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New Horizon College English Book ThreeUnit 4 General Designing:对本单元的词汇，课文，练习进行讲解，分析及练习，让学生做到语言点及知识点的掌握。做好听力练习，进一步提高学生听力能力。I.Teaching aims: 做完Focus Listening 第四册的第7和第8课听力练习；进行中国及美国文化象征的口头讨论练习；对课文进行阅读，分析，讲解；练习按时间顺序安排段落的写作方法。II.Time allotment and teaching procedures:This unit is to be finished in 12 periods. It is roughly divided as follows:Listening/Speaking-centered activities: 4 periods.Reading-centered activities: 6 periods.Doing exercises and Quiz: 2 periods.Listening/Speaking-centered activitiesI.Time allotment and teaching contents: Time: 4 periodsContents: Focus Listening (book 3) Lesson 7 and Lesson 8.II.Teaching procedures:Step One: To let the students listen to the tape one time before the class;Step Two:To introduce some useful words and expressions appearing in the tapescript;Step Three:To let the students listen to the tape again in class;Step Four:To give some explanations and to let the students have some discussion.Reading-Centered ActivitiesSection A: Five Famous Symbols of American CultureI.Teaching aims:1. To make the students learn the new words and phrases2.To make the students know the five famous symbols of American culture3.To analyze the whole text in details II.Teaching procedures:Step One: preparations1. To preview the new words and phrases in Section A 2. To preview the text in Section AStep Two: in-class activities1. Warm-up activities: 通过让学生参与讨论代表中国文化的一些象征来引出课文中即将讲到的代表美国文化的五个著名的象征物，从而引入到课文的主要内容上。2Text study:1） main idea：The introduction of the five famous symbols of American culture2) organization: Part 1.(Para.1-4) The Statue of Liberty Part 2.(Para.5-10) Barbie Part 3.(Para.11-14) American Gothic Part 4.(Para.15-18) The Buffalo Nickle Part 5.(Para.19-22) Uncle Sam3) specific information：A. difficult sentencesa. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on an island in Upper New York Bay in 1886.b. The three-dimensional model for Barbie was a German doll-a joke gift for adults described as having the appearance of “a woman who sold sex”.c. Mattel refashioned the doll into a decent, all-American-although with an exaggerated breast size- version and named it after Barbara, who was then a teenager.d. The real Ken, who died in 1994, was disgusted by the doll that made his family famous.e. Grant Wood instantly rose to fame in 1930 with his painting American Gothic, an oftencopied interpretation of the solemn pride of American farmers.f. He was strongly influenced by medieval artists and inspired by the Gothic window of an old farmhouse, but the faces in his composition were what captured the worlds attention.g. Today, American coins honor prominent figures of the US government- mostly famous former presidents.h. But the Buffalo nickel, produced from 1913 to 1938, honored a pair of connected tragedies from the settlement of the American frontier-the destruction of the buffalo herds and the American Indians.i. Two years later, in 1915, this animal was sold for $100 and killed for meat, a hide, and a wall decoration made from its horns.j. After the war, a character called Uncle Sam began appearing in political cartoons, his form evolving from an earlier cartoon character called Brother Jonathan that was popular during the American Revolution.k. The most enduring portrait of Uncle Sam was created by artists James Montgomery Flagg in his famous army recruiting posters of the World Wars I and II.B. typical sentence patterna. absolute structioneg. After the war, a character called Uncle Sam began appearing in political cartoons, his form evolving from an earlier cartoon character Brother Jonathan that was popular during the American Revolution.b. conjunction + prepositional phraseeg.Mattel refashioned the doll into a decent, all-American-although with an exaggerated breast size- versionC. useful expressions and key wordsa. work on sth. Eg. I want to work on perpecting my style before trying anything new.b. be in love with sb. c. approve of sth. Eg. We need to get an official from the government to approve this project.d. go head.Eg. If you go ahead to sell this medicine, your license will be revoked. The council gave us permission to go head with our building plan.e. for sale.f. come up with.Eg. I hope you can come up with a better plan than this. Scientists have come up with new ways of saving money.g. rise to fame. h. name after sb.Eg. This island was named after his discovered.i. save sb/sth from. Eg. What can we do to save him from the results of his own foolishness.j. go against.Eg. Lying goes against my principles. I should warn you that if the case goes against you, you may find yourself in prison.k. run away from.l. statue. Eg. the statue of Lu Xun.m. enlighten.n. inspire. Eg. His novel was inspired by his friendship with his first wife.o. nickel. p. liberate. Eg. We must defend our civil liberties at all costs.q. reputation.3. Practice:Step Three: Assignments1. Reading Aloud2. Structured Writing Section B: Engelbreits the Name, Cute Is My GameI.Teaching aims: 1. To make the students learn the new words and new phrases2. To make the students read the text and get the main idea of the textII.Teaching procedures:Step One: preparations1. To preview the new words and phrases of Section B2. To preview the text in Section BStep Two: in-class activities1. Warm-up activities: 让学生根据对课文的预习来首先叙述本文所讲述的故事来引出课文2Text study: 1) main idea：The story of a successful woman2) specific information：A. difficult sentencesa. So she was disappointed when all the book publishers she visited turned her down.b. Greeting cards seemed a come-down from her high expectations.c. Its probably no accidents that one of Engelbreits bolder cards shows a young girl in overalls, her bare feet up on a desk, a farm field in the window behind her. “ We Dont Care How They Do It in New York,” the card boasts.d. Engelbreit is cheerful, down-to-earth, humorous, and always cute.e. Old-fashioned art-and values-have always been at the core of Engelbreits life.f. After that ill-fated trip to New York, Engelbreit sent a sample of her drawings to two greeting-card companies.g. In 1986 she licensed the copyringhts to the cards to Sunrise Publications, who now manages their production and distributions, allowing her to focus on other projects.h. Despite her success, Engelbreits feet are planted firmly on the ground.i. With her work taking off in so many directions, it was perhaps inevitable that Engelbreit would eventually realized her dream of illustrating a childrens book.j. It was fun, but oddly enough, I like doing cards best.B. useful expressions and key wordsa. turn down. Eg. Why was I turned down for this job?b. be suited to. Eg. Do you think David is suited to teaching?c. appear on. d. with an eye to. Eg. He bought the cottage with an eye to retiring there.e. be comprised of.Eg. This committee is comprised of three sub-committees with different areas of responsibilities.f. dress up. Eg. Its a small informal party-you dont have to dress up.g. go out.h. be influential in. Eg. He was influential in getting the hostages set free.i.