新起点大学英语第一册Unit 1.doc

Unit One Teaching Objectives:1. Grasp the main idea of Text A&B - To know the purpose of learning English is helpful to study English well.2. Master important language points and grammatical points.3. Try to master basic English sentence patterns.4. Learn how to write Notice.Time Allotment:12 periods: Pre-reading tasks and Text A 34periods: Exercises of Text A and New words of Text B 56periods: Exercises of Text BText A How to study English ()1. Pre-reading Tasks1.1. Pre-reading questions1) Whats your purpose of learning English?2) How do you usually learn English (listening, speaking, reading and writing)?3) When you have some difficulties in English study, how do you deal with them?4) Do you think its losing face to make mistakes in speaking English?1.2. IntroductionThis unit is about English learning. This is an old topic. But can you tell me how to study English well? I think you can give me many, many answers, maybe some are from your own experience, some are from the books and still some are from your teachers or other people. Today I also want to give you two tips: the first one is Passion and the second one is Effective learning methods, and passion is the more important one. Why? Because passion makes you want to learn English; learning methods only tell you how to do it better. Just as an old saying goes: All roads lead to Rome. In English study, different people have different methods, but the methods must be effective. In this unit the author gives us some useful tips for our English study. 2. While -Reading Tasks2.1. Read the passage quickly and finish Exercises A and B.2.2. Listen to the recording of the passage, and then ask some students to read in class.2.3. Answer some questions based on the text.1) Why is English an important foreign language for Chinese students? Because it is a common means of communication in the world.2) According to the text, what is the greatest difficulty to overcome in English learning? The fear for losing face.3) What is a mind-reader? A mind-reader is someone who knows what is in your mind.4) Is it good for Chinese students to translate English into Chinese sentence by sentence? Why? No, because then youll always think in Chinese.5) What is a good way to learn to speak English? By imitating others speaking at normal speed.2.4. Study the text in detail1) Learning a foreign language is for the purpose of communication People learn a foreign language because they want to communicate with others.Learning a foreign language动名词（gerund）短语作主语 e.g. Reading in bed is bad for your eyes. Helping others is helping yourself.purpose: n. aim, objective 目的,意图 e.g. 1. Did you come to London for the purpose of seeing your family or for business purpose? 你到伦敦来的目的是为了要看望家人还是为了公事？2. Do you think I did it on purpose? on purpose: with a purpose 故意地,有意地 e.g. 1. She seems to do these things on purpose. 2. She came to see you on municate: v. - to give or exchange information or opinions/to convey ones ideas, feelings, etc. clearly to others交流/传达e.g. I often communicate with my friends by email. communication: n. the act or process of communicating.通讯，交往.e.g. 1.Radio and television are important means of communication.无线电和电视是重要的通信手段。 2. Language is a tool of communication. communicative: a. related to communication. 交际的 e.g. Communicative ability Language is a communicative tool.2） make (good/full )use of: to use sth. In order to succeed in doing sth. e.g. We should make use of the chance.I make use of my spare time to work and learn.I make use of every precious minute.Make the best use of everything. 使物尽其用3） Whatever your reason, you need to remember that your purpose is to understand and make yourself understood.your purpose is to understand 动词不定式(infinitive)作表语 (predicative)whatever: no matter what/everything or anything that 无论如何，任何事物e.g. Whatever happens, the first important thing is to keep cool.不管发生什么事,头等重要的是保持冷静。You may do whatever you want to do. 无论你想做什么事，你都可以做。They eat whatever they can find. 他们找到什么就吃什么？4) overcome: v. to successfully deal with or control 克服，战胜e.g. overcome difficulties. overcome ones shortcomings. 5) You must learn to be an active rather than a passive student in class You must learn to be an active and not a passive student active: ready to do things; able or ready to take action活跃的; 积极的e.g. She is very active in English class。 He is an active member of the club.他是俱乐部的积极分子。active volcanoes活火山 take an active part in passive: not influenced by outside forces 消极的；被动的e.g. the passive voice被动语态 Dont be so passive in learning. 6) rather than: more willingly (often with “would” and sometimes with “had”)宁愿，宁可，而不是，胜于（用于连接两个在语法功能上相同的成份）e.g. Id rather play tennis than swim. The parents should be blamed rather than the children. It was what he meant rather than what he said that annoyed me. 让我生气的不是他所说的而是他话中的意思。7) explain: v. to make sth. clear or easy to understand, usu. by speaking or writing解释，说明 explain sth to sb.e.g. The lawyer explained the new law to us. Can you explain what this word mean? explanation: n. (an act of ) explaining 解释，说明 He gave/ offered no explanation for his absence.explanatory: adj. intended to explain 解释的；说明的 There are some explanatory notes at the end of the chapter.