新視野大學英語第三冊教案

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新視野大學英語教案

第三冊

（第二版）

郭敏

武漢工業(yè)學院外語系

第一教研室

2011-2012-1

Unitl,Book3

I.SectionA:LoveWithouLimitations

LTeachingObjectives:

?Tounderstandthetruemeaningof"love"andtalkaboutit;

,Toreadwiththeskill"problem+response+evaluation,,;

,Towriteacompositionwiththestructure"problem+response+evaluation^^;

,Tolearnhowtoscanapassage.

2.TimeAllotment:

SectionA(3periods):

1st-2ndperiod:Warming-up

Textunderstanding

Notestothetext

Wordsandexpressions,

Ideasharing.

3rdperiod:Writing

SectionB(lperiod):

4thperiods:ReadingSkills

Textunderstanding

Notestothetext

WordsandExpressions

Ideasharing

3.TeachinwProcedures:

3.1Warming-up

Stepl.Guessthetheme

Lookatthefollowingpicturesthatsharethesametheme.Whatisit?(Seeprojects)

Step2.Familylove

Watchamovieclipandanswerthequestionsfollowed.(Seeprojects)

3.2Textunderstanding

Step1.Pre-reading

Askstudentstoskimthetextintenminutes.

Step2.Questionasking

QI.HowdidJimmygethisbraindamaged?

Q2.Howdidthewriterdescribeherfather?

Q3.HowmuchwasJimmychangedafterhisfather'sdeath?

Q4.WhatdidthewriterthinkofhercaringforJimmy?

Q5.WhydidthewriterinviteherfriendstoJimmy'sbirthdayparty?

Q6.Whatdidthepartyremindthewriterandherfriendsof?

Step3.Structureanalysis

Withherlifetimeexperience,theauthortellsustherehaveneverbeenanylimitationstolove

whateverlifemaypresent.Thewritingmethodofthistextis:

“Problem+Response+Evaluation^^

Step4.Summary.

Askstudentstofillintheblankswiththeproperwordsorphrases.

3.3Notestothetext

Stepl.Activeexpressions

InEnglish,youmayfindsomeexpressionsformedbyverycommonwords,buttheyare

activeandpowerful.Trytofindouttheactiveexpressionsinthefollowingsences.

Seeprojects)

Step2.Focusstudy

PayattentiontosomesentencestructureswhichareverycommonlyusedinEnglish.

e.g.

1...soIurgedtheneighborhoodkidstocometomyhousefbrsomeout?o「control

kid-centeredfiin.

out-of^controlkid-centeredfun

=tohaveasmuchfunasthekidslike

out-of-control和kid-centered是復合形容詞

moreexamples:up-to-date;color-coded;student-centered

2.Usuallyveryagreeable,henowquitspeakingaltogetherandnoamountofwordscould

penetratethevacantexpressionheworeonhisface.

noamountofwordcouldpenetratethevacantexpressionheworeonhisface

=nothingcouldchangetheemptylookonhisface

3.Ihiredsomeonetolivewithhimanddrivehimtowork,butnomatterhowmuchItried

tomakethingsstaythesame,evenJimmygraspedthattheworldhe'dknownwasgone.

nomatter(how,who,what,where,etc.)=however,whoever,whatever,wherever

staythesame=keepthingsastheywere

grasp=understand

4.Justasmyfather\deathhadchangedtheworldovernight,September11thchangedour

lives;theworldwe'dknownwasgone.

'justas”="inthewaythatsomeonesays,orinthesameconditionsomethingisin”.

e.g.Justaswegainedfameinvictory,welostnothingindefeat.

3.4WordsandExpressions

Step1.WordUsing

Choosesomewordsfbrexplanationandpractice,suchas

justicen.

e.g.Everyoneshouldbetreatedwithjustice.

Atlastthecriminalsarebeingbroughttojustice.

SeeTeachingProjectsfbrmorewords.

Step2.Translation

PleasetranslatethefollowingfromChinesetoEnglish.

Seeprojects.

Step3.OldtoNew

Pleasefindthewordsorphraseswiththesamemeaningasthewordsorphrasesgiven.

