Background information
Students：24 junior students
Lesson duration：90min.
Teaching objectives：
1． To know what is Suspense and how to write a story about Suspense.
2． To understand the construction of paging system
3． To master some important new words and attributive clauses Focal & Difficult Points
Teaching contents：
Passage The Lady or the Tiger
Suspense
New words
Difficult sentence
Teaching aid：
Ppt, blackboard, chalk, pictures, white papers, tapes
Type of the lesson: vocabulary speaking
Teaching procedures：
Step 1. show them what is Suspense.(10min.)
Suspense is defined as a feeling of anxiety or excitement that results from being uncertain about an outcome or a decision.
We will feel suspense during watching a match, attending a competition, or reading certain stories, such as psychological crime story, detective story, or seeing films of the kind.
Usually, in a story the end of it marks the end of the suspense, but our text The Lady or the Tiger? Is an unresolved short story. It leaves us in suspense in the end. Rather than tell us what happens, the author prefers to make us reflect on the feelings and motives of the princess.
Step 2. Read the following passage：(10min.)
The lady or the Tiger? P4 and think which came out of the opened door, --- the
lady, or the tiger?
I. Pre-reading:
In the story you are going to read, there are a powerful king, a beautiful princess, a handsome young man and a ferocious(凶暴的)beast. Make an imaginary story about the characters in groups before reading.
Step 3. Group work(15min.)
Which came out of the opened door, --- the lady, or the tiger?
Sample 1
I think the lady would come out of the opened door. Although the princess was jealous of the young lady and thought of her lover’s marrying the young lady as unbearable, she found it even harder to see her lover attacked and tortured by the tiger in public. Besides, being the daughter of the king, she had the power to do anything, just as she found out the secret about the two doors. She could, some day, manage to marry the one she loved.
Sample 2
I think the tiger would come out of the opened door. From the story we can see that the princess burned with jealousy and anguish at the thought of her lover’s going to marry the beautiful young lady. She wouldn’t share the love of the young man with anyone else. Of the two choices, with flowers, the latter was far more unbearable to her, a willful and jealous lady. So, she thought letting him die would be a better way out.
Step 4.New words(35min.)
1. administer v. administrative a. administrator n. administration n. manage or direct (esp. the affairs of a business, government, etc.) 管理，处理，治理；执行；[fml] give 给予；施行
The company’s finances have been badly administered.
You will need some experience in administration before you can run the department. The courts administer the law. 法院执行法律。
to administer punishment 予以惩罚
administration n. （某一总统或执政党领导的）政府；内阁（任期）
A member of the last Labor administration 上届工党政府成员
During the Reagan Administration 在里根政府任期内
2. despairing a. despair (of) v. lose all hope or confidence
n. sth. that causes this feeling
She received the news with a despairing sigh. (a.)
Don’t despair; things will get better soon. (v.)
I despair of ever passing my driving test! (v.)
Defeat after defeat filled us with despair. (n.)
He is the despair of his teacher because he refuses to study. (n.)
【比较】desperate a. ready for any wild act and not caring about danger, esp. because of loss of hope; [尤指因绝望而]不顾一切的，拼死的；
(for) suffering extreme need, anxiety, loss of hope 极需要的;
极焦急的；绝望的
A desperate criminal
She ‘s desperate for work / money.
desperation n.
In desperation, I kicked the door open, only to find that he was lying in bed unconscious.
3. destiny n. 1) fate; what must happen and cannot be changed;
2) the power that decides the course of events, thought of as a person or a
force 命运之神
Many of our white brothers have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.
Destiny is sometimes cruel.
destined a. (for) intended, esp. by fate, for some special purpose 预定的；注定的；命定的
Destined for an acting career
They were destined never to see each other again.
Medicine is her destined profession.
【比较】fate n. the power or force which is supposed to be the cause of and in control of all events, in a way which is beyond human control 天命，命运; 结局（尤指死亡） He expected to spend his life in Italy, but fate had decreed （裁决）otherwise.
She wondered what fate had in store for her next. 她不知道以后等待她的将是什么命运。
The company’s fate is still uncertain.
They met with a terrible fate. 他们的结局十分可怕。
4. humanity n. 1)human beings as a group; people;
2) The quality of being humane or human人性；仁慈
humane a. 人道的，仁慈的，富有同情心的；人文的
humanism n. 人道主义，人本主义；人文主义
humanities n. 人文学科
humanize v. 使有人性；使仁慈
5. suspense n. a state of uncertainty about sth. that is undecided or not yet known The suspense was unbearable.
The children waited in suspense to hear the end of the story.
【区别】suspension n. suspend v. 暂停，终止；吊，悬
suspension bridge 悬（索）桥，吊桥
suspicion n. suspicious a. 怀疑（的），嫌疑（的）
suspect v. n. a. 怀疑，嫌疑；嫌疑犯
6. on trial 1)（法庭）审判，审理
He is going on trial for armed robbery.
The murder trial lasted six weeks.
trial n. a. 2) 试验
trial period 试用期
trial and error 反复试验（以得到最佳效果）
We established our present working methods by a process of trial and error.
Step 5. Difficult sentence: (15min.)
1. When a subject was accused of a crime of sufficient importance to interest the king, public notice was given that on an appointed day the fate of an accused person would be decided in the king’s arena. (L. 3-5)
that 引导的句子为同位语从句，与notice是同位关系。
当臣民被指控犯罪，而其罪行足以令国王关注时，就会发布公告，告知在某一指定的日期，被告的命运将在国王的竞技场上决定。
be accuse of : somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something The government was accused of incompetence.
be charged with : to accuse somebody formally of a crime so that there can be a trial in a court of law
Police have charged Mr. Bell with murder.
be convicted of : to decide and state officially in a court of law that somebody is guilty of a crime
He has twice been convicted of robbery.
2. He was subject to no guidance or influence, only chance. (L.11-12)
他不会得到任何提示，只有凭运气。
be subject to：1) governed by or dependent on
The plans are subject to ministerial approval.
2) tending or likely
He is subject to ill health.
3) cause to experience or suffer (usu. pass.)
He was subject to torture
3. …, as the custom was, … (L.47) 按照惯例
【比较】 habit； tradition
custom: the accepted way of behaving or doing things in a society or a community It is the custom in that country for women to marry young.
habit: a thing one does often and almost without thinking
I used to swim twice a week, but I seem to have got out the habit recently.
tradition: a belief, custom or way of doing something that has existed for a long time among a particular group of people
The school has a well-established tradition of teaching and research in these areas.
4. …, this fair creature glancing with admiration at her lover, … (L.57) 这位美人儿向她的情人暗送秋波
【比较】glimpse
glance v. n. : look at sth. quickly; give a short look
cast / take a glance at
As I was making the speech, I glanced at the clock.
glimpse v. n. : see by chance, just for a moment
catch a glimpse of
I glimpsed / caught a glimpse of the Town Hall clock as we drove quickly past.
Step 5. Useful expressions(10min.)
１.罪恶受到惩罚，美德得以回报
crime was punished or virtue rewarded
2 .某一指定日期
on an appointed day
3.另一边有两扇一模一样的门，紧紧挨着
on the other side were two doors, exactly alike and side by side
4 .他不会得到任何提示，只有凭运气。
He was subject to no guidance or influence, only chance
5 .将他撕得四分五裂
tear him to pieces
Step 6. Homework(5min.)
Which came out of the opened door, --- the lady, or the tiger? Finish the story.