高职高专实用英语教程教案Unit_5

Unit 5 Invitations

Lecturer: Liu Jun

Teaching Objectives:

Students (Ss) will be able to:

●Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the texts.

●Learn some information about Marco Polo’s travel and Tomas Jefferson’s life.

●Master expressions and patterns for making and declining invitations

●Get translating skill：Translation of tense

●Grasp the skills to write invitation letters

Teaching Focus:

●Vocabulary: decline; extra; celebrated; merchant; in search of; set out; journey; be skilled

at/in; set sail for; end in; disaster; author; declaration; descent; quarrel; crisis, etc.

●Expressions and patterns for making and declining invitations

●Key language points and grammatical structure of the two reading texts.

●Translation of tense

●Useful sentences and patterns to write invitation letters

Time Allotment:

Teaching Methods:

●Explanation

●Group discussion

●Blank filling

●Questions and answers

●Multi-media

●Performance

Teaching Procedure:

1st Period

1.Brainstorming:

Ask students to discuss “What weekend activities do you know?” and make a list.

Ss: Study for a test/ go to a movie /travel /surf the internet/visit my grandfather /play basketball /have a party and so on.

How to give PROPER responses to the invitations?

?I’d like to very much.

?That’s great.

?Oh, I’d love to.

?That sounds a good idea.

?Thank you.

How to DECLINE invitations?

?Oh, I’m really sorry. I’ve done too much of it.

?I really don’t feel like it tonight. I’m really not in the mood.

?Thanks for asking, but I have to stay home with my mom. She is sick. Happy birthday to you.

?Not now. Maybe another time. A friend of mine is coming to visit me.

?Thanks for asking, but I am very tired today. I’d rather stay home and watch TV.

2.Speaking

Learn how to invite your friends to attend your party or a dance in oral English. You will be practicing different dialogues with different sentence patterns which can all be used in similar situations. Practice makes perfect so make sure you repeat this exercise a few times so that you can express yourself in English fluently.

Task 1:

Give and accept or decline invitations in pairs as the conversions on Page 99-80.Then asks several pairs to act out their conversations.

Task：Invite your friend to go hiking with you.

Task 2:

Watch a short video, students will learn how foreign people deal with invitations, when one wants to accept or does not accept. This part is very useful both for future jobs and in daily life. And students are required to create short dialogues in pairs, and share the

Task：Work in pairs and practice declining an invitation to the movie “King Kong”.

Task 3:

Invite your partner to do one of the following things. Your partner may decline the invitation.

Background: The customs of inviting friends vary from country to country. Generally speaking, on formal occasions, the invitation is usually made well in advance. But as for some informal cases, the invitation is usually made orally. To either of these two invitations, the person being invited should give a clear reply whether the invitation is accepted or not.

3.Focus on Listening

1) Word tips:

●Decline: v formal to refuse 拒绝（正式）

e.g.: She declined to say more about the issue.

●Extra: adj. added to what is normal 额外的，外加的。

e.g.: It gives you extra information.

e.g.: He is a man who is able to work under pressure and extra hours.

●Formal: official or serious situation. 正式的，礼仪上的

e.g.: The party required the guests to wear something formal.

Informal-casual

●Pick sb up: meet sb.

①pick out 挑出，辨认出

②pick up 拾起，捡起，(用车)接，恢复(健康)，中途搭载

③pick off 摘下来

④pick at 少量地吃，老是挑剔(某人)

⑤pick & choose 挑三拣四

⑥pick over 挑选

2) Listening tasks:

Short conversations and finish Part B and C on pages 102-103

2nd Period

1. Lead-in questions: Group discussion. (World map exploration)

1. Who was the first person that mapped the Indian coast?

2. Who was the first person that discovered the “New World”?

3. Why did Abel Tasman sail along the coast of Australia and many islands in the Pacific Ocean?

4. What was James Cook’s purpose of his voyage?

Key:

Zheng He

Columbus

Tasman was to answer questions about the nature of the geography of Pacific Ocean regions during his exploration.

