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Teaching procedures:
Step1 Lead-in
1. Introduce two famous sentences quoted from Confucian Analects(《论语》).The students can find two Chinese idioms in these two sentences. (PPT5)
2. Introduce Confucian Analects briefly, especially its effects on our history and culture, emphasizing that now many Chinese idioms we often use are from Confucian Analects. (PPT6)
3. Introduce a sentence which contains an English idiom. This sentence is quoted from OLD TESTAMENT (《圣经•旧约》). (PPT7)
4. Then Introduce Bible briefly, emphasizing that many basic concepts and principles of Western culture have come down from the Bible, and many common English phrases and expressions have their origin in the Bible as well. Then lead to the topic of this lesson.
5. Biblical idioms in English. (PPT8-9)
Step 2 Fast reading
1. Scan the text and listen to the recording of the text. Think about the following 3 questions:
2. Ask some students to answer the 3 questions. (PPT11）
3. (PPT12) The text can be divided into 4 parts. Discuss how to divide it in pairs with the help of the main ideas of each part.
Step 3 Detailed reading
1. Read paragraph 1 and 2 again carefully. Try to answer some T/F questions.
Example:
2. Read Para 3-6 carefully and answer the following questions: (PPT18)
3. Read paragraph 7 again carefully and try to list the benefits of learning idioms.
4. How many idioms have been mentioned in this article? What are they?
Step 4 Practice
Step 5 Revision and Consolidation
Step 6 Activity Role-play | 