大学英语精读预备级第二单元

Unit 2

Parents

Suggested Steps for teaching

1、Lead in to Test A.(See Introductory Remarks.)

2、Ask students to read the text quickly and help them identify the general idea of the text. (See

Warm-Up Exercise)

3、Get students actively involved in analyzing and explaining the text.(See Information Related

to the Text )

4、Introduce vocabulary items in the text and assign vocabulary exercises as a follow-up.(See

Language Points)

5、Ask students to do a series of writing and speaking tasks.(See Suggested Activity)

6、Offer a summary of the text.(See Summary.)

7、Do a vocabulary exercise in class.(See Additional Exercise)

8、Ask students to read Text B and guide them through the exercises following the text.

Introductory Remarks

One morning, at the Atlanta airport, the author of the text saw a father and a son riding an airport shuttle train. Very few people would pay attention to the ride. But the author noticed something special and got an answer to an important question.

Warm-Up Exercise

Directions: Go over the text quickly and then use the following words and phrases to make a summary of the author’s experience and his comments on the education of children today.

Words and Phrases for the summary

(author’s experience) – morning , Atlanta airport , father, son ,train, fun, exciting

(author’s comments)—parents , spend money, troubles, go wrong ,what to do, answer, care ,attention

Information Related to the text

1.Atlanta airport

Atlanta airport is the busiest airport in the world both in terms of the number of passengers and the number of takeoffs and landings. In 2005,for example,it accommodated 980,197 takeoffs and landings, and handled 88.4 million passengers according to projections .Many of these flights are domestic flight form within the United States. Atlanta is a major transfer point for flights to and from smaller East Coast cities. Because of this, an old joke says that it doesn’t matter where one will go in the afterlife, they will transfer through Atlanta to get there.

Disneyland

On July 17,1955, Walt Disney created Disneyland, an amusement park in Anaheim, California. It attracted visitors worldwide in unprecedented volume. It was such an enormous success that soon Walt and his partner were planning an expansion of the concept to other places. In 1971,a replica of Disneyland was made by the name of Disney World in the eastern half of the United States in Orlando, Florida . In 1983, the first international Disney theme park opened: Tokyo Didneyland Park in Japan. In 1992,Euro Disney opened in France. On September 12,2005,the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort was opened in Hong Kong,China.