WordPower(单词)

Unit 2 Growing PainsPeriod 3 Word PowerTeaching aims:1. Make sure students can identify the difference between American English andBritish English.2. Enable students to identify and learn about the different expressions.3. To develop the ability of understanding words in context.4. Make sure students expand their prior knowledge and apply it practically. Important and difficult points:1. Make students know some differences between American English and British English?2. Make students know the meaning of some more colloquialisms and their usage. Teaching methods:1.Individual work2.Pair or group discussionparisonsTeaching procedures:Step 1.Lead-in:Talk about the differences and answer questions:1.Do you think there are some differences between American English and British English?2.If there are some, in which aspects do they exist?3. Have you found any difference between American English and British English in the play?4.Could you list the differences you know?Step 2.Dialogue reading and making comparisonsLet students read the dialogue and find out “ Is it in American English or British English?”Sam went back to London to go on with his study in CMHS. He met David on the school campus.Sam: Hi David .How are you?David: Fine, have you just gone back from New York?Sam: Yeah, I went back here last Monday.David: How is your summer holiday, Sam?Sam:Excellent, during my summer vacation I joined a soccer bal l club and I can play it better now.David: Good! I also practised playing footbal l this summer too.Sam: Ok. Please call me at33543165 if the students’ union organize a soccer ball match.call me on 25682275.Sam: See you!David: Goodbye!Step 3. Vocabulary learning1.Ask students to go through the examples listed in their books first, then getthem to compare what they know with these examples.2.If possible, invite some students to summarize the differences betweenAmerican English and British English.Step4. ColloquialismsI. Lead –inRead the sentences and express what the colloquialisms mean.1. Though you are busy, could you just lend me an ear for a moment?2. If Huston rockets can win this basketball game by twenty points, I will eat my hat.3. I have never expected lily to act as cool as a cucumber in the traffic accident.4. All the family members come to persuade Jim to change his idea, but he is as stubborn as a mule.5. As a green hand, Robert nearly drove into the grocery on roadside.6. Because Tod failed in his maths exam, he was as quiet as a mouse when his father scolded him.lend me an ear : to listen and pay attention to(倾听：注意；仔细地听)eat my hat: You are 100 percent certain that something will happen.eat (one's) words: to retract something that one has said.(食言：对自己说的话又反悔)as cool as a cucumber: very calm and controlled in difficult situations. (像黄瓜一样凉爽)(就是当一个人碰到困难和麻烦时很冷静、很放松。

这是美国人经常用的一个习惯用语。

)as stubborn as a mule: refusing to change one’s opinion(倔得像头骡子)green hand : one who is new in a certain field (生手, 没有经验的人)as quiet as a mouse : making very little noise(非常安静, 不声不响)II. Vocabulary extensioni. Get students to do part A and Part B in class and check the answers togetherii. Check answersA). a no-brainer: something easy to understanda wet blanket: boring or afraid to have fun (扫兴的人或物)be all ears: listening carefully(全神贯注地倾听)pull my leg: joke with someone (愚弄某人)B). 1.green fingers(绿手指，园艺能手):She is good at gardening2.be all thumbs(笨拙):He is very clumsy.3.the pot calls the kettle black(五十步笑百步): Pointing out a person's faultwhen one is guilty of the same or a similar fault /That is like criticizingsomeone else for a fault you have yourself. (烏鴉嫌豬黑, 半斤八兩, 大哥笑二哥)4.rain cats and dogs(下倾盆大雨): It is raining heavily.5.make a mountain out of a molehill (小题大做): Don’t exaggerate something.Add: This case is a no-brainer. Any good lawyer can get him off.（这个案子也太容易了。

任何一位好律师都能帮他脱罪。

）1. It's really simple. / It's very easy. 很简单。

2. It's a piece of cake. 小事一桩。

3. It's easy as pie. / It's easy as ABC. 真是易如反掌。

4. It's no big deal! 没什么大不了的！（很简单）5. It's a no-brainer! 这很简单，不用花什么脑筋的！6. I can do it with my eyes closed! 我眼睛闭起来都能做！7. That's no sweat at all! 那一点都不难！8. Nothing to it! 没什么难的！9. It's a joke. Anyone can do it. 这很简单。

谁都可以做。

10. It's a cinch! (容易做的事情) 简单的很！green hand n. 生手, 没有经验的人a molehill: (由鼹鼠打洞扒出的泥土堆成的)鼹鼠丘, 无意义的事, 小困难(或障碍)make a mountain out of a molehill :to exaggerate a minor problem.小题大做：夸张一个小困难III. Exercisesi. Fill in the blanks by using the following colloquialisms.lend me an ear eat my hat a no-brainer a wet blanket pull my leg green fingers rain cats and dogs green handmake a mountain out of a molehill as quiet as a mouse1. Kate, don't be_______________ at the party. Let's dance together.2. Alice: Can you tell me what this sentence means?Tim: This one? Oh, it is _________________. I can tell you.3. Jim, when I explain the language points, you should _________________.4. Rob is always late for school. If he can arrive at school on time today, I will_______________.5. Mum: Oh, you got wet all over .How is it, Daniel?Daniel: Mum, don’t you know it ___________________ on my way home?6. Bob: Hey! Ellen, you got an A for your history exam.Ellen: Don’t _____________. Are you serious?7. Look at Mr. Smith’ garden. He has_____________.8.Boss: Who is that dull boy? He even doesn’t know wher e his office is.Manager: This is his first day here. He is a _____________.9. Eric: Shall I stay in hospital for several days?Doctor: Don’t _______________________________. You just got a fever. 10.Teacher: Boys and girls, when you are reading in the reading room, you shouldremain____________________. Are you clear?Students: Yes.ii. Answers: 1. a wet blanket 2. a non-brainer 3. lend me an ear 4. eat my hat5. rained cats and dogs6.pull my leg7.green fingers8.green hand9. make a mountain … 10.as quite as a mouseHomework1. Try their best to keep the examples of American English and British English in their mind.2. To find more colloquialisms if they like.3. To revise the play and find the sentences with attributive clause.。