Topic: Period Eight ----Cultural Corner (Module Five Book Six ) (New Lesson)
一、学习目标:
1.To enable Ss to write an argument about cloning.
2.To help Ss learn how to talk about cloning.
3.To let Ss know more about the possible development of cloning.
二、重点难点:
1. up to, violence, like and dislike, be happy with, be satisfied with, stop sb. (from) doing sth2. The sentence pattern: The reason why... is that...
3、自主学习与验收
(英)阿道司·赫胥黎(Aldous Huxley)的《美丽新世界》
书中引用了广博的生物学、心理学知识,为我们描绘了虚构的福特纪元632年即公元2532年的社会。这是一个人从出生到死亡都受着控制的社会。在这个“美丽新世界”里,由于社会与生物控制技术的发展,人类已经沦为垄断基因公司和政治人物手中的玩偶。这种统治甚至从基因和胎儿阶段就开始了。
正是在这个“美丽新世界”里,人们失去了个人情感,失去了爱情,失去了痛苦、激情和经历危险的感觉。最可怕的是,人们失去了思考的权利,失去了创造力。
Translate the following useful phrases and sentences.
1. 一……就…… 发生 达到,直到
2. 确保 用这种方法 对……感到满意
3. 阻止某人做某事
4. 停止做某事 停下来去做某事
5. 《勇敢新世界》仍然很出名是因为它描述了一个越来越可能出现的恐怖的未来世界。
6. 这样,政府确保人民对自己的社会地位感到心满意足,就不会试图去改变什么了。
四、合作学习 (通过合作学习进一步理解文章)
1. Discuss the following questions into groups.
1)When was the book Brave New World written?
2)Who wrote the book?
3)How many types of clones are there in the world described in the book? What are they?
2. Read the passage again and decide whether these statements true or false.
( )1)The novel is still a subject of much discussion today for it is possible that the future world would be
like the one described in it.
( )2)The world described in the novel will become reality after six hundred years in the future.
( )3)Each Alpha person is identical but each Beta person is not.
( )4)In the world described in the novel, every single person is happy with its position in society.
( )5)The government also uses a drug to keep most of the people happy.
( )6)The writer of the novel thinks it good if people in a country are completely controlled by the
government
五、精讲点评 (掌握下列重点短语、句型)
1. The reason why Brave New World is still so famous is that it describes a terrifying future world that is
定语从句 that引导的
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语从句 that引导的定语从句
becoming more and more possible.
《勇敢新世界》仍然文明世界的原因是它描写了一个越来越有可能的恐怖的未来世界。
本句属于“The reason why ...is that...”的句型。 ……的原因是
1) 他没来开会的原因是他生病了。
The reason why is that .
2) 越来越多的人买汽车的原因是他们富了。
The reason why is that .
3) 他给你的理由是合理的。
The reason was reasonable.
2. The government also keeps people happy with the use of a drug called soma that makes people happy.
主语 谓语 宾语 宾语补足语 状语 定语 定语从句
3. stop…(from) doing 阻止某人干某事
同义短语:prevent…from doing; keep …from doing; ban…from doing ; protect … from doing
1) 没有什么能阻止他做科学研究。
Nothing can prevent him from doing the scientific research.
2) 母亲不让孩子在阳光下看书。
Mother prevents his child from reading in the sun.
4. …it became a subject of much discussion…
it was talked about much… 成为议论的中心
As soon as the new bill was passed, it became a subject of much discussion.
用其他“一……就”的句式改写该句
It became a subject of much discussion as soon as it first appeared.它一问世就成为人们争相议论的话题。
It became a subject of much discussion it first appeared.
It became a subject of much discussion it first appeared.
5. The first is that people are no longer born from human beings. 首先就是人不再由人生出来。
be born into/to 出生在……的家庭
be born with… 天生有……
be born to be/do sth. 天生适合做……
Frank a wealthy family. 弗兰克生在一个富有的家庭。