新視野大學(xué)英語(yǔ)第四冊(cè)教案（全）_2

1、peak: a. used to describe the highest level of sth., or a time when the greatest number of people are doing or using sth. The Information Age is a time of peak demand for computers.信息時(shí)代是大量需求電腦的時(shí)期。 March is one of the peak periods for our business. 三月份是我們業(yè)務(wù)的高峰期。 n. C the point when sb. or sth. is bes

2、t, most successful, strongest, etc. Demand for coal is at its peak in January and February. 一、二月份是對(duì)煤的需求量最大的月份。 Membership of the club has fallen from a peak of 600 people in 1990.俱樂(lè)部會(huì)員的人數(shù)已從1990年600人的高峰跌落下來(lái)。 v.  reach the highest point or value Oil production peaked in the early 1980s. 石油生產(chǎn)于20世紀(jì)

3、80年代初達(dá)到顛峰。 Unemployment peaked at 17% during the recession. 蕭條時(shí)期失業(yè)率高達(dá)17%。 at your disposal. (Para.8) disposal n.1) U the power or authority to use freelyWe will use all the means at our disposal to solve this dispute. 我們將運(yùn)用我們能支配的一切手段來(lái)解決這一爭(zhēng)端。 During their visit I put my car at their disposal. 在他們來(lái)訪期間

4、，我把汽車(chē)交給他們隨意使用。 2) U the act of getting rid of sth. Please see to the disposal of that rubbish. 請(qǐng)把那堆垃圾清理掉。 Locals are objecting to the land being used as a disposal site for household waste. 當(dāng)?shù)厝朔磳?duì)把這塊土地用作家庭垃圾的處理場(chǎng)。 annual revenue (Para.8)revenue: n. C the money that a government receives from taxes or

5、that an organization, etc. receives from its business Advertising revenue finances the commercial television channels. 廣告收入資助商業(yè)電視頻道。 The company's annual revenues rose by 30%. 公司的年收入增長(zhǎng)了30%。 Taxes provide most of the government's revenue. 政府的大部分收入是稅款。 Government revenues have fallen dramatica

6、lly with four million people out of work.隨著400萬(wàn)人失業(yè)，政府歲入已急劇下降。 That's partly because Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America. (Para. 8)Note the structure "two to four times as long as" in the sentence. We can use this structure to

7、indicate the size or extent of something by comparing it to something else. Expressions such as "twice", "three times" or "one fifth" can be used in front of "asas": Water is eight hundred times as dense as air. This animal is three times as popular with girls

8、 as with boys. Their house is about three times as big as ours. they'll persist (Para.11) persist: v.1) (in sth., in doing sth. or with sth.) continue to do sth. in spite of difficulties or opposition, in a way that can seem unreasonable Why do you persist in blaming yourself for what happened?

9、你為什么要不停地為所發(fā)生的事責(zé)備自己呢？ She persisted in her search for the truth. 她持之以恒地尋求真理。 He persisted with his questioning. 他堅(jiān)持追問(wèn)。 2) continue to exist The belief that the earth was flat persisted for many centuries. 認(rèn)為地球是平面的觀念延續(xù)了數(shù)個(gè)世紀(jì)。 If the symptoms persist, consult your doctor.如果癥狀持續(xù)下去就要去看醫(yī)生。C. Post-reading A

10、ctivity 1.Ask students to sum up the main idea of the text and to analyze the writing techniques of the text.Structural analysis of the textThe reading passage deals with one of the popular and current topics of today telecommunications revolution. The passage explores the topic from different aspec

11、ts: the advantages of telecommunications technologies, questions that should be considered in developing the new technologies for developing countries, different countries trying to solve different problems with different resolutions, and lastly the conclusions. Look at the following chart and

12、you will find:  1. The first part is made up of 2 paragraphs, Paragraphs 1 and 2. The 2 paragraphs focus on the overwhelming advantages of telecommunications revolution, esp. for developing countries: boosting living standards and promoting internal and foreign investment; stepping directly int

13、o the information age and leaping over whole stages of economic development; changing from labor-intensive model to high-tech intensive model to give developing countries a huge advantage over countries stuck with old technology. 2. The second part is 1 paragraph only: Paragraph 3. T agraph leading

