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Unit10 The Green Banana教学目的： 以课文内容为纲，关键语汇为点带领学生了解文化背景知识，并告诉我们应该尊重世界上的每一种文明，任何一个地方，任何一个小镇甚至家庭都可能被人认为是世界的中心。 认识课文逻辑顺序和结构安排，通过讨论精彩段落写作的要素和手段，帮助学生掌握描写该种情形的技巧，并能够进行相似主题的短文欣赏和写作。教学重点：识别关键语汇（形容词、名词和短语）以分析文章的逻辑结构及其效果；分析活动场景写作中的行为动词、象声词、同义词、短句、断句和比喻及其效果。教学内容：以形象的方式结合课文内容发展顺序，带领学生了解不同于本民族的文化和风俗习惯。开拓学生的视野，扩大知识面。启发学生寻找关键语汇，总结全文整体的逻辑结构和各个部分的行文安排以及由此达到的效果；通过多种方式赏析精彩段落的修辞特点，帮助学生掌握活动场景写作的要素和技巧。教学方法： 结合实际采用多种教学方法如讲授、问答、讨论、模仿、练习等。Unit10 The Green BananaBy Donald BatchelderBackground KnowledgeThe text is taken from Beyond Experience:An Experiential Approach to Cross-cultural education edited by Donald Batchelder and Elizabeth G. Warner in 1974. When the second edition of the book was published in 1993, Batchelder explained his view on cross-cultural education: “ If some of the goals of education in modern times are to open up possibilities for discovery and expand learning and the chance for mutual acceptance and recognition in a wider world, it may be important to offer students a perspective on their own immediate center of the world by enabling them to participate sensitively as cross-cultural sojourners to the center of someone elses world.” Text Analysis1.Warming up questions: 1).What is “learning moments”? Have you ever experienced “learning moments”? 2).Have you ever heard of or encountered the experience of cultural differences? List the examples.2. Batchelders view on cross-cultural education: “If some of the goals of education in modern times are to open up possibilities for discovery and expand learning and the chance for mutual acceptance and recognition in a wider world, it may be important to offer students a perspective on their own immediate center of the world by enabling them to participate sensitively as cross-cultural sojourners to the center of someone elses world.3. Quoted sentences from text to think over the excerpts.l1) The occasion called for some show of recognition on my part. (para.3) What does this sentence mean?l2) trying to show interest if not complete acceptance. (para.3) Does the author agree with the villagers?l3) its time had come to meet my need. It was my own time that had come, all in relation to it, (para.5) “It was my own time” to do what? Why is it, in the authors opinion, that many useful things remain unknown to us? Who is to blame?l4) But once a conscious breakthrough to a second center is made, a life-long perspective and collection can begin, (para.7) What does he mean by the “second center”? Which is the first center? How can we make a conscious breakthrough to a second center? What does he mean by “perspective” and “collection”?l5) a green banana is waiting for all of us if we would leave our own centers of the world” (para.8) What does “a green banana” here stand for? When the author says we should leave our own centers of the world, doe he mean we should travel to other countries more often? Language Understanding l 1. consist of .: include . as its main parts or aspects包括, 相似结构：由 组成 构成 be composed of constitute be made up of fall intoe.g. 这本书是有八个章节构成的。The book consists of eight chapters.The book is composed ofeight chapters. The bookis made up ofeight chapters.The book falls into eight chapters.Eight chapters constitute the book. 2. sure 1) adj. (predicative only)be sure to do sth. 务必，一定要 make sure that 确信be/feel sure of (about) sth./ that确信2)adv. I said itd happen, and sure enough itdid. (确实事实上) I dont know it for sure.(的确，确实地) Compare:assure有信心地说，使相信确信ensure保证（得到），确定，获得 3. work out This problem will not work out. They ve worked out a method of sending a spacecraft to Mars.The champion is working out in the gym.How will things work out? I wonder how his ideas worked out in practice?4.l ignore: take no notice of refuse to take notice of 不顾,不理,忽视（有意识的） e.g.ignore rude remarks be ignored by ones superiors My advice was completely ignored.Variants:ignorant: adj. unaware, knowing little or nothing 没知识的,不知道的e.g. I am quite ignorant of what his plans are. an ignorant replay/ conduct/ behaviorignorance: n. being ignorant want of knowledge 无知,不知 e.g. We are in complete of his plan.Compare:neglect: pay no attention to/give no notice or not enough care to unconscious, unaware忽略玩忽（粗心无意识造成的） e.g. neglect ones studies/ children/ health neglect ones duty玩忽职守 Dont neglect writing to your mother.negligent: taking little care 不注意的, 疏忽的e.g. He is negligent of his duties. He is negligent in his work.negligible: that neednt be considered; of little or no importance or size不重要的 e.g. a negligible quantity5.call for: demand, require, need要求，需要，提倡e.g. call for economy The occasion calls for prompt action. You must take such steps as seem to be called for (do what seems necessary)你必须采取似乎必要的措施call sb./ sth. up: telephone to / bring back to mind/ summon for military servicee.g. I will call you up the morning.If the war breaks out, we shall be called up at once.The scenes called up my childhood memory.call by: visit briefly when passing house顺便拜访call on/upon sb.: make a short visit to短暂拜访call on/ upon sb. to do sth.: require sb.要求恳请呼吁号召call off 取消，停止，放弃e.g. Youd better call the deal off.The football match was called off due to the fog.6. relate vi. 涉及，有关relate to e.g. The paper relates to the situation.related adj. 有联系的， 相关的relative adj. 相关的， 相对的，比较的 n. 亲戚，亲属relation n. 关系，联系 (in/with relation to) 关系涉及，有关relativity n. 相对性， 相关性e.g. His heart attack could berelated to his car crash last year. 他的心脏病发作与去年的车祸有关。e.g. The cost relates directly to the amount of time spent on the job. 费用与工作所耗的时间直接相关。7. l tend：vi. 倾向于 趋于 tend toe.g. People tend to gain weight on holidays.vt. 照顾护理 tend the sick tendency: n. 趋