《新编大学英语》第二册电子教案
BookII Unit 1 Love
Teaching Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. understand the main idea (Augustus J. Bullock A Good Heart to Lean On) and the structure of the text (4 parts);
2. appreciate the characteristics of writing;
3. grasp the key language points and grammatical structure in the text;
4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.
Part One: Preparation
Introductory Remarks (5min.)
Love is a deep feeling of fondness, affection and friendship that grows between people. Whether it is a mother’s nurturing love for her child, a son’s loyal love for his father, the love between husband and wife, or the love between friends, love is a universal emotion that expresses itself in every culture. Romantic love usually begins as passion and evolves with time to a more lasting sense of attachment. Many of the famous romantic love stories in various cultures end in tragedies of death or betrayal. The loss of love is a favorite musical theme and the subject of countless stories, operas, songs and ballads. To love is to be human. To need love is also to be human.
Questions for Considerations: (5min.)
1.What is love?
Love is a deep feeling of fondness, affection and friendship; Love is a universal
emotion that expresses itself in every culture.
2.How many kinds of love do you know?
Loving family members: parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, husband, wife,
children, grandchildren…
Loving one’s boyfriend/girlfriend, friends, fellow countrymen, motherland...
Loving one’s life, animals, nature, etc.
Difference between the verb Love and Like(optional)
The verb “like” is not as strong as the verb “love” and generally does not imply emotions. “like” means to find pleasure or satisfaction in something or someone:
e.g. I like eating at the restaurant./ My son likes his teacher.
In English, the word “love” is often used informally instead of “like” in an intensified sense:
e.g. He loves music./ Children love ice cream./ She love her new job.
However, “love” and “like” are not totally interchangeable. It is often the context that indicates the strength of the word “love”. We have to be careful when we say “I love someone” in that the word denotes strong emotions. When in doubts as to which verb to use, it is better to use “like” with an adverbial:
e.g. I like your dress a lot.
I really like my professor.
His boss liked his proposal immensely.
Before lecturing this part, it’s better to make Ss work in pairs or groups to make 5 or 6 sentences with “like” or “love”. If they have already gotten a well knowledge of the usage, it can be omitted.
2.Motherly Love and Fatherly Love
Group discussion. (5 min.) One representative is supposed to report to the class after the discussion.
3.Someone You Love Most. (Writing competition. 15 min.)
First step: Ss write a short passage individually with the title Someone You Love Most in one or two min.
Second step: Ss get into groups to read the passage just written to each other to appreciate and refine their work. And then try to make up one passage in group with the best sentences they’ve found from each other.
Third Step: Each group gets a S to read to the whole class. The best one would be the winner.
Part Two: Reading Centered Activities
In-Class Reading
Pre-Reading: Pair work ( 2 min.)
Passage Reading
A GOOD HEART TO LEAN ON
I. Pair Discussion
Ss get into pairs to discuss the questions (on p.9&10 Ex.2 and 3) about the text’s content, so that they get a general grasp of the text’s co ntent.
II. Text Organization---General Grasp of the Structure
(1) Let Ss to scan the text again to find that the text is divided into four parts, which is clear after doing the Ex.1 on P.9.
(2) By doing this work, Ss can naturally realize that the text d escribes the narrator’s growing-up process in soul, and finally being aware of what a good heart is.
III. Language Study: Difficult Sentences( Group work)
Directions: Each group get 1 or 2 sentences to discuss to: 1. to explain/paraphrase; 2. to translate into Chinese; 3. to work out the grammatical function.
