综合教程2第二单元教案

Unit 2

Ⅰ. Teaching Aims

By the end of this unit, students are supposed to

Grasp the author’s purpose of writing and make clear the structure of the whole passage through an intensive reading of Text 1 The Virtues of Growing Older.

Comprehend the topic sentences in Text1thoroughly and be able to paraphrase them.

Get a list of new words and structures and use them freely in conversation and writing.

ⅡTeaching Important Points

Text comprehension

Structural analysis of the text

Rhetorical features of the text

V ocabulary exercises

Grammar exercises

ⅢTeaching Difficult Points

Translation exercises

Exercises for integrated skills

Oral activities

Writing practice

Listening exercises

ⅣTeaching Methods

Student-oriented communicative teaching, free discussion and interaction.

ⅤAllocation of Teaching Hours

Part 1 Pre-reading questions (10 minutes)

Part 2 Text comprehension (50minutes)

Part 3 V ocabulary/Integrated exercises/Writing practice/Listening exercises (90 minutes)

Part 4 Text Two / Memorable quotes (50 minutes)

ⅥTeaching Aids

Multimedia software

ⅦAssignment

Do the exercises after class and some extra reading materials

ⅧTeaching Contents and Procedures

Step I. Pre-reading questions for discussion

Discuss and answer the following questions.

1.What ,in your opinion,are the disadvantages of growing older?

2. What do you think are the virtues of being young?

3.Most people are afraid of death and therefore afraid of getting older,but are there any virtues of old age that you can observe and appreciate?

Step II. An Integrated Analysis of Text 1The Virtues of Growing Older.

Structural analysis of the text

1. The passage can be divided into three parts.

Part One: (Paragraph 1-2 ) this is the introductory paragraph

It tells that our society worships youth and being young is often pleasant ,but being older has distinct advantages.

Part Two: (Paragraph 3-5) It describes the virtues of growing older in details:We no longer feel anxious about what others will think ;We have already made many of critical decisions;The greatest benefit of being older is knowing who i am.

Part Three:（Paragraph 6）this is a conclusion paragraph

The writer winds up her discussion with a reference to her parents’ contentments in the last paragraph.

Step III. Comprehension questions

Analysis of Paragraghs1-2

1)Why do people want to hide their gray hair and delay the effect of aging? They worship youth and are afraid of growing older, so they try every means to look young.

2)What does the writer mean when she says “it is un-American to say so”?

She means these questions seem contrary to the values commonly held by most American people. And the American people would do anything possible to delay aging.

3)Does the writer deny the virtues of being young?

No, she does not. The writer admits the virtues of being young, but what she really wants to talk about is those advantages of growing older, which are discussed in the subsequent paragraphs. So the last sentence of the second paragraph is both thematic