Unit1SectionA

Time-ConsciousAmericans

TeachingPlan

(4periods)

Objectives

Studentswillbeableto:

1.graspthemainideaofthetext(Americansvaluetimeandsaveitcarefully.)

2.masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext;

3.conductaseriousofreading,listening,speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothe

themeoftheunit.

Lessonprocedure

Period1Period2Period3Period4

Warm-upexercisesDetailedreadingAfterreadingSectionB

CulturaldifferencesSummaryofthetext

Globalreading

Warm-upexercises

l.WhydoAmericanslikevisitingfast-foodrestaurants?

2.Doyoulikefast-food?Ifyoudo,what'sthereasonforthisliking?

3.Areyoutime-conscious?Stateyourideaontime.

4.Lifeisfast-pacedtoday.Besideseatingfast-food,peoplealsousedifferentkindsof

time-savingdevices,suchas:fax,e-mailandmobilephone.Whatdoyouthinkof

thesetime-savingdevices?

CulturalDifferences

Studentsandteachersneedtobeawarethattheethnocentricattitudesofwritersare

preciselythewayculturalconflictisencouraged.Whyisunderstandingaculture

alwaystheothers5responsibility?Itisnotpossiblethateachculturecouldbemade

awareofdifferentconventions?Bothsidesmustworkatrisingabovecultural

differencesandbewillingtocompromise...and,inbothcases,mostlikelyneitherside

hasaccesstotheculturalconventionsoftheothersoblamingisnottheanswer.

Educatingis.

GlobalReading

OutlineoftheText:

TimeisveryprecioustoAmericans.Manyforeignershavetheimpressionthat

everyoneintheU.S.islikelytobeinarushandunderpressure.Theyarealwaysina

hurrywhentheywalk,eatordosomeshopping.Theydon'tlikesmiles,short

conversationsandsmallexchangeswithstrangers,sincetheyconsiderthesetobea

wasteoftime.Leisurelybusinesschats,whicharequitecommoninsomeother

countries,don'texisthere,becauseAmericansstarttalkingbusinessveryquickly.

Consequently,manylabor-savingdevicesareproducedinordertosavemoretime.

Teleconferenceisagoodwaytosettleproblemswithoutfacetofaceconversation.It

istakenasignofskillfulnesstosolveaproblemquickly.

StuctureoftheText:

DetailedReading

Languagestudy

A.NewwordsandExpressions:

1.fallbehind:1)becomebitbybitfurtherbehind

2)(with)failtofinishatthepropertime

Eg.1)fallbehindinscience在科學(xué)方面落后

fallbehindone'scompetitors落后于競爭對手

2)fallbehindwiththerent拖欠房租

Thestudenthasbeenworkinghardforfearthatheshouldfallbehind.

這個學(xué)生一直很努力，惟恐落后。

rmfallingbehindwithmywork;Imusttrytocatchup.

我工作拖下來了，我得想辦法趕上。

2.

resultinhaveasaresult;cause

resultfrombecausedby

?Actingbeforethinkingalwaysresultsinfailing.

?Theaccidentresultedinthedeathoftwopeople

*Nothinghasresultedfromhisefforts.

?Thechild'sillnessresultedfromeatinguncleanfood.

3.abruptadj.1)(ofbehavior)rough2)suddenandunexpected

eg.anabruptattitude無禮的態(tài)度

anabmptchangeofpolicy突然改變政策

anabruptdropinoilprices油價突降

當(dāng)我詢問她的新工作時，她對我態(tài)度非常粗魯。

WhenIaskedherabouthernewjob,shewasquiteabruptwithme.

會談突然結(jié)束。

Themeetingcametoanabruptend.

4.muchless(alsostillless)andevenlesslikely

Eg.她連水也不肯喝一口，更別說留下吃飯了。

Shewouldn,ttakeadrink,still/muchlessstayfordinner.

5.given(that)prep,takingintoaccount

Noticethat“given“isfollowedbyanounphrase,while“giventhat“isfollowedby

afiniteclause.

Eg.看她對孩子們的興趣，教書應(yīng)是適合她的職業(yè)。

Givenherinterestinchildren,teachingshouldbetherightcareerforher.

