Unit1新视野大学英语教案

Unit1新视野大学英语教案 Teaching Planfor Unit1CourseCollege EnglishInstructor Time180m ModuleTeaching AidsUnit1A Learning a Foreign Language BKeys toSuessful OnlineLearning Multi-media1.To helpthe studentshave a good understanding of thepassages inthis unit；2.To helpthe studentsgrasp theusages ofsome important words,phrases andexpressions in the unit；3.To enablethe students to analyzethe structure of the2passages inTeaching Objectivesthis unit；4.To introducethe basicreading skillsof thisunitFinding outthe meaningof unfamiliarwords throughcontextual clues；5.To helpthe studentsmaster howto developa paragraphof cause and effect.1.Get themain ideaof thepassage.Chief Points&2.Master someuseful expressions&sentence structuresin thepassage.Difficult Points3.Understand thestructureof the text.Before ingfor class,students should1.identify someimportantwordsfor thetopic.2.scan thetext formain ideas.3.visit libraryto researchabout informationconcerning theunit.The mixtureof listening,speaking,reading,practicing andwriting PrerequisitesTeaching MethodsTeacher?s Bookof NewHorizon CollegeEnglish Longman Dictionary ofContemporary English(English-Chinese)Reference BooksOxford AdvancedLearner?s English-Chinese DictionaryLongmanDictionaryof AmericanEnglish TeachingContents TimeAllotment1Section AI.Warm-up Activity1.Topic Discussioni.Student?s Discussionii.Teacher?s Summary2.Questions on the Topicand thePassage II.Background InformationI III.Text StructureAnalysis IV.Structured WritingV.Detailed Studyof theText i.Words andPhrases Studyii.Language PointsVI.Text Summary1.Student?s Presentation2.Teacher?s SummaryVII.After-text AExercises SectionB I.Reading SkillII.Warm-up Activity1.Topic Discussion2.Questions onthe Topicand thePassage III.Text StructureAnalysis VI.Text Study1.Words andPhrases Study2.Language Points3.Paragraph MeaningV.Summary orMain Ideaof thePassage1.Student?s Presentation2.Teacher?s SummaryVI.New WordsDictation VII.After-text BExercises VIII.Supplementary exercises15m5m10m5m50m5m30m5m10m5m20m5m15m Assignments1.Hand in the exerciseof TRANSLATION.2.Finish theother after-text A&B exercisesafter class.3.Supplementary Exercisesi.English-Chinese Translation（5sentences）ii.Chinese-English Translation（10sentences）4.Preview Unit22Unit1Section ALearning aForeignLanguageI.Warm-up Activity1.Topic Discussioni.Students Discussion(T asksstudentstodiscuss thefollowing topicsonthepassage.)1)Whats youropinion aboutlearning a foreign language?difficult,hard,interesting,useful,etc.2)How doyou learna foreign language normally?listening to the radio,learning fromteachers,having classesin languagetraining schools,online learning,etc.ii.Teachers SummaryIn fact,almost everyonecan realizethat it is essentialto learna foreign language,especially English.While,not allpeople learn it smoothly,someone canlearn itsuessfully,yet someonefails.I believelearning English is notso hardas somestudents thinkand youmay findyou willlike tolearnitgradually ifyou finda helpfulmethod tohelp you.,just likethe learnerin sectionA.2.Questions onthe Topicand thePassage1)Did the writer enjoylearning English in junior middle school?Why?Yes,he did.He enjoyedlearning itbecause histeacher was kind,patient,and useda positivemethod ofpraising students.2)Why the writers learning attitude changedafter enteringsenior middle school?Because hissenior middle school teacher was notaskindas hisjunior middleteacher.His senior middle schoolteacher wouldpunish studentsfor makingmistakes.As aresult,he