高职高专实用英语教程教案.docx
Unit 2 Study
Lecturer: Liu Jun
Teaching Objectives:
Students (Ss) will be able to:
to know about the characteristics of a successful language learner .
Know more about word formation.
Mastering the key language points and grammatical structures in the text.
Be familiar with some conversational strategies in talking about favorite c
ourses.
Know translating skill：conversion
Know how to write post cards.
Teaching Focus:
Vocabulary: subject, diligent, native, stay up, get through, be likely to,
challenge, passion, structure, engage, in short, a set of, a range of, assignment, appreciate, do sb. a favor, etc.
Dialogue I& II: some conversational strategies in talking about your
favori te courses and study on campus.
Applied writing: Post card
Time Allotment:
1st period2nd period3rd- 4th periods5th- 6th periods7th- 8th periods
Further reading Summary of te
Warming-up Ac Pre-reading,xt A; Stylist Further readin
.Study language
tivities; Lis While-readin ic comments;g/translation
points; group d
tening and Sp g, Text struc check exercis exercise/writi
iscussion, exerc
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ise checking
ading
Teaching Methods:
Explanation
Group discussion
Questions and answers
Multi-media
Performance
Teaching Procedure:
1st Period
1.Warming-up questions: pair-work
Guess: Do you know the meaning of these words?
Kowtow, Typhoon, Shanghai, Wonton, Lychee, Mandarin, egg roll, I Ching,
Dim sum, Ginseng, Cheong Sam, Oolong, Coolie, Shangri-la Ketchup
2.Speaking
Task 1
Ask the students to work in pairs and practice sample dialogues
1 My favorite subject is?
2 discuss any trouble you’ve had with your studies
Ask some pairs to act out
Task 2
Dividing the students into groups of four or five
Task 1
Ask the students to work in groups and practice sample dialogues
Talk about your favorite subject.
Discuss any trouble you’ ve had with your studies.
Talk about a coming test.
Ask the students to work in groups to
1)Understand the short dialogues on Page 26-27 of the Textbook
2)To act out
3.Focus on Listening
1) Word tips:
Subject: an area of knowledge which is studied in school, college or university 科目，学科
.: Her major subject is chemistry..
n.主，主
adj.服从的；易患?的；受制于?的
vt.使?隶属；使屈从于?
Stay up: to go to bed later than usual熬夜
.: We stayed up (late) to watch a film.
.: Often stay up late or be being done is before computer has very great harm to the skin
Diligent：adj. careful and using a lot of effort勤的,刻苦的.: Henry is the most diligent student in our class.
Get through ：pass the exam及格
to succeed in talking to someone on the telephone接通
to use up or finish something度
Be likely to: possibly很可能
2) Listening tasks:
Short conversations and finish Part B and C on pages 30-40
2nd Period
1.Lead-in questions: group discussion
1 does you like it easy or difficult to learn English? Why?
2 what is your purpose in learning a foreign language?
3 how can we learn English well?
Let students watch a short film of“Foreigner Learning Chinese” , and conclude the best way of learning a language:The Key to Successful Learning is熟能生巧
2.While-reading Intensive Reading (Text A)
1). Pre-reading: Background information:
There are many ways to improve your level of English:
Read it. Read as many English books, newspapers and magazines as you can find. We also recommend the English version of the monthly magazine READERS DIGEST. It has short stories and articles.
Listen to it.Try some of the radio stations,they have very good programs designed to help English learners and teachers.
Talk it. Talk to friends who are also learning English. Make a rule that perhaps
for an hour,or when you go out together,you will only speak English to each other! Find native English-speaking people who will give you conversation practice.
Look at Other Learning Material on the Web.Browse English-learning websites as often as possible. They offer a lot of online English resources, with audio or visual effects.
2)Scan the text as quickly as possible,grasp the opinions of the writer,and answer the following questions:
1. Do adults agree that learning a language is easy?
2.Can you list three pieces of advice that language teachers often offer to language learners?
3.Do the successful language learners depend on the teacher?
