Book IIIUnit 1(6 hours)I. Teaching Aims:In this unit students are required to:1.Practice reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, guessing, etc.2.Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student’s vocabulary;3.Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions, role play and interactionactivities to help to develop the students’ oral communicative abilities;4.Appreciate the two narrations in this unit and learn some writing skills in narrationand practice it along with letter writing;5.Do some other after-class exercise including listening and translation to improvestudents’ comprehensive skills.II. Teaching Emphasis:1. The comprehension and appreciation of Text I;2. New words and expressions:Awkward; dreary; rotund; grunt; proceed; dismay; appall; diffidently; singularly;reckon; querulous; somber; scribble; attach importance to; have sth. in common; a crocodile ofIII. Teaching Procedures: (4 hours)1.Greeting;2.The whole plan for this semester;3.Begin the new lesson:1). Answer the pre-reading questions orally;2).Allow students 3 minutes to go over text I rapidly for the main idea;3). Do the guesswork of vocabulary;4). Study Text I intensively;5). Answer the questions of Text I both in SB (student’s book) and B(workb ook)orally;6). Listen to the tape and study Text II extensively to enlarge their vocabulary andwiden the scope of their knowledge;7). Do oral work;8).Study the main points of guided writing, including theinformation about précis writing, paragraph writing of narration and description,and the heading and salutation of a letter;9). Homework, finish all the exercise both in SB and WB.IV. Language points for Text I1…. With no experience of teaching my chances of landing the job were slim: there is little possibility for me to get the jobchances of doing sth.land: succeed in getting sth.E.g. His chance/chances of landing the1st prize is/are slim/scant/slender/small.2. summon sb. to do sth.3. …smell unpleasantly of stale cabbagesmell of: give out the smell of scent ofE.g. smell of brandy/paint/garlicHis accounts seemed to me smell of truth.4. proceed to (do) sth.: go ahead, continue to doprecede: come, go or happen just before sth. precede sth (with sth)E.g. proceed to announce his plan;proceed to the next item on the agenda;He preceded his speech with a warning against inattention.5. attach importance to sth.; consider… importantE.g. attach much importance/weight/significance to the theory6. have sth. in common7. not so much…but the fact that…E.g. It was not so much there being no councils of workers, peasants and soldiersworthy of the mane, but the fact that they were very few.8. the last straw: an addition to a set of troubles which makes one unbearableE.g. The hotel was expensive, the food poor, and bad weather was the last straw. V. Language points for Text II1.prompt sb. to do sth or prompt sth: urge or causeE.g. His action was prompted by fear.Hunger prompted him to steal.2. Feeling anything but well.: feeling far from being wellanything but (恰恰不,才不) nothing/nobody but (正是,只是)all but(几乎,差一点)E.g. She looks anything but well. ( She looks ill.)You have nobody but yourself to blame.The thief has all but succeeded in escaping.3. be set on/upon (doing) sth: be determined to do, make up one’s mind4. get round to doing sth.: find time to do sth. at lastE.g. After a long delay, he got around to writing the letter.5. instill sth. in/into sbinstill: to put (ideas feelings, et c.) gradually but firmly into someone’s mind by a continuous effortE.g. instill the idea of discipline and obedience into new soldiers6. It was more a cross-examination than an interview.7. In due course, you will hear from us.Due: right and properE.g. He has his due reward.Unit 2(6 hours)I. Teaching Aims:In this unit students are required to:1.Practice reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, guessing, etc.2.Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student’s vocabulary;3.Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions, role play and interactionactivities to help to develop the students’ oral communicative abilities;4.Appreciate and learn some writing skills in the description of Text I and practice italong with letter writing;5.Get to know some information about April Fool’s Day;6.Do some other after-class exercise including listening and translation to improvestudents’ comprehensive skills.II. Teaching Emphasis:1. The comprehension and appreciation of Text I;2. New words and expressions:weep, rage, accordingly, croaking, cling, dismissive, brutal, quarantine, coop, witty, exempt, hoax, growl, preyIII. Teaching Procedures: (4 hours)1.Review the main points in last class;2.Study the new unit:1)Answer the pre-reading questions orally;2)Allow students 4 minutes to go over text I rapidly for the main idea;3)Do the guesswork of vocabulary;4)Study Text I intensively;5)Answer the questions of Text I both in SB(student’s book) andWB(workbook) orally;6)Listen to the tape and study Text II extensively to enlarge their vocabularyand widen the scope of their knowledge;7)Do oral work;8)Study the main points of guided writing, including how to write a paragraphof description, and the introduction of a letter;9)Homework, finish