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unit8
ATeachingPlanforUnitEight
(AnIntegratedEnglishCourseBook2)
I.Time:
6classhours
II.Contents:
·ListeningandSpeaking
·SectionA:
DidYouHaveaToughChildhood?
·SectionB:
LearningtoRecover
III.SuggestedTimetable:
1. Thefirsttwo-class-hoursessionforSectionA
2. Nexttwo-class-hoursessionforSectionB
3. Thethirdtwo-class-hoursessionforSectionBandexercisesofthisunit
IV.AimsandRequirements:
SectionA:
DidYouHaveaToughChildhood?
1. Letthestudentsacquaintedwithsomenewwordsandgoodexpressions:
identify,abuse,mature,haul,depression,temper,stuff,adversity,historic,outspoken,courageous,presidency,drivesb.Tosth.,pauloneselfupbyone’sownbootstraps,well-being,tapinto,takesthbythethroat,firesb.up
2. Teachthestudentstoreadbetweenlines:
A:
…andplaywrightshadwatchedtheirownparentsstrugglewithtntensepsychologicalkdramas
B:
Andherchildhoodwritingsrevealsheneverhadasenseof“belonging”anywhere,oranyone.
C:
…madeapersonalchoicetoliftherselfbeyondherperceived“limitations”
D:
…transformedandentirenationwhenshegraduatedwithhonorsfromcollege
E:
ThisIsyourlife!
Whynotmakeitallitcanbe?
3. Teachthewritingskill:
AparagraphofaGeneralStatementSupportedbyexamples.
SectionB:
CultureShock
1.Teachthereadingskill:
ReadingfortheMainIdeasinParagraphs
2.Enablestudentstograspthemainideaofthetext
V.FocalPointsandDifficultPoints:
SectionA:
Time-ConsciousAmericans
1.Analyzethestructureofthepassage.
2.Learntoreadbetweenlines.
3.GraspseveralCET-4keywords
SectionB:
CultureShock
1.Askstudentstosummarizethetext.
2. Enablethestudentstograspthefollowingexpressions:
resilience,throwoffbalance,tryoutfor,inkind,drawon,identity,gofor
VI.SuggestedTeachingProcedureandMethodology:
SectionADidYouHaveaToughChildhood?
1.BackgroundInformation:
CradlesofEminence:
ChildhoodsofMorethanSevenHundredFamousMenandWomen:
abookpublishedin1962.Thebookhasbeendescribedas“anabsorbingstudyofthechildhoodsofsome700prominentpeoplethatseekstorelateearly—childhoodfactorstoeventualsuccessinlife”.
TheGreatDepression:
thesevereeconomicproblemsthatfollowedtheWallStreetCrashof1929.intheearly1930s,manybanksandbusinessesfailed,andmillionsofpeoplelosttheirjobsintheUSandintheUKandtherestofEurope.
2.Pre-readingActivities
Discussthefollowingquestion:
Doyouthinkthatadversitycancontributetoachievementandsuccess?
Iftheansweris“yes”,inwhatwaysmighttheadversitycontributetothesuccess?
Listentoshortpassagetwiceandanswerquestions
①Whatisthemainideaofthepassageyouhavejustheard?
②Howdidthedaughterfeelaboutherlife?
③Whatdidthefatherteachhisdaughterinthekitchen?
④Whywerethecoffeebeansunique?
听力原文:
Carrots,EggsandCoffeeBeans
Adaughtercomplainedtoherfatheraboutherlifeandhowthingsweresohardforher.Shedidnotknowhowshewasgoingtomakeitandwantedtogiveup.
Herfather,acook,tookhertothekitchen.Hefilledthreepotswithwaterandplacedeachonahighfire.whenthewatercametoaboil,heplacedcarrotsinoneofthem,eggsinthesecondpotandcoffeebeansinthethird.Thedaughterwaitedimpatientlyandwonderedwhathewasdoing.Inabouttwentyminutes,hetookouttheboiledcarrotsandeggsandplacedtheminatwodifferentbowls.Thenhepouredheracupofcoffee.
Heturnedtohisdaughter,andaskedher.“Whatdoyousee?
”
‘‘Carrots,eggs,andcoffee,”sherepliedandasked“whatdoesitmean,father?
”.
Heexplainedthatthecarrots,eggsandcoffeebeanshadfacedthesameadversity,boilingwater,buteachreacteddifferently.Thecarrotswentinstrongandhardbutcameoutsoftenedandweak.Theeggshadbeenweak.butbeingboiledtheirinsidebecamehardened.Thecoffeebeanswereuniquehowever.Aftertheywereintheboilingwater,theyhadmadethewatertastebetter.Thenthefatheraskedhisdaughter.“Whenadversityknocksonyourdoor,howdoyoureact?
Whenlifeisn’tturningoutquitethewayyouexpected,youhaveachoicetomake.whichwillyoube—acarrot,anegg,oracoffeebean?
Ifyouarlikethecoffeebean,whenthingsareattheirworst,yougetbetterandmakethingsbetteraroundyou.”
Answers:
①Howtodealwithadversity.
②Shefeltthatthingsweretoohardforher.Shedidnotknowhowshewasgoingtomakeitandwantedtogiveup.
③Hetriedtoteachhisdaughtertherightattitudetowardsadversitythroughboilingsomecarrots,eggsandcoffeebeansinwater.
④Becausethecoffeebeanshadmadethewatertastebetteraftertheywereboiledintheboilingwater.
