全新版大學(xué)英語(yǔ)教案

1、 全新版大學(xué)英語(yǔ)教案第二冊(cè)Unit 2 ValuesThe Richest Man in America,Down Home制 作 人：李 華 單 位：平頂山工學(xué)院時(shí) 間 ：2008-6-2教 材全新版大學(xué)英語(yǔ)（二）Unit 2The Richest Man in America, Down Home1.教學(xué)目的1. 掌握沃爾瑪及其創(chuàng)始人信息2. 理解文章大意及課文結(jié)構(gòu)3. 學(xué)會(huì)人物描寫中的見(jiàn)解描寫方法4. 掌握一些重要詞匯和結(jié)構(gòu)2.教學(xué)內(nèi)容及學(xué)時(shí)分配 1. 沃爾瑪及其創(chuàng)始人背景介紹 （1st period）2. 課文結(jié)構(gòu)、課文分析、詞匯及總結(jié)（2nd, 3rd,）3. 寫作練習(xí)及課后作業(yè)（4

2、th period）4. 討論及聽說(shuō)（5th period）3.教學(xué)重點(diǎn)及難點(diǎn)1. 如何描寫人物2. 間接描寫的方法3. 詞匯及語(yǔ)言結(jié)構(gòu)4.教學(xué)方式及在教學(xué)中應(yīng)注意的問(wèn)題1. 多媒體、傳統(tǒng)教學(xué)法及交際教學(xué)法相結(jié)合2. 注意課堂互動(dòng)3. 注意對(duì)自愿回答問(wèn)題的學(xué)生的鼓勵(lì)與贊揚(yáng)4. 注意對(duì)學(xué)生課外學(xué)習(xí)活動(dòng)的引導(dǎo)5. 教學(xué)內(nèi)容的深化及拓寬1. 讓學(xué)生做相關(guān)的聽、說(shuō)、讀、寫訓(xùn)練來(lái)加深對(duì)本課所學(xué)知識(shí)的理解6. 教學(xué)步驟1. 課文講解前：課文導(dǎo)入2. 課文講解中：儉樸的生活，平民般的生活方式及對(duì)沃爾瑪?shù)姆瞰I(xiàn)3. 課文講解后：討論及作業(yè)Unit 2 ValuesThe Richest Man in Ameri

3、ca, Down HomeI. Teaching Plan 教學(xué)計(jì)劃1. 教學(xué)目標(biāo)及基本要求：Objectives:Students will be able to:1) learn about some useful information on Wal-Mart. and its founder Sam Walton2) understand the main idea (despite his wealth, Sam Walton remains down-home and devoted to his team) and the structure of the text.3) app

4、reciate the use of indirect description in portraying a person.4) grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text.5) conduct a series of reading, speaking and writing activities related to thetheme of the unit. 2. 教學(xué)內(nèi)容及學(xué)時(shí)分配：Time Allocation and Course Arrangement:1) Pre-reading t

5、asks: (1st period)Text elicitation and background information about War-Mart and its founder Sam Walton2) While-reading tasks: （2nd, 3rd period）Text organization and text analysis and language learning and summary about the whole text3) Post-reading tasks: （4th,5th period）writing and homework Speaki

6、ng and Discussion3. 教學(xué)重點(diǎn)及難點(diǎn)：Difficult and key points in teaching:1) How to portray a person 2) The methods of indirect description3) Important language points in the text: e.g. reserve, discountStructure: Only in America, can a billionaire carry on like this and get away with it.4. 教學(xué)內(nèi)容的深化及拓寬：Abilit

7、y improvementStudents conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing practice to deepen their understanding of the points taught in class.5. 教學(xué)方式及在教學(xué)中應(yīng)注意的問(wèn)題：Teaching methods and problems should be paid attention: 1) A combination of traditional teaching methods with the communicative a

8、pproach will be adopted. 2) Special attention should be paid to classroom interaction. 3) More encouragement and praise should be given to students for their voluntary answers and opinions.4) More encouragement is needed and more guidance will be given to them in their extracurricular study.7. 思考題和習(xí)

