新视野大学英语第三版B4U6教案

1、新视野大学英语 读写教程第四册教案B4U6Gender Equality* Teaching Objectives ：Students will learn to use English to1. To talk about gender equality2. To further understand the text3. To apply the phrases and patterns4. To master the essay writing skill*Time Allotment: each unit 8 classes1st-2nd classes: Part I Warming

2、 up1. Lead-in : Guessing activity2. Pre-reading activities : Answer the questions3. Cultural background: Watch the video and fill in the blanks3rd-4th classes:Part II Text Study4. Reading in Depth: Structure Analysis, Summary, Difficult sentences analysis5. Language Focus: More practice in Language

3、Points (language points explanation, Sentence Patterns, Useful Expressions)5th 6th classes: Part III Reflection6. Critical thinking:More speaking practice in discussion related togender equality7. Writing Practice: Essay writing? Write an essay with your personal experiences.7th 8th classes: Part IV

4、 Assignment7. Post-reading activities: summaryof useful expressions, watching and discussing, speaking task, etc.8. Section B : Focus on fast reading and practice in reading skillUNIT 6Section A The weight men carryPart I Warming up1. Lead-in:To separate the words:Which words are always used to desc

5、ribe the men/womenMen: clean-cut, stylish, sharp, robust, virileWomen: cute, sexy, pretty, delicate, elegant2. Pre-reading activities:1) Can you list some jobs for women and some jobs for menWomen :nurse, teacher, office lady, assistantMen : soldier, architect, firefighter, mineworker2) Why is there

6、 a difference between men and women in choosing a jobTips :Difference:Menare physically stronger. So they can do somejobs that require physical strength and power.Women are more subtle. So they can do some jobs that require carefulness and patience3. Cultural Background:Watch the video and fill in t

7、he blanks as the following sentences.? 1. In 2009, 60 % of graduates from Universities are females in OECD areas. By 2025 , 70 % of graduates are females in those areas.? 2. 70 %of education graduates are women,75%of health and social science graduates are women. While, 70% of engineering manufactur

8、ing , construction graduates are men.? 3. On the pay-slip ( 工资单), women's pay are always smaller than men' s. They average are 16 % smaller than men ' s.? 4. In Norway, 40 %of board membersare women. In Sweden, France and Finland, 15-20 %of board membersare women.In Germany, Japan, Nethe

9、rland , less than 5 % of board members are women.Part II Text Study1. Main idea & structure:Tips for Reading: A Good Reader should1) Try to become an active reader.2) Learn to ask more questions. ( what, why, how)3) Do the efficient reading. (key points, topic sentence, key words, locating words

10、, necessary and sufficient )4) Develop a habit of marking during reading.Answer Questions1)What types of work did the author see men do in his hometown (Para. 1)From morning to sundown:they built cabinets, dug ditches, mined coal, or drove trucks;they trained horses, stocked furnaces, made tires, st

11、ood on assembly lines, welding parts onto refrigerators or lubricating car engines.In the evenings and on weekends:they labored equally hard, working on their own small tract of land, fixing broken-down cars, repairing broken shutters and drafty windows.2) The bodies of the men I knew were twisted a

12、nd wounded in ways _visible and _invisible. (Para. 2)Visible ways:Heavy lifting had given many of them spinal problems and appalling injuries.Racing against conveyor belts had given some ulcersome had broken ribs and lost fingers.Their ankles and knees ached from years of standing on concrete.Someha

13、d partial vision loss as the glow of the welding flame damagedtheir optic receptors.Invisible ways:All around us, the fathers always seemed older than the mothers.Men wore out sooner, being martyrs of constant work.3)What did they do when men worked as soldiers (Para. 3)Tips:When the shooting starte

14、d, many of them would die for their patriotism in fields and forts of foreign outposts. This was what soldiers were for - they were tools like a wrench, a hammer or a screw.4)What caused the author to be puzzled after he entered college (Para. 5)Tips:The author was puzzled at women s claim that mene

15、njoy greater joys and more privileges. This was because he knew from his own experiences that men did much harder work and suffered much more than women.5)What kind of examples the author used to defend for men (Para. 5)Tips:The right to work five days a week, 12 months a year, for 30 or 40 years, w

16、edgedin tight spaces in the textile mills, or in the coal mines, struggling to extract every last bit of coal from the rock-hard earth The right to die in war The right to fix every leak in the roof, every gap in the fence The right to pile banknotes high for a rich corporation in a city far away Th

17、e right to feel, when the lay-off cameor the mines shut down, not only afraid but also ashamed 6)Why did the author envy women (Para. 6) They were interested in art or music or literature, and enjoy a sense of ease.They did not have to go to war.The space of their comparatively lightweight work seem

18、ed expansive.? They clipped coupons, went to see neighbors, or ran errands at school or at church.7)Why did the women in the author ' s college see him as an enemy (Para.8)They were the daughters of privileged, Republican menand they wanted to inherit their fathers ' power and lordship over

19、the world. They longed for a say over their future. And because of t he author ' s sex, as destined from birth to become like their fathers, so they see him as an enemy.8)What kind of role the author wanted to play (Para. 8)Tips: The author thinks that the miserable life of the lower class peopl

