S4:Yes.Thank you. T:Any other questions? S5:In the second paragraph,what does “throw light on” mean?Could you make a sentence with it? T:Who’d like to answer his/her question and make a sentence with it? S6:I’d like to.The Chinese meaning of the phrase is “使某事显得非常清楚”.The preposition “on” can be replaced by “upon” here.For example,the modern scientific development has thrown light upon the mysterious. (Teacher writes the phrase and the sentence made by S6 on the blackboard.) T:A good job.Thank you.S5,are you clear about it? S5:Yes. (Another student stands up to raise another question.) S7:I don’t understand the structure:While unfinished,he was ugly… T:The sentence “while unfinished” is equal to “while he was unfinished”.The reason why “he” and “was” can be omitted is that the subject in the while-clause and that in the main sentence are the same,and the while-clause contains a “be” verb,so in this case,the subject and “be” both can be omitted.The conjunction like this includes:when,if,although,once,…Do you understand? S7:Yes.Could you please make a sentence with the structure? T:Who can try? S8:When asked what had happened,he told us everything about it.Am I right? T:Quite right.Thank you.S7,are you clear? S7:Yes.Thank you very much. T:In the reading passage,there are many important phrases.Now,I’ll read them out.You need to find them out and underline them.OK? Ss:OK. (Teacher reads out the following phrases and writes them on the blackboard:throw light on,attract sb.’s attention,dream of,slow down,cut up,burn out,as white as snow) T:Now,let’s do an exercise.(Teacher shows the following on the screen.) 1.The boy ______ becoming a pilot. 2.______ before you reach the crossroads. 3.He shouted to ______. 4.The fire ______. 5.Can you ______ the problem? 6.He ______ meat with a sharp knife. 7.Her skin is ______. T:Fill in the blanks using the proper phrases on the blackboard. Suggested answers: 1.dreams of 2.Slow down 3.draw people’s attention 4.burn not 5.throw any light on 6.cut up 7.as white as snow (责任编辑:admin) |