9、題：全新版大學(xué)英語(yǔ)綜合教程2第一單元Text A后的所有習(xí)題。閱讀第一單元Text B，完成后面的相關(guān)練習(xí)。全新版大學(xué)英語(yǔ)閱讀教程2第一單元及相關(guān)練習(xí)。大學(xué)英語(yǔ)閱讀進(jìn)階第一單元及相關(guān)練習(xí)II. Teaching Procedures 教學(xué)過(guò)程:Pre-reading Activities:1. Topic elicitation a. Who is the richest man in the America nowadays? Is Bill Gates still the richest man?Probable answers:After 13 years on top, Bill Ga

10、tes is no longer the richest man in the world. That honor now belongs to his friend and sometimes bridge partner Warren Buffett. Riding the surging price of Berkshire Hathaway stock, Buffett has seen his fortune swell to an estimated $62 billion, up $10 billion from a year ago. Gates is now worth $5

11、8 billion and is ranked third richest in the world. He is up $2 billion from a year ago, but would have been as rich-or richer-than Buffett, had Microsoft not made an unsolicited bid for Yahoo! at the beginning of February. Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Hel now ranks as the worlds second richest

12、 person with a net worth of $60 billion.b. Today we will learn another richest man in America, but he was the richest man 20 years ago. Do you know who he is?Probable answers:T will introduce some background information about Wal-Mart and its founder Sam Walton.While-reading Activities: 1. Title ana

13、lysis1.1 Explanation on the title: the richest man in America: Sam M Walton down home: the informal simple qualities of typical rural southern American people.1.2 Ask Ss find the most important words in the title (richest, down home) and guess the style of the text from the four choices: narration,

14、description, exposition and argumentation2. Text analysis2.1. Text organizationAsk Ss to skim Text A and find how many parts can this text be divided. (hint: there is a blank line between each part) and finish the Text Organization (Exercise1 on page 40) so as to grasp the main function of each part

15、. Peer discussion in English is allowed. Part onePara 1-4The richest man lives a simple life.Part two Para 5-13The richest man carries on like plain folks and has no special treatments.Part three Para 14-22 Sam Waltons devotion to his team.2.2 Part one: Sam Waltons life:a. Ss skim Part 1 and discuss

16、 the questions: Whats the richest man life in Jamie Beaulieu imagination? (Ask Ss to answer the question then T presents it in POWERPOINT)b. What made the waiter Jamie Beaulieu feel disappointed? (T presents it in POWERPOINT)c. Try to explain the sentence at Line5-8.2.3 Part two: Sam Waltons folksy

17、ways and he has no special treatment.a. Ss scan part 2 b. Group DiscussionAsk Ss discuss with their partner what kind of person the richest man is and ask then to give examples in their own words.Character Traits Detailsfree of self-importanceWait in line like everyone else to buy shells at the loca

18、l Wal-Mart; have no reserves seats in church.friendly and easy-goingAsk his employees to call him by his first name.never flashySteer clear of reporters, dreamers; manage to keep himself off the front page.never throw his weight aroundWait the barbershop opening up; get to fetch the money when he fo

19、rgets to bring money after having his hair cut2.4 Part three: Sam Waltons devotion to the Wal- Mart team.a. No matter how busy he is, he will attend the Fridays sales meetings or Saturdays pep rally.Ask Ss to give examples and introduce the famous Wal-Mart cheer.b. Wal-Mart stores are always on his

20、mind (the example of tennis). His concerns for his employees are always on his mind. E.g. He set up a college scholarship fund for employees children, a disaster relief fund to rebuild employee homes damaged by fires, floods, tornadoes, and the like. He rewarded successful and hard-wording employees

21、. 2.5 T explains language points and give Ss practice (see Language Study)2.6 Discourse comprehension:a. finding synonyms or synonymous phrases for “down-home”T asks some Ss to explain the title of Text A in their own words.Ss work alone to find out synonyms or synonymous phrases for “down-home”.Som