20、e is similar to the gender inequality that women suffer from. He supports the fight against social inequality, no matter whether it is related to class or gender.Structure Analysis:Introduction:Men labored all day and had little free time. (Para. 1)The bodies of menwere twisted and woundedbecause of

21、 hard work. (Para. 2)Men were soldiers who had to die in war. (Para. 3)The lives of rich men who had power and privileges seemed remote and unreal. (Para. 4)Major arguments and supporting detailsWomen s criticismof menwas puzzl ing because menin reality had towork hard to support their household.(Pa

22、ra. 5)Women s grievances were hard to understand because women had aneasier life than men. (Para. 6)The fates of lower-class men and women are equally bleak and grim.(Para. 7)Conclusion:Women have grievances about gender inequality because they don ' t know the hard life of working-class men.2.

23、Language Focus:Useful expressions:1) Off (the ) gridNot connected to public utilities and having your own power and water supply.远离公共设施的，自给自足的我们住在那里远离水电，生活全靠自己。We lived there off the grid and on our own.2) There are time when sometimes有时候有时候我觉得很懒，只想整天呆在床上。There are times when I feel lazy and just wa

24、nt to stay in bed all day.3) No more than 意为"不能，就像不能一样”。这个句型表示两件事情都无法做或都不具有某一特征。 通常后面的事更明显或更易懂，所以将两 件事进行类比，以解释为何第一件事是不可能的或不具有所说的特征。他无法忘却那段历史，就像他不会忘记自己的名字一样。He could no more forget about the experience than he could forget his own name.4) No doubt, had sb. taken a more (adj.) look/view at sth.,

25、sb. would have done sth. else.某人对某事的反思毋庸置疑，如果人类用更具前瞻性的方式审视对大自然的开采，他们就不会遭受资源短缺了。No doubt, had human beings taken a more prospective view at the exploitation of the nature, they would have never suffered from resources shortage.5) Have a say on /over sth: have the right or opportunity to give your opi

26、nion她们唯一想要的就是对自己的财产有发言权。The only thing they want is to have a say over their own property.Essay writing:Learn how to support an argument with personal experiences and observations :In writing an argumentative essay, the author needs to provide specific details to support his opinion. Personal experi

27、ences and observations are a common type of evidence to support an argument. They often involve the author ' s ownimpressions about or memories of a person, thing, place, or situation.Topic:A better method to overcome pronunciation problemsIntroduction:? Introduce the background: A common method

28、 to overcome a pronunciation problem is to practice reading out the same sound or word over and over.? State the thesis: A better method to learn English pronunciation is to train the ear rather than the mouth.Body:Explain the main idea with a personal learning experience with the vowels in “shoot”

29、and “short” .Conclusion:Restate that the new method is successful.Sample essay:As English learners, many of us have encountered difficulties in learning to pronounce certain English sounds correctly. The method we commonly use to overcome the problem is to practice reading out the samesound or word

30、over and over. However, mere repetition is not an effective method since the core of the problem may lie in our poor ability to hear the differences between certain sounds. Hence, to some of us, a better method to learn English pronunciation is to train the ear rather than the mouth.You will better

31、understand what I meanonce you know what I once went through years ago. When I first started to learn English back in middle school, I had a hard time distinguishing between the vowel in“shoot ”and that in “short ” . I had thought my mouth a nd tongue were set in the wrong way, which mademe unable t

32、o accurately articulate the two sounds. So I spent lots of time reading out the two sounds and words containing them. To my frustration, I made little progress.It was not until I was in college that I realized the real cause of my incorrect pronunciation was not how I set my mouth and tongue, but ra

33、ther my poor ability to hear the differences between the two sounds.I found out this when I watched an English movie. A character in the movie said “shoot ” , but I heard “short ” . Then it suddenly occurred to me that I couldn ' t even tell the difference between the two vowels by ear.This disc

34、overy gave me a new idea about how to overcome my problem.I listened to the pronunciation of“shoot” and“short" on audio （ 录音的）tapes carefully untilI could hear theirdifference. Then Ipracticed reading out the two words by somewhatexaggerating the movement of my mouth. Weeks later, I succeeded i

35、n pronouncing the two sounds correctly. From then on, whenever my friends or classmates say they have difficulties with a certain sound, I will tell them what I did with the vowels in “shoot” and “short” . This"ear-training " method provesto be much better than just practicing reading out

36、sounds or words.Task: essay writing:Topic: Life as a single childIntroduction:? Introduce the background.? State the thesis.Body:Support the main idea with personal experiences.? The way parents and grandparents treated me? My feelings of growing up as a singlechild in the familyConclusion:Restate t

37、he thesis.Part III ReflectionCritical Thinking:1Do you think the menand womenyou knew when growing up had equal rights Why do you think so? Yes, I think so. Myparents worked in a big state -owned factory, where both men and women worked at similar positions and earned more or less the same amount of money.? No, I do not think so. I grew up in the countryside, where even today men are dominant in the family. In those days, men had greater power in deciding the important things, whereas women generally followed w