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人教版高中語文必修2《我有一個夢想》教案2篇
全班齊讀第五段內容。請一位同學分析，接著讓這位同學按他分析的讀一遍。3、4兩自然段的平緩之后，第5段作者的情感再次抬升。為了滿足這種情感的張揚，作一口氣連用了四個排比句式“現(xiàn)在是……時候”，一方面這是情感發(fā)泄的需要，另一方面這種排山倒海的語勢也加強了內容的表達，極強地突出了現(xiàn)實為自由、平等而戰(zhàn)的重要性。四、學會演講我們剛才細讀了課文，但讀和講是有區(qū)別的。所謂演講，是一門語言藝術，它的主要形式是“講”，即運用有聲語言并追求言辭的表現(xiàn)力和聲音的感染力；同時還要輔之以“演”，即運用面部表情、手勢動作、身體姿態(tài)乃至一切可以理解的態(tài)勢語言，使講話“藝術化”起來，從而產生一種非凡的藝術魅力。那么，接下來就假設一下假如你是馬丁·路德·金，你會怎樣去講這篇演講辭。
人教版高中語文必修2《故都的秋》教案2篇
三、具體研習1、文章的哪些段落描寫了故都的秋？郁達夫先生既然這么喜歡故都的秋，那么他選取了哪些畫面來寫故都的秋？（學生閱讀圈點，教師引導學生找關鍵詞、關鍵句。）明確：從3--11自然段。主要是5幅畫面，第３段庭院靜觀（破屋秋色），第４段槐樹落蕊（街頭落蕊），第５段秋蟬殘鳴，第６—10段閑話秋涼，第11段清秋佳果。2、故都的秋有什么特點？明確：清、靜、悲涼。2、作者在對這些景具體的描繪中，是如何體現(xiàn)故都秋“清、靜、悲涼”的特點的呢？（下面先請同學來誦讀課文3——11段落，其他同學要眼耳手腦并用，一是圈出文中體現(xiàn)秋天色彩的詞語，二是標出傳遞聲響的物名。我們將從“秋色”和“秋聲”兩個角度來品味一下故都的“秋味”。）
人教版高中語文必修2《短歌行》說課稿2篇
一、說教材《短歌行》是普通高中課程標準實驗教科書必修（二）第二單元的一篇略讀課文，本單元安排的是先秦到南北朝時期的詩歌?！抖谈栊小肥侵渭?、軍事家、文學家曹操的作品。詩中抓住“憂”字來寫詩人為什么“憂”，如何解“憂”，從而表達希望能夠招攬人才、完成統(tǒng)一天下的雄心壯志。所以本單元安排《短歌行》一詩，對學生全面了解曹操，感受曹操在短暫的人生中竭力創(chuàng)造偉業(yè)的氣概。二、說學生我這一課的教學對象是高一學生。他們進入高中學習的時間只有三個多月，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)完成了必修（一）的學習。學習了現(xiàn)代詩歌單元，有了一定的詩歌學習基礎，初步掌握了讀詩的基本方法，但是還未能形成成熟的穩(wěn)定的學習方式。同時，本單元學習是高中第一次接觸古代詩歌，詩歌語言上的障礙和時間上的跨度對他們來說都是學習上的困難。因此教師要引導學生自主學習，合作學習，為他們設置新的學習情境，提供合作探究的機會。
人教版高中語文必修2《離騷》教案2篇
四、品味詩歌藝術1、詩人是如何表現(xiàn)其品質的？運用了什么修辭手法？產生了怎樣的表達效果？明確：詩句“扈江離與辟芷兮，紉秋蘭以為佩”很好地體現(xiàn)了詩人光輝俊潔的人格。用“江離”“辟芷”“秋蘭”三種香草來裝飾自己，比喻自己，極其生動形象地表現(xiàn)了詩人自己美好的精神世界，使詩歌充滿了浪漫主義氣息。2、《離騷》中作者常以“香草”、“美物”來比喻自己、賢士和君王，并表達政治理想，這是《離騷》的一大藝術特色，這種方法叫做“移情法”，即不直接說出自己想說的話，而是把它寄寓于某一物上，也就是“移情于物”，這種方法在古典詩詞中廣泛運用，在政治不清明的時代，借用“移情”，可言難言之語，抒難抒之情。請找出相關的詩句，說說詩人是怎樣運用這些比喻來表達政治理想的。
人教版高中語文必修2《囚綠記》教案2篇
教學設想：本節(jié)課的主題是“生命之綠，璞玉心靈”，用圈點批注法解讀愛綠的感情，讓學生在批注中明確“綠”的象征意義，而不只是結論的傳遞。同時借助于閱讀、感受和理解把握作者對綠的認識是不斷升華的，由一般對生命希望之綠的喜愛，到與綠交往后被它的不畏強暴，永遠向陽的精神所折服，最后在特定的時代背景下綠在作者的心目中已經(jīng)成了我們民族不屈精神的象征。讓學生評中求解，評中悟情，評中明理，評中品味。教學進程:一、導語上節(jié)課我們學習了朱自清的《綠》，初步了解了讀書動筆的基本方法，這節(jié)課我們繼續(xù)用圈點批注的方法來學習陸蠡的散文《囚綠記》。二、釋題師：看標題，囚綠之“綠”在文中具體指什么？（一株常春藤）“囚”就是囚禁的意思，那題目就是記述囚禁綠色常春藤的經(jīng)過。三、圈點、把握情節(jié)作者為什么要囚綠呢？文中除了寫“囚綠”之外，還寫了哪些有關綠的意念和行動？帶著這樣的質疑用自己喜歡的方式朗讀課文，請同學們圈點出疑難字詞，或結合書下注釋，或同學合作解決，解決不了的，可提出來我們共同解決。標注段落節(jié)次。勾畫出表現(xiàn)作者對綠意念和行動的句子。
人教版高中語文必修2《巴黎圣母院》教案2篇
【教學設想】一、選題設想《巴黎圣母院》是雨果的代表作，無論從思想內容還是藝術風格都有明顯的浪漫主義特征：奇異曲折、扣人心弦的故事情節(jié)；妙趣橫生、別出心裁的奇遇巧合；強烈鮮明的美丑、善惡對比；豐富生動、珠璣迸發(fā)、富有哲理意味的語言。通過導讀，來消除學生對外國名著的畏難情緒，增加學生課外閱讀的興趣和信心；讓學生整體把握作品，窺一斑而識全豹，讓學生高屋建瓴，了解其旨意，以極為精確而又充滿意蘊的文字，對名著的概述及精要部分做了介紹；引導學生自主探究，交流合作，培養(yǎng)學生的獨立思考的學習慣，指點進行名著閱讀的門徑。作為導讀課，教師應注意不可“越位”，在學生學習的過程中，教師的“導”固然重要，學生的“讀”更不可或缺，應避免以“導讀”來代替名著閱讀。因此，《巴黎圣母院》的教學定位為基于課內，面向課外，以求達到以學帶讀，以讀促學的目的。
人教版高中語文必修2《短歌行》教案2篇
教學過程：一、導語毛澤東在《沁園春雪》俯視封建君王“惜秦皇漢武。。。只識彎弓射大雕?！钡绻麣v史上只有一個人可以與他相提并論，這個人只能是魏武帝曹操。“滾滾長江東逝水，浪花淘盡英雄。是非成敗轉頭空，青山依舊在，幾度夕陽紅?！保ā度龂萘x》卷首詞）在歷史的大浪淘沙中，有多少英雄能夠經(jīng)得起歷史的千淘萬漉而流芳百世呢？曹操應該是三國時代留下了濃重一筆的人物。老師總結，并啟發(fā)他們去聯(lián)系:我們學過他的《觀滄?！贰皷|臨碣石,以觀滄?！边€有《龜雖壽》“神龜雖壽，猷有竟時。老驥伏櫪，志在千里；烈士暮年，壯心不已?！薄肚嗝分鬄⒄撚⑿邸分性退娺^，《三國演義》電視劇播出后，大家和他也就頻頻見面了。《三國演義》第48回“宴長江曹操賦詩”中，赤壁之戰(zhàn)前夕，曹操和眾部將一起狂飲，他四顧空闊，心中大喜，與諸將講述自己希望收服江南的雄心壯志。