22、e Ss report their findings to the class.Para5 carry on like plain folksPara6 folksy waysPara7 friendly, cheerful, a fine neighbor who does his best to blend in, never flashy, never throwing his weight aroundPara11 not a front-page personOutput: T reminds Ss to vary their own writings by synonyms or

23、synonymous phrases. b. Using indirect description in portraying a personSs complete Text Organization Exercise 2.T makes Ss think by asking Ss this question: How does the author reveal these character traits of Sam Walton? Does he come forward to tell us directly what Sam Walton is like?T introduces

24、 indirect description to Ss:i To make a character portrait convincing, an author must refrain from telling readers directly what the person is like. Instead, he/she lets readers deduce. ii the methods of indirect description-anecdotes, examples, quotes, comparison and contrast, etc.iii T asks Ss to

25、work in pairs to find out examples of these methods used in this text.Quotation: the author quotes not only from Sam Walton himself, but also from his employees.e.g. “The reason for our success is our people and the way theyre treated and the way they feel about their company. They believe things ar

26、e different here, but they deserve the credit”,Anecdote: the text begins with an anecdote.e.g. at the beginning, how waiter Jamie Beaulieu had anticipated a lavish mansion at the Waltons, only to find an ordinary-looking household.e.g. how Sam Walton forgot his wallet and insisted on fetching it to

27、pay the local barber.e.g. how Sam Walton lost 4 straight games after a Wal-Mart employee asked him a question about pricing.Example: the author uses a lot of examples to show how folksy and generous Sam Walton is.Contrast and comparison: e.g. the waiter Jamie Beaulieus anticipation and the reality h

28、e later found out form a contrast. It reveals Sam Waltons down-home characteristics.e.g. when retired company president Ferold F. Arend compared Sam Walton with his previous employer, we appreciate further Sam Waltons generosity.v T urges Ss to adopt these methods when describing a person.3. Summary

29、 a. main idea: despite his wealth, Sam Walton remains down-home and devoted to his teamb. structure of the text:An essay usually can be divided into three parts: an introduction where the topic is elicited; a body part where the topic is explained in detail and a conclusion part where the main idea

30、is repeated. This text have the introduction part ( a contrast between the richest mans life in peoples imagination and his real life ) and the body part ( Sam Waltons folksy ways and his devotion to his team)c. How to portray a person:Methods of indirect description are used such as anecdotes, exam

31、ples, quotes, comparison and contrast. Post-reading tasks:writing and homework 1. Ask Ss to do some after-text exercises and Ss home reading (Text B).2. Ss do Part IV: Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks.3. T asks Ss to preview the next unit.4.writing Write an composition entitled My best friend w

32、ithin 150 words with direct and indirect discriptive methods.Speaking and DiscussionObjectives:1. Learn how to talk about food and the expressions in restaurants.2. Learn to talk about health.Course Arrangement:Stage 11. Deliver handout on expressions about food and restaurant and familiarize Ss wit

33、h vocabulary on the topic.2. Role Play: one acts as a diner and the other a waiter or waitress.3. Further group discussion on food based on the questions: 1) What are the specialties of food in your hometown?2) Discuss the pros and cons of Chinese and western food.4. Ss presentation. Stage 21. Deliv

34、er handout on expressions of health and familiarize Ss with vocabulary on health. 2. Distribute a survey paper for Ss to interview 2 people in the class and make some notes about their answers. 3. Ss presentation to the class Questions S1 S2Do you consider alcohol a drug? And Why?Do you take medicin

35、e when you are sick? Why or why not?What do you know about AIDS? Do you think it is unhealthy to keep a cat in your home? Why?What are some things that cause stress? What are some ways to deal with stress? What are some things people can do to keep healthy?What kind of pollution is the most risky? W

36、hat do you think of cosmetic surgery?If you were President of China, what would you do to improve Chineses health? III. Language Study 語(yǔ)言學(xué)習(xí)1. remote: far away in space or timee.g.: The supply of electricity to remote mountainous villages is one of the local development projects in Yunnan province.2.

