教学目标
Teaching Aims and demands
本单元通过学习马克·吐温的《百万英镑》并改编成短剧形式的课文，学生能初步了解作者的风格。学生应能在教师的指导下，排演这个短剧。通过对话课的学习与操练，学生接触表示坚持个人意见的常用语句，并要求学生运用到实际会话中。学习并初步掌握as if和no matter引导让步状语从句的用法。
Teaching important and difficult points
1．单词
run, choice, note, change, fool, order, pleasant, right, assistant, customer, foolish, insist, tailor depend, favo(u)r , apologize, excited
2．词组
shop assistant, a clothes shop, give back, or else, change…for …, in the sun, try on, depend on, take place, get off, put on, drop in, once upon a time, do up, in fact, keep back, play the part of, next to
3．交际用语
There seems to be something wrong with it.
I would like you to change this blouse.
You sold me a blouse that I can’t use any more.
I am afraid I can’t do that right now.
Why can’t you do something about it?
Is anything the matter?
4．语法
学习as if和no matter的用法。
教学建议
课文建议
在Lesson 38课，建议教师应组织学生1）以节目的形式演出这段对话。2）教师可选取录像或多媒体形式完成此课的教学任务。3）教师把学生分成三人一组，适当准备一些道具排演本课的最后结局的短剧。4）教师要求学生找出能刻画服装店老板人物特征和心理变化的相关语句。如：There’s a customer, Tod, Will you serve him? / No matter what he is wearing , Tod, just show him the cheapest./Come, come. Get him his change, Tod..
对话分析
本单元对话是讲述在服装店调换衣服的经过，学生对其内容较易理解，但一些新单词的用法应掌握，如：customer, run, insist, change…for…。本课中也提供了给学生做相应对话的练习，如：A pair of trousers, A radio的口语练习。
教学重点难点
1.serve的用法
1)serve(sb.) as sth.表示“为（某人）工作，（尤指）当佣人”。
He served as a gardener and chauffeur.他做园艺工人兼司机。
2)serve还可表示“供职，服役”。
He has served his country well.他为国尽职。
3)serve sb. (with sth.). 表示“将（饭菜）端上桌。”
Four waiters served lunch for us.有四位服务员招待我们吃午饭。
4)serve 还可用于“（在商店等处）接待（顾客）或为顾客取货物”的意思中。
Are you being served?有售货员接待您吗？
He served some sweets to the children.他为孩子们拿来了他们想要的糖。
5)serve 还指“（一份饭）够……”。
This packet of soup serves two.这包汤料够两个人食用。
2.judge的用法
1)judge用作动词，表示作“断定，估计，认为”解。其后可带宾语从句，也可带不定式或形容词、名词等引导的宾补成分。
We judge that they have finished.我们估计他们已经干完了。
We judge them to have finished.我们估计他们已经干完了。
She judged him about fifty.她估计他在五十岁左右。
The committee judged it better to start the investigation at once.委员会认为最好立即开始此项调查。
From his letter, we judged his visit to China a great success.从他的来信判断他对中国的访问非常成功。
2)judge用作“判断，断定”解时，还可接wh—分句或wh—加不定式结构。
I can’t judge whether she was right or wrong.我不能断定她是对还是错。
3)judge还可表示“评判，评价”，可说judge sb. / sth.
Don’t judge a man by his looks.勿以貌取人。
4)Judging by / from…（从……来看，据……来判断）是惯用短语，可用来引导独立分句。
Judging from his looks ,he may be sick.从外表看，他或许生病了。
Judging by his accent, he must be from Guangdong.听口音，他准是个广东人。
3.get off的用法
1)get off意为“脱下”。
It’s rather hot today, we must get off the jacket.今天太热了，我们必须脱下夹克衫。
2)注意：get off还可作“下车”；“离开”；“出发”；“起飞”解。
As soon as I got off the bus, I started for the village on foot. 我一下公共汽车，就开始步行到村里去。
We must get off at once or we' II be late我们必须马上走，否则要迟到了。
We got off immediately after breakfast.我们一吃过早饭就出发了。
The plane got off on time. 飞机准时起飞。
4．favor的用法
1）in favor (of )表示“赞成、主张”，常用作表语或后置定语。
The students were in favor of reform. 学生赞成改革。
2）do sb. a favor或do a favor for sb. 是个正式的礼貌用语，意思是 “给某人以恩惠，帮某人的忙”。
Would you do me a favor? 帮我一下好吗？
Do me a favor by turning off the radio. 帮我把收音机关掉。
Do me the favor to come. 务请光临。
注：do sb. a favor后接of doing 或不定式时，应将不定冠词a改为定冠词the。
