全新版大学英语综合教程第1册第2单元教案

Unit Two

Friendship

教学目标:通过本单元的学习,掌握英文书信的写作技巧和方法,在生活中学会珍惜友情.

教学重点:掌握单词;available estimate correspondence practically

urge postpone reference reunion awful skip

掌握词组;be lost in or something go ahead not much of

lose touch on one's mind come up hang out

choke up

教学难点:1.to grasp the main idea (never delay expressing your true feelings

to a friend) and structure of the text (developing a story around

a letter);

2.to appreciate that spoken English is much more informal than

written English;

3.to master key language points and grammatical structure in the

text;

课时分配:1.Pre-Reading Tasks,New Words Explanation and Analysis 2学时

2.While-Reading Tasks and Analysis 4学时

3.Post-Reading Tasks and Exercises 1学时

4.Home-Reading Check up 1学时

课外练习:1.Vocabulary;PartI II III 2.Structure;PartI II 推荐读物:<<大学英语>>第一册第二课

教学过程:Study of the Text

Culture Notes

Halloween is celebrated annually. It is on the night of 31 October, when people once believed that ghosts could be seen. Now, in Britain and America, it is a time when children have parties, dress up as witches, make lanterns out of pumpkins from which the inside has been removed, and play "trick or treat'.

Trick or treat is a traditional activity at Halloween. Children dress in costumes and visit houses. At each house they say "Trick or treat'. This means that they will play a "trick', or joke, on the people in the house unless they are given a "treat', e.g. sweets or money. Most people prefer to give treats rather than having tricks played

on them.

Pre-reading tasks

1.T asks Ss the following questions on the song That's What Friends are For;

---What is a fair weather friend?(one who is happy to stay with you when things are going well but leaves as soon as trouble arrives)

---According to the song, what are friends for?(for both good times and bad times) 2.Warm-up Questions

Do you often write letters to friends?

1)T writes down the following words on the blackboard: frequently, sometimes rarely, never.

2)T invites several Ss to give reasons for writing or not writing letters.

3)T sums up by saying: letters are the best in expressing our innermost feelings.

3.Topic-related Prediction

1)Before you read the story, think about the answers to the following questions.

What does a cabbie do?

What is a letter used for?

Who wrote the letter to the cabbie?

Why was all the cabbie had only a letter?

2)Read the last sentence of Text A and try to guess what the story is about. While-reading tasks

1.Read Text A as quickly as possible, and find out if you are right. Can you summarize the story with three sentences?

key words: lost in thought, read a letter, an old friend, lifelong friendship, regret, author decided

2.Scan the text and find out how many questions the narrator asked the cabbie and what were the latter's responses.

----At first, did you mistake Ed for the writer of this letter?

----Which round of question-and-answer leads to the mistake?(the second round)

3.Ss do Text Organization exercise on page 40.

nguage study and text analysis

1)be lost in/lose oneself in:be absorbed in, be fully occupied with

e .g: He was lost in playing computer games so he was unaware o

f my enterin

g the room.

I had lost myself in thought.

2)available: able to be used, had, or reached

e.g. Since 1990, the mount of money available to buy books has fallen by 17%.

We have already used up all the available space.

3)He sounded as if he had a cold or something: This sentence implies the sad state mind the taxi driver was in.

or something: used when you are not very sure about what you have just said

e.g. The air fare was a hundred and ninety-nine pounds or something.

Here's some money. Get yourself a sandwich or something.

4)go ahead: continue, begin(sometimes followed by with + n)

e.g. The board of directors will vote today on whether to go ahead with the

plan.

Henry will be late but we will go ahead with the meeting anyway.