Unit 1 新视野大学英语第三册

1、A Teaching Plan for Unit 1 (In New Horizon College English Book 3)I. Time: 10 class hours II. Contents: Listening and Speaking Section A: The Expensive Fantasy of Lord Williams Section B: The Romantic Life of Secret Agent AlbertIII. Suggested Timetable:1. The first two-class-hour session for listeni

2、ng and speaking (Unit 1 in College English Listening and Speaking Course Book 3).2. Next four-class-hour session for Section A 3. The fourth two-class-hour session for exercises of Section A 4. The fifth two-class-hour session for Section B and Section CIV. Aims and Requirements:Listening and Speaki

3、ng:1. Train the students ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details of the listening texts.2. Give the students a chance to exchange views on the texts they have heard to enable them to have a deeper understanding of the texts.Section A: The Expensive Fantasy of Lord Williams1.

4、Let the students acquainted with some new words:fantasy, live out, stick by, justify, furnish, considerate, restore, deposit, supervise,add on, buy up, stick by, fall upon dark days.2. Teach the following conjunctions: as; now that 3. Teach the writing skill: use some specific details to support a g

5、eneral pointSection B: The Romantic Life of Secret Agent Albert1. Teach the reading skill :scanning2. Enable students to grasp the main idea of the textV. Focal Points and Difficult Points:Listening and Speaking:1. Enable students to be familiar with the passage listening skill2. Grasp some words an

6、d expression which often appear in CET-4Section A: The Expensive Fantasy of Lord Williams1. Analyze the structure of several compound sentences and comprehend them.2. Learn to use conjunctions: as (means although); now that3. Grasp several CET-4 key wordsSection B: The Romantic Life of Secret Agent

7、Albert1. Ask students to retell the story2. Review the subjunctive moodVI. Suggested Teaching Procedure and Methodology:Listening and Speaking: ( An interactive approach is introduced)1. Pre-listening Task: arrange the students in pairs and ask them to discuss the following questions: Do you think p

8、arents love for their children is the greatest love in the world? Do you often call or write to your parents? What do you usually tell your parents on the phone/in the letters? Do you turn to your father/mother for help when you have problems? Why or why not? Some key words and expressions in Langua

9、ge Focus: sacrifice: v. give up sth. as a sacrifice. e.g. She sacrifice her career to marry him. n. offering 供品 make it a point to: do sth. Because one considers it important or necessary e.g. I always make a point to checking that all the windows are shut before I go out. There are bound to : It is

10、 sure that 2. Background Information: In the United States many old people live by themselves either because they do not want to be a burden to their children or because they prefer to maintain their individual lifestyles. When they cannot take care of themselves, they are often sent to special nurs

11、ing homes for the aged. They dont see their children on a regular basis. So for many people in America, old age can be a sad and lonely time. The text explores the loneliness of the old people and also the love between a son and daughter-in law and their mother.3. Listening to text 1 and 24. Speakin

12、g Tasks: Ask the students to get into pairs and explain to them how to carry out Speaking Task A- Reflections on the texts, then select a pair to present their views in class.Section A The Expensive Fantasy of Lord Williams 1. Background Information: Lord( 男爵)“Lord/lady” itself is a title; the child

13、 of a duke or the heir of a count/earl was titled. The term is also used to denote the noble lord of a manor (a subdivision of land). These lords rarely hold land directly from the monarch, holding it instead from some other noble. Scotland YardThe headquarter of the London Metropolitan Police. The

14、term is often used, popularly, to refer to one branch, the criminal Investigation Department (CID). Named after a short street in London, the site of a palace used in the 12th century as a residence of visiting Scottish kings, it became Londons police center in 1892. New and separate headquarters fo

15、r the Metropolitan Police were built in 1890 along the Thames embankment and were referred to as New Scotland Yard. In 1967, New Scotland Yard moved to new headquarters, also in the Westminster area.2. Pre-reading ActivitiesListen to short passage twice and answer questions Why initially did some vi

16、llagers not trust “Lord Williams”? At a later date why did many villagers suspect he was not the person he claimed to be? Why do the villagers still drink to their “Lord”?听力原文：In a small village in Scotland the locals still drink to their “Lord Williams”. Some of the people in this beautiful village

17、 never quite trusted this rich stranger, who only visited on weekends, right from the beginning. Later many suspected he was not really a wealthy lord after he had spent great sums of money in the village buying up and improving a large number of properties with no hope ever getting his money back i

