英语专升本综合教程unit5教案

Unit Five Following Fashion

Teaching Objective

1. Teach Ss some useful words about fashion and guide them in talking about fashion. Through teacher-student interactive class-activities, develop Ss’ability to express correctly the style and trend in the fashion world.

2. Help Ss well understand the two texts and learn to use the important words,phrases and sentence patterns in this unit and complete the text-related exercises correctly.

3. Teach Ss how to write English Ads, and ask them to pay attention to the differences between Chinese Ads and English Ads so that they may not make mistakes in writing English Ads.

4. Help Ss review English word formation (suffixes: -ence / -ance / -ancy / ency) and English grammar (adverbial clauses).

Section A Listening and Speaking

Listening Comprehension

Part 1

Who designed these fashionable goods

Part 2

Who is Coco Chanel

Part 3

The story of Coco Chanel.

Part 4

A fashion show.

Part 5

The meaning of “couturier” in the fashion world.

Speaking Practice

Sample 1

M: H ow beautiful are the suits you’re wearing!

W: Yeah. They were designed by Coco Chanel, and I’m very happy to have

this chance to show them to my audience.

Section B Text Learning

Text Coco Chanel

Background Information

Coco Chanel was born on August 19, 1883 in Saumur, France. Her father was a stallholder and her mother a laundry woman. Her mother died of tuberculosis when she was 12. She was sent to an orphanage for the next 6 years. While in the orphanage the nuns taught her to be a seamstress. When she spent time with relatives they taught her to sew more beautiful things. This started her love for design career. When she left the orphanage she wanted to be a singer. She picked up her nickname “Coco”from the clubs she sung in. “Coco”is short for “Coquette” (kept woman).

She failed to get work as a singer. She met Etienne Balsan and became his mistress. He gave her diamonds, dresses and pearls to show his affection. She worked at a tailoring shop during the day while she was with Balsan. She soon left him and took over his apartment. She had an affair with one of Balsan’s friends, Captin Aruther Edward “boy”Capel. He financed Chanel’s first shops. His style inspired her to create her own look.

In 1910 she became a licensed moodiest and opened a boutique named Chanel Modes. In 1913 she opened another boutique in Deauville where she introduced clothing. In 1915 she again opened another Boutique called Chanel-Biarritz. By 1919 she was a recognized couturiere. In 1922 she introduced her first perfume Chanel No.

5. It became and stayed popular since its birth.During 1925 she met Vera Bate Lombardi. She became Chanel & apos; liaison to a number of royal European families. In 1939 Chanel closed all her shops because it was to her, not a time for fashion, because of the war. She became involved with the Nazi party and in return was arrested, but all charges were dropped. Returning in 1954, she came back to the fashion world. Most of her new collection was not popular. She introduced Pea Jackets and bell bottom pants for women. She was still working until she died in 1971.

Language Point

1. There is no question in the fashion world that the most significant designer of the 20th century world is Coco Chanel.

fashion n. the state of being popular 流行式样；时装；时尚；方式

. Jeans are still in fashion.

牛仔裤仍然流行。