新视野大学英语第四册教案

大学英语课程

《新视野大学英语4》

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总学时：64 周学时：4

开适用年级专业（学科类）：2010级普通本科 授课时间：2011-2012学年第2学期 使用教材：《新视野大学英语4》 授课教师姓名：

Unit 1, Book Four

I. Section A: The Tail of Fame

1. Teaching Objectives: ? To know the meanings and usage of some important words, phrases and patterns ? To improve Ss‘ reading skills by studying section A and B

? To be familiar with the writing skills of the text and make use of it in writing ? To respond and cooperate with classmates willingly ? To participate actively

? To read sentences and texts with proper intonation ? To write smoothly and legibly

1st---2nd period: Leading-in, background information, Pre-reading activities ( prediction etc.); useful words and expressions

3rd---4th period: While-reading activities (fast reading; text structure; main ideas; difficult

sentences, )

Post-reading activities (comprehension questions; group work; role play)

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5 ---6 period: dictation (section A and B); check exercise

2.Time Allotment: Section A (6 periods):

Section B(1period ):

Self-study: Practice of the reading skill (reading for the key idea in a sentence);

T checks on Ss‘ home reading by asking questions based on the passage. T explains some difficult sentences

3.Teaching Procedures:

3.1 Leading-in and pre-reading Activities

Step 1 Greetings

Greet the whole class Step 2. Warming up

Teacher initiates students to talk about their special experiences during the newly-past vacation

Purposes: Help students quickly adapt to the langguage-learning mode and facilitate students with English language atmosphere after a long vacation.

Method: Talk in groups; communicative approach. Step 3. Lead-in and preparation for reading

Show the Ss some pictures of famous people (the pictures might be the portaits of the famous people appearing in this Unit) and let Ss discuss with each other about the questions on the screen.

1. For your understanding, how to define the word ―fame‖ ?

Fame refers to the state of being popular with a lot of people as a result of one‘s achievement. 2. What do people seek fame for?

High social satus; abundance of material and spiritual fulfillment … 3. What negative effects might fame bring about? Loss of privacy; deprivation of freedom …

4. Do you want to live a life of celebrity? Enumerate some reasons to support your idea. Purpose: Arouse the students‘ interest of study and lead Ss to Text A: The Tail of Fame.

Method: Use the CAI, PPT software and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, communicative approach, audio-visual method and audiolingual method. Words and expressions

1. pessimistic a. 悲观（主义）的 e.g.

The experts are ~ about our chances of success. Extended： pessimism 悲观，悲观主义

pessimist 悲观的人，悲观主义者 opposite： optimistic optimism optimist

Ex：This may sound like putting the cart before the horse，which is unnecessarily pessimistic/and being unnecessarily pessimistic. 这听起来像本末倒置，是不必要的悲观。

2. spur v. vt. 激励、鞭策、促进n. 刺激物；激励 e.g.

It was an article in the local newspaper that finally spurred him into action. 是当地报纸上一篇文章最终促使他采取了行动。

Phrases: on the spur of the moment 一时冲动之下，当即 Ex：We went to Paris ~。我们一时兴起就当巴黎去了。

3. drown 沉浸于、使淹死 e.g.

The country is drowning in debt. 这个国家债台高筑。

Ex：We were drowning in data but starved of information. 我们被数据包围，可是却缺乏信息。 e.g.

Forty-eight people have drowned after their boat overturned during a storm. 他们的船在暴风雨中翻了，淹死了48个人。

Ex：Last night a boy was drowned in the river. 昨夜有一个男孩在河里淹死了。

4. idle a. 懒散的、空闲的、无效的

e.g. there are no idle hands in our company. 我们公司没有闲置的人手 ex：

v. （away）虚度光阴无、所事事 Don't idle away your precious time. 不要把大好时光浪费掉。

5. sustain vt. 保持，是持续下去，供养，维持生命等，支持支撑 e.g.

We successfully sustained the conversation.

A good breakfast will sustain us through the day. 一顿丰盛的早餐能维持我们一天的精力。 Throughout the trial he was sustained by the support of his family. 整个审讯过程中，他家人的支持使他得以支撑下去。

Extended: sustainable: the strategy of ~ development

6. object

n. 物体、对象、目标、宾语

vi. (to) 反对 不赞成 e.g.

