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Unit5ForWantofaDrink教案

Unit5

一、授课时间：

第11—12周

二．授课类型：

课文分析10课时；习题讲解2课时

三．授课题目：

ForWantofaDrink

四．授课时数：

12

五．教学目的和要求：

通过讲授课文使学生了解人类正在面临水资源严重匮乏的事实，给每一个人敲响了警钟，学会用英语解释句子以达到学以致用的目的。

要求学生主动地预习课文，课前准备练习，学会分析文章体裁和进行段落划分。

六．教学重点和难点：

1）背景知识的传授：

TheEarthquakeinPort-au-Prince;Noah’sArk;TheByzantineemperorJustinian;Osiris;theJordan;theGanges;

2）文章的体裁分析及段落划分；

3）语言点的理解：

Wordstudy:

apparatus;aquifer;arid;breed;capacious;category;chronically;deity;delta;desalination;diminish;distribute;diversion;endangered;equilibrium;ethanol;evaporate;extinct;extract;famine;finite;flush;girder;glacier

GrammarFocus:

Learntousehowtodenoteimpliedcondition.

七．教学基本内容和纲要

PartOneWarm–up

Warm-upQuestions

1.WhatistheauthortryingtotellpeopleinthisessayIsheaddressinganyparticulartargetaudience

2.HowdoestheauthorexplaintheimportanceofwatertohumanbeingsDoyouagreewiththeauthorthatwaterisatleastasimportanttousasoil

3.DoyouagreethathumanityisnowfacingaseriouswatercrisisWhydoestheauthorsay“Everyonemustuselesswateriffamine,pestilenceandmassmigrationarenottosweeptheglobe”Howdothosecountrieswithabundantwaterresourcesaffectglobalwatershortage

4.HastheauthorsaidanythingnewtoyouinthisessayArethereanylinesinthisessaythatyoufindparticularlythought-provokingandfeelparticularlydeserveourattentionUnderlinethemandsharewithyourclassmates.

5.HaveyoufoundanythingimportantthattheauthorhasleftuntouchedonthistopicHowwouldyouimproveuponthisessayifyouaretowriteasimilarpiece

6.DoyoufindtheessayhardtofollowbecauseitistechnicalandscientificAreyouboredwiththeseendlessdiscussionsofenvironmentalproblemsCanyouexplainwhyyoufeelthewayyoudowhenyoureadthisessay

PartTwoBackgroundInformation

Author

Noah’sArk;Port-au-Prince;TheByzantineemperorJustinian;Osiris;theJordan;theGanges

PartThreeTextAppreciation

TextAnalysis

3.1.1Themeofthetext

3.1.2Structureofthetext

WritingDevices

3.2.1Thedevelopmentofthisessaybygivingsomefigures

SentenceParaphrase

PartFourLanguageStudy

PhrasesandExpressions

4.1.1Wordlist:

4.1.2Phrasesandexpressionslist:

4.1.3WordBuilding

Grammar

4.2.1Object

PartFiveExtension

Groupdiscussion

Debating

八、教学方法和措施

本单元将运用黑板、粉笔、多媒体网络辅助教学设备等教学手段，主要采用以学生为主体、教师为主导的任务型、合作型等教学模式，具体运用教师讲授法、师生讨论、生生讨论等方法进行教学。

九．作业，讨论题，思考题

完成课后练习；

多看英语报刊杂志及英语经典小说，扩大阅读量；

精听与泛听相结合，逐步提高自己的听力水平；

积极参加英语角等有助于提高英语口语的活动；

坚持用英语写日记；

做一些专四相关练习；

十．参考资料：

杨立民主编,《现代大学英语精读》（4）第二版，学生用书。

北京：

外语教学与研究出版社,2012。

杨立民主编,《现代大学英语精读》（4）第二版，教师用书。

北京：

外语教学与研究出版社,2012。

李观仪主编，《新编英语教程》（第三、四册）。

上海:

上海外语教学研究出版,1999。

黄源深，虞苏美等主编，《综合英语教程》（1-4册）。

北京：

高等教育出版社，1998。

《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》，北京：

外语教学研究出版社，2000。

JudyPearsall主编，《新牛津英语词典》。

上海：

上海外语教育出版社，1998。

丁往道、吴冰等编著，《英语写作手册》。

北京：

外语教学与研究出版社。

张道真，《现代英语用法词典》（重排本）。

北京：

外语教学与研究出版社，1994。

张道真，温志达,《英语语法大全》上、下卷。

北京：

外语教学与研究出版社，1998。

十一、课后小结

Unit5ForWantofaDrink

PartOneWarm–up

Warm-upQuestions

Doyouthinkwaterisimportant

Yes,wateristhesourceofalllifeandweneediteveryday.Nomatterwhoweare,whereweare,orwhatwedo,wearedependentonwater.

Whatisthesituationofwaterresourcesontheearth

70percentoftheearthiscoveredwithwaterbut%ofourwaterresourcesaresalty-----it’sseawater.90percentofallfreshwaterisiceandsnow,locatedinpolarareasoronhighmountains.

