一、导读：

1. Do you like reading?

2. Have you ever read an English novel? If yes, what is it and who is the author?

二、导思：

Read the introduction to Ernest Hemingway and his novel The Old Man and the Sea.

He writes in the novel “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” How do you understand this sentence?

三、导学&导练：

Step 1 Title prediction

1. How do you understand the title?

2. Can you predict what will happen according to the title?

Step 2 Careful reading

1. Learn about the comments of the Nobel Committee on Hemingway and The Old Man and the Sea.

(1)  About the author

He was born in _________ and died in _________

An ___________ writer of novels and short stories

Well thought of for his _________ writing style

Extremely good at describing the adventures of tough men who he believes “can be _______ but not ___________”

(2)  About the novel

One of the most __________ novels of Hemingway

Tells the story of a fisherman _________ Santiago, who _________ to catch a huge fish after coming in empty-handed for __________ days.

2. Analyze the text.

(1) Find out about the old man’s and fish’s actions.

The old man’s actions_______________________________________________________________

The fish’s actions___________________________________________________________________

(2) Find the sentences in the excerpt that show the old man’s physical conditions.

________________________________________________________________________________

(3) Find the sentences about the old man’s thoughts.

________________________________________________________________________________

3. Analyze the contrast between the old man’s physical and mental conditions and leads them to the conclusion:

Physical conditions: _________________________________________________________________

Mental conditions: __________________________________________________________________

Conclusion: _______________________________________________________________________

Step 3 Critical thinking

Describe the old man’s personalities

_________________________________________________________________________________

Analyze Hemingway’s writing style.

_________________________________________________________________________________

Analyze the first paragraph and find out about Hemingway’s writing style.

_________________________________________________________________________________

Analyze the third, sixth and eighth paragraphs and find out about Hemingway’s writing style.

_________________________________________________________________________________

Explore the symbolic meanings.

• The old man: ____________________________________________________________________

• The fish: _______________________________________________________________________

• The sea: ________________________________________________________________________

Step 4 Sharing

Share with your classmates how you deal with difficulties in life and study.

四、达标导练：（10分钟）

课文内容填空

　　The fish was coming in on his circle now calm and beautiful looking and only his great tail moving. The old man pulled on him all that he could 1. ___________ (bring) him closer. For just a moment the fish turned a little on his side. Then he 2. ___________ (straight) himself and began another circle.  

　　He felt faint again now 3. ___________ he held on the great fish all the strain that he could.

　　But when he put all of his effort on, starting it well out 4. ___________ the fish came alongside and 5. ___________ (pull) with all his strength, the fish pulled part way over and then righted himself and swam away.

　　That way nothing is accomplished. His mouth was too dry 6. ___________ (speak)but he could not reach for the water now. On the next turn, he 7. _________ (near) had him. But again the fish righted himself and swam slowly away. Twice more it was 8. _________ same on the turns.

　　He tried it once more and he felt 9. ___________ (him) going when he turned the fish. The fish righted himself and swam off again slowly with the great tail weaving in the air.

　　I’ll try it again, the old man promised, although his hands were 10. ________ (mush) now and he could only see well in flashes.  

五、课后巩固训练：（30分钟）  

限时练习

六、反思感悟：

1. 本文的写作目的是什么？

2. 本文的结构清楚了吗？

3. 如何引导学生养成阅读的习惯？