牛津高中英语牛津高中英语 ( 模块九 · 高三上学期 )

Word power 板块：教学设计 —— 课件 Unit ２ Greek in English

Unit ２ 课件描述： 本课件是第二单元的第四课时，主要 是了解英语中的希腊语词汇。通过讨论 复习文化遗址引出话题：希腊的语言也 对英语产生了很大的影响。同样，英语 中也有许多来自其他语言的词汇。学生 通过本课的学习可以提高他们的词汇学 习策略。

Title Revision and discussion Brainstorming Vocabulary learning Vocabulary extension Word guessing Discussion Summary and homework

Lead-in Can you identify where the following world heritage sites are?

Venice Italy

Cathedral of Notre Dame France

The Great Barrier Reef Australia

The Kremlin and Red Square Russia

Longmen Grottoes China

Machu Piccu Peru

The Statue of Liberty USA

The Taj Mahal India

The Tower of London UK

There are a lot of English words derived from Greek. Can you list some examples? Brainstorming

Read the passage in Part A and answer the following questions: 1. What words does Greek contribute to the English language? 2. Why are there so many scientific words that come from Greek? Words related to science, sport and many everyday words. Because the Greeks made a huge contribution to the field of science.

Vocabulary learning Work in pairs and put the words mentioned in Part A in the correct fields in the following chart.

Academic subjects Arts and Humanities science Philosophy Geography Economics Theology Politics History Arithmetic Mathematics Biochemistry Geology Astronomy Geometry Physics Chemistry Biology

borrowed words from Greek science prefixes suffixes sport technology bicycle television plastic anti- auto- bio- kilo- tele- micro- -ism -ist -ize -phone -scope gymnasium athlete stadium marathon

borrowed words from Greek music theatre others theatre tragedy comedy music orchestra chorus choir pyramid mechanic museum ocean mystery photo democracy

Fill in the blanks in Part C on page 23 Practice Answers ： (1) theatre (2) music (3) choir/chorus (4) History (5) museums (6) Geography (7) Science (8) technology

Apart from the Greek language, the English language also borrowed many words from other languages. Vocabulary extension Please find out as many words as possible and write your answers on the paper.

Anglo-Saxon: pick … Norse: lift … French: beef, mutton, pork, bacon, naive, … German endings: men, oxen, feet, teeth, children … Latin: novel, fiction, capital …

Word guessing Can you guess the meaning of the following words according to what you’ve learned? triangle telescope biotechnology automobile socialist kilometer gymnast marathon microwave specialize tragedy communism

Greek proverbs Read the following ones and try to translate them into Chinese. Beauty of the mind is superior to that of the body.— Aesop What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful. —Sappho Better to be envied than pitied.—Thales No man is free who cannot master himself.— Pythagoras Keep a healthy mind in a healthy body.—Socrates

Discussion 1. Does the Chinese language borrow words from other languages? Examples? 2. Why does a language need to borrow words from other languages?

Homework 1. Revise the words learned. 2. Find out more borrowed words in English and exchange information next time.