Unit3 Short Stories
一、 单元分析（Unit Analysis）
（一） 单元地位（Unit Position）
1． 本单元围绕“文学”这一主题，是高二年级第二学Unit 7 “Enjoying the Classics”的延
续，使名著更进一步走近中学生的视野。教师在详解课文之余可通过著名作家生平介绍，小说语言风格特点赏析和读者个人体会等多种形式引导学生在阅读过程中领略经典文学作品的魅力。
2． 围绕本课主题“短篇小说”，学生学习如何着手阅读小说，能根据问题提示搜寻相关
信息，抓住人物性格特点，概括小说主题，复述小说主要情节，并在此基础上，从主人公，旁白，作者和其他角色的角度来叙述故事。
3． 本课语法点继续Module One 的虚拟语气学习，主要是虚拟语气中should+动词原
形的用法，具体要求掌握重要动词suggest, insist, demand, etc. 的虚拟用法。
4． 教师可围绕“短篇小说”这一主题，设计活动让学生进行小组讨论，如：以“My
Favorite Short Stories”为题。并要求学生在讨论过程中练习使用礼貌打断别人说话的用语。
（二）单元目标（Unit Target）
1. 能让学生欣赏以简写的或原版的形式出现的英语简单故事。
2. 进一步学习虚拟语气语法现象，掌握重要动词suggest, insist, demand, etc.等的虚拟
用法。
3． 能区分suggest, insist不同含义下的用法。
4． 能从小说三要素的角度赏析英文原版或简写版短篇小说，并能运用不同人称转述，复述主要故事情节。
（三）单元重点（Unit Points）
1 关键词：
◆ 语言知识类
catch sight of; keep body and soul together; beyond one’s means; follow one’s example; serve sb. right; compare with; touch upon.
◆ 交际功能类
1） 人物性格，气质，神态：talkative, generous, mean, absent-minded; blush
2） 重要动词：flatter; reassure; fancy; assure
2 功能：
1)Interrupting others politely in a conversation(参考textbook P.5 Useful Language)
● Excuse me.
● I am sorry, but I…
● Just wait a minute.
● Hang on, please.
● I hate to interrupt, but I have to tell you now…
● Excuse me for my interruption.
● Sorry to interrupt, but did I hear you say…?
● Speaking of dramas, have you seen Tea House by Lao She?
2） Writing a narrative paragraph
● narrate or tell fictional or non-fictional experiences from either a first-person or third-person
perspective.
● Setting, Characters, Plot, Climax, Theme
3 语法点：
本课出现了宾语从句中的虚拟语气should+动词原形的用法。主要是动词suggest, insist, demand 的虚拟用法，应作为本课的教学重点。
二、 教学设计（Teaching Designs）
在描述的过程中，要求学生的描述应该包括以下几个方面：
She-----the lady
Appearance ---------What did she look like ?
Language-----What did she say repeatedly ?
Behaviour----What did she actually do ?
Food -----List the things that she ate and drank
I-----the writer
Money-----What do you know about the writer’s financial state?
Behaviour ---What did he try to appear?
Attitude ---How did he respond to the lady’s greediness?
Food---What did he order for himself?
[链接2]
Listening
One day a man who had never done anything wrong noticed that a tree was growing out of his head. This was not painful to the man, but made him feel awkward when other people were around. He asked his wife to chop down the tree, but she was afraid that he might bleed to death if she did. So instead he went to see a woman who could use charms to solve difficult problems. She lived in a hut some distance away and so the man had to bear the stares of all the people as he walked to her place.
The charm woman said he must have done something bad to have this happen, but the man insisted that he had always behaved well. In that case, said the woman, he must be planning to do something bad. She took a special herb out of her bag and said he must eat it every day for a week. He must also pay her two cows, for the herb was expensive, and it was not easy to stop trees growing out of people’s heads. The man promised to do that.
[链接3]
1) the interview covers: how many elements are there in the plot of a story？
2) preparing for a brief account of the interview
3) exchanging the result of the interview among groups
4) one representative of each group is to be selected to give a presentation in the class
b ： 老师介绍小说中的一些要素。
Reading
1. The plot of a story is made up of three main stages: the beginning, the middle and the
ending.
2. The plot of a story consists of seven elements, which are setting, characters, conflict,
events, actions, climax and ending.
3. The setting, the important characters and the conflict.
4. The conflict is the problem around which all the actions and events of the story take place.
5. The conflict is settled or solved in the context of actions or events which are presented
mainly in the middle of a story.
6. Some important change finally leads to a real solution of the problem.
7. The solution is usually given at the end of a story. In other words, the climax is the change,
the turning point, and the solution is the result of the change or the effect of the turning point.
8. There are three types of endings introduced: a happy ending, a sad ending and no ending. c ．同时扩充学生对文学中不同题材的一些术语。
Word Bank
Title page 封面
Date of publication 出版日期
Index 索引
Table of contents 目录
Bibliography of reference 参考书目
Publisher 出版商
Preface 序言
Appendix 附录
Back cover 封底
Fiction 小说
Novel 长篇小说
Blurb 内容简介
Non-fiction （记实性的）散文文学
Short story 短篇小说
[链接4]
常用动词：如：insist ， order ， require ， suggest ， ask ， demand, recommend，require ， request, urge，propose ， advise ，等。
● 每一对学生用其中的任何动词，编一段情景对话，要求能够恰当地使用虚拟语气，
同另外一对学生做交流。
● 最后教师在请几对学生向全班做对话表演，其他学生做评论。
[链接5]
What do you think of the most important factors in choosing a book?
