新视野大学英语教案Unit 6.doc

Unit 6 Section A As His Name Is, So Is He !I. Teaching Aims and RequirementsStudents will be able to:1. Talk about the importance of name and factors in selecting a name;2. Develop proper attitudes to common people;3. Master the key language points and sentence structures;4. Understand and write a paragraph of comparison.II. Teaching Focus1. Useful words, phrases and sentence structures;2. Writing skill: a paragraph of comparison.III. Teaching Methods & TechniquesUse the CAI (PPT software) and group work; Combine task-based language teaching method, communicative approach with audio-visual method.IV. Teaching Procedures (one period - 40mins)Step 1 Warming up activities (5-10 mins)Names are very personal possessions. They reflect our personal and cultural identities, and pleasing names signal your intelligence, your credibility, and your wit. That is why parents go to great lengths to give their babies good names.In the traditional Chinese culture, people attached great importance to names, as evidenced in the old saying “Its more important to teach children skills than grant them a thousand pieces of gold, whereas its even more important to bestow good names on children than teach them skills”(赐子千金，不如教子一艺；教子一艺，不如赐子好名).1. What is your name? Is there any special meaning?Tips: When selecting a name, people usually take into consideration the following factors: Good wishes/hopes 寄以希望 In memory of someone 纪念某人 Preference for one word 对某个字的偏好 Family genealogy 家庭宗谱 Lack of five elements 五行缺一部分2. What do you get from these two names - 金武(female) and露露(male)？Tips: We usually judge a person basing on our fixed ideas, but sometimes we may make a mistake.3. Whats your feeling of these persons at first sight - 张阿毛；娄阿鼠；卜世仁；范统? Why do we have such kind of impression? Tips: Because of their unpleasant names, we tend to hold prejudices against them.Names can not only show a persons identity, but also convey lots of information- both positive and negative, through which we judge a person or form an impression about him before we meet him. Names in Chinese have their special meanings, so do names in English. More information & knowledge about English names will be introduced in the text.Step 2 While-reading activities (15-20 mins)1. Before coming to the text, T asks Ss to read the new words, phrases and expressions and correct their pronunciation. 2. Listen to the tape for the text, and then let Ss try to summarize the structure of the text to get the main idea.Text OrganizationPart I Para. 1-2 A typical example to show how ones name has an effect on ones life. Part II Para.3 General Statement: Names have not merely identified people but also described them.Part III Para. 4-7 Four arguments: both the positive and negative effects of names on life.Part IV Para. 8 Conclusion / Suggestion: You can change your name if you feel that it no longer seems to suit you. Main Idea:This passage reveals the relationship between ones name and ones chance of success. According to the author, names can greatly affect peoples life. On the on hand, names with a positive sense work for people, giving added confidence, establishing favorable images and promoting social status, on the other hand, names result in prejudices against people both in their daily contacts with others and in classroom activities, so if your name doesnt suit you, you should change it as soon as possible.3. T analyzes the passage and explains the language points and difficult sentences in details.Questions for understanding of Part I1. Who is Debbie? Why didnt she like this name? Tips: A former waitress. / It didnt suit her good looks and elegant manner. / It made her think she should be a cook.2. According to Debbie, what difference did it make when she changed her name to Lynne?Tips: Felt more comfortable. / Other people started to take her more seriously.Language points:1) “As His Name Is, So Is He!”(Title)Meaning: His nature or manner as a man is similar to what he is called. / A mans name suggests something about his nature or manner.The “asso” here is used to express parallelism or proportionality.e.g.: As the tree, so the fruit. 有其树，就有其果。 As is the teacher, so is the pupil. 有其师必有其徒。 As the desert is like a sea, so is the camel like a ship. 沙漠似海，骆驼似舟。2) “I just dont feel like a Debbie” (para.1)Meaning: I just do not think the name Debbie can show my character, so I dont want Debbie as my name.feel like sth./doing sth: identify with; have a wish for, want . 想e.g. He didnt know why but suddenly felt like crying. 他不知为何原因突然想哭。 I dont feel like taking a holiday now. 我现在不想度假。3) while filling out an application form (para.2)In adverbial clauses of time introduced by the conjunction “while” (and “when”, “until”, “as soon as”, “once”, etc.),we may have finite verb forms or non-finite verb forms. So this clause of time may be written as: while she was filling out an application formTranslation: 一天，在苹果树下休息时，牛顿心血来潮自问道：为什么苹果往地上掉?- One day, while resting under an apple tree, Newton impulsively asked himself why the apples fell down to the earth.4)the young woman impulsively substituted her middle name, Lynne, for her first name Debbie. (para2)Meaning: the young woman replaced her first name Debbie with her middle name Lynne without thinking much.substitutefor: vt. use something new or different instead of something else 取代，代替e.g. They were substituting violence for dialogue.他们正以暴力取代对话。 Can you substitute for me at the meeting? 你能替代我去开会吗substitute :n. a person or thing that replaces someone or something else.替代品，替代物，代替者e.g. There is no substitute