新编实用英语unit 4 教案

广州华夏职业学院教案

广州华夏职业学院教案纸

Never Too Old to Live Your Dream

Step 1: lead-in part: One Minute Fly

watch a short movie and take notes;

discuss the following questions with your deskmates.

1. What does “success” mean for you? Are you eager for success?

2. Do you think “effort” (努力；勤奋）is important? Why? And give your reasons.

3. Does “effort “will certainly lead to “success”? What are the relations（关系）between “effort” and “success”?

Step 2: lead-in part : Useful and Expression

1.Beautiful/lovely day, isn’t it?

2.It’s a nice/lovely/terrible day, isn’t it?

3.Wonderful weather, isn’t it?

4.What fine weather we’re having today!

5.What’s the weather like/ the weather forecast/the temperature today?

6.It’s sunny/fog gy/warm and damp today.

7.It looks like rain/a storm.

8.We had a strong wind last night.

9.It’s going to clear up.

10.I hope it’ll clear up tomorrow.

Step 3: New words and phrases 见PPT

Ask students to look these words’ interpretation up in dictionary and catch their main idea. And then teacher lists their Chinese interpretations to check.

Step 4: Text Analysis for Para1- 8

Never Too Old to Live Your Dream

–– It is never too old to realize your dream/make your dream come true.追求梦想，永远不会太晚

Para 1:

The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned aro und to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.

Professor 教授，专家；introduce oneself 介绍…自己；challenge 挑战；get to know了解；look around 环视；gentle温柔的，绅士的；turn around回过头，转过身；wrinkled有皱纹的；广州华夏职业学院教案纸

beam at sb对着某人；lit up [light up]点燃；变快活；her entire being她整个人

译文：开学的第一天教授做了自我介绍，他还要求我们去结识某位我们还不认识的人。就在我站起来四

处张望时，一只手轻轻地搭在了我的肩上。我转过身一看，一位满脸皱纹个子矮小的老太太正冲着我微笑。这微笑使她浑身光彩照人。

Para 2-8:

handsome 帅气的；give sb a hug拥抱某人；enthusiastic热情的；enthusiastically热情地; respond 反应；gave me a giant squeeze给…一个巨大拥抱；

innocent age 纯真年纪；reply回答，回复；get married 结婚；retire退休；serious严肃的，认真的；curious好奇的；motivate鼓励，刺激，促进；

dream of doing 梦想做某事；have a college education 上大学；the course of 在…期间，campus大学校园；icon偶像，肖像；wherever 无论在何地；dress up盛装打扮；revel 沉醉，着迷；live it up尽情享受…的乐趣

Text Analysis for Para9-13

Para 9:

As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three-by-five feet cards on the floor. As we laughed, she cleared her throat and began:

as当…时候【when/while】; deliver发表，陈述，履行；prepare准备，

speech演讲（稿）；feet 尺【food】；clear one’s throat 清嗓子

译文：就在她要发表早就准备好的演讲时，那些3*15英尺的卡片从她的手上掉到了地上。我们笑起来的时候，她清了清嗓子，开始了她的演讲：

Para 10- 13

1. "We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success.”

stay young保持年轻；achieve 完成，实现，到达；each and every day 每一天；

译文：“我们不再玩耍，并不是因为我们老了；而是因为停止运动，我们才会变老。想要拥有年轻，快乐和成功，只有四个秘诀。”

You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.