personal interest, price，quality ， content ，colour ，
Ask the students to recommend a book which you like best and explain why
Unit3 Short Stories
一、 单元分析（Unit Analysis）
（一） 单元地位（Unit Position）
1． 本单元围绕“文学”这一主题，是高二年级第二学Unit 7 “Enjoying the Classics”的延
续，使名著更进一步走近中学生的视野。教师在详解课文之余可通过著名作家生平介绍，小说语言风格特点赏析和读者个人体会等多种形式引导学生在阅读过程中领略经典文学作品的魅力。
2． 围绕本课主题“短篇小说”，学生学习如何着手阅读小说，能根据问题提示搜寻相关
信息，抓住人物性格特点，概括小说主题，复述小说主要情节，并在此基础上，从主人公，旁白，作者和其他角色的角度来叙述故事。
3． 本课语法点继续Module One 的虚拟语气学习，主要是虚拟语气中should+动词原
形的用法，具体要求掌握重要动词suggest, insist, demand, etc. 的虚拟用法。
4． 教师可围绕“短篇小说”这一主题，设计活动让学生进行小组讨论，如：以“My
Favorite Short Stories”为题。并要求学生在讨论过程中练习使用礼貌打断别人说话的用语。
（二）单元目标（Unit Target）
1. 能让学生欣赏以简写的或原版的形式出现的英语简单故事。
2. 进一步学习虚拟语气语法现象，掌握重要动词suggest, insist, demand, etc.等的虚拟
用法。
3． 能区分suggest, insist不同含义下的用法。
4． 能从小说三要素的角度赏析英文原版或简写版短篇小说，并能运用不同人称转述，复述主要故事情节。
（三）单元重点（Unit Points）
1 关键词：
◆ 语言知识类
catch sight of; keep body and soul together; beyond one’s means; follow one’s example; serve sb. right; compare with; touch upon.
◆ 交际功能类
1） 人物性格，气质，神态：talkative, generous, mean, absent-minded; blush
2） 重要动词：flatter; reassure; fancy; assure
2 功能：
1)Interrupting others politely in a conversation(参考textbook P.5 Useful Language)
● Excuse me.
● I am sorry, but I…
● Just wait a minute.
● Hang on, please.
● I hate to interrupt, but I have to tell you now…
● Excuse me for my interruption.
● Sorry to interrupt, but did I hear you say…?
● Speaking of dramas, have you seen Tea House by Lao She?
2） Writing a narrative paragraph
● narrate or tell fictional or non-fictional experiences from either a first-person or third-person
perspective.
● Setting, Characters, Plot, Climax, Theme
3 语法点：
本课出现了宾语从句中的虚拟语气should+动词原形的用法。主要是动词suggest, insist, demand 的虚拟用法，应作为本课的教学重点。
二、 教学设计（Teaching Designs）
在描述的过程中，要求学生的描述应该包括以下几个方面：
She-----the lady
Appearance ---------What did she look like ?
Language-----What did she say repeatedly ?
Behaviour----What did she actually do ?
Food -----List the things that she ate and drank
I-----the writer
Money-----What do you know about the writer’s financial state?
Behaviour ---What did he try to appear?
Attitude ---How did he respond to the lady’s greediness?
Food---What did he order for himself?
[链接2]
Listening
One day a man who had never done anything wrong noticed that a tree was growing out of his head. This was not painful to the man, but made him feel awkward when other people were around. He asked his wife to chop down the tree, but she was afraid that he might bleed to death if she did. So instead he went to see a woman who could use charms to solve difficult problems. She lived in a hut some distance away and so the man had to bear the stares of all the people as he walked to her place.
The charm woman said he must have done something bad to have this happen, but the man insisted that he had always behaved well. In that case, said the woman, he must be planning to do something bad. She took a special herb out of her bag and said he must eat it every day for a week. He must also pay her two cows, for the herb was expensive, and it was not easy to stop trees growing out of people’s heads. The man promised to do that.
[链接3]
1) the interview covers: how many elements are there in the plot of a story？
2) preparing for a brief account of the interview
3) exchanging the result of the interview among groups
4) one representative of each group is to be selected to give a presentation in the class
b ： 老师介绍小说中的一些要素。
Reading
1. The plot of a story is made up of three main stages: the beginning, the middle and the
ending.
2. The plot of a story consists of seven elements, which are setting, characters, conflict,
events, actions, climax and ending.
3. The setting, the important characters and the conflict.
4. The conflict is the problem around which all the actions and events of the story take place.
5. The conflict is settled or solved in the context of actions or events which are presented
mainly in the middle of a story.
6. Some important change finally leads to a real solution of the problem.
7. The solution is usually given at the end of a story. In other words, the climax is the change,
the turning point, and the solution is the result of the change or the effect of the turning point.
8. There are three types of endings introduced: a happy ending, a sad ending and no ending. c ．同时扩充学生对文学中不同题材的一些术语。
Word Bank
Title page 封面
Date of publication 出版日期
Index 索引
Table of contents 目录
Bibliography of reference 参考书目
Publisher 出版商
Preface 序言
Appendix 附录
Back cover 封底
Fiction 小说
Novel 长篇小说
Blurb 内容简介
Non-fiction （记实性的）散文文学
Short story 短篇小说
[链接4]
常用动词：如：insist ， order ， require ， suggest ， ask ， demand, recommend，require ， request, urge，propose ， advise ，等。
● 每一对学生用其中的任何动词，编一段情景对话，要求能够恰当地使用虚拟语气，
同另外一对学生做交流。
● 最后教师在请几对学生向全班做对话表演，其他学生做评论。
[链接5]
What do you think of the most important factors in choosing a book?
personal interest, price，quality ， content ，colour ，
Ask the students to recommend a book which you like best and explain why