Unit1LivingwellPeriod2AsamplelessonplanforLearningaboutLanguage(RevisetheInfinitive)IntroductionInthisperiodstudentswillbefirsthelpedbytheteachertodiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulwordsandcollocations,andthentodiscoverandrevisetheinfinitive.Thefollowingstepsofteachingmaybetaken:warmingupbyworkingonthetypeofwritingandsummaryofMarty’sstory，learningabouttheInfinitive，listening,readingandcompleting，learningandfinding，makingsentenceswiththeInfinitiveandclosingdownbyreadingapoeminEnglish.ObjectivesTohelpstudentsrevisetheinfinitiveTohelpstudentsdiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulwordsandcollocationsTohelpstudentsdiscoverandlearntousesomeusefulstructuresProcedures1.WarmingupbyworkingonthetypeofwritingandsummaryofMarty’sstoryItisimportanttofindmainideaswhenreading.Mainideashelpyourememberimportantinformation.Themainideaofaparagraphtellsthetopicoftheparagraph.Thetopictellswhatallormostofthesentencesareabout.Theothersentencesintheparagrapharecalleddetails.Detailsdescribeorexplainthemainidea.Readthetexttofindthemainidea.Weshallfirstgobacktopage8toreadthetexttocompletethetablebelow.TypeofwritingAnemailSummaryoftheemailMarty’sstory■Therearenotmanypeopleintheworldlikeme.■Ihaveamusclediseasethatsometimesmakesmeveryweak.■Ihavelearnedtoadapttomydisability.Mymottois:liveonedayatatime.■UpuntilIwasabout10yearsold,Iwasthesameaseveryoneelseinmyclass.■OneoftheworstthingsaboutmydiseaseisthatIdon’tlookanydifferentfromotherpeople.■MyambitionistoworkinthecomputerindustrywhenIgrowup.■Inmanywaysmydisabilityhasmademegrowstrongerandmoreindependent.2.LearningabouttheInfinitiveInfinitiveAninfinitiveisthesimplepresentformofaverbusedaseitheranoun,adjective,oradverb.Theverboftheinfinitiveisnormallyprecededbythewordto.Whentheinfinitivefollowssomeverbsasthedirectobject,the“to”maybedropped.Aninfinitivephraseistheinfinitiveplusanycomplementsandanymodifiersoftheinfinitiveandcomplements.AsaNoun:Hehelpedtowritetheprogram.AsanAdjective:Lydiawaslookingforawaytoearnmoney.AsanAdverb:Heshoutedtogetourattention.ToDropped:Hehelpedwritetheprogram.Intheaboveexamples,theinfinitiveisitalicizedandtheinfinitivephraseisunderlined.3.Listening,readingandcompletingNowyouaregoingtolistentoashortparagraphaboutZhangHaidi.ThemodelstatusofZhangHaidi(ShandongProvince,1955),widelypublicizedinprintandinpropagandapostersfrom1983on,isaninterestingone.ZhangHaidi,alsoknownasLingLing,becameaparaplegicattheageoffivefollowingfouroperationsfortheremovaloftumorsinherspine.Whenshereceivednewsthatherillnesswasincurable,shewasreportedtohaveattemptedtocommitsuicidebytakingsleepingpills,anactionusuallyconsideredasabetrayaloftherevolutionandasevidenceofdiscontentwithsocialism,andthereforeastheactofacoward.Sheneverwenttoschool,butthroughdiligentself-study,shelearnedtoreadbooksonpolitics,literatureandmedicalscience.Shealsolearnedforeignlanguages,includingEnglish,JapaneseandGerman.Shedidnotonlyfunctionasamodelbecauseofherintellectualaccomplishmentsorherdevotiontoservingothers,butalsobecause"...InLeiFeng,Chineseyouthshadtoreachforcommunism.InZhangHaidi,communismreachesforChineseyouths."Nowyouaretocompletethetwoparagraphsonpage4choosingtherightwordsfromthelist.4.LearningandfindingWhatisanInfinitive?Theinfinitiveusuallyoccurswith'To'(forexampleTogo,Tocome,Towearetc.),exceptafteranauxiliaryormodalverb.Itisaverbformthatshowsnoperson,tenseoraspect.EXAMPLESOFTHEINFINITIVE:IhadtogoImustgoIwanttosingToerrishumanYoudon'tknowherYoumaycomeThefollowingverbformsarederivedfromtheInfinitive:i/Imperative(sameasInfinitivebutwithout'To')ii/PresentSimple(sameasInfinitivewithout'To'butthethirdpersonsingulartakes's')iii/PresentParticipleorGerund(add'ing')Nowreadthetextonceagaintofindandcopyonpage5allsentenceswhichcontainexamplesoftheInfinitive.5.MakingsentenceswiththeInfinitive1.Tohaveamusclediseaseisveryboringforanypeople.2.Idonotwanttomakemybodyveryweak.3.Toclimbstairs,youneedsometips.4.Idon’twantyoutodropthingswhilegoingalongthestreet.5.Tobumpintoacarisdangerous.6.Tomakelifewellworthlivingyouhavetolearntolivewithwhatyouhave.7.Heislookingforwaysnottogetworseorgetolder.8.Hestayedontoadapttothelifethere.9.Mymottoistoliveonedayatatime.10.Helikestoclimbtree,playfootballanddreamaboutbecomingrichovernight.11.IhopetorepresentmycountryintheWorldCup.12.Gettingweakerandweaker,Ihavenostrengtheventogetoutofbed.13.Togointohospitalfortests,Ihavetomissalotofschool.14.Helearnstolookatsmallthingsunderamicroscope.15.Togetoutofbreath,youjusthavetorunashortway.
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