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Unit 2 Text A Why They ExcelI. Teaching Objectives 1.Understand the audio materials of this unit.2.Grasp the key words, Phrases and structure.3.Master the skills of writing and reading in this unit. phenomenon- causes- suggestions.II. Teaching Content1.Lead-in activities2. Text Organization3. Skill learning in writing and reading 4. Language points ( key words, phrases and difficult sentences)5. Grammar Focus (The emphatic form It be-that/ who-)6. Guided Practice (exercises, oral practice and group work)III Teaching Process 1. Warm-up Questions / Activities: Activities:1) ask Ss if they know about successful Chinese Americans in the United States and name some of them, and the teacher shall put the names on board;2). Ss briefly tell about their achievements, for example, Yang Chen Ning, Lee Tsung Dao ( Li Zheng-dao), I.M.Pei( Bei Yu-ming), Wang An, Zhao Xiao-lan, etc.3)Ss explain why they are successful; and sum up the discussion and introduction the text.Introduction remarks:There are quite a few successful Chinese Americans in the United States. They excel in fields like Physics, Architecture, Computer, Politics and so on. Arouse the students interest by asking them whom they know about.Questions: 1).What do you know about some successful Chinese Americans in the United States? Name some of them.2).What are prestigious universities in the USA?2.Text OrganizationThis passage can be divided into 3parts:Part1 (1-4) A phenoninon drawn from a storyPart2 (5-14) Why Asian Americans doing so well?(1 experiment and 3 factors)Part3 (15-19) What can we learn from them? (3 recommendations)3. Skill learning in writing and reading a useful structure for an argumentary writing: phenomenon- causes- suggestions.4. Language Points:1) passage n. (cost of a ticket for) a journey by ship or plane from one place to anothere.g. He is too poor to afford a passage home.2) make it (to somewhere) succeed in getting somewhere usu. in time to do sth., or in doing sth.,or getting sth. wantede.g. Despite the heavy rain, she made it to the airport just in time to catch her plane.3) cope with manage successfully; be able to deal with (sth. difficult, unpleasant, etc.)e.g. cope with the water shortage/ his rival / the budget deficit4) owe to have (sth. good) because of (sth./sb.)e.g. I owe it to my friends that I have been able to finish this work.5) a wave of an unusually large number ofe.g. a wave of new comers/ buying/ terrorism6) labelv. put into a particular kind or class; describe ase.g. His neighbors labeled him a thief.7) counterpartn. a person or thing that has a similar function or position in another place or organizatione.g. the Foreign Minister and his French counterpart8) convergevi. (tend to) become similar or identicale.g. Our previously opposed views are beginning toconverge.9) bottom line the deciding or crucial factor; the essential pointe.g. The bottom line is that we need another ten thousand dollars to complete the project.10) imbue with fill with (a kind of idea, feeling, etc.)e.g. She tries to imbue her husband with a sense of responsibility.11) have what it takes have the right qualities or skills required for successe.g. I dont think Rebecca has what it takes to be a ballet dancer.12) whereasconj. while at the same time; while on the contrarye.g. The elephant weighs about 3,600 kg. The blue whale weighs up to 130,000 kg. =Whereas the elephant weighs about 3,600 kg, the blue whale weighs up to 130,000 kg.13) spring from result from; have ones origin ine.g. Her doubts spring from too much experience of failure.14) tie n. a connection, relationship, or feeling that links a person with another person, a place, etc.Eg. I no longer feel any ties with my hometown.15) cant wait for sth./ to do sth. be very excited about sth. and eager for sth./ to do sth.e.g. He couldnt wait to tell the good news to his parents.16) span the length of time between two dates or events or during which sth. exists or functionse.g. life span; memory span; span of knowledge17) potentiala. & n. the inherent ability or capacity for growth, development, or coming into beinge.g. industrial potential; acting potential; potential customer; potential resources5.Grammar Focus:Drill The emphatic form It be-that/ who-Procedures:1). Explain to Ss that the emphatic form can be used to place emphasis on the subject, object or adverbial, but not on the verb predicate of a sentence. If the subject is a person, either “that” or “who” can be used, for example:Mary got a very beautiful birthday present from her aunt.It was Mary that/ who got a very beautiful birthday present from her aunt.It was a very beautiful birthday present that Mary got from her aunt.It was from her aunt that Mary got a very beautiful birthday present.2). Ask Ss to drill in pairs6. Guided Practice (exercises, oral practice and group work)1) Summary A. Ask several students to retell the text by using their own words.B. Talk about the main idea or theme of the text.2). Exercises A. Comprehension of the text(During the period of preview or discussions in class).B. vocabulary (homework)C. Translation( on exercise-book)7. After-class AssignmentsWe have learned “listing” writing skill in Para.12-14 and 15-18. Try to write a list paragraph of your own, using similar organization markers as in the reading passageText B Methods of Education: East and WestLanguage Points1. An art lesson in a Canadian school would lead to a room full of unique pictures, not a series of identical cats. -A lesson on painting in a Canadian school would make a classroom of children produce pictures that are entirely different from one another instead of a great number of cats that look the same.2. the instructor teaches more than just art or history or languge- the teacher teaches not only art or history or language, but also other things.3. part of whats going on-one of the things that is being taught.4. Every education system is inevitably a mirror that reflects the culture of the society it is a part of. -The education system of any socity certainly reflects the culture of that society, and it is a component part of that societ