基础英语D 综合教程Book4UniM12 Unit 12 Christmas Lost and Found Teaching Aims: In this unit studentsarerequired to: 1.Practice reading strategies such as predicting,skimming,guessing, etc 2.Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student's vocabulary; 3.Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions,role play and interaction activities to help to develop the students'oral communicative abilities; 4.Appreciate and learn some writing skills in the retelling of Text I and practice it along with translation; 5.Get to know some informationabout leisuretime; 6.Do some other after-class exercise including listening and reading to improve students'comprehensive skills
基础英语 D 综合教程 Book4 Unit 12 1 Unit 12 Christmas Lost and Found Teaching Aims: In this unit students are required to: 1. Practice reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, guessing, etc. 2. Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student’s vocabulary; 3. Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions, role play and interaction activities to help to develop the students’ oral communicative abilities; 4. Appreciate and learn some writing skills in the retelling of Text I and practice it along with translation; 5. Get to know some information about leisure time; 6. Do some other after-class exercise including listening and reading to improve students’ comprehensive skills
基础英语D 综合教程Book4UniM12 Unit 12 Christmas Lost and Found-1 Time table 100 minutes Stages Contents Objectives Activities Time Morning report News report Get to know the world 5 mins around them Recitation Unit 11 text 1 Consolidate the wordsand Chain work 10 mins practice speaking HW checking Show their ideas and GW 25 understandings Comments On exercises in each unit 10 mins the exam Break Reading 1 Lead-in discussion Prenare the students for the Question 10 mins Pre-stage coming topic and answ Gist of text I main idea While-stage Scanning the text Get to know the Individua 30mins differences between &PB western and eastern time oncept Homework Work on the vocal For better comprehending mins by themselves of the text on linguistic level Morning report(5 mins) Recitation of text 1 of Unit 11(10 mins) Text1 I.Lead-in: El Dorado 时 Robert L.Stevenson as if a great deal ere attainable ina orld/where many marriage and decisive battles/and where we al/at certain hours of the day./and with great gusto and dispatch,/stow a portion of victuals/finally and irretrievably into the bag/which contains us./And it would seem also,/on a hasty view/that the attainment of as much as possible/was the one goal of man's contentious life And vet as regards the spirit this is but a semblance/We live in ascending scale/where we live happily.one thing leading to another in an endless series./ There for o-okn although we dwell on a small planet./immersed in petty business/and not enduring beyond a brief period of years/we are so constituted that our hopes are inaccessible,/like stars,/and the term of hoping is prolonged/until 2
基础英语 D 综合教程 Book4 Unit 12 2 Unit 12 Christmas Lost and Found - 1 Time table - 100 minutes Stages Contents Objectives Activities Time Morning report News report Get to know the world around them 5 mins Recitation Unit 11 text 1 Consolidate the words and practice speaking Chain work 10 mins HW checking Show their ideas and understandings GW 25 Comments on the exam On exercises in each unit 10 mins Break Reading 1 Pre-stage Lead-in discussion Prepare the students for the coming topic Question and answer 10 mins Gist of text 1 Summarize the main idea 5 mins While-stage Scanning the text Get to know the differences between western and eastern time concept Individual & PB 30mins Homework Work on the vocab by themselves For better comprehending of the text on linguistic level 5 mins Morning report (5 mins) Recitation of text 1 of Unit 11 (10 mins) Text 1 I. Lead-in: El Dorado By Robert L. Stevenson It seems as if a great deal were attainable in a world/ where there are so many marriages and decisive battles,/ and where we all,/ at certain hours of the day,/ and with great gusto and dispatch,/ stow a portion of victuals/ finally and irretrievably into the bag/ which contains us./ And it would seem also,/ on a hasty view,/ that the attainment of as much as possible/ was the one goal of man’s contentious life./ And yet,/ as regards the spirit,/ this is but a semblance./ We live in an ascending scale/ where we live happily,/ one thing leading to another in an endless series./ There is always a new horizon for onward-looking men,/ and although we dwell on a small planet,/ immersed in petty business/ and not enduring beyond a brief period of years,/ we are so constituted that our hopes are inaccessible,/ like stars,/ and the term of hoping is prolonged/ until
