Unit6 My First Class

1、 Unit 6My First ClassTeaching ObjectivesnTopic: education/school mattersnGrammar Point: verb and noun conversionnVocabulary: educational facilities, activitiesnWriting: narration, descriptionnNursery nKindergartennPrimary school nMiddle schoolnHigh schoolnVocational schoolnUniversity / CollegeEducat

2、ional SystemPre-school education:primary education: secondary education: Tertiary education : Further educationBrainstormingnWork with your group members to translate the following expressions into English. Group 1Expressions for education systemsn基础教育基础教育/义务教育义务教育basic education/ compulsory educati

3、onn应试教育应试教育/素质教育素质教育examination-oriented /quality-oriented /competence-oriented Educationn成人教育成人教育/职业教育职业教育adult education /vocational education, n教学改革教学改革/教育，学校产业化教育，学校产业化teaching reform/ commercialization of educational functions n公立学校公立学校/私立学校私立学校Public school/ private schooln寄宿学校寄宿学校/走读学校走读学校 Bo

4、arding school/day schoolGroup 2Expressions for people involved in educationn校长校长/辅导员辅导员/讲师讲师/助教助教/副教授副教授/教授教授/导师导师headmaster, president/ (political) advisor/ counselor; lecturer, assistant lecturer, associate professor, professor, tutorn学前儿童学前儿童/小学生小学生/中学生中学生pre-school children, pupil, student,n大学生大

5、学生/大一新生大一新生/大二学生大二学生/大三学生大三学生/大四学生大四学生undergraduate, (freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior) n研究生研究生/博士生博士生/博士后博士后graduate/postgraduate, doctoral student/phD candidate, post-doctoral student/researcher/ post-doc.,n待业的毕业生待业的毕业生school-leavers (Br.), n退学者退学者/逃课的学生逃课的学生drop-outs, truantsGroup 3Express

6、ions for school facilities &school organizationsn教室、图书馆、实验室、体育馆、操场教室、图书馆、实验室、体育馆、操场classroom, library, laboratory, gymnasium (gym), playgroundn教学楼、食堂、医务室、礼堂教学楼、食堂、医务室、礼堂classroom building, canteen / dining room, school clinic/ school hospital, theatre hall/assembly hall/auditoriumn行政楼、学生宿舍、教师住宿区行政楼、

7、学生宿舍、教师住宿区administrative building, student dormitory / hall of residence, teachers residential arean院、系、教研组院、系、教研组school/ department/ teaching groupn教务处，研究生院教务处，研究生院Office of Educational Administration, Graduate schoolGroup 4Expressions for school activitiesn预习、复习、做笔记、预习、复习、做笔记、preview / review less

8、ons, take notes, n参加考试、通过考试、未通过考试、逃课参加考试、通过考试、未通过考试、逃课sit exams, sit for (an exam), take / pass / fail (exams, courses ) / do well / badly in exams, play truantn英语角、英语秀、英语竞赛英语角、英语秀、英语竞赛English corner, English show, English contestn讲座、研讨会、做实验、挣学分、讲座、研讨会、做实验、挣学分、lecture, discussion, seminar, perform /

9、 make / do / carry out an experiment, earn creditsn社团、协会、学生会、舞会社团、协会、学生会、舞会society/club/organization, association/ society, students union, balln实习，论文答辩实习，论文答辩Intern (ship), thesis defenseGroup 1Expressions for education systemsn基础教育基础教育/义务教育义务教育n应试教育应试教育/素质教育素质教育n成人教育成人教育/职业教育职业教育n教学改革教学改革/教育，学校产业化

10、教育，学校产业化n公立学校公立学校/私立学校私立学校n寄宿学校寄宿学校/走读学校走读学校 Group 2Expressions for people involved in educationn校长校长/辅导员辅导员/讲师讲师/助教助教/副教授副教授/教授教授/导师导师n学前儿童学前儿童/小学生小学生/中学生中学生n大学生大学生/大一新生大一新生/大二学生大二学生/大三学生大三学生/大四学生大四学生n研究生研究生/博士生博士生/博士后博士后n待业的毕业生待业的毕业生n退学者退学者/逃课的学生逃课的学生Group 3Expressions for school facilities &schoo