didnot want to speakEnglishinclass andhe improvedvery little.3)To the writer,is thereany differencebetween collegeand junior middle schoolin learningEnglish?Yes.The differenceswere thathe didn?t haveas manyopportunities to ask questionsin collegeand thatother studentsintimidated him.4)What didthe writerfeel when he wastaking an online course?The writerdidn?t feelintimidated whenhe wastaking anonline coursebecause hecould takemore time to thinkmore abouthis answersbefore postingthem onscreen.5)Is the writers experience in learninga foreign language meaningful?Why?Yes,it isvery meaningful.Learning a foreign languagetaught himthe value of hard work.In addition,it taughthim aboutanother culture,opened his mind to new waysof doingthings,and allowedhim tomunicate withmore people.II.Background Information31.Online learning:Online learning,a formof distanceeducation,refers tolearning andother supportiveresources thatare availablethrough theInter.In anonline lesson,students workwith aputer programto selectthe materialsthey shouldbe studying.The materialscan bepresented astext,graphics,animated graphics,audio,video,or abination of these thatare displayedin Webbrowsers orother multimediaplayers suchas WindowsMedia Player.2.Junior middle school:In theUS,it refers to a school for children whoare twelveto fifteenyears oldwhile inBritain itrefersto aschoolforchildrenaged sevento elevenyears.3.Senior middle school:It referstoastage ofeducation afterjunior middleschool andbefore collegeor university.4.Primary andsecondary school:Begins aroundage sixfor USchildren.They attendfive orsix yearsof primaryschool.Next theygo tosecondary school,which consists of eithera two-,three-year programor afour-year program.This iscalled“middleschool”or“junior high school”and“senior highschool“(often justcalled“highschool”).III.Text StructureAnalysis The passage is a firstperson narrativeabout the experiences of learninga foreign language.It ismade upof threeparts.Part One(Para1):(This partmakes thetopic of the readingpassage clear.)Learning aforeignlanguagewas one of themost rewardingexperiences the writer hashad.Part Two(Para2-7):(This isthe majorpart of the readingpassage.)In thispart,thewriterdescribes his learning experiencesin fourdifferent learningstages(i.e.juniormiddleschool,senior middleschool,college,and aftergraduating).Para.2:The writer?s experienceswith learningaforeignlanguage beganin juniormiddleschool.Para.3:The writer?s experiencein seniormiddleschoolwas different from before.Para.4:The writer?s experiencesin college.Para.5:When thewriter wasoffered anopportunity tostudy Englishthrough anonline coursehis learning situation waschanged.Para.6:Online learningis noeasier thanregular classroomstudy;it requiresa lotof time,mitment anddiscipline tokeep up with theflow of the course.Para.7:The writerpracticed all the time.Though he was stillmaking manymistakes,he hadreaped thebenefits of all of his hard work.Part Three(Para8):(It summarizesthewriter?s experiencesin learningaforeignlanguage.)Through thelearning process,thewriterlearned the valueofhard work,gained insights into anotherculture,and openedhismindtonewideas.Communicating inEnglish helpedthewriterform new friendships andbridge thegap betweencultures.4Topic:Foreign languagelearning,a rewardingexperience,is worththe effort.(Para.1)Learning aforeignlanguagein Learningaforeignlanguage atraditional classroomonline Atjuniormiddleschool:The language-learningsituationPositive teachingmethod ledto changedfor thebetter whenI goodlanguage-learning results.began learningonline.