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Unit4TheManintheWater

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Unit4TheManintheWater

教学目的

1.Tobuildthestudents’vocabularypowerbylearningthenewwordsanddoingthevocabularyexercises.

2.ToleadtheSstocomprehendandappreciatethecontentofthetext.

3.TocultivateSs’abilityofusingtheirownwordstosummarizethemainideaofthetext.

4.TousethetextasthematerialstodeveloptheSs’speakingability.

5.TohelpSsgraspthethemeofthetextandthelanguageandstyleusedinit.

6.Basedontheaircrash,andtheimportantwordsandexpressionsinthetext,getstudentstoknowhistoricalfactaswellastechniquesinwritinganarration.

教学方法

Heuristic,Interactive,task-basedteachingandlearning,groupdiscussion

重点、难点

1.Themeofthepassage

2.Theusageofthenewwordsandexpression

3.Writingdevices

4.Discussionabouthumannature,heroismandheroicdeeds

教学内容

Teachingprocedures

Step1.Warmingup

Step2.Backgroundinformation

Step3.Learnthenewwords

Step4.Fastingreadingofthetext.

（1）Themainideaofthetext

（2）Passagestructure

Step5.Detailedstudyofthetext

Step6.Summarizethepassage.

Step7.Grammarpointsinthisunit.

Step8.Dealwiththeexercisesinthisunit

Step9.Assignment

教学内容

Step1.Warmingup:

SingaSongandGroupDiscussion

1.SingaSong:

HerobyMariahCarey

Lyrics:

There'sahero

Ifyoulookinsideyourheart

Youdon'thavetobeafraid

Ofwhatyouare

There'sananswer

Ifyoureachintoyoursoul

Andthesorrowthatyouknow

Willmeitaway

Andthenaherocomesalong

Withthestrengthtocarryon

Andyoucastyourfearsaside

Andyouknowyoucansurvive

Sowhenyoufeellikehopeisgone

Lookinsideyouandbestrong

Andyou'llfinallyseethetruth

Thataheroliesinyou

It'salongroad

Whenyoufacetheworldalone

Noonereachesoutahand

Foryoutohold

Youcanfindlove

Ifyousearchwithinyourself

Andtheemptinessyoufeltwilldisappear

Andthenaherocomesalong

Withthestrengthtocarryon

Andyoucastyourfearsaside

Sowhenyoufeellikehopeisgone

Lookinsideyouandbestrong

Andyou'llfinallyseethetruth

Thataheroliesinyou

……

2.GroupDiscussion:

DoYouKnow?

Q1.Whatmakesahero?

Openanswers.

Q2.Canyounamesomeheroes?

Whatdoyouthinkthatmakesthemheroes?

Openanswers.

Q3.Haveyouevertriedtofindaheroinyourself?

Openanswers.

Q4.Doyouthinkeveryordinarypersoncanbeaheroifhewantsto?

Step2.BackgroundInformation

ØTheAuthor:

RogerRosenblatt

ØRogerRosenblattisajournalist,author,playwrightandprofessor.AsanessayistforTimemagazine,hehaswontwoGeorgePolkAwards,andawardsfromtheOverseasPressClubandtheAmericanBarAssociation.RogerRosenblatt,anAmericanplaywrightandessayist,istheauthorofsixbooks.ThisessayonanairplanecrashinWashington,D.C.,originallyappearedinTimeonJanuary25,1982.

ØThemeoftheText  

Askstudentstoreadthetextandthenexpresstheirideasaboutheroism

Heroism:

Heroismofcoursehasbeenadmired.Butthisman’sheroismwasunusual.Peopleusuallyexpectrevolutionariestodiemartyrs;truebelieverstobewillingtodiefortheirfaith;peoplereadytolaydowntheirlivesinperformingtheirduty;evenpeopletoshowcourageintheirattempttowinpower,influence,moneyortosavetheirlovedones.Butthemaninthewaterdidnotfitanyofthesedescriptions.

Themaninthewaterdidnothavetogivehisringstoothers;hedidnotevenknowthesepeople.Hewasextraordinarypreciselybecausehewasordinary.Heshowedwhateveryoneofuscoulddo.Thedisplayofhisheroismwasasongtothebeautifulhumancharacter.Thisistrueheroism.

ØBackground

ThisisshortessayaboutanaircrashthattookplaceinthecapitaloftheUSintheyear1982.AplanetookofffromtheWashingtonNationalAirportanddidnotclearthebridgeoverthePotomacRiverbecauseofthethickiceonthewings.Ithitthebridgeandfellrightintotheriver,bringingallthepassengerstoinstantdeathexceptsixfromthetailsectionwhofoundthemselvesgaspingandstrugglingintheicywater.Onlyfivepeoplesurvived,andtheywereabletosurvivebecauseoffourheroes.Theauthorwrotethisessayinpraiseoftheseheroes,threeofwhomhadriskedtheirlivestorescuethesurvivorsandwereabletolivetotellthestory,butthemanthatreallyheldthewholenation’sattentionwasthefourthmanwhohadkeptpushinghislifelineandfloatationringstoothersuntilhewentunder.

