大學(xué)英語精讀第四冊教案

Book4

Unit1BigBucksTheEasyWay

TeachingTime:4hours

Students5level:Sophomoresofnon-Englishmajorsinthe2ndsemester.

TeachingObjectives:

1.HelpSsgettoknowthelesson"Nopains,nogains"andthereisno“bigbucksthe

easyway”.

2.Aboutthetext,Ssshouldgraspthetextcontent,textstructure,basicvocabularies

andrequiredgrammarpointsofthesection.

Words:cash,echo,competitive,leisurely,pain,sour,finance,marvelous,party,

stack,cram,harm,minimum,range,thoughtful,deadline,inform,normally,

sale,trash,delivery,inquire,odd,shrink

Phrases&Expressions:pullup,apieceofcake,evenas,knowbetterthan,beat,

makeadent,cutinto,havenobusiness,settlefor,settleone'saccount,quite

awhile,drawattentionto,forsale,forrent,bedonewith,mayaswell

Grammar:pl4

3.Aboutthereading,Ssshouldlearnavoidingvocalizationandinnerspeech.

4.Aboutthewriting,Ssshouldlearnwordchoice..

5.Aboutthelistening,SsfinishtheUnit1directedbyteacher.

TeachingProcedures:

LPre-readingActivities

1.Backgroundinformation

1)MontgomeryWard

2)Sears,

3)Roebuck

2.Warm-upquestions

1)Doyoudependonyourparentsfinancially?

2)Isiteasytoearnmoneybyworkingpart-time?

3)Arethereanyeasywaystomakemuchmoney?

3.Keywordsandexpressions:

Newwordsandoldword

Teacherstudents

(oldwordsorexpressions)(newones)

U.S.dollarbuck

Doorhandledoorknob

Unhurriedleisurely

Relaxedleisurely

Profitablelucrative

Sentoutdeliver

Endurelivewith

Begpanhandle

Tellinform

Fillcram

Tieband

Increasereproduce

Extramoneybonus

Partsection

Apathwalk

Aneasyjobapieceofcake

Paysettle

Havenoreasonhavenobusiness

Cometotermswithsettlefor

Strangeodd

Moneyfinance

Finishbedonewith

EnglishandChinesephrases

Teacher(Chinese)Students(English)

考慮lookinto

總是allthetime

可以容忍livewith

令我痛心itpainsme

易如反掌apieceofcake

壯漢abigguy

干快些getbusy

好幾卡車的truckloadsof

百貨商店departmentstore

廉價商店adimestore

小雜貨店drugstore

汽車行autostore

外賣餐館takeoutrestaurant

提高嗓門voicerises

超過極限outoftherangeof

恍然大悟workaprofoundchangein

教會某人做人workaprofoundchangein

one'spersonality

經(jīng)過調(diào)解inmediation

結(jié)賬settletheaccount

勞務(wù)支出laborcost

相同數(shù)額alikeamount

托某人做enlistsb.Todo

ILWhile-readingActivities

1.Sshavethesilentreadingonthetext(10mins)

2.Textandquestionsfordiscussion

Lines1-9

1.whatdidthefathertellhiscollegesonstothinkabout?

(todeliverbagsofmagazinestomakesomeoftheirownmoney.)

2.whatwasthefatherworriedabout?

(thesonswouldbecomeusedtoorfeelcontentwithlivingbyaskingformoney

allthetime.)

Lines10-22

1.whydidthemotherphonethefather?

(shewantedhimtoknowwhatwasgoingonathome.)

2.Howdoyouunderstandtheword“super"shesnapped?

("super"meansverygood.But,she“snapped"it,whichmeansshewasveryangry.

Shewasbeingsarcastic,i.e.shemeanttheoppositeofwhatshesaid.)

3.canyouparaphrasethesentenceAnothertruckjustpulledupoutfront”?

(Anothertruckhasstoppedoutsideinfrontofourhoustodelivermorematerials.)

Lines23-29

1.whichcompanydidthetwosonsdothedeliveryjobfbr?

