上外英语专业教案第2册第4单元.ppt

Me and My Big Mouth,Unit 4 Text 1,Teaching Objectives,Be familiar with narrative writing and its structural arrangement; Discuss how to be oneself when his role of life is in a change; Learn to use adverbs to re-write certain sentences Learn to identify the functions of various clauses: how-clause functions as the appositional clause that-clause functions as the subject complement beingfunctions as the subject etc.,Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading,Before Reading Background Information,American Football American football is derived from the English game of rugby, and is entirely different from ordinary football, that is, soccer or association football.,American football is the most popular sport in all schools and colleges in the fall. Popular high school footballers are usually encouraged to come to a college or university by offers of scholarships and free room and board. There are professional football teams in nearly all major cities of the United States. Their players are almost always former college footballers.,The number of spectators at professional football games is generally larger than that at college games because the professional players are naturally more skilled. College football games are usually played on Saturday afternoons, while professional football games are very often played on Sunday afternoons or evenings.,The game is played with an oval ball; the eleven players on each side may carry it and tackle each other. The object of the game is to carry or forward pass the ball across the opponents goal. One player may throw another down as part of the game. The rules are complicated and the game is inherently dangerous. Many players have been seriously injured or even killed in the past.,In order to avoid such injuries the most elaborate clothing has been developed. With dramatic protection for his head, shoulders and chest, and a visor over his face, when full equipped a player looks like a strange visitor from another plane. An important football game is often played in the midst of an immense ritual .,Half an hour before the game begins, bands with majorettes begin marching and playing music on the field, and their convolutions make the preparations in many ways more interesting than the game itself. Between the two halves of the game, the student spectators are led to cheer for their team. Uniformed student cheerleaders, many of them pretty girls, cheer for their team, too.,Before Reading Warm-up Questions:,Who is your favourite footballer or pop singer? How special are they in your eyes? What would you do to meet with challenges or cope with frustrations in your life or work? Are you afraid of facing changes of life when the future is too unpredictable?,Global Reading,Is this a piece of narration, description or argumentation? What is the authors attitude towards life? How many parts can this passage be divided into? Structural Analysis,Detailed Reading,Paragraph 1 Paragraphs 2-13 Paragraphs 14-27 Paragraphs 28,Paragraph 1,Question: What have you learned about the authors current life condition?,Paragraph 1,Language work Fortunately for me, there is a fine tradition in this country that if you are a successful athlete or performer, people supposedly want to eat the same peanut butter that you do, drink the same beer, wear the same pants, etc.,Be enthusiastic of being the copy of successful people,Paragraphs 2-13,Questions: (Para. 2-3) What is the companys marketing strategy in hiring the author as its model? (Para. 4-7) Did the author enjoy the experience of making his head-mold?,(Para.8-9) Why were the parents bothered when they received their sons modelled head? (Para. 10-13) Why did Terry say filming toupee commercials was the worst part of the deal?,Language work Thats how I got involved in the worst product endorsement I ever did. I am bald and I agreed to be the spokesman for a toupee company.,To show potential customers how good I looked with hair, the company made and distributed to salons all over the country a plastic model of my head. There were lots of bad ways to die, but being suffocated by plaster while getting your head duplicated for a toupee display is high on the list.,Eventually they mass-produced my head, and it did look just like me. It bothered my mother so much that they put it back in the box and stored it in the attic. “You, too, can have a full robust life with our toupee. Look how natural it looks.” Then I surfaced with what looked like road kill stuck to my head.,Finally I just couldnt take it anymore; I went behind a tree, ripped off the hairpiece and shoved it into my back pocket. I spent the rest of the tournament walking around with blood The company decided I was not a proper spokesman for their toupee and fired me.,Paragraphs 14-27,Questions: What are the challenges for Terry Bradshaw as a TV broadcaster? Can you find some indication that the writer gradually gets used to the new post? What is the significance of the fishing anecdote mentioned in Para. 26 and his dads saying in Para. 27?,Language work When I was playing, reporters like to interview me because I gave them good sound bites.,As a quarterback, the big picture had been the only thing that mattered to me, but as a broadcaster I soon learned it was the small frames that made up the big picture. “ I had never watched a football game from that distance in my life. All I could see was a bunch of people with numbers I couldnt read running around.,Maybe I was so nervous because I really cared. I worked hard. I wanted to be good, to please the viewers. A heavy boom microphone smacked me upside the head so hard it nearly knocked me out.,Paragraphs 28,Question: How would you interpret the writers own remark in paragraphs 28?,Language work: For a man who thought his best talent was throwing an inflated ellipsoid a long way, Ive been fortunate in my career.,To After Reading,a fine tradition,In the text, it refers to peoples social value. Terry Bradshaw lives in a society that worships idols. It is common practice to follow successful persons life styles. The authors intends to justify his acceptance of the job as a toupee model:,Cf. supposedly, presumptively, presumably, supposedly : believed or reputed to be the case presumptively: By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability; presumably: by reasonable assumption; Presumably, he missed the train.,get/ be involved in,To take part in an activity or event, or to be connected with it in some