themaninthewater新版现代大学英语个性化完整教案

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教学目的Teaching Objectives:
To acquire the key words, important and difficult sentences and language points
教学重点和难点Teaching Focus Possible Difficulties
教学方法和手段Teaching techniques
To integrate several different teaching methods and techniques: elicitation; explanation; illustration and discussion.
教学基本内容备注
Unit 4 The Man in the Water
1.Warming-up Questions
1)Question: Who are the heroes in the story
Two police rescuers and, a young passerby and the man in the water.
2)Question: Who is the greatest hero Why
The man in the water.
Ordinary as he was, he could rise to challenge when the test came.
He displayed courage and noble character in human nature at its best.
3)Qu estion: In the author’s view, do people feel proud or sad about
the disaster Why
They feel proud because man defeated the indifferent natural forces.
4) Question: What is referred to as one of man’s natural powers according to the passage
Sacrificing his life for the life of others’.
5)Question: The fight between the man in the water and the natural
forces ended up with the death of the man. Why does the author say he is not a loser
He was the best we can do to fight against the indifferent natural forces. W hat’s more, he never dies in people’s heart.
What was unusual about the air crash
Why does the author refer to the aesthetic aspect of the clash
What are the things the author mentions to be worth noticing
What does the author mean when he says the human nature was
groping and struggling
Why does the author say that the man went unidentified gave
him a universal character
How could the man in the water give a lifeline to those who
watched him What does the “lifeline” here symbolize
What does the greatness of the anonymous man actually lie in
What do you think are the strongest human powers endowed with
by nature
2.Background Information
I.The Air Crash
On Jan. 13, 1982 one of the worst snowstorms in the history of Washington, . hit the city. Just about everything closed down—the government, businesses, schools, the airports. By about noon, the skies cleared and Washington’s National Airport reopened for business. The crew of Air Florida Flight 90 began preparing for a nonstop trip to sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At 3:59 ., the twin-engine Boeing 737 was cleared for takeoff and began rumbling down the runway on its final flight.
Minutes later, the plane smashed into the 14th Street Bridge, only 1,200 yards from the Pentagon, destroying four automobiles and killing five people. The jet then fell into the ice-covered Potomac River, bringing all the passengers to their instant death except five—four passengers and one flight attendant—from the tail section, who found themselves gasping and struggling in the icy waters.
These five people however survived and they were able to survive because of four heroes. The author wrote this essay in praise of these heroes, three of whom had risked their lives to rescue the survivors and were able to live to tell the story, but the man that really held the whole nation’s attention was the fourth one who had kept pushing his lifeline and flotation rings to others until he went under. II.Presidential Monument
1) Washington Monument
In recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence, Washington earned the title “Father of His Country”. With this monument, the citizens of the United States show their enduring gratitude and respect for the first President of the United States.
2) Jefferson Memorial
Thomas Jefferson—political philosopher, architect, musician,。