(Para.5)(Para.2)Online learningis noteasier thanAt seniormiddleschool:traditional classroomlearning.It Myteacherwasimpatient requiresmitment andwhich made me loseinterest indiscipline tokeep up with thelearning thelanguage.(Para.3)course.(Para.6)At college:There have been upsand downsLarge classesand students with withmy onlinelearning.better Englishmademefeel However,I didnot feelintimidated whenI spokeintimidated bystudentswithEnglish,and thisprevented mebetter English,and Ifinally fromlearning further.(Para.4)reaped thebenefits ofmy hard work.(Para.7)Paras.(2-7)Learningaforeignlanguagehas beendifficult buthas broughtme manybenefits.(Para.8)I learnedthevalueI couldmunicate SpeakingEnglish NowI amable ofhardwork,gained withmany morehelped meform tobridge theinsightsinto another peoplethan before.newfriendshipsgap betweenculture,and mymy languagemind wasopened toand cultureand newideas.theirs.IV.Structured WritingA Paragraphof Causeand Effect5For thisunit,particular attentionhas beengiven tocauseand effect.In ourdaily conversation,questions withwhy areoften askedand answered.This showsthat causalanalysis isvery mon;itissomething weare familiarwith.Thepassageincludes someparagraphs inwhich thewriter usesa causeand effectto supporthis point.In Paragraph3,thewriterputs forwardhis topicfor theparagraphMy learningexperienceinseniormiddleschool isdifferent frombefore.The writergoes onto tellus whyhislearningexperience isdifferent frombefore”my newteacher quicklypunished thosewho gaveincorrect answers.Whenever weanswered incorrectly,she pointeda longstick atus and,shaking it up and down,shouted,?No!No!No!.?”Then thisleads toan effect“It didn?t takeme longto lose my eagernessto answerquestions.Not onlydid Ilosemyjoy inanswering questions,but Ialso lostmy desireto sayanything at all inEnglish.”(Turn toP.15anddothe ExerciseXI.Fill in the chartfor Paragraph2,finding thesimilar causeandeffectrelationship)V.Detailed Studyof theText Words&Phrases Study1.reward vt.give sth.in return for good and valuable doings奖赏；回报He alwaysbelieved that the panywould rewardhim for his efforts.他总是相信公司会因他付出的努力而奖赏他。 He willsooner orlater be rewarded forhis wickedconduct.他的恶行迟早会受到报应。 n.C，Usth.as areturnforgoodandvaluabledoings奖赏；回报It isunfair thathe getsvery littlein reward forhis hardwork.他工作很辛苦，报酬却很少，这不公平。 A largereward is offered for the captureof thecriminals.巨额悬赏捉拿这些罪犯。 扩展reward sb.with.for sth.为某事而以?报答某人as a reward for作为(对某事的)报酬奖赏berewardedby suess获得了成功giveofferarewardto sb.for sth.为某事而给某人报酬in rewardof为酬答?；作为奖励近义词辨析reward，award reward通常指给与善行，业绩，劳力等的报酬（奖励）award通常指由审核员等慎重审核的结果所给与的奖赏award v.To giveesp.as theresult of an officialdecision（尤指官方决定）给予；授予；判给He was awarded agold cupin acknowledgmentof hiscreative achievementsfor thedevelopment ofthe pany.公司奖给他一个金杯，以感谢他为公司发展所做出的创造性成就。 Martin RutherKing Jr.was awardedthe PeaceNobel Prizeof1964for advocatingnonviolence policyin themovement forcivil rights.小马丁路德金因为主张民权运动中采取非暴力政策而被授予1964年诺贝尔和平奖。 2.rewarding a.giving sb.satisfaction,pleasure,or profit值得做的；有益的；有意义的Our journeyto Americawas a very rewardingexperience.去美国的旅行是非常有益的经历。 6Gardening isaveryrewarding pastime.园艺劳动是非常有益的消遣。 3.frustrate vt.1)cause sb.to havefeelings ofdisappointment使沮丧；使灰心Activists andreformers arefrustrated by the public?s lackof interest.激进分子和改革者们因公众缺乏兴趣而感到沮丧。 She has always beenfrustrated byher inabilityto draw.她总是因为不会画画而感到灰心丧气。 2)cause thefailure of sth.使挫败；使受挫折He hadhoped toset a new worldrecord,but wasfrustrated bybad weather.