初中英语外研版 (新标准)九年级上册Unit 2 I became so bored with their orders that I wished they would leave me alone

Unit 2 I became so bored with their orders that I wished they would leave me alone.

【教学目标】

Knowledge objective

Key vocabulary：

actually, manage, unhappy, order, business, sofa, snack, midnight, empty, burn, cup, task

Key structures:

turn off, be worried about, on business, have fun, hand in, unable to do, all day, tidy up, wake up, hurry to do sth.

Ability objective

To get information about exercise activities.

To master the adverbial clause of concession.

Moral objective

To know more about other person’s problems and master some basic skills in the life.

【教学重点】

1.To learn some expressions in the passage.

2.To learn the adverbial clause of concession.

【教学难点】

1. To get information from the article.

2. The use of adverbial clause of concession.

【教学方法】

PWP method, task-based method

【教学手段】

A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures

【教学过程】

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Warming up

  Look at the pictures and talk about daily things you do alone and the things your parents do for you.

cook dinner/go shopping/tidy up/wash clothes

Step 2 Presentation

Look and say. The teachers shows the pictures of new words or expressions and let the students to say as quickly as possible.

Step 3 Reading

1. Read the passage and choose the best summary.

a) Zheng Chenyu found his life more difficult without his parents.

b) Zheng Chenyu depended on his parents to prepare his meals.

c) Zheng Chenyu had so much homework that he did not have time to look after himself.

d) Zheng Chenyu should learn to cook.

2. Complete the sentences. See how Zheng Chenyu’s feelings changed.

1) Zheng Chenyu felt _______________ with his parents because they did everything for him and managed every minute of his life.

2) After Zheng Chenyu’s parents went away on business, he felt ____ ______ because he could _____________.

3) Zheng Chenyu felt ___________ after the first night.

4) Zheng Chenyu felt _________ when he found he could not look after himself well.

5) Zheng Chenyu realised being home alone ____________________.

Step 4 Language points

    1. As a boy, like all other boys, I wanted to be a man.

      作为男孩, 就像其他所有男孩一样, 我想做个男子汉。

    man在此处意为“男子汉”。

      e.g. Don’t cry anymore. Be a man!

2. Actually, they managed every minute of my life.

      实际上, 他们安排了我生活中的每一分钟。

      manage意为 “安排, 管理”。

      e.g. Parents should not manage everything for their children.

3. Turn off the TV!

    关掉电视。

   turn off 意为“关掉; 关闭(设备)”, 主要指关灯、电视、电脑、自来水、煤气等。

    turn off 可与名词和代词连用: 与名词连用时, 名词可放在turn off 之后, 也可放在turn 和off 之间; 与代词连用时, 代词只能放在turn和off 之间。如：

Jenny turned the computer off / turned off the computer.

The TV is too noisy. Can you turn it off?

【链接】与turn off 相关的短语有turn on(打开), turn up(把……调高), turn down(把……调低)。如：

Can you help me turn on the TV?

Please turn down your radio.

4. I became so bored with their orders that I wished they would leave me alone.

   order 可以作名词表示“命令；指示”，此时是可数名词。如：

   They received orders to start at once.

   We should obey the orders of the teacher.  

order 还常用作动词, 表示“命令; 订购; 点(酒菜等)”。如：

The police ordered them to wait right there.

I have ordered two copies of that book.

He ordered a cup of coffee

5. Although my parents were very worried about leaving me, they had to go away on business for a few days.

  be worried about 相当于worry about，意为“为……发愁; 为……担心”。

  e.g. June is worried about her English test.

   on business 意为 “出差”。

e.g. Jack will go to Shanghai on business.

6. The next morning I woke up late.

   wake up 意为“叫醒……”。

   当wake up的宾语是名词时, 宾语可放在wake和up的中间或up的后面; 当wake up的宾语是代词时, 宾语只能放在wake和up的中间。

   e.g. Don’t wake up the baby.

       = Don’t wake the baby up.

       Let’s wake him up now.

7. The teacher asked me for my  homework,  but I could not hand it in.

    hand in 意为“提交; 上交”。

    e.g. Please hand in your paper before Friday.

8. I was unable to play basketball with my classmates!

   be unable to do sth. 不能做某事

    be able to do sth. 能够做某事

   e.g. He was unable to finish homework on time.

       他不能按时完成家庭作业。

9. I felt tired and sleepy at school all day long.

    all day long 意为 “整天”。

    强调由早到晚的过程。

    e.g. She sang the song all day long.

Practice: Complete the passages with the correct form of the words in the box.

Zheng Chenyu was bored with his parents’ (1)_______.He was happy when his parents went away on business, though he soon found that he could not do(2)_______ things. He forgot his homework. He went to school with a(n) (3)_______ stomach. He (4)______ his food and broke his father’s (5)______.Zheng Chenyu had to learn to do(6)______ like cooking and tidying up. He realised being home alone was not always perfect.

Step 5 Writing

1.Read the passage in Activity 2 again and make lists of what Zheng Chenyu does when his parents are away.

Example:

1) Eat lots of snacks.

2) Enjoy an exciting film on TV.

3) Play computer games.

2. Write a passage about what you can do and what you cannot do when your parents are away.  

1) Make lists of what you can do and cannot do and cannot do when your parents are away.

2) Now join the sentences with although, but or so … that.

3) Write a conclusion to the sentences.

4) Share your passage with your classmates.

Step 6 Exercises

Step 7 Homework

Finish the written task on page 29.