人教版高中歷史必修2羅斯福新政說課稿2篇
1、教材的地位作用本課是新人教版普通高中歷史必修Ⅱ第六單元第18課的內容，闡述羅斯福新政的背景、措施、影響。從單元知識安排看，本課與第17課《空前嚴重的資本主義世界經(jīng)濟危機》、19課《戰(zhàn)后資本主義的新變化》共同詮釋第六單元課題——《資本主義世界經(jīng)濟政策的調整》。說明了“資本主義經(jīng)濟理論和政策隨著資本主義發(fā)展而不斷調整的特點”,凸顯了“市場調節(jié)”和“國家干預”在經(jīng)濟發(fā)展中的重要性。從知識體系看，它是學生學習了第一次工業(yè)革命后自由資本主義、第二次工業(yè)革命后的壟斷資本主義等之后出現(xiàn)的，既是對上述知識的鞏固與綜合運用，又為學生學習必修二的相關內容打下基礎，有承上啟下的作用。本課三個子目從邏輯上看又是遞進關系。第一個子目“臨危受命”承上啟下，說明了羅斯福上臺的歷史背景具有臨危受命的特點，第二個子目“實施新政”講述了羅斯福新政的主要內容，第三個子目“擺托危機困境”主要講述了羅斯福新政的影響。
人教版高中英語必修2Cultural Relics說課稿2篇
Ⅲ. Analysis of the teaching material:The topic of this unit is cultural relics. Students are quite interested in topics about different cultures around the world. This is the second period of the whole unit. As a reading class, the passage mainly talks about the history of the amber room (how it was made, sent as a gift, lost and rebuilt).According to the new national curriculum, when teaching reading, much emphasis should be put on training the students’ reading skills.Ⅳ. Teaching objectives1. Language objectives:1) Students are required to master the key words and phrases occurred in the passage (e.g. amazing, decorate, belong, in return, less than etc.)2) Students are required to learn the attributive clause and acquire the sentence pattern.2. 1) Students are required to describe a certain thing by using the new sentence patterns.2) Students are required to master two kinds of reading skills—skimming and scanning, and learn to use them in their daily reading.3. 1) Students are required to know the history of the amber room.2) Students are required to appreciate cultural relics and understand the importance of protecting them.Ⅴ. Teaching important and difficult points1) the new words, phrases, and sentence pattern in the course of reading.2) Teaching difficult point: Help the students master two kinds of reading skills—skimmingand scanning and learn to apply them in daily use.Ⅵ. Teaching methods:Task-based method & Top-down model Ⅶ. Teaching aids: PPT, pictures, blackboard Ⅷ. Teaching procedure:
人教版高中英語必修2The Olympic Games說課稿2篇
Purpose of my design:To ask the students to do these two tasks will make the Ss predict the story of this passage. As a result, it will deepen Ss’ memory of this story because they will have their own understanding of this story.Step 3. While-readingTask 1. (Individual work _____min)Skimming: ask students to skim the text and the main ideas of each paragraph in this passage. Please read it quickly and then match the sentences with the letters.Task 2. (Individual work _____min)Scanning: read the text quickly and decide the whether the following statements are true or false and give reasons.Task 3. (Pair work _____min)Listen to the tape and fill in the banks. Then read the paragraph