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Unit3UnderstandingScience

南阳理工学院教案（课时备课）

授课题目：

Unit3UnderstandingScienceTextA:

PublicAttitudetowardScience

课时安排

2学时

周次

第周

课序

第次课

教学目的及要求：

1.Graspthemainideaandstructureofthetext;

2.Masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructures;

3.Conductaseriesofreading,listening,speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit.

教学内容及重点、难点：

教学内容：

1.Newwordsandexpressions;

2.Backgroundinformation:

StephenHawking,Frankenstein,TheSkyatNight,AlbertEinstein.

3.Longsentenceanalysis.

教学重点:

1.Structure;

2.Writingskill.

教学难点:

Thedifferencebetweennarrativeandexposition.

教学方法：

课堂讲授鼓励式启发式教学课堂讨论提问式教学师生互动教学光盘多媒体辅助教学自主学习

教学过程设计

Step1:

Learnnewwordsandexpressionsinunit3;

Step2:

Introducebackgroundinformation:

StephenHawking,Frankenstein,TheSkyatNight,AlbertEinstein;

Step3:

Analyzestructureofthetext;

Step4:

Dealwithlongsentenceanalysis.

讨论：

Inwhatwayhavescienceandtechnologychangedtheworldwelivein?

Giveexamples.

主要参考资料：

1吴晓真等主编：

《大学英语》（全新版）综合教程第一册教师用书，上海外语教学出版社，2002年1月版。

2东南大学外语系整理：

《大学英语》（全新版）综合教程第一册课堂教学版（CD-ROM）,上海外语教学出版社出版

教学后记：

通过本单元的学习，增强学生对于学习科学知识必要性的认识，并且学习霍金的精神。

南阳理工学院备课讲稿

教学内容

批注

UnitThreeUnderstandingScience

IbackgroundInformation

1.StephenHawking:

isanEnglishtheoreticalphysicistandcosmologist,whosescientificbooksandpublicappearanceshavemadehimanacademiccelebrity.HeisanHonoraryFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofArts,alifetimememberofthePontificalAcademyofSciences,andin2009wasawardedthePresidentialMedalofFreedom,thehighestcivilianawardintheUnitedStates.

HawkingwastheLucasianProfessorofMathematicsattheUniversityofCambridgefor30years,takingupthepostin1979andretiringon1October2009.HeisnowDirectorofResearchattheCentreforTheoreticalCosmologyintheDepartmentofAppliedMathematicsandTheoreticalPhysicsattheUniversityofCambridge.HeisalsoaFellowofGonvilleandCaiusCollege,CambridgeandaDistinguishedResearchChairatthePerimeterInstituteforTheoreticalPhysicsinWaterloo,Ontario.Heisknownforhiscontributionstothefieldsofcosmologyandquantumgravity,especiallyinthecontextofblackholes.Hehasalsoachievedsuccesswithworksofpopularscienceinwhichhediscusseshisowntheoriesandcosmologyingeneral;theseincludetherunawaybestsellerABriefHistoryofTime,whichstayedontheBritishSundayTimesbest-sellerslistforarecord-breaking237weeks.

2.Frankenstein:

isanovelaboutafailedartificiallifeexperimentthatproducedamonster,writtenbyMaryShelley.Shelleystartedwritingthestorywhenshewaseighteen,andthenovelwaspublishedwhenshewastwenty-one.ThefirsteditionwaspublishedanonymouslyinLondonin1818.Shelley'snameappearsonthesecondedition,publishedinFrancein1823.

3.TheskyatNight:

isamonthlydocumentarytelevisionprogrammeonastronomyproducedbytheBBC.Theshowhashadthesamepermanentpresenter,SirPatrickMoore,fromitsfirstairingon24April1957,makingitthelongest-runningprogrammewiththesamepresenterintelevisionhistory.

4.AlbertEinstein:

wasaGerman-borntheoreticalphysicistwhodevelopedthetheoryofgeneralrelativity,effectingarevolutioninphysics.Forthisachievement,Einsteinisoftenregardedasthefatherofmodernphysicsandoneofthemostprolificintellectsinhumanhistory.Hereceivedthe1921NobelPrizeinPhysics"forhisservicestotheoreticalphysics,andespeciallyforhisdiscoveryofthelawofthephotoelectriceffect".Thelatterwaspivotalinestablishingquantumtheorywithinphysics.

ⅡStructureandmainidea

Part1Paras1-3Tomakeinformeddecisionaboutchange,thepublicneedsabasicunderstandingofscience.

Part2Paras4-6Whatcanbedonetoendurethepublicaboutscience.

Part3Para7Withaninformedpublic,humancivilizationwillsurvive.

MainIdea:

toensurethesurvivalofhumancivilization,measuresmustbetakentohelpthepublicunderstandscience.

IIILanguagePoints

1.Norcanonepreventfurtheradvancesinthefuture.

Whyisthissentencereversed?

Theword“nor”hereappearsatthebeginningofthesentencetogiveforcetothenegation.

NorwillIdenythat.

2.Theonlywaytopreventfurtherdevelopmentswouldbeaglobalstatethatsuppressedanythingnew,andhumaninitiativeandinventivenessaresuchthateventhiswouldn’tsucceed.

Whatisthegrammaticalfunctionofthefirst“that

Here“that”bringsaboutanattributiveclause.

Whatdoesthestructure“suchthat”heremean?

Thestructureisusedtogiveanexplanationforsomething.

Whatcanweinferfromthissentence?

Nowaycansuppressanythingnew,ashumaninitiativeandinventivenessdoexist.

3.Allitwoulddoisslowdowntherateofchange.

Whyisthereno“to”between“is”and“slow”?

