1、21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Unit4,. Objectives,. Suggested Teaching Plan,. Background Information,. Class Presentation,Preview,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Preview,This is the fourth unit of Book Two and is about our friends in nature animals. In the Listening and Speaking section, you will learn how to express curi

2、osity. In the Reading and Writing section, Text A argues for the good qualities of animals over humans. Text B tells an interesting story about teaching a horse to count. Practical Reading is a segment from a hospital telephone directory published in the U.S.,prev.,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,. Objectives,A

3、fter studying this unit, the students are expected to be able to,master the basic language and skills necessary to express curiosity; 2. understand the main ideas of Texts A and B, and master the useful sentence structures and words and expressions found in the exercises relevant to the texts; 3. kn

4、ow how to use V-ing; 4. know how to take a telephone message; 5. read a segment from a hospital telephone directory published in the U.S.; 6. understand paragraph development (1).,Obj.,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,. Suggested Teaching Plan,Suggested Time and Teaching Plan for Unit 4,Time,Contents,Plan,s.t.p.

5、1,The teacher begins with the Preview to make sure that the students have a brief idea of what this unit is all about. After that, the teacher activates the listening and Speaking exercises as follows:,2 periods,Preview,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Time,Contents,Plan,1) The Language for Expressing Curiosity,

6、Have a warm-up activity by asking students what they say if they want to explore the unknown and satisfy their inquisitive interest in the world around them;,A.,s.t.p.1,Listening and Speaking,B.,Have the students listen to Ex. 1 (2-3 times) and fill in the blanks with the missing words;,21世紀實用英語綜合教程

7、2教學U4-B,C.,Ask one student to read aloud the talk so students can check their completed responses;,D.,Ask other students to do Ex. 2 in class, trying to use the expressions they learned in Ex. 1.,Time,Contents,Plan,s.t.p.1.2,2) Expressing Curiosity,Go through the new words in the first conversation

8、in Ex. 3;,A.,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Time,Contents,Plan,s.t.p.1.2,B.,Have the students listen to the conversation twice and fill in the blanks with the missing words;,C.,Ask students to answer the questions about the conversation;,D.,Now have them look for the language used to express curiosity;,21世紀實用英

9、語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Time,Contents,Plan,s.t.p.2,Next, students can role-play the conversation;,Then have them either do the same with the second conversation or be creative with it;,F.,E.,Ask the students to do Ex. 4, trying to use the language they have picked up in Ex. 1.,G.,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Time,Conte

10、nts,Plan,s.t.p.3,3) Listening Practice,Before ending, the teacher tells the students how to do Ex. 5-10 as their assignment. The teacher also tells the students that they should be prepared to answer the questions in Ex. 9 and give an oral presentation on the topic in Ex. 10 when next they come to c

11、lass.,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,3 periods,Review of the listening and speaking skills the students have learned,The teacher begins with the assignment mainly to review the functional and notional language the students picked up in the previous unit. The teacher asks a few students to answer the questions

12、in Ex. 9 of the Listening and Speaking section and invites several students to tell the class their opinions on the topic of “Can we tell students apart,s.t.p.4,Time,Contents,Plan,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,by their curiosity?” Then, the teacher turns to the Reading and Writing section. (These activities s

13、hould be completed in 15 minutes.),s.t.p.4,Time,Contents,Plan,Text A ,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,s.t.p.5,Time,Contents,Plan,B.,invites some students to tell the class what their favorite animals are and why they like them. (10 minutes),2) Text A,A.,The teacher,lets the students answer the text-related ques

14、tions, helps them identify the main idea of each paragraph and analyzes some difficult sentences and some language points while,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,B.,guides the students through the exercises, focusing on certain items or leaving some exercises as the students homework according to the students dif

15、ferent levels of English (one period).,s.t.p.8,Time,Contents,Plan,discussing the whole text with the students (one and a half periods);,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,s.t.p.8,1 period,Grammar Review,1) Grammar Review,The teacher talks about the use of V-ing, and at the same time asks the students to do the gra

16、mmar exercises in class.,Time,Contents,Plan,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,s.t.p.9,Practical Writing,2) Practical Writing,The teacher tells the students how to take a telephone message by doing Ex.12 of Practical Writing, and then requires the students to do Ex.13 and Ex.14 as their homework.,Time,Contents,Pla

17、n,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,s.t.p.10,2 periods,Text B, the bathroom sink is leaking. M: OK, Ill have a maintenance man come over to fix it. Q: What will the man do?,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,CP-lp9,4.,A) He is disappointed. B) He is surprised. C) He is anxious. D) He is nervous.,W: Im going to give away these b