Seeprojects.

3.5IdeaSharing

Step1.Groupwork

Studentscanworkingroupbydiscoingthefollowingquestions.

1.Whatis"love”likeinyourmind?

2.Useonewordoronethingtodescribe“l(fā)ove”.Andwhyisthat?Shareyourthoughtswith

yourgroupmembers.

Step2.Presentation

Arepresentativefromeachgroupisgoingtoshowthegroup'sideaafterthediscussion.

3.6Writing

Step1.AProblem-Response-EvaluationStructure(SeeProjects).

ThisisaverycommonlyusedstructureinEnglish.Normally,somepartofasituationis

introducedbeforetheproblem.Then,solutionsaretakentosolvetheproblem.Afterwards,some

evaluationmightoccurintheactionstaken.

Step2.Writingmodels(Seeprojects)

Step3.Tipsforwriting

a.understandingthesituationbeingfaced;

b.analyzingthespecificproblemtobetackled;

c.creating,analyzing,andrefiningasolution;

d.furtherevaluating,improving,andimplementing.

3.7Assignments

1).Writeaparagraphwithaproblem-response-evaluationstructure.

Topics:

a.TheFightAgainstAirPollution

b.Theregionhasbeenseriouslypollutedbyharmfulsmog

2).ExerciseDoing

DotheexercisesfromPages8to15

ILSectionBTheFrameworkforLove

TeachingProcedures:

1.ReadingSkills-Scanning

Step1.Thewaystoscan

Scanningistoreadquicklyinordertolocateandfindapieceofinformationwithoutreading

inanydetail.Herearesomewaystoscan.

a.Lookatthetitle.

b.bookfbrthesubtitles(小標題).

c.Lookatpictures,charts,ordrawingsifthereareany.

d.Lookatthefirstsentenceofeachparagraph.

Step2.Scanningsteps

a.Decideexactlywhatinformationyouarelookingforandthinkabouttheformitmay

take.

b.Next,decidewhereyouneedtoread.

c.Moveyoureyesasquicklyaspossibledownthepageuntilyoufindtheinformation.

d.Whenyoufindwhatyouneed,donotreadfurther.

Step3.Practice(Seeprojects)

2.TextUnderstanding

Seeprojectsfbrthestructureofthetext.

3.NotestotheText-SentenceStructure

3.1ActiveExpressions

Findouttheactiveexpressions:(Seeprojects)

3.2FocusStudy

ButIwouldhedgetobet,thereisaframeworkyoumustlivewithintolet

thisgiftthathasnorivalsmature.

hedgetobet:daresay

thisgiftthathasnorivals:thebestgift(love)

letthisgift…mature:letlovedevelopfully

Seeprojectsfbrmoreexamples.

4.WordsandExpressions

Step1.Learntousethefollowingwordsandexpressions.

Lodge,inspire,rival,parallel,provoke,farewell,respective,odoing,

acknowledge,soar,

Step2.ChinesetoEnglish

5.IdeaSharing

Step1.ExpressYourLove

Givenachancetoexpressyourlovetosomeonewhomyoudeeplylove,whatwaywouldyou

liketouse?Whatdoyouwanttosay?

Step2.GroupWork:Dubbing

You'llseeaclassicalmovieclipfromAChinese0dAsey(大話西游)starredbyZhouXingchi.

TranslatethescriptintoEnglishanddub.

Unit2,Book3

I.SectionA:IronandtheEffectsofExercise

1.TeachingObjectives:

XLearnmoreaboutironandthebenefitsbroughtbyexercise.

Developrelatedvocabulary.

Writeanarticleinthecause-and-effectpattern.

X

2.TimeAHotment:

SectionA(3periods):

1st2ndperiod:Warming-up

Textunderstanding

Notestothetext

Wordsandexpressions,

Ideasharing.

3rdperiod:Writing

SectionB(lperiod):

4thperiods:ReadingSkills-Distinguishingbetweenfactsandopinions

Textunderstanding

Notestothetext

WordsandExpressions

Ideasharing

3.TeachinRProcedures:

3.1Warming-up

Askstudentstohaveanutritiondetectiveanddeterminewhichnutrientsdoweneed.