14、to specific countries in their efforts to develop telecommunications technologies.  3. The third part is the biggest part of the passage, consisting of 7 paragraphs, from Paragraph 4 to Paragraph 10. This part deals with 6 different countries or regions, such as Russia, China, Hungary, Latin Am

15、erican countries, Thailand and Vietnam in the transformation of telecommunications technologies. Different countries have different backgrounds and they seek different ways out of their respective problems to realize telecommunications transformation. Russia needs to invest in information technology

16、 a huge amount of money to update its ancient telephone system but it is unlikely due to a poor economy. China, taking advantage of its backwardness, invests a huge amount of money to become a major part of the information superhighway. And Shanghai plans telecommunications networks as powerful as t

17、hose in Manhattan. Hungary sold a 30% stake in its national phone company and leased rights to Western companies to overcome the problem of funding and to speed up the import of Western technology. Hungary also finds that it is worth doing so. While Hungary is trying to find the money through variou

18、s ways for telecommunications equipment, Latin American countries are making money out of the new technologies. People in Thailand are happy to accept the new technologies as they can make better use of all the time they spend stuck in traffic with mobile phones. And Vietnam, despite its backwardnes

19、s, plans to invest more money in op ber,tical fi digital switches, and decades.transmission systems annually to keep pace with anyone in Asia in new technology for 4. The fourth part is 1 paragraph, Paragraph 11 and it is a conclusion full of confidence. The passage concludes to say that developing

20、countries can catch up with Americans and Western Europeans in telecommunications technologies if they persist in their efforts even though they will make mistakes in the process of transformation2.Homework: Learn the words and phrases by heart and next week there will be a dictation; Do all the exe

21、rcises on the book with translation done on the exercise book.(2)Period：2 periodsTeaching Material：New Horizon College EnglishTeaching Procedure:1. Dictation of the words and phrases2. comment on and appraise the exercises.Reading skills: recognizing paragraph patterns: Cause and Effect, Comparison

22、and Contrast, Time Sequence, a Set of Sequential Actions, a General Point Supported by Details/ Examples/ a List of Things, a Problem-Solution Pattern, etc. (Section B)Unit 5, book 4Choose to be Alone on PurposePeriod：2 periodsTeaching Material：New Horizon College EnglishTeaching Objective: The stud

23、ents will be able to:A: learn to use some important words such as: dictate, humble, choke, justice, supreme, slippery etc.B: learn to use “ the more, the more” “may/might as well”.C: Master the prefix “over-, under-” Teaching Procedure:A. Pre-reading Activity (20minutes)1. Introduce the three litera

24、ry giants in American literature, William Wordsworth, John Milton, and Henry David Thoreau, including their life story, contributions, and their masterpieces in order to arouse students interest. Refer to the teachers book. 2. Ss are required to listen to the short passage carefully (using the CD) a

25、nd answer some questions. Why are American heroes, poets and philosophers admired for their solitude? Why do people need to talk? How do lonely people deal with having no one to talk to?3. Ask students to look at the title Choose to Be Alone on Purpose. Predict the contents of the passage.B. While-r

26、eading Activity 1. Ask students some sign post questions to each paragraph to see how well the students understand each paragraph and train Ss skimming ability. (Some of the questions are on P.124 Comprehension of the text)2. Language Points: (refer to teachers book)1). Here we are, all by ourselves

27、, all 22 million of us by recent count, alone in our rooms, some of us liking it that way and some of us not. (Para. 1)Meaning: We are here, living all alone according to recent statistics up to 22 million of us are living alone in our rooms; some like the solitary way of life and some don't lik

28、e it.2). Translate the sentence: They all speak highly of themselves for seeking it out, at least for an hour or even two before they hurry home for tea.3). Inspiration in solitude is a major commodity for poets and philosophers. They're all for it. (Para. 3)Meaning: Inspiration in solitude is t

29、he most useful thing for poets and philosophers. They are all in favor of it.4). No doubt about it, solitude is improved by being voluntary. (Para. 5)Meaning: Undoubtedly, one can even find pleasure in living alone if he or she chooses to stay alone of his or her own free will.5). before they silent

30、ly creep away, so he can create poetry. (Para. 6)poetry: n. poems in general as a form of literatureThe actor will be reading from contemporary poetry and prose.這演員將朗誦當(dāng)代詩(shī)歌和散文的選段。She started writing poetry at a young age.她年紀(jì)很小的時(shí)候就開(kāi)始寫(xiě)詩(shī)了。Compare:poem: n. a piece of writing in which the words are chosen

