Chapter | Unit 4 |
Periods | 6h |
Students | Grade 2 |
Contents | 1. to learn and talk about five symbols of the Untied States; 2. To learn the text A intensively ----Five Famous Symbols of American Culture 3. To learn the text B extensively— Engelbreit’s the Name, Cute is My Game 4. To grasp the reading skill—Appreciating Figurative Language 5. To learn how to write a composition organized according to time quence. |
Objectives and Requirements | 1. To learn and talk about five symbols of the United States; 2. To develop a story by time quence; 3. To hold a press conference on the Statue of Liberty; 4. To explore the famous symbols in Chine culture. |
Important Points | The text is a narration about five famous symbols of American culture, telling us some background about the well-known symbols. For each symbol, the writer deals with who the creator was, how the symbol was created, when and how it was accepted, etc. Among other writing techniques sued, the writer narrates the story according to principle of first thing first, i.e. according to the time quence. |
Difficult Points | 1. words & expression of text A &B; 2. 我的家乡100字Sentence Analysis; 3. Reading skill— Making Predictions达利的作品 |
Teaching Methods & Techniques | 1. Teacher-talking; 2. Collaborative 3. Student-oriented communicative teaching |
Assignments | 1. Exerci (P95-107); 2. Exerci (P115-117). |
Reflections & Remarks | |
教学内容 | |
. Revision of Unit Two 1. Dictation: cultivate, suspend, energetic, conventional, intelligence, controversy, admission, enroll, cur, complex, extreme, analyze, consideration, enterpri, delicate, successive, lag, fundamental, discard, feasible, pinch, convert, flexible, loyalty, be scheduled to do, over one’s protest, do one’s utmost, come to grips with, be true of, press for, lag behind, in a pinch 2. Translation: 他不把磨难看作一种不幸，而是把它视为一种磨砺意志的方式。 He doesn’t e adversity as a misfortune. He es it as a way to harden his will. 依据他的说法，诚信永远是一个和谐社会的关键组成部分。 In terms of what he said, honesty is always a key ingredient in a society of harmony. 具有钢铁般意志的人一旦确定了人生目标，就会勇往直前。 A man with a will of iron tends to push forward without hesitation once he ts a goal for his life. 中国因成功举办奥运会而备受世人关注。 China received worldwide publicity for her success in holding the Olympic Games. 你们一旦签约成为生意伙伴，双方都会受法律保护。 Once you agree in writing to do business with each other, both sides will be under legal protection. | |
New Content: 1. Warm-up activities Listen to a song and then tell each other which country you can think of. Other American Symbols The White Hou Hollywood Movie The statue of Liberty McDonalds, KFC Barbie Country Music Uncle Sam Coca-cola | |
2. Understanding of Text A The text is about five famous symbols of American culture, telling readers the information: who, in what time, designed the symbols, what made them come up with such idea . What six symbols does the writer claim are definitely American? 义愤填膺. What does the Buffalo nickel symbolize? .What el do you know about the American symbols? | |
3. Structure Analysis The overall structure of the passage is listing: The writer listed five famous symbols of American culture. The five symbols are put together to support the central topic of the passage---Five Famous Symbols of American Culture. . Detailed study of Text A . Word using approve: ● think that someone or sth is good, right, or suitable. I don’t approve of people smoking in bed. 我不赞成人们躺在床上吸烟。 You made a good decision, and I thoroughly approve of it. 你做了一个很好的决定，我完全赞同。 ● officially accept a plan, proposal, etc. We are waiting for the government to approve this project. 我们正在等待政府部门批准这个项目。 The Parliament has approved a program of education reform. 国会通过了一个教育改革方案。 asmble: ● fit together the parts of sth. We spent all day trying to asmble our new bookshelves.我们用了一整天来组装新书架。 It took him a whole day to asmble the machine. 我收集了写论文所需的所有资料。 ● cau people or things to come together The leaders asmbled in Shanghai for the meeting. 