all the exercise both in SB and WB.IV. Language points for Text I1.He looked his goodbye at the garden.: He said his goodbye by looking at thegarden.2.cling toE.g. She still clings to the belief that her husband is alive.Little babies usually cling to their mothers.3.prepare sb/oneself for sth : make someone/oneself ready to accept or to beadjusted to a new condition, idea, or an event4.at such short notice: with little time for preparationE.g. The students usually give the landlady one month’s notice before they move.One can always get a taxi here at a short notice/at a moment’s notice.5.If only: is often used to introduce an exclamation expressing an unfulfilledcondition at present, in the past or in the future. The verb is generally in the past or past perfect.E.g. If only I had a chance to live my childhood once again.If only he had had a lot in common with me.6.would rather do sth than do sthE.g. I’d rather walk all these stairs up than wait for the lift to go up.7.be cooped upE.g. he felt good in the fresh air after being cooped up in the house for so long. V. Language points for Text II1.hoax: deceive, play tricks on sbhoax sb with sth, hoax sb into doing sthcoax: get sb to do sth by kindness or patiencecoax sb to do sth, coax sb into/out of doing sth2.needless to say3.prey: an animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal or by a person;someone who can easily be deceived or influencedE.g. Some salesman consider young housewives easy prey.4.exempt: free from a duty or service exempt…fromE.g. A doctor’s note will exempt you from physical education.VI. Some information about April Fool’s DayApril Fool’s Day is on April 1st. It is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fool's errands, and fool the unsuspecting. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in France.The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. New Year's was celebrated on March 25 and celebrations lasted until April 1st. When New Year's Day was changed from March 25 to January 1st in the mid-1560's by King Charles IX, there were some people who still celebrated it on April 1st and those people were called April Fools.Pranks performed on April Fool's Day range from the simple, (such as saying, "Your shoe's untied!), to the elaborate. Setting a roommate's alarm clock back an hour is a common gag. The news media even gets involved. For instance, a British short film once shown on April Fool's Day was a fairly detailed documentary about "spaghetti farmers" and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees.Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, "April Fool!"April Fool's Day is a "for-fun-only" observance. Nobody is expected to buy gifts or to take their "significant other" out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets off work or school. It's simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant, for he may be the next April Fool!Each country celebrates April Fool's differently. In France, the April Fool's is called "April Fish" (Poisson d'Avril). The French fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends' backs and when some discovers a this trick, they yell "Poisson d'Avril!". In England, tricks can be played only in the morning. If a trick is played on you, you are a "noodle". In Scotland, April Fools Day is 48 hours long and you are called an "April Gowk", which is another name for a cuckoo bird. The second day in Scotland's April Fool's is called Taily Day and is dedicated to pranks involving the buttocks. Taily Day's gift to posterior posterity is the still-hilarious "Kick Me" sign.Unit 3(6 hours)I. Teaching Aims:In this unit students are required to:1.Practice reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, guessing, etc.2.Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student’s vocabulary;3.Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions, role play and interactionactivities to help to develop the students’ oral communicative abilities;4.Appreciate and learn some writing skills in the narration of Text I and practice italong with letter writing;5.Get to know some information about Bermuda Triangle;6.Do some other after-class exercise including listening and translation to improvestudents’ comprehensive skills.II. Teaching Emphasis:1. The comprehension and appreciation of Text I;2. New words and expressions:consent, bid goodbye to, coincidence, feebly, naval, terminal, clarification, incredible, inheritance, wreckage, literally, snatch, overdueIII. Teaching Procedures: (4 hours)1. Review the main points in last class;2. Study the new unit:1)Do the pre-reading questions;2)Allow students 5 minutes to read the text rapidly for the main idea;3)Do the guesswork of vocabulary;4)Study Text I intensively;5)Answer the questions of Text I both in SB(student’s book) and WB(workbook)orally;6)Listen to the tape and study Text II extensively to enlarge their vocabulary andwiden the scope of their knowledge;7)Do oral work;8)Study the main points of guided writing, including narration in chronologicalorder, and purpose of a letter;9)Homework, finish all the exercise both in SB and WB.IV. Language points for Text I1.consent: agreement or permission (v. n.)consent to sth.E.g. The