31、 for their sound and the images and ideas they suggest, not just their obvious meaning, and the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhymeThe poet will recite some of her recent poems. 這位詩(shī)人要背誦她最近寫(xiě)的幾首詩(shī)。6). Perhaps there's a message here. The larger the ego, the less the need for

32、other egos around. The more modest and humble we feel, the more we suffer from solitude, feeling ourselves inadequate company. (Para. 10)Meaning: Perhaps here the most important idea is: if a person's sense of his own value and importance is stronger, he is less likely to stay with others. On th

33、e contrary, if we think less of our own values and abilities and think us less important than others, we are more likely to find unbearable the state of being alone and be discontented with staying all by ourselves. We want to stay with others.Translate Paragraph 10: Thoreau had his own self-importa

34、nce for company. Perhaps there's a message here. The larger the ego, the less the need for other egos around. The more modest and humble we feel, the more we suffer from solitude, feeling ourselves7). Translate: (1) If you live with other people, their temporary absence can be refreshing.(2) The

35、 condition of loneliness rises and falls, but the need to talk goes on forever. It's more basic than needing to listen. Oh, we all have friends we can tell important things to, people we can call to say we lost our job or fell on a slippery floor and broke our arm. It's the daily succession

36、of small complaints and observations and opinions that backs up and chokes us.(3) Scientific surveys show that we who live alone talk at length to ourselves and our pets and the television.(4) It's important to stop waiting and settle down and make ourselves comfortable, at least temporarily.8).

37、 But when you live alone, the temporary absence of your friends and acquaintances leaves a vacuum; they may never come back. (Para. 11)Meaning: But if you live in solitude and your friends and acquaintances leave for the time being, you will have the feeling of emptiness, and they may never come bac

38、k9). It's the daily succession of small complaints and observations and opinions that backs up and chokes us. (Para. 12)Meaning: It's the daily series of our complaints and observations and views on various issues that stuffs us and makes us feel uneasy, filling us with the desire to talk to

39、 others.C. Post-reading Activity 1. Ask students to sum up the main idea of the text and to analyze the writing techniques of the text. The reading passage focuses on a social phenomenon choosing to be alone on purpose. The passage can be broadly divided into four main parts: what living alone is, w

40、hat people think of living alone, who prefer living alone, the authors comments on living alone and what he advises for living in solitude. Look at the following chart and you find: 2.Homework: Learn the words and phrases by heart and next week there will be a dictation; Do all the exercises on the

41、book with translation done on the exercise book.(2)Period：2 periodsTeaching Material：New Horizon College EnglishTeaching Procedure:1. Dictation of the words and phrases2. comment on and appraise the exercises.Exercise III. Let students pay attention to grammatical functions as well as sentence meani

42、ng when filling words in blanks.Exercise IV. Remind students of remembering words and phrases that share the similar meaning. Exercise V. Draw students attention to the collocation of a specific verb to the nouns. Exercise VI and VII. Explain the importance of suffix and prefix. Give more examples s

43、o as to help students to enlarge their vocabulary. Exercise VIII and IX. Students should use the structure flexibly. Exercise X. Explain the trick to translate a sentence into English with the use of these sentences.Skill development. Focus on Section B. first; explain the skill recognizing paragrap

44、h patterns. Then, students are required to read the passage independently, after that, they can work in pairs to find out the pattern. Homework. Ask students to finish Section B and Section C after class, and prepare for oral English.Unit 6 book 4 Bribery and Business Ethics (1)Period：2 periodsTeach

45、ing Material：New Horizon College EnglishTeaching Objectives：The students will be able to:A: learn to use some important words such as: negotiation, substantial, commission, donation impose, secure, withdraw etc.B: learn to use “It is +adjective + to do / that-clause” and “suppose”Teaching Procedure:

46、A. Pre-reading Activity (10minutes)A question will be asked: Suppose you were a businessman, what would you do if you were doing business with a country where bribery has been a way of life? (Group work)B. While-reading Activity 1. Ask students some sign post questions to each paragraph to see how w

47、ell the students understand each paragraph and train Ss skimming ability. (Some of the questions are on P.31 Comprehension of the text)2. Language Points: (refer to teachers book)1. Bribery and Business Ethics (Title) bribery: n. the act of offering money or sth. valuable to sb. in order to persuade