with expression to your partner.Task4 (individual work min)Listen to the tape again and write down the main idea in one sentence.Purpose of my design: Enable students to understand the given material better by using different reading skills. And proper competition can arouse the Ss’ interest in English learning. “Task-based” teaching method is used here todevelop the Ss’ ability of communication and also their ability of co-operation will be well trainedStep 4. Post-readingTask 1. (Individual work, pair work, group work, class work; _____min)Discussion (group of 4):1. If you were Hippomenes, would you run against Atlanta?2. Do you think Hippomenes deserved to win the race? Why or why not?Step 5. HomeworkPlease read the story again carefully after class and imagine: What will happen during the race between Hippomenes and Atlanta? Who do you think will win the race? Do you think Atlanta would marry Hippomenes? Write an end for the story with thses questions.Purpose of my design: Homework is so important and necessary for to master the knowledge they learned after class. It will check whether the Ss achieve the teaching aims.Part 5 Blackboard design
新人教版高中英語必修2Unit 2 Wildlife Protection-Reading for Writing教案二
This lesson aims at making a poster about protecting wildlife after reading some posters. During reading students are guided to understand the content and try to summarize the posters with one sentence. Then students are guided to try to make a poster about protecting wildlife.1. Read the two posters and try to understand the summary sentences.2. Look at the two posters and try to understand what emotions they express.3. Try to summarize the features of posters4. Try to make a poster about wildlife.1. Look at the two posters and try to understand what emotions they express.2. Try to summarize the features of posters3. Try to make a poster about wildlife.Step 1 Lead inLook at the the posters on the textbook and ask:Which emotions do the posters communicate ?Step 2 Read the poster and answer the questions.1. What do you think of the animals in the poster on the left ?I think it is frightening and ugly.2. Why do we should protect the ugly animals ?All species--the good, the bad, and the ugly-- should be treated equally.The world needs all kinds--without variety, our planet cannot survive.3. Why are billions of trees being cut down every year ?To make paper for humans.4. What result will be lead to after the trees are cut down ?A lost of animal homes are being destroyed./The habitat of wildlife is being destroyed.Step 3 Find the feature of posters1. What does each poster use to stir up emotions ?On the left, it makes us a little frightened and it looks a little ugly, but it can activate our curiosity--What is it? And What is wrong with it?On the right, it makes us feel a little sad and want to protect them.
