《综合英语4》教学大纲（含考试大纲）

1、综合英语4教学大纲（含考试大纲）课程代码0038021004课程名称综合英语4Comprehensive English 4课程性质综合英语4是英语专业的必修基础课程。学分/学时5.5学分/ 88学时 开课学期第四学期开课单位外国语学院适用专业英语专业开课班级英语171、2、3先修课程综合英语1、2、3 教材及参考书 何兆熊.综合教程（第二版）（学生用书）第四册. 上海外语教育出版社，2013 年何兆熊.综合教程（第二版）（教师用书）第四册. 上海外语教育出版社，2013年杨敏, 王金娥.综合教程（补充教案）第四册. 上海外语教育出版社，2009年 课程简介本课程的主要任务是传授英语基础知识，

2、对学生进行全面的、严格的基本技能训练，培养学生实际运用语言的能力、良好的学风和正确的学习方法。掌握相关语法知识，了解英语国家的语言习惯和风俗，能用英语进行交流，为进入高年级打下扎实的专业基础。实验教学（包含实验的课程填写）无毕业生应具有的知识、能力、素质1、具有良好的思想道德品质、较强的法制观念、较高的文化素养、文学意识修养以及较强的跨文化交际意识，具备健康的体魄和健全的心理素质。 2、较扎实地掌握现代英语语言的基础知识和基本理论，熟练掌握英语听、说、读、写、译的应用能力；掌握一定的英语国家文学、文化、历史、经济等方面的知识，并具备一定的国际视野，具有跨文化背景下进行沟通和交流的实践能力。 3

3、、掌握国际商务基本理论、实务和相关法律法规知识，具备从事国际商务工作的基本能力。 4、基本掌握日语（二外）的基础知识，具有初步的听、说、读、写、译的能力。 5、较熟练地运用现代信息技术，掌握文献检索、资料查询及运用现代信息技术获得相关信息的基本方法。 6、具有自主学习、终身学习的意识、求实创新的精神以及较高的思辨能力；掌握科学的思维方法研究方法，具有运用所学专业知识发现、分析、解决问题的能力。课程培养学生的知识、能力、素质1)掌握基本的英语语知识，培养学生发现问题、解决问题的基本能力。2)掌握基础英语语语法、句型和惯用句，具备综合运用的能力。3)掌握正确的语音、语调，具备能够较流利地进行日常会

4、话的能力。4)掌握一定量的单词，能够写出连贯的、较通顺的英语语短文，能够借助词典阅读并翻译英语文章。教学内容与学时分配 本课程的主要侧重于学生读、写、译能力的提高。旨在通过系统地传授英语语知识，特别是语音、词汇、语法等方面知识，综合训练学生的英语读、写、译等的基本技能。理论教学课时88学时，其中：Unit 1 Never Give In, Never, Never, Never（7学时/课内）Teaching Objectives1. To grasp the authors purpose of writing and make clear the structure of the whol

5、e passage through an intensive reading of Text I Never Give In, Never, Never, Never.2. To comprehend the topic sentences in Text 1 thoroughly and be able to paraphrase them.3. To get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing.4. To comprehend Text II Winston C

6、hurchill.Teaching ContentsText comprehension1. What is the speakers purpose?2. Why does the author urge people to be patient?3. Why does the author change darker into sterner?Structural analysisTo identify the division of the text and analyze what is talked about in each part give the topic sentence

7、 to each part.Rhetorical features of the textRepetition, metaphor and use of antonymsGrammar practiceParallel constructionOral activities and listening comprehension1. Discussion: Everybody can meet with difficulties of one kind or another in his lifetime. Describe one of these situations you were i

8、n and how you dealt with it.2. Listening practiceWriting practiceLetter writing: write a 250-word letter to encourage your friend who has failed in the National College Entrance Examination.Text II Winston Churchill1. When and how did Churchill step onto the world stage?2. Why did Churchill hope the

9、 USA could join the war against Hitler?3. In what way, according to the author of the text, was Churchill a successful statesman?Teaching emphases and difficulties1. Emphases: text comprehension; structural analysis; language points2. Difficulties: parallel construction; writing practiceExercises 1.