3.2Textunderstanding

Step1.Pre-reading

Askstudentstoskimthetextintenminutes.

Step2.Questionasking

Q1.Whatistheuseofirontoourbody?

Q2.Whatkindofpeoplemostlylackiron?

Q3.Howdoesironinfluenceourbody?

Q4.Whatcanyoueattogetiron?

Step3.Summary

Askstudentstowriteasummaryofthetextwithabout100words,amongwhichoneofthe

studentscanwriteonblackboard..

3.3Notestothetext

Stepl.Sentenceanalysis

Choosesomesentenceswithappositive(同位語)foranalysistomakestudentsunderstand

theuseofappositivesinasentence,suchas

1.saysRoseanneM.Lyle.SheisanassociatepsefbssoratPurdueUniversity.

2.Thefirstandmostcommonishavinglowironreserves.Itisaconditionthattypicallyhas

nosymDtoms.

Step2.Sentencecombination

Givestudentssomesimplesentencestocombineintoonesentenceusingappositivestructure,

suchas

TheancientChinesewereapeopleofinventorsanddiscoverers.

TheancientChinesewereapeopleofphilosophersandsoldiers.

TheancientChinesewereapeopleofpoetsandcraftsmen.

TheancientChinesegavetheworldmanyofitsmostusefulthings.

Studentscanwritethesesentencesintoone

TheancientChinese,apeopleofinventorsanddiscoverers,philosophersandsoldiers,poets

andcraftsmen,gavetheworldmanyofitsmostusefulthings.

Step3.Paraphrase

Listsomesentencesandletstudentstodosomeparaphrase.(Seeteachingprojects)

Step4.Translation

Introducetheskilloftranslation-wordtransformation,thatishowtotransformawordfrom

anountoaverbintranslation,suchas

Forawomanwhoalreadyhasapoorironstatus,anyadditionalironlossfromexercise

maybeenoughtotipherovertheedgeintoamoreseriousdeficiency...(L27)

tip...overtheedge:

bringaboutanoticeablechange

對于那些已經(jīng)缺鐵的女性,任何因鍛煉而產(chǎn)生的更多鐵離子流失都足以導致體內(nèi)缺鐵狀

說的惡化。

Thenaskstudentstodosometranslationbyusingtheskillofwordtransformation(See

projects)

3.4WordsandExpressions

StepX.Glossary

Listsomewordsandphrasesconnectedwithbodyparts.(SeeProjects)

e.g.irondeficiency/ironloss缺鐵

digestivesystem消化系統(tǒng)

moleculesofbloodprotein血蛋白分子

ironreserve鐵離子儲量

Step2.WordUsing

Choosesomewordsfbrexplanationandpractice,suchas

supplement/2.(LIO)

Translation

amultiplevitaminandmineralsuDDlement

復合維生素和礦物質(zhì)補劑

aspecialsupplementtoamonthlyfinancialmagazine

一份金融月刊的特別增刊

TheyaredoingextrajobsoutsidetheirregularonestosupDlementtheirincomes.

除了常規(guī)工作外，他們還干些零活，以補充收入。除了常規(guī)工作外，他們還干些零活，

以補充收入。

SeeTeachingProjectsformorewords.

3.5IdeaSharing

Step1.Interview

Studentscanbeinterviewedinpairs,oneisadoctorandanotheractsasapatient.Theycan

askquestionslike

3.Whatareincludedinyourmeals?Pork,beef,fish,chicken,tofu,spinach,or...?

4.Doyouliketohavesomedrinksduringyourmeal?Ifso,whatarethey?

5.Haveyoueverhadanyironsupplement?

6.Doyouoftendonateblood?

Step2.Presentation

Makeapresentationoftheironstatusofyourclassmatesandyoursuggestionsaccordingto

yourinterviews.

3.6Writing

Writeanarticleinthecause-and-effectpattern.(SeeProjects)

3.7Assignments

1.Writeashortcompositionusingthetextstructureofcauseandeffectwitthefollowingtopics

a.Reasonsforobesity

b.Causesformyfearofthewater/fire/...