新人教版高中英語必修2Unit 2 Wildlife Protection-Discovering Useful Structure教案二
2．表示現(xiàn)階段正在進行的被動動作(該動作在說話的瞬間未必正在進行)。Many interesting experiments are being carried out these days.(說話時，并不一定正在進行)3．表示一種經(jīng)常性的被動行為，常和always，constantly 等表示頻度的副詞連用，這種用法常常帶有贊揚或厭惡的感情色彩。He is always being praised by the leader.4．表示按計劃或安排主語將要承受謂語動詞所表示的動作(僅限于少數(shù)及物動詞)。A party is being held tonight.Step 4 Special cases1.像take care of, look after, talk about, think of等動詞與介詞構成的短語用于現(xiàn)在進行時的被動語態(tài)時, 其中的介詞不可省略。The ways to stop illegally hunting are being talked about. 2．可與部分情態(tài)動詞連用，表示對正在發(fā)生的事情的推測。She may be being punished by her mother.3．有時可表示按計劃或安排將要進行的一個被動動作。A celebration is being held this weekend for his success.4．某些表示“狀態(tài)、心理活動、存在”等的動詞，如have，want，need，love，一般不用現(xiàn)在進行時的被動語態(tài)，而常用一般現(xiàn)在時的被動語態(tài)。With the population increasing，more land is needed.5．“be＋under/in＋n.”可表示現(xiàn)在進行時的被動意義。My computer is under repair.＝My computer is being repaired.
新人教版高中英語必修2Unit 2 Wildlife Protection-Discovering Useful Structure教案一
The activity topic of this section is "report an ongoing event", and the structure is the passive voice of present continuous tense. Rare wild animals are suffering from large-scale poaching, and species are on the brink of danger. Rescue operations are underway. "Being" and "suffering" are the meanings of the present progressive passive voice.The usage of present progressive passive voice is of great importance in writing a good discourse and appreciating some difficult language items, so it is vital to master it and use it flexibly in a context.1. Motivate Ss to deepen the understanding of the usage of present progressive passive voice in a fixed context.2. Enable Ss to master the usage of present progressive passive voice and use it flexibly in a context.3. Lead Ss to construct sentences or appreciate sentences used master it and use it flexibly in a context.1. Help students to appreciate the function of the usage of present progressive passive voice in a sentence2. Instruct students to write essays using the proper usage of present progressive passive voice.Look at the picture and tell me what are workers doing? What is the house being done?
