Unit 11 Understanding Your Owner

I .Teaching Objectives

1. Functions : Expressing anger

2. Grammar points : -ing as objectives of vt./v.+prep.

3. Vocabulary : desperate , represent , be aware of , interpret , fit in with , put … into danger , keep away , work out , try doing , end up , vary from , all too , force on

II . Focal Points

1. Functions : Expressing anger

2. Grammar points : -ing as objectives of vt./v.+prep.

3.Conversation

III . Teaching Process

1. Listening and Speaking Activities

1) Introduction to the formulas of expressing anger

2) Listen to the conversation twice

3) Correct the answers

4) Pair work

Practicing : Read Conversation

Explanation

Speak before the class

Make up another dialogue using the cues in the box

5)Make your own dialogue

Team & group work

Presentation

6)Matching exercises :

What are they for ?

If you want to learn more

2. Reading Comprehension

1) Warm-up questions

2) Listening to the text twice

3) Doing the comprehension work :

Reading the text

Discussion : Read the text carefully to find the answers to the questions and look to the evidence from the text to support the answers

Retelling the text using the key words

4) Extended Activity

Exercises

Step 1 Listening and Speaking Activities

1. Formulas for expressing anger

I simply can’t bear to hear them bark.

I’m disgusted . How could you be so rude to my guests !

I really hate being kept waiting . Can you make it earlier next time ?

My orders have been disobeyed . I must teach them a lesson .

I’m going to get very angry with you . Pick your things up now !

Look at the way people just throw litter down in the street ------ it makes you sick , doesn’t it ?

Look , how they treat the innocent animals ! It makes my blood boil .

It’s typical of him to behave like that !

Why don’t you pick someone your own size ?!

It really makes me angry the way he talks .

I’ve had enough of that .

Steve never apologises for anything .That’s what gets me down !

You can often see Sam picking flowers in the park . It really makes me see red .

I can’t stand his arrogance .

Do you always stick your nose in other’s business ?

How would you like somebody to litter around in your own doorway ?

2. Listen and speak :

Listen to the following conversation twice and try to tick what you have heard as the correct answer to the questions .

3. Try to speak more

1) Listen to the tape

2)Explanation of the conversation :

walk :

1 行走；步行

2 cause (sb./sth.)to walk , esp. by accompanying him / it 使（某人/某物）行走（尤指与之同行）

eg.He walked the horse up the hill .

He walked her to her car .

keep sb. company : remain with sb. So that he is not alone

eg.I’ll stay here and keep you company .

pessimist : person who expects the worst to happen 悲观主义者

3) Read the conversation by themselves and then try to memorize them .

Invite two pairs of students to speak before the class and then exchange their roles .

Depending on the cue box on the right , ask them to make up another conversation .

Act out the conversation.

4) Make your own dialogue

Presentation

Team work

5) What are they for ?

Explanation

Pair work : matching the exercises

6) If you want to learn more

Step 2 Reading Comprehension and Language Activities

1. Warm-up questions and discussion

2. Listen to the text twice

3. Read the text and try their best to answer the questions .

Section 1 --------- In the two ways : a set of sounds and a set of marks ,humans have developed their eyes and ears to a higher level of interpretation than the dogs .

Questions :

①What does the phrase “a set of sounds” mean ? Why do some humans have difficulty communicating with others by a set of sounds ?

(“A set of sounds” refers to the spoken form of human language . Some people have difficulty in understanding people from other places because they speak different languages . As the dog understands , human beings have to be either raised in the same place or receive special training in order to understand a different language .)

②What does the phrase “a set of marks on paper?” mean ? What is the use of the marks for human beings ?

(“A set of marks on paper” refers to the written form of human language and is used to represent the sounds of language . These marks can be used to record human messages so that humans at a different time and in a different place can understand those messages .)

③Why should a dog not develop the same communicating means /skills as human beings ?

(Humans have lost the other abilities and senses for gathering information while they have developed their eyes and ears . If a dog develops these two skills too far , it would put its other abilities into danger .)

④What cost have human beings paid for having developed their seeing and hearing senses ?

(When human beings have developed their eyes and ears to a higher level , they have lost the ability to get much of the information that dogs are able to do by other means .)

Conclusion : the advantage and disadvantage of developing seeing and hearing senses

The advantage : have developed their eyes and ears to a higher level of interpretation

for humans Humans at a different time and in a different place can understand their messages .

The disadvantage : have lost the ability of other senses except eyes and ears to get much information

The advantage : can get information not only from ears and eyes but also from other

for dogs senses

The disadvantage : have a lower level of interpretation

Section 2 --------- How to please a human .

Questions : What gesture of a dog’s can best please human beings ?

(A dog who can behave like a human , such as sitting down in front of him , and raising a front paw in a gesture to shake hands with a human will please a human most .)

Section 3 --------- Don’t forget the true nature — you are a dog .

Questions :

①According to the passage , what is the best policy for a dog to live peacefully with human

beings ?

(Even when a dog is behaving like a human to please a man , he should always remember that he is a dog . He is not a human and needs to live as a dog . It is all very well for a dog to change himself slightly to fit in with human beings, but he should not deny his true nature . Besides , he should accept whatever is forced upon him . In other words , he should be faithful to his master no matter who the master is . )

②What are the reasons that human beings hold for keeping a dog ?

(Human beings need dogs for various reasons . They may need a dog to help with some specific tasks like hunting or guiding , or want a dog to keep burglars away . Looking after a dog may give their children a sense of responsibility .They may want other people to admire their dogs if the dogs are of an expensive and fashionable breed . Or they may simply need some sort of companionship or love .)

Conclusion :

Should : need to live as a dog

For a dog change yourself slightly to fit in with a human pack

accept anything forced on you

Should not : deny your true nature

help with some specific tasks like hunting or guiding

keep burglars away

reasons for keeping a dog give their children a sense of responsibility

want other people to admire their dogs

need some sort of companionship or love

4. Practicing asking and answering the questions in pairs .

5. Retell the text using the key words .

6. Explanation of the new words and phrases .

①be aware of sb./sth.

that …

②vary from sth to sth : change from … to…

vary with : change according to some factors

eg.Her mood varied from optimism to extreme depression .

Prices vary with the seasons .

③represent : stand for or be a symbol or equivalent of (sb/sth); symbolize

eg.Phonetic symbols represent sounds .

The rose represents England .

(representation n.

representative adj.)

④interpret (sth as sth ) : understand sth in a particular way

eg.--------- How would you interpret his silence ?

---------- I would interpret it as a refusal .

⑤put sb/sth into danger

⑥try doing

try to do

⑦fit in (with sb/sth): be in harmony (with sb/sth)

eg.Do these plans fit in with your arrangements ?

adv.

adj.

⑧end up + prep. : reach or come to a certain place , state or action , esp. by a lengthy

分词 route or process .

n.

eg.end up in prison

end up in Shanghai

He ended up apologizing .

If he carries on driving like that , he’ll end up dead .

⑨force sth on sb : make sb accept sth against his will

eg.force one’s ideas , company, attention on sb

⑩keep (sb/sth) away (from sb/sth) : cause sb/sth not to go near sb/sth

keep (sb/sth) off (sb/sth) : cause sb/sth not approach, touch , etc. sb/sth.

eg.Keep your hands off me.

Assignments

1. Do the exercises on the textbook .

2. Writing

P 162 Exercise 6

3. Oral practice :

What can a pet owner learn from the story “Understanding your owner ?”

4. Feedback

Unit 11 Understanding Your Owner