高级英语love and hate New York教案

1.Teaching plan

1.1Teaching aims and demands

(1)To familiarize students with expository writings

(2)To familiarize students with American culture mentioned in the text

(3)To enable students to appreciate the writing style of the text

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2.Key points and Special difficulties

(1)Words and expressions (for details see the text)

(2)Writing Style (Expository writing)

(3)Background knowledges(New York,Manhattan,The big apple,Ivory League schools)

3.Teaching methods

3.1Communication approach交际法

3.2Behaviorism 行为主义

3.3Consructivism 建构主义

4.Teacher asking questions about the contents of the text

(1)In what fields can New York no longer be regarded as the leading American city?

(2)What are its deficiencies as a pacesetter?

(3)Why do many Europeans call New York their favorite city?

(4)Why do many young people still go to New York?

(5)Does the writer really both love and hate New York?Cite examples to back up you analysis.

(6)Why is New York called an international metropolis?

5.Teaching procedures

5.1Review

5.2Lead-in

“If you love him, bring him to New York, for it’s heaven; if you hate him, bring him to New York, for it’s hell.”─Beijingers in New York

5.3Culture points and background knowledge

(1)The Big Apple-New York

“Big Apple”; “City that Never Sleeps”: a city of superlatives –America's biggest; its most exciting; its business and cultural capitals; the nation's trendsetter

New York is the most populous city in the United States. It is America's business and cultural capital,and the nation's trendsetter.

As a leading global city,New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment.

Located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs, each of which is a state county.

(2)Manhattans

As a center of culture and commerce,Manhattan is a hotbed of activity with an unending list of things to see and to do.Residents and visitors alike can’t help but tape into the excitement and energy surrounding them from dining at top restaurant in Union Square,to seeing dynamic theater on and off Broadway,to shopping in NoLita or on the East Village.From Battery Park downtown to the Cloisters uptown,there are diversions everywhere worth discovering.It’s hard to believe so much energy and activity fits into this small island,a mere 23.7 square miles(or 61.4aquare kilometers)

（3）World Trade Center

The original World Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States.

The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks （4）Central Park

Central Park is a beautiful green oasis in the middle of New York’s concrete desert. It is surprisingly big ,with lakes and woods ,as well organized recreation areas

（5）Times Square--时报广场

Times Square, confined as "The Crossroads of the World", is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway theater district, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry.

（6）Wall Street

Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in lower Manhattan.

Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or signifying New York-based financial interests.

It is the home of the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies.Several other major exchanges have or had headquarters in the Wall Street area, including NASDAQ, the New York Mercantile Exchange, the New York Board of Trade, and the former American Stock Exchange. Anchored by Wall Street, New York City is one of the world's principal financial centers.

（7）Ivory League schools常春藤高校联盟

Brown University,Colombia University,Cornell University, Dartamouth University,Harvard University ，Princeton University,University of Pennsylvania,Yale University

（8）Broadway百老汇大道

Broadway is a street in the U.S.state of New York.Perhaps best known for that runs through the borough of Manhattan ,it actually runs 24kmthrough Manhattan and the Bronx,exiting north from the city to run an additional 29km through the municipalities Yonkers,Hastings-On-Hudson,Dobbs Ferry,Irvington,Tarrytown and terminating north of sleepy Hollow in Westchester County.