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留白是一种艺术，是一种智慧。英语教学中，也需要这种留白的智慧，结合留白艺术的特点，营造出此处无声胜有声的特点，教师如能善用留白，激发学生补白，为学生提供遐想和创造的空间，就能给其留下深刻印象，培养学生的想象力和灵活运用语言知识的能力。

一、挖掘教材留白，导入英语课堂

美国教育家哈曼说过：“你若不设法勾起学生欲望的教学，正如同捶打着一块冰冷的生铁。”这就说明一节课的课堂导入相当重要。译林新版《英语》Story time板块，有几篇内容都是没有故事背景的，这就是教材给予的留白部分，教师可以充分挖掘，将这留白部分运用好，能更有效地发挥它的作用。

在教学译林新版《英语》五（上）Goldilocks and the three bears这课时教师会发现，教材呈现的文本一开始就是“Goldilocks is in the forest.There is a house.”那么，学生就有疑问：为什么Goldilocks会在森林里呢？教师就可借助时机，激发学生的好奇心，引入课文的前序——绘本故事Goldilocks and the three bears供学生阅读了解。

或者教师也可根据教学需要适当改编故事前序。如：Goldilocks is a naughty girl.Her house is near the forest.Her mother often says to her:“The forest is dangerous.You can’t go into the forest.”But Goldilocks doesn’t listen to her mother.One day,she walks into the forest.由此激发学生的阅读欲望。又如：译林新版《英语》六（下）Unit 3 A healthy diet Story time部分的开始为“Mike likes eating sweets，cakes and ice cream.”这类课文故事似乎缺少了一个背景需要教师去创设，以激发学生学习的欲望。因此，我创设了这样一段对话：

T:Hello,boys and girls,do you like QQ or Wechat?What do you do on QQ or Wechat?

S:I read books./I sing./I chat with my friends./I show my photos...

T:I like Wechat too.Would you like to read or watch my Wechat?

S:Yes.

T:Look,this is my friend.She likes showing her three meals a day.They are her three meals one day.In the morning,She has some nood les and an egg.She has a lot of meat,some rice and a few vegetables for lunch.She has some sweet food,a lot of meat and fish and a little water for dinner.What do you think of her diet?Healthy or unhealthy?

S:Unhealthy.

T:What about our friends Mike and Yang Ling?

教师利用教材的空白，借与学生聊QQ和Wechat的话题，自然引入让学生看微信图片，聊微信内容，以激发学生学习兴趣。然后又抛出问题“What about our friends Mike and Yang Ling?”让学生带着问题学习课文。同时也让学生对即将要学的课文产生浓厚的兴趣，激发学生的阅读期待，为提高阅读效果奠定基础。……