10、 Blank filling exercises.2. Translation3. Writing practiceUnit 2 Space Invaders（7学时/课内）Teaching Objectives1. To grasp the authors purpose of writing and make clear the structure of the whole passage through an intensive reading of Text I Space Invaders.2. To comprehend the topic sentences in Text 1

11、thoroughly and be able to paraphrase them.3. To get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing.4. To comprehend Text II Space and Distance.Teaching ContentsText comprehension1. Why does the writer tell his experience at the bank?2. How is the concept of person

12、al space defined?3. Why is personal space shrinking in general?Structural analysisTo identify the paragraphs in which the author examines the causes and nature of space invasion.Rhetorical features of the textChoice of words to serve the purpose.Grammar practiceParticlesOral activities and listening

13、 comprehension1. Discussion: differences between Chinese and Americans2. Listening practiceWriting practiceWriting a 250-word composition about waiting for a bus.Text II Space and distance1. Do you keep the same distance from other people?2. Where do you usually sit in a meeting room if you can make

14、 your choice? Try to explain why you have such a preference.3. Suppose a friend comes to see you when you are watching an interesting TV play in your sitting room. Will you turn off the TV before you start your conversation?Teaching emphases and difficulties1. Emphases: text comprehension; structura

15、l analysis; language points; 2. Difficulties: rhetoric features; writing practice.Exercises 1. Multiple choices2. Translation3. Writing practiceUnit 3 Alienation and the Internet（7学时/课内）Teaching Objectives1. To grasp the authors purpose of writing and make clear the structure of the whole passage th

16、rough an intensive reading of Text I Alienation and the Internet.2. To comprehend the topic sentences in Text 1 thoroughly and be able to paraphrase them.3. To get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing.4. To get an idea of the cyber-culture.5. To comprehe

17、nd Text II American Online: Losing the Battles, but Winning the War.Teaching ContentsText comprehension1. Whats the authors viewpoint about the benefit of the Internet? What does he see about its negative side?2. What happened to the authors friend as regards the Internet?3. How, according to the au

18、thor, can the potential of the Internet be realized?Structural analysisTo identify the division of the text and give the topic sentence to each part.Rhetorical features of the text Stylistic function of using antonymsGrammar practiceIndirect speech; absolute construction; non-finite verbs as the obj

19、ectOral activities and listening comprehension1. Discussion: the advantages and disadvantages that the Internet brings us2. Listening practiceWriting practiceWriting a 250-word essay giving opinion about the statement: With the Internet people can now shop, bank, work and communicate without leaving

20、 home. The danger is that people could become isolated from each other and lose social skill.Text II Losing the Battles, but Winning the War1. What vision did Case have?2. Why did AOL take the blanketing approach?3. How did AOL survive the strong competition?Teaching emphases and difficulties1. Emph

21、ases: text comprehension; structural analysis; language points2. Difficulties: grammar; writing practiceExercises 1. Multiple choices2. Translation3. Writing practiceUnit 4 A View of Mountains（7学时/课内）Teaching Objectives1. To grasp the authors purpose of writing and make clear the structure of the wh

22、ole passage through an intensive reading of Text I A View of Mountains.2. To comprehend the topic sentences in Text 1 thoroughly and be able to paraphrase them.3. To get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing.4. To comprehend Text II Statement at the 2003

23、Session of United Nations Disarmament Commission.Teaching ContentsText comprehension1. Why is a view of mountains provided by a picture so significant that it was chosen as the title of the essay? 2. In what way(s) is the bombing of Nagasaki the fitter symbol of the nuclear danger?3. What is the uni

24、versal meaning of Yamahatas photos?Structural analysisTo conclude the main idea of the text, identify the division of the text and give the topic sentence to each part.Rhetorical features of the text RepetitionGrammar practiceReflexive pronouns and possessive pronounsOral activities and listening co

25、mprehension1. Debate: can the country possessing weapons of mass destruction be made a war on and its government overthrown without the authorization of the UN?2. Listening practiceWriting practiceWriting a 250-word composition on what measures should be taken to dispel all the perils from the earth

26、.Text II Statement at the 2003 Session of United Nations Disarmament Commission1. Why is the world situation uncertain and unpredictable?2. How many points does the speaker maintain for nuclear disarmament?3. Why is the multilateral approach necessary to nuclear disarmament?Teaching emphases and dif

