Unit 5Teaching Objectives:1. Grasp the main idea of the two passages2. V ocabulary practice: fail, figure, pass, grade, change3. Word formation: 1) special, specialist, specialize, specialty2) insecure, secure, security, securely3) believe, belief, believable, unbelievable4) confidence, confident, confidently;5) fulfill, fulfillment1.Grammar: pronouns2.Translation and WritingTime allotment:8 periods: Text A & Exercises 2 periodsText B & Exercises 2 periodsTranslation & writing 2 periodsListening 2 periodsText AThe Best Teacher I Ever Had1. Pre-reading Tasks1.1. Pre-reading questions1)What is your idea of a best teacher? (What do you think are the good qualities of abest teacher?)2)Have you ever had a good teacher in your middle school? Can you say somethingabout him or her?1.2. IntroductionQualities of a good teacher:The teacher can innovate, experiment, be creative, have fun, and most importantly, be funny, caring, and loving.So who are the most loving teachers? They are the ones who know how to set up a relationship with the students; they are the ones who have classrooms that are organized, structured, and well managed. Thus, they have time to be loving.2. While --Reading Tasks2.1. Learn the new words and expressions1.2. Read the text once and answer the following questions1) What subject did Mr. Whitson teach?Science.2) What did the animal, cattywampus exist according to the text?Before the Ice Age.3) What did the teacher think of the author’s paper?He thought it was poor and gave him a failing grade.4) What happened to all the students? Why?They all failed. Because there had never been such animal.5) What did the writer think of his teacher?He was very angry with the teacher. He thought he was not a good teacher.6) What was the students’ attitude towards what the teacher talked about the animalwhile he was passing around it?They were very convinced; they had no suspicion.7) Why did the teacher do so?He wanted to develop students’ critical thinking ability.1.3.Study the text in detail1) wipe : rub its surface to remove dirt or liquid from it 擦，揩eg. Nancy wiped the sweat from her face.南希擦去她脸上的汗水。
★wipe out: to destroy it completely 消灭eg. The epidemic wiped out thousands of animals.流行病使欧洲数以千计的海豹遭到了灭绝。
2) pass around/ round: to move sth. from one person to another 传递e.g. A bottle of whisky was passed around.一瓶威士忌被传了一圈。
★pass by/over: to go经过，路过e.g. A beggar passed by his door and asked for a glass of water.一个乞丐经过他家门口，向他讨口水喝。
★pass on (to ): to move on 继续下去e.g. Please read this note and pass it on to others.请把通知看后传给其他人。
★p ass away: to die 去世e.g. He passed away peacefully this morning.他今天上午安祥地过世了。
3)shock: v. to cause usu. unpleasant or angry surprise to 使震惊；使愤慨；使受打击e.g. The violence and bad language in the program shocked many of the viewers.节目中的暴力场面和难听的粗话使许多观众感到震惊。
It shocked me(I was shocked)to see how my neighbors treated their children.We were shocked at/by her sudden death.n. (the state or feeling caused by) a sudden, unexpected, and usu. very unpleasant event or situation that severely upsets the mind and feelings 震惊，震骇eg. It took me a very long time to get over the shock of her death.(C) 她的去世令我震惊不已，我好长时间才恢复过来。
She is still in state of chock. (U.) 他仍处于休克状态。
Her behavior at her husband’s funeral shocked her friends. (V)她在丈夫葬礼上的表现使她的朋友感到震惊。
have to be：一定是，必定是★have to do不得不做，必需做eg. You have to be sick. You look pale. 你一定是病了你脸色苍白。
eg. You have to do it by yourself. 你必需独立完成。
4)realize: v. ①become aware ofeg. People don’t realize how serious this recession has actually been.人们没有认识到这次不景气实际上是多么严重。
②sth becomes trueeg. He was convinced that the dream will be realized. 他坚信梦想能实现。
5)make up: ①to invent a story 捏造，编造e.g. a) I couldn’t remember a story to tell the children so I made one up.②to combine together to form a particular system 由…组成Women make up more than 50% the workers.③补偿，弥补Nothing can make up for lost time.makeup n. cosmeticse.g. She wears light makeup that looks natural.6)expect: v. ①believe that sth will happen 预计…会发生，预料eg. He expects to lose his job in the next few weeks.他预料在随后的几周里会失业。
②believe that sth will be delivered or sb will arrive盼望, 期待, 等待eg. We were expecting him home. 我们都盼着他回家。
7)figure out :①算出e.g. I can’t figure out how much money I owe you.②弄明白e.g.I can't figure out why he is absent.我弄不明白他为什么缺席。
8) suspicious: adj. (of, about) not trusting 对… 有疑心的，怀疑…有罪的；可疑的be suspicious of sth. / about sb.eg. She was suspicious of our intentions(企图).His strange behavior made the police suspicious.★doubtful: adj. (of a person) full of doubt; uncertain; unconfident 有疑问的，令人生疑的；犹豫不决的，迟疑的，常与if/whether, that 连用eg. I’m doubtful whether they’ll agree to this.9) Not everyone sees the value in this.━not everyone knows how important it is 并不是每一个人都看到了其中的价值。