6.whereasconj.but,incontrast:while

Eg.他們國家石油豐富，而我們國家則一點也沒有。

Theircountryhasplentyofoil,whereas/whileourshasnone.

7.inone'seyes:intheopinionorjudgmentofsomeone

Eg.在大家的心目中，專家總是對的。

Theexpertisalwaysrightintheeyesofeverybody.

8.Comparerworth,worthy,worthwhile

worthItisworth(doing)sth.

worthySth.isworthyof+n./beingdone/to

bedone(beworthyof:merit,deserve)

worthwhileItisworthwhiledoing/todosth.

Eg.這件事值得考慮。

Thematterisworthconsideration/considering.

Thematterisworthyofconsideration/being/tobeconsidered.

Itisworthwhileconsidering/toconsiderthematter.

B.TypicalPatterns:

Lasif+從句：asif引導(dǎo)的方式狀語從句，一般用虛擬語氣

Eg.Timeistreatedasifitweresomethingalmostreal.

2.be+increasingly

Eg..人們越來越意識到健康的重要性。

Peopleareincreasinglyawareoftheimportanceofbeinghealthy.

3?被認(rèn)為是...Itisconsidered+adj.+todosth.

Sb./Sth.istakenas...

Eg.Itisconsideredimpolitetoworktooquickly.

Itistakenasasignofskillfulnessorbeingcompetenttosolveaproblem.

SummaryoftheText:

Americansareparticularlyconcernedabouttime.Theyclearlyrealizethatlifeis

shortandconsidertimeapreciousresource.VisitorsmayfindthatAmericansare

alwaysinarushandundergreatpressureindailylife.Theydon'tusuallyexchange

smilesorbriefconversationsbecausetheyresentwastingtime.Americansgenerally

assessandinquireaboutothersprofessionallyratherthansocially,sotheystart

talkingbusinessdirectlywithoutopeningexchanges.Inordertosavetime,

Americansusequiteafewlabor-savingdevicesliketelephones,faxes,oremails.

Electroniccommunicationisbecomingmoreandmorepopular,whilemostpersonal

visiting,whichthoughpleasant,takeslonger,issavedforafter-workhoursorfor

socialweekendgatherings.IntheUS,unlikeinsomeothercountries,quickly

solvingaproblemorfulfillingajobsuccessfullyisasignofskillfulnessorbeing

competent.

AfterReading

1.Discussion

Workinsmallgroupsanddiscussthefollowingquestions.

1)WhyistimesoimportantfortheAmericans?

2)HowdoAmericanstreattime?

3)WhatdoesspeedmeantotheAmericans?

4)WhatistheAmericanpaceoflifelike?

2.StructuredWriting:

1)Majorwritingtechniqueofthetext：

AParagraphofGeneralStatementSupportedbySpecificDetailsandReasons

Takeacloserlookatsomeoftheparagraphsofthearticle:thewriterpresentshis

statementsfirstandgoesontosupporthisstatementswithspecificdetails.Thenthe

writerwillbrieflytellusthereason.NowreadParagraph3ofthereadingpassage

againandhavealookatthechartbelow.

Aforeigner'sfirstimpressionoftheU.S.islikelytobethateveryoneisina

rush-oftenunderpressure.Citypeoplealwaysappeartobehurryingtogetwhere

theyaregoing,restlesslyseekingattentioninastore,orelbowingothersastheytry

tocompletetheirshopping.Racingthroughdaytimemealsispartofthepaceoflife

inthiscountry.Workingtimeisconsideredprecious.Othersinpubliceating-places

arewaitingforyoutofinishsothey,too,canbeservedandgethacktoworkwithin

thetimeallowed.Youalsofinddriverswillbeabruptandpeoplewillpushpastyou.

Youwillmisssmiles,briefconversations,andsmallexchangeswithstrangers.

Don'ttakeitpersonally.Thisisbecausepeoplevaluetimehighly,andtheyresent

someoneelselasting“itbeyondacertainappropriatepoint.

