新编大学英语-2-Unit-5-教案Unit Five LanguageI. Theoretical basis:College English Syllabus (1999); College English Curriculum Requirements (2004)II. Teaching Aims:In this unit students are required to:1) get to know some useful information concerning the topic of the reading passages in this unit and to know more about English culture;2) do some preparation activities such as discussion, group work, etc. to practice their spoken skill and communicative skills;3) grasp some new words and try to use these words which help them to enrich their vocabulary;4) read the in-class reading passage in a limited time and grasp some expressions and grammatical points in the in-class reading passage to improve their reading comprehension;5) do some post-reading exercises and some after-class reading to practice what they have got to know in class to improve their English comprehensive skills.; 6) translate some typical sentences into Chinese or English by using some expressions learned in the reading passages to acquire some translating skills and better their translating abilities.III. Teaching MethodologyMainly applying task-based approach and communicative one to construct a student –centered classroomThe whole learning and teaching proceed is tended to follow the model of pre-task------task cycle------post-taskIV. Time DistributionAccording to Ss’ English learning traits and regulations, the focus of the learning strategies, and the English level of current students; we are going to finish this unit in 8 periods: Listening & Speaking (2 periods); In-class Reading (2 periods); Exercise & After-class Reading (2 periods); Further Development &Writing (2 periods).Period I&II listening and speakingI、Teaching Content1) T’s background knowledge introduction as recruitment and Ss’discussion on the topic of learning skills, and enlarge their vocabularyon this unit.2) Listening of 2 passagesII、Teaching designPart One: PreparationAnswer the following questions?1. About how many most widely used languages are there in the world?⏹(About 100 most widely used languages)2．What languages are used by more second-language speakers than native-speakers as a result of the imperial expansion?⏹(English and French)3．Say something about Helen Keller.1) When did Helen Keller become completely blind?2) What was Helen like before Anne Mansfield Sullivan became her teacher?3）How did Helen manage to learn?4）How many foreign languages did Helen learn? What are they?4．Helen Keller (1880-1968), author and lecturer, who, though blind and deaf since the age of two, graduated with honors from Radcliffe(1904) and became a prominent worker for social reforms. Her books include:●The Story of My Life(1902);●The World I Live in(1908);●Out of the dark(1913);●My Religion(1927);●Midstream-My later Life(1929);●Let Us Have Faith(1940);●Sketch for a Portrait(1956)5．What languages are used by the United Nations?They are English, French, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.Part Two: Listening-centered ActivitiesListening I1.Explain new words (soap, critic, represent, balanced,crisis, loyalty, wooden, endlessly, cause)2.Listen to the passage and answer the questions you hearon the tape (see page 115).3.Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks withwhat you get from the tape (see page 115).Listening II1.Explain the new words (desirable, interpreter, ultimate,mimic, imitate, due to, numerous, identity)2.Listen to an interview on language learning. Note down inthe blanks the three questions the interviewer asked (seepage 116).3.Listen to the interview again. Then read the choicesprovided in Exercise 1 and choose the right answersaccording to what the interviewee said.Part Three: Assignmentto prepare the new words on the textbook.Period 3&4 ReadingI、Teaching ContentThe title of the text is “How I Discovered Words” (intensive reading). Language points explanation, exercise.II、Teaching Objects1) Understand and master new words and phrases: childlike, flushed, honey-,succeed, keenly, -less, to and fro, be about to do sth, prey on/upon, grope one’s way cross/along/ pass/toward, impress, persist, only to, give birth to, etc.2) Improve Ss micro-reading skills and the ability of thinking, inferenceand judge in English.III、Teaching DesignA.GreetingB. Check the assignment: new words dictationC. Pre-Reading ActivitiesNew Words1.childish / childlikechildish:(of an adult) (behaving)like a child; immature; silly（贬）（举止）像孩子似的，幼稚的，傻里傻气的●Don’t be so childish! 不要这么孩子气!●His childish remark embarrassed everyone.childlike: like or characteristic of a child; innocent,孩子般的，天真的，无邪的●childlike enjoyment/trust/honest孩子般的欢乐/信任/诚实●She has a childlike enthusiasm for the circus.●Tears came to his eyes as he remembered her childlike look.2．flushed: very excited or pleasedto be flushed with success/pride/joyto flush: to fill with pride; encourage (fig) 使得意，使激动，使兴奋●The young parents were flushed with happiness at the birth of theirson.●Flushed with victory, the soldiers knew no weariness.⏹to flush:(of a person, his face)become red; blush●The girl flushed(up) when the man spoke to her.●He flushed when he saw her.●Her forehead was flushed with fever.●You flush when your face goes red eg. when you are hot orembarrassed.3. honeysucklehoney---honeymoon, honeybee, honeysweet（蜜一样甜）, honeycomb（蜂窝）, honeylipped（嘴甜的）4. keenlykeen adj.: eager, anxiousto be keen to do sth; to be keen on sth/sb●We are especially keen to attract young people.●We did invite him, but he didn’t seem very keen on coming.●People are keen when they show interest and enthusiasm.●You are keen on an activity if you enjoy it and spend a lot of time onit.5．wordless ---less: without; not havinghomeless, leafless, meaningless, endless, treeless, hopeless, helpless, doubtless, heartless, useless, harmless, careless, speechless, powerless, fatherless, childlessD. In-Class Reading ActivitiesLanguageLanguage Pointsto and fro: back and forth; backwards and forwards; from side to side;in all directions来回地e.g. Seeing all the people walking to and fro outside the office, I becamemore worried.They ran to and fro in the street.The man walked to and fro while he waited for the phone.to be about to do sth: to be going to do sth; to be to do sth正要/即将做某事e.g. You are about to do something when you are just going to do it, or will be doing it soon.He was about to be transferred to another part of the country.He waited until she was about to leave.He met her in the doorway just as she was about to go away.3. to prey on/upon: to produce great trouble烦恼，折磨e.g. Something preys on your mind when it worries you.His worries preyed on his mind.The thought that he was responsible for her death preyed on his mind.Feelings of quilt preyed on his mind.➢to prey on: to take/hunt/catch as prey捕食，杀害A bird or animal preys on another when it hunts and kills it as food.Cats prey on birds and mice.Strong animals prey on weaker ones.➢to prey on: to steal from; attack; make sb one’s victim掠夺，使某人成为某人的牺牲品Ships were preyed upon by pirates.4.to succeed vt: to come next after接替，取代某人或某物[same as take over]e.g. You succeed someone in a job or positionThey have decided after all to let the right man succeed me.The silence was succeeded by the striking of a clock.时钟鸣响声打破了寂静。