young couple won/obtain/had their parent s’consent to theirmarriage.Shakespeare is, by common consent(公认), the greatest Englishdramatist.Her father reluctantly consented to the marriage.2.bid goodbye to sb.3.make some/a/no differenceE.g. A little perseverance makes a big difference between failure and success.It doesn’t make any difference to me which side will win or lose.4.find one’s voice5.purple with angergreen with envyash-white with terror6.My watch gains/loses a minute every day.V. Language points for Text II1.refer to sth as sth2.literally: really, without exaggeration; word for word, strictlyE.g. The children were literally starving.translate literally; carry out orders too literally3.vanish into thin air: disappear completely4.contribute to: help to cause sthE.g. Plenty of fresh air contributes to good health.Unit 4(6 hours)I. Teaching Aims:In this unit students are required to:1.Practice reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, guessing, etc.2.Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student’s vocabulary;3.Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions, role play and interactionactivities to help to develop the students’ oral communicative abilities;4.Learn some writing skills in narration and letter writing;5.Get to know more information about William Shakespeare;6.Do some other after-class exercise including listening and translation toimprove students’ comprehensive skills.II. Teaching Emphasis:1. The comprehension and appreciation of Text I;2. New words and expressions:legacy, estate, genius, baptize, in a flash, influential, sufficiently, conviction, apprentice, set foot on the road to, presume, tempest, brilliantIII. Teaching Procedures: (4 hours)1. Review the main points in last class;2. Study the new unit:1) Answer the pre-reading questions orally;2) Allow students 4 minutes for rapid reading and 10 minutes for writing down themain idea for each paragraph;3）Do the guesswork of vocabulary;4）Study Text I intensively;5）Answer the questions of Text I both in SB(student’s book) and WB(workbook) orally;6）Listen to the tape and study Text II extensively to enlarge their vocabulary and widen the scope of their knowledge;7）Do oral work;8）Study the main points of guided writing, including the narration in chronological order and conclusion and ending of a letter;9）Homework, finish all the exercise both in SB and WB.IV. Language points for Text I1. be comfortably/well /better/best/badly/worse/worst off2. amount to: add up to, reach; be equal in meaning, be the same asE.g. Our monthly expenditure on food usually amounts to 150 yuan.Her reply amounts refusal.You won’t amount to anything if you idle your time away like this.3.literary: typical of literatureE.g. literary works; literary styleliteral: being or following the exact or original meaning of a wordE.g. literal meaning ←→figurative meaningliteral translation ←→free translationliterate: able to read and write4.conviction: the feeling of being sure about sthE.g. It’s my conviction that our team will win the game.convict: declare sb is guiltyconvict sb. of sth5.realize in a flashV. Language points for Text II1.be apprenticed to2.set foot on the road to sthVI. More Information on William ShakespeareOne of the greatest giants of the Renaissance, Shakespeare holds, by general acclamation, the foremost place in the world’s literature. His close friend, theplaywright Ben Johnson, said of him that he was “not of an age, but for all time.”His works are a great landmark in the history of world literature for he was one of the first founders of realism, a master hand at realistic portrayal of human characters and relations.Shakespeare’s complete works include 37 plays, 2 narrative poems and 154 sonnets. Some of his best known plays are:The Taming of the ShrewRomeo and Juliet,A Midsummer Night’s DreamThe Merchant of VeniceMuch Ado about Nothing,Twelfth NightAll’s Well that Ends Well, HamletOthelloKing LearMacbethTimon of AthensMeasure for MeasureThe TempestUnit 5(6 hours)I. Teaching Aims:In this unit students are required to:1.Practice reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, guessing, etc.2.Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student’s vocabulary;3.Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions, role play and interactionactivities to help to develop the students’ oral communicative abilities;4.Get to know the organization of a feature report and learn some writing skills innarration and practice it along with letter writing;5.Do some other after-class exercise including listening and translation to improvestudents’ comprehensive skills.II. Teaching Emphasis:1. The comprehension and appreciation of Text I;2. New words and expressions:lobby, complexion, foreboding, shudder, scheme, psyche, moat, breach, in progress,screech, quirk, chic, grunge, reverie, scramble, lopsided, executive, distressing, badger, have the nerve to do sthIII. Teaching Procedures: (4 hours)1. Review the main points in last class;2. Study the new unit:1) Read the information of the text on p.54, 55 to get a better understanding ofChunnel;2) Answer the pre-reading questions orally;3) allow students 5 minutes to read the text rapidly for the main idea;4) do the guesswork of vocabulary;5) Study Text I intensively;6) Answer the questions of Text I both in SB(student’s book) and WB(workbook)orally;7) Listen to the tape and study Text II extensively to enlarge their vocabulary andwiden the scope of their knowledge;8) do oral work;9) Study the main points of guided writing, mainly paragraph writing ofnarration in informal tone, and letter writing to ask for information;10) Homework, finish all the exercise both in SB and WB.IV. Language points for Text I1.