领导们聚集在上海开会。 I’ve asmbled all the information I need for my easy. 我收集了写论文所需的所有资料 dedicate: ● vt. hold an official ceremony to say that a building, organization, etc. is established Seattle’s first church building was dedicated on May 12, 1855. 西雅图的第一座教堂建筑于1855年5月12日落成。 A memorial stone was dedicated to tho who lost their lives in the war. 为阵亡将士纪念碑举行了落成典礼。 ● give all one’s attention and effort to one particular thing He dedicated his life to helping the poor. 他毕生致力于帮助穷人。 He dedicated all his free time to correcting his students’ papers last week. 上周，他将所有的休息时间都用来修改学生的论文。 ● declare a book, performance, etc. to be in honor of someone拔丝山药最简单的家庭做法 He dedicated his PhD thesis to his wife. 他将他的博士论文献给他妻子。 The singer said he dedicated his first song to his fans. 那位歌手说他将第一首歌献给他的歌迷们。 version： ● a thing which is bad on sth el but has some different details. the five—door version of the Ford 五门型的福特汽车 the film version of Romeo and Juliet 《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的电影版 ● an account of sth The two drivers gave different versions of the accident. 两个司机对事故的说法不同。 关于老师的成语The two newspapers gave different versions of what happened. 两家报纸对发生的事说法不一 recruit: ● get people to join the army or navy Many young men were recruited that day. 那天有很多年轻人应征入伍。 ● Find new people to work in a company, join an organization, do a job, etc. We won’t be recruiting again until next year.我们要到明年才招聘新人。 Many schools offer high salaries to recruit experienced teachers. 许多学校高薪招聘有经验的教师。 Phras: come up with: find or produce an answer, a solution, etc. I hope you can come up with a better plan than this. 我希望你能拿出一个比这更好的计划。 Scientists have come up with new ways of saving energy. 科学家找到了节省能源的新途径。 ri to fame: become famous Henry ro to fame on his own. 亨利依靠自己成名。 The speed he ro to fame is astonishingly rapid. 他成名的速度惊人。 capture one’s attention: draw one’s attention The lake’s beautiful scenery captured our attention. 湖的美景吸引了我们的注意力。 He bought the book simply becau its cover captured his attention. 他买这本书完全是因为被它的封面吸引。 go against: be oppod to sth Lying goes against my principles. 说谎有悖于我的行为准则。 Your report might go against your chances of winning the contract. 你的报告可能使你失去得到那份合同的机会 ntence structure: Marie was sitting at her desk, here head slightly lowered over a pile of chemistry. This is an absolute structure. Jimmy walked slowly to the corner of the playground, his face covered with tears. The taxi sped away, its lights disappearing into the distance. Their stomachs crying for food, their backs burning from too much sun. Barbara just lay there, her mouth trembling, her eyes unfocud, unable to say a word. Mattel refashioned the doll into a decent, all-American although with an exaggerated breast size version. 37人体艺术摄影 This is the structure of “conjunction + prepositional phra” Most snakes, although with a threatening appearance, aren’t really dangerous if you leave them alone. Women, even though with the same abilities, have failed to approach the income of men. Though with a ver lack of coal, the principal was not forced to clo the school. Passage study His mother could not approve of her son’s affection for a woman she had never met, but Bartholdi went ahead and married his love in 1876. Despite the fact his mother was not plea that her he loved a woman she had never met, Bartholdi didn’t change his mind and married the woman he loved in 1876. Mattel refashioned the doll into a decent, all-American—although with an exaggerated breast size—version and named it after Barbara, who was then a teenager Mattel Toy Company changed the doll into a model that was respectable, purely American, with big breasts, and gave the new-born doll a name Barbara. Barbara was a teenager at that time. While white people had previously been ud as models for most American coins, famed artist James Earle Frar went against tradition by using three actual American Indians as models for his creation. In the previous years coin makers had ud white people