Generalstatement:Everyoneisinarush-oftenunderpressure

Howisitthateveryoneisinarush-often

underpressure?0

Specificdetailsofhoweveryoneisinarush一oftenunderpressure

1.Citypeoplealwaysappeartobehurryingtogetwheretheyaregoing,

restlesslyseekingattentioninastore,orelbowingothersastheytryto

completetheirshopping.Racingthroughdaytimemealsispartofthepace

oflifeinthiscountry.

2.Workingtimeisconsideredprecious.Othersinpubliceating-placesare

waitingforyoutofinishsothey,too,canbeservedandgetbacktowork

withinthetimeallowed

3.Youalsofinddriverswillheabruptandpeoplewillpushpastyou.Youwill

misssmiles,briefconversations,andsmallexchangeswithstrangers.

Whyisitthateveryoneisinarush-often

underpressure?

Thereason:Thisisbecausepeoplevaluetimehighly,andtheyresentsomeone

else“wasting”itbeyondacertainappropriatepoint.

2)Writeaparagraph,whichstartswithageneralstatementthatissupportedby

specificdetailsandthereason.Youmaychooseoneofthefollowingtopics.

Oneofthetopicshasadetailedoutlinethatyoucanfollowifyouchoose.

Detailedoutline:

Topic:Protectionoftheenvironmenthasbecomeamajorconcernofsociety.

Specificdetails:①teachersandpupils,specificmeetings,discusstheprotection

ofenvironment

②Cityplanners,environmentalproblems,intoconsideration

?Factories,reducepollution,atahighcost

Reason:badairandwaterpollutionaffecteveryone,citiestosurvive,businesses

tomakeaprofit

Othertopics

(1)Timeisapreciousresource.

(2)Computersareofgreatusetoourdailylife

(3)Englishisbecomingmoreimportant.

Homework

1.FinishtheexercisesinSectionA.

2.PrepareforSectionB.

SectionBCultureShock

Objectives

Studentswillbeableto:

1.graspthemainidea(theessenceofwritingistoexplorecultureshock)

2.masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext;

3.graspthereadingskill-iReadingforthemainideasintheparagraphs

ReadingSkill--Readingforthemainideasintheparagraphs

Theparticularreadingskillintroducedforthisunitisreadingforthemainideainaparagraph.

Thisskillisoneofthemostusefulreadingskillsstudentscandevelop.Findingthemainideais

necessaryfortheunderstandingofapieceofwriting.

Themainideaofaparagraphisusuallystatedbyoneofthesentencesintheparagraph.The

mainideasentenceiscommonlyknownas"atopicsentence^^or“atopicstatement”.Itmay

appearinoneofseveralplacesintheparagraph.Mostfrequentlythefirstsentenceofaparagraph

statesthemainidea,asisclearfromthefollowingexampletakenfromReadingPassageA:

Consequently,weworkhardatthetaskofsavingtime.Weproduceasteadyflowof

labor-savingdevices;wecommunicaterapidlythroughfaxes,phonecallsoremailsratherthan

throughpersonalcontacts,whichthoughpleasant,takelonger-especiallygivenour

traffic-filledstreets.We,therefore,savemostpersonalvisitingforafterworkhoursorforsocial

weekendgatherings.(Para.5,ReadingPassageAfUnit1)

Mainidea:Weworkhardatthetaskofsavingtime.

However,themainideasentencemayalsoappearinotherplaces:inthemiddleor

attheendofaparagraph.LookattwomoreexamplestakenfromReadingPassageA:

1.i(Weareslavestonothingbuttheclock,ithasbeensaid.Timeistreatedasif

itweresomethingalmostreal.Webudgetit,saveit,wasteit,stealit,killit,cutitf

accountforit;wealsochargeforit.Itisapreciousresource.Manypeoplehavea

ratheracutesenseoftheshortnessofeachlifetime.Oncethesandshaverunoutof

aperson\hourglass,theycannotbereplaced.Wewanteveryminutetocount.

(Para.2,ReadingPassageAfUnit1)

MainIdea:It(=Time)isapreciousresource.

(Inthisparagraphthemainideaappearsinthemiddleoftheparagraph.)