Cook was chosen by the Royal Society of London to undertake a scientific journey to Tahiti to observe and document the event as the planet Venus passed between the earth and the sun. His secret task was to find new landmasses in the south.

2. Pre-reading:

Background information:

Marco Polo and his adventures in China

Kublai Khan and China in the Yuan Dynasty.

3. While-reading (Text A)

1) Scanning: read the text as quickly as possible, and find the answers to fill in the blanks.

2) Further reading:

Answer the following questions:

1. What are Marco Polo’s father and uncle?

2. How many years did Marco Polo’s father and uncle spend on their first travel to China and back to Venice?

3. What are the difficulties Marco Polo met during his travel to China?

4. Where did Marco Polo travel when he worked for Khan?

5. How old was Marco Polo when he first set out for China?

6. How many years did Marco Polo stay in China according to the passage?

Finish tasks on page 106-107, exercise 1-2.

4. Assignment

Review the text

Oral writing: The most unforgettable journey for me

3rd– 4th Periods

1.Warming-up Activities:

Ask some students to share their oral passage with the whole class.

1) Text Organization

After scanning the whole text, students are required to get the main idea of each paragraph.

And try to divide the text into 3 parts and summarize the main idea of each part.

Part 1 (Para 1): Marco Polo is a 13th century merchant and also one of the most celebrated travelers in history.

Part 2 (Para 2-5): The major expedition took Marco to all over the Empire.

Part 3 (Para 6): Marco’ adventure in the late years.

3). Language points

Explain the difficult words and sentences, including language and grammatical points.

Focus:

●celebrated: adj. famous for some special quality or ability

e.g. He has become a celebrated artist.

celebrated …for

e.g. Suzhou is celebrated for her beautiful gardens.

●Merchant n.商人，批发商。（正式）

The Merchant of Venice

《威尼斯商人》

●set out出发去… to start an activity with a particular aim, to start a journey启程

set out for打算，着手, 开始做

set out on a journey

set out to do

●in search of 寻找；搜寻

e.g. The family left their hometown in search of better jobs.

●Expedition n. 远征, 探险队,

e.g. Facing many difficulties, the expedition finished the job well.

●at times: sometimes

e.g. The thief stopped to look around at times.

e.g. He’s a real gentleman, if a little arrogant at times.

●attack v. to try to hurt or defeat using violence

e.g. The truth has such power, you want to attack it, while your attack is to enrich and prove

it.

●be skilled at / in对……很熟练，很擅长

●mountainous: adj. having a lot of mountains

adj. very big

adj. 多山的，有山的

2) Explain some difficult sentences, encourage students paraphrase some sentences.

3. Post-reading Exercises

Reading comprehension exercises (see textbook P107-109)

4.Assignment

Review the phrases and expressions

Try to retell the Reading Text A

5th– 6th Periods

1.Warming-up

Ask several students to retell the Reading Text A.

2.Extensive Reading Text B

1)Lead-in

Background information

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

Life:

He was the 3rd president of the U.S. (1801-1809).

During his two terms, he authorized the Louisiana Purchase.

After he left the presidency he was primarily interested in the University of Virginia. His designs for his home, Monticello, and for the Virginia state capitol and part of Washington, D. C.

stimulated the classical revival in U.S. architecture. His papers are being published in a projected 60-volume edition (1950- ).

“Declaration of Independence”:

Jefferson’s great monument in literature and political theory.

Formal proclamation of the 13 colonies, announcing their separation from Great Britain, was adopted July 4; 1776.The actual writing was done by Jefferson, although corrections were made by Franklin, Adams, and the Congress at large.

The document is based on the natural-rights theory of government, derived from Locke and

18th-century French philosophers, and proclaims that the function of government is to guarantee the inalienable rights with which men are endowed. These include “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” The declaration contended that, since George III had willfully violated these rights, revolution was justifiable and necessary. The document was signed on Aug. 2 by 56 colonial representatives.

