课标人教实验版高一 Module 2

Unit 5

Listening Listening

Hello,

everyone. My

name is

Freddy.

Listen to the story of “Freddy the

Frog(Ⅰ)” once and then write

down the main idea.

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This story is about a singer who joined a band and became a singer.

Listen to the tape again and do the

true or false exercise.

1. Freddy had changed from a man

to a frog.

2. He felt lonely in his lake till he met

his friends on the lily leaf.

3.The singers of the band could sing

very loudly.

F

T

T

4. Freddy thought he could sing as well

as the other singing frogs.

5. Freddy was very confident about his

singing.

6. He sang the song to ask the other

frogs to be his friends.

F

F

F

Listening textListening text

FREDDY THE FROGFreddy the frog dipped his long, thin legs into the water. Within a few short weeks he had changed from a small tadpole into the beautiful animal he was now. He smiled to himself. Then suddenly he heard a fine, deep sound that carried far into the darkness of

The quiet night. Freddy looked up. “Other

frogs! I must try and find them,” he

thought. “It’s so hard being a grown-up

frog on my own.”

He began to swim slowly towards the

sound. Suddenly he knocked into a large

lily pad. On it sat three confident frogs and

they were playing instruments. Freddy

climbed onto the leaf. “Can I sing with

you ?” he asked quietly. “Of course,” they said. He opened his mouth wide and began:Help! I need somebody,Help! Not just anybody.Help! You know I need someone. Help!When I was young and so much younger than today, I never needed anybody’s help in any way.

But now these days are gone,

I’m not so self-assured.

Now I find-I’ve changed my mind,

I’ve opened up the doors.

(Chorus)

Help me if you can, I’m feeling down.

And I do appreciate you being round.

Help me get my feet back on the

ground.

Won’t you please, please help me!

Extensive readingExtensive reading

We formed a band

and soon we became

famous and went

to Britain to give

performances.

Then what would happen in

Britain? We would succeed

or fail?

Did Freddy and his band get a great

success in Britain?

Yes, they got a great success and

became very popular in Britain.

What’s the main idea of the story?

This is a story about a band that

became famous and did not like it.

Homework

Express your opinion on the following questions.What do you think are the advantages of being famous?What are the advantages of not being famous?Do you think you would enjoy being famous?

1. Freddy was now quite confident whe

n he went into a concert hall.

be confident + 从句 对……有信心 be confident of (about, in )

对……有信心

Language points for Reading II

He is quite confident that he’ll pass

the driving text.

Don’t be too confident in your own

opinion.

Tom is confident of his ability to

overcome the difficulty.

2. He had to go to London, wear an expen

sive suit and give a performance to a T

V camera.

performance n. 表演 performer n. 表演者 perform v. 表演 , 履行 , 执行 , 表现

They put on a performance last night.

What play will be performed tomorrow?

Perform your promise.

The car performs well on hills.

One should perform one’s duties.

3. Then things went wrong. Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere without being followed.

go wrong …… 出了毛病 = Something is wrong with… = There is something wrong with… My watch went wrong yesterday. What’s wrong with you? He was done wrong. 他受了冤枉。

This song is a ballad and tells a

story. Each part tells some of the

story. Write down the main idea

for each part.

P73 Reading task

1. When his son is growing up, his

father is often away and very busy.

But the son wants to copy his father.

2. At ten the father is too busy to play

with his son, but the son still wants

to copy his father.

3. Home from college the son is too busy

to talk to his father.

4. Now the father is old and retired, he

finds his son is too busy to see him. He

now realizes that his son has grown up

just like him.