Inside out
Contents
Unit 1 Me (2)
Unit 3 Couples (9)
Unit 5 Review 1 (14)
Unit 7 Job (18)
Unit 8 Rich (23)
Unit 10 Review 2 (27)
Unit 14 Call (32)
Unit 18 Weird (38)
Unit 1 Me
Objectives:
Help students learn sth. about English names and choose their own favorite English name Help students learn how to improve memory
Help students learn to describe persons
Help students learn sth. about taboo topics of American culture
Outline: ( a brief description of your teaching plan)
Part 1. Name: make students know how do western people choose name for their children and make students choose their favorite English name based on Appendix A and B Part 2. How to remember people’s names? : test students’ memorial ability by doing exercise I never forget a face and make them discuss advice provided in Reading exercise of
page 6
Part 3. How to describe a person: make students familiar with two sentence patterns and learn to use them to describe the 6 persons in pictures; make students do a guessing person
game to practice their descriptive skill
Part 4. Taboo topics in American culture: through doing exercise 3 and 4 on page 8 and reading Appendix E students can get to know about some private and sensitive topics
of western people
Focuses:
Help students learn sth. about English names and choose their own favorite English name Help students learn to describe persons
Part I: ( 1st class)
Words and expressions:
1. fashionable adj. : following a style that is currently popular
2. psychologist n. expert in psychology
经典美剧排行榜3. embarrassing adj. making sb. feel embarrassed
4. original adj. newly created or formed
Activity 1. Listen to the monologue of Susan. (2 mins)
Activity 2. Talk about different names that people call you. (5 mins)
Familiy members(parents, siblings, cousins, aunt, uncle, grandparents):中合车队
Friends:
Classmates:
Activity 3. How did your parents choose your name? (10 mins)
Step 1. Let students read Name Game.
Step 2. Explain key information of the article.
Step 3. Group discussion: Divide students into several groups and make them discuss the
reasons why their parents chose this name for them.
because it sounds good because it’s fashionable
because it’s unusual or original because it’s the name of a place
because it’s the name of a famous person
斛珠夫人的男主是真太监吗
because it’s the name of another member of the family
滴水穿石的下一句
Activity 4: English name consists of 3 parts: (1 min)
First name + middle name + family name (surname)
George W. Bush
Activity 5. Let students discuss the meaning of all kinds of English names and choose their favorite English name with the additional material.(5 mins)
Part 2 (2nd class) How to describe a person
Words and expressions:
1. visualize v. Form a mental picture of sb./sth.
2. association n. mental connection between ideas
Activity 1. Let students look at the pictures of 6 persons, study these names and faces for 30 seconds, then turn to p.124 and see which they can remember. (5 mins)
Activity 2.
Step 1. Read this advice for improving your memory. Find an appropriate heading for each paragraph. (5 mins)
Step 2. Let students discuss the following questions and the additional material. (12 mins)
1) Which technique have you used for remembering names?
2) Which technique could help you to remember new English words and expressions?
3) What other ways can you think of to help remember and learn new English words and expressions?
Part 3. How to describe a person
Words and expressions:
1. Stressed out: under so much stress and pressure that you barely make it
2. An au pair is a girl without any dependents who comes to the UK to learn English and to live as part of an English speaking family.
Activity 1. Explanation: Sentence pattern (2 mins)
a)He/ She looks + adj.
b)He/ She looks like + n.
Activity 2. Let students divide words and expressions in the frame into two groups and choose proper words and expressions to describe 6 persons in pictures.(9 mins)
He/ She looks + adj./ num.
Friendly , intelligent, shy, very young,
middle-aged, stressed out, intelligent, about sixty,
fit,    a bit tired, rich
He/ She looks like + n.
a banker,    a typical mum, a doctor, Greek, a waiter,
a Swedish au pair, a student, a retired police officer
Activity 3. Guessing game: Let one student describe a student in the class and make others guess who the student is. (9 mins)
Part 4. Group work (4 students per group)
Activity 1.Let students rewrite the questions of Exercise 3 of Close up and discuss in what situations is it okay to ask these questions. (10 mins)
Questions: sensitive and private topics
1)How old are you?
2)Do you believe in life after death?
3)How much do you weigh?
4)Have you ever stolen anything?
5)How much money do you earn?
6)How many partners have you had?
Activity 2. Let students read additional material What the Americans Don’t Talk About and make them know the taboo topics in American culture. (10 mins)
w♦Age
w♦Weight
w♦Income
w♦Matters of the Heart
w♦Is It Real?
