Lesson 43

　　I Teaching aims:

　　1.Content understanding

　　2.Vocabulary :justice;  at the mercy of;  punishment;  comfort;  take pride in;  relation;  cold-blooded; play the role of;

　　Oral presentation: acting the play out in real situation with background and intonation , expression of different characters w1ell imitated

　　II Teaching aids : tape recorder; slide show;  computer; multimedia education software

　　III Teaching main-points :

　　1．Listening and reading comprehension

　　2．Vocabulary explanation in real-situation sentences．

　　3. Role acting out of  the text “ the Merchant of Venice”

　　Teaching procedures

　　Step 1 : Content revision

　　to act out the play with the characters’ intonation and pronunciation paid special attention , and at the same time new words and expressions are required to be used properly .

　　Step 2 :Presentation

　　Listening with the following questions put forward

　　In what way did Portia get Sherlock trapped ?

　　When Sherlock failed to get what he had wanted , what did he do ?

　　What is the duke and Antonio’s reply to Sherlock’s case ?

　　Step 3 : Reading

　　group work -----role acting with detailed questions answered and  gap-filling exercises done in students’ workbook

　　Step 4 : Language points

　　take pride in : be proud of 

　　comfort : make sb feel less pain or much better than before

　　conditions .

　　Step5: Practice :

　　to rewrite the play in students’ own Words to act out the play with the characters’ different characteristics acted out , and with the characters’ intonation and  pronunciation imitated very well .( through a  group competition)