New Horizon College English
BOOK 2 (3rd Edition)
新视野大学英语第二册（第三版）教案
Unit 1 An Impressive English Lesson
课型 ：□ 理论课 √ 理论、实践课 □ 实践课 课时分配： 6
教学环境 ：多媒体教室 教学目标：
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 language teaching and learning and express their opinions about current way of teaching in an English class;
4. read with the skill ―finding key ideas in sentences;
5. write a composition with three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion.
Key Issues： 1. Vocabulary
Tedious, absorbed, allergic, capture, condense, exceed, distinguish, distinctive, complimentary, complementary, proclaim, evidently, adequate, competent, adjust, beneficial 2. Skills
Learn to read with the skill ―finding key ideas in sentences and write a composition with three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion.
Potential Problems and Difficulties
●To talk about language teaching and learning
●write a composition with three main parts: introduction, body and conclusion. ●To apply the phrases and patterns
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. Teaching Aids: Visual aids, projector, stereo and microphone
Group work and pair work 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
Teaching Procedures Step 1 Lead-in
新视野大学英语第二册（第三版）教案
I. Greeting and warming-up questions discussion.
1. What are the key factors that help people learn English as a foreign language? 2. Do you have any problem in English learning?
3. Do you think grammar is important in English learning? II. Listening and discussing. 1. Listening practice.
2. In your opinion, what is the most effective way to learn English? III. Listening to a talk and answer questions on page 2
Step 2 Section A An Impressive English Lesson I. Cultural background American university education 1.What is Communicative Language Teaching? A type of teaching method;
Develop the communicative ability as well as the knowledge of grammar; Learning by doing;
Make classroom situation of real foreign language environment. 2. What are the features of Communicative Language Teaching? Communicative competence is the goal;
An integration of grammatical and functional teaching; Accuracy is secondary to conveying a message;
Focus on communicative and contextual factors in language use; Learner-centered and experience-based.
3. What is the role of teacher in Communicative Language Teaching? A facilitator of students’ learning; A manager of classroom activities; An advisor of students’ questions;
A co-communicator in the communicative activity. II. Language Points Words and expressions
1. oddity: n. [C] a strange or unusual person or thing 怪人；怪物；奇特的东西 With his neat suits on, he felt like an oddity walking in this poor neighborhood. 穿着笔挺的西装走在这个贫民区里，他觉得自己就像个怪物。 2. oblige
The word oblige is most commonly used in the expression be/feel obliged. 1) be/feel obliged to do sth. 指“感到有责任做某事”。
例如： He felt obliged to help his mother, even if it meant leaving college. 他觉得有责任帮助母亲，即使这意味着他要离开大学。
2) be/feel obliged to sb./sth. 指“对某人或某事心存感激”。
例如： Thank you very much, doctor. I am extremely obliged to you. 医生，非常谢谢您。对您，我深表感谢。
3. How was it? (spoken) often used in conversation to ask sb. about their opinion or experience of sth. 怎么样？（口语常用表达，用于询问看法或经历）Did you watch the movie last night? How was it? 你昨天晚上看那部电影了吗？感觉怎么样？ I was told that you had traveled to many places in Asia recently. How was it? 有人
新视野大学英语第二册（第三版）教案
告诉我你最近跑了亚洲的很多地方，旅行怎么样？
4. full of: (followed by abstract nouns) feeling or showing a lot of particular emotion or quality （感觉、表达或表现出）充满某种情感（特质）的 full of excitement/energy/hope/happiness/praise 充满兴奋/活力/希望/幸福/赞美 The teacher was full of praise for the homework that the students had done. 老师对学生们完成的功课赞不绝口。
Lucy is a happy child and always full of life. 露西是个快乐的孩子，总是充满了活力。
5. “It was, like, whoa!” means “It was really great!”. “It was like …” is an informal expression in conversation, very common for young people who are lazy and incapable to reference their ideas.
The expression is usually followed by an adjective or an exclamation. It was, like, marvelous! 简直奇妙极了！
(It was like) Whoa! How come you got a hundred percent correct on such a hard test? 哇! 这么难的考试你怎么都全答对了？
Note: Whoa is specifically used to show that people are surprised or think something is very impressive. It can be used in different contexts. For example: ﹒
To describe something that you’re not quite sure how to describe: That car is so cool, it’s like, whoa.
To express surprise: Whoa! It’s really amazing!
To indicate a desire to end what someone is talking: Whoa, OK, that’s enough. 6. And that was it. (Para. 4)
Meaning: And that was everything she said, without even mentioning any details of her wonderful experience in Europe.
That was it.: often used in conversation to say that sth. is completely finished or that a situation cannot be changed 就这样（指某事彻底结束或形势不能更改）
That was it. I could no longer hope for a promotion, and my boss didn’t even want to see me again. 就这样吧，我的升职再也没指望了，我的老板甚至不想再见到我。 That’s it. There is nothing more we can do. 就这样吧，我们也再没有别的办法。 7. distinguished, distinctive, distinct
这三个词词形相近，但意思有很大的差别，不能互换使用。 1) distinguished指“卓越的；杰出的；著名的”。
例如： His grandfather had been a distinguished university professor. 他的祖父曾是一位杰出的大学教授。 2) distinctive指“（特征、性格或外表）独特的，有明显不同的”。强调“表示差别的”、“有特色的”、“特殊的”。
例如： Irene had a very distinctive voice. 艾琳有一个非常独特的声音。 Can you find the distinctive watermarks of this stamp? 你能看到这枚邮票上明显的水印吗？ Pupils in Hong Kong usually have distinctive badges on their school uniforms. 在香港，小学生的校服上常戴有颇具特色的徽章。 3 )distinct表示“分明的；明了的；清楚的”。
例如： I have the distinct feeling that my friend did not realize what was happening. 我明显感到我朋友并未察觉所发生的一切。
The photo you took in Hong Kong Cultural Centre is not distinct enough. 你在香港