Optional: English song Stand by me (5 mins)
Appendix A: 女子英文名释义
ALICE : 一个年轻的梦想者喜欢热闹有着不受束缚的灵魂。
ANGELA: (希腊)意谓天使。常被形容为美丽，纤细的女人，温柔可人或是有活力但莽撞的女孩。
AMANDA：表示可爱的人。人们认为她保守美丽又纤细，甜美富有。
ANNE：善良、优雅、喜欢帮助人的女孩。皇室的皇后、公主很多都是这个名字或者ANNIE。BETTY：这个名字让人在脑中浮现一个金发女孩的影像，傻的可爱，又风趣。
CATHY：为CATHERINE的简写(同KATHY)，CATHY被描绘为可爱年轻的金发女子，充满活力，外向，有趣，且和善。但有些人则认为CATHY是被惯坏而且以自我为中心的女孩。CHRISTINA：同Christine。如此佳人!Christina被形容为美丽娇小的女子家境富裕，聪明世故。
CINDY：甜美，吸引人的金发女孩，活力充沛又健康。
DAISY：(老式英语)"雏菊"。森林来的"金发女孩"，甜美可爱。
DIANA：美丽，身处上流社会的金发女子，保守，安静，聪明。
ELLA：(古式英语)，"小淘气，美丽的女子"。
EMILY：娇小可爱，安静保守的女子，聪明，柔弱，拘谨。
FANNY：被描绘为黑发，丰润的女孩，快乐，风趣，非常活泼有时让人有鲁莽的感觉。GLORIA：美丽气质优雅的金发女孩，或文静，快乐，中层阶级的淑女。
爱在春天selina剧照HELLEN：美丽的上流社会的女子，有着黑发与黑眸，优雅，聪明受过高等教育的。HEBE：希腊语，意为『春天之神』其变形为Hebbe。
JANE：能力不错，可靠的女子，可以是可爱女人味十足的；也可以是纯真带孩子气的。JESSICA：甜美，美丽，受欢迎的女孩；其它的人则认为她是个难以驾驭的女强人。JESSIE：是个中性名字令人想起可爱运动型的女孩，男孩子气，爱玩，善良，且聪明。JENNIFER：这个名字非常适合可爱的金发拉拉队长，受大家欢迎，并受人喜爱。
KATE：为Katherine的简写。可爱，外向，精力充沛，脚踏实地的女子。
KATHY,KATHIE为KATHERINE,KATHERLEEN的简写(同CATHY)。KATHY被看做黑发的小女人，文静，温和又善良。
LINDA：(西班牙语)美丽的意思。是有着蓝眸的金发女孩，既甜美又文静。
LISA是ELIZABETH的别名，LISA被描绘成美丽，有趣善良并安静聪明的女孩。LUCY：来自拉丁字Lux，"光明"的意思。人们认为LUCY是有趣的乡村女孩，活泼可爱，风趣，引人注意。
MARIAH：(希伯来)同MARY，娇柔美丽的黑发姑娘，个性文静，温和，甜美。NANCY：被描绘成美丽的黑发邻家女孩，安静讨人喜欢，个性和善并甜美。
RACHEL：被描绘为美丽，娇小的黑发女子，一个聪慧能筑梦踏实的女子。
SARAH：(希伯来)"公主"。美丽，卷发的女孩，保守又友善。
SELINA：给人的印象是个性开朗，面貌柔美的女子，温柔娴熟，但有人认为她的个性阴晴不定难以捉摸。
SHIRLEY：人们将SHIRLEY描绘成灰发版的Shirley Temple-可爱，甜美，卷发，娃娃脸，有点过重。
林俊杰恋情Appendix B: 男子英文名释义
ALAN：常变形为Allan。Alan的发音近似于撒格逊语Aylwyn或Alwyn(熟悉的朋友)的意思)。所以它在英国很为人所欢迎。
ANDY：被人形容为高高的，金发的，童心未泯的普通男子，快乐，随和老实憨厚。ANTHONY：高壮黝黑的意大利男人，聪明强壮并坚忍。
ARTHUR：(凯尔特语)"贵族"，(威尔斯)英雄。Arthur有两个不同的意思：一生充满故事喜欢受注目的有趣老人；或是沉静，与众不同，信守承诺的智者。
BRIAN：(爱尔兰语)"力量，美德"，大部份人把Brian看做是爱尔兰男子，聪明，喜欢运动，并擅于社交。有些人则认为Brian是无聊喜欢黏着妈妈的孩子。
DANIEL：喜好运动勇敢，友善，值得信赖，教养良好，聪明且随和的人。
DAVID：(希伯来)挚爱的意思。人们形容DAVID是强壮，英俊，聪明的男人善良，幽默又独立。
EDWARD：(古英语)，幸福的保护人。这名字非常适合拘谨的书虫，衣冠楚楚的作家或生意人。
ERIC：(挪威)永远的领导者，永远的力量。被叙述为受欢迎的人有自信，聪明而且心地善良。HENRY：这个名字给人数种不同的看法。懦弱的四眼书虫，野心勃勃，独立自主的专业人士，或是强壮，随和的农夫。
JACK：大部份的人认为Jack是个具威胁力的人-体魄健壮，阳刚，强壮，自负，聪明。也有人认为Jack可爱，有趣喜欢追求快乐的家伙。