Period 2.Listening and Speaking
Teaching aim and requirements(教学目标和要求)
Goal: In this lesson, students will develop the knowledge of Merly Streep and Keanu Reeves.
In this lesson, students will practise their skills of interviewing.
Objectives:
1.In this lesson, students will be able to retell the life of Merly Streep and Keanu Reeves.
2.In this lesson, students will be able to complete a chart related to the text.
3.In this lesson, students will be able to act out an interview.
Emphases of teaching(教学重难点)
1、 How to make the students be active to express their own ideas.
2、 How to help the students understand the long sentence in the text.
Teaching aids(教学手段)Multimedia in English teaching and learning(多媒体手段教学)
Teaching Procedures(教学过程)
Material/resources: blackboard, tape-recorder, tape, textbook
Procedures
Step 1Lead in
1.T: In last lesson, we talked a lot about films. Of course those films are very popular and successful. What does the success of the films bring to actors or actresses?
(Ss: money, fame, reputation,…and interview)
2.T: What questions will you ask when interviewing an actor or an actress?
Ask students to discuss in groups and collect as many questions as possible.
Step 2Listening (on P29)
a. Ask students to look at questions in the listening part, and listen for the general idea and find out the answer to the question: Who are the two speakers?
b. Ask students to listen for the second time and find out the specific information to the following questions and fill in the blanks.
1.What do we know about the city where Malcolm grew up?
It wasa small town far from the big city .
2.What did he want to be when he was a student?
He wanted to be a teacher.
3.What was the reason why Malcolm studied law?
The reason his father wanted him to study law.
4.When did Malcolm really start his career in the theatre?
When Malcolm met Fiona, he started his career in the theatre.
5.Why was the film called The Dream Machine important to Malcolm?
It was important because he did not have any experience.
c. Check students’ answers.
Step 3Speaking
a. T: Awards are very important to those actors and actresses, which show the audience’s or experts’ acceptance and appreciation to their performances.
Q1Can you tell me some famous awards to the films in the world?
Q2Can you tell me some famous actors or actresses that have won the Oscar?
T: Today we will look at a famous actor and a famous actress who are very successful in their acting career.
b. Divide the whole class into 2 groups. Students in Group A read the biography of Merllly Streep while students in Group B read the biography of Keanu Reeves. Then fill in the table below respectively.
Name____________________Schooling______________________
Beginning of the acting career__________________ Films____________________
Achievement________________________________
c. Check the information and explain some words and useful expressions in and below the biographies.
1) While still a student, she played roles in many plays.
While still a student= while she was still a student
Play a role in: play a part in
e.g. Telephones are playing an important role/part in our daily life.
2) Meryl Streep made her first film, called Julia in 1977.
called Julia: past participle phase used as the attribute to modify film
3) Academy Awards (Oscars): the main national film award in the USA. The Awards are granted annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Awards ceremony takes place in Hollywood every Match.
4)a. Interviewer can use following expressions to interview in good order
You studied/worked/acted at different…
First…, and then…Later on…Finally you found a job as…
b. Interviewer can pose such questions to the interviewee
What did you do next?
What made you decide to…?
What roles did you act?
How long have you been working as…?
c. Interview
Ask students to work in pairs and imitate CCTV’s interview program-----Life of Art,one acting as the host with suggested expressions in the text and questions When and where were you born? How many films have you acted? Which one is your favorite?
One acting as the guest---Merly Streep or Keanu Reeves with information in the short biography and in the Notes in the textbook.
Choose some pairs to act out the interview; while one pair is interviewing, the rest of the class act as the audience and can raise questions to the guest.
Step 4Lead students to discuss following questions
Why ate they so popular and successful?
What is needed to be an actor or actress?
Would you like to be an actor or actress one day? Why?
Assignment: Look at talking exercise on P109 and have a discussion about the copy right.
Step 5 Homework
Finish off the reading in Unit 5