Module 6 the Internet and Telecommunications教案

 for another competition. each group, choose one student to come to the blackboard, other students explain the word in simple english for him or her to guess. ( group a: women teacher, earthworm, peace-loving, sleeping pills, high-rise, half-brother, get-together, absent-minded, color-blind, outgoing, chewing-gum, paper-cut, overcoat, sleepwalker; group b: good-looking, easygoing, left-hand, paper tiger, good-tempered, passer-by, quick-minded, ever-green, shorthand, go-between, kind-hearted, airsick, mother-in-law, sports stadium.) the more, the better. for each group, two minutes. now let’s begin. who is the first, ladies or gentlemen? lady first. great!... now let’s see who is the winner? congratulations.
activity5: change some compound nouns into plural forms
1. gentleman   2. good-for-nothing    3. looker-on    4. passer-by   5. comrade-in-arms 
6. sister-in-law  7. man doctor 8. woman teacher   9. girl student    10.boy student
answers: 1. gentlemen  2. good-for-nothings 3. lookers-on 4. passers-by  5. comrades-in-arms
6. sisters-in-law  7. men doctors  8. women teachers  9. girl students  10. boy students
step ii: articles—the definite articles, the indefinite articles and zero articles
lead in: sometimes nouns exist in plural forms, but sometimes nouns can be modified by some other words. do you know what words we can put before a noun? adjectives, pronouns, articles… great! now we will learn something about the three types of article.  complete the sentence, please. ( the internet is a  biggest source of  /  information in  the  world, and it’s accessible through  the  computer.)
activity1: homework check for the rules of how to use articles
look at the words here. why do we have “the” here? (the internet,  the world wide web,      the head teacher, the universe , the world, the sun, the official language, the moon, the president,                   the capital, the sky, the atmosphere) because they are all unique. quite right. that is one rule for the articles. can you tell me more? ……
activity2: something more about the articles for the students to pay attention to.
articles are so hard to master. there is something you should pay attention to. follow me please. 1. translate the following phrases, paying attention to the different preps. .( take/catch sb. by the arm; hit sb. in the face/ on the head; wound sb. in the leg; pat sb. on the shoulder)