(theSundayNewspaperCompany.)

2.whydideachtruckdeliver4000oftheinserts?

(Eachonewasfromadifferentcompanyandhadtheadsthesonswererequired

todeliverto4000houses.)

3.whydidhethinkso?

(Hehadnoideaofhowmuchworkitwouldmean.)

Lines30-35

Whatdidthefathermeanwhenhesaid“theyarecollegemen."?

Hemeantthattheyweregrown-ups,andshouldbecapableofdealingwiththe

situation.

Lines36-50

1.Inwhatcasesdoespeople'svoicebecomeunnaturallyhighandquavering?

Whentheyareexcited,angry,upsetandthelike.

2.whatdoes"magazinesections^^mean?

Partsofmagazines,8or12pageslong.

3.howmanystepsarethereintheprocessbeforedelivering?

Five:takeout,roll,slip,bandandslide.

Lines51-66

1.whatdoyouthinkofthefather^answer?

Cleverandsensible.Itisalie,aharmlesslie,onetoldinordertoavoidupsetting

somebody.

2.whydidthefathersay"That'sencouraging”?

thesonswerelearninghowtosolvetheproblemofmanpowershortage;theyhired

otherpeopletohelp,andlearnttoimproveefficiencybyestablishingassembly

lines.

3.whydidthemothersay“itisverydiscouraging”？

themeasuresweren9workingatall.

Lines67-77

1.whatdoyouthinkofthefather^bonusprogram?

Itisreasonableandlogical.Bonusisapopularincentivethatmanagementadopts.

Sometimeswehavetolosesomethinginordertogainsomething.Ifyouarereluctant

touseasmallbait,youcanhardlygetabigfish.

2.didthesonunderstandthatatfirstthought?

No.hethoughtthemoretheworkersgot,thelessheobtained.

3.whydidthesonanswer"Yes,Sir”?

hehadcometorealizeitwasabusinessandhetookthefather^instructionsas

andorder.

Lines78-86

1.whatdoes“seethecolorofcash"mean?

SeeNote7inyourtextbook.

2.whafsthedifferencebetweentheoriginalpaymentandthedemandedone?

Theoriginalpaymentwasfivedollarsperperson,shilenowtheydemandedfive

dollarsperhour.

3.whoprobablyplayedthemediatingrole?

Themother.

Lines87-94

Whydidthesonthinkit“enough”?

Nomatterhowmuch,itwasthemoneytheymadebythemselveswithgreatefforts

andtheylearntalotfromtheexperience.

Lines95-109

1.whatdidtheyoungestsonslearnfromtheircollegebrothers?

Theylearnttomaketheirownmoneyinordertoavoidhavingtoaskfbrmoney

allthetime.

2.whatweretheygoingtodototrytoearnmoney?

Theyweregoingtosellorrentthefamily'sbooks.

3.doyouagree"you'reneverdonewithbooks"?

Yes.Because

No.because

3.TasksSstocomeoutthemainidea,structureofthetext(lOmins)

4.Tsummarizesthemainideaandstructureofthetext(5mins)

HLPost?readingActivities

1.Letthestudentsdotheexercisesinthetextbookwhicharerelatedtothenew

words.

2.Sshandinthesummaryofthetext.

Summaryquestionsandconcludingremarks

1)Doyouthinkitnecessaryfbrthesonstomakesomemoneyfbrthemselves?

Givereasonsfbryouranswer.

Ithinkitnecessarybecause

2)whatdoyouthinkisneededinaccomplishingsomethingdifficult?

Ithinkitisself-confidence,perseverance,co-operationorteamwork,

reasonablemanagement,strategiesofsolvingproblems,etc.

3)whatisthefather'stoneintellingthestory?

Thetoneislightandironicbecausethestoryismeanttobefiinny.The

probleminthestorywasonethatpeoplethinkisveryseriouswhenithappens,

butlatertheycanlaughabout.

3.Ssdiscussthequestionsonthetopicrelatedtothetext.