Rose objected to such treatment at work. 在工作中受到这样的待遇，罗兹表示抗议。 I strongly object to being treated like a child. 我强烈反对被人当作小孩一样。 Extended：objection 反对、异议、反对的理由 objective 目标、目的；客观的 CET4：

I have no objection your story again. (2000.6) A to hearing B to have heard C to hear D to having heard

7. accuse vt. 控告、归罪、非难

必背短语：accuse sb. Of sth. 因 控告某人 They accused him of taking bribes. 扩展：accused 被控告的 四级真题：

The soldier was of running away when the enemy attacked. (1997.6) A scolded B charged C accused D punished on a charge of 因为 被控罪

8. justify vt. 证明…正当；为…辩护

You are expected to justify your action. 你得为你的行为提供正当的理由。 扩展：justification 辩解；辩护

There is no justification for such rude behavior. 没有什么正当理由可以为如此粗鲁的行为辩解。

9. at best 充其量

The meeting was at best partially successful. 这次会议充其量只是部分成功。

10. single-minded a.

light-hearted 轻松的，无忧虑的 cold-hearted 冷淡的，无情的

11. desperate a.

3.2 While-reading Activities

Step 1. Fast reading (OR True or false)

Ask the Ss to read the passage as quickly as they can and require them to answer the questions on Page 9 (OR true or false). Make sure Ss grasp the main idea of the text and have a relatively clear understanding of the text structure.

Step2. Reading and finding out the text structure

Text structure: ( the chart below )

Purpose: Improve the students‘ reading and writing ability and let students understand the general idea of the passage.

Method: Read the text individually and find out

Arguementation: Artists Chasing fame may lead to self-destruction (para.1) Some negative effects in chasing fame (paras.2-5) Take Oscar Wild‘s the famous people themselves (para. 6) The greatest winners Enumerate examples of the conquest many failures may come before final success. (para. 8) example to illustrate might initially fail in famous people to expound are hard to be true to of fame. (para. 7) Conclusion : the author‘s advice on chasing fame. (para. 9) 学生个人自行阅读文章，找出答案。然后各小组讨论，得出一致答案，并能给出原因，如第2-5段阐述了哪些负面影响，第6段和第8段举的什么例子来阐述这个中心思想，最后一段的建议给的什么？（教师提问）

Step 3. Intensive reading

Ss are required to read the passage carefully again and answer some detailed questions on the screen. Then teacher picks out some difficult sentences to explain. 1.艺术家追求成名，如同狗自逐其尾，一旦追到手，除了继续追逐不知还能做些什么。(para. 1)

An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it.

Sb. who do sth. be like sb. else doing sth. else who, when / once ?, ? 做某事的人如同他人做?，一旦?，就? e.g.

热衷于网络游戏的青少年，如同一个吸毒的，一旦成瘾，除了继续寻求刺激不知还能做什么。 A teenager who is hot on online games is like one taking drugs who, once addicted to it, does not know what else to do but to continue seeking thrill from it.

2.对一名正努力追求成功并刚刚崭露头角的艺术家，其亲朋常常会建议“正经的饭碗不能丢！”他们的担心不无道理。 (para. 2)

“Don‘t quit your day job!‖ is advice frequently given by understandably pessimistic family members and friends to a budding artist who is trying hard to succeed. “?” is advice frequently given by sb. to sb. else who do sth.

“?”是某人常常给做某事的人提出的建议。 用于表述“人在特定情况下常提的建议”。 e.g.

“少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲！”是老人们常常给缺乏上进心的年轻人提出的建议。

“Idleness in youth spells regret in old age!‖ is advice frequently given by the old to those who show a lack of the desire to advance.

3.若表演者、画家或作家感到厌烦，他们的作品就难以继续保持以前的吸引力，也就难以保持公众的注意力。

When the performer, painter or writer becomes bored, their work begins to show a lack of continuity in its appeal and it becomes difficult to sustain the attention of the public.

When one becomes bored (with sth./ sb.), sth. or sb. begin to show a lack of continuity in ? and it becomes difficult to do sth. else.

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