新视野大学英语 Book2 unit2 Learning the Olympic Standard for Love.doc

Drilling:English equivalents of Chinese:1. 脸上惊愕的表情： shocked look on the face2. 挨着某人坐下： to sit next to sb3. 幽默感： sense of humor4. 缩短1.5分钟： to cut 1-1/2 minutes off5. 有一次： on one occasion6. 一贯的幽默： consistent good humor7. 追求/努力达到： to reach for8. 感到十分疲倦： to feel quite fatigued9. 在寒风中滑行： to stride into the cold breeze10. 在此事上不服管： to be rebellious on the matter11. 很快做完某事： to make quick workP12. 辱骂某人： to swear at sb13. 对不太在意： not to take much notice of14. 对某事心存感激： to be thankful for sth.15. 有勇气坚持下去： to have the courage to persist16. 每做完一个动作： after each pass17. 一刻不停地工作： to worl without rest18. 以的口气： in a tone19. 全国第四： a fourth-place national ranking20. 错过奥运选拔： to miss the cut for the Olympics21. 有某人在场： in sbs presence22. 为确立标准： to set a standard for23. 与保持同步: to keep rhythm withSummaryNikolai was not that intimidating as I expected. He set up an Olympic standard for love: encouragement mingled with good humor, quiet gratitude, perceptivity, and sincerity . In the hard training sessions, I could always count on being encouraged by his amusing stories and sense of humor. However, Nikolai never babied me. When I was exhausted from the training, Nikolai was indifferent to my pain and urged me to go on skiing. When I stopped training, I revisited Nikolai, realizing that from my earth, quiet, indissolublebond with Nikolai, I had gained a lot and known the Olympic standard for love: to have the courage, heart, discipline to persist, and to have gratitude in advance for a century of life on. Teaching Plan for Unit 1, Book 2 Section A Learning the Olympic Standard for LoveObjects:Students will be able to:learning about the Olympic Standard for Loveunderstanding the main idea and structure of Section Alearning to write by developing a paragraph of a general statement supported by specific details Mastering the ways of word building, language points and grammatical structures in the textFocus: Understanding and using the key words, phrases & expressions, patterns of Section AUnderstanding the main idea and structure of the textMastering the device for developing a paragraph of a general statement supported by specific details and reasons Difficulties:Understanding the structure of the text and the way to develop itMastering the device for developing a paragraph of a general statement supported by specific details Time allotment:1st-2nd period: Lead-in & reading activities (skimming & scanning)3rd-4th period: Detailed study of the text (key language points & structure)5th-6th period: Text analysis ,summary and writing tasks7th period: Checking on students learning tasks (Exercises in Section A & reading activities of Section B) Teaching procedure:Step Background information1. The Olympic Spirit (1)The Olympic motto is Faster, Higher, Stronger. The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to participate. Taking drugs before the Games is considered cheating and against sportsmanship. Spirit (2)The Olympic oath encourages athletes,coaches, and officials to observe the rules and to follow the spirit of sports- manship. Mutual understanding, friendship, unity and fair play. The Olympic Games help to promote a better and more peaceful world. Spirit (3)The most important thing in the Games is not the triumph but the struggle; not to haveconquered but to have fought well. By undergoing the stress and strain of toughcompetition, the athletes grow in strength, endurance and discipline. The most important thing is to participate. The athletes must learn to respect and to cooperate with people from many nations during the Games.2. Skiing Skiing, winter sport in which people move across snow-covered terrain with long, narrow, specially designed boards called skis attached to their feet. Although people have been skiing for about 5,000 years, the sport did not become a popular form of recreation until the 20th century. Millions of people worldwide enjoy skiing for its exhilaration, sense of freedom, physical challenges, and fitness benefits,Step VocabularyRoot:ann- = year anniversary n. 周年，周年纪念（vers = to turn） annual adj. 一年一次的 annuity n. 年金，养老金 biannual adj. 一年两次的（bi- = two）biennial adj. 两年一次的 centennial adj. 百年一次的 （cent = hundred）grat- = to pleasegrateful adj. 感激的，感谢的（充满欢喜的） ungrateful adj. 不知感激的gratitude n. 感激 (-itude = 抽象名词词尾) congratulate v. 祝贺，恭贺（con- = together）suffix -y 形容词后缀，表示“充满”、“有性质”、“有倾向”的意思bloody; dreamy; foggy ; cloudy; worthy; greedy; greeny; icypicy adj. 有香味的，活泼的（spicec = 香料） bushy adj. 灌木丛生的，浓密的 en 形容词后缀, 多接于物质名词之后，表“由作成的”之意earthen adj. 土制的；陶土制的 golden adj. 金的；金制的；金色的leaden adj. 铅制的 wooden wool(l)enStep Structure AnalysisStructure analysis of the whole text structure The passage is a first-person narration about the writers experience for Olympic Games with an ex-Soviet coach, through which the writer learned the Olympic standard for love. The whole passage can be roughly divided into four parts.Part 1 (Paras. 