【英语】2020届二轮复习阅读理解专题：个人生活与学习话题第二课时教案

【英语】2020届二轮复习阅读理解专题：个人生活与学习话题第二课时教案

‎2020届二轮复习 阅读理解专题：个人生活与学习话题第二课时教案 ‎ What Is A Great Book?‎ 课时学习目标：‎ 1. 复习和扩充“个人生活与学习”主题词汇和语块；‎ 2. 学习“比较和对比”的句型。‎ I. Reading Preparation Directions: Answer the following questions in your own words.‎ ‎1) Look at your book shelf, what is your favorite book?‎ ‎2) How will you describe a great book?‎ II. Reading Between the Lines 1. Directions: Read the text and tell the main idea of the text. ‎ The text mainly deals with the number of great books and the criteria for them.‎ ‎2. Directions: Answer the following questions. ‎ ‎1) How will you describe an infinite number?‎ ‎2) Look at the following sentences from the first two paragraphs. Compare them with the description you have come up with, which do you think is better? ‎ ⑴ There is no end to the making of books. ‎ Nor does there seem to be any end to the making of a list of “great books”.‎ ⑵ There have always been more books than anyone could read.‎ ‎3. Directions: ‎ Read the rest of the text, please locate the adjectives describing the features of great books.‎ Find sentences showing contrast or comparison in the last two paragraphs.‎ Feature 1: most widely read reat Books Therefore, Gone With the Wind has had relatively fewer readers compared with the plays of Shakespeare.‎ Feature 2: popular Great books are not related to one another as a series of textbooks is.‎ Feature 3：most readable They have more ideas per page than most books have on all pages.‎ Children can read them with enjoyment, but fail to find in them all the beauty and significance which delight an adult mind.‎ ‎ Feature 4: most instructive They (Great books) contain what can’t be found in other books.‎ III. Language Skill Practice 1. Directions: Complete the sentences, using the words given in the brackets. ‎ 1) Mark Twain argued that humor could be as powerful as any other element in literature. ‎ ‎(和……一样有力; powerful)‎ 2) In contrast to westerners, Asians eat much rice or noodles. ‎ ‎ (相对于; contrast)‎ 3) Some people eat meat while others are vegetarians.‎ ‎ （而其他人是素食者; while）‎ 4) An Olympic gold medal carries as much weight as, or more weight than, any other gold medal won at other international competitions.‎ ‎ (和……分量一样重，甚至更重; weight)‎ 2. Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.‎ 1) 学会如何提问和处理问题同样重要，甚至有时候更重要。（weight）‎ Learning how to raise questions carries as much weight as，or even more weight than handling questions.‎ 2) 写一篇文章和建一所大楼相似，因为它们都需要细致的规划。(resemble）‎ Writing an essay resembles putting up a building, because they both require careful planning.‎ 3) 和其它书相比，畅销书可读性更强而且更容易获得大众的认可 。（compare）‎ Compared with other books, bestsellers are more readable and it is easier for them to receive / win recognition from the public.‎ 4) 网络课程不受时空限制，和线下学习形成了鲜明的对比。(contrast)‎ Online courses are not limited by time and space, which makes/shows a sharp contrast with offline learning.‎ Online courses are not limited by time and space, making a sharp contrast with offline learning.‎ Online courses are not limited by time and space, contrasting sharply with offline learning.‎ IV. Deep Reflection on the language skill Rhetorical devices are frequently used to convey meaning or to persuade. They can also be used to awaken readers’ emotions. Think about the rhetorical devices used below and their specific purposes.‎ 1) I have a million things on my to-do-list. (Hyperbole 夸张)‎ 2) The falling snowflakes are dancers. (Metaphor 暗喻)‎ 3) I can resist anything but temptation. (Oscar Wilde) (Paradox 矛盾修辞)‎ 4) Every calendar's days are numbered. (Pun 双关)‎ 5) He turned green when he found the cash. (Symbolism 象征)‎ ‎* Green color is often associated with greed.‎ V. Assignments ‎ ‎1. Complete the sentences, using the words given in the brackets.‎ readable inexhaustible reportedly ‎ elementary instructive enduring 1) Many historical events are instructive, giving people lessons to draw from.‎ 2) Fascinating and highly readable, this book will satisfy scholars as well as more casual readers.‎ 3) I am only familiar with the subject on a(n) elementary level.‎ 4) What is the reason for the book’s enduring appeal?‎ 5) The problematic design of the car reportedly has led to more than eight hundred crashes and 18 deaths in the past decade.‎ 6) The water crisis today reminds us that natural resources are not inexhaustible.‎ 1. Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.‎ 1) 阅读英语小说时，没有必要在词典里查每一个生词。(need)‎ When you read an English novel, there is no need to look up every new word in the dictionary.‎ When you read an English novel, there is no need to check/consult the dictionary for every new word.‎ 2) 如果队员之间不加强配合，我校篮球队就不可能在决赛中战胜对手。 （unless）‎ It is impossible for our school’s basketball team to beat the opponent in the final unless the team members strengthen / improve their cooperation.‎ 3) 我的阿姨经过四年艰苦学习拿到了文凭，那一刻她欣喜若狂。(The moment)‎ The moment my aunt acquired her degree after four years’ hard work, she went/was wild with joy/ mad with joy.‎ 4) 名著未必是一时的畅销书，但它们一定激发读者思考并且能够经受住时间的考验。（necessarily) ‎ Classics are not necessarily bestsellers, but they will definitely trigger readers’ thoughts /bring food for thought to readers and can stand the test of time.‎ 1. Mini-Writing Exercise 答案略 Directions: Choose one item and describe its feature with the aid of comparison or contrast.‎ an earthquake a proverb an electronic dictionary bike sharing artificial intelligence e.g. Distinct from other forms of natural disasters, an earthquake is more violent and can cause great damage in a short time.‎