2)Pre-reading：discussion

1. Who is Thomas Jefferson?

2. Name other great men that make great contribution to the foundation of U.S.A.

3. Do you agree that the society is pushed forward by those great men?

Share the result of discussion with the whole class.

3) While Reading

Scanning and tell these statements True or False

1. Jefferson played a leading part in the struggle against the American Colonies.

2. Thomas Jefferson was the fourth President of the United States.

3. Jefferson’s father was a planter of Welsh descent.

4. The Declaration of Independence was written by Jefferson himself only.

5. The University of Virginia was founded by Jefferson.

6. In 1785 Jefferson became American Ambassador to

Germany.

7. Jefferson was elected President of the United States for two terms.

8. Jefferson’s interest only lay in politics.

4) Explain some key words and language points in Text B.

Focus:

●Author n. the writer of a book, article, play, etc.

●Declaration n. an announcement, often one that is written and official

e.g. As witnesses to the accident, we were asked to make written declarations of what we

had seen.

e.g. They signed a declaration.

e.g. These events led to the declaration of war.

declare v. 宣布，声称

Britain declared war on Germany in 1914.

●colony n. 殖民地。

e.g. Australia and New Zealand are former British colonies

colonial adj. 殖民的，殖民地的，n. 殖民地居民

colonist n. 殖民者

●descent n. 血统，世系

e.g. She’s a woman of mixed/French descent.

e.g. They trace their line of descent back to a French duke.

●be/become/get involved in 参与, 卷入，陷入，

e.g. I don't want to get involved in the argument.

e.g. The success of the elections means that Europe might get involved in Iraq.

●quarrel n. v.争吵，吵嘴

quarrel … with sb. quarrel about sth.

●break out (战争、火灾等)爆发；朝外打破（门等）

e.g. Fire broke out in the hospital last night.

e.g. Should another world war break out, what would become of human beings?

break out (战争、火灾等)爆发, 逃脱

break into 闯入

break down 打破, 分解, 崩溃，崩塌

break with 和... 决裂, 和... 断绝关系

●crisis n. a situation that has reached an extremely difficult or dangerous point

e.g. The company suffered a heavy blow during the economic crisis.

climate / food / economic / energy / debt / belief / financial Crisis

in crisis

e.g. In this crisis, all the prejudices fell away.

●draw up 草拟，起草；以正确格式书写，写下来

draw in 引诱；接近黄昏；紧缩开支

draw on 利用；吸收；戴上；临近

draw out 取出；拟订；拉长；导致

draw up 草拟，起草

●intention n. something that you want and plan to do

e.g. The boy hurt his sister’s feelings without intention.

e.g. It was not my intention to hurt your feelings.

●intend to do …打算做…，想要…

e.g. How long do you intend to stay in China?

break away from 脱离, 离开, 背弃, 与... 脱离关系

e.g. The prisoner broke away from his guards.

e.g. He broke away from that illegal group years ago.

●Constitution n. 宪法；体质；章程

e.g. The country’s constitution embodies the ideals of freedom and equality.

e.g. Hunger and disease had weakened his constitution.

●call on/upon vt. 号召, 拜访, 请求

e.g. I often call on some friends on weekend.

e.g. The President called on his people to make sacrifices for the good of their country.

●defend v. to protect someone or something against attack

e.g. They are fighting to defend their beliefs/interests/rights.

e.g. We need some lawyers to defend us.

●carry out v. 施行, 实现

e.g. No matter what difficulty you will meet with, carry out your plan.

●tact n. the ability to say or do the right thing without making anyone unhappy or angry

e.g. He showed tact in dealing with difficult customers.

●oppose v. to disagree with something or someone

be opposed to sth / doing

e.g. What he said was totally opposed to facts.

opposed adj. 反对，对抗

opposition n. 反对

5.Assignment

Review the phrases and expressions

7th –8th Periods

1.Post-reading of Text B

Do the exercises and check the answers. (Page 112)

2.Grammar : Tenses

英语总共有16个时态.