2.ExerciseDoing

DotheexercisesfromPage36to44

ILSectionBDoesExerciseHaveUnexpectedBenefits?

TeachingProcedures:

1.ReadingSkills

1.1Distinguishingbetweenfactsandopinions

AswelearnedinUnit2,Book1andUnit8,Book2,itisveryimportanttotellfactsfromthe

writer'sopinionsduringthecourseofreading.

Thenwhatarefacts?Andopinions0!

facts一whatreallyhappened;objective(客觀的)

opinions—ideas,feelings,judgmentsorbeliefthatyougetfromfacts;subjective(主觀的)

1.2Thebiggestdifficultyindistinguishingfactsfromopinions

Whenyouagreewiththewriter'sopinions,youmaytakethosesubjectivethingsforgranted,

thatis,youmaymistakeopinionsforfacts!

1.3Practice(SeeProjects)

2.TextUnderstanding

2.1Questionsandanswers

a.Whatarethegeneralbenefitsofexercise(Para.1)?

b.Whatisanotherbenefitofexerciseaccordingtotheauthor(mainideaofthetext)?

2.2Matching

Matchtheexperimentswithratsandtheresultssoastogettheconclusions.(SeeProjects)

2.3MultipleChoice

Choosethemostappropriateoneaccordingtothetext.(SeeProjects)

3.NotestotheText-SentenceStructure

Foralongsentence,ifthesub-clauseistoolong,wecanusethestructureofinvertedpart,such

as

“Incontrast,...possessedagreaterdensityofbloodvesselsinthebrainthandideiiherof

theotherIw。grouDSofanimals.”(LI5)

than從句的主語較長或帶有長的修飾語時則倒裝

e.g.Ispendlessthandonineoutoftenpeopleinmyposition.

我花費的，比在我職位上十分之九的人少。

4.WordsandExpressions

Learntousethefollowingwordsandexpressions.

Succession,primary,provide,inresponseto,attribute,bumoffsteam,equip,alike

Seetheprojectsfordetailedexplanation.

5.IdeaSharing

Basedonthestudiesinthetext,giveaminipresentationonanyofthefollowingtopics:

a.Thebenefitsofexercisetotheold

b.Thebenefitsofexercisetotheyoung

c.Therelationshipbetweenexerciseandaging

Unit3,BookThree

I.SectionA:WherePrinciplesComeFirst

1.TeachingObjectives:

XToknowthemeaningandusageofsomeimportantwords,phrasesandpatterns

入Tobefamiliarwiththewritingskillsofthetextandmakeuseofitinwriting

九ToimproveSsreadingskillsbystudyingsectionB

Torespondandcooperatewithclassmateswillingly

入Toparticipateactively

Toreadsentencesandtextswithproperintonation

九Towritesmoothlyandlegibly

2.TimeAllotment:

SectionA(3periods):

l1(lperiod:Pre-readingactivities(culturalbackgroundinformation;theme-relatedquestions

forwarmingup;)

2st-一3ndperiod:While-readingactivities(usefulwordsandexpressions;difficultsentences;

textstructure;mainideas)

Post-readingactivities(comprehensionquestions;exercises)

SectionB(lperiod):

4thperiods:Practiceofthereadingskill(Makingpredictions);

TchecksonSs'homereadingbyaskingcomprehensionquestionsbasedonthe

passage;

Texplainssomedifficultsentences.

3.TeadiinuProcedures:

3.1Pre-readingActivities

Step1Greetings

Greetthewholeclassasusual.

Step2.Review

1.Askstudentssomequestionstoreviewthelastlesson(showthemonthescreen).

2.Checkthehomework.

Topics

1.ThecurriculumdesignofPurdueUniversity

2.discusswhatcontributestogoodhealth.

Purposes

1.TodevelopSs'onlinelearningability

2.ToimproveSs'abilitytoretrievetherelevantinformation

3.TostimulateSs'psychomotorthinking

4.ToarouseSs5interestinlearningtheunit

Method:Talkingroups;Usetask-basedlanguageteachingmethod,communicative

approach,andaudiolingualmethod.

