Unit 21 Karl Marx

教学目标

知识目标

一、教学目标与目标

　　通过本单元教学，使学生进一步掌握过去完成时的用法，并复习一般过去时态。通过学习马克思如何学习外语来了解外语学习的重要性及这位伟人的科学精神。

二、教学重点与难点

　　l．重点词汇 force; rapid; praise; encourage; have a talk with; come across; make progress; before long; move on; keep on (doing something); translate. . . into. . .

　　2．重要句型 1) In 1849, he went to England and made London the base for his revolutionary work. 2) He made such rapid progress that before long he began to write articles in English for an American newspaper. 3) His English was so good that Engels wrote him a letter and praised him for it. 4) He found it important to study the situation in Russia.

　　3．语法掌握过去完成时的用法；复习一般过去时：1) Marx had learnt some English before he got to England. 2) After he arrived in England, Marx worked hard to improve his English. 3) When all his money had gone, Marx had to leave his house in London.

　　4．日常交际用语谈论语言学习（Talking about language study）：

　　1) How are you getting on with your English lessons? 2) My grammar is improving, but I find idioms and useful expressions hard to learn. 3) Which do you find easiest/most difficult—listening, speaking, reading or writing? 4) If you have a problem with. . . , you should . . .

能力知识

　　1．掌握本单元的重点词汇、词组和句型，并能写一篇描写人物的短文。

　　2．一般过去时与过去完成时的区别。

德育目标

　　通过本单元的学习，使学生认识到马克思的一生是伟大的一生，要向马克思学习，从小树立远大的理想；用马克思学习外语的精神来感染学生，从而培养学生克服困难的顽强意志和毅力。更值得我们每一个人学习的是他的那种“活到老，学到老”的美德。

教学建议

课文分析

　　本单元阅读通过马克思学习外语一事来说明外语学习的重要性，其中介绍了一些有关外语学习的方法，都可以供作借鉴。分为三部分：

　　Part 1 (Paragraph 1) Brief introduction to Karl Marx before the year 1849, in which year he made London the base for his revolutionary work

　　Part 2 (Paragraphs 2-5) Marx's success in learning English and Russian and his advice on how to learn a foreign language

　　Part 3 (Paragraphs 6-8) Marx and Engels started a new programme called “Communism”.

卡尔·马克思的生平以时间为顺序列表如下：

In 1818

was born in Germany

as a young man

was forced to leave his homeland for political reasons; went to Belgium and France.

in April 1841

received his doctor’s degree

in 1849

went to England; made London the base for his revolutionary work

later

started working hard to improve his English; made rapid progress

in 1853

wrote articles in English; was praised; was encouraged; was not sure about two things

later

kept on studying and using English

in the 1870s

began to learn Russian; read articles and reports in Russian

对话建议

　　1.教师可采取口语对比形式，词汇分析来学习本对话。如：catch a cold与have a cold区别，cut down与cut up区别。　2.教师把本对话按一个听力课形式给学生播放。

　　教师让学生大声朗读对话，两个人一组，使学生有互相交流的机会。然后看视频，教师提问，练习等。

　　3.教师给学生写出how to learn English，组织几个学生进行对话交流。如：

　　A:I find English is difficult to learn, how do you think of that?

　　B: That’s right.

　　A. Do you have some good ideas to learn it ?

　　B: I often learn from the ways of some of people ,you should listening, speaking, reading ,writing or practicing?

　　A: Really?

本单元教学建议

　　Lesson 81

　　1. Practise the dialogue in pairs.

　　2. Have a discussion in groups about English studies, 

　　Lesson 82

　　1. Talk about the picture to say sth. about Karl Marx.

　　2. Answer the questions in workbook L. 82, part 1.

　　3. Recite the text.

　　Lesson 83

　　1. Recite the text one paragraph after another.

　　2. Read the second part of the text quickly and try to find the answer to this question:

What did Marx write together with Engels during 1840s?

　　Lesson 84

　　After finishing the listening test, ask the students to say something about Chinese great person and write it down after class.

词汇理解

　　before long, long before

　　before long表示“不久”，相当于soon，是一个介词短语，可用在过去时、将来时和现在时的句子中。

　　long before表示“很久以前”“在……以前很久”，可用于过去时或过去完成时的句子中。before 可以是副词、介词、连词。要注意“It is n