18、ooks. You can have them if you want. M: Are you sure? Q: What is the man implying?,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,CP-lp10,5.,A) Walk to the Science Museum. B) Wait for the next bus. C) Ask someone else. D) Get on this bus.,W: Does this bus go to the Science Museum? M: No, but the next one does. Just wait for a

19、 few minutes. Q: What does the man suggest?,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,CP-lp11,Listen to the following short story twice. Listen carefully and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the story you have heard.,cylinder /5sIlIndE/ n.汽缸 spot /5spZt/ vt.發(fā)現(xiàn) bike /baIk/ n. 摩托車 garage

20、 /5gArB:dV/ n. 汽車修理部 straighten up伸直 rag /rAg/ n. 抹布 valve /vAlv/ n. 閥；瓣膜；活門 how come 口為什么 pittance /5pItEns/ n. 少量工資 whisper /5hwIspE/ vi.耳語,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,CP-lp12,1. The story took place at the mechanics garage. 2. The mechanic was busy fixing a motorcycle. 3. The mechanic asked the heart sur

21、geon to examine the motorcycles “heart”. 4. The mechanic found it unfair(不公平) that he earned much less than the surgeon. 5. The surgeon made it fair for him to earn much more by pointing out the complexity (復雜) performing a heart operation.,T,_,T,_,F,_,T,_,T,_,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,CP-lp13,A mechanic

22、was removing a cylinder head from the motor of a Harley, when he spotted a world-famous heart surgeon in his shop. The heart surgeon was waiting for the service manager to come take a look at his bike. The mechanic shouted across the garage, “Hey, Doc, can I ask you a question?” The famous surgeon,

23、a bit surprised, walked over to the mechanic working on the motorcycle. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, “So Doc, look at this engine. I also can open hearts, take valves out, fix them, put in new parts and when I,Tapescript,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,CP-lp13,finish this wi

24、ll work just like a new one. So how come I get a pittance and you get the really big money, when you and I are doing basically the same work?” The surgeon paused, smiled and leaned over, and whispered to the mechanic: “Try doing it with the engine running!”,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,CP-lp16,Listen to the

25、following talk and fill in the blanks with the missing words. The talk is given twice.,The world is so bright with color everywhere that its hard to imagine that other creatures(動物) dont see it . But how can we find out whether animals can see color when ? Scientists have made many experiments to to

26、 this. The bee has been the subject(研究對象) of hundreds of these tests, because we have been curious to know whether bees tell flowers apart . In one experiment, a bit of syrup(糖漿) was put in front of a blue card, and no syrup . After a while, the bees would,as we do,_,they cannot tell us,_,get the an

27、swer,_,by their color,_,in front of a red card,_,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,CP-lp16,come to the blue card, no matter where it was placed, even if it had no syrup in front of it. This proved they can Two strange things about the bees ability to see in color. The first is that a bee cannot see red . For a be

28、e, its only dark grey or black. The second is that bees can see ultraviolet(紫外線) as a color, while, it is just darkness.,as a color,_,were found out,_,for human beings,_,tell colors apart,_.,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,1. What did scientists try to find out?,They tried to find out whether animals can see co

29、lor.,2. Why did they use the bee as the subject?,Because they were curious to know whether bees tell flowers apart by their color.,CP-lp18,Listen to the talk again and then answer the following questions orally.,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,3. What did they do in the experiment?,They put a bit of syrup in fr

30、ont of a blue card, and no syrup in front of a red card.,4. What was the result of the experiment?,The bees would come to the blue card, no matter where it was placed, even if it had no syrup in front of it.,5. What can we learn from the experiment?,Bees dont see color as we do.,CP-lp19,21世紀實用英語綜合教程

31、2教學U4-B,Have an open discussion on the topic given below. These expressions may help your discussion:,CP-lp20,Try this discussion:,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,CP-lp20,Try this discussion:,Student A: Student B:,Yes, we can. Curiosity shapes people so much. Its what makes them who they are. Its what makes the

32、m unique. What subjects and topics interest you? Where will your interests lead you in life? Thats so important to students in their college work. Im afraid I dont agree. Curiosity is only a part of the picture. The big difference in students has to do with study habits. Does a student work hard, or

33、 not? Believe me, those differences can be huge. Like night or day. Actually, I think youre both right. Youre just pointing out different aspects of a persons character. Both are very important. Why choose one over the other? Thats true. Neither is completely right or wrong. A persons curiosity says

