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Unit1BigBuckstheEasyWay

I.Objectives:

Studentsarerequiredtobeableto

1.graspthemainideaandstructureofthetext;

2.appreciatethewritingskillsdemonstratedinthetext（selectionofdetails）;

3.masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext;

4.conductaseriesoflistening,speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit.

II.Keypoints:

Word-building:

thesuffix“-ee”andcompoundnouns（formedfromphrasalverbs）;

III.Difficulties:

1.Analysisofsomecomplexsentences;

2.Tolearntoappreciatethewritingskillsdemonstratedinthetext;

IV.Teachingmethods:

1.Blackboard（withdetailedexplanationsandanalysisofthetext）;

2.Discussion（todividestudentstoseveralgroupstodiscusstheadvantagesanddisadvantagescollegestudent’stakingapart-timejob

V.Teaching-steps:

1.Newwordsandphrasesofthetext:

Topaymuchattentiontoword-buildingofthekeywordsandmakesentencesifnecessary.

2.Detailedexplanationsandanalysisofthetext:

1）.Leading-in（warm-upquestions）:

a.Isthereaneasywaytomakemoney?

Iftheanswerisyes,whatisit?

b.Haveyouevertakenapart-timejobtosupportyourselfwhilestudying?

Wasiteasywork?

c.Ifyouwereshortofcashandhadtosellsomething,whatwouldyousell?

Wouldyousellyourbooks?

2）.Giveabriefintroductionofthegeneralideaofthestorytoldinthistext.

3）.Askstudentstoreadthroughthetextandthendividethepassageintoseveralparts.

4）.Learnthepassageandgivespecificanalysisandexplanations.

3.Exercisesrelatedtothetext,readingactivityandguidedwriting:

1）.Askstudentstodotheexercisesbeforetheclass,andthenchecktheanswersinclass,offeringnecessaryguidesandexplanations.

2）.Basicreadingskill AvoidingVocalizationandInnerSpeech

3）.Guidedwriting.

VI.Languagepoints:

1.leisurely,lucrativework:

Workthatbringsinalotofmoneyandcanbedonewithease

Leisurely:

（moving,acting,ordone）withouthaste

Example:

---Whenhelivedinthecountry,heusedtotakealeisurelywalkinthewoodsbeforesupper.

2.…Iwascomfortablysettledinahotelroom…:

…Iwasplacedtorestcomfortablyinahotelroom…

Settle:

placeinacomfortableposition;arrangetostayorrestinacertainplace

Example:

---Thebabywascomfortablysettledinhiscradle.

3.…howmydayhadgone:

…ifIhadhadagoodday

4.“Super!

”shesnapped,“Justsuper!

...”:

Theverb“snapped”makesitclearthatshewassayingthisinanironicaltone.

Asamatteroffact,herdaywasjustawful.

4.Anothertruckjustpulledupoutfront:

Anothertruckjuststoppedoutsideinfrontofourhouse.

Pullup:

cometoastop;bringtoastop

Example:

---Bobwaswalkingalongthestreetwhensuddenlyacarpulledupbesidehim.

5.Thecompanyahdpromised…:

Here,thecompanyreferstothenewspapercompanythatcouldn’tproducetheirpaperbecauseofthestrike.

6.“Justtelltheboystogetbusy.”…:

“Justtellthemtostartworking.”…

7.stack:

anorderlypile

Example:

---InProf.Wang’sstudyyoucanfindstacksofbooksonthefloor.

8.…asifworkingitswayoutoftherangeofthehumanear:

…asif（hervoicewere）risingtosuchapitchthatitcouldnolongerbeheardbythehumanear

Accordingtoacoustics（thebranchofphysicsthatstudiessound）,thehumanearcanonlyhearsoundswithfrequenciesbetween16cps（cyclespersecond）and20,000cps.

9.…butknewbetterbynowthantosayso:

…buthadmoresensebynowthantospeakthetruth

Thehusbandwaswellawareofhiswife’sangerandhedidn’twanttomakeherevenangrierbytellingherhewasenjoyinghimselffarawayfromhome,whileshewassuffering.

Knowbetterthanto:

bewiseorwell-trainedenoughnotto

Example:

---Youshouldknowbetterthantoplayfootballintheclassroom.

10.They’vebeenatitforhours:

They’vebeendoingit（orbusyoverit）formanyhours.

At:

engagedin,busyover

Example:

---Goandseewhatyourmotherisatnow.

11.…butallthishasn’tmadeadent,notadent,inthesituation!

:

…butallthishasn’tmadetheslightestchangeorimprovementinthesituation!

Theword“dent”means“ahollowina（hard）surfacemadebyabloworpressure.”

12.It’salmostasiftheinsertskeepreproducingthemselves:

Itseemsthatinsteadofbeingreduced,theinsertsareincreasingallthetime.

13.Inmediation,thepartiesagreedon$2perhour.:

Throughthemediationofathirdparty（mostprobablythemother）,bothsidesaccepted$2perhourasthewagesoftheyoungerchildren.

Agreeon:

reachanagreementconcerning（sth.）;find（sth.）whichismutuallyacceptable

Example:

Throughthemediationoffriendlynationsthetwosidesagreedonaceasefire.

Cf.agreewith:

sharethesameviewas（sb.）;regardwithfavoror

approval

Example:

---Iquiteagreewithyouonthispoint.