11、l organizationsn教室、图书馆、实验室、体育馆、操场教室、图书馆、实验室、体育馆、操场n教学楼、食堂、医务室、礼堂教学楼、食堂、医务室、礼堂n行政楼、学生宿舍、教师住宿区行政楼、学生宿舍、教师住宿区n院、系、教研组院、系、教研组n教务处，研究生院教务处，研究生院Group 4Expressions for school activitiesn预习、复习、做笔记、预习、复习、做笔记、n参加考试、通过考试、未通过考试、逃课参加考试、通过考试、未通过考试、逃课n英语角、英语秀、英语竞赛英语角、英语秀、英语竞赛n讲座、研讨会、做实验、挣学分、讲座、研讨会、做实验、挣学分、n社团、协会、学

12、生会、舞会社团、协会、学生会、舞会n实习，论文答辩实习，论文答辩Premier Wen on Educationn教育是现代化国家的基石。教育是现代化国家的基石。国家的发展最终要靠提高国家的发展最终要靠提高全民的素质。全民的素质。n我们已经在全国建立了巩我们已经在全国建立了巩固和普及义务制教育，大固和普及义务制教育，大力发展职业教育和努力提力发展职业教育和努力提高高等教育的格局。我们高高等教育的格局。我们要使这三个方面都有所成要使这三个方面都有所成绩。绩。1. Education is the cornerstone of a modernized country. In the final

13、analysis, a countrys development will rely/ hinge on the improvement of its population.2. We have already established the educational system that emphasizes on the universalization and consolidation of compulsory education, the vigorous development of occupational education and the improvement of hi

14、gher education. We need to make polices to ensure a fresh progress in the forgoing three areas.nEducation as one of the three keys to economic recovery and long term prosperity for the U.S.nHighlights education problemsnCalls for education reformBarack Obama on EducationListening and SpeakingnWatch

15、a movie clip from Legally Blonde and finds out Elle Woods advice for a successful college life.nPassionnCourage of conviction nA strong sense of selfFinding success in collegeTop list:Know yourselfSet academic goalsManage/budget your timeUse campus resourcesMaintain support networkStay healthyBe fle

16、xibleListening and SpeakingnDiscussion: How to achieve academic success in university? nListening: How to Get Straight AFinding success in collegeTop list:Set prioritiesStudy anywhere and everywhereSchedule your timeBe an active reader1. What do you remember about your life in middle school? (the ha

17、ppiest time, the worst time, the most interesting /awkward experience, etc.)2. Do you enjoy your college life? Why / Why not? If no, then what is your ideal college life like? If yes, give advice as to how to enjoy college life.3. What do you think is the main task students have at school? Is it to

18、learn more book knowledge or is it to know more about society? Why / Why not?4. What do you think of the current Chinese educational system? Advantages? Disadvantages?DiscussionCollege prepares students for the real world.nFor many of us, college is a time of great change and adjustment. We are chal

19、lenged in many areas, both personally and academically. The newly-gained freedom may be a welcome change, it can also be stressful, or bring about confusion and loneliness. However, we learn to be independent, make crucial decisions on our own, and become responsible for them. We learn to budget our

20、 time and money, and to be tolerant so as to survive in a crowded dorm. We meet people from different parts of the country, which broadens our view of the world. College prepares us for the real world. Watch a movie clip from Legally Blonde: 1. What happened to Elle Woods on her first day at Harvard

21、2. comment on the teaching method of the teacher.Pre-reading discussionStrict, Threatening, menacing, bossy, authoritarianEnlightening, inspiring, thought-provoking1.What does the idiom “Spare the rod, spoil the child” mean? 2.What is corporal punishment? Have you heard about corporal punishment in

22、some Chinese schools in recent years? Why were the students punished? 3.How harmful is corporal punishment to children?4. What are the alternative methods (replacements) to educate the young without resorting to corporal punishment? Discuss the following questions.Book 3-Unit 141. What does the idio

23、m “Spare the rod, spoil the child” mean? This idiom is about the necessity of corporal punishment. Corporal punishment is physical punishment by brutal forces, such as beating, whipping, smacking, battering, spanking, paddling, caning or any other ways of inflicting pain.Pre-reading discussion2. Hav

24、e you experienced, witnessed or heard about corporal punishment in some Chinese schools in recent years? Why were the students punished?nFailure to complete homework, such as memorization of a textnCheating in exams or school worknLack of interest in classnPlaying truantnDisobedience, mischievousnes

25、s Yes. Students in those schools could be punished for the following reasons: 3. How harmful is corporal punishment to children?utemporary obedience, but long-term hatred, rebellionuIt is neither a wise nor an effective way to teach children.uan abuse of power, a fundamental breach/violation of chil

26、drens rightsuencourages a child to resort to violence; udisrespect their dignity and harmful to their physical and mental integrityuBeating, humiliating and shaming children will lower their self-esteem;uLeads to emotional, physical and psychological problems;Pre-reading discussionWhat are the alter