ThefactthatthisherohappenedtobeanAmericanshouldremindusthatheroismisnotanationaltrait.Nonationhasamonopolyofthishumanspirit.Overtheyears,however,therehasalwaysbeenprejudiceagainstdifferentracesandethnicgroups.WhensomepeopletalkabouttheAmericancharacterforexample,theysometimesgotoextremes.Butblindhatredisjustaswrongasblindworship.TheUShastheirshareofhumantrashofcourse,buttheyalsohavenumerousdecent,honest,bravepeopleliketheoneinthewater,whohavemadetheircountryagreatcountryandtheirpeopleagreatpeople.Anditisthissideoftheirnationalcharacterthatweshouldlearnfrom.

Step3.Learnthenewwords.

PS:

Inthisstep,wejustlearnthepronunciationofthenewwordsanditsmeaning,asfortheusagesofthesenewwords,we’lllearnthemindetailsduringthepassagestudy.

Pointoutthekeywordsinthisunit,suchas:

acknowledge,admirable,aesthetic,anonymity,balding,blast,casualty,chaotic,chunk,

collision,congressional,dip,distinction,flotation,grope,gull,harsh,immovable,lifeline,

likewise,remark,represent,skid,standoff,stunning,unidentified,universal,ect.

Step4.Fastingreadingofthetext.

（1）Themainideaofthetext

PS:

Itisstudents’homeworktopreviewthepassagebeforetheclass,inordertochecktheirjob,justencouragestudenttotellthemainideaofitintheirownwords.

Referenceanswer:

ThisessaytellsustheaircrashthattookplaceoverPotomacinWashington,D.C.in1982,Therewerefouracknowledgedheroesoftheevent,threeofwhom,DonaldUsher,EugeneWindsorandLennySkutnikwereabletoaccountfortheirheroicdeeds.However,thefourthone,whomovedthewholenation,wentunderforeverandbecameananonymoushero.Hekeptonhandingovertheropeandringtoothers,leavinghimselfnotimeandnchancetosurvive.Hefoughtnaturewithkindness.Whattheseheroesdidiswhateveryonecando.Therefore,powerfulasnatureis,wehumanbeingswon’tlosethefightifwejustdoastheseheroesdid.

（2）Passagestructure

Asmostessays,thisonecanbedividedintothreeparts:

theintroduction,thebodyandtheconclusion.

Part1（paras1-2）Theauthorgivesabriefaccountoftheaircrashthatintroducesthethesisofthearticle–intheaircrash,humannaturerosetotheoccasion.

Part2（paras3-8）Theauthortellsushowhumannaturerosetotheoccasion.

Part3（paras9）Theauthorpointsoutthereasonwhythemancouldhavedonewhathedid–thehumanspiritenableshimtodefydeath.

Step5.Detailedstudyofthetext

1.Asdisastersgo,thisonewasterrible,butnotunique,certainlynotamongtheworstaircrashesonrecord.（para.1）

Aircrashesusuallyinvolvesaheavylossoflives.Comparedwithotheraircrashes,thisonewasnottheworst.Thisaircrashwasrememberedforadifferentreason.

asdisastergo:

comparedwiththeaveragedisasterofthistype

2.Andtherewastheaestheticclashaswell–blue-and-greenAirFloria,…sunkdownamonggraychunksoficeinablackriver.（para. 1） 

Whentheaircrashoccurred,itwasnotjustaclash（aloudsoundmadebytwoobjects）ofmetalagainstthebridge,butalsoaclashbetweencolors:

theblue-greencoloroftheplaneandthegrayandblackcoloroftheiceandriver.

Theaestheticclash:

thecombinationofdifferentcolorswhichlookedverybad（aesthetic:

sthconnectedwiththestudyofbeauty）

AirFlorida:

TheFloridaAirline

Chunk:

afairlylargeamountof,e.g.achunkofmeat

3.Still,therewasnothingveryspecialinanyofit,exceptdeath,which,whilealwaysspecial,doesnotnecessarilybringmillionstotearsortoattention.（para.1）

whilealwaysspecial（while+adj.）:

although（itis）alwaysspecial

notnecessarily:

possiblybutnotcertainly.

bringmillionstotearsortoattention:

tomakemillionscryorattractmillionsofpeople’sattention.

4.Here,afterallweretwoformsofnatureincollisions:

theelementsandhumancharacter. （para.2） 

theelements:

thebadweather

thetwoformsofnature:

thebadweatherandthehumancharacter.Bothareformsofnaturalpower.

collision:

clash;twopeopleorvehiclesorideashittingeachotherwhilemovingdirectlytowardeachother.

5. Ofthefouracknowledgedheroesoftheevent,threeareabletoaccountfortheirbehavior.（para.3） 

Onlythreeoutofthesefourheroeslivedtotellpeoplewhattheyactuallyhaddoneandhowtheyhadrescuedthefivesurvivors.

Toaccountfor:

togiveasatisfactoryexplanationofwhathashappened.

6.…theydescribedtheircourageasallinthelineofduty.（para.3）

Inthelineofduty:

aspartofone’sduty

7. It’ssthIneverthoughtIwoulddo. （para. 3） 

IneverthoughtIwouldhavethecouragetojumpintotheicywatertorescuesomebody.

“It”herereferstohisheroicdeed.

8.Thatsomebodyactuallydidsoispartofthereasonthisparticulartragedysticksinthemind.（para.3）

Nounclausesintroducedby“that”areusedassubjectsonlyinformalEnglish.IninformalEnglish,weusuallyturnthemintoappropriateclausesbyaddingtheword“fact”.

stickinthemind:

toberemembered

9.Everytimetheyloweredalif