34、 so much. So does his or her capacity for work. You can tell a lot about someone through either aspect.,Student C:,Student D:,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,RW list,Reading they live today, this moment, fully, completely, and purely. I like animals because they live their lives with so much more freedom than h

35、umans live theirs.”,Text A,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article11-13,?,11 “Thats because they dont think,” one of my cousins offered. 12 “Is that the difference?” I wondered. “You meant to say they dont think the way we think.” 13 The room had become strangely quiet. I was amazed at how closely my family was

36、 listening.,N,Text A,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article14,?,14 “Moreover,” I added, remembering why I was an animal rights activist, “animals are the most victimized living creatures on earth: more than children, more than women, more than people of color. Our prejudice enables us to exploit and use them a

37、s scientific tools and expendable commodities, and to eat them. We do to them any cruel act we can think of. I like animals because they dont do to themselves or to others the things we do to them.”,N,N,Text A,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article15,?,15 “And finally,” I finished, “I like animals because they

38、re not hypocrites. They dont say one thing and do another. They are, as Ive said, honest. Animals not humans are the best this planet has to offer.”,Text A,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article16-17,?,16 And, interestingly enough, despite my straight talk, none of them made a snide comment or gave a hint of l

39、aughter. The conversation actually rolled into shared stories of animals theyd known, stories of animal loyalty and intelligence, their humor and innocence. And it was me whod become the listener with the occasional comment: 17 “Now, if humans could only be like animals.”,Text A,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,

40、Article18,18 And that is how I fight the good fight; I rise on behalf of the best among US. (593 words),Text A,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Why does the writer like animals? How did her family expect her to answer this question?,She likes animals because they are honest. Her family expected her to say that s

41、he likes animals because they are clever and fun to play with.,Article1-2_popwin_Q,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,我喜歡動物 勞拉A莫雷蒂 “你覺得你為什么這么喜歡動物呢？”這是圣誕夜我的家人問我的問題。我知道他們期待我會說些諸如“我喜歡動物是因為它們聰明、好玩”之類的話。 可是我卻說：“我喜歡動物是因為它們誠實?！?Chinese Version,Article1-2_popwin_T,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Why do you suppose you like animals so

42、 much? 你覺得你為什么這么喜歡動物呢？ The expression “do you suppose” is an inserted element（插入成分）.,Article1-2_S_popwin_Why do you.,Language Points,e.g.,What is her favorite color? What do you think is her favorite color?,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,play with: enjoy oneself with 拿玩；和一起玩,Article1-2_popwin_play with,e.g.,Do

43、nt play with your food. The lonely child has no one to play with.,別擺弄食物。,那個孤獨的孩子沒有玩伴。,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Christmas /: n. annual celebration by Christians of the birth of Christ (on 25 December) 圣誕節(jié)（12月25日）,Article1-2_popwin_Christmas,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Laura A. More

44、tti / / 勞拉A莫雷蒂,Article1-2_popwin_la,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,eve /: n. day or evening before a religious festival or holiday （宗教節(jié)日或假日的）前夜，前夕,Article1-2_popwin_Eve,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,2) Why does the writer say that animals are honest?,Because they dont pretend to be someon

45、e they are not; they dont fake their feelings.,Article3-4_popwin_Q,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Chinese Version,“在哪方面呢？”我的一個兄弟問道似乎誠實僅僅表現(xiàn)在說實話，而眾所周知動物是不會說話的！他的問題引來一陣開懷大笑。 “我喜歡動物，因為它們從不假裝成別人，”我繼續(xù)我的回答，“動物不會偽造感情?！?Article3-4_popwin_T,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article3-4_popwin_S_“About what?”,“About what?” one of my br

46、others asked as if honesty were merely about telling the truth, and everyone knows animals cant talk! “在哪方面呢？”我的一個兄弟問道似乎誠實僅僅表現(xiàn)在說實話，而眾所周知動物是不會說話的！ About what? 是承接前面作者所說的 because they are honest 而問的，意思是：What are animals honest about?,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article3-4_popwin_honesty,honest

47、y /: n. quality of being honest 誠實,e.g.,Honesty is the best policy. Weve never doubted her honesty.,諺誠實總是上策。,Language Points,我們從來沒有懷疑過她的誠實。,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article3-4_popwin_merely,merely /: ad. only; simply 僅僅；只；不過,e.g.,John and Mary are merely friends, not lovers. Its not merely a matter of co

