新编大学英语第二版第三册第一单元Unit One Personality

新编大学英语第二版第三册

Unit One Personality

编著：浙江大学

出版社：外语教学与研究出版社

Ⅰ. Teaching Content:

1.Listening and Speaking

2.Structure

3.Translating and writing

Ⅱ. Teaching Objectives

Theoretical basis: College English Syllabus (1999); College English Curriculum Requirements (2004)

The teaching of this unit aims to

1.Enable Ss to master the target words and expressions especially those

concerning about personality.

2.Improve the students’ abilities of communication and making comments

relating to the theme of the unit.

Ⅲ. Important and Difficult Points

1.To describe people’s personalities, to discuss how to overcome shyness and

discuss the effect of one’s personality on his health.

2.To learn how to use the key words and phrases: accent, acquaintance, constant,

contrast, inferior, isolate, passive, thoughtfully, timid, come along, dwell on, in contrast, set aside.

3.To master the important grammar: word-building (self-word)

Ⅳ. Methods of Teaching

Mainly applying task-based approach and communicative one to construct a student-centered classroom

Multi-media teaching equipment

Group discussion

Live performance

Ⅴ. Time Allotment (9 periods)

Unit 1 The Misery of Shyness

Part Ⅰ Preparation & Speaking (2 periods)

A. Introduction

In a general sense, the term personality refers to all the personal and moral characteristics that determine the way a person thinks, feels and acts in his or her social and personal relations. These traits include a vast variety of attitudes and attributes such as shyness, generosity, patience, flexibility, sadness, humor, cheerfulness, selfishness, independence and aggressiveness. Most people are a mix of positive and negative traits. Personality traits that are valued in one culture may be frowned upon in another culture. Similarly, qualities that are encouraged in boys might be regarded as negative traits in girls.

It is common that many Chinese students feel self-conscious or uncomfortable to speak English in or out of class. As a result, they lose more opportunities to practice English. Thus, shyness is in the way to English improvement.

B. Tasks

Task 1: Describe Personality

1. Figure out the adjectives to describe the following personalities based on the given

information.

A. He is a liar, and you can’t ask him to do anything for you. (dishonest and unreliable)

B. He never buys his friends a drink in a bar. (mean and tight-fisted )

C. She knows exactly what she wants to achieve in life and how to get there.

(ambitious and single-minded)

D. He listens to other people’s opinions, and knows there are always two sides to an

argument. (broad-minded and tolerant)

E. She just doesn’t seem to realize what she does could hurt other people’s feelings.

It’s all me! Me! Me! Me! with her! (thoughtless and self-centered)

F. She is very quiet and goes red if anyone speaks to her. (shy and insecure)

G. He loves parties and doing his own things. (outgoing and independent)