基础英语D 综合教程Book4Unit12 the term of life To be truly happy fis a question of how we begin/and not of how we end/of landed estate./a fortune which we can never exhaust/and which gives us year by year/a revenue of pleasurable activity.To have many of these/is to be spiritually rich./Life is not only a very dull and ill-directed theatre/unless we have some interests in the piece:/ and to those who have neither art nor science/the world is a mere arrangement of colors/or a roug footway/where they well break their shins./It isinvirtu of hisown desires and curiosities/that any man continues to exist with even patience that he is charmed by the looko things and people./and that he wakens every morning/with a renewed appetite for work and pleasure./Desire and curiosity are the two eyes/through which he sees the world in the most enchanted colors:/it is they that make women beautiful or fossils interesting and the man may squander his estate and come to beggary./but if he keeps these two amuletshe is still rich in the II.Text introduction Part I:Teaching aims and demands 1.Help the Ss to build the language stocks. 2.Foster thesabilities of readi 3.Broaden the horizonand havea better understanding of the Christmas festival 4.Learn to understand the culture background and the culture shock encountered by Chinese students. Time allotment 6 classes To understand the main ofthetextand theuthr's riting sy 2.To master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 3.To understand the big comparison used by the author. Key Points and Difficult Points in Teaching 1.To understand the main of the text and the author's writing style 2.To understand the big of Christmas festival o western people and what they will do to celebrate it. Teaching methods and means Discuss stioning:multi-media Teaching process Part I:Topics for Discussion 2)What does
基础英语 D 综合教程 Book4 Unit 12 3 the term of life./ To be truly happy /is a question of how we begin/ and not of how we end,/ of what we want/ and not of what we have./ An aspiration is a joy forever,/ a possession as solid as a landed estate,/ a fortune which we can never exhaust/ and which gives us year by year/ a revenue of pleasurable activity./ To have many of these/ is to be spiritually rich./ Life is not only a very dull and ill-directed theatre/ unless we have some interests in the piece;/ and to those who have neither art nor science,/ the world is a mere arrangement of colors,/ or a rough footway/ where they may very well break their shins./ It is in virtue of his own desires and curiosities/ that any man continues to exist with even patience,/ that he is charmed by the look of things and people,/ and that he wakens every morning/ with a renewed appetite for work and pleasure./ Desire and curiosity are the two eyes/ through which he sees the world in the most enchanted colors:/ it is they that make women beautiful or fossils interesting;/ and the man may squander his estate and come to beggary,/ but if he keeps these two amulets/ he is still rich in the possibilities of pleasure. II. Text introduction Part I: Teaching aims and demands 1. Help the Ss to build the language stocks. 2. Foster the Ss’ abilities of reading, speaking, and translating. 3. Broaden the Ss’ horizon and have a better understanding of the Christmas festival. 4. Learn to understand the culture background and the culture shock encountered by Chinese students. Time Allotment 6 classes 1. To understand the main idea, structure of the text and the author’s writing style 2. To master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 3. To understand the big comparison used by the author. Key Points and Difficult Points in Teaching 1. To understand the main idea, structure of the text and the author’s writing style 2. To understand the big influence of Christmas festival on western people and what they will do to celebrate it. Teaching Methods and Means Discussion; explanation; questioning; multi-media Teaching process Part I: Topics for Discussion 1) What is the most important festival in China? 2) What does the title of this text suggest to you?
