周 次 1 日期 8月11 节 次 3-4 授课内容 Unit 1 Text A What Courage Looks Like? 授课学时 2 教学目的 1 Teach the students new words and phrases. 2 Make the students grasp important grammatical points. 3 Help the students to have a thorough understanding of the whole text. 4 Improve the students’ listening skill. 教学重点 New words and phrases; sentence structure 教学难点 New phrases and sentence structure; understanding of the whole text 教具及媒体 Textbook, PPT and disk Teaching, listening，speaking, questions and discussion 教学方法 教 学 过 程 I． II． III． Warming-up Word study （the usage of key words; word formation） Detailed study of part of the text(Section A) (language points, sentence structure and the main idea of every paragraph) 思考题 作 业 1. What’s your understanding of the title? 2. Do you know the heroes mentioned in the text?
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Unit 1
Unit 1: Hero and Courage Starter
Directions: Put the words/expressions in the box into the correct categories. Words / expressions for describing negative feelings in an emergency: Words / expressions for describing positive feelings in an emergency: gloomy, hysterical, furious, fragile, anxious, panic, grim
courageous, calm, assuring, collected, steady, sober, peaceful Theme-related Information Warm-up Text A Exercises
Review of Text A
Part A What Courage Looks Like Theme-related Information
Directions: Learn the following quotes and aphorisms. Directions: What do you know about these heroes? Unit 1: Language and Cultural Points 1. chipper— a. happy and active
Examples: You’re looking very chipper this morning.
He is deeply in love with the girl, her humor and her chipper smile.
2. host— v. to provide the place and everything that is needed for the people invited or for an organized event
Examples: Which country is going to host the next World Cup？ In China, the wedding is generally hosted by the groom’s family.
3. Our communal looks acknowledged to one another that we had experienced minor problems and disturbances before.
Paraphrase: Since we had experienced some small problems and unexpected situations when we traveled by air, we exchanged our looks to each other to show we were quite understanding and accustomed to what happened just now.
4. grave— a. looking or sounding quiet and serious, especially because sth. important or worrying has happened
Examples: The patient was clearly in an extremely grave condition. His face was grave as he told them about the accident. 5. announcement — n. an important or official statement
Examples: David made the announcement at a news conference. He’ll make an official announcement later after visiting troops in Iraq. 6. be out of order— be in the wrong order; go wrong
Examples: The elevator was out of order, so we had to walk to the tenth floor of the building. As the floods had put the telephone out of order, we could not find out how they were managing. 7. on board— on a ship, train, plane or other vehicles Examples: We had a pleasant time on board both ships.
The captain refused to leave his sinking ship while there were others on board. 。 8. in the event of— if sth. happens
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Examples: Call the police in the event of an emergency. In the event of rain, the party will be held indoors.
9．No sight has ever been so sobering as that fuel, hundreds of gallons of it, streaming past my window out of the plane’s tanks.
Paraphrase: Hundreds of gallons of fuel were dumped from the plane’s tank. The fuel streamed past my window. I have never seen a scene as sobering as this before.
10. comfort— v. to make sb. feel less worried, unhappy, or upset, for example by saying kind things to them or touching them
— n. a feeling of freedom from worry or disappointment Example: They love nice things and like to live in comfort.
Example: Her mother’s words of love comforted the sobbing child.
11. hysterical— a. unable to control one’s behavior or emotions because of extreme excitement, anger, etc.
Examples: He is hysterical at the sight of the photo.
You are getting hysterical, maybe you should try to calm down.
12. fellow— n. people that you work with, study with, or who are in the same situation as you Examples: You must not let fellow workers take advantage of your fine talents. He was a bright little fellow with a fresh-looking face. 13. be stunned by— be shocked by
Examples: She was stunned by the news of her son’s death. He was too stunned by what had happened to say anything.
14. grim— a. looking or sounding very serious; making you feel worried Examples: He has to acknowledge the grim fact.
Given these grim realities, how should the effort at reform be pursued? 15. composure— n. the state of feeling or seeming calm Examples: I did my best to regain my composure.
She maintained her composure, though with difficulty, throughout the trial? 16. tremor— n. a slight shaking or trembling movement Examples: Her behavior caused a great tremor in the society. There had been a tremor so slight that I did not even feel it.
17. clench— v. to hold one’s hands, teeth, etc. together tightly, usually out of anger or determination
Examples: He clenched his teeth and refused to tell anything. The boy clenched his fists, ready to defend himself.
18. assure— v. to make certain of; be careful or certain to do sth.
Examples: Halfway through the survey, he began assuring me there was only “one last question”. Instead, you can earn her trust by assuring her that you will do your work to her specifications. 19. chaos— n. a situation in which everything is happening in a confused way and nothing is organized or arranged in order
Examples: Chaos in one area is likely to spread to another. After the dissolution of parliament the country went in chaos.
20. grief— n. extreme sadness, especially because sb. you love has died Examples: She went nearly mad with grief after the child died. They found the poor old man half frantic with grief and anger.
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周 次 1 日期 8月13 节 次 3-4 授课内容 Unit 1 Text A What Courage Looks Like? 授课学时 2 教学目的 1 Teach the students new words and phrases. 2 Make the students grasp important grammatical points. 3 Help the students to have a thorough understanding of the whole text. 4 Improve the students’ listening skill. 教学重点 New words and phrases; sentence structure 教学难点 New phrases and sentence structure; understanding of the whole text 教具及媒体 Textbook, PPT and disk Teaching, listening，speaking, questions and discussion 教学方法 教 学 过 I. II. III. Warming-up The detailed study of the rest text (Section A--(language points, sentence structure and the main idea of every paragraph) Exercises (Section A) 程 思考题 作 业 1. What’s your understanding of the title? 2. Do you know the heroes mentioned in the text? 4