteenth century. He incorporated Hungarian folk art into his buildings. He was influenced by art nouveau and the Post Office Savings Bank has an element of surreality comparable to the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi.

The Castle of Eilean Donan, on Loch Alsh in Scotland, was built in the thirteenth century but was destroyed by the English in 1719. The castle was in ruins for 200 years until it was restored in 1932.

The Chrysler Building in New York was built in 1930 by the architect William van Alen. It is a masterpiece of “art deco”, a movement that grew up in the 1920s and 1930s, first in Paris and then in the USA. Art deco developed from art nouveau

with cleaner, simpler lines. Hyde Park is one of London’s most beautiful landscapes and covers 350 acres of land. Hyde Park provides facilities for many different activities and sports such as rowing, horse riding, rollerblading and even wildlife watching. It is also often the focal point of many public events. King Henry the 8th used to hunt in the park in the 1500s.

The quote is by Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832), German poet, novelist and dramatist. His most famous work is Faust.

Routes through the material

■ If you are short of time, set some of the exercises for homework and s horten Exercises 7 and 8. ■ If you have time, do the Option Activity.

■ If you have two periods for the lesson, a suitable natural break is after Exercise 5.

Language Power: pages 78-79.

Before you start

Exercise 1

■ In groups, students match the buildings with the photographs and discuss which one of them they like best.

■ The groups can then report back to the class.

Answers

1 a

2 c

3 d

4 b

Exercise 2

Key Words

period: ancient, modern, early twentieth century

materials: stone, marble, glass, tiles, metal, concrete

features: balcony, tower, roof, statue

kinds of buildings: palace, bank, castle, skyscraper

■ Students check the meaning of the Key Words in a dictionary. ■ In groups, they then discuss what kinds of buildings they can see in the pictures and guess the materials used, and the period. They can see if their guesses are correct in the next exercise.

Exercise 3

■ Students look at the table and the entries made for the first building.

■ Play the cassette two or three times for t hem to complete the table.

Answers

2 Post Office Savings Bank/early 20th century/(not mentioned)/ fantastic decorations on the roof

3 castle/ancient (13th century)/stone/tower and thick walls

4 skyscraper/1930s/metal, concrete and glass/metal roof

Tapescript

Female: Good evening and welcome to “Building Sights”. Today Ben Smith will describe four of his favourite buildings from around the world.

1 The Palace of the Doges, in Venice, is one of the best ancient buildings anywhere in Europe. It was fi nished in 1498. It has beautiful pink and white marble walls. From St Mark’s Square you can see the balcony with statues on either side.

2 The Post Office Savings Bank building in Budapest was built in the early twentieth century. The most beautiful part of the building is the roof ?C which is green, blue, yellow and brown. On the roof, there are fantastic decorations representing waves, flowers, and angels. Someone asked the architect who designed the building why there are so many interesting things where people could not see them. He replied, “But the birds will.”

3 The ancient castle of Eilean Donan in Scotland is probably one of the most fantastic buildings in the world. It was built in the thirteenth century but was destroyed by the English in 1719.

The castle was in ruins for 200 years until it was rebuilt in 1932. It has a large, stone tower and thick stone walls.

4 The Chrysler Building in New York is not the highest skyscraper in New York, but it is one of the most beautiful. This skyscraper was made of new materials:metal, concrete and glass. It was built in the 1930s and has a beautiful metal roof.

Exercise 4

■ Ask students to listen to find out which building the woman likes.

■ Play the cassette twice, and the second time ask them to listen for why she likes the building. Answer

Eilean Donan castle (She likes it because it is really beautiful, like

something from a fairytale.)

Tapescript

Female: My favourite building’s in Scotland. It’s an amazing castle called … Eilean Donan. Have you heard of it?

Male: No, I don’t think so.

Female: Well it’s er … it’s on … on a loch, you know, … a kind of lake. When you get near it, it looks as if it’s in the water. It really looks like something from a fairytale, because it’s located on a small island and it has a big tower.

Male: Mmm.

Female: When you walk across the bridge to the island you can see the castle in front of you. It looks really strong, ’cos it’s made of a type of stone … you know … grey, and, er …

Male: Granite?

Female: That’s right. And anyway … when you get inside it’s sort of strange. And you can look out and see the loch around the castle and the sea. It’s really beautiful.

Male: Mmmm.

Exercise 5

■ Read through the Function File with the class.

■ Students listen to the d escription again and complete the Function File.

Answers

1 kind of

2 as if

3 like

4 located

5 looks

6 type of

7 sort of.

Expressions when we don’t know the exact word - it’s a kind/type/ sort of…

■ Give students practice in using expressions when we don’t know the exact word by asking them to describe some objects as if for an alien who has just arrived on earth, e.g. snow, potato, a T-shirt. ■ Read through the Listening Strategies with the class. Ask students to think about the listening texts in this unit : Which were most difficult? What did you understand in the difficult texts? Is it possible to answer just one question about a difficult text? Which were the easiest texts? Why? Could you do most of the listening exercises? What were the most difficult exercises?

■ Students then mark the level of difficulty of Exercises 3, 4 and 5.

■ Students exchange views in groups, then report back to the class.

Pronunciation

Exercise 6

■ Remind students of the use of stress to mark important words in a se ntence. Ask them to listen for the stressed words which give some new information for the person listening.

■ Play the cassette, pausing after each sentence to give students time to write down the stressed words.

Answers

1 Hyde Park

2 huge trees/broad paths

3 gardens/beautiful/neat

4 bands/parades

5 sit on the grass

6 go walking

Tapescript

1 One very interesting place to visit in London is Hyde Park.

2 In Hyde Park there are some huge trees and broad paths to walk on.

3 The gardens are very beautiful and very neat.

4 They often have bands and parades in Hyde Park.

5 When it is sunny, people sit on the grass in the sun.

6 Many people go walking in Hyde Park to get exercise.

■ When students have checked their answers, play the cassette again, pa using after each sentence for students to repeat after the cassette.

Writing and Speaking

Exercise 7

■ Students can work individually or in pairs, choosing a building they like or hate in their area ?C tell them it must be a building that all the class know.

Exercise 8

■ Look at the Function File and remind students how to talk about things if they don’t know the exact word.

■ Students work in groups, taking turns to describe their building, but not giving the name of it. The others try to guess what the building is.

QUOTE … UNQUOTE

Read the quote with the class and ask them what they think it means. Do they think the image of frozen music is a good one to describe architecture? Ask the class if any of them want to be architects or work with buildings. What sort of buildings do they like best? What sort of buildings do they want to design or build? How do they think architecture will develop in the future?

Options

Practice

In pairs, students practise using the expressions to talk about things when they don’t know the exact word. Ask them to prepare a spoken description of one of the following for an English speaking friend who has asked them about it.

1 one of their country’s national dishes

2 their national costume

The groups then say their descriptions to the class who have to guess what is being described.