他本希望能创造新的世界纪录，但因天气恶劣而未果。 Bad weatherhas frustratedplans tolaunch thespacecraft today.今日发射宇宙飞船的计划,因天气恶劣而落空。 扩展be frustratedin在?方面归于失败4.junior a.having alow position,level,or rank(地位、水平、层次)较低的a juniorofficer下级军官junior members ofthestaff年轻的职工n.1)Csb.who isyounger年少者junior dresssizes年幼者的衣服尺码a sisterfour yearsmy junior比我小四岁的妹妹2)Csb.of lowor lowerposition(地位或等级)较低者；晚辈Tom Brown,Junior小汤姆布朗He isthe juniorpartner in the firm.他是这公司地位较低的股东。 反义词senior a.having ahigh position,level,or rank(地位、水平、层次)较高的senior staff高级职员；a seniorofficer高级军官5.positive a.1)helpful andencouraging inachieving sth.积极的One mustbe positive,but nottoo positive.一个人必须有自信，但不可过分自信。 Young menshould havea positiveattitude towardslife.年轻人对生活必须有积极的态度。 2)definite;allowing noroom fordoubt确实的；明确的There ispositive proofthat the old manwas murderedthat night.有确凿的证据证明老人是在那天晚上被谋杀的。 Light isa positivething;darkness isonly theabsence oflight.光是确实存在的东西；黑暗只是没有光。 反义词negative否定的,否认的；反面的，消极的，拒绝的，反对的a negativeanswer否定的回答；a negativevote反对票6.senior a.having ahigher position,level orrank(地位、水平、层次)较高的the seniormember of a group团体里那个较年长的成员She issenior toeveryone elsein the pany.她在公司里的地位比其他人都高。 n.1)Csb.who isolder较年长者living facilitiesfor seniorcitizens为老年人设立的公共生活设施John Parker,Senior isthe fatherof JohnParker,Junior.老约翰派克是小约翰派克的父亲。 Her boyfriendis hersenior bysix years.她的男朋友比她大六岁。 72)Csb.of highor higherposition(地位或等级)较高者；长辈He wasmy seniorat Yaleby twoyears.他是耶鲁大学比我高两级的学生。 The mitteeconsistsofmany seniorexperts fromall overthe world.委员会是由世界各地的资深专家组成的。 7.former a.ofanearlier period在前的；以前的；旧时的It?shardfor young people tounderstand customsof formerdays.年轻人不太容易理解旧时的风俗。 The guideshowed usthe oldhome offormer PresidentTheodore Roosevelt.导游带我们看了前总统西奥多罗斯福的故居。 n.(the former)the firstofthetwo peopleor thingsjust mentioned前者When sheisofferedice-cream orpie,she alwayschooses the former.当有冰淇淋或馅饼给她吃时，她总是挑选前者。 Given achoice betweenBeijing andShanghai,I?d prefertheformer.要在北京或上海两者之间选一个的话，我更愿选前者。 8.unlike prep.not like;differentfrom不像；和?不同Unlike mostactors,Harris isa rathershy man.和其他演员不同的是，哈里斯是个比较腼腆的人。 She wasled intoan officeunlike theone she had justleft.她被领入一间和刚去过的不太一样的办公室。 反义词like prep.像?一样I can?t believe that youshouted atyour father.It?s notlike you to takeoffense.我不敢相信你对父亲那样大喊大叫。 你不太像会发火的人。 Like hisprevious ones,his newnovel isabout theSecond WorldWar.和以前的小说一样，他的这部新小说是关于第二次世界大战的。 9.intimidate vt.create a feeling offear恐吓；威胁He saidhe wouldnever beintimidated bybig namesand authorities.他说他决不会被名人、权威所吓倒。 The candidatefor mayorfelt alittle intimidatedby hisopponent?s powerand fame.这位市长候选人有点被他对手的权力和威望吓倒。 10.opportunity n.C,Ua goodmoment orchance fordoing sth.机会；时机There maybe anopportunity foryoutosee thechairman ofthe boardtomorrow.明天你也许有机会见到董事长。 They usedto havelittle opportunity for hearinggood music.在以前，他们很少有机会听到好的音乐。 近义词辨析chance，opportunity chance常指偶然；运气；侥幸；有时也指可能性,希望。 Chance ledto thefinding ofthe diamondmine.这座钻石矿完全是偶然发现的。 We haveagoodchance ofwinning thegame.我们很可能赢得这场比赛。 opportunity常指一种有利的状态或合适的时机If youprepare yourself，you will be ableto graspopportunityforbroader experiencewhen itappears如果你有所准备，一旦机会出现，你就会抓住获得更丰富经历的机会。 Opportunity makesthe thief.(谚)疏忽招盗贼。 11.online8a.connected toother putersthrough theInter联线的；联网的European OnlineInformation Network欧洲联机情报网络panies withanonlineordering service提供网上预定服务的公司ad.doing sth.online联线地；联网地More andmore peopleare gettingthis kindof informationonline.越来越多的人通过网络获得这类信息。 Nowadays,many internationalpanies areholding conferencesonline.现在，有许多跨国公司常常举行网络会议。 