最新全新版大学英语第三册教案教学教材

Unit 1 Changes in the Way We Live

Objectives

Students will be able to:

1.Develop reading skills—understand the main idea (tolerance for solitude and energy made it

possible for the writer’s family to enjoy their pleasant but sometimes harsh country life) an

d th

e reading skill o

f skimming;

2.Develop writing skills—writing strategy1: topic sentences followed by detailed sentences

writing strategy2: comparison & contrast;

3.Learn the language—master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;

4.Integrate the four skills—conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing

activities related to the theme of the unit.

Time Allotment

We devote 8 teaching periods (plus 2 periods after-c lass of students’ autonomous learning in the Self-Access Center) to cover Unit 1, which include:

Time What Is to Be Done Tasks / Activities

1-2 periods 1. Warming up

2. Global analysis

3. Background information about the

changes in our life

4. Ss’ understanding the main idea and the

structure of the text

Ss’ au tonomous learning textbook

3-4 periods 1. Language /culture study and practice

2. Ss’ mastery of the key language points

and grammatical structures in the text

3. Developing Ss’ reading skill of

writing

strategies --- topic sentences f ollowed by

detailed sentences; comparison & contrast

1. Ss sum up the main idea and major

facts in Text 2 of Reading Course;

2. Ss debate on the topic of whether city

life is better than suburban life

5 period 1. Further understanding of Text A

2. Discussion related to Text A in Unit 1.

3. Check of students’ reading of Text B

1. Discussion: what changes have you

found in the way we live?

2. Questions & Answers

3. Learn to write essays with the 2

writing strategies

2 periods 2 after-class-periods of students’　

autonomous learning in the Self-Access

Center

1. Review what has been learned in

class with learning resources;

2. Make up for what Ss believe as their

weak points in the four skills;

3. Reinforce Ss listening skills.

Text A Mr. Doherty Builds His Dream Life

Cultural Background

1. Ivy League

Eight long-established colleges and universities in the United States with prestigious academic and social reputation. Members of the Ivy League are Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island; Columbia University in New York City; Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire; Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; U niversity of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia; Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey; and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

2. Fahrenheit scale & Celsius scale

Fahrenheit scale is a scale of temperature, first established by the German physicist Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1715. On his scale, water freezes at 32 °F and boils at 212 °F (under set atmospheric conditions).

Celsius scale is first established by a Swedish scientist Anders Celsius in 1742. On this scale,

C (under agreed standard atmospheric conditions). The water freezes at 0 °

C and boils at 100 °

Celsius scale was formerly commonly known as the centigrade scale because of the 100 divisions between the freezing- and boiling-points of water. To convert from degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit multiply by 9/5 and add 32.

3. Individual Retirement Account (IRA)

a US government plan that allows people to put part of their income into special bank account. No tax has to be paid on this money until they retire.

Classroom Activities

1. Discussion:

Question1: What changes have you experienced in your life since you entered university? Question2: Why do so many townsmen prefer to spend their weekends or holidays in the countryside, rather than some other cities?

Question3: What changes have you found in the way we live?

2. Debate

Whether city life is better than suburban life

3. Writing:

Writing strategy 1: one topic sentence + several detail sentences

Write a passage based on either of the two topic sentences and other words given. (10 minutes): Passage One:

Topic sentence: John is a good student.