4.LetSsdotheexercisesinthetextbookwhicharemainlyrelatedtothe

newwordsandtopic.

5.Exercise:

Sentencemakingindialogues

Teacher:nowI'dlikeyoutocompletethefollowingdialoguesbymaking

Sentenceswiththegiverphrases.

Pullup

1.whatdoyouaskyourdrivertodowhenyoureachyourdestination?

IaskthedrivertopullupneartheplaceIwanttogo.

2.whatdoesabusdriverdowhenapassengerwantstogetoff?

Hepullsupatabusstop.

3.whatdoestheredlightmeantoamovingvehicle?

Itmeansthatthevehiclemustpullupatthezebra.

Apieceofcake

1.canyourecitethe26Englishletters?

Sure.Ifsapieceofcake.

2.doyouthinkitdifficulttouseataperecorder?

No.it'sapieceofcake.

Makeadentin

1.haveyoufinishedyouroutline?

No,I'vehardlymadeadentinit.

2.Howareyougettingalongwithyourproject?

Wehavemadeonlyasmalldentinit.

Cutinto

1.doyouwatchTVinyourstudyperiod?

No.thatwouldcutintomystudytime.

2.whatcutsintothefactory'sprofit?

Theriseofthelaborcosts,materialprices,theincreasedconsumptionof

power,etc.

Settlefor

1.ifyoucan'tsellyourbicycleatahighprice,whatwillyoudo?

Ihavetosettleforalowerprice.

2.Ifyoucan'tgetawell-paidjob,willyousettlefbralower-paidjob?

Might/may/couldaswell

1.whatdoyousuggestwedoduringthewintervacation?

Ifyouhavenothingtodo,youmightaswelltakeupapart-timejob.

2.whatshouldIdoifIcan'taffordahouse?

Youmayaswellrentanapartmentandsetasideyourmoneyfbranew

house.

Unit2DeerandTheEnergyCycle

TeachingTime:4hours

Students5level:Sophomoresofnon-Englishmajorsinthe2ndsemester.

TeachingObjectives:

l.GetSstoknowtheenergycycleandinstructthemtoobservetheanimaPsliving

instinctinordertovaluethenaturalresource;learnaboutfbod-enery-life-death.

2.Aboutthetext,Ssshouldgraspthetextcontent,textstructure,basicvocabularies

andrequiredgrammarpointsofthesection.

Words:tendency,rate,area,plentiful,possessions,currency,scarce,ample,drowsy,

fundamental,accumulate,internal,hence

Phrases&Expressions:tomeettheneeds,turnofmind,convertinto

Grammar:

3.Aboutthereading,Ssshouldknowtheusageofdictionary.

4.Aboutthewriting,Ssshouldgettoknowthewritingskill一coherence.

5.Aboutthelistening,SsfinishtheUnit2directedbyteacher.

TeachingProcedures:

I?Pre-readinRActivities

1.Warm-upquestions

1)AllowSstogooverthetextfor10mins.

2)Askthemtolistthefactsaboutthelifeofdeerinthefourseasons

respectively.

3)SumupSs'sresults

2.Introductoryremarks:

1)Whatdoyouthinklifedependson?

Money,love,orsomethingelse?

2)wheredoesenergycomefrom?

Food,spirit,God,orwhat?

3)whathappenstolifethereisnofood,orsourceofenergy?

iflifeuselessafteritcomestoanend?

4)Lifeisenergy,isn'tit?Whatdoyouthink?

Theplanetweliveonismadeupof2majorcomponents:livingorganismsand

inorganicsubstances.Asfaraslivingthingsareconcerned,lifespansvary.Some

maylivefbrthousandsofyears,whileothersliveonlyafewseconds.Regardless

ofthethisdifference,everylifedevelopsfromalowerstagetoahigherstageuntil

itsdeath,andeveryspeciesdevelopsinthisway,too.Butwhatmakeslifeperform

inthisway?Whathappensafterlife?Ourearthhasbeenfunctioningfbrbillions

ofyears.Whathasmadeitworkfbrsolong?Lefshaveacarefulstudyofthetext

3.Newwordsandphrasesstudy

Studyofthewordsandphrases

Newwordsandoldwords

Teacherstudents

(oldwordsorexpressions)(newones)