4.Why does the author say that successful language learners learn from
their mistakes?
5.How do the successful language learners deal with difficult communication?
6. Which one is more important to a successful language learner: “to learn to think in the language ” or “to know the meaning of every word ”?
7.Why do successful language learners want to learn the language?
8.Can you use three adjectives to describe the successful language learners?
2) Text Organization
Skimming the text, students are required to find the top sentences of each paragraph. And try to divide the text into 3 parts and summarize the main idea of each part.
Part 1 (Para 1-3): Different people have different opinions of learning a
foreign language.
Part 2 (Para 4-7): Some suggestions are given for successful language learning.
Part 3 (Para 8): Check yourself whether you are learning a language successfully.
4. Assignment
1.Review the text.
2.After-class research: Find more tips on ways to improve your level of English
3rd– 4 th Periods
1.Warming-up Activities:
Ask some students to share their research results with the whole class.
2.Brief review of the content of the text
https://www.sodocs.net/doc/f58834964.html,nguage points
Explain the difficult words and sentences, including language and grammatical
points.
Focus:
Successful: adj. achieving the results wanted or hoped for成功的，有成效的；
有成就的，黄达的
eg: were you successful in finding a new house?
He is a successful writer
More: be successful in success n.
succeed v. succeed in doing sth.
Guarantee: v. to promise that something will happen or exist确保；担保，保
.: The students are not guaranteed jobs when they graduate
We cannot guarantee the punctual arrival of trains in foggy weather
More: quality guarantee
Similar: adj. looking or being almost, but not exactly, the same相似的.: my problems are very similar to yours
These two triangles are similar triangles
More: be similar to; be similar; in similarity
Depend：v. to trust someone or something and know that they will help you or
do what you want or expect them to do 依靠，依；??而定，取决（于）(on/upon) .: the old man depended on his daughter to keep house
Success depends on your effects and ability
More: dependence n. dependent，dependable a. It depends.
Purpose： n. goal, aim目的，意图；用途，效果(pursuit)
.: the purpose of conducting a business is to make money
The purpose of a screen door is to keep flies out
Regularly: adv. happening or doing something often定时地，定期地，规则地.: The bookstore regularly gets free publications.
Practice speaking the language every day
vt. + doing sth
Such as avoid, consider, delay, dislike, enjoy, escape, excuse, finish, give
up, cannot help, mind, miss, postpone, risk, cannot stand
They find it easy to practice using the language regularly because they want
to learn with it.
vt. + it + OC + O (to do sth. / that-clause)
.: They consider it necessary to keep their dorm clean and tidy.
I think it a pity that you didn’t try harder.
You must keep it in mind that you are a student.
2) Explain some difficult sentences,encourage students to paraphrase some sentences.
3. Post-reading Exercises
Reading comprehension exercises (see textbook P35-37)
4.Assignment
Review the phrases and expressions
Try to retell the Reading Text A
5th– 6 th Periods
1.Lead-in
Ask several students to retell the Reading Text A.
2.Extensive Reading Text B
1)Pre-reading ： Questions and Discussion
What is the biggest challenge to you during your English learning? Explain.
How to develop a passion for learning English?
Imagine yourself in the future
Remember that you are already good
Use your English whenever you can
2) While-reading: Scanning
1.Scanning and find answers to these questions as quickly as possible:
1.What is the author ’s long cherished position about the strong points of
the Internet?
2.How did the author start his argumentation?
3.When and how did the fragmentation of society begin?
4.Why does the author discuss the question whether the Internet is a real
place?
5. According to the author, what underlies the trend of overusing the Internet in our society?
6.Does the author believe it is within human capacity to reap the
benefit of the Internet without being penalized?
3)Structure analysis and Rhetorical features:
The argumentation can be divided into 3 parts.
Part 1 (Para 1-2): introduction
Part 2 (Para 3-7): body of argumentation. Evidence and reasons
Part 3 (Para 8): Conclusion
The author of this text seems to believe that the Internet has both advantages
and disadvantages. This self-contradiction is partly illustrated by the use of
antonyms such as globalization and alienation. Some other pairs of antonyms (including words and expressions) are used for the same purpose.