as models for most American coins. In contrast, James Earle Frar, who was a famous artist, broke this tradition and ud three actual American Indians as models for his creation. For the buffalo on the other side, since buffalo no longer wandered about the great grasslands, Frar was forced to sketch an aging buffalo from New York City’s Central Park Zoo. In order to have the buffalo for the other side of the coin, Frar had to go to New York City’s Central Park Zoo and draw a picture of an aging buffalo, becau buffalo no longer wandered about the great grasslands. Their number was verely reduced. Barrels of meat supplied to the army were stamped “EA-US”, identifying the company (EA) and the country of origin (US). The letter of “EA-US” were stamped on all barrels of meat that were supplied to the US Army, with “EA” standing for the company that supplied the meat and “US” standing for the country where the meat was made. active expressions: It is said that he had ud his wife’s arm as the model, but felt her face was too beautiful for the statue. It is said/reported… 据说/据报道…… It is said that the pyramids in Egypt were constructed by ET.据说，埃及的金字塔是外星人建造的。 据报道，有超过一万人在此次地震中失踪。 It is reported that over 10,000 people were missing or out of reach in this earthquake. He stretched the models’ necks a bit, but there was no doubt who pod for the portrait. …there was no/some doubt, 毫无疑问/不确定，有疑问 There is no doubt that she is the finest ballerina of her day. 毫无疑问，她是她那个时代最优秀的芭蕾舞演员。 There’s some doubt about her suitability for the job. 她是否适合该工作有些疑问。 According to one story, when a government official visited the plant and asked about the letters, a creative employee told him “US” was short for “Uncle Sam” Wilson. According to one story/legend/survey 传说 / 据调查 He is the one who acts according to his principles. 他是那种按照自己的原则行事的人。 You’ve been in prison six times according to our records. 根据我们的记录，你曾入狱六次. Consolidations: 1. 全世界的科学家正在致力于揭开艾滋病之谜。 Scientists around the world are working hard on the mystery of AIDS. 2. 尽管天气不好，运动会将照常进行。 Despite the bad weather the sports meet will go ahead. 3. 任何违反自然规律的事情都会遭到大自然的严厉惩罚。 Anything that goes against the law of nature will receive vere punishment from it. 4. AIDS是“后天性免疫缺陷综合症”的缩写。 AIDS is short for‘Acquired Immuno-deficiency Syndrome’. . 接受高等教育是许多农村孩子出人头地的唯一机会。 For many children from rural areas, receiving higher education is the only chance of coming up in the world. 6. 我们可以将现在所承受的压力转化为推动我们工作的动力。 We can convert the stress we suffer now into a pushing mover behind our work. 7. 父母们所担心的，是娱乐活动分散孩子学习的注意力。 It is a worry to parents that recreational activities will distract children from studies. 8. 这位老教授因其国学方面的造诣在文学界享有很高的声誉。 The old professor enjoys a high reputation in literary circles for his attainments in sinology. IV. Structured Writing One of the writing techniques about a person is to organize his/her life story according to the time quence. Tips for writing Topic Specific Details (According to time quence) Homework: Exerci (P95-107); | |
III. Detailed study of Text B Text B . Reading Skill: Making Predictions Figurative language—language that compares paints a picture for the reader. There are many different ways of using figurative language: 1. Simile (明喻，直喻), figurative expressionswhich directly compare one thing to another by using the words as or like. e.g. Miss Wood’s room emed like heaven to me. 2. Metaphor (歌手刘欢暗喻), in which comparisons are only implied, without using as, like and the like. e.g. They could not know how great a light wasgoing out in my life. 3. Personification (拟人化), figurative expressions Which giving human traits to non-living objects. e.g. The autumn leaves are singing in the wind. II. Passage study 1. words crush v. to upt or shock sb. badly Her hopes were crushed by the chairman’s remarks. 主席的一番话使她的希望破灭了。 He has almost been crushed by failures. 他几乎被失败击垮了。 astonish v. to surpri She astonished everyone by announcing her engagement. 她宣布自己订婚，这让大家非常吃惊。 