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1、teaching course：college english textbook: new practical english comprehensive course teaching unit：unit 4 passage 1 punctuality and keeping promise teaching objectives:1. get the students to understand the main idea of the passage and realize the importance of punctuality and keeping promise.2. have

2、 a better understanding of some important words usages and the complicated sentence patternsignificant pointscultivate students competence of reading comprehension by guiding them to learnpassage i: punctuality and keeping promisedifficult points: 1. finding topic sentences2. identifying key words3.

3、 writing an outline of the essayteaching key points: 1. important words: emphasized; concerned; embarrassed; whenever; apologize; inform; unexpected; 2. important sentence patterns:(1) how +adj. ;(2) whats the use of sth/doing sth; (3) whenever clause(4) the same is true with(5) in this case,teachin

4、g methods: task-based; communicative language teaching approach; teaching procedure: i. general procedure:1. raise warm-up questions and introduce text-related information. (3-5 minutes)2. ask the students to read the whole passage quickly and find out the topic sentences of each paragraph and the k

5、ey words. (3-5 minutes)3. ask the students to read paragraph by paragraph, trying to find out the answer with the information from each paragraph. (5-8 minutes)4. explain some language points and the complicated sentences. (15 minutes)5. analyze the passage structure and write an outline of this pas

6、sage (5 minutes)6. role-play: students are asked to make up a conversation based on some supposed situations. (8 minutes)7. assignments: (1) summarize what have learned in this lesson(3-5 minutes) (2) discussion: divide students into different groups and let them have a discussion on “the importance

7、 of being punctual”. (3) preview passage iiii. detailed teaching procedure:1. raise warm-up questions and introduce text-related information. (3-5 minutes)(1) warm-up questions: (1) if you were late for class, what would say to the teacher and your classmate?(2) what do you think of people who are n

8、ot punctual? why?(2)related information(1) punctualitypunctuality is important in social activities because nobody likes to be kept waiting. a punctual person is usually considered reliable and responsible. lack of punctuality implies that the person does not have consideration for other peoples tim

9、e.(2) make an appointmentmany people schedule their time carefully so its polite to make an appointment first if you need to see anybody. it's usually necessary to make a phone call well in advance to make an appointment with a doctor, dentist, lawyer, manager etc. you'd better call off or p

10、ostpone your appointment if you can't make it. try not to break an appointment without a notice in advance.2. first reading: ask the students to scan the passage and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph and key words. (3-5 minutes)paragraph 1topic sentence：(the first sentence) in social

11、 activities, it is always emphasized to be punctual, to have a strong conception of time.key words: to be punctual; time conception; keep your promiseparagraph 2topic sentence: as a host, whenever there is an activity, you should come to the place ahead of schedule.key words: host, ahead of schedule

12、; guest punctual; people helping to entertain earlier than guests.paragraph 3topic sentence: (the first sentence) after making an appointment, generally, dont change it as that is impolite.key words: make an appointment; inform; make an apology3. second reading: ask the students to read paragraph by

13、 paragraph, trying to find out the answer with the information from each paragraph. (5-8 minutes)paragraph 1q: when is it particularly important to be punctual?a: when people go to take part in a social activity.q: what is considered impolite according to paragraph i?a: it will be considered impolit

14、e in the following cases, as failing to keep promise, not coming on time, going late to meet customerparagraph 2q: what should you do if you are late for an activity as a guest?a: i would apologize to those who have already arrived.q: what is it proper to come as a host in an activity?a: the hosts s

15、hould come ahead of schedule so as to wait for the guests to be there.paragraph 3:q: what should you do if you have to change your appointment?a: i would inform the other person of the change by telephone or with a written note as soon as possible.4. third reading: ask the students to underline the

16、difficult sentences and new words. the teacher will help to explain the complicated sentences and usage of new words. (15 minutes)(1) key words explanation1) emphasize v. to put an emphasis oneg. our teacher emphasized how important it was to study english.i must emphasize this point.the speaker emp

17、hasized the importance of education.2) concerned adj. involvedeg. all the people concerned attended the meeting.3) embarrass v. to cause to feel ashamed, uncomfortableeg. he embarrassed everyone by saying that the picture is terrible.she was embarrassed when they asked about her age.4) whenever conj

18、. at whatever timeeg. come whenever you have time.whenever i go to beijing, i visit the great wall.5) apologize v. to say ones sorryeg. i apologized to her for stepping on her foot.i am here to apologize to you.6) inform v. to give informationeg. i informed my boss that i can not work on saturday.th

19、e monitor informed us that the party will be on friday.7) unexpected a. not expectedeg. her promotion was completely unexpected.an unexpected guest is usually not welcome.(2) important sentence explanation1) (para. 1). how anxious and embarrassed he will be when he, as a stranger to the place, sees

20、no person meeting him!analysis: this is an exclamatory sentence with when-clause as an adverbial of time. as means "being", used here to introduce an adverbial of manner. meeting is a present participial modifying person. translation: 要是他到了一个陌生的地方，看到没有人来接他，他会多么焦急和尴尬!example: how happy and

21、delighted she will be when she, as a foreigner, sees a friend meeting her at the airport.2) (para. 1) the same is true with the activity of seeing off a foreign guest. analysis: the same is true with., is a sentence pattern which means “也是如此 in chinese. with is a preposition introducing the kind of

22、thing which has the specific feature(s) mentioned in the previous sentence(s). translation: 给外国人送行也是如此。example: the same is true with the learning of a foreign language.3) (para. 2) so, as a host, whenever there is an activity, you should come to the place ahead of schedule so as to wait for the gue

23、sts to come. analysis: whenever introduces an adverbial clause of time. in the main clause ahead of schedule is an adverbial of time while so as to introduce an adverbial of purpose. translation: 所以说，主人在搞活动时，要提前到场，等客人光临。example: so, as a fireman, whenever there is a fire, you should come to the plac

24、e at once so as to put the fire under control.4) (para.2) anyone, guest or host, who is really late for a social activity, should apologize to those who have already been there. analysis: guest or host is a reduced form of whether he is a guest or a host. note that here singular forms are used with

25、no articles at all. the two who-clauses are used to modify anyone and those respectively. translation: 在社交活动中，不论是客人还是主人，如果迟到了，都应该向已经到场的人说声抱歉。example: anyone, man or woman, who is in charge of a project, should often talk to those who participate in the project.5) (para.3) sometimes, an appointment h

26、as been already made, but something unexpected happens and you find no time to inform the person concerned. analysis: notice that unexpected and concerned are both adjectives which function as post modifiers of something and the person respectively. translation: 有时定好会面时间后，发生了意外的事，没有时间通知相关人员。example:

27、 sometimes a decision has been made, but some change has to be made because problems unexpected arise, and you have no time to discuss the change with the persons concerned.5. read and analyze (5 minutes) the teacher guides the students to analyze the structure of the passage by completing the outline below.punctuality and keeping promisei. emphasis on punctualitya. never keep other people waitingb. be punctual to meet guests at the airportc. be on time to see friends offii. when being a guest,