14.shrink:

becomesmaller

Example:

---ThevastforestsofWestAfricahaveshrunkinthepast20years.

15.may/mightaswell:

havenostrongreasonnotto

Thisphraseisusedinaninformalstyletosuggestthatoneshoulddosomethingbecausethereisnothingbetter,moreinteresting,moreuseful,etc.todo.

Thereisnorealdifferencebetweenmayandmighthere.

Example:

---Sinceit’ssuchafineday,wemightaswellgohomeonfoot.

VII.Referencebooks:

1.Unit1ofCollegeEnglishBook4（Teacher’sbook）.

VIII.Homework:

Writeacompositionaboutcollegestudents’takingpart-timejobs.

Unit2DeerandtheEnergyCycle

I.Objectives:

Studentsarerequiredtobeableto

1.graspthemainideaandstructureofthetext;

2.appreciatethewritingskillsdemonstratedinthetext;

3.masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext;

4.conductaseriesoflistening,speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit.

II.Importance:

Word-building:

compoundadjective（noun+V-ing）andtheprefix“bio-”（lifeorlivingorganisms）;

III.Difficulties:

1.Analysisofsomecomplexsentences;

2.Tolearntoappreciatethewritingskillsdemonstratedinthetext;

IV.Teachingmethods:

1.Blackboard（withdetailedexplanationsandanalysisofthetext）;

2.Discussion（todividestudentstoseveralgroupstodiscusstheshortageofenergyandthewaystodealwiththeproblem）.

V.Teaching-steps:

1.Newwordsandphrasesofthetext:

Topaymuchattentiontoword-buildingofthekeywordsandthepartofspeech,makingsentencesifnecessary.

2.Detailedexplanationsandanalysisofthetext:

1）.Leading-in（warm-upquestions）:

a.Doweneedtoworryabouttheamountofenergyweuse?

b.Arethereanywaystocutbackonenergyuse?

c.Doyouthinkthereisanythingwecanlearnfromanimalsabouthowbesttoliveourlives?

2）.Giveabriefintroductionofthetext.

3）.Askstudentstoreadthroughthetextandthendivideitintoseveralparts.

4）.Learnthepassageandgivespecificanalysisandexplanations.

3.Exercisesrelatedtothetext,readingactivityandguidedwriting:

1）.Askstudentstodotheexercisesbeforetheclass,andthenchecktheanswersinclass,offeringnecessaryguidesandexplanations.

2）.Basicreadingskill BroadeningEyeSpan

3）.Guidedwriting.

VI.Languagepoints:

1.Otherofalessromanticandmorepracticalturnofmind…:

Otherswhoarelessromanticandtendtolookatthingsmorepractically…

Turnofmind:

naturaltendency,disposition

Example:

---Heisamanwithaverypeculiarturn（=kind）ofmind.

2.convertinto:

changeinto

Example:

---Coalcanbeconvertedintogasbyburning.

3.inturn:

induecourseorsuccession

Example:

---Theoryisbasedonpracticeandinturnservespractice.

4.duringtimesofplenty:

whenfoodsuppliesareabundant

Time:

（oftenpl.）periodsoftime,moreorlessdefinite,associatedwithcertainevents,circumstances,persons,etc.asin“inancienttimes”,“inthetimesofConfucius”.

Plenty:

thestateofhavingalargesupply,esp.oftheneedsoflifeExample:

---Itwasaneraofpeaceandplenty.

5.acaseinpoint:

Agoodexampleofwhatisbeingtalkedabout

Example:

---Heisratherselfish.Hisunwillingnesstohelphisbrotherisacaseinpoint.

6.meetherbody’sneeds:

satisfythedemandsofherbody

Meet:

satisfy

Example:

---Jimcouldhardlyearnenoughtomeetthefamily’sneeds.

7.Thisisgoodtiming:

Thetimeiswellchosen

Here“this”referstothefemaledeer’sbecomingpregnantinNovemberandgivingbirthtoyounginMayorJune.

8.ample:

plentiful,morethanenough

Example:

---There’sampleroominthebusformorepassengers.

9.drawon:

securefundfrom;makeuseof

Example:

---Thegovernmentdecidedtodrawonitsgoldreservestogetoverthefinancialcrisis.

10.Natureprovidesafurthersafeguardtohelpdeersurvivethewinter:

Deerhaveanothernaturalmeansofprotectionagainstthethreatofthecoldwinter.

11.Driveonlywhennecessary.:

TheUnitedStatesiscalledacountryonwheels.Beforethe“energycrisis”of1973-1974,gasolinewasverycheapintheUnitedStatesandAmericansusedtodriveeverywhere,whetheritwasacoast-to-coastjourneyorashorttriptothestoreroundthecorner.Duringthe“crisis”gasolinewasrationedandmanypeoplewalked,bikedorskatedtowork.

12.…turnthethermostatonyourfurnacedown:

Thethermostatisanautomaticdeviceforregulatingtemperatureandthefurnacereferredtohereisanapplianceusedtoheatahouse.Whenthetemperaturegoesuporgoesdowntocertaindegrees,thethermostatwillopenorcloseanelectriccircuitautomatically,bywhichthefurnaceismadetoworkorstopworking.Byturningthethermostatonone’sfurnacedown,say,to19℃forheatinginsteadofthenormal22℃,onecansaveelectricity（energy）andmoneyaswell.

13.pullthrough:

surviveor