The Man in the Water新版现代大学英语个性化完整教案

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教学目的Teaching Objectives:

To acquire the key words, important and difficult sentences and language points

教学重点和难点Teaching Focus Possible Difficulties

教学方法和手段Teaching techniques

To integrate several different teaching methods and techniques: elicitation; explanation; illustration and discussion.

教学基本内容备注

Unit 4 The Man in the Water

1.Warming-up Questions

1)Question: Who are the heroes in the story

Two police rescuers and, a young passerby and the man in the water.

2)Question: Who is the greatest hero Why

The man in the water.

Ordinary as he was, he could rise to challenge when the test came.

He displayed courage and noble character in human nature at its best.

3)Qu estion: In the author’s view, do people feel proud or sad about the

disaster Why

They feel proud because man defeated the indifferent natural forces.

4) Question: What is referred to as one of man’s natural powers according to the passage

Sacrificing his life for the life of others’.

5)Question: The fight between the man in the water and the natural forces

ended up with the death of the man. Why does the author say he is not a loser

He was the best we can do to fight against the indifferent natural forces. W hat’s more, he never dies in people’s heart.

What was unusual about the air crash

Why does the author refer to the aesthetic aspect of the clash

What are the things the author mentions to be worth noticing

What does the author mean when he says the human nature was

groping and struggling

Why does the author say that the man went unidentified gave him a

universal character

How could the man in the water give a lifeline to those who watched

him What does the “lifeline” here symbolize

What does the greatness of the anonymous man actually lie in

What do you think are the strongest human powers endowed with by

nature

2.Background Information

I.The Air Crash

On Jan. 13, 1982 one of the worst snowstorms in the history of Washington, . hit the city. Just about everything closed down—the government, businesses, schools, the airports. By about noon, the skies cleared and Washington’s National Airport reopened for business. The crew of Air Florida Flight 90 began preparing for a nonstop trip to sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida. At 3:59 ., the twin-engine Boeing 737 was cleared for takeoff and began rumbling down the runway on its final flight.

Minutes later, the plane smashed into the 14th Street Bridge, only 1,200 yards from the Pentagon, destroying four automobiles and killing five people. The jet then fell into the ice-covered Potomac River, bringing all the passengers to their instant death except five—four passengers and one flight attendant—from the tail section, who found themselves gasping and struggling in the icy waters.

These five people however survived and they were able to survive because of four heroes. The author wrote this essay in praise of these heroes, three of whom had risked their lives to rescue the survivors and were able to live to tell the story, b ut the man that really held the whole nation’s attention was the fourth one who had kept pushing his lifeline and flotation rings to others until he went under.

II.Presidential Monument

1) Washington Monument

In recognition of his leadership in the cause of American independence, Washington earned the title “Father of His Country”. With this monument, the citizens of the United States show their enduring gratitude and respect for the first President of the United States.

2) Jefferson Memorial

Thomas Jefferson—political philosopher, architect, musician, book collector, scientist, horticulturist (园艺学家), diplomat, inventor, and third President of the United States, also author of the Declaration of American Independence, and Father of the University of Virginia.

3) Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln and the nation he fought to preserve during the Civil War (1861-1865). The Lincoln