27、native methods (replacements) to solve these problems without resorting to corporal punishment? uHelping them develop moral judgment; helping them distinguish between right and wrong;uSet role models for kids to fellowuUse rewarding system (praise) to make children more disciplineduHelping students

28、express the cause of their bad behavior; understanding the reason for their behavior, and relating it to their psychological needs, helping them establish positive life values, Meeting their needs of love and respect. uLetting them look for solutions on their own;Plot SummarynMiss Slade, a new teach

29、er, had to _a problem class. Her colleagues, Martin, offered to introduce her to the class. Upon entering the classroom they saw a boy throwing a book at another student. as usual, Martin used _ which aroused _ among the students. Miss Slade was shocked by the _of the teacher and made attempts to _t

30、he situation. take overcorporal punishmenthostilitybrutalityremedy/make up for/ redeemTime Sequence/chronological orderQuestion Discussion1. Why was Miss Slade nervous before she stepped into the classroom? Miss Slade was nervous because she was a new teacher in the first place. Secondly, the class

31、she was about to take was not an ordinary class, but a problem one.Book 3-Unit 143. What was the classroom like when Mr. Martin and Miss Slade stepped in? When they stepped in, the whole class was in disordera boyish pandemonium. A boy was throwing a book at another boy. Book 3-Unit 14Mr. Martin off

32、ered to help her deal with the trouble-makers in her class. His method was swift and painful punishment. This shows that his idea of education was to use force to establish the teachers dominance in class. 2. What did Mr. Martin offer to do to help her? How does that reflect Mr. Martins philosophy o

33、n education? 4. How did Mr. Martin handle the situation? Was his method commendable? Why did he behave like that? Mr. Martin first singled out （单独挑出）the culprit （肇事者）Riccio, and then humiliated him before the whole class and the new teacher with sarcastic remarks. He threatened the class that he wou

34、ld punish anybody who dared to treat books like that again. Finally, he told the boy to go out into the corridor where he beat him to stop other boys from making trouble. He used force to control the class and demonstrated to the newcomer his authority.Book 3-Unit 145. What kind of change took place

35、 in Miss Slades attitude towards Mr. Martin? A complete change took place in Miss Slades attitude towards Mr. Martin. At first, she respected him because he looked like an experienced teacher, warm, kind and ready to help her in handling a problem class. But Mr. Martins behavior towards the boys and

36、 their misbehavior completely changed her mind, and she worried that he had ruined her opportunity to win the hearts of her class.Book 3-Unit 146. How did the class take the fact that Riccio was physically punished by the teacher? The class took it badly and were sympathetic toward Riccio. They talk

37、ed about how to retaliate by making Mr. Martin suffer and worst of all, they thought all the teachers were their enemies.Book 3-Unit 147. What did Miss. Slade do to ease the tense atmosphere in class? Her first attempt was to get the students to listen to her, but she failed. At the suggestion of a

38、boy in the front, she took the roll-call so as to get the students attention. When tension began to ease a little, she tried to amuse them with some humorous remarks. Although her attempts did work completely, she did change the atmosphere by diverting their attention from the incident and in the en

39、d brought some of the students attention to the text book.Book 3-Unit 148. What did the narrator mean when she said, “Surely, I did not have to teach them as well”? 9. What did she mean at last by “Oh, Lord. Just pay attention, then”? She meant that she hardly had any energy left for teaching since

40、she was so exhausted by her effort to undo the harm Mr. Martin had done. It may indicate that the former teachers failed to teach them.She was surprised that the students did not even know what imagery meant. Obviously the boys had not learned much with their previous teacher(s). She was ready to st

41、art from scratch and explain the basics to them. She told the boy to pay attention to what she was going to say. Book 3-Unit 14Reading activitiesnIdentify the basic elements (find out details) of this story:qPlot (summarize the plot)qSetting (specific description)qCharacter (make a comparison betwee

42、n Martin and Miss Slades character and teaching method)Settingfind out specific description of the setting. What can you learn from the description?nThe school was now thudding with activity.boys streaming out of the assembly hall into the classroomnThe classroom on the top floor in the most remote

43、wing of the school.boyish pandemonium.Noisy, chaotic, problem classmaking noisy soundTo move in a continuous flowing mass,/ swarming out ofchaosIn-depth Comprehension:CharactersnGroup discussion: summarize Martin and Mrs. Slades character and teaching method. Support your argument with specific desc