18、n the future. However all agree that he and “his” money helped the village back onto its feet. Where his money came from and why he spent it on their village would only be revealed at a later date. Answers: Why initially did some villagers not trust “Lord Williams”?Williams” did not live in the smal

19、l village but only visited it on weekends ever since he came to the village for the first time. For another, people of the small village were not quite sure about him. He was so strange to the local people that they may even have doubts about his identity. At a later date why did many villagers susp

20、ect he was not the person he claimed to be?Because he had spent great sums of money in the village buying up and improving a large number of properties with no hope ever getting his money back in the future. Why do the villagers still drink to their “Lord”?The villagers hold such friendly attitudes

21、towards him just because they all agree one can deny the fact that this man invested so much money in the small village that used to be lifeless, and the villagers really benefited a lot from his generous investment. Therefore, the villagers highly appreciate his “great contribution” to the village

22、and intend to extend their thanks to him.3. Work on Section AA) Structure of the Text ( A method of analyzing the text structure is employed) Part I (Paras. 1-5) General background of the storyPart II (Paras. 6-8) The villagers reactions to Mr. Williams casePart III (Paras. 9-14) The major crimes Mr

23、. Williams committed and how he spent the moneyPart IV (Paras. 15-17) The final result of Mr. Williams B) Raise some questions for students to answer. (Question and answer method is used)Part I (Paras. 1-5):Questions: - Where and who? - What did he do? - What is the truth? - What was the result?Answ

24、ers: - Scotland; Lord Williams, or Tony. (Paras. 1- 2)- He provided such a large injection of cash into the village that he single-handedly brought the community back to life. ( Paras. 3)- Mr. Williams was not a lord at all but a government employee living out a fantasy that he was a Scottish noble

25、and paying for it by stealing funds from Scotland Yard.(Paras. 4)- He was brought into court and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.(Paras. 5)Part II (Paras. 6-8)Question: What are the responses from the villagers to Mr. Williams?Answers: Response 1: At least some villagers are sticking b

26、y him. (Paras.6) Response 2: Its hard to understand how a clever person like him could mislead people like that. What he did benefited the village. A lot of the properties were beautifully restored. (Paras. 7) Response 3: Everyone wondered where the money was coming from. Why was he spending it in a

27、 little place in the mountains? He wouldnt have gotten it back in 100 years. (Paras. 8)Part III (Para. 9-14)Questions: What are the major crimes that Mr. Williams committed? How did Mr. Williams spend the money?Answers: Mr. Williams stole more than 8 million over eight years.(Paras. 9) Mr. Williams

28、spent the money buying an estate and noble titles to become the Lord of Chirnside. (Paras. 11) Mr. Williams sunk his dishonest gains into this village with fine stone cottages, a central area of green grass , green rows of hedges. (Paras. 12) Mr. Williams spent the money buying multiple cottages, a

29、pub and a run-down hotel and turned them into very good-looking places. (Paras. 13) Mr. Williams spent the money buying the crystal glasses, the most experience ones for the restaurant. (Paras. 14)Part IV (Paras. 15-17)Questions: How was it found out that Williams was dishonest? How did Williams des

30、cribed his own motive for stealing the money?Answers: His bank deposits were so large that they were noticed by the banks management. The bank then notified the police, who discovered that the criminal was one of their own.(Para.15) He said in an interview after he was arrested: “ I discovered this

31、bloody huge amount of money. I went from the need to pay off a few debts to what can only be described as greed. There is no way to justify it.”(Para. 17)4. Language PointsPart I (Para 1-5) Tomintoul, Scotland On Saturday night at The Grouses Nest (Para. 1) At the beginning of a news report we usual

32、ly have the name of the place where the event took place. e.g. New York On Tuesday afternoon, September 11, 2001, The sentences in the text are relatively long, which is typical of news report. theyre still willing to raise a glass or two to “Lord Williams”, though now his title prompts laughter. (P

33、ara. 1) Meaning: The villagers are still willing to drink a toast to “Lord Williams” although he is no longer “Lord Williams” and people would burst into laughter upon hearing the title.raise a glass: express good wishes to 向祝贺e.g. I think we should raise a glass to the combat hero. 我想我们应该向战斗英雄致意。 T

