大学英语精读教案

1、大学英语精读教案课程名称大学英语精读教材名称大学英语精读（第三版）授课学时4授课方式:课堂讲授、小组讨论授课题目Book 2Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo教学目的 与要求一、帮助学生理解课文内容二、掌握大学英语教学大纲中规定的单词和词组三、掌握词语搭配和被动语态的用法四、掌握有关的写作技巧教学内容与教学方法一、课文有关的语言背景知识的介绍二、组织学生对课文相关话题进行课堂讨论 三、详细讲解课文中重点单词和词组的用法 四、讲解课文的语言知识，重点是男局的理解 五、有选择的处理课文联系，主要是讲解重点 六、简要讲述本单元的阅读技巧和协作技巧教学重点一、了解爱因

2、斯坦的为人以及他对全世界的贡献一、点词汇及词组的使用：at ease; point out; throw. off balance; come toterms with; beyond pretension; mean nothing to; believe in; so much so that;resort to, not the-slightest, make possible; in delight; be capable of; single out三、掌握合成词的构成以及被动语态的用法四、正确理解课文中的难句五、掌握并学会运用写作技巧主要教学 过程1. Warm-up activi

3、ties (30 minutes)2. Introduction on background information (10 minutes)3. Global understanding of the text (10 minutes)4. Detailed studies of the text (80 minutes)5. Exercise explanation (30 minutes)6. Writing skills introduction (15 minutes)教学手段小组讨论、个人发言、多媒体授课作业完成本单课后的练习Unit 4 The Professor and the

4、 Yo-YoPart One Warm up activities (30 minutes) Questions discussion1. Was Einstein bright in his early childhood? Give examples.2. What is his greatest contribution to the mankind?3. What do you know about the life of Einstein?4. Do you think Einstein was responsible for the search work on the atomi

5、c bomb? Why?5. Describe the appearance of Einstein.Part Two Introduction on background information (10 minutes)1. Albert Einstein Albert Einstein, whose Special Theory of Relativity and General Theory of Relativity revolutionized scientific perceptions of the universe, is acknowledged, along with Ne

6、wton, as one of history s greatest physicists.Son of free-thinking, cultured Jews, Einstein was unable to speak until he was three and displayed no special promise. Anti-Semitism also hampered his talent when it began to emerge. He became a Swiss citizen in 1901, obtaining a doctorate from the Unive

7、rsity of Bern in 1905. His research, which ended in the famous equation E=mc2, was published in the same year.After World War I, Einstein s fame extended beyond the scientific community and in 1921 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics. During the 1920s he regarded the rise of the Nazis in Germ

8、any with horror, eventually emigrating to the U.S. where, in 1933, he took up a post at Princeton University. In 1939 his early warnings of German scientific attempts to make an atomic bomb prompted the start of the Manhattan Project.2. The Yo-Yo The Yo-Yo is a simple toy consisting of a grooved dou

9、ble disk with a string about the center. The player holds the end of the string which unwinds itself as the disk is dropped. Then by a slight jerk on the string, the player causes it to rewind itself, and to reel up back to the hand. The toy is said to have originated in the Philippines. Since 1930

10、it has become a popular toy and even today children in different countries play the Yo-Yo and compete in various contests.3. Woolworth s Frank Winfield Woolworth (18521919), an American merchant, was born in Rodman, New York. He established in 1879 a five-cent store at Utica, New York, which failed,

11、 and the same year he started a successful five-and-ten-cent store at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Woolworth opened many others and soon extended business throughout the United States and to several foreign countries. In 1911 the F. W. Woolworth Company was incorporated with ownership of over 1,000 five

12、-and-tens, and he became director of various financial firms. (The last Woolworth stores were closed in 1998.) Woolworth had the Woolworth Building erected in New York City in 1913, the highest building in the world (792 ft / 241.4 m) at that time.Part Three Text analysis and devices for writing (30

13、 minutes)1 . Part Division of the TextParagraph 1 6 Einstein was a plain and simple man in his daily life.Paragraph 7 8 Though he was world famous, Einstein remained purely and exclusively a theorist.Paragraph 9 10 Einstein never understood his fame.2 .An Analysis of Einstein s Personality(1) . Eins

14、tein had no personal ambition.1. He was ready to come to terms with himself and the world around him.2. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach.3. He was content to go as far as he could.4. He never showed jealousy, vanity, bitterness, anger, resentment, or personal ambition.(2) Ein

15、stein believed in simplicity.1. He was beyond pretension.2. He bought his stationary in Woo lworth s, a five and ten cent variety store.3. He never carried his money with him because he had no ues for it.4. He used only water and safety razor to shave.5. He needed only a pencil and a pad of paper to