3)Explain some key words and language points in Text B.
Focus:
Challenge n.挑战；艰巨的任务，努力追求的目标
. Life is a challenge, meet it.
As the international globalization trend continues,
and challenges are emerging in China.
Passion n.激情，热情；激怒，激情爆发
. His life passion is dancing and drinking.
Process n.过程，进程；步骤，方法
.:He is quick in his thought processes
Think about / think back/ think of/ think well of/ think over/
out/ think aloud
Require v.需要，有赖于；要求，命令(requirement) .:All passengers are required to show their tickets. Engage v.从事，参加；保证，答应
engage in / engaged
.: At college he engaged in gymnastics.
He engaged to pay back the money.
Studying engages most of a serious stude nt ’s time.
a set of一套，一组，一系列new opportunities think up /think
.: We encountered a new set of problems.
a range of一排，一行；一系列
.: We could see a range of hills in the distance.
There is a range of opinions on this issue.
The hotel offers a wide range of facilities and services.
Improve v.改进，增进；增加，提高(improvement)
.: The company needs to improve performance in all these areas.
5.Assignment
Review the phrases and expressions
7th–8th Periods
1.Post-reading of Text B
Do the exercises and check the answers.
3. Translation Skills: (Conversion )
A word in one language belonging to a certain part of speech is not
necessarily to be turned into one of the same part of speech in another
language. Different expression in English and Chinese
For example: verbs
He admires th e President’s stated decision to fight for the job.
他对总统声明为保住其职位而决心奋斗表示钦佩
The growing awareness by millions of Africans of their extremely poor and
backward living conditions has prompted them to take resolute measures and create new ones.
原译：数以百万计的非洲人对于他们非常贫穷落后的生活条件的日益觉醒促使他们采取坚决的措施，创造新的生活条件。
改译：数以百万计的非洲人已逐渐意识到他们的生活状况异常贫穷落后，这就促使他们奋起采取坚决的措施创造新的生活条件。
Formality has always characterized their relationship.
他们之间的关系，有一个特点，就是以礼相待。
The pallor of her face indicated clearly how she was feeling at the moment.
她苍白的脸色清楚地表明了她那时的情绪。
The President had prepared meticulously for his journey.
总统为这次出访作了十分周密的准备。
具有动作意义的名词或含有动作意味的名词往往可以转译为汉语动词；由形容词派生的名
词和一些加不定冠词作表语用的名词往往可以转译成形容词。有些意义抽象的名词或名词
短语与句子其他成分之间存在一定的逻辑关系时，可以根据其意义转译成汉语副词或相应
的状语从句。
1）A glance though his office window offers a panoramic view of the Washington
Monument and Lincoln Memorial.
2) We found difficulty in solving this complicated problem.
3)I had the impression that your brother was the director of the company.
一般说来，与动词搭配使用的介词往往可以省略不译，persist in(坚持)，put up with(忍受)，take care of(
如：arrive
at/in( 照管 ) 等。
到达 ) ，look after(照看 ) ，
具有动作含义的英语介词或介词短语翻译时往往转译成汉语动词。例如: go by car
a present for Susan
a letter written by English
英语中一些由名词派生或转用的动词，其概念很难用汉语动词来表达翻译时可将该英语动词转义成汉语名词。
英语中有些动词具有汉语副词的含义，翻译时可转译成汉语副词。
1)He aims to enter the university next year.
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Students master translating theory and skills through examples and exercise.
2.Writing: (Post Card)
1) Explanation of post card
Introduce the form; addresser and addressee; signature of congratulation card. Notice:Ask students pay attention to the patterns that are properly used in sending post card either orally or in writing and summarize them.
① The salutation② The body
③ The complimentary close④ The signature
2.Related information.
3.Summary of the whole unit.
4.Assignment
Review the phrases and expressions of the unit and ready for dictation.
Journal