tendencyturnofmind

moneycurrency

changeintoconvertinto

autumnfall

somethingstoredreserves

rarescarce

tosatisfythedemandstomeettheneeds

arearegion

plentifulample

possessionsresource

storedeposit

spendexpend

sleepydrowsy

becomeliquidmelt

atthesametimemeanwhile

basicfundamental

thereforehence

collectaccumulate

insideinternal

smallwoodenhousecabin

EnglishandChinesePhrases

Teacher(Chinese)students(English)

注重/有……的傾向a...turnofmind

生態(tài)系統(tǒng)anecologicalsystem

倚賴todependon

年復(fù)一年fromyeartoyear

盡可能多asmuchasonecan

旺季timesofplenty

儲存的脂肪reservesoffat/storedfat

不甚出名，鮮為人知lesswellknown

能說明問題的例子agoodcaseinpoint

營養(yǎng)食品nutritiousfood

生理成熟physicallymature

生育togivebirthto

食物資源foodresources

熬過冬天tosurvivethewinter

/topullthroughthewinter

大雪deepsnow

小雪lightsnow

基本規(guī)律afundamentalrule

ILWhile-readinqActivities

l.Textandquestionsfordiscussion.

Lines1-6

1.whatdoes“l(fā)ovemakestheworldgoround"mean?

Peoplewitharomanticturnofmindthinkthatlove,romanticlove,iswhatmakes

lifeworthliving..

2.whydoestheauthorsaythatenergyisthe“currency”oftheecologicalsystem?

Anecologicalsystemisalltheplants,animalsandpeople,andtheirsurroundings,

consideredasawhole,Inthecommercialworld,moneyisthecurrency,ormeans

ofsurvival.Forlife,themostimportantsupportisfood,thesourceofenergyfor

life,whichallowsgrowth,reproduction,andsurvival.

Lines7-12

1.whatdowildanimalsdowiththefoodindifferentseasons?Whydotheydoso?

Wildanimalsseemtoknowwhentherewillbeplentyoffoodandwhenthere

won't,sotheyeatasmuchastheycanwhenthereisplentyoffoodsothatthey

canbecomefatandstrongandgrowwell.Inwinter,theyhavelittletoeat.But

theydonotstarvebecausethefattheyhavestoredintheirbodiesbringsthem

throughthishardtime.

Lines13-22

1.whatdoes“thisisgoodtiming,,mean?

Thismeansthatthefemaledeerusesthemostsuitableseasons,i.e.summerand

fall,forthebirthoffawnsandtheproductionofmilkbecauseboththeconception

andproductioncostthefemaledeermuchenergyandinbothseasonsthereis

plentyoffood,whichmeetthedeer'sphysicalneeds.

Lines23-31

1.towhatdoestheauthorcomparetheprocessoffatreserving?

Abanksavingsaccount,fromwhichonecandrawwhenheneedsthemoney.

Lines32-44

1.whatisthephenomenonofloweringmetabolism?

Theheartrateslows.Theanimalbecomesslowanddrowsy.Therefore,theuseof

andneedforenergyisreduced.

2.whatprotectsthedeerfromcoldwinter?Howdoesitwork?

Theyundergophysicalandinternalphysiologicalchanges,i.e.thehairgrowthand

theslowmetabolism.Thethickhairkeepsthedeerwarmandtheslowmetabolism

makesthedeerconsumelessenergy,whichisstoredintheformoffatforuse

whentheyneeditforgrowth.

Lines45-56

1.whatdecreasesaswinterprogresses?

Thedeer'sactivities.

2.whywerepeopleadvisedtobehavelikethat?

Touselessoilandelectricityforconservingenergytopullthroughthecrisis.

3.whatdoestheauthorimplyby“watchedthedeer”?

Heimpliesthatmencanlearnfromthedeertoreduceunnecessarycostofenergy.

