教学对象 Teaching Subjects 周 次 课型 第5-7 周 2015级大学英语本科 教学内容 Lesson Content 授课时间 Unit 2 College—The ladder to success? 3月21日 - 4月8日 □ 理论课 √ 理论、实践课 □ 实践课 多媒体教室 课时分配 6 教学环境 Teaching Environment 教学目标 Teaching Aims After studying this unit, the students are expected to be able to: 1. understand the main idea and structure of Section A and Section B； 2. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the texts 3. talk about significance of the humanities and gain more insights into life and society and be aware of cultural and religious differences; 4. read with the skill “reading for major details”; 5. write a composition to introduce the advantages of something with three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion. 1. Vocabulary accounting, boost, defect, persist, accelerate, dominant, compel, elegant, spectacular, insight,liable,reservoir, in succession, speculate about/on, invest sb./sth. with, in the company of 2. Skills ● Learn to read with the skill ““reading for major details” and focus on how the advantages/disadvantages are introduced. ●To talk about significance of the humanities ●write a composition to introduce advantages and disadvantages of some topic. ●To apply the phrases and patterns 重点 Key Issues 难点 Potential Problems and Difficulties 教学方法 Methodology A combination of traditional teaching methods with the communicative approach will be adopted. Special attention should be paid to classroom interaction like questioning and answers. Small group works are always needed while discussing the questions and the difficult translation practice. More encouragement is needed and more guidance will be given in their extracurricular study. Visual aids, projector, stereo and microphone 教具 Teaching Aids 教学分组 Teaching Groups Group work and pair work 课堂学习任务与活动的组织Conduct of Tasks and Activities （师生互动方式Mode of Interaction; 学习策略Learning Strategies） Students-centered Task-based teaching and learning 步骤1 Step 1 导入 Lead-in I. Greeting and warming-up questions discussion. 1. How do you think of your current major? If you were given a second chance to choose your major, what would you select and why? 2. What liberal arts / humanities courses do you learn in college? Do you think they are necessary for your education? II. Listening and discussing. 1. Listening practice. 2. In your opinion, what are the most important skills you learned in high school? III. Listening to a talk and answer questions on page 30. 步骤 2 Step 2 课文学习 Section A An Impressive English Lesson I. Background information 1. the humanities The humanities are a group of academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative. Therefore, they are distinguished from the approaches of the natural sciences. The humanities, called social sciences, include history, anthropology, communication studies, cultural studies, law, language, literature, philosophy, religion, music and theater, etc. Through exploration of the humanities, students learn how to think creatively and critically, to reason, and to ask questions. Because these skills allow students to gain new insights into everything from poetry and paintings to business models and politics, humanistic subjects have been at the heart of a liberal arts education. Today, humanistic knowledge continues to provide the ideal foundation for exploring and understanding the human experience. 2. self-awareness Self-awareness isn’t a quality that you demonstrate by telling a story, but rather it has to do with how you tell the story and your ability to communicate what you learned. Being able to explain to the admissions committee why you value one accomplishment above others, what you learned from a setback, or the deeper meaning of your career goals, is evidence of self-awareness. Furthermore, the self-aware individual has knowledge of both his strengths and weaknesses. II. Useful expressions Practical Phrases Specific Meanings 1. major in 主修（某一）科目 2. in succession 连续发生 3. be bound to 肯定会，注定 4. stand up for 支持，维护 5.speculate about 推测，猜测 6. invest sb. wth sth. 赋予（某人/某物）以某种性质 7. be liable to 可能/易于做某事 III. Functional Patterns and Functions & Usages 1.Sth. is/are more and more seen as … rather than … 用于表达“人们对某一事物的看法的变化”。 2.Once + N., sth. now … 用于表达“今昔对比”。 3. If sb. only do sth. / If sb. do sth. alone, it’s likely that … / sb. are liable to …用于表达“如果只做……可能出现的后果”。 Ⅳ.Structure Analysis: Main idea of section A: this text is a narrative that talks about the author’s personal experience in giving an effective English lesson to his son. He claims that students can learn better if they are properly taught. Part I (Paras. 