Why Do We Need Dictionaries教案

3. if something is comprehensive, it includes all or nearly all the information possible.
4. something that is obsolete is no longer used or produced.
5. a publication is a book, magazine, etc. that has been published.
step 6 read passage 2 in a loud voice and answer the following questions
1. who were originally responsible for the concept of the oed?
2. how did the editor james murray improve the production of the dictionary?
3. how long did it take before the first part was published?
4. why does the writer say that the project was clearly too big for one person to take on?
5. how have things advanced since the publication of first dictionary?
二、language points
1. of all time:有史以來
2. at the time: 當時
3. sign a contract: 簽合同
4. rather than: 而不是     other than: 除了
5. from…. to….:從….到…. e.g. from door to door
from generation to generation
from shoulder to shoulder
6. at the touch of :一接觸到….
e.g. at the flick of…. at the mention of…. at the news of….at the click of
7. as…..as:和…一樣
8. during (over, in) the last (past) several years: 在最近幾年(與現在完成時連用)
9. comprehensive ---comprehension
homework: remember the new words and read the text fluently
period three
content: language in use (1) & (2)
aim:引導學生掌握by, do/does/, if, or, want, why的用法.
1. by
prep.(1) 用于表示動作由執行者發出,注意與with的比較,后者著重指利用的根據和材料等,例如:
he was hit by a falling stone.
he was hit with a stick.
(2) 表示靠近:
do you know the girl standing by the window?
come and sit by me.
(3)表示方式:
we are traveling to paris by plane.
she made a living by selling newspaper.
(4)表示經過:
she walked by me without noticing me.
every day i pass by the post office on my way to school.
(5) 表示身體或物體的部分:
the policeman seized him by the wraist.
the farmer took the cow by the nose.
(6)表示按照、論：
we are paid by the month.
books came in the hundreds.
(7)表示截止到, 在…之前:
by the end of last year we had seen a dozen foreign films.
they have finished all the work by noe.
(8) 表示由于:
the other day i saw linda by accident in the park.
by mistake i took his raincoat.
adv. 表示經過,度過:
ten years have gone by since we last met.
tom walked by without even looking in our direction.
2. do / does
aux. v. (1) 用來構成疑問句或否定句
do you like swimming?       she doesn’t live near here.
(2) 用來放置在動詞前加強語氣,表示強調:
do be careful!         he did turn up late.
(3)用來代替前面用到的動詞:
tod speaks english better than he did.