新编英语教程第5册unit10

新编英语教程第5册unit10

Unit10TheScienceofCustom

I.Objective

Withtheintroductionofthedefinitionof“custom”andwhatcustommightaffectourlife,theteacherissupposedtohelpthestudentstomastertheauthor’spersonalviewoncustomandherreasonofrevealingtousreaderswhyanunbiasedstudyofdifferentculturesisofutmostimportance.Inaddition,thevariedwaysemployedbythewriterinarguingforherpointsshouldbecalledintoattention.

II.TeachingSteps

StepOne:Getthestudentstodoallthepreparationworklistedbefore

thetextontheStudent’sBook.

StepTwo:AsktwostudentstogivetheoralreportontheirDictionaryWork

andLibraryworkinfrontoftheclassrespectively.

StepThree:Haveaclassdiscussiononthetitleandthethingsrelatedtocustom.

StepFour:Explainthetexttostudents,focusingonthefollowinglanguage

pointsaswellastheorganizationanddevelopmentofthetext.

StepFive:GetstudentstodotherelatedexercisesinWorkBook.

III:Majorpoints:Languagepoints,textstructure

IV:difficultpoints:Languagepoints

V．Timeallocation：

4classesareneededtofinishthelesson

VIBackgroundKnowledge

Timeneeded:45minutes

Teachingapproaches:askingquestions,groupdiscussions,PPT

1.RuthBenedict(author)

(Seep148ofSB)

2.JohnDewey(L29)

a.1859-1952;

b.U.S.philosopher,psychologist,andeducator;

c.Oneofthefoundersofthephilosophicalschoolofpragmatism;

d.RepresentativeoftheprogressivemovementinU.S.education;

3.custom(L18)

a.Meaning:(U.)usualandgenerallyacceptedbehaviouramongmembersofasocial

group;

b.Meaning:(C.)aparticularwayofbehavingwhich,becauseithaslongbeen

established,isobservedbyindividualsandsocialgroups;

4.cacti(L50)

aMeaning:athickfleshyplantthatgrowsindeserts;

c.SingularForm:cactus

5.nebulae(L50)

a.Meaning:acloudofdustandgasinspace;

b.SingularForm:nebula

ThefollowingfouritemsarefromtheP.73ofTB

6.custom(L18)

a.Meaning:ahabitorpracticethathascometobeassociatedwithanindividual

oragroupbyreasonofitslongcontinuance,itsuniformityofcharacter,andsometimesitscompulsorynature;

b.Example:Itishiscustomtosmokeeacheveningafterdinner.

7.habit(L39)

a.Meaning:thewayofanindividualthantothewayofacommunity;

b.Example:Hehasacquiredthehabitofclearinghisthroatbeforehespeaksin

public.

8.Behavior(L20)

a.Meaning:aperson’sactionsingeneraloronaparticularoccasion;

b.Example:Hisbehaviorisveryridiculous.

9.institution(L27)

a.Meaning:ahabit,custom,etc.,whichhasbeeninexistenceforalongtime;

b.Example:TheinstitutionofslaverywasoncewidespreadinthesouthoftheUnited

States.

10.SeaDyaks(L7)

Meaning:anothernamefortheIbanpeople,anindigenouspeople

inhabitingpartsofBorneo,anislandintheMalayArchipelago.

11NewGuineatribe(L9)

Meaning:thesecondlargestislandintheworldtothenorthofAustralia;.

VIILanguagepoints

Timeneeded:90minutes.

Teachingapproaches:examples,explanation,andapplication

1.anthropology(L1)

a.Meaning:thescientificstudyofpeople,society,andculture

b.Derivative:anthropologist(n.)anthropological(adj.)

2.beboundto(L11)

a.aphrase

b.Meaning:somethingiscertaintohappen;

c.Example:Thereareboundtobepriceincreasesnextyear.

3.weighting(L11)

a.Meaning:tobiasorslanttoaparticulardirection,asinordertofavorsomeone;

b.Example:Thecurrentelectorallawisstillheavilyweightedinfavorofthe

rulingparty.

4..gamut(L13)

a.Meaning:thecompleterangeofsomething,agreatvarietyofsomething;

b.Example:Iexperiencedthegamutofemotions.

5.aberrant(L23)

a.Meaning:deviatingfromwhatisusualornormal

b.Example:Hisragesandaberrantbehaviorworsened.

6.pristine(L26)

a.Meaning:unchangedbylaterdevelopments,pure

b.Example:It’simpossibleforanypeopletoviewallthingswithpristineeyes.

7.vernacular(L33)

a.Meaning:everydaylanguageorspeech;

b.Example:Helovesreadingbookswritteninthevernacular.

8.autonomous(L34)

a.Meaning:governorcontrolitselfratherthanbeingcontrolled;

b.Example:Theyproudlydeclaredthemselvespartofanewautonomousprovince.

9.accommodation(L36)

a.Meaning:adaptation;

b.Example:Thegovernmentwillprovidetemporaryaccommodationforpeoplesleeping

roughinLondon.

10.incumbent(uponsomeone)(L43)

a.Meaning:beingthedutyorresponsibilityofsomeone;

b.Example:Itisincumbentuponallofusasloyalcitizenstomakeanextraeffort.

11.unintelligible(L45)

a.Meaning:notunderstandable;

b.Example:Allwrittenbythisguyisunintelligible.

12.preliminary(L46)

a.Meaning:activitiestakenattheverybeginning;

b.Example:Preliminarytalksonthefuturewillbeginnextday.

13.proposition(L46)

a.Meaning:astatementoranideaonecanconsiderordiscusstodecideifitis

true;

b.Example:Thepropositionthatdemocraciesdonotfighteachotherisbasedon

atinyhistoricalsample.

14.preferential(L48)

a.Meaning:betreatedbetterthanotherpeople;haveanadvantageoversomebody;

b.Example:Despiteherposition,sheisnotsupposedtobegivenanypreferential

treatment.

15.variant(L54)

a.Meaning:adifferentofsomething;

b.Example:Therearesomanyvariantspellingsofhisname.

16.premise(L61)

a.Meaning:somethingoneusesasabasisfordevelopinganidea;

b.Example:Theprogrammestartedfromthepremisethatmenandwomenareonequal

termsinthissociety.

17.holdswayover(L57)

a.aphrase

b.Meaning:havecontrolover;

c.Example:Acompletelydifferentapproachseemstoholdsway.

VIII.OrganizationandDevelopmentandtextstudy

Timeneeded:90minutes

Teachingapproaches:askingquestions,groupdiscussions,PPT,paraphrasing

PartOne:Introduction

Paragraph1:Theauthorgivesthedefinitionofanthropology.

PartTwo:Body

Paragraph2:Theauthoremphasizesthedistinguishingmarkofanthropologysinceitisaser