学生姓名		班级	序号
课题内容	Unit6 When was it invented ? SectionA(3a-3c)
学习目标与核心素养	1.掌握下列词汇：by accident，ruler，boil，remain，smell，saint，national，take place，doubt，without doubt 2.能读懂谈论有关茶的发明的文章。 3.通过对被动语态表达的发明和创造的事物来认识人类的科技进步和培养学生的创新能力来达到情感，态度，价值观的课堂体现。
学习重点	掌握重点单词句句型。
学习难点	阅读短文，获得相关的信息的能力。

课前完成并小组核对答案。

一. 请根据中文意思写出下列重点单词。

1. 统治者；支配者n. _______

2．煮沸；烧开 v. _______

3．保持不变；剩余v. _______

4．气味 n．发出……气味, 闻到 v．_______

5．国家的；民族的 adj. _______

6．贸易；交易 n．做买卖; 从事贸易 v．_______

7．疑惑；疑问n. 怀疑 v．_______

二. 请认真阅读课本，找出下列重点短语。

8. 偶然；意外地 __________

9．一位叫神农的中国统治者 __________

10．在火堆上 __________

11．落入水中 __________

12．泡茶 _________

13．发生；出现 __________

14．毫无疑问；的确 __________

15．茶圣 ___________

三. 请用以上重点短语完成下列句子。

16．你知道茶是被偶然发明的吗？

Did you know that tea was invented ________ ________?

17．当茶叶落入热水中时散发出一种很香的气味。

A nice smell was produced when the tea leaves _____ _____ the hot water.

18．人们认为茶在六到七世纪传到了朝鲜和日本。

_______ _______ ________ _______ tea was brought to Korea and Japan

during the 6th and 7th centuries.

探究一：篇章理解

1.Prediction

1).Where is may the passage from?

A. A science article B. A report C. Newspaper D. A story book

2).What’s the type of the passage?

A. Narration (记叙文） B. Exposition (说明文） C. Argumentation (议论文）

3).What does the title “An Accidental Invention” mean?

an accident B. an invention C something was invented by accident

4).This passage is mainly about______.

A. How to make tea B. How to drink tea

C. The history of tea D. Tea art .

Fast Reading:

1). Who was tea invented by?

2. Who is the writer of Cha Jing?

3)Match each paragraph with its main idea.

Para. 1 Lu Yu and his book Cha Jing.

Para. 2 How tea spread to other countries.

Para. 3 How tea was invented by accident.

3.Detail Reading

Read Para. 1 and finish the following task.

Who: __________

What: _________

Where (country): ________

How: Shen Nong was _________ drinking water, some leaves _______ ________ the water and ________ there for some time. It __________ a pleasant smell. Shen Nong ________ the brown water.

Result: One of the world’s favorite _________ was invented.

Read Para. 2 and finish the following tasks.

1).What is this book about ?

Content()

( ) how tea plants were grown

( ) how tea plants were used

( ) where the finest leaves were produced

( ) how people drank tea

( ) what kinds of water were used

( ) why tea was good for people’s health

2.Fill the chart.

Read Para. 3 and finish the following task.

4:After reading: Read and fill the blanks.

1.Fill the blanks according to the first paragraph.

Tea (after water), the most popular drink in the world _______ (invent) by accident. It is believed that tea _______ (drink) 5,000 years ago. It ______ (say) that a Chinese ruler ______ (call) Shen Nong was the first ______ (discover) tea as a drink. One day Shen Nong _______ (boil) drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant ____ (fall) into the water and remained there for some time. It ________ (produce) a nice smell so he ______ (taste) the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks _________ (invent).

2. Fill the blanks according to the second paragraph.

Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, ______ (mention) Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing a few thousand years later. The book describes how tea plants _______ and used to make tea. It also discusses where the finest tea leaves _______ (produce) and what kinds of water _______ (use).

3. Fill in the blanks with the proper forms.

People believed that tea _______ (bring) to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea ________ (not appear) until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries ______ (take) place in the 19th century.

探究二：知识点解读

1．How tea was invented by accident? 茶是怎样偶然被发明的?　

小小翻译官:

我只是碰巧找到它的。

I found it only _______ ________．

他切洋葱时不小心切到了手指。

He cut his finger ________ ________ when he was cutting onions.

2．It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink.

据说一个叫神农的中国统治者最早发现了茶可以饮用。

It is believed that… 人们认为……

It is reported that… 据报道……

It is (well) known that… 众所周知……

小小翻译官:

人们认为健康重于财富。

It _______ _______ _______ health is above wealth.

据报道有20多人在这次事故中丧生。

It ________ ________ ________ more than 20 people died in the accident.

众所周知，中国以长城而闻名。

It _______ _______ ________ ________ China is famous for the Great Wall.

3．It was quite delicious，and so，one of the world's favorite drinks was invented.它很美味，于是，世界上最受喜爱的饮品之一被发明了。

小小翻译官:

我们班的一个同学帮助那个老奶奶提袋子。

One of the students in our class ________ the grandma carry the bag.

如今，高速列车是最便捷的出行方式之一。

Nowadays，the high－speed train is one of the most convenient _______ to travel.

4．Even though many people now know about tea culture，the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.

尽管现在很多人了解茶文化，但中国人无疑是最懂茶的本质的人。

小小翻译官:

毫无疑问，他是我们学校最优秀的老师。

He is ________ ________ the best teacher in our school.

＝________ ________ _________ ________ he is the best teacher in our school.

【文化背景】

茶文化意为饮茶活动过程中形成的文化特征，包括茶道、茶德、茶精神、茶联、茶书、茶具、茶画、茶学、茶故事、茶艺等等。茶文化起源地为中国。中国是茶的故乡，中国人饮茶，据说始于神农时代，少说也有4700多年了。直到现在，中国人还有民以茶代礼的风俗。中国各地对茶的配制是多种多样的：有太湖的熏豆茶、苏州的香味茶、湖南的姜盐茶、蜀山的侠君茶、台湾的冻顶茶、杭州的龙井茶、福建的乌龙茶等。全世界一百多个国家和地区的人喜爱品茶，各国茶文化各不相同，各有千秋，中国茶文化反映出中华民族的悠久的文明和礼仪。