新世纪大学英语综合教程第二册教案(全套)

Unit 1

Ⅰ.Teaching objectives

Students will be able to:

understand the main idea, structure of the text and the author’s writing style

master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text

consider that “generation gap”　a s a common phenomenon between

parents and children

Ⅱ.Topics for discussion

Whom do you go for help when you are in trouble, your father or your

mother? Why?

What is your opinion on “generation gap”? Do you think there is

generation gap between you and your parents? How to bridge the gap?

Consider the deep reason of generation gap.

Ⅲ.An integrated analysis of Text 1

Highlights

As a reminiscent writing the text tells of how the author’s newborn baby bridges the gap between her father and herself as he generation gap

between her father and herself has existed for so long a time. By telling

the reader how the gap disappears the author intends to display that the

permanent love between parents and children.

Structural analysis of the text and language points

The text can be divided into five parts.

Part One: (Paragraphs 1) As an introduction, the first paragraph

supplies the basic information for the whole story.

The following questions could be asked:

1)1)how did the author feel about her trip to Hawaii?

2)2)How could you describe the relationship between the author and

her father/

Part Two: (Paragraphs 2-4) The three paragraphs elaborate on how

their problems arose from their different personal preferences and how

these differences have developed into a kind of “cold war”(silence). It is a

flashback into the author’s early years.

unreasonable d emands in her

The second paragraph lists a number of her father’s

childhood and adolescent time. The third paragraph is about her option of college and

marriage against her father’s will. The fourth paragraph describes the result of their clashes—they are both psychologically and physically set apart.

The following questions could be asked:

1)1)Would you please find out what particular demands the father put

on the author?

2)2)How did the father express his disapproval?

Part Three: (Para. 5-6):In paragraph 5 the author recalls her

profound love. This recall is

childhood when she enjoyed her father’s

important, because it only shows the father is capable of parental love, but

yearning to turn the clock back and be her

also suggests the author’s

father’s little daughter again.

Paragraph 6 returns to the present moment when, after long years of estrangement, the

author cannot but wonder whether her father will extend his love for his “little

daughter” to his crossbred grandson.

The following questions could be asked: