(新世纪高职英语)Unit

Unit 2 Capital Cities序号1课程名称：新世纪高职高专英语授课教师：Unit 2 Capital Cities授课内容：1. Understand the Text：Capital Cities2. Explain the key words and structures in the text.目的要求：1.Learn the noticeable characteristics of the capitalcities of some countries.2. Master the key words and structures in the text有关记录：板书设计：Unit 2 Capital CitiesCan you say something about some capital cities:BeijingLondonWashington D. C.ParisTokyoAthensOttawaVienna………………………………I.Lead in( 15 minutes)Task 1: Ask the students to talk about noticeable characteristics of some capital citiesTask 2: List the name of their favorite capital cities, give their reasons.Teacher should give some related words and expressions.II. Read in (65 minutes)1. Background Information (5 minutes)city center: the main shopping or business area in a city, called “downtown” in American Englishcity fathers:the group of people who govern a citycity planning: the study of the way cities work, so that the roads, houses, services, etc. can be provided effectively. City planning is getting more and more important with the development of economy and society. Now the government of almost any big city has a department of city planning.2. Developing vocabulary (30 minutes)1) advantage: n. a favorable circumstance 优势e.g.As we all know, computers have both advantages and disadvantages.These are the advantages of radios over TV.2) characteristic: n. a special and easily recognized quality of someone or something特征，特性e.g. A useful characteristic of the cat is its ability to catch and kill mice.The newly invented device has the following characteristics.3) explosion: n.●(a loud noise caused by) an act of exploding爆炸。

爆炸声e.g. population explosion 人口爆炸information explosion 信息爆炸● a sudden bursting out (of the stated feeling or itsexpression) 发出（感情或表达该感情的言语）e.g. explosions of great anger 勃然大怒explosions of loud laughter 一下子哄堂大笑4) seat: n. a place of a particular power or activity。

center 中心。

所在地e.g.Paris is the seat of the French government5) commercial: a. of, related to or used in commerce商业的；商务的e.g.Nowadays, commercial banks and state-owned banks coexist and compete with each other.6) imagine: v. form a picture of sb. or sth. in mind想象；假设e.g.It is hard to imagine what life would be like in 2050.I can imagine the scene clearly in my mind.7) existence: n. the state of existing 存在e.g. The new country has been in existence since 1918.I’ve never heard anything so silly during my whole existence!8) a share in: a part in （起）一份作用e.g.If you want a share in/of the pay, you’ll have to do your fair share of the work.9) benefit: n. good effect, advantage 利益；好处e.g.The company has gained a lot of benefits from investmentin the real estate.10) ravage: n. the damage caused by something (often used in the plural) （遭破坏的）残迹；灾害e.g.We visited an old building that has survived the ravages of time.11) all but: almost, nearlye.g. The game was all but over by the time we arrived.He all but died of the serious wounds.3.Detail study of the text (30 minutes)Paragraph One1) Comprehension QuestionsQ:What can we conclude about the capital city of a country?A:The capital city of a country is not necessarily the greatest city of the country, but it is certainly the most important city in the country. Usually the capital city is the political center because the central government is there.2) Main idea.The concept of a capital.Paragraph Two1) Comprehension QuestionsQ:Why is it that the existence of a city is often longer than that of an empire?A:Cities rise and fall like empires, but a city may still be there after the empires owning it have vanished.2) Main ideaThe long history of some cities.3) Difficult sentencesCities, like empires, rise and fall, but the existence of a city is often longer than that of the empires of which it is thecapitalLike empires, cities also flourish and decline, but the historyof a city is often longer than that of the empires owning it.Paragraph Three1) Comprehension QuestionsQ: In what respects does a city resemble a man?A: Like man, cities also have their own peculiar qualities and characteristics2) Main ideaSome peculiar qualities of cities3) Difficult sentencesParis is gay, and we think of it as a city of pleasure and gaiety, though at many times in the past it has been the very opposite of this.Paris is a lively and cheerful city, and we regard it as a place where we can find pleasure and gaiety, though at many times in the past it had not been like this.Paragraph Four1) Comprehension QuestionsQ:What advantages does a capital city have over other cities?A: Since the capital is the center of government and political power, it attracts large numbers of ambitious people.Their efforts in various fields make the capital a busy center of human activities.2) Main ideaThe advantages of a capital city.Paragraph Five1) Comprehension QuestionsQ:What is still a subject for discussion regarding the central status of the capital?A:It remains a subject for discussion whether it is a goodthing to have only one such center in a nation, or whether it would be better to have other cities imitate the capital.2)Main ideaThe problems concerning capital cities3) Difficult sentencesMeanwhile, a more serious problem is how to prevent the city population from increasing beyond reasonable limits.At the same time, a more serious problem is how to keep the city population under control.III. Exercise(15 minutes)Practice Ex. I, IIIV. Assignments1.Review the text and the key words/phrases2.Finish off Ex. III – Ex. VI3.Preview Grammar。