1. When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. (L.1)
本句中的第一个when引导的时间状语从句用的是过去进行时，was growing up 表示长大的过程，可译为“当我渐渐长大。”to be seen 是不定式的被动语态，这句话意思是：When I was seen with my father, I was embarrassed.第二个when 引导的从句中出现了一个would，这里的意思是used to,不是过去将来时的助动词。
2. Our usual walk was to or from the subway, which was how he got to work. He went to work sick, and despite nasty weather. (L. 8~9)
Which 引导一个定语从句, 现行词是前面的subway . Sick和despite nasty weather作同样的成分,相当于despite sickness and nasty weather, sick是一个形容词, 在这里强调一种伴随状态。
3. Once there, he would cling to the handrail until he reached the lower steps that the warmer tunnel air kept ice-free. (L.13~14)
. Once 是一个连词，意思是“一旦”，等于“as soon as”这里省略了“Once he got there”，一旦他到那儿。keep sth/sb. adj. 是一个常见用法，形容词作宾语补足语。Ice-free 不冻的，无冰的an ice-free port 不冻港。
4. When I think of it now, I marvel at how much courage it must have taken for grown man tosubject himself to such indignity ands stress. (L.17~18)
本句中At 后面所接是由how much 引导的宾语从句。must have + 动词过去分词，表示对过去发生的事的判断，意思是“一定…了”might(could) have + 动词过去分词, 表示对过去发生的事的推测; should have + 动词过去分词, 意思是“本来应该…” how much courage it must have taken for a grown man to subject himself…是句型it takes sth. for sb. to do sth.的变体。
5. He never talked about himself as an object of pity, nor did he show any envy ofthe more
fortunate or able.(L.20~21)
Talk about… as 把…说成nor引导的是倒装句,类似的否定词还有seldom, hardly, scarcely, nor, neither等。the more fortunate是定冠词+形容词，指这一类人。
6. Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people, even though
I still don’t know precisely what a “good heart” is. But I know the times I don’t have one myself. (L.23~24)
Now that 是短语，意思是“既然”。by which to judge people作standard 的定语从句，by standard 是固定搭配，意思是“根据标准”，which to judge people是疑问词加上不定式，相当by which we should judge people，但是这样表达更简洁。even though 相当even if，即使。But I know the times I don’t have one myself中times 用复数，意思是时期，又如in modern times，在现代。I don’t have one myself是times 定语从句，省略了关系代词when.
7. But the next day people kidded him by saying it was the first time any fighter was urged to take
a dive even before the bout began. (L.35~36)
“Kidded him by saying…”，通过说…和他开玩笑, by 引导表示手段的介词短语。it was the first time any fighter was urged… 在time 之后省略了关系代词that，后面的成分是做the first time 的定语从句。
take a dive：（美俚）（拳击中）假装被击倒
Language Points: ( Reference to the New Words List)
Phrases and Expressions
1. break out
A bad fire broke out in the supermarket.
2. engage in take part or become involved in an activity从事,参与
e.g. 1) If you engage in politics, you won’t have much time for your wife.
2) Those scientists who engaged themselves in resear ch work wouldn’t be
frustrated by the failures.
engage in sth. = do sth. 从事于
be engaged in sth. = be doing sth. 正从事于
3. let on tell someone something that was intended to be a secret; reveal
let on something
e.g. Don’t let on what I told you.
let on that…
e.g. Don’t let on to him that he failed in the math exam.
let alone 更别提; 不打扰
let down 放下,降低; 使失望
let go of 放, 松手let off 排放;放过,宽恕let out 放走;发出
4. make it to arrive somewhere in time for something
e.g. Write me a letter the moment you make it to Tibet.
5. now that since
Now that dinner is ready, wash your hands.
6. on leave on holiday
leave alone 独自呆着; 不打扰leave behind 不带, 遗留
leave off 停止,中断leave out 遗留,省略
7. see to (it that)make sure
see to something
e.g. People who scold others should first see to their own behavior.
see to it that… = see that…
e.g. Please see to it that all the lights are put off when you leave
the classroom.
= Please see that all the lights are put off when you leave
the classroom.
see about办理,安排see off 给…送行see through看穿
8. set the pace
set about 开始, 着手set apart 使分离, 使分开
set aside 拨出,留出; 置于一旁, 不理会set back 推迟,延缓
set down 写下,记下set off 出发, 启程; 激起,引起
set out 开始,动身set up 创立,树立,建造
9. subject …to make someone experience something, especially something unpleasant
s ubject … to(prep.) something
e.g. Ancient Rome subjected most of Europe to her rule.
VI. Summery: (pair work)
My father was severely crippled and short. I felt embarrassed and ashamed to be seen walking together with him. But my father seemed to have never been bothered by all this. He never complained about anything and he took an active and optimistic attitude towards life and work. He was never self-contemptuous and envious, but tried to do anything he could as well as possible. Now that I am older, I come to realize that how small I am. Father’s courage, kindness and open-mindedness moved me deeply. Though my father has been gone, I am always being tortured by my compunction. In contrast to my father, I am unworthy indeed. For many years, it is Father who has been setting the pace.