基础英语D 综合教程B0ok4Unim12 Unit 12 Christmas Lost and Found-2 Time table-100 minutes Stages Contents Obiectives Activities Time Morning report News report Get to the world around 5 mins then Lead-in Students are supposed to GW 15 mins understand the differences concerning time Culture background To ge时 students 5 mins motionally involved in the topis Post-reading Structure analysis Understand the 5 mins construction of the text Text 1 GW 20 mins Break Text Comprehension Checking students' individual 25 mins Text 1 understanding of the text &pair work Use the newly learnt 10 mins expressions to talk abou their own life debate Practice their thinking GW 15 mins Homework Suplemetary reading materials Morning report HW Checking The representatives of each group are supposed to report the differences oftime conception I.Cultural background Al Gini,a philosopher and radio commentator,notes that when responding to the question"How are you?"people usually respond with some form of"I am so busy!"This signals a distressing trend ve are so harried and humied that we have no time for the things that ruy matter and must be done slowly,such as sex,conversation,taking a leisurely stroll in nature,listening to wha someone else is saying.relaxing at a concert,r just doing nothing.The world of multitasking and hyperactivity exhausts us and leaves us feeling listless.Our lives are enriched by true leisure that feeds the soul.But contemporary Americans are missing the boat They work 350 hours more er year than Europea sand 70 hours more than the Japanese.One in four American does not take a vacation at all.Joe Robinson,former editor of a travel magazine,has stated. "We're the most vacation-starved country in the industrial world"And let's not forget that many people stay connected with the office and the daily financial news even while they are on vacation! 4
基础英语 D 综合教程 Book4 Unit 12 4 Unit 12 Christmas Lost and Found - 2 Time table - 100 minutes Stages Contents Objectives Activities Time Morning report News report Get to the world around them 5 mins Lead-in Students are supposed to understand the differences concerning time GW 15 mins Culture background To get students emotionally involved in the topis 5 mins Post-reading Structure analysis Understand the construction of the text 5 mins Text 1 GW 20 mins Break Text 1 Text Comprehension Checking students’ understanding of the text individual & pair work 25 mins Use the newly learnt expressions to talk about their own life 10 mins debate Practice their thinking GW 15 mins Homework Suplemetary reading materials Morning report HW Checking The representatives of each group are supposed to report the differences of time conception. I. Cultural background Al Gini, a philosopher and radio commentator, notes that when responding to the question “How are you?” people usually respond with some form of “I am so busy!” This signals a distressing trend — we are so harried and hurried that we have no time for the things that truly matter and must be done slowly, such as sex, conversation, taking a leisurely stroll in nature, listening to what someone else is saying, relaxing at a concert, or just doing nothing. The world of multitasking and hyperactivity exhausts us and leaves us feeling listless. Our lives are enriched by true leisure that feeds the soul. But contemporary Americans are missing the boat. They work 350 hours more per year than Europeans and 70 hours more than the Japanese. One in four Americans does not take a vacation at all. Joe Robinson, former editor of a travel magazine, has stated, “We’re the most vacation-starved country in the industrial world.” And let’s not forget that many people stay connected with the office and the daily financial news even while they are on vacation!
基础英语D 综合教程Book4Uni112 Instead of a long vacation,many have opted for weekends away at a second home.But with this arrangement so much time is spent on commting and maintenance of the property that it car seem like work.Shopping has become for many Americans a psychological substitute for leisure. For a while,it was even touted as a genuine form of patriotism! II.Structural analysis Part I:Text Analysis of Text 1Christmas Lost and Found When we look at this text more elosely,we will find that it consists of three parts rather than two: Christmas found,Christmas lost and Christmas re-found,or to put it another way.joy and happiness brought by the coming of Christmas Boy,sorrow and sadness caused by the sudden death of Christmas Boy,and joy and happiness regained in the end.This story promises to touch hearts and f spirits with the true meaning of Christmas,that is,the best of Ch ristmas is in ou hearts and the love harbored in our heart will unite people into a family and Christmas is just a chance for people to share love with each other. II Comprehension questions 1.how do Americans feel about their hard work? 2.how does the British psychological Oliver James relate people's happiness with the increase of wealth/ 3.what do those "anti-work"campaigners believe? 4.how does Professor Gini define"being lazy"?
基础英语 D 综合教程 Book4 Unit 12 5 Instead of a long vacation, many have opted for weekends away at a second home. But with this arrangement so much time is spent on commuting and maintenance of the property that it can seem like work. Shopping has become for many Americans a psychological substitute for leisure. For a while, it was even touted as a genuine form of patriotism! II. Structural analysis Part II: Text Analysis of Text 1 Christmas Lost and Found Highlight When we look at this text more closely, we will find that it consists of three parts rather than two: Christmas found, Christmas lost and Christmas re-found, or to put it another way, joy and happiness brought by the coming of Christmas Boy, sorrow and sadness caused by the sudden death of Christmas Boy, and joy and happiness regained in the end. This story promises to touch hearts and lift spirits with the true meaning of Christmas, that is, the best of Christmas is in our hearts and the love harbored in our heart will unite people into a family and Christmas is just a chance for people to share love with each other. II Comprehension questions 1. how do Americans feel about their hard work? 2. how does the British psychological Oliver James relate people’s happiness with the increase of wealth/ 3. what do those “anti-work” campaigners believe? 4. how does Professor Gini define “being lazy”?