27、ficulties1. Emphases: text comprehension; structural analysis; language points2. Difficulties: writing practiceExercises 1. Multiple choices2. Translation3. Writing practiceUnit 5 The Tapestry of Friendship（7学时/课内）Teaching Objectives1. To grasp the authors purpose of writing and make clear the struc

28、ture of the whole passage through an intensive reading of Text I The Tapestry of Friendship.2. To comprehend the topic sentences in Text 1 thoroughly and be able to paraphrase them.3. To get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing.4. To comprehend Text II M

29、y Daughter, My Friend.Teaching ContentsText comprehension1. Why did the woman say that the movie camera had shifted its focus?2. What does it show that men and women establish their own friendship following different courses?3. Why was the woman shocked at mens description of friendship?Structural a

30、nalysisTo summarize the authors viewpoint with only one sentence and cite examples from the text to illustrate the authors opinion.Rhetorical features of the text Coordinate sentences with and without conjunctionsGrammar practiceOmission; direct speechOral activities and listening comprehension1. Di

31、scussion: What will do when a friend of yours has just fallen out of love?2. Listening practiceWriting practiceWriting a 250-word composition on the topic “What is a good friend?”Text II My Daughter, My Friend1. Why did the mother and daughter choose letter-writing as their form of communication?2.

32、Do you think this kind of thing can happen in your family?Teaching emphases and difficulties1. Emphases: text comprehension; structural analysis; language points2. Difficulties:ommissionExercises 1. Multiple choices2. Translation3. Writing practiceUnit 6 A French Fourth（7学时/课内）Teaching Objectives1.

33、To grasp the authors purpose of writing and make clear the structure of the whole passage through an intensive reading of Text I A French Fourth.2. To comprehend the topic sentences in Text 1 thoroughly and be able to paraphrase them.3. To get a list of new words and structures and use them freely i

34、n conversation and writing.4. To comprehend Text II Stuck in the MiddleTeaching ContentsText comprehension1. Why does the writer hang the American flag on July 4 though he knows it attracts little attention in Paris?2. Why do the children seldom mix languages up?3. What are the difficulties in raisi

35、ng children in a foreign culture?Structural analysisGeneral and specific discussions.Rhetorical features of the text Plain language; concessive words and expressionsGrammar practiceSubordination: connectivesOral activities and listening comprehension1. Discussion: other good ways besides flag-hangin

36、g to remind one of his national identity2. Listening practiceWriting practiceWriting a 250-word composition on sending children abroad for educationText II Stuck in the Middle1. What difficulties did Fong See experience after he arrived in the U.S.?2. Is it easy for Lisa See to identify herself? Why

37、 (not)?3. Do you think the Chinese who were born in a foreign country and have lost their native language can still be considered Chinese?Teaching emphases and difficulties1. Emphases: text comprehension; structural analysis; language points2. Difficulties: connectives; writing practiceExercises 1.

38、Multiple choices2. Translation3. Writing practiceUnit 7 The Monster（7学时/课内）Teaching Objectives1. To grasp the authors purpose of writing and make clear the structure of the whole passage through an intensive reading of Text I The Monster.2. To comprehend the topic sentences in Text 1 thoroughly and

39、be able to paraphrase them.3. To get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing.4. To comprehend Text II Simple Habits, Deep Thoughts.Teaching ContentsText comprehension1. Why did Wagner always take himself as the center of his conversations?2. What emotional

40、features did he possess?3. How does the author justify Wagners arrogance and extravagance?Structural analysisTo conclude the main idea of the text, identify the division of the text and give the topic sentence to each part.Rhetorical features of the text Repeated use of he without an antecedentGramm

41、ar practicePrepositionsOral activities and listening comprehension1. Discussion: What kind of people do you think can be called a monster? Should they be judged by their appearance or behaviour or both?2. Listening practiceWriting practiceWriting a 250-word composition about an eccentric person you

42、know.Text II Simple Habits, Deep Thoughts1. In what way(s) is Einstein considered simple?2. How did he explain his theory of relativity to a group of young students?3. There is something unusual in both Albert Einstein and Richard Wagner. In what ways are they different from each other?Teaching emph

43、ases and difficulties1. Emphases: text comprehension; structural analysis; language points2. Difficulties: writing practiceExercises 1. Multiple choices2. Translation3. Writing practiceUnit 8 The Discus Thrower（7学时/课内）Teaching Objectives1. To grasp the authors purpose of writing and make clear the s

