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Unit 6 When was it invented?
Section A (3a~3c)
教学目标
【知识与技能】
1. 掌握本课词汇: by accident, ruler, boil, remain, smell, saint, national, take place, doubt,
without doubt
2. 阅读短文，能按要求找到相应的信息。
3）通过阅读提高学生们的阅读能力。
4) 了解茶叶被发明的历史及生产制作的简要过程。
【情感、态度与价值观】
培养想象力，善于观察事物。面对难题，用积极的态度去解决，发挥想象力，认识世界，改造
世界。
教学重难点
【教学重点】
1. 掌握本部分出现的生词和词组，达到熟练运用的目标。
2. 阅读短文，获得相关的信息。通过阅读练习，来提高阅读能力。
【教学难点】
1. 阅读短文，获得相关的信息的能力。
2. 理解并运用所学的词汇及表达方式。
教学过程
Step 1 Revision
1. Check the homework.
2. Role-play the conversation in 2d.
Step 2 Lead-in
一、播放视频《茶叶的起源》，让学生们了解中国的茶文化，及茶叶被发明的渊源，并了解
其发展过程。
1. What is the video about?
2. Who is the writer of Cha Jing?
Ss try to answer the questions: It’s about the tea. Lu Yu.
Step 3 ReadingWork on 3a:
1. Tell Ss to read the article quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea.
Para. 1
Lu Yu and his book Cha Jing
Para. 2 How tea spread to other countries
How tea was invented by accident
Para. 3
Ss read the article quickly and match each paragraph with its main idea.
2. 方法指导：先阅读所给的三句话，然后快速阅读短文，抓住每一段的主题句，找到答案。
3. 学生们，按老师指导的方法进行阅读，并快速阅读三个段落 。
4. 最后，教师让部分学生回答答案，并校对答案。
Para. 1 How tea was invented by accident
Para. 2 Lu Yu and his book Cha Jing
Para. 3 How tea spread to other countries
Work on 3b:
1. 告诉学生们再次阅读短文内容，并回答3b中的所有问题。
2. 学生们先阅读这些问题，理解它们的意思，然后带着相关问题仔细回读短文，并在短文的
相关信息处划线。
3. 让学生们回答问题，并校对答案。
① It was first drunk nearly 5, 000 years ago.
② It was invented by accident.
③ Lu Yu.
④ It’s about how tea plants were grown and used to make tea.
⑤ It is believed tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. Tea
didn’t appear until around 1660 in England.
4. 让学生读一下自己的答案，并改正答案。
Step 4 Post reading
1. Read and 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.
Work on 3c. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box.
1. 告诉学生们本学习活动的要求：用所给单词的适当形式填空。
2. 让学生们读3c中的内容，理解每个句子的大体意思。
3. 学生们阅读句子内容，回想短文的内容，选择恰当的单词并用其恰当形式填空。
4. 如果不能直接填上，可以再去阅读短文，在相关的内容处，再仔细进行阅读，找到相关信
息，并完成句子。
5. Check the answers.
( 1. invented 2. drunk 3. produced 4. brought 5. traded ）[来源:学*科*网Z*X*X*K]
Step 5 Language points
1. by accident 偶然；意外地
e.g. The little girl knocked the glass by accident.小女孩不小心碰落了玻璃杯。
2. ruler n. 统治者；支配者
rule (统治) + (e)r → ruler 统治者
e.g. The new nation needed a modern-minded ruler.这个新兴国家需要一位现代头脑的统治
者。
3. boil v. 煮沸；烧开
e.g. Boil the potato for 20 minutes. 把土豆煮20分钟。
4. remain v. 保持不变；剩余
① 作连系动词，后跟名词、形容词、不定式、分词等做表语。指保持某种状态。
e.g. Peter become a manager, but Mike remained a worker.
彼得成为经理，可迈克仍是工人。
② 作不及物动词，意为“剩余”。
e.g. Only a few leaves remained on the tree. 树上仅剩下几片叶子。5. smell n. 气味
e.g. The apples give off a sweet smell.苹果发出非常甜的味道。
v. 发出气味；闻到
e.g. I can smell some nice noodle soup.我能闻到香喷喷的面汤味。
6. national adj. 国家的; 民族的
nation (国家) + al → national
e.g. The group of dancers wore national dress.那群跳舞演员穿着民族服装。
7. without doubt 毫无疑问；的确
e.g. Li Na, without doubt, is the best tennis player in China.
毫无疑问，李娜是中国最优秀的网球运动员。
8. take place 发生；出现
① 是不及物动词，不能用于被动语态；常指事先安排或事发有因的事情 。
e.g. Her sister’s marriage took place at 8:00 today.
她姐姐的婚礼今天八点举行。
② 辨析：happen则常指偶然发生的事情
e.g. I happened to see Peter on my way to the museum.
在去博物馆的路上我碰巧遇到皮特。
9. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover
tea as a drink. 据说有一位叫作神农的中国统治者最早发现了茶可以饮用。
It is said that…是个常见句式，表示“据说……”, that后面接完整的句子。
e.g. It is said that thirteen is an unlucky number in many Western countries.
据说在许多西方国家13是个不吉利的数字。
本单元还有一个类似的句式:
It is believed that…，意思是“人们认为……”, 其后同样接完整的句子。
e.g. It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.
人们认为，茶在六至七世纪传到了朝鲜和日本。
10《. 茶经》是我国唐代一部有关茶叶及品茶的专著，作者陆羽。该书共分三卷十节，全面叙
述了茶叶生产的历史，源流，生产技术以及饮茶技艺和茶道原理，享有 “茶叶百科全书”
之美誉。
Step 6 Exercises
一、根据汉语提示完成句子。
1. I found the key __________ (偶然) when I was cleaning the house.2. The May 4 Movement ___________（发生）in Beijing in 1919.
3. He’ll succeed ____________ (毫无疑问) this time.
4. ________ (据说) Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink.
5. Tea _________________(被带到) Korea and Japan during 6th and 7th centuries.
Homework
1. Read the passage several times after school.
2. Make sentences with these words:
by accident, it is believed that, take place, no doubt, be used for, fall into
教学反思
