大学英语精读4 教案

Unite 4Flight 93: What I Never Know

Lyz Glick＆Dan Zegart Section One

T alking Face to Face (90 minutes)

一.教学目的

1 To enlarge students’ vocabulary and phrases.

2 To let students know the background information about terrorism.

二. 教学重点

1. Stressing the primary meaning of the words and their applications in the sentences.

2. Explain the primary meaning of the phrases and their applications in the sentence.

三. 教学难点

1. Key sentence patterns

2. The translation of key phrases and sentences

四．教学步骤

1. Warm-up activities: Introduce the background information about the passage and group discussing (30 minutes)

2. Listening the New Words (5minutes)

3. Learning the New Words and Phrases (55minutes) 五．教学内容

1. Warm-up activities

●Warm-up questions:

⑴What do you know about the events that took place in America on

September 11,2001?

⑵Why do you think the terrorists attacked those targets?

⑶What can be done to stop such events happening again?

●Summarize the answers to these questions.

2. Background Information

2.1 Terrorism

Terrorism is the use of violence, or the threat of violence, to create a climate of fear in a given population. Terrorist violence targets ethnic or religious groups, governments, political parties, corporations, and media enterprises. Organizations that engage in acts of terror are usually small in size and fear generated by their violence, which seek to magnify their influence and power to affect political change on either a local or an international scale.

2.2 What had happened about Flight 93 on September 9, 2001?

2.3 Remarks by the President Less than One Hour after the Attack

I want to reassure the American people that the full resources of the federal government are working to assist local authorities to save lives and to help the victims of these attacks. Make no mistake: The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts.

I’v e been in regular contact with the Vice President, the Secretary of Defense, the national security team and my Cabinet. We have taken all appropriate security precautions to protect the American people. Our military at home and around the world is on high alert status, and we have taken the necessary security precautions to continue the functions of your government.

We have been in touch with the leaders of Congress and with world leaders to assure them that we will do whatever is necessary to protect America and Americans.

I ask the American people to join me in saying a thanks for all the folks who have been fighting hard to rescue our fellow citizens and to join me in saying a prayer for the victims and their families.

The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake: We will show the world that we will pass this test. God bless.