V. Questions for discussion: ( group work)
1)What do you think makes a good heart?
There are many things to make a good heart. They are: kindness to others, generosity,
sympathy for others, endurance, never hurting others, being satisfied with life, patience, being helpful/honest/frank/open/forgivable/giving…
2)How and why does the son’s attitude changed?
The son realized that it was his father who taught him many things such as how to have a
good heart. He knew that having a good hear was more important than having a good
appearance. Especially after his father died, he felt it more intensely that it was his father who guided him in his life.
After-Class Reading
Passage One A Kiss for Kate
Ss read the passage before the class and try to interpret the Chinese saying 白头偕老，相敬如宾。In class Ss get into groups to discuss their understandings.
Passage Two Benefits from Pets
Before reading the passage, make Ss go over the Unit 5 Book 1 The Animal World again before the class. And to prepare for the question:
1.Apart from dogs and cats, what other animal would you like to have as a pet if possible,
and why?
2.What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a pet？
3.Translation in to Chinese the following sentences:
a.There are many people who would like to insist that only human beings are capable of
feeling the emotion of love. However, there are more people, usually pet owners, who
feel that they not only love their pets, but their pets love them in return.
b.In addition to those mentioned thus far, pets ease stress and anxiety, aid relaxation,
provide a sense of security, and are a great diversion from troubles.
Part Three Further Development
1.Expressions in Chinese Romances: ( group work 15-20 min.)
4.What Is Love? ( pair work)
5.Story-Telling: The most romantic/imaginative/creative/touching love story.
Step I: Each member of the group write one sentence on the same piece of paper one by one orderly, the first student fold up the paper and make sure the following students can not see what the previous student has written.
Step II. One student to read aloud to the whole class to see which story is the most …
Step III. Ss get together to revise the story, pay attention to the logic and coherence of it.
View Listen & Speak Unit 1 BOOK 2 ( Listening Lab)
Ss are supposed to finish as much as the activities in the book. Make sure that the effectiveness of Ss’ participation.
PS: Expressions in Chinese Romances:
It seems that most of them are out of date, but when we look into the deep meaning under the surface there still something in most of them. Now let us deal with them one by one.
1.Nowadays in China there are still many men who look for beautiful partners and women
for gifted scholars. Another similar expression is “郎才女貌”。They reflect the idea that an intelligent man and a pretty woman will make a perfect match. In fact, it doesn’t work in many cases. Now there may be a few girls who’d like to seek for rich men as their partners, while men still want to have pretty girls.
2.The second expression shows us the different roles of men and woman in a family,
though husbands and wives won’t till the soil or weave literally. I think husband and wife each should play a role or they should share the responsibilities necessary to the family, but it doesn’t mean husband should work outside while the wife should stay at home.
3.Harmony between husband and wife is an important sign for a long-lasting relationship,
but it doesn’t necessarily true that harmony is obtained only in this way: The husband sings while the wife follows in harmony. It can be in the other way, “妇唱夫随“。In a family husband and wife cannot always be agreeable with each other. When they have different ideas and then reach an agreement after reasoning, they are still in harmony. 4.The fourth expression is still popular in China, though the divorce rate is reported to go
up, especially in big cities. I believe both husband and wife hope to remain devoted to each other to the end of their lives when and after they are married. Sure devoted
couples enjoy considerable advantages in their lives, including their children. Anyway, things are changing and why should people keep an unhappy marriage to the end of their lives?
5.I think people of the same social and economic status may have similar ideas and
feelings or share the same value system. But it’s not always true. We’re facing such a complicated society, which is changing so rapidly. Even in the past, there were lots of stories about men and women with totally different family backgrounds getting over barriers on their way to the marriage. And it isn’t difficult for us t find more living
examples of the kind.
6.Treating each other with respect is very important to a happy marriage. It also means
husband and wife cherish their relationship and love each other whole-heartedly. I think we should respect people, not only our dear ones in our family but also those who are close to or around us.
7.The last expression, “嫁鸡随鸡“，refers to women, not men, and is a kind of out of date.
It means that a woman could have only one marriage all her life, no matter what
happened to the husband or no matter what kind of person the husband became. This reflects that Chinese women in the past had very low social status and were vulnerable in the family. A woman could make no choice of her own all her life and as we know, marriage was arranged by parents.