44、tructure of the whole passage through an intensive reading of Text I The Discus Thrower.2. To comprehend the topic sentences in Text 1 thoroughly and be able to paraphrase them.3. To get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing.4. To comprehend Text II A Rag

45、e against Dying.Teaching ContentsText comprehension1. Does the doctor feel guilty of spying on his patients? Why (not)?2. Why does the patient ask shoes time and again?3. What kind of laughter does the patient give?Structural analysisTo identify the division of the text and give a headline to each p

46、art.Rhetorical features of the text First-person narrativeGrammar practiceConnective as thoughOral activities and listening comprehension1. Discussion: how to solve the problem of doctor-patient conflict2. Listening practiceWriting practiceWriting a 250-word composition on the attitude you are going

47、 to take when you have financial problems or health problems.Text II A Rage against Dying1. What happened to Sian when she was 17? How serious was her case?2. How did her father try to help her get through?3. Imagine what Sian would do after she was well enough to move around.Teaching emphases and d

48、ifficulties1. Emphases: text comprehension; structural analysis; language points2. Difficulties: use of as though; writing practiceExercises1. Multiple choices2. Translation3. Writing practiceUnit 9 How I Found My Voice（7学时/课内）Teaching Objectives1. To grasp the authors purpose of writing and make cl

49、ear the structure of the whole passage through an intensive reading of Text I How I Found My Voice.2. To comprehend the topic sentences in Text 1 thoroughly and be able to paraphrase them.3. To get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing.4. To comprehend Te

50、xt II Thank You, Mr. Chips.Teaching ContentsText comprehension1. Why does the narrator describe his moving at the age of five as traumatic?2. Why did the narrator quit Sunday school and church?3. What event made the narrator open his mouth in public without stuttering for the first time?Structural a

51、nalysisTo identify the division of the text and tell the gist of each part.Rhetorical features of the text Repetition to unify the text.Grammar practiceUse of couldOral activities and listening comprehension1. Discussion: what other qualities apart from self-confidence should a student have? 2. List

52、ening practiceWriting practiceWriting a 250-word letter to calm down your friend who has accidentally broken his leg, and give him some encouragementText II Thank You, Mr. Chips1. Why was it considered marvelous that Mr. Kilby received the Nobel Prize in physics?2. For what contribution did Mr. Kilb

53、y win the Nobel Prize in physics?3. Did he mind that he didnt accumulate much money out of his inventions?Teaching emphases and difficulties1. Emphases: text comprehension; structural analysis; language points2. Difficulties: writing practiceExercises 1. Multiple choices2. Translation3. Writing prac

54、ticeUnit 10 The Idiocy of Urban Life（7学时/课内）Teaching Objectives1. To grasp the authors purpose of writing and make clear the structure of the whole passage through an intensive reading of Text I The Idiocy of Urban Life.2. To comprehend the topic sentences in Text 1 thoroughly and be able to paraphr

55、ase them.3. To get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing.4. To comprehend Text II The City.Teaching ContentsText comprehension1. What is the purpose of mentioning rats as true city dwellers?2. Why does the author call the city dwellers journey to work the

56、 first idiocy of his day?3. How do you understand the sentence The city dweller reels from unreality to unreality through each day?Structural analysisTo identify the division of the text and tell the main the main idea ofto each part.Rhetorical features of the text Attitudinal words and expressionsG

57、rammar practiceEmphatic sentence patternsOral activities and listening comprehension1. Discussion: the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city2. Listening practiceWriting practiceWriting a 250-word letter to persuade your parents, who live in the country and do not like city life, to come

58、 and stay with you in the city for a couple of monthsText II The City1. Why has there been a strong anti-urban attitude in the mainstream of American thinking?2. To whom can this thinking be traced back? Why?3. What is the authors attitude towards the antipathy to the city?Teaching emphases and diff

59、iculties1. Emphases: text comprehension; structural analysis; language points2. Difficulties: writing practiceExercises 1. Multiple choices2. Translation3. Writing practiceUnit 11 The Story of an Eyewitness（7学时/课内）Teaching Objectives1. To grasp the authors purpose of writing and make clear the struc

60、ture of the whole passage through an intensive reading of Text I The Story of an Eyewitness.2. To comprehend the topic sentences in Text 1 thoroughly and be able to paraphrase them.3. To get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing.4. To comprehend Text II M