2.Americansbelievenoonestandsstill.Ifyouarenotmovingahead,youare

fallingbehind.Thisattituderesultsinanationofpeoplecommittedtoresearching,

experimentingandexploring.TimeisoneofthetwoelementsthatAmericanssave

carefully,theotherbeinglabor.(Para.1,ReadingPassageAfUnit1)

MainIdea:TimeisoneofthetwoelementsthatAmericanssavecarefully,the

otherbeinglabor.

(Inthisparagraphthemainideaappearsattheendofthisparagraph.)

DoExerciseXIVinthetextbook:(at17)

ComprehensionoftheText

I?IntroductoryQuestions:

Choosethebestanswertoeachofthefollowingquestionsaccordingtoyour

understandingofthetext.(p23)

LanguagePoints:

desirablea.worthhaving,doingordesiringbecauseitisuseful,necessary,orpopular

eg.Itismostdesirablethatheshouldattendtheconvention.

他要是能參加此次會議，是最好不過的了。

erestingandabletoattract

eg.Peoplefindherpointsquitefascinating.人們發(fā)現(xiàn)她的觀點很吸引人。

clash(with)vi,disagreeseriously,comeintoargumentornon-agreementstate

eg.Theirinterestsclashedwithours.他們的利益與我們的相沖突

havedifficulty(in)doingsth.做某事有困難

eg.HisEnglishisverybadandIhavegreatdifficulty(in)understandinghim.

他的英語很糟糕，我很難聽懂他?！?/p>

Compare:familiarto/familiarwith

Eg.你熟悉棒球規(guī)則嗎？

Areyoufamiliarwiththerulesofbaseball?

拉金不但漢語講得好，他還通曉中國古代史。

LarkinnotonlyspeaksChinesewell,butalsoisfamiliarwithearlyChinese

history.

hostilityn.strongreactionagainst;unfriendliness

eg.Ihavenohostilitytowardsanyone.我對任何人都沒有敵意。

distressvt(usu.passive)causegreatpainorsuffering

n.l)greatpain,sadness,suffering

2)sufferingcausedbylackofmoney

3)astateofdangerorgreatdifficulty

Eg.Thecoupleweredistressedtofindthattheirchildrenhadnotreturned.

發(fā)現(xiàn)孩子們沒有回來，這對夫妻感到很苦惱。

1)Thesickmanshowedsignsofdistress.病人顯出很痛苦的樣子。

2)acompanyinfundingdistress陷入資金短缺狀況的公司

3)Thepolicemanreceivedadistresscall,andsawtwoyouths

attackinghiscolleague.

那警員接到一個求救電話，發(fā)現(xiàn)兩個青年正襲擊自己的一名同事

rejectionn.[C,U]refusingtoaccept,consideroruse

eg.Hekeepsapplyingforjobs,butisgivenrejectionsonly.

他不斷寫信求職,但一次次地被回絕。

appreciatevt.understandandenjoy

eg.Weallappreciatetheholidayafterayearofhardwork.

經(jīng)過一年的辛苦工作之后，我們都十分珍惜這個假期。

alleviatevtease;makesth.lesssevere

eg.alleviatepain減輕疼痛

alleviatethelossofjobs減緩失業(yè)問題

Shealleviatedthetiringwaitingbycountingthecarspassingonthestreet.

她用計算街上過往的汽車來消除由于等待帶來的煩躁。

SummaryoftheText

Exercises

Unit2SectionA

EnvironmentalprotectionThroughouttheworld

Teachingplan

(4periods)

Objectives:

Studentswillbeableto

1,sharetheideaofimportanceofenvironmentprotection

2,Learntoundertakenewenvironmentalinitiatives.

3,Developyourvocabulary

4,Readforthekeyideasinsentences

5,Writeaparagraphofaproblem-solutionpattern

Lessonprocedure

Period1Period2Period3Period4

Warm-upDetailedAfterreadingSectionB

Exercisesreading

Culturalnote

Globalreading

Warming-upExercises:

1,Whyaremostcountiesnotconcernedaboutenvironmentalawareness?

2,Whichtwocountrieshavetakenstepstoprotecttheirrainforests?

3,Whichisthemostpollutedindustrialareaintheworld?