Step3.Lead-inandpreparationforreading

ShowtheSssomepicturesandbackgroundgroundinformationonthetext.LetSstalktoeach

otheraboutthetopiconthescreen.

1.whataretheprinciples?

Teachstudentsthemeritofsuchvaluesastruch,courage,integrity...andacademic

achievementnaturallyfollows.Preparekidsforawayoflifebycultivatingacomprehensivesetof

principlesthatcanaffectallkids.

2.whatistheHydeSchoolfamousfor?

Itisfamousfbritsworkwithtroubledyoungsters.

3.whatisinner-cityschool?

Schoolsthatarelocatedintheolder,centralpartofacity,whichistypicallycharacterizedby

crowedneighborhoodsinwhichlow-income,oftenminoritygroupspredominate.

4.whatarethebeneficialresultsoftheHydeSchoofsprinciples?

Theteachersbegintofocusonhavingafruitfulrelationshipwitheachstudent.The

teacher-studentrelationshipistakeneenfurtheratHyde.Thestudents,forexample,Jimmy

DiBattistahadbeenturnedpositive.

Step4.Preparationfordetailsofthetextonthescreen

SsarerequiredtolookatthewordsandPhrasesonthescreenandgiveabriefpresentationin

class.

WordsandPhrases:

Purpose:TraintheSs'abilityofunderstandingandusingforeignlanguage.

Method:Talkingroups,Usetask-basedlanguageteachingmethod,communicative

approachandtotalphysicalresponsemethod.

1)publicity

a)[u]publicnoticeorattention

e.g.Thecompany'scontinueduseofsuchdangerouschemicalhasattractedalotofnegative

publicity.這個公司繼續(xù)使用這樣的危險化學品招來了不少批評。

b)[u](businessof)providinginformationinordertoattractpublicattention(|藥業(yè))「一告，宣

傳

e.g.Theconcertwasn'tgivenmuchadvancepublicity,somanyticketsremainedunsold.音

樂會事先沒有做很多宣傳，所以許多票沒有賣出去。

2)Comprehensiveadj

a)ofbroadscopeorcontent;includingallormuch

b)(ofacarinsurancepolicy)providingprotectionagainstmostrisks,includingthird-party

liability,fire,theft,anddamage

c)havingtheabilitytounderstand

d)of,relatingto,orbeingacomprehensiveschool

n.shortforcomprehensiveschool

e.g.Comprehensivearrangementforseriousdisease大病統(tǒng)籌

acomprehensivetest綜合訓練

comprehensibleadjcapableofbeingcomprehended

e.g.Itiscomprehensibletoordinaryminds.應是普通人都能理解的。

3)cultivate

a)developandimprove培養(yǎng)

e.g.Atthisschoolweaimtocultivatethemindsofallthechildrenweteach.在這所學校我

們旨在陶冶學生的心靈。

b)prepareanduse(land,soil,etc.)fbrgrowingcrops耕種

e.g.Hecultivatedthefieldwithalargetractor.他使用?臺大型的拖拉機耕地。

4)Suspend:vt.

a)stopordelaysth.fbratime

e.g.Somerailservicesweresuspendedduringthestrike.罷工期間，有些鐵路服務終止了。

b)hangsth.up

e.g.Alampwassuspendedfromtheceiling.天花板上吊著一盞燈。

c)sendsb.awayformhis/herschool,job,position,etc.fbraperiodoftime,usu.asa

punishmentfordoingsth.Bad

e.g.Hewassuspendedfonnschool.他被開除離校。

e.g.Shewassuspendedfromherjobshortlyaftertheincident.事故發(fā)生后不舊久，她就被

開除了。

5)admission:n.

a)permissiontoenteraschool,aclub,apublicplace,etc.

Allthosewhowerenotwearingatiewererefusedadmissiontotheclub.