way, e.g.: The president was involved in the political scandal.,endorsement,endorsing, instance of this; statement that endorses.: The owner of the book shop, on HMVs endorsement, cashed a cheque for a thousand pounds. Word derivation: endorse Mail not delivered at the original address must be endorsed to show the next address.,potential customer,a person who may become a customer in the future: The favourable discounts attract a large number of potential customers to come.,distribute,give or send out, put (parts of a set of things) in different places, eg.: The company distributed its profits among its employees. The worker had 20 parcels to be distributed at warehouses all over the town.,spread out ( over a large area), e.g to distribute manure over the field put in groups or classes Word derivation: distributor: person or thing that distributes.,suffocate,cause or have difficulty in breathing, e.g. The smoke almost suffocated me. He was suffocated with rage. kill, choke, by making breathing impossible The dog suffocated in the box.,high on the list,is near the top of the list In the text “ being suffocated by plaster while getting your head duplicated for a toupee display” was one of the worst ways to die.,mass produce,manufacture large numbers of identical articles by standardized process. Word derivation: mass production mass producer,attic,space within the roof of a house word bank: basement kitchen bathroom living room dining room bedroom garage,robust,having or showing good health or strength Good food, fresh air and hard work have made the hill farmers a robust and healthy race.,road kill,refers to whatever animals killed on roads The sentence in the text means that the toupee he was wearing looked extremely unnatural, just like a dead animal killed by a car stuck to his bald head.,shove,To push something quickly or carefully into a space or container shove something in / into/ under He bundled the papers together and shoved them into a draw.,tournament,a competition in a sport or game in which each player or team plays several matches, and the winner is the one who wins the most matches Thirty matches were played during the chess tournament, which lasted three weeks. compare championship and tournament Championship refers to a competition to find the best layer or team in a particular sport, especially one that involves several stages or games. We beat the Dodgers in the semifinals, and went on to win the championship.,fire,to make someone leave his or her job, especially because he or she has done something wrong or something the employer does not approve of You couldnt fire someone for joining a union, but you can if they go on strike. compare lay off and fire. lay off : to make workers, especially workers in a large factory or organization, leave their jobs, because there is not enough work for them to do, or not enough money to pay their salary Where demands for goods was shrinking, firms would close down or lay off workers.,sound bites,an American term for brief excerpts from a speech, especially in TV news,quarterback,a position for a football player. It is an offensive back who stands directly behind the centre in a football match. In a football game, the quarterback calls on offense. figuratively, refers to a person who directs any group or activity Mother quarterbacks the housekeeping.,matter (vi.),be of importance It doesnt matter to me what you do or where you go. The car matters a great deal to him. That was what mattered most to him.,that (distance),(usu. in negatives) so; to such a degree He cant walk that far. Ive done only that much. I was that angry I would have hit him.,a bunch of,number of small, similar things naturally growing together a bunch of grapes/ bananas collection of things of the same sort placed or fastened together a bunch of flowers/ keys,word bank,a cargo of grains a head of lettuce a bag of newspapers a piece of furniture,viewer,someone who is watching a particular TV programme Cf. audience, spectator audience: a group of people who have come to a place to watch a play, a concert, or a film spectator: someone who is watching an event or game,knock out ,to hit someone so hard that they fall down and become unconscious They knocked themselves out with work. He was knocked out in the accident. overwhelm, stun She was knocked out by the news. Her performance completely knocked me out.,an inflated ellipsoid,a substitute term for American football with the shape of an ellipsoid that is inflated with air,After Reading,Structural Analysis Summary Sentence combination Collocation of words Oral Work Writing,Structural Analysis,Paragraphs 1,Paragraphs 2 to 13,Paragraphs 14 to 27,The author gives reasons for his job transfer.,The author recounts his frustrating experiences as a toupee model.,The author describes his problems, his progress and success in broadcasting.,Paragraph 28,The author comments on his successful career transition.,Summary,A. The text could be divided into four parts according to the development of sequence. Please write a summary for each part. Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2-13 Paragraph 14-27 Paragraph 28,B. Please use one sentence to summarize the main idea of the text.,Check the grammar exercises in the student book,Additional exercises: Sentence combination,Group 1 (paragraph 1) There is a tradition in this country. You are a successful athlete or performer. People supposedly want to eat the same peanut butter that you do, drink the same beer, wear the same pants.,Please combine the following sentences in the group into one sentence. And then make a comparison with the original sentence in the text.,Group 2 (paragraph 4) I lay down on a bed. People stuck straws up my nose. I could breathe. People then covered my entire head with plaster. Group 3 (paragraph 12) I didnt realize. I had cut my head when I took it off. My scalp was bleeding.,Group 4 (paragraph 14) I would not describe my first game as a disaster. That would be understating how truly bad I was.,There are various ways to combine these sentences, but some may be more effective in expressing the writers feelings and more suitable for the tone of the text. And this helps us decide the best way. When we are writing, we should always be conscious of the available choices in expression and the difference between each other.,Check the vocabulary exercises in the student book,Additional exercise: Collocation of words,Please fill in the blank with an appropriate words with t