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Experiencing English III Term 2，2010/2011 Name：曹东波Unit 7 Drug Abuse Passage A: Agony from EcstasyTime: 90 minutesTeaching steps:Lead-in activity 5Background information 10Text analysis 40Language points 10Summary of the text 10Exercises 13Assignment 2I. Lead in 1. What do you know about drugs and drug abuse?2. Why do some people use Ecstasy?（Group work: Some groups present their PPT to the whole class. State your reasons in either case.）II. Background information w MDMA (Ecstasy)w MDMA is a stimulant whose psychedelic effects can last between 4 and 6 hours and it is usually taken orally in pill form. The psychological effects of MDMA include confusion, depression, anxiety, sleeplessness, drug craving, and paranoia. Adverse physical effects include muscle tension, involuntary teeth clenching, nausea, blurred vision, feeling faint, tremors, rapid eye movement, and sweating or chills. Because of MDMA ability to increase heart rate and blood pressure, an extra risk is involved with MDMA ingestion for people with circulatory problems or heart disease.w MDMA is most often manufactured clandestinely in Western Europe, primarily in Belgium and the Netherlands. These countries produce 80% of the MDMA consumed worldwide. This is primarily because of the availability of precursor and essential chemicals and international transportation hubs in this area of the world. w Drug Use in the General Populationw According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 15.9 million Americans ages 12 and older (7.1%) reported using an illicit drug in the month before the survey was conducted. More than 12% reported illicit drug use during the past year and 41.7% reported some use of an illicit drug at least once during their lifetimes.w Drugs destroy millions of lives every year too often the lives of young people upon whom our future depends. In a world where more money is spent on drugs than on food, it can be difficult to convince others to just say “no.” Society owes a debt of gratitude to anyone working to salvage others from the harmful effects of drug abuse. Standing by and doing nothing about the drug problem only helps those who profit from its spreading. But working together, we can succeed in educating others to the real dangers of drugs. I11. Text analysisDetailed Study of the Text: Global Comprehension of the Text - the Style, the Structure, and the General IdeaText structure w Part I (Para.1): Opinion on Ecstasy harmfulw Part II (Para.2-10) :The process of doing Ecstasyw Part III (Para.11-13): Coming to realize the harm of doing Ecstasy and starting of a new lifeUnderstanding and analysis the text The First meeting with NagatPara. 1: Question: What do most of the people think about Ecstasy? Whats the authors opinion? How do you know it? Para.2: Basic information about the author Place she is from: _People around her: _Marks in school: _Dugs: _Para.3-4: Questions: What was her dream? What was exposed to her in the acting school? What are the reasons of her doing drugs? What drugs did she ever taste?Paras. 5-10: Doing Ecstasy The first time Feeling and /or effect:_Opinion on doing drugs:_As time went by Feeling and /or effect:_Opinion on doing drugs:_In five monthsFeeling and /or effect:_Opinion on doing drugs:_One night Feeling and /or effect:_Opinion on doing drugs:_After being rescued Feeling and /or effect:_Opinion on doing drugs:_Para.11-13: Questions: What were the damages Ectasy caused to the author? What was the worst one? What does the last sentence suggest?IV. Language points -Usage of Some Key Words and Expressions w Agony focus on w expose to utter w look down upon/ on illusion w creep on top of w carry out bliss w chip away at come truew in a state of pick upDifficult Sentences Explain the difficulties and main points. I surrounded myself only with those who did.w - I kept in contact only with those who used drugs. Since I saw that scan, my life has been an uphill crawl.w - Since I saw the results of the medical scan, Ive started a difficult process of getting rid of drugs. V. Exercises Ask students to do exercises on the textbookVI. Summary of the textFill in the blanks according to the content of the passage.Here the writer uses her personal experiences with the drug Ecstasy to warn others of its dangerous effects. She a normal young woman, grew up, in a small town in the state of Pennsylvania but moved to New York to try to realize her dream of working in the theater and it was there that she first came into contact with drugs. Many of her acting school friends were drug users and, in an effort to fit in, she began to use them too. Her story is typical of many drug addicts. She went from someone who used drugs for fun to someone who couldnt live without them. Finally she had some kind of a breakdown. Luckily for her, her mother drove to New York to rescue her and she ended up back in Pennsylvania in hospital. She recalls her horror at seeing a brain scan which the doctors had done and which showed that Ecstasy had had permanent effects on her brain.VII. Assignment A.Go over what we have learnedB.Preview the new lessonC. Thinking questions:1. Have you ever heard of the war on drugs?2. Read passage B and find out what happened in New Haven and for what purpose some 300 police gathered there.3. How successful was the police in carrying out their mission?Unit 7 Drug AbuseListen and talkWrite and produce Culture SalonTime: 90 minutesTeaching steps:Quiz and review 20Lead-in 15Dialogue samples 15General writing 15Practical writing 15Culture salon 9Assignment 1I. Quiz and reviewsuspect execute coordinate innocent ventureraid issue intelligence gang afterwards 1.The police and the military launched a _ attack on the drug production base in the mountains. 