凡不帶領(lǐng)帶的人都不允許進入俱樂部。

b)theamountofmoneythatonepaystoenteraplace

Themuseumcharges$5admission.博物館的門票是5元。

c)astatementthatsth.,usuallyunpleasant,istrue

Iviewedhersilenceasanadmissionofguilt.

我認為她的沉默就說承認有罪。

Compare：admissionandadmittance

Admittance:n.(finl.)beingallowedtoenteraplace(esp.aprivateone);therighttoenter

Thejournalisttriedtogainadmittancetotheminister'soffice.記者力爭獲得進入部長辦公

室的權(quán)利。

Noadmittance.禁止入內(nèi)。

6)cursev.

a)swearatsb.Orsth.;useruelanguagetoexpressone'sanger

Hedroppedthebox,cursed,andbegantopickupthecontents.箱子掉了下來，他罵了一

聲，然后開始撿散落的東西。

Theycursedthetraffic,realizingtheywouldbelate.意識到他們有可能會遲到，他們開始

咒罵交通情況。

b)useawordorwordstoexpressanevilwish

Shecursedhisfamily.她詛咒他的家庭。

cursen.

a)awordusedforexpressinganger;aswearword

Heutteredacurse.他罵了一聲。

b)awordorwordsexpressingthewishthatsth.terriblewillhappentosb.

Thewitchputacurseonhim.這巫婆對他下了咒。

Thefamilyseemedtobeunderacurse.這家人好像被人詛咒了。

7)tobeassociatedwith與.相關(guān)

Peopleoftencomplainaboutthementalstrainassociatedwithmodernlife.

人們經(jīng)常抱怨現(xiàn)代生活給他們帶來的精神壓力。

8)tobescheduledto(某事)計劃

Thisschool'sneweducationalreformprojectisscheduledtobestartedupinthreemonths.這

個學校新的教育改革項目定于三個月后啟動。

9)overparents'protests不顧家長們的抗議

Thenursegavetheboyaninjectionoverhisprotest.

護士不顧男孩的抗議給他打了一針。

10)thequestfortruth對真理的追求

Therewillbenolimittoourquestforabetterlife.

我們對美好生活的追求將是無止境的。

11)toputone'sbesteffortforth/todoone'sutmost全力以jit

Iwillputmybesteffortforthifitisforthesakeofmymotherland.

為了祖國的利益，我定會全力以赴。

12)tobemeasuredby…，not…由.來衡量，而不是由...來衡量

Thevalueofone'slifeshouldbemeasuredbyhowmuchgoodhedoestosociety,nothow

longhelivesintheworld.

一個人生命的價值應由其對社會的貢獻大小來衡量而不應由其生命的長短來衡量。

13)completewithEnglish包括英語學習

Thereisagoodhotelnotfarfromthecity,completewithaswimmingpoolandagarden

leadingtothebeach.

離城不遠有個很好的旅館，帶有游泳池和通向海灘的花園。

14)attheoutsetofsth.在(某事的)一開始

Thecommitteedidnotrunintoanydifficultyfromtheoutsetoftheinvestigation.

委員會從調(diào)查的?開始就未遇到任何困難。

15)kindofsortof

I'mnotsurewhy,but,Ifeelkindofsorryforhim.

不知為什么我有點為他感到惋惜。

Step5.TextStuctureAnalysis

Lookatthestuctureofthetextonthescreen.Makethestudentclearaboutthetext.

Textstructure:(structuredwriting)

Purpose:Improvethestudents9readingandwritingabilityandunderstandthegeneralideaof

eachparagraph.

Method:Readthetextindividuallyandtalkingroups;Usetask-basedlanguageteaching

method,readingapproach,communicativeapproachandtotalphysicalresponse

method.

WherePrinciplesComesFirst

Quertion1:Whataretheprinciples?

Teachstudentsthemeritofsuchvaluesastruth,courage,integrity...andacademic

achievementnaturallyfollows.Preparekidsforawayoflifebycultivatingacomprehensive

setofprinciplesthatcanaffectallkids.

Question2:AretheHydeprinciplesacceptedbyotherschools?

Question3:WhatarethedetailedprinciplesorapproachesadvocatedbytheHydeSchool?