新人教版高中英語必修2Unit 2 Wildlife Protection-Reading and Thinking教案一
The listening and speaking part aims at how to protect and help endangered animals by listening, speaking and talking about the facts and reasons. This lesson analyzes the decreasing clause of Tibetan antelope population and the measures of protecting Tibetan antelopes. So students can be guided to learn to analyse the title and use different reading skills or strategies, like scanning, skimming and careful reading.1. Read quickly to get the main ideas and the purpose of going to Tibetan; read carefully to understand what the author see and think.2. Understand the sentences of the present continuous passive voice such as “Much is being done to protect wildlife.” and the inverted sentence “Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.”3. Enhance the awareness of protecting wildlife.4. Cultivate the reading methods according to different materials.1. Read quickly to get the main ideas and the purpose of going to Tibetan; read carefully to understand what the author see and think.2. Understand the sentences of the present continuous passive voice such as “Much is being done to protect wildlife.” and the inverted sentence “Only when we learn to exist in harmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet.”3. Cultivate the reading methods according to different materials.Step 1 Leading-inWatch a video about elephants and whales and then ask:Why are they endangered ? They are killed/hunted
新人教版高中英語必修2Unit 2 Wildlife Protection-Listening &Speaking＆Talking教案
Listening and Speaking introduces the topic of “how to save endangered wildlife and help wildlife in their neighborhood.” Due to the continuous deterioration of the living environment, a large number of wild animals are always facing the threat of endangered or extinction. Listening and speaking period enables students to understand the fact and reason why wild species are disappearing from the earth at an amazing speed, and realize that human beings ought to enhance the awareness of protecting wild species as soon as possible.Listening and Talking introduces the theme of " how to help wildlife in Ss’ neighborhood.". Now there are many volunteers who spontaneously protect wild animals, carry out various activities according to local conditions, and contribute their own strength to local animal protection with practical actions. Middle school students are also enthusiastic participants. They organize activities in their spare time, and take this opportunity to make friends, broaden their horizons, cultivate team spirit and communication skills. This section describes a bird watching activity organized by several middle school students of Bird watching Club. It aims to stimulate students' interest, improve their understanding of bird watching activities, and use the language structure of “being used for; in order to, so as to, to, so that, in order that ” to express the purpose for communication and discussion.1. Guide students to understand the content of listening texts in terms of using visuals to predict content.2. Cultivate students' ability to guess the meaning of words in listening; discuss with their peers how to save endangered wildlife and help wildlife in their neighborhood.3. Instruct students to use functional sentences of the dialogue such as “I am concerned about…” “what do you know about the endangered animals in…" and so on to talk about one of the endangered animals.
新人教版高中英語必修2Unit 2 Wildlife Protection-Listening and Speaking教案
This lesson is about wildlife protection. The listening and speaking is about “How to protect endangered wildlife ?” Faced with the facts and numbers of wildlife loss, people begin to detect the reasons, then people such as the celebrities (Prince William and Yao Ming) are calling on to protect them. So students are guided to enhance the awareness of protecting wildlife and try to take part in some volunteer activities of protecting wildlife.1. Predict the content by using visuals. 2. Learn to use the sentences such as “I’m concerned about.... But now they are in danger. I want to know the reasons/why./ What can we do to protect them ?3. Learn from the stars like Prince William and Yao Ming and enhance the awareness of protecting wildlife.4. Guide students to try to put forward the solutions to the problems of wildlife protection and then discuss them with partners and present the results of discussion.5. Master the pronunciation of stressed syllables.1. Learn from the stars like Prince William and Yao Ming and enhance the awareness of protecting wildlife.2. Guide students to try to put forward the solutions to the problems of wildlife protection and then discuss them with partners and present the results of discussion.3. Learn to use the sentences such as “I’m concerned about.... But now they are in danger. I want to know the reasons/why./ What can we do to protect them ?4. Master the pronunciation of stressed syllables.Part A Listening and Speaking--- How to save endangered wildlifeStep 1 Lead in1. Point at the pictures on P14 and ask Q1: What message do these posters share?
新人教版高中英語必修2Unit 2 Wildlife Protection-Reading and Thinking教案二
The theme of this unit is human and nature, focusing on the theme of wildlife protection. Nature is a complex ecosystem, in which there are delicate balance between animals and plants. Because of the role of the food chain, the extinction of one species will produce influence, causing a series of chain reaction. Large scale extinction of species will have a serious and even irreversible impact on the ecosystem, resulting in immeasurable losses. Therefore, it is of great significance to protect wild species. To protect wild species is to protect human beings themselves. The motto of this unit is "when the buying stops, the killing can too,” which is a public service advertising slogan to protect wildlife. It tells people that every rhinoceros horn, every fur, every bowl of shark fin soup, every Ivory product, and every tiger bone product, etc. consumed by human beings, are innocent wild animals slaughtered behind them. The mission of wild aid is to ban illegal trade in endangered wildlife and mitigate climate change. It aims to educate the public to reduce the consumption demand for endangered wildlife products through public publicity and improve the awareness of environmental protection.1. Improve the awareness of wildlife protection by acquiring the knowledge of wildlife protection.2. Focus on environmental protection and protection of all lives.3. Analysis of the living environment of wild animals with appropriate thinking mode.4. Skillfully use the vocabulary and grammar knowledge of this unit to cultivate self-study ability according to the unit content5. Develop cooperative learning ability through discussion and other ways1. Enable the Ss to talk about the current situation of wild animals.2. Guide the Ss to summarize the main idea of each paragraph as well as the main idea of the text.
