新视野大学英语预备级1-unit1-电子教案

UNIT1-A Alfred Nobel: A Man of Peace

I.Objectives:

By the end of this unit, students will be better able to

1. Grasp the main idea of the text

2. Master the key language points

3. Make the grammar clear

II. Content: Alfred Nobel: A man of Peace

III.Major points and difficulties

1. Key words: information, create, business, perfect, wonder, add

2. Useful Expressions: call sb sth, trade in, of one’s day, be worried about, learn of,

in the field of, as a result

3. Grammar: 不定式主动语态表示被动意义

IV. Process and Procedure

Step 1 Warm-up Activities

Pre-reading

1. How much do you know about Alfred Nobel?

2. What kind of award is the Nobel Prize?

3. To whom do you think the Nobel Prize should be awarded?

Background Information

1. Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) was a Swedish chemist and inventor. He was involved, with his family, in the development of explosives, and his invention of dynamite, a mixture of nitroglycerine and filler, greatly improved the safety of explosives. He was inclined toward pacifism and concerned about the potential uses of the explosives he had invented. He established a fund to provide annual awards, called Nobel Prizes, in the sciences, literature, and the promotion of international peace. Please visit for more information about Alfred Nobel.

2. Nobel Prize is an award created and paid for by the will of Alfred Nobel, and is given every year for outstanding achievement in one of five fields. By the terms of Nobel’s will, the physics and chemistry prizes are decided by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; the physiology or medicine prize, by Sweden’s Royal Caroline Medico-Chirurgical Institute; the literature prize by the Swedish Academy; and the peace prize, by a committee of the Norwegian parliament. Each winner is presented a gold medal and a sum that by 1980 was about $200,000. These five awards were first given in 1901. A sixth award, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, was created and paid for in 1968 by Sveriges Riksbank, the Swedish national bank, and first awarded in 1969. It is decided by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Please visit for further information about the Nobel Prize.

Step 2 Listening: Listen to the text

Step 3 Detail explanations of the text

Language Points

…called him a person …(Para.1)

call: v.

1)say or think that sth. or sb. is 认为……是；把……称为

People called him a hero for what he did.人们因为他所做的事称他为英雄。

2)give a name to 命名；称呼

His name is Richard but we all call him Dick. 他的名字是理查德，但是我们叫他迪克。