大学英语第二册第五单元(B2-U5)讲稿

Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles(8 Periods)Teaching Aims:1. Grasp the main idea(dreaming and hard work helped Michael Stone on his way to success) and the structure of the text(narration with a flashback);2. Appreciate the narrative skills(using details to bring about a character; a surprising ending; use of puns);3. Introduce new vocabularies and expressions of text A. and ss are expected to master the blackened ones;4. Master emphatic structure.Difficult Points：1. Narrative skills: flashback; a surprising ending; pun;2. Emphatic structure: It + be + focused element + that /who clause;3. Language points and sentence patterns. (Ref. Language Learning).Teaching procedures:I.Lead-inGroup discussion1)Read the story in Part one and think that what John Coutis impresses on you most?2)Can you list more famous disabled people in China and the West?II. Text study1.Global reading1) Questions about the Texta)What does the text title True Height mean?(=It has more than one meaning. They are:1) the new bar heights that Michael cleared one after another.2) the tremendous obstacles Michael had overcome in attaining his goal.)b) As the text consists of the main story and a flashback, can you figure out the flashback(=The flashback is from line 11 to line 35)2) Scan the whole text to find out all the words and phrases that are related to sports or stadium. And think about their Chinese equivalents.National Junior Olympics 全国少年奥林匹克运动会personal best 个人最高记录stand(s) 看台final race 赛跑决赛pole vault event 撑竿跳高项目track and field competition 田径比赛gymnast 体操运动员body builder 健美运动员weightlifting 举重bar 横杆inflated landing mat 充气垫vaulter 撑竿跳高运动员finger-tipped push-up 俯卧撑runway 跑道National record 全国记录pole 撑竿take-off 起跳set a new world record 刷新一项世界纪录2.Detailed reading1)Questions and answersWho is talked about in part one? What does he do?Can you use one word to describe Michael’ s mother and father respectively?How did Michael feel about his successful attempt at beating his personal best by three inches?At what moment did Michael begin to feel nervous?What helped Michael overcome his nervousness?What made Michael associate his final jump with his childhood dream?How did Michael think his parents might feel about his success? And what was his father’s reaction to his feat?Why would Michael attract a lot of media attention?2) Difficult Sentencesa)(LL. 8~9) It combines the grace of a gymnast with the strength of a body builder.Translate the sentence into Chinese.(=它融合了体操运动员的优雅与健美运动员的力量。

)b)(LL. 16~20) He would be running sown a country road. As he raced between golden wheat fields, he would…Why is Michael’s dream of flying de scribed in details?(=Because Michael has a very deep impression about the dream. There are two evidence for that: 1) His mother read him numerous stories about flying when he was growing up. 2) He always dreamed of flying.)c)(L. 21) Where he flew would a lways coincide with his mother’s stories.Paraphrase the sentence.(=In his dreams, he would always fly over those places described in his mother’s stories.)d)(L. 23) His dad, on the other hand, was not a dreamer.1. What is function of the phrase “on the other hand”?(=The phrase is used for comparing different things or ideas.)2. What can you infer from the phrase?(=Michael’ s parents are totally different types of people and they play the different roles in Michael’s success.)e)(LL. 47~48) Nothing to be ashamed of, but Michael would not allow himself the thought of not winning first place.1. Paraphrase the first part of the sentence.(=He would not be ashamed of getting himself the second place, but…)2. What can you learn from the sentence?(=Michael holds a very attitude toward the competition. On the one hand, he wouldn’tthink it is a shame of winning the second place, on the other hand, he would try hisbest to win the first place.)f)(LL. 54) Then it all hit him like a wet bale of hay.1. Paraphrase the sentence.(=If something strikes you like a wet bale of hay, it comes as a sudden, forceful and unpleasant surprise.)2. Use some adjectives to describe how Michael felt at that time.(=He felt anxious, tense, nervous, etc.)g)(LL. 68~69) The silence was deafening.Is this sentence contradictory with “silence” and “deafening”?(=No. “Deafening” here is used to modify “the silence”. It is not an ordinary silence, but a deafening one. This shows both Michael and the crowd are very tense at that moment.)h)(L. 76) Only this time he knew he wasn’t dreaming.What does “only” mean here?(=“Only” here means “but”.)3)Words and Expressionsa.(L. 1) sweat:1.v. produce sweat*The white shirts were sweated through.*He was sweating after working so hard.2. n. liquid which comes out from the body through the skin to cool it(=I was covered in sweat after running to catch the bus.)b.(L. 8) grace: n.1) quality of being smooth and elegant, esp. in movement or structure*We admired the grace with which the fashion models walked across the room.*She danced with a grace that surprised us.2) kindness; willingness to do what is right*She had the grace to say that he was right.*他勉强地承认他错了。