48、st, but whether shes old enough to be on holiday alone.,約翰和瑪麗只是朋友而已，不是情侶。,這不只是費用問題，而是她是否已經(jīng)到了可以單獨度假的年齡。,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article3-4_popwin_ truth,truth /: n. quality or state of being true; that which is true; fact, belief, etc. that is accepted as true 真實；真實性；真相，實情；事實；真理,e.g.,Soon

49、er or later the truth will come out. Gods truth a scientific truth,真相遲早會大白于天下。,天經(jīng)地義的事,科學真理,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article3-4_popwin_ hearty,hearty /: a. showing warm and friendly feelings; enthusiastic; loud and (too) cheerful 熱誠的，熱情友好的；衷心的；盡情的，縱聲的,e.g.,We were met with a hearty welcome

50、. Lets give a hearty cheer to the winner.,我們受到熱誠的歡迎。,讓我們?yōu)閯倮弑M情歡呼吧。,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article3-4_popwin_pretend,pretend /: v. make oneself appear to be (doing) sth. in order to deceive others or in play 假裝；佯裝；佯作,e.g.,She pretended to be reading when I passed her. He pretended he did

51、nt hear me. He pretended not to see/hear me.,我經(jīng)過她身邊時她假裝在讀書。,他假裝沒聽見我的話。,他假裝沒看見我 / 聽見我的話。,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article3-4_popwin_laughter,laughter /: n. act, sound or manner of laughing 笑；笑聲；笑的樣子,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article3-4_popwin_fake,fake /: vt. make (sth. false) so

52、 that it seems genuine; pretend (sth.) 偽造；假裝,e.g.,I faked interest in the boring lecture. The baby hasnt learned to fake a smile.,我裝出對那個乏味的講座感興趣的樣子。,嬰兒還沒學會假笑呢。,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article5-6_popwin_Q,3) When did this conversation take place?,On Christmas Eve, after dinner and present

53、-opening.,4) According to the writer, how do animals treat the environment?,Animals take from the environment only what they need; they dont abuse the environment.,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article5-6_popwin_T,Chinese Version,圣誕晚餐吃過了，禮物也打開了，我們正坐在沙發(fā)和扶手椅上。咖啡正端上來，于是我抓緊機會繼續(xù)說。 “我喜歡動物，因為它們從生活中只索取它們需要的東西。它們不糟蹋環(huán)境

54、，不污染水和它們所呼吸的空氣。它們不生產(chǎn)大規(guī)模殺傷性武器，然后用這些武器去攻擊別人尤其是它們的同類。我喜歡動物因為它們根本不需要那些東西?！?21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article5-6_popwin_sofa,sofa /: n. large comfortable padded seat with raised arms and back, wide enough for two or more people 長沙發(fā),Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article5-6_popwin_weapon,weapon /: n. thing

55、 designed or used for causing physical harm 武器,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article5-6_popwin_add,add /: v. find a sum by doing arithmetic; combine (numbers) into a sum; continue to say (sth.) 做加法；把加起來；接著說,e.g.,10 + 4 = 14: Ten added to / plus four equals fourteen. “The party begins at 8:00 p

56、m.” Then she added, “You can come earlier if you like.”,10加4等于14。,“晚會8點開始?！苯又终f:“如果你愿意，可以早點來。”,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article5-6_popwin_take out of,take out of life what they need = take what they need out of life. The “what” clause is the object of the verb “take”. what引導的從句是動詞take的賓語

57、。,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article5-6_popwin_abuse,abuse /: vt. make bad or wrong use of (sth.); treat (sb.) badly 濫用，妄用；虐待,e.g.,If you abuse your power, you get it taken away. The center provides service to abused women and children.,如果你濫用權(quán)力，你的權(quán)力就會被剝奪。,該中心為受虐待的婦女和兒童提供服務。,Language Points,

58、21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article5-6_popwin_pollute,pollute /: vt. make dirty or impure, esp. by adding harmful or unpleasant substances 污染，弄臟,e.g.,polluted environment/waters/ocean The river has been heavily polluted.,被污染的環(huán)境/水域/海洋,這條河已遭到嚴重污染。,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article5-6_popwin_breathe,

59、breathe /: v. take air into the lungs and send it out again 呼吸,e.g.,Breathe deeply. The hikers breathed the fresh mountain air.,深呼吸。,遠足的人們呼吸著山間的新鮮空氣。,Language Points,21世紀實用英語綜合教程2教學U4-B,Article5-6_popwin_mass,mass /: 1. n. large number 大量；眾多,e.g.,a mass of ice/letters,一大塊冰 / 一大堆信,2. a. involving a large number of people 群眾的；大量的；大規(guī)模的,e.g.,the mass media mass education,大眾傳媒,大眾化教育,L