在这一章的结尾有一些注释。8) process: a connected set of actions or operations 过程, 步骤e.g. The process of learning to read takes a long time. Will you describe the process of building a boat?9) concentrate: v. (on) to give all attention, energy to, etc. 集中e.g. I cant concentrate on my work today.10) imitate: to copy the behavior /appearance/ speech of others; mimic. 模仿e.g. He can imitate his teachers speech perfectly.他能维妙维肖地模仿他教师的言语。 Its very useful to imitate a native speakers pronunciation and intonation in language study. to take as an example or model 把作为例子/典型；仿效，学样。e.g. You should imitate her way of doing things. imitation: n. the act of imitating 模仿，仿效。 She did a brilliant imitation of the Queen. 她惟妙惟肖地模仿了女王。 a copy of the real thing. 仿制品；赝品. Its not real leather, its only an imitation. imitative: adj.11) instead of : as a replacement to (sb./ sth.) 代替 E.g. Let go hiking instead of going swimming. He will attend the meeting instead of Mr. Smith.12) normal: usual and ordinary abnormal 反常的, 变态的e.g. The normal price of a ticket if $230!一张票的正常价格是230英镑。the normal temperature of the human body人的正常体温。He is abnormal these days.他这些天很反常。10) Youll find yourself unable to understand if you only learn “Special English”. Youll find you cant understand others if you only learn “Special English”.2.5. Ask students to fill in the blanks of Exercise II.3. Post Reading 3.1.Grammar: Explain to the students the five basic sentence patterns and sentence elements.1) The sun rises. I can swim. (S+ Vi)2) He is tall. They seem happy. (S+ Vi +Cs)3) I bought a pen. Who opened the door? (S+ Vt + O)5) Mother told us a story. He teaches them Chinese. (S+ Vt + Oi+ Od )6) Your words made him angry. We call her Lily. (S+ Vt+ Od+ Co)3.2. Finish the exercises in class.4. Homework4.1. Preview Text B4.2. Finish the exercises in Vocabulary Practice.Passage B How to study English ()1. Revision1.1. Dictate the words and expressions in Part A.1.2. Translate the following phrases orally.1) 为了交流：for the purpose of communication2) 一种常见的交流方式：a common means of communication3) 谈论如何找到一家好的餐馆：talk about finding a good restaurant4) 利用外文电影：make use of foreign language films5) 外语学习的最大障碍：the biggest obstacle to foreign language learning6) 请求进一步解释：ask for further explanation7) 积极主动地参与学习过程：take an active part in the learning process8) 注重句型：concentrate on sentence patterns9) 用英语思考：think in English10) 用正常语速说话：speak at normal speed2. Pre-reading questions1). How do you improve your listening, speaking, reading and writing ability?2). Do you have any plans to enlarge your vocabulary? 3. While-Reading3.1. New words and expressions1). improve: to make or become better；改善;提高e.g. I want to improve my English This is not good enough. I want to improve it. 这还不够好，我要加以改进。 I got a haircut(理发) to improve my appearance.2). determine : to decide决心，确定e.g. He determined to go. 他决意要去。 He has not determined what he will study. 他还没有决定学什么。determined a.坚决的, 决定了的; e.g. a very determined girl. I m determined to go.Determination n.3). particular: separate and distinct from others of the same group特殊的, 特别的e.g. The story happened on that particular day. 故事就发生在那一天。He is very particular about his food. 他吃东西很讲究/挑剔in particular 特别地 e.g. They chat about nothing in particular.4). fellow: n. a man 小伙子，家伙 a. being in the same situation as you are 同伴的，同类的 fellow men/ creatures(同胞) / students/ prisoners5). Contact: connection or interaction接触, 联系e.g. She contacted me as soon as she arrived. 她一到就和我联系了。I am still in contact with my former teacher.6). efficient: acting or producing effectively with a minimum of waste有效率的, 能干的; 高效率的-=effective e.g. She is an efficient secretary. 能干的秘书 efficient methods经济而有效的方法7). other than : 不同于，除了 e.g. The truth is quite other than what you think. There is nobody here other than me.8）relax: to make or become loose/ to take ones ease; rest放松,休息, 休养, 变从容e.g. Dont worry about it, just try to relax. 不要为这事担心，放松些。Dont relax your efforts. 你不要松懈下来。Relaxation relaxing adj. e.g. The time I spent with you was relaxing.3. 2. Reading comprehension of the text.1) Read the passage quickly and finish Exercises A and B.2) Listen to the recording of the passage, and then ask some students to read in class.3) Explain the difficult points in the passage. 4) Get the students to fill in the blanks in Exercise .5) Translate the following into English:A. 练习大声地模仿老师（说话）：practice imitating the teacher aloudA. 在老师的帮助下：with the help of the teacherB. 逐个地，逐日地：one by one, day by dayC. 同学：fellow studentsD. 把你的意思说出来：say what you meanE. 除了导游以外的人：someone other than the tourist guideF. 学习方法：method of studyG. 你觉得让你放松的事：something you find relaxingH. 不时地：every now and thenI. 听音乐会：go to a concertJ. 像吃中药一样：be like taking Chinese medicine4. Vocabulary practiceGet the students to do the exercises first, and then check the answers5. Homework5.1. Review both passages of Unit One5.2.Finish the reading material of Unit One (reading Book)5.3.Composition: How to learn English well5.4. Preview Tex