Lines57-64

1."...topullthemthrough”.Canyousayitinotherwords?

...tohelpthemsurvivethewinter.

2.whatisthefundamentalruleoflife?

Themorefatthedeerreserve,themorechancethereisforthemtosurvivethe

crises.Onlythelargestandstrongestarelikelytosurvive.

3.Isthefundamentalruleoflifeapplicabletohumanbeings?

Yes.Ifwehumanbeingsdonotprotectnatureandourselvesbysavingenergy,we

willbepunishedbynatureandwilleventuallybewipedoutfromthisplanet.

Lines65-68

1.whatisthelifecycle?

Food-energy-life-survival-reproduction-death-fbod-energy-otherlife

Food-energy-seekmorefood-newenergy-food

Energyisvitaltoourworld.Butenergyisnotalwaysplentiful.Thesupplycan

vary,eitherseasonallyorforotherreasons.Someanimals,thewhite-taileddeer,

forinstance,havedevelopednaturalwaysorvaryingtheirownuseofenergywith

thevariationsofthesupply.Humanbeingscanandshouldlearnthislessonfor

theirownsurvival.

2.Teacherexplainsthekeypointsindetails

turnofmind

1.whatisyourturnofmind?

Ihavealogicalturnofmind,orliterary/critical/philosophic/humorous/optimistic

turnofmind.

2.whatkindofpersonislikelytocreatethings?

Apersonofacreativeturnofmindislikelytocreatethings.

3.whatwordscanyouusetodescribepeopleofdifferentturnsofmind?

Down-to-earth,poetic,business-like,humorous,etc.

Dependon

1.Howdocropsgrow?

Theydependonthesunlight,water,andfertilizerforgrowth.

2.Howarethepricesofcommoditiesset?

Theymainlydependontherelationbetweendemandandsupply.

Acaseinpoint

1.canyougiveanexampleofasuccessfulperson?

Yes.AcaseinpointisThomasEdison,agreatinventor.

2.cananythingheavierthanairstayinthesky?

Yes.Acaseinpointisthehelicopter.

3.Howcanweconcludethatapersonisselfish.

Acaseinpointis...

Meet...needs

1.whydopeopledrinksomuchwateronthesportsground?

Theyhavetomeettheirbody'sneedsfbrwaterastheyplayinthesun.

2.whydoesafactoryinstallanotherassemblyline?

Theywanttomeettheneedsofincreasingproduction.

Drawon

1.Howcanagoodwriterwritesomanyinterestingstories?

Hedrawsonhisexperience,knowledge,observation,perceptionand

interpretationoflifefbrthematerialofhisstories.

2.Howcanapersonputforwardsuchapeculiaridea?

Ithinkhe'sdrawnonhisimagination.

Slowdown

1.whatisadriverexpectedtodoifapolicecarcomestowardsorfollowshim/her?

He/sheisexpectedtoslowdownandthenstopbytheroadside.

2.whatdoesarunnerdoafterhepassesthefinishline?

Heslowsdownandstops.

Pullthrough

1.whatshouldyoudoinfaceofdifficulties?

Ishouldusemyskills,workhard,andsometimesIshouldtakesomebody'sadvice.

Thismighthelptopullmethroughthedifficulties.

2.whywasthelittleboy,Schatz,waitingfordeath?

Hebelievedhehadafatallyhightemperatureandwouldnotpullthrough.

3.TasksSstocomeoutthemainidea,structureofthetext(lOmins)

4.Tsummarizesthemainideaandstructureofthetext(5mins)

HI.Post?readingActivities

l.Letthestudentsdotheexercisesinthetextbookwhicharerelatedtothenewwords.

2.Sshandinthesummaryofthetext.

3.Ssdiscussthequestionsonthetopicrelatedtothetext.

4.LetSsdotheexercisesinthetextbookwhicharemainlyrelatedtothenew

wordsandtopic.

Unit3WhyDoWeBelieveThatTheEarthIsRound?

TeachingTime:4hours

Students5level:Sophomoresofnon-Englishmajorsinthe2ndsemester.

