新视野第三册一单元教案

大学英语3级课程教案UNIT ONE READING (4 periods)

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Warming-up

1.Talk and discuss the topic—Love

2. Pre-reading

1.Why didn’t the speaker’brother have the chance to go to a regular school or

compete for a decent job?

2.What did the speaker’s brother give first priority to?

3. Who has encouraged you most when it comes to being a loving and caring individual?

Step 2. Understanding the text A

1. while-reading

Ask students to skim the text in ten minutes and try to answer

Q1. How did Jimmy get his brain damaged?

Q2. How did the writer describe her father?

Q3. How much was Jimmy changed after his father’s death?

Q4. What did the writer think of her caring for Jimmy?

Q5. Why did the writer invite her friends to Jimmy’s birthday party?

Q6. What did the party remind the writer and her friends of?

2. Structure analysis

With her lifetime experience, the author tells us there have never been any limitations to love whatever life may present. The writing method of this text is: “Problem + Response + Evaluation”

Step 3. Detailed studies of the text A

1. The Structure

With her lifetime experience, the author tells us there have never been any limitations to love whatever life may present. The writing method of this text is: Problem + Response + Evaluation

Part I (Para.1~3): All family members took good care of Jimmy.

Part II (Paras. 4~ 7): I looked after Jimmy alone after parents’ death.

Part III (Paras. 8~ 9): Jimmy’s 57th birthday was a success.

Part IV (Para. 12): Conclusion: Love without limitations

2. Active Expressions

In English, you may find some expressions formed by very common words, but they are active and powerful.

Find out the active expressions:

1. I was in charge outside where…

2. Jimmy grasped that the world he’d known was gone.

3. This hit home a few days after…

4. That was super!

Practice:

1.一位有经验的工程师负责这项工程。

An experienced engineer is in charge of this project.

2.你不在时，要我帮你处理业务吗？

Shall I deal with your business while you are gone?

3. 你的评论确实切中要害。

Your comments really hit home.

4.这简直好极了。

Now that’s absolutely super!

More Practice

1.这个班谁负责？

Who is in charge of this class?

2. 天晓得她跑到什么地方去了。

Heaven knows where she is gone .

3.当经理说他们工作不努力，他的话触到了他们的痛处。

The manager's remarks hit home when he said that they did not work hard.

4.我们在海边度过了美好的一天。

We had a super day at the seaside.

3. Word Using

1. justice n. the quality of being just; fairness

At last the criminals are being brought to justice.

这个罪犯终于要依法惩处了。

2. wreck n. a badly damaged ship, car or plane; sb. who is tired or unhealthy

他们潜入水下寻找一艘西班牙沉船中的黄金。

They are diving for gold from a Spanish wreck.

如果她继续焦虑下去，她会得精神病。

If these anxieties continue, she will become a nervous wreck.

3. beneath prep. in or to a lower position than sth.;or directly under sth.

我们在树下荫凉处休息一下好吗？

Shall we rest in the shade beneath these trees?

4. disguise n.＆v. sth. that is worn to hide who one really is; to hide or change sb.’s appearance

The thief wore a false beard and glasses as a disguise.

那贼乔装打扮带上了假胡须和眼镜。

这位妇女强作欢笑以掩饰内心的悲伤。

The woman tried to disguise her sadness in cheerfulness.

5. penetrate v.to enter sth. or pass through it; to see into or through sth.

The sunshine could not penetrate where the trees were thickest.

她戴了一顶假发，但是我们很快就识穿了她的伪装。

She has a wig on, but we soon penetrate her disguise.

6. grasp v. to understand; to take hold of sb. or sth.

Grasp the shadow and let go the substance.

舍本逐末。

7. reckon with to take account of in one’s plan

We hadn’t reckoned with the possibility that it might rain.

我没料到要等这么长时间。

8. drain v. to cause to flow off gradually or completely

These children drain my energy.

这些孩子让我筋疲力尽。