CulturalNotes:

A.NewEnglandisthemostnortheasternregionoftheU.S.A,includingthestatesof

ConnecticutMaine,Massachusetts,NewHampshireRhodeIslandandVermont.Itwasso

namedbyJohnSmithwhenheexploreditin1616.ANew

Englander

isanativeorresidentofNewEngland.Seehttp:〃formoreinformation

abouttheregion

B.GrandBankisavastextensionoftheoceanoffsoutheastNewfoundland（紐芬蘭島）inthe

NorthAtlantic,oneoftheworld'sgreatestcod-fishinggrounds.Visitthewebsite

http:〃www.chebucto.nsca/Heritage/NGB/tolearnmoreaboutCanada'sfishing

industry.

C.IslamisareligionandsocialwayoflifebasedontheteachingofMuhammadaspreservedin

theKoran（（可蘭經(jīng)）andtheSunna（伊斯蘭教禮規(guī)）ItiscenteredinMecca（麥力口）,andincludes

theworshipofgodsrepresentedbyholystonescalledtheKaaba（建于麥加的伊斯/教寺院內(nèi)的

圣堂）。Lookatthewebsitehttp:〃andyoucanfindathroughdiscussion

aboutIslam.

D.MeccaorMakkah,withapopulationof200,000,isthechiefholycityofIslamcapital

oftheHejaz（漢志省，沙特阿拉伯省名），SaudiArabia,inavalleysurroundedby

hills,80km.formtheRedSea.ItwasthebirthplaceofMuhammad.Itseconomydependsupon

pilgrims（朝圣者）.Visitthewebsitehttp:〃/find/concise.asD?ti

=06540000andyouwouldfindawealthofinformationaboutMeccaofMakkah.

GlobalReading

Inmostpartsoftheworld,environmentalawarenessdoesnotexist,Thegreatmajorityof

nationconcernthemselveswitheconomicdevelopment,regardlessofitseffectontheglobal

ecology.Butinrecentyears,asenvironmentaldamagehasincreased,signsofchange

havesprangupinvariouspocketsaroundtheworld.

Divisionofthetext

l,Para1Seriousenvironmentalproblemshavepromptedmanycountriestotakeeffect

measure.

Paras2―4

TheCanadiangovernment'smeasuretomakeupforthelossbroughtaboutby

excessivefishing.

Para5CostaRica'sprogramtoprotecttheecologicaldiversity.

Paras68BrazifsactiontoprotecttheAmazon

Paras9—10EasternEuropehasbeendealtwiththecontaminationofrivers.

Paras11—12Chinahaspartiallysolvedtheproblemofforestremoval

Paras13—14somefavorablechangeintheenvironmentandsomeunsolvedproblemsin

Indonesia

StructureAnalysis

Problem-solutionPattern

Whenusingtheproblem-solutionpattern,thewriterfirsttellsthereaderswhattlesituationis,

andthenheposestheproblemandletsthereadersknowwhattheresultsare.Afterwards,hewill

makesomecomments.

SituationIndonesianshavetraditionallyfavoredbigfamilies,andtheirreligionIslam,frownson

birthcontrol.

Problem:Butwith188millionpeople,thecountryisnowstrugglingtoprovide

food,she/herandemploymentforitspeople.

Solution:Inrecentyears,thegovernmenthaswagedamassiveascampaigntoencouragebirth

controlofferinginducementssuchasfreeasfreetripstoMecca,thebirthplaceasIslamin

sand.Arabia.

Detailedreading

1Languagestudy

Wordsandexpressions

(1)...concernthemselveswith(para.l)

Ididn'tconcernmyselfwithpoliticalmatters我過去不關(guān)心政治。

(2)...regardlessofitseffectontheglobalecology.(Para1)

Regardlessofthedanger,heclimbedthetower,他不顧危險爬上了高塔。

(3)...sprungupinvariouspockets...(Para1)

Townshavesprungupinwhatwasadrydesert一些城鎮(zhèn)在曾機(jī)是干旱沙漠的地方出現(xiàn)

了。

(4)...undertakingnewenvironmentalinitiatives.(Paral)

Sheundertakestheresponsibilityforchange.她承擔(dān)改革的責(zé)任。

(5)...newenvironmentalinitiatives(para1)