1.现在式：

一般时（例：he works hard 表示他工作努力）

进行时（例：he is reading 表示他正在阅读）

完成时（例：he has finished it 表示他已完成了）

完成进行时（例：he has been writing it for two hours表示他已经写了两个小时了）

2.过去式：

一般时（例：he worked hard表示他过去工作很努力）

进行时（例：he was reading last night表示他昨晚在阅读）

完成时（例：he had finished it since you arrived.表示在你到达之前他已完成）

完成进行时（例：he had been writting it表示他过去就已经在写了)

3.将来式：

一般时（例：he will work hard表示他将努力工作）

进行时（例：he will be reading表示他将会阅读的）

完成时（例：he will have finished it by the time of tomorrow表示明天之前他将完成）

完成进行时（例：he will have been staying there for ten years by the time of next month表示到下个月，他将呆在那儿十年了)

4.过去将来式

一般时（例：he would work hard表示他过去工作努力)

进行时(例：he would be working hard表示他过去一段时间在努力工作着)

完成时（例：he would have finished it by the last month表示他到上个月为止就将完成任务) 完成进行时（例：he would have been staying there for ten years by the time of last month 表示到上个月为止，他在那里差不多呆了十年之久)

3.Translation Skills: (Translating tense)

英语的动词时态这一语法现象与我们母语的语法差别较大，英语中共有16种时态一般采用增词法将时态译出

She makes a good teacher, as she was a good student.

她过去是个好学生，现在是个好老师。

1. 现在进行时，需要增加“正在”，“在”

I am reading the newspaper.

2. 过去进行时，可不增词“那时”，也可增词，以通顺为主。

He was studying in France.

3. 将来进行时，一般不加词

What will you be doing at eight tomorrow?

4. 现在完成进行时，翻译一般要加词

I’ve been hoping I’d have a chance to see the film.

5. 过去完成进行时，有时不加词，有时要加词

They got the letter they had been expecting.

6. 将来完成进行时，可加“就要…”、“就有…”

She will have been studying English for five years by the end of the year.

7. 过去将来进行时，翻译时可不加

I thought you would be sleeping.

8. 过去将来完成进行时，翻译时要加“要满…”、“就要满”

She would have been studying English for five years by the end of the year.

4.Writing: (Initiation cards)

1)Introduction of the invitation cards

Introduce the form; addresser and addressee; signature of invitation letters.

2) The Outline of Invitations

How to write a warm and friendly invitation letter:

1. The tone of an invitation should be always positive, in anticipation of a pleasurable occasion.

2. Extend the invitation, naming the event and including the date, time, and place.

3. Indicate if a gift is not expected if the event is a retirement, an anniversary, or a reception. If a gift is welcome, it is usually best to say nothing, except in the case of bridal or baby showers.

4. Indicate the appropriate dress, if there is any reason for question.

5. Express anticipation.

6. Ask for a response by a specific date.

7. Try to send your invitation letter two weeks or more in advance.

3) Be sure your invitation letter includes:

The name of the person sponsoring the event (who is the host/hostess?)

Exactly who is invited (can someone bring a guest, spouse, child?)

What type of social event is being held

The date, address, and time of the event

Directions or a simple map if the location may be difficult to find

What type of dress is appropriate or preferred?

The phone number and deadline to reply; precede these facts with “RSVP” (French abbreviation for “please reply”).

4) If you must decline to accept an offer, invitation, or gift, you should:

Be gracious, whatever the reason is that you must decline.

Thank the person for the invitation, offer, gift, suggestion, etc.

State clearly that you are unable to accept.

Briefly state the reason that you are unable to accept, if desired.

In closing, restate your appreciation for the person’s consideration.

2. Application: write invitation cards according to the situation provided on page 119 Useful expressions for formal invitation:

1) We cordially invite you to attend….

2) We would be delighted if you could come to …

3) We are glad to hear that you plan to attend the…

4) We take pleasure in inviting you to attend…

5.Summary of the whole unit.

6.Assignment

Review the phrases and expressions of the unit and ready for dictation.

Journal