34、here are those in this beautiful village in the mountains of Scotland (population,320) who say they were never quite sure about Anthony Williams, the soft-spoken, wealthy noble who arrived in 1986 with his well-dressed wife.(line 4-6)这个美丽的村庄坐落在苏格兰山区，总共只有320人。一些村民说，他们一直不太了解安东尼威廉斯。这位有钱的贵族说话和气，1986年和他时

35、髦的妻子一同来到了这里。who 引导的定语从句修饰those, 介词短语in this beautiful village in the mountains of Scotland 及括号中的插入语将who及先行词those分开。这个定语从句包括两个从句：一个是省略了引导词that的宾语从句they were never quite sure about Anthony Williams, 另一个是定语从句who arrived in 1986 with his well-dressed wife, 修饰noble. soft-spoken; well-dressed Word-formati

36、on:A. adv.-p.p. a soft-spoken professor, doctor his well-dressed wife or lady a well-intentioned gathering or party ill-advised kidsB. adj.-p.p. big-headed man, lion narrow-minded guy single-handed sailing around the worldC. n.-p.p. self-taught courses skill-based exercises self-employed young man w

37、ood-paneled windows timber-framed house And there are others who say their suspicions were aroused over time, as the 55-year-old Mr. Williams, who appeared on weekends turned out in fine suits, bought up property after property, providing such a large injection of cash into the village that he singl

38、e-handedly brought the community back to life. (line7-10)另外一些人说，他们的怀疑在日益扩大，因为55岁的威廉斯先生总是西装革履地在周末出现，他买下了一笔又一笔的地产，给小村投入大量现金，仅靠一个人的力量使小村庄起死回生。定语从句who say their suspicions were aroused over time修饰others; as 引导的原因状语从句中，主语55-year-old Mr. Williams和谓语bought up 之间被非限定性定语从句who appeared on weekends turned out

39、in fine suits分隔；suspicion: n. a belief or feeling that sth. is wrong or that sb. has done wrong 猜疑，怀疑e.g. He was arrested on suspicion of having stolen the money. 他因涉嫌偷那笔钱而被捕。above suspicion: too good to be suspected of wrongdoing 不受怀疑under suspicion: suspected of wrongdoing 有嫌疑 v. suspect n. suspic

40、ion adj. suspiciousarouse: a) cause sth. to happen 引起e.g. Her behavior aroused no suspicion.她的举动未受到怀疑。b) wake sb. from sleep: awaken buy up: buy all or as much as possible (of sth.) 全部买进，尽量收购e.g. The agencies have bought up all the train tickets. 代理人将火车票买空了。injection: v. inject inject sth. into sth.

41、/sb.a) force a drug or liquid intoe.g. inject penicillin into(with) sbs arm 给某人胳膊注射青霉素。b) introduce new thought intoe.g. Try to inject a bit of enthusiasm into your performance 你要尽力在演出中倾注一点热情。 reject拒绝; inject投入,注射; eject喷射bring to life: give liveliness to e.g. The actor brings Hamlet to life. 这个演员把

42、哈姆雷特演活了。 But no one could have possibly guessed the truth-that the man with endless money and a friendly manner was not a lord at all but a government employee living out a fantasy that he was a Scottish noble and paying for it by stealing funds from Scotland Yard.(line 11-13)可是谁也想不到真相竟是：这个财源滚滚，举止友好

43、的人并非什么勋爵，而是一名政府公务员。他幻想自己是位苏格兰贵族，并从苏格兰场盗用钱财购买了这个贵族头衔。本句有两个同位语从句：that the man with endless money and a friendly manner was not a lord at all but a government employee 修饰the truth; that he was a Scottish noble修饰a fantasy。living out a fantasy和paying for it by stealing funds from Scotland Yard为并列的现在分词短语作

44、定语修饰a government employee，但被修饰fantasy的同位语从句分隔。live out : do or experiencee.g. I suppose some people create an idea of who they want to be, and then they live it out.我以为，有些人是先想象自己是什么人，然后实现这一想法。Part II (Para. 6-8) And now that he has fallen upon dark days at least some villagers are sticking by him.(l

45、ine21-22) （Seeing that he is now experiencing a difficult period, some villagers are still giving him their support.）如今他落难入狱，至少仍有部分村民支持他。now that: conj. seeing that; in as much as; sincee.g. Now that you are older, you should know better. 你长大了，该更懂事了。e.g. Now that he is well again, he can go on with

