unit 1Passage A教案

unit 1Passage A教案

Unit One Famous Universities

A

In this perios you’ll…

first listen and then talk about famous universities; read about Oxford University and Stanford University; understand the notes to Passage A

learn the related information of Passage A;

learn to use the words and expressions of Passage A

Teaching procedures:

1. Lead in----speaking, listening and writing;

2. Passage A----thinking about it (discuss the questions for pre-reading);

3.Related information----giving a brief introduction about the background information of this text;

4. Words and Expressions----explaining the new words and expressions

Lead in

1. Morning report----some famous universities in the world

2. Listen and complete: listen to the tape firstly and then try to

complete the short passage in five minutes.

Think about it

1. How much do you know about Oxford University?What do you know about

John Harvard and his statue at Harvard University?

3. What other famous universities around the world can you describe to your classmates?

Related Information

1. United Kingdom United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy in northwestern Europe, officially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. England is the largest and most populous division of the island of Great Britain, making up the south and east. Wales is on the west and Scotland is to the north. Northern Ireland is located in the northeast corner of Ireland, the second largest island in the British Isles. The capital

of the United Kingdom is the city of London, situated near the southeastern tip of England.

2. The Rhodes Scholarship Rhodes scholarship is a scholarship for study at Oxford University, a sum of money awarded annually to students from the United States, South Africa, and several Commonwealth countries to help pay for studies in the United Kingdom at Oxford University.

3. Marshall Scholarships Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to forty Scholars are selected each year to study either at graduate or occasionally undergraduate level at an UK institution in any field of study. The scheme allows the Scholars, who are the potential leaders,

opinion-formers and decision-makers in their own country, to gain an understanding and appreciation of British values and the British way of life. It also establishes long-lasting ties between the peoples of Britain and the United States. Each scholarship is held for two years.

4.The Mission of Oxford achieving and maintaining excellence in every area of its teaching and research, maintaining and developing its historical position as a world-class university, and enriching the international, national, and regional communities through the fruits of its research and the skills of its graduates.

Words and expressions

1. award

v. give, especially as the result of an official decision