新人教版高中英語必修2Unit 2 Wildlife Protection-Reading For Writing教案一
1. 標題首先根據(jù)海報的特點、格式寫明標題。海報中往往把內容作為大標題。例如: Save the earth, Save the birds。2. 正文部分不同的海報其正文部分的側重點不同。對于介紹性的海報, 首先要引出話題, 其次列出原因, 最后是總結。對于宣傳類的海報, 要寫明具體內容, 如: 活動內容, 地點以及參加活動的注意事項, 主持或舉辦單位等。1. 圖片: 要選擇引人注目的圖片, 與主題要相關, 色彩明亮。話題句式 1. It is a treasure of our country. 它是我國的國寶。2. Believe it or not, at present only several thousand pandas exist in the world. 信不信由你, 目前世界上僅現(xiàn)存幾千只熊貓。 3.It’s because of human activities that tigers are endangered. 正是因為人類的活動, 老虎處于瀕危的狀態(tài)。4. Many wild animals are in danger of dying out. 很多野生動物面臨著滅絕的危險。 5. The government has taken effective measures to protect them. 政府已采取有效的措施來保護它們。6. People should raise the awareness of the protection of wild animals. 人們應該提高保護野生動物的意識。 7. It’s amazing that there are merely less than 1, 000 finless porpoises living in China. 非常令人吃驚, 目前中國僅有不足1 000只江豚。
新人教版高中英語選修2Unit 2 Learning about Language教學設計
The activity theme of this section is to design various activities around the key words in the first text. Therefore, the activities require students to pay attention to the spelling of words. On the other hand, let students grasp the meaning of words more accurately through sentences and short texts. This kind of teaching design also helps to improve the ability of using English thinking.1. Cultivating students' ability to use word formation to induce and memorize vocabulary, and the ability to use lexical chunks to express meaning.2. Guide the students to think independently and use the correct form of words to complete sentences3. Cultivate students' habit of using lexical chunks to express language completely, guide students to draw words in sentences quickly, pay attention to word collocation, so as to accumulate more authentic expressions4. Instruct students to create sentences with the chunks.1. Enable students to use the language points in the real situation or specific contexts flexibly and appropriately.2. Guiding the Ss to use unit topic words and the sentence patterns in a richer context.Step1: Think of a word that best fits each definition.1. to remember sth2.to accept, admit, or recognize sth or the truth/existence of sth3. the process of changing sth or yourself to suit a new situation4 .to make sb feel less worried or unhappy5. a strong desire to achieve sth
新人教版高中英語選修2Unit 2 Reading and thinking教學設計
Her tutor told her to acknowledge __________ other people had said if she cited their ideas, and advised her _______（read） lots of information in order to form __________wise opinion of her own.Now halfway __________ her exchange year, Xie Lei felt much more at home in the UK. She said __________ (engage) in British culture had helped and that she had been__________ (involve) in social activities. She also said while learning about business, she was acting as a cultural messenger __________（build） a bridge between the two countries. keys:Xie Lei, a 19yearold Chinese student, said goodbye to her family and friends in China and boarded (board) a plane for London six months ago in order to get a business qualification. She was ambitious(ambition) to set up a business after graduation. It was the first time that she had left (leave) home.At first, Xie Lei had to adapt to life in a different country. She chose to live with a host family, who can help with her adaptation (adapt) to the new culture. When she missed home, she felt comforted (comfort) to have a second family. Also Xie Lei had to satisfy academic requirements. Her tutor told her to acknowledge what other people had said if she cited their ideas, and advised her to read lots of information in order to form a wise opinion of her own.Now halfway through her exchange year, Xie Lei felt much more at home in the UK. She said engaging (engage) in British culture had helped and that she had been involved (involve) in social activities. She also said while learning about business, she was acting as a cultural messenger building a bridge between the two countries.