TeachingObjectives:

l.GetSstoknowtheauthor'spurposeistoteachSstohaveacorrectattitudetowards

knowledgeandacceptingofknowledgebytakingtheexamplesofother9sarguments

oftheshapeofEarth.

2Aboutthetext,Ssshouldgraspthetextcontent,textstructure,basicvocabularies

andrequiredgrammarpointsofthesection.

Words:preface,remark,cite,exaggerate,mast,appeal,analogy,cast,precarious,

produce,burden,bother

Phrases&Expressions:appealto,followup,forthesakeof,throwlighton,

shapedlike,caston,fallbackon,strayawayfrom,

Grammar:

3.Aboutthereading,Ssshouldknowthereadingskillsoftellingdifferencebwteen

factsandopinionsentences.

4.Aboutthewriting,Ssshouldgettoknowthewritingskill一coherence.

5.Aboutthelistening,SsfinishtheUnit3directedbyteacher.

TeachingProcedures:

LPre-readingActivities

1.Backgroundinformation

1)GeorgeOrwell

2)GeorgeBernardShaw

3)TheFlatEarthTheoryandtheRoundEarthTheory

4)Eclipses

5)PlayingCards

6)ComradeMaoTse-tungonknowledge,onDirectExperienceand

IndirectExperience

2.warm-upquestionsandintroductoryremarks

1)Doyoubelievethattheearthisround?Why?

Yes,Ido,becausescienceprovesthatitistrue.

2)Haveyouheardofotherconclusionsabouttheshapeoftheearth?

Whatarethey?Whydon'tyoubelievethem?

Yes.Theearthwassaidtobeflatoroval.Idon'tbelievethembecausethe

photosfromsatellitesorthescenesofeclipsesshowthatit'sround.

2)whyis“theearthisround“putinaquestion?

3.Keywordsandexpressions:

studyofthewordsandphrases

newwordsandoldwords

teacherstudents

(oldwordsorexpressions)(newones)

forwardpreface

say,argueremark

quotecite

simplymerely

acceptwithoutquestionswallow

overstateexaggerate

attractappealto

forthegoodoffbrthesakeof

poleonashipmast

bendcurve

comparisonanalogy

quicklypromptly

roundplatedisc

throwcast

gotoaimat

insecureprecarious

turntofbrhelpfallbackon

inanotherwayotherwise

movefromstrayawayfrom

showproduce

loadburden

taketroublebother

EnglishandChinesePhrases

Teacher(Chinese)students(English)

在某處somewhereorother

序言theprefaceto

中世紀themiddleages

普遍認為thewidespreadbeliefthat

普通人theordinarycitizen

迎合口味appealto

我的…完蛋了banggoesmy...

求助于fallbackon

不屑一顧wouldnotevenbotherto

反駁say...against

天體heavenlybody

由此可見itwillbeseenthat

靠不住的理由precariousreasons

知識面therangeofknowledge

無力的論據(jù)weakargument

ILWhile-readingActivities

l.Sshavethesilentreadingonthetext(10mins)

2.Texplainsthetextindetails.

Appealto

1.dodetectivefilmsappealtoyou?

Yes,

No,

2.whatkindsofbooksappealmosttoyouth?

Bookson...

3.whyarechildren'sclothescolorful?

Brightandcolorfulclothesusuallyappealtochildren.

Followup

1.whatdothepolicedoifacaseisreportedtothem?

Theyfollowupthecase.

2.whatdoyoudoifyoureadaninterestingstoryseriesonanewspaper?

Ifollowitup.

Forthesakeof

1.whatdopeopleusuallydoforthesakeofhealth?

Theyeathealthyfood,doexercisesanddon'tsmoke,don^...

2.whyisitnecessarytowidenthestreets?

It'snecessarytowidenthestreetsforthesakeofasmootherflowoftraffic.

Throwlighton

1.whatistheuseofthebackgroundknowledgeofastory?

Itthrowslightonit.

2.whyareillustrations,data