Itishopedthatthegovemment'sinitiativewillbringthestriketoanend.人們希望政府采所

采取的行動將結(jié)束罷工。

(6)...heldabundantcodandotherspecies(para2)

Thereareabundantsuppliesofwoodforfirstintheforest.森林里有充裕的薪柴可用。

(7)...heldabundantcodotherspecies(para2)

Thisrarebirdhasbecomeanendangeredspecies.這種珍惜鳥類已成為瀕臨物種

(8)...topreservetheecologicaldiversityofitstropicalrainforest(para5)

Chinashouldintroducemorechoiceanddiversityintotheeducationsystem.中國的教育

體制應(yīng)該更具選擇性和多樣性。

(9)clear-cut:

Nooneisallowedtoclear-cutthepineforestinthisregion嚴(yán)禁砍伐這一地區(qū)的森林

(10)...soilerosion...(Para.5)

{U}processofbeingwornawayordestroyedbitbybitbyrain,windetc.

theerosionofthecoastlinebythesea.海洋對海岸線的侵蝕。

(11)...hasbeenextensive.(para.5)

extensive:largeinarea;extendingfar

theextensivegroundsofacountryhouse村舍周圍的廣闊庭院

(12)remaining:astillexisting,stillpresent,thatisleft

Mixtheremainingingredients.將剩下的配料攪拌一下。

(13)conflict:n

{CU}(ofopinion,desires,etc)opposition:difference:clash

Itisnotsurprisingthatsuchaviewhasledtogreatconflict.一種觀點引起了很大的意見

分歧是不足為怪的。

(14)Heavymetalsfromcoalmininghavecontaminatedmuchofthearea'swaters.(Para9)

contaminate:vt.makesth.orsb.dirtyorpollutedbyaddingdangerousor

disease-carryingelements.

Don'teatthiscake:itmayhavebeencontaminatedbytheflies不要吃這蛋糕，它可能被

蒼蠅污染了。

(15)explosive:a

increasingveryquickly

Thelastfewyearshaveseenanexplosiveincreaseinthenumberofhomelesspeopleon

ourstreets.近兒年我們街道上.無家可歸的人數(shù)激增。

(16)sponsor:vt

Supportedbygivingmoney,encouragementorocherhelp.

TheteamissponsoredbySony,sotheplayerswearthelettersSonyontheirshirts.這家

隊伍是由國家索尼公司贊助的，因此運(yùn)動員都穿著帶Sony字樣的運(yùn)動服。

(17)cashcrop:acropthatisgrownforsaleratherthanforusebythegrower

Strawberrieshavebecomeamajorcashcropinthearea草特已經(jīng)成為這個地區(qū)的主

要經(jīng)濟(jì)物。

(18)impact:n

{C}strongimpressionoreffectonsb.orsth.

Thecomputerhasmadeagreatimpactonmodernlife.計算機(jī)對現(xiàn)代生活產(chǎn)生了重:大影

響。

(19vt.startandcontinue,Thewordisespeciallyusedinthephrase:"wageawar/campaign

on/against.”

Thethreecompanieswagedapricewar.這三家公司展開了價格大戰(zhàn)

(20)target:n

{C}alevelorsituationwhichyouplantoachieve

Thegovernment'stargetof3.5%growthperyearseemsdifficulttomeet.

政府每年增長3.5%的目標(biāo)似乎很難達(dá)到。

Herearesometopicalforyoutochoosefromtypicalsentencepatterns

(!)Expertssaythatthetreatycouldserveasamodelforprotectingotherriversintheregion,

includingtheOderandDanube.

(2)Inrecentyears,thegovernmenthaswagedamassivecampaigntoencouragebirthcontrol,

offeringinducements,suchasfreetripstoMecca,thebirthplaceofIslaminSandiArabia.

AfterReadingactivities

1.Summary

Environmentalawarenesshardlyexistssincemostcountriesaremoreconcerned(1)

economicdevelopment(2)withglobalecology.Increasingenvironmentaldamage(3)has

causedsomecountriesto(4)newenvironmentinitiatives.Canadahasprotectedits(5)supply

byclosingareastofishing(6)settingstrictlimitsoncatchesofcertain(7).Asaresult,some

fishlikeherringeventually(8),butsomelikecodmayneverrecover,and(9)40000fishermen

areunemployedbecauseof(10)fishingbansandthereduced(11)offish.