12.munication n.Uthe actionof sendingand exchanginginformation交流；交际；通讯Communication betweenold andyoungpeopleis notso difficultas youthink.青老年之间的思想交流没有你想的那样困难。 The satellitehas beean importantmeans ofmunication.卫星已成为一个重要的通讯工具。 Our cityhas excellentmunications withall partsofthecountry.我们城市具有完备的交通网与全国各地联系。 13.medium n.C(pl.media ormediums)a methodfor givinginformation媒介；媒体Englishis not theusual mediumof instructionin ourschool.英语不是我校通常使用的教学语言。 A gooddeal ofadult educationis aomplishedby themass media.成人教育的相当一部分是由大众传播媒介完成的。 Water isthe naturalmedium inwhich fishlive.水是鱼类赖以生存的自然环境。 14.modem n.C调制解调器view datamodem图像数据调制解调器56K Modem56K调制解调器15.aess n.1)Uthe right to have or use sth.享用权Only a few peoplehave aess to thefull factsofthecase.只有少数几个人能看到有关该案全部事实的材料。 Traditional remoteaess systemsdo notsupport extraaess.传统的远程访问系统不支持内扩网访问。 2)Uthe meansof enteringa placeThe onlyaess totheir houseis alongthat narrowroad.只有沿着那条狭窄的路走才能到达他们的房子。 Citizens mayhave freeaess tothe library.市民可以自由使用图书馆。 扩展be easyhard,difficultof aess容易难接近give aess to接见；准许出入havegain,get,obtainaess to得接近；得会见；得进入；得使用open aess(图书馆)开架阅览16.participate vi.take part参与；参加No professionalathletes wereallowed to participate in the OlympicGames.在过去，职业运动员不允许参加奥运会。 The rebelshave agreedto participate in the peace talks.叛乱者已经同意参加和平谈判。 扩展participation n.参与9They wantedmore directparticipation in the solutionof steelproduction problems.他们要求更多地直接参与解决钢铁生产的问题。 The PrimeMinister?s participationintheeconomic summitis seenas vitalto itssuess.首相参加经济峰会被看作是它成功举办的重要因素。 17.virtual a.1)created bythe puterto besimilar totheexperienceof reallife虚拟的virtual reality虚拟现实virtual LAN虚拟区域网(LAN:Local AreaNetwork)2)almost whatis stated实质上的；实际上的The servantsrarely leavethe houseand livelike virtualprisoners.仆人们很少离开房子，过着如囚犯一样的生活。 Our deputymanager isthe virtualhead ofthe business.我们的副经理是公司的实际负责人。 18.mitment n.1)Uthe hardwork andloyalty thatsb.gives toan organization,activity,etc.投入；致力；献身My aunthas asincere mitment to Buddhism.我姑妈笃信佛教。 a deepmitment toliberal policies为自由主义政策奉献a profoundmitment tothe family对家庭由衷的奉献2)Ca promiseto followcertain beliefsor actions承诺；许诺；保证We havemade amitment tohelp,and wewill.我们已经承诺提供帮助，我们一定会的。 扩展make amitmentto do sth.承诺做某事fulfill/meet amitment履行诺言19.discipline n.1)Ua stateof orderand control;self-control纪律；自制能力The soldiersshowed perfectdiscipline underfire.士兵在枪林弹雨中严守军纪。 The childrenare happyat theschool,but theylack discipline.孩子们在学校里很快活，但很散漫。 2)Ca branchoflearning学科scientific disciplines科学科目；academic disciplines学术科目20.minimum a.the least,orthe smallest possible最低的；最小的the minimumrequirements forentry tocollege大学入学的最低要求The minimumwage is4.25dollars anhour.最低工价为每小时四点二五美元。 n.sing.thesmallestamount最低限度；最少量You mustget aminimum of40questions rightto passthe examination.你最少必须答对40道题才能通过考试。 The classneeds aminimum of6pupils tocontinue.这个班最低限度要有6个学生才可以继续办。 反义词maximum n.greatest amount,size,intensity,etc possibleor recorded最大的量、体积、强度等Our goalis toachieve the maximum ofefficiency.我们的目标是取得最高的效率。 To thefather?s excitement,his sonobtained81marks outofamaximum of100inthe10examination.使父亲兴奋的是，儿子在满分为100分的考试里得了81分。 a.as greatas canbe achieved能达到的最大的themaximumtemperature,voltage,volume最高温度、最高电压、最大体积21.assignment n.Ca pieceof workgiven toa particularperson任务；作业Please handin yourpleted assignmentsby October30.请在10月30日前交完成的作业。 His firstassignment asa reporterwas tocover thelocal election.作为一名记者，他的第一个任务是报道地方选举。 扩展assign v.give sb.a jobtodo分配；布置Jack wasassigned tothe assemblyshop ofthe factory.杰克被分配到厂里的装配间工作。 The twogovernments assigned