37、 discount: amount of money which may be taken off the full pricee.g.: Traditional retailers whove opened cyberstores may offer special discounts to online shoppers.3. only: In writing and formal speech, you can put “only” at the beginning of a sentence, followed by the word, word group, or clause it

38、 modifies, and then you put an auxiliary or “be” followed by the subject of the main clause.e.g.: Only here was it safe to prepare and handle hot drinks.Only when the injured limb is fully mobile will the runner be encouraged to re-strengthen it.carry on: behave or conduct oneself in a specific waye

39、.g.: Theres nothing unusual about them. They carry on just like everybody else.folk: people in general (You can refer to people as folk or folks.)e.g.: They got married and had kids and lived like other folks.4. get away with: do sth. Wrong or risky without being caught or punishede.g.: They claimed

40、 that they knew how to play the system and get away with it.5. by/from all accounts: according to what everyone sayse.g.: The Chinese football team will play the Koreans tonight. It should be a match worth watching, by all accounts.6. blend in/into: If sb. blends into a particular group or situation

41、, or if they blend in, they seem to belong there of are not noticeable, because their behavior is similar to that of the other people involved. (used in the patterns: blend in; blend into sth.; blend in with sth.)e.g.: What he said reinforced my determination to blend in with my surroundings. 7. thr

42、ow ones weight around: behave in an aggressively arrogant waye.g.: Mr. Smith is not much of a manager. He always throws his weight around. 8. open up: unlock and open the door so that people can get ine.g.: They open the school up at 7:45 a.m. so that students can have more sleep.9. hold to: keep to

43、 e.g.: John holds to his belief that you can be successful as long as you work hard.10. stock: shares of a company that are sold to investorse.g.: Youd better get professional advice before buying stocks or bonds.11. on the run: continuously active and moving about; try to avoid being capturede.g.:

44、He has to be on the run from one office to another to get the permit to open a takeaway restaurant.12. steer clear of: keep away frome.g.: Children are told to steer clear of troublemakers.13. make up: from the whole of (sth.)e.g.: The college is made up of fourteen departments and five research cen

45、ters.14. liable: likely (to do sth.)e.g.: The sports meeting is liable to be postponed until next week because of the bad weather.15. lay down: officially establish a rule, or officially state the way in which sth. Must be done e.g.: The school authorities have issued a new booklet laying down regul

46、ations for students.16. qualify: have or give (sb.) a legal right (to sth./to do sth.) (followed by for or infinitive to)e.g.: A few useful skills English teaching, for example qualified foreigners for work visas. 17. and the like: and other things of the same sort(If you mention particular things o

47、r people and then add “and the like”, you are indicating that there are other similar things or people that can be included in what you are saying.)e.g.: Always carry your passport, money and the like with you while you are traveling abroad.18. cultivate: 1) make a special effort to establish and de

48、velop (sth.)e.g.: They encourage students to cultivate special interests in theoretical physics. 2) prepare land and grow crops on ite.g.: They cultivated 500 acres in the suburb. 19. reward: give sth. to (sb.) in return for work or services (used in the pattern: reward sb. for sth. with sth.)e.g.:

49、The officer is to be rewarded for his efforts with promotion to the rank of inspector. 20. come/get aboard: (AmE, infml) joine.g.: New employees who came aboard in the last six weeks have not been tested.21. the way theyre treated: how theyre treated(When “the way” is followed by a defining relative

50、 clause, this clause can be either a “that” clause or a clause beginning with “in which”. For example, you can say “the way she told the story”, “the way that she told the story”, or “the way in which she told the story”. There is no difference in meaning.)e.g.: Scientists have spent years studying

51、the way the brain retains information.IV. Culture Notes 背景知識(shí)1. Rolls-Royce: any of the large, expensive, comfortable cars made by the British company Rolls-Royce. Many people recognize them by the small metal statue on the front of every Rolls-Royce car. The company was formed in 1905-1906 by Charles Rolls and Henry Royce and also produces aircraft engines. The Rolls-Royce Company was bought by the German company Volkswagen in 1988. The name is also used informally to refer to the best product of a particular type