Teaching Objectives:Enable the students to understand the reading passage about Beethoven.
Language Focus: afford to do, for fun, knock at, to one’s surprise, write down, hear sb. do/doing, dim, blind, shine (shone, shone)
Properties: Tape-recorder, Overhead projector
Teaching Procedures:
I. Organizing the class
1. Ask the students to get ready for class.
2. Greetings between the teacher and the students.
3. A duty report.
II. Revision
T: Ask the students to say sentences with “could” and “self”.
III. Reading
1. Pre-reading:
Ask the students the following questions before reading.
(1) Do you like listening to music?
(2) What do you know about Beethoven?
(3) Can you play any musical instruments? How well can you play?
(4) The teacher gives a brief introduction of Beethoven.
2. While-reading:
(1) Ask the students to read the passage silently by themselves.
(2) Ask the students to answer the reading comprehension questions.
(3) Play the tape for the passage and ask the students to read after the tape.
(4) Explain the language points.
①sonata/s[5na:t[/: musical composition for one instrument(eg. the piano) ,or two(eg. piano and violin) , normally with three or four movements. 奏鸣曲
②afford to do: (通常与can, could, be able to连用)spare or find enough time or money for