基础英语(四) 教学大纲

《基础英语（四）》课程教学大纲【课程基本信息】课程名称：基础英语（四）课程代码：课程类别及性质：专业必修课学分/学时：4学分/108学时教材版本：综合英语教程Book 4 【何兆熊主编，综合教程，上海外语教育出版社；2008年5月】教学对象：英专二年级【教学目的与基本要求】通过对本课程的学习，学生将对每个单元的相关文化背景知识做必要的了解，注重对学生的听、说、读、写、译等方面能力的训练，以及对基础语法和词汇的熟练掌握和正确运用，在语言学习的过程中提高学生的综合素质，培养学生的思维能力。

在本学期末，通过本课程的学习，学生应该达到以下要求：1、词汇通过练习能够用英语对词语、句子进行释义；在掌握基本词汇用法的基础上扩大词汇量；掌握课文中出现的词汇及拓展词汇（重点词汇重点掌握，掌握其意思及用法）以及由这些词汇所构成的常用词组，另外加强对专业四级常见词汇的练习。

2、语法学会分析长句结构，巩固及加深以前学过的语法知识，提高在语篇水平上运用语法知识的能力。

3、阅读能力了解英语中各种文体的作用和特点；认识和辨别课文中出现的各种修辞手法，掌握中心大意以及说明中心大意的事实和细节，并能够进行一定的分析、推理和判断，领会作者的观点和态度，使学生掌握一般难度英语原文著作的阅读技巧，提高阅读速度。

4、听的能力通过使用英语授课，提高学生的听觉会意能力；通过听写练习，提高学生应对英语专业四级听写部分的能力。

5、说的能力能就教材内容和适当的话题进行回答和复述，能用英语进行一般的日常会话，能在短暂准备后做简短发言，能够比较清楚地表达思想，语音、语调基本正确。

6、写的能力能够在教师指导下分析、欣赏文章的写作技巧、文章的结构、语言特点；使学生初步掌握各种文章的写作能力及写作技巧7、译的能力能够通过练习使用固定的词汇或短语将简单的汉语句子翻译成英语，理解正确，能够准确在两种语言之间进行翻译。