44、riptions from the text.qMartin is rude. E.g. He said “Stand up, your bastard” to his studentsqMartin is alsoExampleqMartin believes in Corporal punishment, E.g. “Punishment is swift and painful.”qqMiss Slade is gentle. E.g. qMartinq“Punishment is swift and painful.”qHis jaws lightly grinding togethe

45、rq“so you think books are for hitting people with, do you?.pick up the book and wait outside.”q“if I caught anyone else treating a book like that, that boy will carry the scars for the rest of his life. Is that understood?”qMartins muffled voice could be heard in the corridor.sound of the impact of

46、large books.yelps of agonyrude, bad-tempered, violent, domineering, mean, vain, pretentious, threateningRhetorical QuestionnA rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question posed for its persuasive effect without the expectation of a reply 修辞性疑问句;不需回答的反诘句 nIs the sky blue?, Is t

47、he Pope Catholic? n“If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” Percy Bysse Shelley nSHYLOCK He hath disgraced me, and whats his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, Subjec

48、t to the same diseases, healed by the same meanswarmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh?if you poison us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? Rhetorical QuestionqMartin allowed a dra

49、matic pause after the door .q“its not easy to take over in the middle of the term and I will be taking a special interest in seeing how well, or how badly, you behave under circumstances. I ve told Mrs. Smith to send any trouble maker direct to me.”Martinrude, bad-tempered, violent, domineering, mea

50、n, vain, pretentious, threateningnI stood, quivering with fright. His anger was genuine and terrible to me.nI felt eager to assure him that it would not be menThirty-three pairs of eyes were trained on me. I smiled. No one smiled back, so I was left stranded with the damn thing on my face.nMy eyes m

51、ust have betrayed my horror at the sight of what amounted to my first battered child. I felt outraged at having been exposed to such brutality. My feeling towards Martin suffered a sea-change.Miss SladeSympathetic, friendly, gentle, grateful, easy-going, open-minded, humorousnThe hostility now rippl

52、ing through the class suggested that he had also buggered my chances of capturing the hearts of 3B.nIn the end I was exhausted. Surely I did not have to teach them as well?nTo my surprise some of them actually did.Miss SladeSympathetic, friendly, gentle, grateful, easy-going, open-minded, humorousn“

53、thats all right, go and sit down”n“thats enough talking.”n“thats not necessary”n“All right.”n“I am going to call your names so pipe down”n“All right, you at the back with sweet stuck to your collar, whats your name?”n“Would one of you please tell me what you did with Mr. Fellowfield.”Miss SladeSympa

54、thetic, friendly, gentle, grateful, easy-going, open-minded, humorous, responsibleLanguage points nreplacement: nsomeone or something that replaces代替的人或替换物cn我们需要一个人接替秘书的工作。nWe need a replacement for the secretary who left.nsubstitute for: a person or thing acting in place of anothernHe is the doctor

55、s substitute during holiday times.nThere is no substitute for good food and exercise.take over:nto gain control over and responsibility for T；InOur firm took over 2 fruit packing companies last year.nEverybody hopes that he will take over as dean of the department when Mr. Martin retires.n州长已被免职，你看会

56、由谁来接任呢？nWho do you think will take over now that the governor has been dismissed?strandednIn a very unfavorable position or situation,处以困境的，一筹莫展的; adj.qTens of thousands of travelers were stranded in the heavy snowstorm.nWednesdays snowstorm left more than 300 students stranded with no way home. q我当

57、时在哪儿，既没有护照也没有钱，一筹莫展地流落在异邦qThere I was, left stranded in a foreign country, with no passport or money.n to drive or run ashore or aground; 搁浅qThe tide had gone out, leaving the boat stranded on the rocks. amount: vi.（amount to）nadd up to or total sth.总计nTheir traveling expenses amount to seven hundre

58、d dollars.nHis debts amount to over $3000.nbe equal tonYour words amount to a refusal.nWhat you say amounts to a direct accusation. rapportna good relationship in which people are able to understand each others ideas or feelings very well.意见一致，关系和睦 nHe said he wanted to establish/have a (good/close)

59、 rapport with the local people.nto put sb./sth. in a place or situation where they are not protected from sth. harmful or unpleasant,使面临，使遭受（危险或不快）nDo not expose babies to strong sunlight.nto expose yourself to criticism/ridiculenIt is said that people will get skin cancer if they are exposed to the

60、 sun too much.expose sb./sth./yourself (to sth.) stragglen散乱地移动散乱地移动;零星地走零星地走 straggle somewhere :move slowly, in small groups with large, irregular gaps between them. nThey came straggling up the cliff road.q他们零零散散地沿着悬崖小路走上来。n散乱地分布;散布 If a small quantity of things straggle over an area, they cover