3. WorkonSectionA
A)StructureoftheText(amethodofanalyzingthetextstructureisemployed)
Part1(Para.1):
Difficultiesandobstaclesinone’schildhoodmaynotnecessarilymeanproblemsorfailuresoverone’sentirelifetime..
Part2(Para.2-11):
Theauthorcitessomeexamplesofsuccessfulpeoplewhoovercamevariousdifficultiesandobstaclesandfullydevelopedtheirpotential..
Part3(Para.12):
Theauthorcallsonreaderstoadoptapositiveattitudetowardhardshipandtakeactiontodeveloptheirtruepotential.
B)Raisesomequestionstomakestudentsgraspsomedetailedinformationinthetext(questionandanswermethodisused)
Part1(Para.1):
Questions—Isatoughchildhoodadisasterorablessingindisguise,accordingtotheauthor?
--Howwouldyoudescribetherelationshipbetweenchildhoodexperiencesandadulthoodsuccess?
Answers—Accordingtotheauthor,difficultchildhoodsdonotnecessarily“damage”peopleintheiradultyears.Forsomepeople,atoughchildhoodmayactuallydrivethemtoachievementandsuccess.Inthissense,atoughchildhoodcanberegardedasablessingindisguise.
--Itissaidthatthechildisfatheroftheman.Childhoodexperiencescanhaveanessentialeffectonadulthoodsuccess.Theeffectcanbepositiveornegative,though.
Part2(Para.2-11):
Questions—Whydidtheresearchersreviewthechildhoodfamilylifeof700oftheworld’smostsuccessfulpeople?
--Howdidtheychoosetheir“researchsubjects”?
Why?
--Whatdoestheresultoftheirresearchshow?
--HowwasitthatEleanorRooseveltbecamesosuccessfuldespiteallthedisadvantages?
--Whatisthe“adversityprinciple?
”
Answers—Becausetheywantedtofindouthowtheirchildhoodexperiencescontributedtotheirlifetimeachievements.
--Theychosepeoplewhoarewidelyknownfortheirpersonalachievementsastheir“researchsubjects”—peoplelikeFranklinD.Roosevelt,HelenKeller,WinstonChurchill,AlbertEinstein,SigmundFreud,etc.Inthisway,theyhopedtoenhancethecredibilityoftheresearchresults.
--Theydiscoveredthatalargepercentageofthesesuccessfulpeoplehadverydifficultchildhoods.
--Shehadaveryunpleasantchildhoodbutsheresolvedtostriveforahigher,morepowerfulconsciousness.Andshehadremarkablecourage,self-controlandself-discipline.
--Thereis,intheworldofnature,aphenomenonknownasthe“adversityprinciple”whichmeansthatdifficultiesandhardtimescanactuallybemorebenefialtoplantsandanimalsthancontinualeasyliving.
Part3(Para.12):
Questions–Whatmessagedoestheauthorwanttoconveybytheuseoftheword“perceived”?
--Whatadvicedoesthisauthorgiveinthisparagraphforclaimingmoreofyourtruepotential?
Answers—“perceived”suggeststhattheauthorthinkssomeofthehandicapsarenotrealhandicaps.
--1,Stopmakingexcuses
2,Takeactionfromtoday
3,Challengeanypersonaladversityorperceivedlimitations
4,Getpastyourpast.
4.LanguagePoints
Part1(Para.1)
Manyclaimunhappyandterriblechildhoodexperiences“damage”peopleintheiradultyears.
claim:
v.statethatsth.istrue,eventhoughithasnotbeenproved
e.g.Thecompanyclaimsthattheirproduct“makesyouthinwithoutdieting”.
Intensedifficulties,hardshipsandmajorobstaclesareactuallyoftenmajorcontributorstosuccess.(Para.1)
Translation:
重大的困难、艰辛和障碍,往往能造就成功
Thetranslationskill:
ThetransformationofpartofspeechinEnglish-Chinesetranslationisusedhere.Wechangethenoun“contributors”inEnglishintotheverbphrase“造就”inChinese.
hardship:
n.(Para.1)sth.thatmakesyourlifedifficultorunpleasant,especiallyalackofmoney,ortheconditionofhavingadifficultlife
e.g.Manystudentsaresufferingseverefinancialhardships
磨难接踵而来。
Hardshipscameoneafteranother.
CF:
hardship&difficulty这两个名词都表示“困难”之意。
hardship强调指生活上令人难以承受的艰难困苦,如疾病、贫穷等。
例如:
difficulty指需大量思考和技巧或努力才能克服的任何困难。
Collocations:
bearhardships
endurehardships
experience/gothroughhardships
fearhardships
sufferhardships
It’struethatdifficultchildhoodsdoleavesomepeoplewoundedanddisadvantaged..(Para.1)
do:
Heretheword“do”isusedforemphasis
Moreexamples:
Youdolookniceinthathat.
Idothinkshe’sbehavedbadly.
disadvantage:
(Para.1)
1.v.makesb.lesslikelytobesuccessfulortoputtheminaworsesituationthanothers
e.g.Theselectivesystemdoesnotseemtodisadvantagethoseatthebottomoftheclass.
2.n.sth.thatcausesproblems,orthatmakessb.orsth.lesslikelytobesuccessfuloreffective
e.g.Themaindisadvantageofthematerialisthatitfadesinstrongsunlight.
Collocations:
atadisadvantageput…atadisadvantage
Butforothers,atoughchildhoodactuallydrivesthemtoremarkableachievementandsuccess!
drivesb.tosth.:
causesb.Toreachastate
e.g.Thenoisesinmyheadhavenearlydrivenmetosuicide.
achievement:
n.sth.importantthatyousucc
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