1-5) Part I provides the background information of the argument. By moving away from the humanities and taking some “hard-skill” courses instead, students think it would improve their chance of finding a job. Because of the economic downturn, this trend is likely to persist and even accelerate. However, the humanities play a significant role in people’s lives and can’t be ignored. Part II (Paras.6-9) Part II presents the author’s argument to stand up for the true value of the humanities: studying the humanities can improve our ability to read and write, invest us with great insight and self-awareness, thereby releasing our creative energy and talent, and provide the scope of possibilities that are widely open to us. It also suggests that inner insight, combined with technical knowledge, is ideal for the establishment of a good career. Para. II (Para. 10) Part III summaries the main ideas stated in the argument: The humanities help to create well-rounded human beings with inner insight and understanding of the passions, hopes and dreams common to all humanity 步骤3 Step 3 语言点Language points Detailed study of the text 1. When the going gets tough, the tough take accounting. (Para. 1) Meaning: When conditions or situations become difficult, determined people choose to study the subject of accounting, hoping they can more easily find a job in the future. ★When the going gets tough: when the situation becomes difficult 当形势变得严峻时 When the going gets tough, women can get as tough as men. 当形势变得严峻时，女人可以变得跟男人一样坚强。 ★accounting: n. [C] the work of accountants or the methods they use会计; 会计学 Students’ major objective is to be financially well off. Accordingly, today the most popular course is not literature or history but accounting. 学生的主要目的是经济上富裕。因此，当今最流行的课程不是文学或历史，而是会计。 ★take accounting: choose to study the subject of accounting 选择学会计 2. When the job market worsens, many students calculate they can’t major in English or history. (Para. 1) Meaning: When there are fewer job openings, many college students make a judgment from the situation and think they can’t study English or history as their major. ★calculate: vt. 1) make a judgment about what is likely to happen using the available information 估计；预测；推测 It’s difficult to calculate the long-term effects of these changes in the law. 这些法律上变化带来的长期影响是难以预测的。 2) find out how much sth. will cost, how long sth. will take, etc. by using numbers 计算；核算 Nowadays the accountants in the enterprise use computers to calculate the cost of production with accuracy. 如今，企业财务人员利用电脑来计算准确的生产成本。 ★major in: study sth. as your main subject at college or university 主修（某一）科目 The high demand for persons with knowledge about computers is why I chose to major in computer science at the university. 对具有电脑知识人才的高需求是我选择在大学主修计算机科学的原因。 3. They have to study something that boosts their prospects of landing a job. (Para. 1) Meaning: They have to study something that improves their chances of success in finding a job. ★boost: vt. increase or improve sth. to make it more successful 促进；推动；使兴旺 Some countries hope that warmer weather and more rain will boost their farm output. 一些国家希望更温暖的天气和更多的降雨能提高他们的农业产量。 ★prospect: n. [C, U] sth. that is possible or likely to happen in the future, or the possibility itself 可能的事情；很能发生的事情；前景 Career prospects in science and technology are virtually unlimited. 科技类职业的前景几乎是无可限量的。 4. The data show that as students have increasingly shouldered the ever-rising cost of tuition, they have defected from the study of the humanities and toward applied science and “hard” skills that they bet will lead to unemployment. Meaning: The facts and information show that as students have spent increasingly more money on tuition, they have turned away from the humanities to some practical courses that they believe will enable them to get a job more easily. ★defect: vi. Leave a country, political party, or organization to go to another one 被判；叛逃 He defected from the party in the late 1970s. 他在20世纪70年代后期背叛了该党。 n. [C] a fault in sb. or sth. 缺点；欠缺；不足之处 Stammering is probably an inherited defect. 口吃可能是一种遗传缺陷。 ★applied: a. (usu. before noun) used for describing educational subjects when they are studied for their practical uses （学科）应用的，实用的 Industry leaders want scientists to engage in basic research, not applied research. 产业领导者们希望科学家们从事基础研究，而不是应用研究。 ★bet : (bet, bet) vt. be fairly sure that sth. is true, that sth. will happen, etc., although you can’t prove this 肯定 I bet the train will be late. 我敢打赌，列车会晚点。 v. risk money on the result of a race, game, competition or other future event 下赌注；与…打赌 I bet my life that he will take my money and leave. 我敢用我的命打赌，他将拿着我的钱离开。 5. In other words, a college education is more and more seen as a means for economic betterment rather than a means for human betterment. (Para. 2) Meaning: In other words, a college education is more considered as a method to improve students’ economic status rather than improve human nature or behavior. 6. This is a trend that is likely to persist and even accelerate. (Para. 2) Meaning: Very likely, the trend will continue to exist and even go faster than ever. ★persist: vi. (fml.) continue to exist 继续存在；持续 1) If the bad weather persists, the farmers will suffer great losses this year. 如果恶劣天气持续，农民今年将遭受巨大的损失。 2) continue to do sth., although this is difficult, or other people oppose it 坚持；执意 Students must persist in their efforts if they wish to do well. 学生如果想取得好成绩就必须坚持努力。 ★accelerate: v. happen or make sth. happen at a faster rate （使）加快；促进 Human activities can cause or accelerate permanent changes in natural systems. 人类的活动可能导致或加速自然系统的永久变化。 7. Over the next few years, as labor market struggle, the humanities will probably continue their long slide in succession. (Para. 3) Meaning: For the next few years, as the going gets tough with labor markets, the subjects of the humanities