新视野大学英语第二册 Unit 1

河北传媒学院 授课教案

周次 章节名称 教学目的 Unit One 时间 年 月 日 第 节 授课方式 课堂讲授：（√） 实践课：（ ） Let the students understand western people’s attitude toward time and punctuality and also the useful language points appeared in this unit. Teaching method: Student-oriented communicative teaching, free discussion and 教学手段 interaction. Teaching aids: Multi-media and blackboard Teaching emphasis: 1. organizing a paragraph with a general statement supported by 重点 specific details and the reason 2. key words, phrases and some useful sentence patterns; 难点 Teaching difficulties: Reading for the main ideas in paragraphs Some key sentence patterns 作业 教 学 内 容 与 教 学 过 程 Assign homework: Recite the appointed paragraph Translation and after-class reading 教学过程： 1. Warm-up activities: Group discussing (15 minutes) 2. Understanding the text (30 minutes) (ask students some questions related to the text.) 3. Detailed studies of text (45 minutes) 4. Grammar and exercises (35 minutes) 5. Enrichment reading (55 minutes) 6. Listening &Speaking practice (90 minutes) 7. Writing practice (45 minutes) 第 页

教 学 内 容 与 教 学 过 程 Teaching method: listening, watching and pair work Teaching aids: multimedia Teaching method: pair work, students’ presentation Teaching aids: textbook, multimedia 教学内容: Ⅰ. Warm-up activities Introductory Remarks: Step 1: How time is treated in China? What is the difference with that in the USA? Step 2: Introduce culture shock. Step 3: Why do Americans view time as money? Tell students some similar expressions concerning time. Ⅱ. Understanding the text Structural analysis and summary of main ideas of individual paragraphs. Ask the students discuss the following topic with the key words and expressions listed above. 1. What is a foreigner’s first impression of the US? 2. What do Americans think of time? 3. How do time-conscious Americans save time? Ⅲ. Detailed studies of the text New Words and Phrases 1. still: not moving, motionless, calm, quiet e.g. The little girl kept still in her chair watching TV. 小女孩一动不动地坐在椅子上看电视。 The lake is still today. 今天湖水十分平静。 2. fall behind: 落在...的后面, 拖欠 e.g. He didn't want to fall behind in his studies. He could have finished it on schedule, but somehow he fell behind. 3. result in: 导致, 终于造成 ...结果 e.g. Eating too much often results in sickness. Such behavior is likely to result in the manager's being dismissed. 第 页

教 学 内 容 与 教 学 过 程 4. nothing but: 只有 e.g. Nothing but a miracle can save her life. 只有奇迹才能挽救她的生命。 There is nothing but he can do. (=There is nothing that he can't do.) 5. budget: 把...编入预算;按照预算来计划；安排,预定 e.g. The school budgeted one million dollars for a new library. 学校编列了一百万美元建新图书馆的预算。 She is extremely busy, so she has to budget her time carefully. 她忙极了,所以必须好好安排时间。 6. sense: 感觉 常见短语： bring sb. to his senses 使某人觉醒过来,使某人醒悟 come to one's sense 醒悟过来 in a sense 就某种意义来说 in one's right senses 有理性 make sense 有意义 make sense of 理解 no sense不必 out of one's senses 失去理性 talk sense 讲话有道理 7. pressure: 压力 at high pressure 紧张地;使劲地 under the pressure of 在...压力下 8. go with: 同时发生；伴随；与...相配 e.g. Happiness doesn't necessarily go with money. 幸福未必伴随金钱而来。 9. much less: 更不用说 e.g. I can hardly walk, much less run. 我几乎走不动，更不用说跑了。 10. small talk: 闲谈;聊家常 e.g. She loves to have some small talk with the neighbors. 她喜欢与邻居聊家常。 第 页

Teaching method: explanation through enlightening Teaching aids: textbook, Multimedia

教 学 内 容 与 教 学 过 程 11. at hand: (1). 在手边; (2). 即将到来 e.g. I haven't my book at hand. 我的书不在手边。 He believes that the great day is at hand. 他相信这个伟大的日子就要到来。 12. settle: 常见短语 settle down 安顿 settle for 勉强接受 settle in (帮助...)适应(或习惯于)新环境等 settle on 选定 settle up 结账 13. due to: 因为,由于 e.g. Her absence was due to the storm. 由于风雨交加她没来。 Difficult Sentences and Patterns 1. Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. Once … , 一旦 …... 便…… 2. … which though pleasant, take longer — especially given our traffic-filled streets. given + n./ that clause , 如果有……, 假如；考虑到…… 3. … … the telephone service is superb here, whereas the postal service is less efficient. whereas … , ……却；而…… Note: “whereas” is used to show the contrast. Ⅳ. Text Analysis of Passage 1. Main Idea: Time-conscious Americans (“Time is one of the two elements that Americans save carefully, the other being labor” Para. 1) 2. Text Structure: The passage can be divided into 3 parts. Part I (para1) Americans save time carefully. Part II (paras 2-7) Americans’ attitude towards time and how they try to save time in daily life and in business Part III(para 8) It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem or fulfill a job successfully with speed in the US. 第 页

Teaching method: group discussion, students’ reporting or presentation Teaching aids: textbook, Multimedia

教 学 内 容 与 教 学 过 程 Ⅴ. Reproduction Work in pairs and make a dialogue on the topic “How do Americans treat time?”Use as many words & phrases learnt in Section A as possible. Tips: • • • • Americans believe … Americans have an acute sense of … Americans are always … Americans treat time as … Teaching method: pair work, students’ presentation Teaching aids: textbook, multimedia Teaching method: explanation by way of enlightening Teaching aids: textbook, multimedia Group Work American’s idea on time is quite different from that of the Chinese. Discuss with your group members, then make a report on the differences between the two ideas. Tips • Americans … while Chinese … • Americans are always … while Chinese … • Americans treat time as … while Chinese regards time as … Ⅵ. Reading skills introduction 1. Topic sentence 2. Summery of main idea Ⅶ.Exercises Vocabulary, Translation, Structure Writing and Reading Skills Step 1 Check writing assignment and analyze the model writing. A General Statement Supported by Specific Details & Reasons Normally, a writer presents his statementat the beginning of a paragraph, andsupports it with specific details, then he’llbriefly tell readers the reason(s). Step 2 Word building and translation. 1. Suffixes that form nouns 2. Suffix—-able 第 页

教 学 内 容 与 教 学 过 程 3. Translation exercises. Step 3 Reading for the main ideas in paragraphs and the main content of Passage B. As the topic is closely related to our daily life, nearly all students actively 课 后 小 结 participated in the class discussion. Through the passage learning, students learned something about culture conflicts as well as the key language points.

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