48、 them to do sth. for you The organization was rife with bribery and corruption. 該組織內(nèi)部充斥著行賄受賄和腐敗。 He was jailed on charges of bribery. 他因行賄受賄罪而入獄。 Compare:bribe: v. try to make (sb.) do sth. for you by giving them money, presents or sth. else that they want He escaped and fled to England after his fa

49、mily bribed officials. 在他家族賄賂官員之后，他逃往了英國(guó)。 They bribed the waiter to find them a table. 他們賄賂服務(wù)員，讓他找一張桌子。 n. money, etc. that is given to sb. such as an official to persuade him/ herto do sth. esp. sth. dishonestHe was accused of accepting /taking bribes from wealthy businessmen. 他被控收受富商的賄賂。He admitte

50、d taking bribes. 他承認(rèn)受賄。2. Bribery and Business Ethics (Title) ethics: n.1) (pl.) moral rules or principles of behavior governing a person or groupMedical ethics do not permit doctors to advertise. 醫(yī)德不允許醫(yī)生登廣告。 2) (sing.) science that deals with morals Ethics is a branch of philosophy. 倫理學(xué)是哲學(xué)的分科。 Comp

51、are:ethic: n. system of moral principlesThe puritan ethic was being replaced by the Hedonist ethic, right there in the heartland. 就在中心區(qū)域，清教徒倫理觀被享樂(lè)主義倫理觀所取代。3. They often do not realize that bribery in various forms is on the increase in many countries and, in some, has been a way of life for centurie

52、s. (Para. 1) Meaning: They often dont realize that various forms of bribery are becoming more frequent and that in some countries it is traditional to bribe people in some ways.4. that bribery in various forms is on the increase(Para. 1) on the increase: becoming more frequent or greater in number o

53、r intensity In Britain some 14 per cent of families with dependent children are headed by a lone parent, and figures for one-parent families are on the increase in Britain and the U.S.A. 在英國(guó)，大約14%需要撫養(yǎng)的兒童長(zhǎng)在單親家庭，單親家庭的數(shù)目在英國(guó)和美國(guó)仍在增長(zhǎng)。 Large-scaled drug smuggling was on the increase, and a more professiona

54、l approach to combat this was being used by the law-enforcement teams. 大規(guī)模毒品走私在增長(zhǎng)，執(zhí)法隊(duì)正在使用更專(zhuān)業(yè)的手段對(duì)其進(jìn)行打擊。5. in some, has been a way of life for centuries. (Para. 1) a way of life: how people do things or live Sleeping in doorways, begging for food and money it's not a very enviable way of life. 睡在門(mén)

55、口，乞討食物和金錢(qián)這并不是一種令人羨慕的生活方式。 Watching football on Saturdays and cleaning the car on Sundays are all part of the British way of life. 周六觀看足球，周日清洗汽車(chē)都是英國(guó)人生活方式的一部分。6. the Minister of Trade makes it clear to you that if you offer him a substantial bribe, you will find it much easier to get an import license

56、 for your goods, and you are alsolikely to avoid “procedural delays”, as he puts it. (Para. 2) Meaning: the Minister of Trade says clearly to you that if you bribe him with a large sum of money, you will get an import license for your goods more easily and quickly, because some of the procedures wil

57、l go quickly and smoothly without delay.7. offer him a substantial bribe, (Para. 2) substantial: a.1) large in amount or valueThere are substantial differences between the two groups. 這兩組之間存在重大差異。 It's reported that he has secured the release of a substantial number of political prisoners. 據(jù)報(bào)道他已

58、保證釋放大批政治犯。 2) important, large enough to be noticeable or to have an important effectDuPont's second-quarter earnings rebounded from a loss the year before, and the chemical giant said it expected “substantial” improvement in the second half of the year. 杜邦公司今年第二季度的收入已擺脫去年的虧損，這個(gè)化工巨人表示他們預(yù)計(jì)今年下半年將有重大改進(jìn)。 The trade negotiating authority has substantial support in the Senate, where its passage appears likely. 貿(mào)易談判當(dāng)局受到參議院的實(shí)質(zhì)性支持，因此通過(guò)（該決議）顯然是可能的。8. as he puts it. (Para. 2) put: v. express or state sth. in a particular way To put it simply, we accept their offer or go bankrupt.