46、study. 既然恢复了健康，他就可以继续学习。fall upon dark days: be in difficulties and troubles. 遭到不幸，倒霉Similar phrases: fall on hard times; fall on evil dayse.g. We were very appreciated his help when we fell on dark days. 我们很感激他在困难时候对我们的帮助。stick by sb.: continue to support and be loyal to sb. 继续支持（该词组不用于被动语态）e.g. Id

47、 like to thank my friends who struck by me during the difficult times. 我想感谢我的朋友们，他们在我困难的时候支持了我。 Her husband stuck by her in good times and bad.无论境遇好坏她的丈夫对她忠贞不渝。 very friendly, considerate- not at all proud,.(line 23)considerate: thoughtfulconsiderable: plentiful; significantconsidered: 经过考虑的 It s ha

48、rd to understand how a clever person like him could mislead people like that.(It is hard to understand how a clever person like him cause people to think mistakenly of him in such a way.)mislead: pt./pp. misled mislead sb. into doing sth. : cause sb. to do sth. by deceiving him. 骗某人做某事e.g. He misled

49、 me into thinking he was rich. 他使我误以为他很有钱。 adj. misleading mis- misapplied adj. 误用的，滥用的 misarrange v. 排错 misbehave v. 举止无礼 A lot of the properties were beautifully restored. (A lot of buildings he bought were marvelously brought back to their original conditions.) 当然，这对我们村倒不坏，许多房产都修缮得很漂亮。Part III (P

50、ara. 9-14) Most of it came from a secret fund that had been placed under his sole authority (line33)(Most of the 8 million was from a secret fund that only he was in charge of)其中大部分钱来自一项由他单独管辖的秘密基金 and then adding on 10more Scottish titles. (line39)(and then going on to buy 10 more Scottish titles.)

51、 add on: add(sth.), usually at the end of a calculation or liste.g. Fireworks added on the attraction of the festival night. 焰火使节日的夜晚更加生色。Weve added on the five percent service charge. 我们已经把5的手续费加进去了。 But most of all, he sunk his dishonest gains into this village that captured his heart with its fin

52、e stone cottage(line40-41)(To a greater extent, he poured the money he had stolen into the village that fascinated him with its fine stone cottage) sinkinto: invest(money) in a businesse.g. They sunk all their profits into property. 他们用全部盈利购买房地产。 make sth. go into sth.e.g. sink a knife into butter 把

53、刀插进黄油里sink into sth. : go into陷入（消极，不愉快，不活跃的状态）e.g. sink into despair 陷入绝望captured ones heart with : fascinate someone with sth.e.g. The book captured the little boys heart with its beautiful illustrations.这本书因有漂亮的插图使小男孩着了迷。 He purchased the pub and made it into a fine place to have a glass of Glenl

54、ivet Scotch whiskey, produced only 10 miles(16 kilometers) to the north. （line44-46） (He bought the pub and changed it into a fine place for drinking Glenlivet Scotch whiskey which was produced only 10 miles to the north of the pub.)他还买下了酒吧，将它建成一个可以喝到格伦利物苏格兰威士忌的好去处。该威士忌的产地就在村北10英里（10公里）处。过去分词短语produ

55、ced only 10 miles(16 kilometers) to the north.作非限定性定语修饰Glenlivet Scotch whiskey，相当于非限定性定语从句which was produced only 10 miles(16 kilometers) to the north.to: in the position of e.g. Scotland is to the north of England. 苏格兰在英格兰之北。 with 30 handsomely furnished rooms, wood-paneled stairs, false bookshelv

56、es.n. furniture v. furnish e.g. furnish a room with furniture furnish A with B= furnish B to A 提供B给A furnish A with B 装备furnish 提供给生活所必备的或为生活舒适所需要的家具equip 装备工作所需要的东西supply 指在任何环境下供给e.g. The trees supply shade in summer.Part IV (Para. 15-17) Mr. Williams deceived every one, including Mr.Abdy and incl

57、uding even his own wife, telling them that he inherited the money from a rich uncle. (line 53-54)deceive : v. make sb. believe sth. that is not true 欺骗，蒙蔽 deceive sb./oneself (into doing sth.)e.g. We were deceived into believing that he could help us.近义词解析：deceive: 故意隐瞒事实;cheat: 采取不诚实手段获利或损害他人利益 mislead: 引入错误方向或想法;betray: 背叛，不忠inherit vt. Receive sth. as a result of the death of the pre