大学英语第二单元

西南财经大学天府学院

教案

任课教师：史正刚

课程名称：大学英语精读II

任课班级：11级本-工商22、23、24班授课时间：2011-2012学年2学期

西南财经大学天府学院教务处制

Unit 2Values

Ⅰ. Suggested Teaching Plan

Students will be able to:

1.understand the main idea (despite his wealth, Sam Walton remains down-home and devoted to his team) and

structure of the text;

2.appreciate the use of indirect description in portraying a person;

3.grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;

conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.

4.

1.T asks Ss the following questions on the recorded passage: (5 minutes)

—What happened to Abraham Lincoln one day? (Working as a shop clerk, he overcharged a customer.

Although the sum was insignificant, Lincoln walked a long distance to return the money.) —How is the story related to the theme of the unit — values? (Abraham Lincoln regarded honesty as an important value.)

2.Ss do Cloze B in after-text exercises to learn more about the values of American millionaires. (15 minutes)

3.Rich people I know (15 minutes)

1)Before class, Ss are asked to collect stories, news reports, pictures, books, or even video clips (if relevant

equipment is available for showing them in class) of rich people.

2)In class, Ss form groups of three to four to share what they have collected.

3)Groups discuss what values these rich people hold dear.

4)Speakers for several groups report their discussion results to the class.

5)T reminds Ss to keep these values in mind when they study Text A, and see whether Sam Walton

1. Text organization (20 minutes)

1)T asks Ss to scan the text to see if there is any natural dividing lines separating it into parts. (The text

can be divided into three parts. Between each part, there is a blank line.)

2)T draws Ss’ attention to Text Organization Exercise 1, guides them through the directions, so that they

can grasp the main function of each part.

3)Ss scan the text again to underline all the names mentioned and tell who these persons are.

(They are: Jamie Beaulieu, waiter at Sam Walton’s birthday party

Jonnie Baker, night manager at the local Wal-Mart

Richard Hoback, Mayor of Bentonville, Arkansas

Gordon Garlington, pastor of the local church

John Marshall, local barber

Jim V on Gremp, corporate affairs director

Ferold F. Arend, retired president of Wal-Mart

Jim Hendren, company lawyer

also see Text Analysis)

4) Ss will notice that the text transits from Part II to Part III when the first corporate job — corporate

affairs director — is mentioned.

2.T explains language points and gives Ss practice (see Language Study). (60 minutes)

3.Finding synonyms or sy nonymous phrases for “down-home” (10 minutes)

1)T asks some Ss to explain the title of Text A in their own words.

2)Ss work alone to find out synonyms or synonymous phrases for “down-home”.

3)Some Ss report their findings to the class.

( Para 5 carry on like plain folks

Para 6 folksy ways

Para 7 friendly, cheerful, a fine neighbor who does his best to blend in, never flashy, never throwing his weight around

Para 11 not a front-page person)

4) T reminds Ss to vary their own writings by synonyms or synonymous phrases.

Post-reading tasks

1. Using indirect description in portraying a person (25 minutes)

1)Ss complete Text Organization Exercise 2 and compare answers with each other.

2)T makes Ss think by asking Ss this question: How does the author reveal these character traits of Sam

Walton? Does he come forward to tell us directly what Sam Walton is like?

3)T introduces methods of indirect description and writes them down on the blackboard: anecdotes,

examples, quotes, comparison and contrast, etc. (see Text Analysis)

4)Ss work in pairs to find out examples of these methods.