Toprotectits(12)rainsforest,CostaRicehas(13)aseriesofnewenvironmentallawsand

(14)parksandnaturepreservesthat(15)onquarterofthecountry.Underpressurefrom

environmentalistsaroundtheworld,Brazil(16)toprotect(17)AmazonrainforestbutAmazon

Indians(18)endangered(19)theconflictwith(20)peoplewhocontinuetodestroytheforests.

2.Discussion

Workinpairs,andmakeupalongconversationaboutyourpersonalopiniononthesubject”A

BetterwayofEnvironmentProtection^^.

romtowriteyourownparagraphfollowingtheproblem-solutionpattern.Onehasafewmore

detailsthatyoucanuseifyouwanttodoso.

3.WritingHere

aresometopicsforyoutochoosefromtowriteyourownparagraphfollowingthe

problem-solutionpattern.Onehasafewmoredetailsthatyoucanuseifyouwanttodo.

Detailoutline:

Problem:?AIDS,spread,fast,amongteenagers

Solution:?winthewar,againstAIDS,trainyouthfrom8to26,inturn,they

teach/spread,anti-AIDSknowledge,theirpeers;make,simple,

explain,theriskofcatchingAIDS,friendstheirsownage

Evaluation:?dobetter,than,adults

Moretopics:?FightAgainstGunCrimes

?AgainstPopulationExplosion

NewHorizonCollegeEnglish(Book2)

Unit3

Contents

SectionAMarriageAcrosstheNations

SectionBRichMeetingHisFutureMother-in-law

SectionCFindingaMarriagePartner

Objectives

Studentswillbeableto:

1.talkaboutchallengingcommunicationtasksofchoosingalife-longpartner.

2.talkaboutadvantagesandproblemsofacross-culturalmarriage.

3.masterthekeylanguagepointsgrammaticalstructuresinthetext;

4.conductaseriesofreading,listening,speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothe

themeoftheunit

5.tellfactsfromopinionsinreading.

Lessonprocedure

Period1Period2Period3Period4

BackgroundInformationDetailedreadingAfterreadingSectionB

Pre-readingActivities

Globalreading

SectionAMarriageAcrosstheNations

BackgroundInformation

Racism:thebeliefthatraceaccountsfordifferencesinhuman

characterorabilityandthataparticularraceissuperiortoothers.

InthehistoryofAmerica,MartinLutherKingJr.wasoneofthe

prominentleadersagainstracialdiscriminationandstrivingforcivilrights.

Pre-readingActivities

1.LookandSay

a[s[a叵

1.Lookatthesephotosofsomecelebrities.Canyourecognizethem?

2.Doyouknowsomethingabouttheirfamilies?

3.Whatdoyoucallsuchmarriages?

4.Doyouwanttofollowsuit?Whyandwhynot?

Hint:WeiWei(韋唯)'shusbandisafamousSwedishcomposer.Echo's(三毛)

husbandisaSpanishprofessionaldiver.Maggie's(張曼玉)isawealthyFrenchman.

AndJiangWen's(姜文)wifeisFrench,too.Theirmarriagescanbecalledmarriages

acrossnations.

2.ListenandAnswer

1.ForwhattworeasonsdidGailandMarklivetogether?

-Theywantedtomarryfortherightreasons.

2.HowdidGail'sfatherandmotherreacttothenewsabouttheweddingplans?

Gail'smothersupportedher.ButherfatherthoughtMarkmightbeusingthis

marriagetoobtainUnitedStatescitizenship.

3.InwhatwaysareGail'sandherfather'sviewsdifferent?

---Hisstrong-willeddaughterthoughtdoubtmeantnoaction;shewouldratheract

nowandworrylater.Herfatherremindedheritwasnevertoolatetochangeher

mind.

GlobalReading

StructureAnalysis

1).Centraltopic:GailandMarkdecidedtomarrydespitetheirracialandcultural

differencesafterbeingtogetherfor