TheHydeSchoofsapproachestoeducation:

theschoolassumes:Coursesandmanagement:1.akeyingredientin

1.Everyhumanbeing1.TheschoolprovidestheHydemixtureis

hasauniquepreparationforrequiring

potentialbasedoncollege,withacommitmentand

character,notcurriculumcompleteparticipationfrom

intelligenceorwithEnglish,history,parents

wealth.mathandscience.2.difficultiesoccurin

2.conscienceandhard2.allstudentsarecarryingoutthe

workarevalued.requiredtotakerequirements

3.successismeasuredperformingartsand3.oncetheparentsare

bygrowth,notsports,andtoprovideconvinced,Hyde's

academicacommunityservice.requirements

achievement.3.fbreachcourse,4.oncetheparentsare

4.studentsarerequiredstudentsgetagradeconvinced,Hyde's

totakeresponsibilityfbracademicrequirementof

foreachother.achievementandfbrparents9

“besteffbrt”.participationshould

workwellinpublic

schools.

Question4:WhatarethebeneficialresultsoftheHydeSchoofsprinciples?

3.2While-readingActivities

Step6.Intensivereading

Ssareaskedtoreadthepassagecarefullyagainandanswersomedetailedquestionsonthe

screen.Duringthereading,thereisanexplanationforthefollowingpoints:

LanguagePoints:

1)HydeSchoolfounderJosephGauldclaimssuccesswiththeprogramatthe$18,000-a-year

highschoolinBath,Maine,whichhasreceivedconsiderablepublicityfbritsworkwith

troubledyoungsters.

Meaning:JosephGauld,thefounderoftheHydeSchool,declaresthattheprogramatthe

highschoolinBath,Maineissuccessful.Theschool,whichchargesastudent$18,000per

year,hasdrawnconsiderableattentionfromthepublicandnewsmediabecauseofits

successfulworkwithtroubledstudents.

2)Wedon*tseeourselvesasaschoolfbratypeofkid,...(Para.2)

Meaning:Inouropinion,ourschoolisnotaschoolforaparticulartypeofstudents,...

see...as:considersb.orsth.tobe

Doyouseethenewleaderasthehopeofthecompany?你認為新領(lǐng)導是公司的希望嗎？

Mostpeopleseehisactionaspossiblydangerous.多數(shù)人認為他的行動可能很危險。

Whyaredeafchildrensooftenseenasstupid?為什么聾啞兒童常常被認為是傻子？

Herquestionswereseenasinterruptingtheclass.她不時的提問被認為是打斷講課。

3)Now,JoeGauldistryingtospreadhiscontroversialCharacterFirstideatopublic,

inner-cityschoolswillingtousethetaxdollarsspentonthetraditionalprogramfbrthenew

approach.(Para.3)

Meaning:NowJoeGauldistryingtospreadhisideathatcharactercomesfirst-anideathat

hascausedmuchpublicdiscussionanddisagreement—toinner-citypublicschoolswhich

usedtospendthetaxdollarsonatraditionalprogrambutnowarewillingtospendthemoney

onthenewprogram.

NotethatJoestandsforJoseph.Thisistheso-called“petname^^—anamethatisgivento

someonewhomonespeciallylikesorloves,usedinsteadofthatperson'srealname.Other

examplesareRickstandingfbrRichard,TomstandingfbrTommy,BillstandingforWilliam,

etc.

4)LasFall,theHydeFoundationopenedamagnetprogramwithinapublichighschoolin

thesuburbsofNewHavenConnecticut,overparents9protest.(Para.4)

Meaning:LastFall,inspiteofprotestsfromparents,theHydeFoundationopenedan

attractiveprogramwithinapublicschoolinthesuburbsofNewHaven,Connecticut.

Amagnetprogramisonethatattractsstudentsbyofferinguniqueopportunitiesfbrin-depth

experiencesandstudyinspecificeducationalfields.

5)AsinMainethequestfbrtruthisalsowidespreadattheschoolinConnecticut.(Para.

5)

Meaning:ThesearchfbrtruthisprevailinginMaine,andthe