解决办法
lecturing, discussing and interactive activities
难点
1. Why does the writer notice and mention the graceful hands several times?
2. detailed analysis of difficult sentences in the text
课程名称
大学英语
教材名称
新视野大学英语3
授课时间
2005年10月17日
授课对象
04级本科生
教学内容提要
Unit 5Graceful Hands
计划学时
6
教学目的
1．important new words and phrases should be mastered
2. listening practice and reading skills training
10m
Ask students to do
8.Do Quiz
50m
Ask students to do
9.Reading Skills(Section B)
30m
Lecturing & Ask students to do
教学过程
1. Lead in
Thisstory is of a doctor’s view of a terminally ill grandmother — how graceful her hands are and how graceful her heart is to spare her family the pain of her passing.Then we can see how is the old woman faced with death..
former指“以前的”、“在前的”,如:
the former president前总统
3.decay:n.腐朽,腐烂,衰减,衰退
v.衰落
[搭配] in decay塌坏
eg: The house is in decay.
fall into decay衰败，塌坏
eg: The old country was falling into decay.
Meaning: I stretch out my hand to turn on the light, and as the light quietly lights the whole room, I return to the bed to watch the patient without any personal emotions as a professional doctor does.
4.injure: vt.
[辨析]harm / hurt / injure / wound
harm : “伤害”指招致创伤，可指身上的创伤也指感情上的，但伤害程度一般不及injure和wound .
injure : “伤害”指给某人外表，健康，成功，名誉所带来极为有害的损害。
wound : “受伤”指在战场中和战场上受外伤。
她一动不动地躺着：骨瘦如柴的身体使她的头显得特别大；皮肤呈暗黄色，松松地裹在嶙峋的、连毛毯也遮掩不住的骨骼上。
3.Taking a glass of water from the table, I put my finger over the end of the straw and allow a few drops of the cool moisture to slide into her mouthand ease her thirst.
14.pick sb. up :
eg. She picked the baby up and left quickly .
她抱起孩子很快就离开了。
15.hang around sth.:
=cause to swing from or round sth.
e.g. he was so rich that he liked to hang half his fortune around his wife’s neck.
Meaning: She lies still without any movement or sound: her body is so thin, like a skeleton, that her head looks unusually large the skin has the color of dark yellow and hangs loosely around the large bony skeleton that even a blanket can not hide.
我伸手去开灯。灯静静地照亮了整个病房，我走回病床边，用无动于衷的、医生的目光观察着病人。
2.She lies motionless: the head seems unusually large on a skeleton body the skin is dark yellow and hangs loosely around exaggerated bones that not even a blanket can hide.
2. Background Information
3. Reading-Centered Activities: Words andPhrases
1.Байду номын сангаасraceful:adj.优美的
[派生词] grace n. graceless adj.
[搭配] be graceful in主要指姿势动作优雅
eg: She is graceful in manner / speech / movement.
课堂设计
主要内容
拟用时间
表达方式
1. Lead-in
3m
Ask students to do
2.Background Information
7m
Lecturing
3.Reading-Centered Activities
Structure ,Words, Phrases and Paraphrases
90m
Lecturing
4.Structure of the Text
10m
Sum up of the text
5.Listening Exercises
50m
Ask students to do
6.Speaking Exercises
50m
Ask students to do
7.Dictation
新内容新知识（注名来源及所占比例）
the attitude towards death and the meaning of life
《新视野大学英语3》45%
参考资料
《新视野大学英语3（教师用书）》主编：郑树堂
《郎文当代高级英语辞典》主编：Addison Wesley
《新视野大学英语读写教程课文辅导大全》主编：马德高
他不能去,因他已先有约会。
prior指“除时间外,还可在顺序、重要性等方面在前的”,如:
a prior commitment优先赞助
preceding指“在时间或位置上紧接于前的”,如:
the preceding night昨晚
foregoing指“前面的”、“前述的”,如:
the foregoing examples前面的例子
hurt : “伤害，使受伤痛”特别是身体的一部分。
5.famine:n.饥荒, <古>饥饿,严重的缺乏
[辨析] famine, starvation,hunger都可表示饥饿
famine指因天灾人祸引起的大规模的粮食匮乏而使人挨饿。
starvation指人由于缺乏食物而引起的饥饿，或因饥饿致死。
hunger人体对食物的迫切需求，是一种正常的生理需求。
[搭配]drop/ givea hint暗示;示意;露口风
let fall a hint暗示;示意;露口风
take a hint领会;明白;根据别人的暗示采取行动
at a hint见…迹象
8.interval:n.间隔,距离,时间间隔
[搭配]at intervals不时,时时;每隔一段时间、距离
at long intervals偶尔,间或
6.outline:n.大纲,轮廓,略图,外形,要点,概要
vt.描画轮廓,略述
[搭配] give an outline of概要说明;描绘...的轮廓
in outline只画轮廓(的);概括地
make an outline of为...拟出提纲
outline sth. to sb.向某人概述
7.hint:n.暗示,提示,线索
教学要求
1. to know the meaning of graceful hands
2. to know the meaning of life and the attitude towards death
教
材
分
析
重点
1．Key words, phrases & usages
2. grammar focus
e.g. I picked a small child up under each arm and ran to the other end of the garden.
pick at一点一点的吃
pick on选择
18.on one’s own:
=alone
=without help
e.g. she lives on her own.