They were astonished to find the driver was a ten-year-old boy. 他们吃惊的发现，司机竟然是个10岁的男孩。 astonishing: a. surprising astonishing news 令人吃惊的消息 It’s astonishing how much the place has changed. 这个地方变化真大，真让人吃惊。 elaborate: ● a. complicated; carefully prepared and finished an elaborate rearch project 一项复杂的研究项目 The company has worked out an elaborate management training scheme for graduates. 公司为毕业生设计了详尽的管理培训计划。 ●v. give more information or details about sth Would you care to elaborate on your plan? 你能详细谈一谈你的计划吗？ His task was to elaborate policies which would make a market economy work well. 他的任务是详细讲述使市场经济顺利运行的政策。 compri: ● vt. Consist of particular parts The British Parliament is comprid of the Hou of Commons and the Hou of Lords. 英国议会由上院和下院组成。 The rearch group is comprid of two professors and five students. 研究小组由两位教授和五名学生组成。 ● form sth Three bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a living-room compri the hou. 这房子有三个卧室、一个厨房、一个卫生间和一个起居室组成。 imaginary: a. existing only in the mind; not real Lots of children have imaginary friends. 许多孩子心里都有假想的朋友。 In the novel the writer creates an imaginary world that is completely different from ours. 作家在小说中创造了一个完全不同的虚幻世界。 Compare: imaginable: a. often ud after a noun ud to emphasize that sth is the best, worst, etc. that can be thought of We tried every means imaginable, but all in vain. 我们用了一切办法，但都没成功。 His hou was decorated with every luxury imaginable. 他的房子装修的极尽奢华。 imaginative: a. having or showing imagination She’s always full of imaginative ideas. 她总有新奇的想法。 His writing is highly imaginative. 他的写作极富想象力 feature: ●vt. have an important and distinctive part of sth The novel features a young struggling dancer who finally succeeded. 这部小说描写了一位不断奋斗、最终成功的年轻舞蹈演员 The film features many well-known actors. 这部电影有众多明星参演。 ●n. a typical quality or important part Noi is a feature of city life. 噪音是城市生活的一个特点。 Mountains and lakes are the main features of the landscape of Wales. 山峦和湖泊是威尔士景色的主要特点。 classic: ● n. a famous book, play, etc. which has a lasting value All of Charles Dickens’ novels are classics. 查尔斯狄更斯的作品都是经典之作。 As I grow older, I like to reread the classics regularly. 随着年龄的增长，我喜欢经常重读经典作品。 ● a. important and having a lasting value the classic film Gone with the Wind 经典电影《飘》 Compare: classical: a. ● relating to the language, literature and culture of ancient Greece or Rome classical mythology/architecture 古典神话古典建筑 ● written with rious artistic intentions and having an attraction that lasts over a long period of time I prefer classical music to pop or jazz. 我喜欢古典音乐胜过流行音乐或者爵士音乐。 2. phras 1. be suited to be suitable for sb. or sth. 你认为大卫适合教书吗？ Do you think David is suited to teaching? Don’t conbother with ：to bother about 不用麻烦来送我。 Don’26属啥的t bother with eing me off. plunge into ： to (cau to) rush into a state of activity 不要贸然和他辩论，他可是个有经验的演说家。 Don’t be keen to plunge into argument with him. He’s an experienced speaker. 3. Active Expressions So she was disappointed when all the book publishers she visited turned her down. …you can recognize her cards from 20 paces away — bright, funny, and with an eye on the past. Children, pets, even “good old Mom” started showing up on her cards. With her work taking off in so many directions, ... Exerci: 我恐怕你要求加工资的请求又被拒绝了。 I’m afraid your request for a pay ri was turned down again. 这些贺卡做得很精致,色彩和风格很讲究。 The greeting cards are finely made, with an eye on color and style. 在阳光照射下能看见架子上有灰尘。The dust on the shelf shows up in the sunlight. 这部新词典极受欢迎。The new dictionary has really taken off. After-class Exerci (P115-117). | |
教学小结 | |
After learning this Unit, students should master the usage of some words that are required in the CET 4 and master the technique of how to write a composition according to the time quence. Furthermore, students should learn the skill of appreciating figurative language when reading an article. It will be of great help with improving their reading abilities. | |
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