(新世纪高职英语)Unit 1

Unit 1 Paradise Lost?

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课程名称：新世纪高职高专英语授课教师：

Unit 1 Paradise Lost?

授课内容：

1. Understand the Text：Paradise Lost?

2. Explain the key words and structures in the text.

目的要求：

1. Understand why Paradise Lost

2. Master the key words and structures in the text 有关记录：

板书设计：

Paradise Lost?

→Paradise Lost:

It was published in 1667 and tells the story of Satan’s (撒旦) rebellion against God and his expulsion from heaven and the subsequent temptation and expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.

→Rainforest :

Woodland is characterized by lush vegetation and heavy rainfall.

→Christopher Columbus (1451-1506):

He made a total of four trips to the Caribbean and South America during the years 1492-1504.

→Amazon (River)

The Amazon River is the largest river in the world. With its more than 1,000 tributaries, the Amazon River network encompasses almost half of South America.

I.Lead in( 15 minutes)

Ask the students to discuss in pairs the importance of forest and why Paradise Lost, and then ask some pairs to tell their opinions to the whole class.

Q1: How did Columbus think of the rainforest?

A: He thought it was most beautiful and quite different from that in Europe, with flowers and fruits, and little birds singing sweetly.

Q2. What is special about Columbus’ description of the rainforest?

A: His description was the first known written one about the rainforest.

Q3. What are the oldest communities of living things on the Earth?

A: In the author’s view, the rainforests are the oldest.

II. Teaching ( 65 minutes)

1. Background Information ( 5 minutes)

1) The masterpiece of the English poet John Milton (1608 - 1674) and one of the greatest poems in world literature. It was published in 1667 and tells the story of Satan’s (撒旦) rebellion against God and his expulsion from heaven and the subsequent temptation and expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.

2) Woodland is characterized by lush vegetation and heavy rainfall. Rainforests are the world’s most biologically diverse ecosys tems. Although they cover less than 10 percent of the Earth’s surface, tropical rainforests provide habitat for 50 to 90 percent of the world’s plant and animal species. Tropical rain- forests are called the “jewel of the Earth,” the “Earth’s lungs,” and the “world’s largest pharmacy” because of the large amount of natural medicines discovered there.

The largest tropical rainforests exist in South America’s Amazon basin (the Amazon Rainforest), in the equatorial portions of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in much of Indonesia.