16、 do his work.(3) . Einstein was purely and exclusively a theorist.1. He did not have the slight interest in the practical application of his ideas and theories.2. He would not walk down the street to see a reactor create atomic energy.3. He did not have any curiosity in observing how his Photoelectr

17、ic Theory could make TV possible.4. He tried in vain to deduce the operating principle of a toy bird but refused to take it apart to see how it actually worked.(4) . Einstein was easy to approach and was beyond any pretension.1. He wrote na long poem of thanks to a small boy who had sent him a Yo Yo

18、.2. He corresponded with many of the world s most important people with ordinary stationery.3. He thought that his ideas had been accepted because he was a lucky man.Part Four Detailed studies of the text (65 minutes)1. useful expressions (50 minutes)1 at ease: in a relaxed positioneg. He put the so

19、ldiers at ease while waiting for inspection.Collocation:with ease 轻而易举地；毫不费力地ill at ease 不安；心神不宁(stand) at ease 稍息take one s ease使自己舒服一下；休息；放松2. point out : explain, call to attentioneg. Can you point out any mi stakes?3. off balance: unsteady or unsteadily, in danger of fallingeg. The small boat go

20、t off balance and turned over in a storm.Collocation:achieve / acquire balance 取得平衡adjust the balance 调整平衡keep / maintain one s balance 保持平衡,保持镇静lose one s balance 失去平衡，心慌意乱in the balance 悬而未决， 不能肯定on balance 总而言之，总的来说(be) out of balance 失去平衡4. come to termswith: accept (sth. onedoesnt want to accep

21、t) and deal with it in the best way one caneg. In less than a year, he came to terms with his life and work there.5. ambition: n. a strong desire to achieve sth., such as fame or powereg. A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan. 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志。Collocation:achieve / attain / fulfill / realize on

22、e s ambition 实现抱负check / frustrate one s ambition 使某人的野心(或雄心)受挫spur / stimulate / stir one s ambition 激发某人的雄心壮志a boundless ambition 无节制的奢望a frustrated / thwarted ambition 受挫的抱负one s life-long ambition 毕生的志愿6. correspond: vi.1) write letters to each othereg. Do they often correspond with each other?2

23、) be in agreement, harmony, or conformityeg. His actions do not correspond with his words.3) be equivalent or similareg. The American Congress corresponds to the British Parliament.7. present :1) . vt. formally give, introduce, offer2) . n. A. a gift8. the time that we are experiencing nowCollocatio

24、n:present an award to sb. 向某人授奖present one s compliments / respects / apologies to sb. 向某人致意/致敬/致歉present oneself 出席，到场at present 目前for the present 眼前；暂时8. curiosity: n. the desire to know about somethingeg. I opened the packet just to satisfy my curiosity.Collocation:arouse one s curiosity 引起某人的好奇d

25、isplay intense curiosity 表现出强烈的好奇心excite / stir one s curiosity 激起某人的好奇心satisfy / feed / gratify one s curiosity 满足某人的好奇心stimulate / provoke public curiosity 激起公众的好奇心in curiosity 好奇地out of curiosity 由于好奇with curiosity 好奇地9. pursue: vt.1) carry on or continueeg. The famous actress pursued her acting

26、career with determination.2) make efforts to achieve; follow . to catcheg. The police pursued the stolen vehicle along the motorway.pursue 是动词，较正式，其名词形式为pursuit 常用于 “ in pursuit (of) 中。 ”eg. The thief ran down the street, with a policeman in hot pursuit.10. approach:1) . v.A) come near, move close t

27、oeg. As you approach the town, the first building you see is the church.B) begin to deal with or work oneg. It might be possible to approach the problem in a different way.2) . n.A) way, methodeg. All the approaches to the palace were guarded by troops.B) coming nearerAt her approach the children ra

28、n off.CF: approach, manner, method & means 这些名词均含“方法、方式”之意。approach 指从事某事的特别方法、途径。manner 多指行动的特殊方式或独特的方法。method 指有系统、有条理地办事或解决问题的方法。means指为达到某种目的或目标而采用的方法、手段或途径。11. work out: find a solution to or understand eg. I wont tell you the answer. Work it out yourself.12. fortune: n.1) chance or luck, and t

29、he effect that it has on your life eg. I had the good fortune to be chosen for a trip abroad.2) a very large amount of money eg. She inherited a large fortune. Collocation:a small fortune 大笔钱by good fortune 由于幸运；幸而accumulate / build a fortune 积聚财富bring good fortune 带来好运lose one s fortune 失去财产make a

30、fortune 发财，发迹push one s fortune 竭力抬高自己的社会地位；力图发迹seek one s fortune 寻找出路；力图发家致富 tell / read one s fortune 给某人算命13. single out: choose and give special treatmenteg, Three students in our class were singled out for special praise.Part 5 ve Exercise explanation (30 minutes)1. Read the test and answer some question