三亚航空旅游职业学院教案编号Unit 3 Knowledge and SkillsTeaching aims:In this unit, students are supposed to▪know how to talk about learning in daily life;▪master the basic language to express reassuring and persuading;▪understand the main idea of Text A, and master the useful sentence structures and words and expressions;▪master the phonetic skill: assimilation;▪know substantive clause;▪know how to write “A Postcard”.Teaching procedures:I Listening and Speaking (2Period)II Text A & text-related exercises (2Period)III Workbook & text-related exercises (2Period)IV Grammar Review and Practical Writing (2Period)Part A Lead inTask 1 Study the pictures and discuss the questions below in small groups. Use the words given below if necessary.1.What are the people in the first picture doing?Cues: basketball, training, trainer, trainee2.How do you understand the words in the second picture? Do you know theChinese for it ?Cues: the more ... the better ..., practice, learn, well3.What is “stage fright”?Cues: fear, anxiety, public, audience, sweaty handsTask 2 Listen to the following short dialogues and fill in the blanks.Task 3 Discuss the following questions.1. How can we learn a skill?Cues: knowledge, practice, familiar, second nature2.Have you ever had any experience of stage fright? If yes, please share onewith the class.Cues: knowledge, practice, familiar, second naturePart B Text ALearning Knowledge and Skill: PracticeLanguage points:Leakya. having holes or cracks that allow liquid or gas to escapee.g. Water came from the leaky roof.水从屋顶漏下来。
The plumber went down to the cellar to fix the leaky pipe.管道工到地下室去修漏水的管子。
partiallyad. partly; not completelye.g. The road was partially blocked by a fallen tree.道路被一棵倒下的树堵塞了一部分。
He was only partially to blame for the accident.他对事故只应负部分责任。
executev. to carry out, perform (what one is asked or told to do)e.g. The nurse e xecuted the doctor’s orders.护士执行医生的指令。
Congress makes the laws; the President executes them.国会制定法律，总统执行法律。
givena. specified or statede.g. The work must be done within the given time.这个工作必须在规定的时间内完成。
They were to meet at a given time and place.他们要在规定的时间和地点会晤。
endangerv. to cause danger to (sb./sth.); to put in dangere.g. Smoking endangers your health.吸烟危害健康。
The giant panda is an endangered species.大熊猫是濒临灭绝的动物。
pursuev. to do sth. or try to achieve sth. over a period of timee.g. He began to pursue an easy and comfortable life.他开始追求安逸舒适的生活。
The police are pursuing an escaped prisoner.警方正在追捕一名越狱的逃犯。
correctivea. having the effect of correcting sth.e.g. It is possible to do corrective surgery on the eyes to take care of the problem.通过做眼睛矫正手术解决这个问题是可行的。
You do not perform corrective action at this time.你这次不能执行校正操作。
distractv. to stop sb. concentrating on sth.e.g. Children are so easily distracted.儿童的注意力很容易分散。
The film managed to distract me from these problems for a while.这部影片暂时分散了我对这些问题的注意。
loosenv. to become or make loose or loosere.g. I loosened my tie, but I didn’t take it off.我松开了领带，但是没有把它解下来。
They want to loosen their ties with Britain.他们想要削弱同英国的关系。
lessenv. to become lesse.g. The pain was already lessening.疼痛已经在减轻。
You have to take some measures to lessen the risk.你必须采取措施以降低风险。
ingrainv. (habits, tendencies, ideas, etc.) deeply fixe.g. The prejudice is deeply ingrained in his mind.这种偏见在他脑海中根深蒂固。
It is very difficult to remove the ingrained dirt from your fingernails.很难清除你指甲缝里沉积的污垢。
cloudv. (cause sth. to) become dull, uncleare.g. Her eyes clouded with tears.她泪眼模糊。
Old age has clouded his judgment.他年事已高, 判断力减弱了。
take apartto separate (esp. a machine) into its component partse.g. Let’s take the radio apart and see what’s wrong with it.咱们把收音机拆开看看出了什么问题吧。
Boys like to take apart toys to satisfy their curiosity.为了满足好奇心，男孩子都喜欢拆玩具。
second naturehabite.g. As soon as he enters the office and sits at his desk, he will turn on thecomputer. It has become his second nature.他一进办公室坐在自己的座位上，就会打开电脑。
这已经成了一种习惯。
realistica. representing things as they are in real lifee.g. We try to make these training courses as realistic as possible.我们尽量使这些培训课程贴近实际。
Stop daydreaming and be realistic.别做白日梦了，还是实际点吧。
benefit fromto receive benefit or gaine.g. Who is likely to benefit most from the new tax laws?什么人可能从新税法中得到最大的好处?He hasn’t benefited from his experience.他虽有经验却无长进。
It is one thing to practice by yourself or with a small group; it is another entirely to perform a skill in public situations.Practicing by yourself or with a small group is entirely different from performing a skill in public.Once overlearning has occurred, …If you have overlearned, you can still perform your skill well even if you meet with stage fright, because the skill has become your habit.For best results, you should practice in as close to real-life conditions as you can. For best results, you should practice in an environment that is most close to real-life conditions.Part C PhoneticsAssimilation语音同化是英语口语发音中一种非常普遍的现象。