【教学方法】1、进行课文导入，如与课文相关的背景知识和作者介绍等。

2、在课文的学习过程中学习掌握本单位的新词汇，并强化重点词汇的学习。

3、在讲解课文过程中，注重用同义词替换新词汇进行句子改写的练习，并引导学生对课文中心思想进行概括。

4、实行启发式教学，使学生积极主动地学习。

5、实行以学生为中心的教学方法，学生参与课堂讨论，实现师生互动，活跃课堂氛围。

6、针对课文中的重点难点进行讲解和实践，促进学生对重难点的理解应用。

7、使用多媒体课件优化教学课程。

【教学内容及学时分配】一、理论教学模块Unit 1 （6学时）Text I Never Give In, Never, NeverText II Winston Churchill[教学内容]1.重点词汇：Catastrophic, misfortune, desperately, unmeasured, menace, lull, deceptive, triumph, impostor2.重点语法英语中的平行结构3.内容提要This text is an inspiring speech made by Winston Churchill, Great Britain’s ex-Prime Minister and famous orator, when he visited Harrow School on October 29, 1941.4.结构分析Introduction: Para 1; Main body: Para 2-5; Conclusion: Para 6-85. 写作策略: Repetition and metaphorUnit 2 (6 学时)Text I Space InvadersText II Space and Distance[教学内容]1. 重点词汇Velvet, inch, minutely, annoyance, sidle, scribble, shuffle, quaint, gratifying, intuitive, penetrate 2. 重点语法（1）can, could和may的用法（2）one, so 和such的用法3. 内容提要The writer points out that nowadays people are more and more concerned about themselves and want to have a larger personal space than decades ago and then he analyses the causes of space invasion.4. 结构分析Introduction: Para 1-2; Main body: Para 3-7; Conclusion: 8-95．写作策略: Choice of wordsUnit 3 (6学时)Text I Alienation and the InternetText II American Online: Losing the Battles, but Winning the War[教学内容]1.重点词汇Alienation, forum, access, modal, potential, globalization, dramatically, fragmentation, alienate 2.重点语法直接引语与间接引语云南大学旅游文化学院英语专业课程教学大纲3.内容提要Only when we make a moderate use of the Internet can we fully realize its potential without having our sense of reality skewed.4.结构分析Introduction: Para 1-2; Main body: Para 3-6; Conclusion: Para 75.写作策略: AntonymsUnit 4 (6学时)Text I A View of MountainsText II Statement at the 2003 Session of United Nations Disarmament Commission[教学内容]1.重点词汇Dispatch, constitute, artistry, char, pulse, ledge, unearthly, rubble, wreckage, stumble, outskirt2.重点语法（1）动词的现在时态（2）形容词的比较级3.内容提要The author points out that we should not just worry about the nuclear peril but take actions to eliminate it to create a safer world.4.结构分析Introduction: Para 1; Main body: Para 2-3; Conclusion: Para 45.写作策略: “A but B” structureUnit 5 (6学分)Text I The Tapestry of FriendshipText II My Daughter, My Friend[教学内容]1．重点词汇Tapestry, budget, chase, shoot-out, cosmic, affecting, pan, fragility, resiliency, tissue, drastic2. 重点语法（1）省略的用法（2）rather 和fairly的区别3. 内容提要This text distinguishes two kinds of friendship: that between men and that between women. 4．结构分析Part 1: Para 1-2; Part 2: Para 3-6; Part 3: Para 7-18; Part 4: Para 195．写作策略: 使用连词Unit 6 （6学分）Text I A French FourthText II Stuck in the Middle[教学内容]1．重点词汇Regulation, prompt, expatriate, barbecue, suppress, heritage, twinge, unease, lacuna, folly, convey 2. 重点语法关系从句的使用3. 内容提要第 3 页共7 页This text talks about the influence of a foreign culture on expatriated families.4．结构分析Introduction: Para 1-3; Main body: Para 4-9; Conclusion: Para 10-125. 写作策略: Concessive words and expressionsUnit 7 (6学时)Text I The Selling of the PresidentText II What Makes a Leader[教学内容]1. 重点词汇Campaign, publicize, supplant, empirical, publicity, clinch, spot, swing, dictate, priority, close-up 2. 重点语法（1）省略（2）shall, will, should 和would的用法3．内容提要The author points out that it is very important to develop a sense of what kind of person we are electing to the nation’s highest office. TV affords us that opportunity in a way no other medium can.4. 结构分析Introduction: Para 1; Main body: Para 2-11; Conclusion: Para 125．写作策略: ExemplificationUnit 8 (6学分)Text I The MonsterText II Simple Habits, Deep Thoughts[教学内容]1. 重点词汇Undersized, nerve, agony, delusion, grandeur, conceit, exhaust, exhausting, tiresome, mania2. 重点语法介词的用法3. 内容提要The writer tries to provide a reasonable explanation for each of the monster’s characteristics in both his personality and behavior.4．结构分析Part 1: Para 1-9; Part 2: Para 10; Part 3: Para 11-135．写作策略: Stylistic effect of using “he”Unit 9 (6学时)Text I The Discus ThrowerText II A Rage against Dying[教学内容]1. 重点词汇Stance, assemble, furtive, tan, close-cropped, vile, repose, snowbound, bonsai, prune, facsimile 2. 重点语法直接引语与间接引语转换3. 内容提要The author mainly describes the strange behavior patient dubbed the discus thrower and his云南大学旅游文化学院英语专业课程教学大纲conflict with the health workers.4. 结构分析Introduction: Para 1; Main body: Para 2-13; Conclusion: Para 14-155．写作策略: Monologue and dialogueUnit 10 (6学时)Text I How I Found My V oiceText II Thank You, Mr. Chips[教学内容]1. 重点词汇Trilogy, stutter, snicker, traumatic, catfish, prodigious, humiliate, vent, pound, grit, retreat2. 重点语法Could的用法3．内容提要The text emphasizes the great effect the teacher has brought about on the writer’s career as well as his whole life.4．结构分析Part 1: Para 1-2; Part 2: Para 3-22; Conclusion: Para 23-295. 写作策略: Repetition of New TestamentUnit 11 (6学时)Text I Mountain Lion’s AttackText II Terror in the Night[教学内容]1．重点词汇Counselor, scout, glue, wail, ivy, roam, crouch, cougar, prey, plod, bug, emblem, perch, motto2. 重点语法动词不定式的使用3. 内容提要The writer talks about his personal experience as a camp counselor, which shows that this job was not as relaxing and interesting as he had assumed.4. 结构分析Part 1: Para 1; Part 2: Para 2-20; Part 3: Para 215. 写作策略: Choice of verbsUnit 12 (6学时)Text I Christmas Lost and FoundText II One Small Stone, Unforgotten[教学内容]1. 重点词汇Vow, infertile, undaunted, expertise, carol, heredity, irrepressible, blizzard, ablaze2. 重点语法动词形式3. 内容提要The author describes the story of adaptation and loss of Christmas Boy.4．结构分析Part 1: Para 1-5; Part 2: Para 6-8; Part 3: Para 9-24第 5 页共7 页5. 写作策略: OxymoronUnit 13 (6学分)Text I Promise of BluebirdsText II My Son, the Lion[教学内容]1. 重点词汇Bluebird, landscape, wintry, garb, nest, creature, hover, drift, cardiology, sacrifice, carbide, pall 2. 重点语法形容词的使用3. 内容提要This text vividly describes the harmonious relationship between men and nature through the unique friendship between an ordinary old man and bluebirds.4. 结构分析Introduction: Para 1-7; Main body: Para 8-19; Conclusion: Para 20-305. 写作策略: EndearmentUnit 14 （6学时）Text I The Idiocy of Urban LifeText II The City[教学内容]1. 重点词汇Idiocy, cruise, sleek, well-groomed, reign, urbane, insomniac, congregate, gregarious2. 重点语法强调句型的使用3. 内容提要The author focuses on the idiocy of urban life and the ultimate reasons for this phenomenon. 4．结构分析Introduction: Para 1-2; Main body: Para 3-9; Conclusion: Para 105. 写作策略: A thesis of the authorUnit 15 (6学时)Text I Dolly’s False LegacyText II Quietly, Animal Cloning Speeds Onward[教学内容]1. 重点词汇Overlook, clone, inefficient, incidence, fetus, perfect, nurture, intrude, impose, intrinsic, ethical 2. 重点语法连接词的使用3. 内容提要The author discusses that it is impossible to apply cloning to humans, today at least.4. 结构分析Introduction: Para 1; Main body: Para 2-12; Conclusion: Para 135. 写作策略: Suspicious words and expressionsUnit 16 (6 学时)Text I The Story of an EyewitnessText II Memories of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire云南大学旅游文化学院英语专业课程教学大纲[教学内容]1. 重点词汇Conflagration, wrought, fringe, nabob, lurid, ghetto, smash, hump, ridge, depression2. 重点语法句子语序3. 内容提要The author describes the physical destruction of San Francisco first and then the quiet and calm reactions of the city dwellers.4. 结构分析Part 1: Para 1-3; Part 2: Para 4-13; Part 3: Para14-165. 写作策略: Parallelism二、实践教学模块1. 各个单元的课后练习，重点词汇、语法、句子结构的练习。