…stiff upper lips trembled: here stiff upper lips stands for Englishman. It’smetonymy.(换喻,转喻)(keep) a stiff upper lip: (show) an ability to appear calm and unworried whenin pain or troubleE.g. The general praised the boys for keeping a stiff upper lip in time oftrouble.2. A tiny explosion of air from pursed lips.purse up one’s lips: draw one’s lips together esp. as a sign of disapproval3.by the grace of God: due to, thanks toE.g. By the grace of God the children were rescued by the fireman.pound adjectives made up in various ways:the soon-to-be-opened Chunnelthe gull-wing eyebrowscross-Channel-link schemestungsten-tipped teethV. Language points for Text II1.alternative: adj. OtherE.g. Have you got an alternative suggestion?n. choice of twoE.g. Caught in the act, he had no alternative but to confess.alternate: adj. A. (of two things) happening or following one after the otherE.g. alternate triumph and despairB. every second e.g. on alternate daysv. cause to occur one after the otherE.g. Most farmers alternate their crops.2.It’s a matter of choice, not nerves.nerve: couragehave the/no nerve to do sth or lose one’s nerveUnit 6(6 hours)I. Teaching Aims:In this unit students are required to:1.Practice reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, guessing, etc.2.Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student’s vocabulary;3.Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions, role play and interactionactivities to help to develop the students’ oral communicative abilities;4.Appreciate the two arguments in this unit and learn some writing skills andpractice it along with letter writing;5.Do some other after-class exercise including listening and translation to improvestudents’ comprehensive skills.II. Teaching Emphasis:1. The comprehension and appreciation of Text I;2. New words and expressions:refuel, outlay, harness, bonnet, conquer, radiation, penetrate, synthetic, extinction, rivet, in a panic, opposition, scrap, evacuation, arsenal, scornIII. Teaching Procedures: (4 hours)1. Review the main points in last class;2. Study the new unit:1)Answer the pre-reading questions orally;2)Allow students 3 minutes to read the text rapidly for the main idea;3)Do the guesswork of vocabulary;4)Study Text I intensively;5)Answer the questions of Text I both in SB(student’s book) and WB(workbook)orally;6)Listen to the tape and study Text II extensively to enlarge their vocabulary andwiden the scope of their knowledge;7)Do oral work;8)Study the main points of guided writing, mainly about the paragraph writing ofargument, and the letter writing to ask a favor;9)Homework, finish all the exercise both in SB and WB.IV. Language points for Text I1.dream of sth or doing sth2.Harness atomic power in a car, and you’ll have no more worries about petrol.╱or you’ll do…= If …not…you’ll…Imperative sentence,╲and you’ll do…= If … you’ll…E.g. Practice speaking English more, and you’ll improve your oral Englishquickly.Be careful in your pronunciation, or you’ll have great trouble in listeningand speaking.3.outlay: a spending of moneyoutlay on sth.E.g. the weekly outlay on groceries;a considerable outlay on basic researchOur country has outlaid (v.) a large sum of money in capital construction.4.economy: A. economic situation B. thrift and frugalityE.g. The economy of the country is changing from bad to worse.We are better off now, but we still have to practice economy.economic: having to do with economicsE.g. Economic crises are sure to occur in the capitalist world from time to time.economical: thrifty, not wasting money or timeE.g. The writer is famous for his economical style.5.be well on the way toE.g. We were well on the way to the age of knowledge-based economy.V. Language points for Text II1.pour scorn on sb/sthhold /think it scorn to do sthy out: displayE.g. lay out merchandise3.in a panicUnit 7(6 hours)I. Teaching Aims:In this unit students are required to:1.Practice reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, guessing, etc.2.Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student’s vocabulary;3.Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions, role play and interactionactivities to help to develop the students’ oral communicative abilities;4.Appreciate the two arguments in this unit and learn some writing skills andpractice it along with letter writing;5.Do some other after-class exercise including listening and translation to improvestudents’ comprehensive skills.II. Teaching Emphasis:1. The comprehension and appreciation of Text I;2. New words and expressions:pose, suspense, irritate, asphyxiated, ventilate, fidget, indiscreet, chatterbox, elope, obstinacy, willfulness, escapism, justify, tycoon, aptitude, stumble, for a start, turn a deaf ear to, ex-directoryIII. Teaching Procedures: (4 hours)1. Review the main points in last class;2. Study the new unit:1)Answer the pre-reading questions orally;2)Allow students 3.5 minutes to go over the text rapidly for the main idea;3)Do the guesswork of vocabulary;4)Study Text I intensively;5)Answer the q uestions of Text I both in SB(student’s book) and WB(workbook)orally;6)Listen to the tape and study Text II extensively to enlarge their vocabularyand widen the scope of their knowledge;7)Do oral work;8)Study the main points of guided writing, mainly about the paragraph writingof argument, and the letter writing to make an offer;9) Homework, finish all the exercise both in SB and WB.IV. Language points for Text I1. take sth. for granted or take it for granted that: believe sth. withoutthinking about it very much2. He is proposing to attempt the impossible…: When he intends to do impossible…propose: have formed a plan; intendusage: propose to do sthpropose: suggestusage: propose doing sth./ that clause3.pose as unusual: pretend to beE.g. He posed as a learned man.She is always posing.pose for a photograph with sb.pose an obstacle to the development, allow me to pose a question4.suspense: anxiety or apprehension resulting from an uncertain, undecided ormysterious situationusage: in suspense, keep (sb) in suspense, hold in suspenseE.g. He waited in great suspense for the doctor’s opinion.suspension:E.g. the suspension of arms, suspension from school/officesuspicion:E.g. above suspicion, under suspicion5.justify: give a good reason forjustify sth or doing sthE.g. The editors are perfectly justified in refusing your work.6.have/ show an aptitude for sth.7.be bent on questioning you: be determined to question you.E.g. She is bent on becoming a good pianist.He is bent on making journalism his career.V. Language points for Text II1.for a start: to begin with, to start with2.…get away scot-free: escape without punishmentE.g. No student can get away with a breach of the rules of the university.got away from the restaurant scot-free3.turn a deaf ear to: ignore, pay no attention toE.g. I shall turn a deaf ear in future to all your empty promises.4.the people most plagued by…plague: pester or annoy persistently or incessantlyE.g. Runaway inflation further plagued the wage or salary earner.Unit 8(6 hours)I. Teaching Aims:In this unit students are required to:1.Practice reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, guessing, etc.2.Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student’s vocabulary;3.Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions, role play and interactionactivities to help to develop the students’ oral communicative abilities;4.Appreciate the two arguments in this unit and learn some writing skills andpractice it along with letter writing;5.Do some other after-class exercise including listening and translation to improvestudents’ comprehensive skills.II. Teaching Emphasis:1. The comprehension and appreciation of Text I;2. New words and expressions:shelter, end up with, engross, browsing, retire, indulgent, beckon, tell off, tuck, discreet, poverty-stricken, a nose for, persevere, flickIII. Teaching Procedures: (4 hours)1. Review the main points in last class;2. Study the new unit:1)Answer the pre-reading questions orally;2)Allow students 2 minutes for rapid reading and 5 minutes for writing the mainidea of each paragraph;3)Do the guesswork of vocabulary;4)Study Text I intensively;5)Answer the questions of Text I both in SB(student’s book) and WB(workbook)orally;6)Listen to the tape and study Text II extensively to enlarge their vocabularyand widen the scope of their knowledge;7)Do oral work;8)Study the main points of guided writing, including the paragraph writing ofpersuasive writing, and the letter writing as to make a suggestion;9)Homework, finish all the exercise both in SB and WB.IV. Language points for Text I1.shelter: cover and protectionfind/take shelter from; give shelter to; be a shelter from; under the shelter of2.be engrossed in: be absorbed in, be taken upE.g. The audience was co mpletely engrossed by the actor’s performance.3.to one’s heart’s content: as much as one likeE.g. S he never dares to eat to her heart’s content for fear that she would put onweight.4.…the assistant should retire discreetly…retire: move back or awayE.g. r etire to one’s room; retire to bed;retire from the service; retire from the world;5.Apart from running up a huge account.run up: make or become greater or largerE.g. run up a huge account/bill/debts6.indulge: yield to, gratifybe indulged inE.g. She is indulged in idle daydreams.7.beckon to sb or beckon sb to do sthE.g. He beckoned me to come nearer.8.tell sb off: scold or rebuke severelyE.g. The teacher told him off for not doing his homework.9. tuff away sth: put sth in a safe placeE.g. The troop was tucked away in a quiet valley.V. Language points for Text II1.be mean with sth2.poverty-stricken; panic-stricken; conscience-stricken; grief-stricken;fever-stricken3.It’s real a bargain.A bargain is a bargain.make a bargain with sb; bargain sth for sth4.has a nose for gossip/informationnose into other’s affairsKeep your big nose out of my affairs.Unit 9(6 hours)I. Teaching Aims:。