2.The police have arrested two _ in connection with the bank robbery. 3.The London underground railways served as shelters for London citizens during German air _. 4.It was so dark in the cave that I didnt dare to _ any step further. 5.Terrorism differs from regular warfare in that terrorists would launch attacks against _ civilians as well as military targets in a random way. 6.The assistant came here to _ a few small commissions for the manager. 7.Jerome and Maria had a nice dinner at a restaurant and _ went to see a movie. 8.Dont get mixed up with that _. They spend all their time drinking and gambling. 9.The city government will soon _ street litter control notices. 10.The military _ says that the enemy attack will probably start tomorrow morning. II. Lead-in 1.Listen for the first time.2.Listen and fill in the blanks.3.Check the answers.III. Dialogue Samples 1.Listen to the record for two times. For the first time, the students are asked to listen to the tape without reading the materials. The students can read the materials silently while listening to the record for the second time, and pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.2.Ask students to read the dialogues in different ways.3.Select some typical sentences which may be useful both in oral expressions and writing.4.Divide students into several groups and prepare the dialogue.5.Ask some students to do the dialogue.IV. General Writing Read the given paragraph and identify the causes and effects that lead to the poor performance on tests. Ex.18 Many of my students have difficulty taking tests. For some, the test situation causes great stress and tension. The minds of these students “go blank” when they receive the test paper. Others do not know how to study and, thus come to the test ill-prepared to answer the questions. Some students study correctly but do not follow directions on the test. They usually do not finish the exam. These are some of the factors that contribute to the poor performance of certain students on tests. V. Practical Writing: 1)Read the sample first. 2)Try to simulate and create.VI. Culture Salon 1.Ask students to read the passage loudly.2.Ask students to translate the passage into Chinese, or write down their translation.3.Have a dictation（select some contents from the following two passages and have a dictation or just read and ask the students to speak out the outline of it.）VII. Assignment1.Review the lesson2.Preview the new lessonUnit 7 Drug AbusePassage B: Drug WarriorsTime: 90 minutesTeaching steps:Review 10Lead-in activity 5Background information 5Text analysis 40Language points 10Summary of the text 10Exercises 8Assignment 2I. Review Translate the sentences into Chinese.I hear people say Ecstasy is a harmless, happy drug. Theres noting happy about the way that “harmless” drug chipped away at my life. Ecstasy took my strength, my motivation, my dreams, my friends, my apartment, my money and most of all, my sanity. I worry about my future and my health every day. I have many mountains ahead of me, but I plan to keep climbing because Im one of the lucky ones.II. Lead in 1. Have you ever heard of the war on drugs?2. And what are your feelings?（Group work: Some groups present their PPT to the whole class. State your reasons in either case.）III. Background information Some information related to New Haven.IV. Text analysisText structure w Part I (Para.1): Billy White and the New Haven Drug Gang Task Force. (Being ready for drug war)w Part II (Para.2-5): The battle course of drug bustw Part III(Para.6): The great success of drug war. Understanding and analysis the text Part I. The New Haven Drug Gang Task ForceMembers: _Commander in chief: _Other members: _Part II. Retell the whole course of drug bust by filling in the blanks.1. It was 3 a.m., most of the New Haven Drug Gang Task Force had no_ since the morning before. Hours earlier, White had prepared the _. At the same time, _ got the New Haven Airport from New York and Washington _. And then they gathered at _of the city. The headquarter was an empty building on _of town. The 300-man team of federal agents gathered to _of the drug war. (Para.2)2. Kevin Kline, Whites friend, laid out _for the morning drug bust: the agents would be organized into squads, forming _and _. The arrest teams received _containing the_ _, and _ of each suspect, as well as _issued by the federal court. At 5:30 a.m., the teams were in their _.(Para.3) 3. At exactly _, the battle broke out. They arrested _ out of the 32 people on the list. Of the 29 arrested , about _ were Colombian citizens. The task force had successfully arrested many of the _ and _that connections with _. The core organization that they arrested in New Haven had direct connections with _, _, and _. The arrests in the New Haven area all proceeded without _. When the anti-drug operation came to a close, some of the New Haven cops got so _ that they had tears in their eyes. (Para.5) Fill in the form according to Para.4, please.The State of Public Order in New Haven In 1960:_After the drug gangs came to New Haven: _In 1990:_The anti-drug operation turned out to be a completely victory: In Colombia, _In New Haven, _As for the war on drug, Billy White believes that_V. Language points -Usage of Some Key Words and Expressions In charge of on the edge of