《新世纪英语专业综合教程》(Unit 9, Book 1)教案Unit 9 HollywoodTeaching objectives:Students will be able to:Language knowledge (认知目标)1.Grasp the main idea and general structure of Text A;2.Master the key language points and learn how to use them in context.Language skills (技能目标)1.Appreciate the expository writing skills demostrated in Text A (selection of details, coherence, etc.);2.Express themselves more freely on the theme of Hollywood after doing a series of theme-related listening, reading, andspeaking activitiesCulture awareness (文化目标)Understand the historical and cultural background of HollywoodAffects (情感目标)1.Be encouraged to appreciate the splendid and glamourous impact of Hollywood;2. Take a serious consideration of the development of the movie industry in China.Strategies (策略目标)1.Memorize the meaning and use of key expressions through learning the lexical collocations and guessing the meaningin the contextmunicate and express themselves freely and smoothly in the relevant topic with the text by means of thecommunicative strategies.Teaching important and difficult points:1. Important points:1) Key words & Expressions2) Sentence Interpretation3) Summarization of the main ideas in each paragraphs2.Difficult points:Firstly, how to make clear the main idea and the structure of the whole essay is one difficult point in my teaching. Secondly, how to paraphrase the key and difficult sentences is another one. Lastly, it can not be missed how to guide the Ss understand the meaning of the wole text comprehensively.Teaching Time Allotment:Pre-reading activities& Global reading (2课时)Detailed reading (4课时)Consolidation activities(4课时)Teaching Methods:Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach and total physical response method.Teaching procedures:Period 1&2Time required: 90 minutesTeaching objectivesAfter learning these two periods, students should be able to1. get familiarized with the theme or topic of the unit;2. grasp the main idea and general structure of the text.Teaching focusCultural information on the text, the audiovisual supplements of the text and the main idea and structure of the text Teaching difficultiesNaturally lead in to the topic of the textThe structure and main idea of the textTeaching Procedures:Step 1 Pre-reading activities (45 mins)1. Warming-up: reading aloud2. Provision of the cultural information on the text3. Audiovisual supplements and answer the topic-related questionsStep 2 Global reading——skimming & scanning (45 mins)1. Teacher asks students to go through the text again within 5 minutes, then try to answer two questions, to guide the Ss to summarize the main idea of the text;2. Teacher initially put forward a structure-related question served as the hint of the general structure of the whole text and asks students to go through the whole text within 5 minutes, then divide it into several parts and summarize the main idea of each part with the help of the hints given above.Period 3-6Time required: 180 minutesTeaching objectivesAfter learning these two periods, students should be able to1. Master the meaning and usage of new vocabularies and useful expressions in the text;2. Comprehend the meaning of each sentence in the text;3. Grasp the main idea of each paragraph in the text.Teaching focus and difficultiesThe new words and expressions in the textThe sentences difficult to be understoodThe main ideas of each paragraphTeaching proceduresStep 1 Review (3 mins)Teacher reviews what have been learned last time by asking students the main idea and structure of the textStep 2 Detailed reading ——language study (177 mins)1.Hollywood suggests glamour, a place where the young star-struck teenagers could, with a bit of luck, fulfill their dreams.Explanation:Hollywood, district of Los Angeles, California, was famous as a center of the motion picture industry in the United States. It is also a major center of the U.S. television industry.Translation:好莱坞意味着魅力,是那些憧憬靠小运气就能成为大明星的少男少女们美梦成真的地方。
2.glamour: n.1) the exciting and charming quality of sth. unusual orspecial, with a magical power of attractione.g. Foreign travel has never lost its glamour for me.e.g. She is always attracted by the glamour of a job in the pop music business.2) strong personal attraction, esp. sexually exciting beauty, which excites admiratione.g. Sophia added a touch of glamour by wearing a beautiful dress.索菲亚换了一件漂亮的裙子,更增添了一份魅力。