授课题目：Unit 4 授课类型：理论课

The Surprising purpose of travel

授课时间：第_____周 授课时数：____课时 教学目的：

After finishing this unit, students will be able to: 1. To practice speaking skills at a travel agency

2. To foster students genre awareness and apply it to reading and writing 3. To master the reading skill of looking for thesis statement

4. To enable students to write an essay of causes on fixed topics by using a genre-based process-writing approach 教学重点和难点：

1. To talk about the surprising purpose of travel 2. To understand the text fully 3. To apply the phrases and patterns

4. To master the cause-effect essay writing skill 教学方法和手段：

Various kinds of teaching methods are used:

1. Teaching in class. Explain the profound theoretical knowledge in class; 2. Case study. Provide case study during teaching, and make the students to discuss about the case;

3. Bilingual and full English teaching;

4. Learner-centered approach; situational & communicative method; 5. Project-based approach 教学内容和过程：

Section A The surprising purpose of travel

Step One Warming-up Activities 30 minutes I. Write as many words related to travel as you can ? Varieties of travel ? Means of transportation ? Tourist attractions ? Entertainment activities ? Things to take ? Where to stay

? Other words about travel II. Lead-in questions:

1. Do you like travelling What are the reasons for you to travel ? To have a change

? To experience something new and unfamiliar ? To see the world and understand different culture ? To marvel at the wonder of great nature ? To escape from a boring lifestyle ? To have a thorough relaxation ? To broaden one’s horizons

2. What’s your suggestion to a student who wants to have a trip but doesn’t have enough money for it ? Plan ahead

? Find useful information ? Travel in group ? Go to a less-known place ? Pack necessary things III Background knowledge

1. Where is Left Bank café What features does it have

? The Left Bank café? is located in the village of Saranac Lake on the Left Bank of the River Seine in Paris. It is a favorite meeting place of great artists, writers, and famous intellectuals since the early 20th century. LBC serves authentic French café?-style food, including crêpes and tar tines, as well as coffee, tea, wines and beers.??

2. What is Let’s Go Give more information about it.

? A world-renowned travel guide series, researched, written, edited, and run entirely by students at Harvard University.

? It is claimed to be “the student travel guide” aimed at readers “both young and young at heart”.

? Let’s Go was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the US. Office. 3. What do you know about Machu Picchu

? An ancient ruined South American city high up in the Andes Mountains in Peru.

? It was built by the Incas, a Native American people of South America, in about 1500 AD,

? It has a temple of the sun and many other buildings. ? It is a popular place for tourists to visit. Step Two Text Study 80 minutes I.

Interactive reading of the text

1) Why does the author choose the word “burdensome” to describe his

imaginary travel (Para. 1)

2) What does the author mean by “the rest of the journey can feel like a tedious

lesson in the ills of modernity It sucks.” (Para. 2)

3) Suppose travel is troublesome and sometimes even unpleasant, why do we

travel according to the author (Para. 2-4) 4) What kind of travel is truly compulsory (Para. 4)

5) What is the irony when people travel to Paris trying to leave all those

troubles behind (Para. 5)

6) What is the finding of the research What does the author wants to prove by

referring to the example (Para. 6)

7) What do we need to do to trigger our creativity (Para. 8)

8) What are the secret cornerstones of creativity of travelWhat will happen to us

after travel (Para. 9)

1. Reading comprehension

2. Structure of the text Part I Introduction (Paras. 1-4)

The author gives us a vivid description of the imaginary travel experience, including how he struggles to get up in the early morning, how he gets to the flight gate after all trouble and how he finally gets stuck in the airport. The author puts forward a question: Why do we travel Part II Body (Paras. 5-8)

The author takes us to rethink the question: what is the real purpose of travel Besides,

she shares her own understanding of the real purpose of travel. Part III Concluding part (Para 9)

We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret cornerstones of creativity.

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3. Summary of the Text

Travel is ___________ and sometimes even unpleasant; then what is the driving force behind our travel We travel because we need to. Sometimes our travel is a ____ because we should attend the business luncheon, because we should celebrate Thanksgiving with our mom. We travel because we want to.

Owing to the fact that most travel is _______, we just travel following our heart. Most people travel for the sake of __________, but their mind tends to solve the stubborn ___________ issues while on vacation. What is the real purpose of travel Travelling to a new place can make us less controlled by familiar cognitive ________ that imprison us. As a result, we can better combine the new with the old, the mundane is ________ from a slightly more abstract perspective.

To __________ travelers, multicultural contrast means that they are open to ambiguity and willing to see the world in different ways, thus to expand the ______________ of their “cognitive inputs” as they refuse to __________their first answers and initial guesses. Of course, that mental flexibility is a side effect of difference and we know what we did not know in the past, by which we become more open-minded and less _______.

Apart from its advantages, travel also has it _________, which make us not take great pleasantness. More often than not, we need a _________ after our vacation. We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the _____________of creativity. Travel will change our mind to some extent, which in turn can have ________on everything in our life. II. Language Focus: Words and expressions

1. Key words: 1) groan: (Para.1)

vi. make a long low sound, e.g. because you are in pain or unhappy (因痛苦或烦恼等)呻吟，发出哼哼声 The old man was groaning with pain.

v. speak about sth. in a way that shows you are unhappy 抱怨

She sat down beside me and groaned about her working day. 她坐在我身旁，抱怨自己整日辛劳。

n. a long low sound that a person makes, esp. when they are in pain or unhappy ( 尤指疼痛或烦恼时的)呻吟，哼哼声

The groan of the injured man came from next door. 隔壁房间传来那个受伤男