1-4) introduction of Nikolai and Nikolais expectationPart 2 (Paras.5-19) This part deals with the Olympic standard of love as shown by Nikolai.Part 3 (Para. 20) This is a transitional paragraph. This is the time when the writer stopped her training, revisited her coach Nikolai, thought of what happened in the past, and realized that she had gained a lot from her quiet, indissoluble bond with her coach Nikolai.Part 4(Para. 21) the conclusion of the whole passage . It summarizes what nikolai taught the writer. Comprehension of the test1. How did the writer feel when she met Nilolai for the first time? She felt that Nikolai was quite different from what she had expected; still, she was quite nervous.2. As a self-comfident amateur skier, the writer was ready thinking of participating in the Olympics before she met Nikolai, wasnt she? No. actually she was quite surprised when Nikolai suggested that.3. How would you describe the training sessions after Nikolai began to coach the writer? They went through a lot of hard training sessions full of pain and tears. Yet the training was really productive.4. Did Nikolai himself try very hard at skiing when he was young?Yes, he did. He was always practicing while others were relaxing themselves.5. How would you describe the relationship between the writer and her coach? In training, they were strict coach and determined athlete; at other times, they were on good terms with each other, like friends.6. Why did a lady friend of the writers grandfather once asked wether Nikolai also taught dance? Because Nikolai sang out instructions in a regular manners, similar to those of a dance instructor.7. What did they achieve through hard training? Did they participating in the Olympics as they had expected? The writer achieved a fourth place in the nation, but they didnt manage to participate in the Olympics.8. What did the writer learn from Nikolai? Besides improving her skills under Nikolais instruction, she also learned the importance of determination with courage, heart and discipline; most important of all, she learned to be thankful and loving while living in this world.Step Language Points1. intimidating (Para.1) making you feel worried and less confident2. ex-Soviet (Para.1) ex- = formrer and still living3. ship sb.out (Para.1) send sb. a long way4. But Nikolai he was, Petrovich and all. (Para.2) Meaning: But anyway, he was Nikolai Petrovich Anikin, and nobody else.5. next to (Para.2) beside6. in ones presence (Para.2) in the same place as someone else7. promising (Para.4) showing signs of being successful in the future.8. by no means (Para.4) not at all9. There were countless training sessions full of pain and more than a few tears, (Para.5) Meaning: I really went through a lot of painful training sessions which made me shed tears10. count on (Para.5) depend on11.am practice, practice, practice in the stadium. (Para.6)Meaning: I pracrice all the time in the stadium.12. cut 1-1/2 mimutes off my time (Para.6) Meaning: reduced my time by one and a half munites13. Romantic and otherwise, Nikolai knew love. (Para.9) Meaning: No matter Nikolai was romantic or not, he understood what love was.14. He never babied me. Meaning: He never spoiled me.15. massive (Para.10) serious16. quite fatigued (Para.10) very exhausted17. come upon (Para.10) meet someone or find sth. by chance18. approximately (Para.10) about, nearly19. indifferent to (Para.11) showing little care about20. packed 10 of us (Para.11) arranged 10 of us stay21. made quick work with our spoons (Para.12) had our breakfast quickly with 22. take much notice of (Para.13) pay attention to23. He saved his passion for skiing. (Para.13) Meaning: He didnt show strong feelings except in skiing.24. Billion times you make motion then be perfect. (Para.18) Meaning: You must be patient and make the movement many times before itll be perfect.25. miss the cut (Para.19) This is a term in golf which means fail to hit the golf ball into the hole. Here in our text, it means fail to be selected to take part in the 26. reflect on (Para.20) think deeply about; consider carefully27. not the least of which was a quiet, indissoluble bond with a short man in a tropical shirt. (Para.20) Meaning: one important gain was the close and lasting relationship with my coach Nikolai.28. in advance (Para.20) before a particular date or event学习奥林匹克标准的爱 1 尼克莱彼得罗维奇安尼金一点都不像我想象的那么吓人.不,他不可能是我父亲特地送我来见的那位前苏联教练.2 可他的确是尼克莱彼得罗维奇安尼金本人.他请我进门,在沙发上坐了下来,又拍了拍身边的垫子,让我坐在他旁边.在他面前,我真的很紧张.3 你还年轻, 他的英语带着俄语口音:如果你愿意试着向奥林匹克运动会进军,我想你能行.长野奥运会来不及参加了,但你可以准备参加2002年盐湖城奥运会. 4 完全可以,不是吗 看到我脸上惊愕的表情,他又说道.我那时是一个很有前途的业余滑雪运动员,但在国内决不是顶尖选手.当然,你需要进行很多艰苦的训练,你会哭鼻子,但你一定会进步的. 5 的确,后来我经历了无数痛苦的训练,还为此流了不少眼泪.但在后来的五年里,我总能从尼克莱讲的有趣故事和他的幽默感中得到鼓励.6 他开始总是说:我的朋友们常去看电影,去跳舞,去和女孩子约会, 然后他会降低声音接着说:我就在运动场上训练,训练,再训练.第二年,我的15公里滑雪比赛成绩缩短了1.5分钟.7 朋友们问我:尼克莱,你怎么做到的呢 我回答:你们去看电影,跳舞,和女孩子约会,而我一直在训练,训练,再训练. 8 故事通常到这儿就结束了.但有