When“do”appearsinthesubjectofasentence,thesign“to”ofaninfinitivewhichisusedasthepredicativecanbeomitted.

Thefirstthinghedidwas（to）lookforaguide.

4.Atthemoment,thepublicisintwomindsaboutscience.

Whatdoes“intwomindsabout”mean?

Unabletodecidewhetherornotyouwantsth.orwanttodosth.

Whatcanwelearnfromthesentence?

Thepublicfindsitselfholdingtwocontradictoryviewpointsaboutscience.Ontheonehand,itexpectstheimprovementinthestandardoflivingthathasbeenbroughtbyscience;ontheotherhand,italsodistrustssciencebecauseitdoesnotunderstandit.

5.ItisalsoanimportantelementbehindsupportfortheGreenparties.

Whatdoes“it”referto?

Thepublic’sdistrustofscience.

Whatpartofspeechis“support”here?

Itisanoun.

6.Butinschoolsscienceisoftenpresentedinadryanduninterestingmanner.

Butinschoolsscienceisoftentaughtinadullandboringway.

7.MaybeIwouldhavesoldtwiceasmanycopieswithoutit.

如果不用这个公式的话，也许我能多卖出一倍的书。

8.ButIhavesufficientfaithinthegoodsenseofthepublictobelievethatwemightprovethiswrong.

Whatdoes“sense”heremean?

Powerofjudging.

Whatdoesthissentenceimply?

Theauthorbelievesthatthepublicwillhaveagoodunderstandingaboutscienceandcanmakeinformedjudgmentsbyitself.

南阳理工学院教案（课时备课）

授课题目：

Unit3UnderstandingScienceTextA:

PublicAttitudetowardScience

课时安排

2学时

周次

第周

课序

第次课

教学目的及要求：

1.Graspthemainideaandstructureofthetext;

2.Masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructures;

3.Conductaseriesofreading,listening,speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit.

教学内容及重点、难点：

教学内容：

1.Dictation

2.Discussion

3.Usefulwordsandphrases

4.Homework

教学重点:

1.WritingSkill

教学难点:

Thedifferencebetweennarrativeandexposition.

教学方法：

启发式讲授法总结式

教学过程设计

Step1:

Dictationaboutthenewwordsandexpressions;

Step2:

Haveadiscussion;

Step3:

Dealwiththeusefulwordsandphrases;

Step4:

Homework.

讨论：

Whatisyourattitudetowardsscience?

Inwhatwayisscienceagoodorabadthing?

主要参考资料：

1吴晓真等主编：

《大学英语》（全新版）综合教程第一册教师用书，上海外语教学出版社，2002年1月版。

2东南大学外语系整理：

《大学英语》（全新版）综合教程第一册课堂教学版（CD-ROM）,上海外语教学出版社出版

教学后记：

通过本单元的学习，增强学生对于学习科学知识必要性的认识，并且学习霍金的精神。

南阳理工学院备课讲稿

教学内容

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ⅠDiscussion

1.Whatistheattitudeofsomepeopletowardsthechangesbroughtaboutbyscienceandtechnology?

2.Whatwaslifelikebeforescienceandtechnologybegantochangeourwayoflife?

3.Whatdoestheauthorthinkweshoulddoaboutscienceandtechnology?

4.Howdoesthepublicfeelaboutscience?

5.Howissciencetaughtinschools?

ⅡUsefulwordsandphrases

1.likely:

adj.probable

AnincidentlikelytoleadtowarisreportedonTV.

adv.probably

Ishallverylikelybehereagainnextmonth.

Pattern:

Itislikelythat…很可能…

2.dowithout:

managetosurvive,continue,orsucceed,althoughyoudonothavesth.youneed

Ihaven’tenoughmoneytobuyacar,soI’lljusthavetodowithout.

Hecan’tdowithouttheservicesofasecretary.

3.highly:

adv.

1）very

Mr.Smithwasahighlysuccessfulsalesman.

2）toahighdegree

Hespeaksveryhighlyofyou.

Mostofthepeoplepresentatthemeetingarehighlyeducatedwomen.

4.put/turntheclockback:

returntoasituationthatusedtoexist,usuallybecausethepresentsituationisunpleasant

Theemploymentbillinwhichwomenarenotallowedtotakejobswillputtheclockbackfiftyyears.

Forgetallaboutitandlooktothefuture;youcan’tturntheclockback.

5.bringabout:

causetohappen

这是怎么发生的？

Whatbroughtitabout?

Someeducatorsarehopingtobringaboutmajorchangesintheeducationalsystem.

6.inquire:

1.vt.asktobetold

Heinquired（ofher）thereasonforbeinglateagain.

Heaskedforhiskeyandinquiredwhethertherehadbeenanymessageforhim.

2.vi.seekinformationbyquestioning

Iranguptoinquireabouttraintimes.

我打电话询问有关火车时刻的事情。

7.initiative:

n.

1）abilitytomakedecisionsandtakeactionwithoutthehelpofothers

Ifyoushowthatyouhaveinitiative,youwillsoonerorlaterbepromoted.

Theworkersareabletosolvetheproblemontheirowninitiative.

2）usedinthephrase“taketheinitiative”:

bethefirstpersontotakeactiontoimproveasituationorrelationship,esp.whenotherpeoplearewaitingforsb.elsetodosth.

Hetooktheinitiativeinorganizingapartyafterhisbrother’swedding.

8.rate:

n.

1）value,cost,speed,etc.measuredbyitsrelationtosomeotheramount

Theworld’sforestsaredisappearingatanevenfasterratethanexpertshavethought.

2）ofthe（numbered）quality

afirst-rateperformer;asecond-ratecomic

9.ensure:

vt.

makesure;guarantee

Thenewtreatywillensurepeace.

我不能确保他能及时到这