DoweChineseneedtoworryaboutwater

Yes,becauseofhugepopulation,Chinahaslessthanaquarteroftheworld’saveragepercapitawatercapacity.

Whatshouldwedotosavewaterresources

1）.Whenwewashhandsandfaceweshouldn’tleavethewaterrunning,we’dbetteruseabasin.Whenweleave,weshouldturnoffthetaps.

2）.Whenwetakeabath,don’thavethewaterrunningallthetime.

3）.Thewaterweusedcanbeusedtowatertheflowersorsweepthefloor.

PartTwoBackgroundInformation

Asisknowntoall,theyellowriverisourmotherriver,withouther,wecan’tliveahappylife.Butshehasbeenpollutedbyus.whenyoulookatthispicture,whatwouldyouthinkof

Throughhistory,waterisinpeople’sbodyandsoul.

Whenwegetbacktoourhistory,thereisaclassicstoryaboutwaterconservancythatisDaYu’SSuccessfulRegulatingofFloodwaters.

YutheGreatwasthechieftainofthelegendaryXiahouclan.HewasoriginallycalledYuorXiayu.Accordingtolegend,theYellowRiverfloodedduringthereignofEmperorYao,andthepeoplewereforcedtoabandontheirvillages,andgotoliveintreesoronmountaintops.Thefloodbroughtgreatmiserytothepeople.

EmperorYao,thechieftainoftheYan-Huangtribalalliance,appointedGuntoharnesstheflood.Gunbuiltdikestokeepbackthewater,butfailed.shun,whosucceededYao,killedGun,andappointedGun'ssonYutocontinuewiththeflood-harnessingwork.Yuadoptedthedredgingmethodtoleadthefloodwaterstoflowalongrivercoursesintothesea.Yuworkedveryhard.Itwassaidthatduringthe13yearshespenttamingthefloods,hepassedhishomethreetimes,butdidnotenteruntilhistaskwascompleted.

Asaresultofhissuccessfulefforts,thepeoplebestowedonhimthetitle“YutheGreat”andShunchoseYuashissuccessor,withtheapprovalofthetribalchieftains.

theJordanRiverandtheGanges

Christians,Jews,andMuslimsallconsideredconsidertheJordanRiverholy.

EveryyearmanypeoplefromallovertheworldgototheJordanRiverforreceivingbaptism.

TheEarthquakeinPort-au-Prince

Port-au-PrinceisthecapitalandlargestcityofthecaribbeancountryofHaiti,andisoneofthenation'slargestcentersofeconomyandfinance.Itwascatastrophicallyaffectedbyanearthquakeonjanuary12,2010,withlargenumbersofstructuresdamagedordestroyed.Haiti'sgovernmenthasestimatedthedeathtollat230,000andsaysmorebodiesremainuncounted.AidhasbeendeliveredtoPort-au-Princebynumerousnationsandvoluntarygroupsaspartofaglobalreliefeffort.

PartThreeTextAppreciation

TextAnalysis

3.1.1Themeofthetext

1）Inthisarticle,theauthorintroducesawarningaboutthewatercrisisandthengivesacausalanalysisofwatershortage:

populationexplosionsincethesecondhalfofthelastcentury,soaringagriculturaldemandsforbettertastingfoodandgrowingindustrialanddomesticdemandsforwater.

3.1.2Structureofthetext

Part1.Introduction:

Awarningaboutawatercrisis（paras.1-2）

Part2.Causalanalysisofwatershortage（paras.3-5）

Para.3:

Populationexplosionsincethesecondhalfofthelastcentury

Para.4:

Soaringagriculturaldemandsforbettertastingfood

Para.5:

Growingindustrialanddomesticdemandsconsuming30%ofthewithdrawal

Part3.Difficultyinsatisfyingthesedemands（paras.6-8）

Para.6:

Thesupplyofwaterbeingfinite

Para.7:

97%oftheworld’swaterbeingsalty

Para.8:

Freshwateravailableforlivingthingsbeingscarce

Part4.Characteristicsofwaterasnaturalresource（paras.9-15）

Paras.9-10:

Waterbeingnotevenlydistributed

Paras.11-12:

Waterbeinglocalandheavytomove

Paras.13-15:

Undergroundwaterbeingalmostusedasafreeresource

Part5.Reiterationofthevalueofwater（Paras.16-17）

Part6.Conclusion:

Difficultyinusingtheresourcesensibly（paras.18-19）

Para.18:

Thebeliefthatwaterisafreeresource

Para.19:

Theholyqualitywaterisinvestedwith

Relevantquestions:

Q1:

Dowehaveawaterproblemornot

Q2:

Howseriousistheproblem

Q3:

Wheredoesourcountrystandintheworldintermsofitsshareofwaterresources

Q4:

Whatarethemaincausesofourwaterproblem

Q5:

Whatdoyouthinkwecandotosolvethisproblem

WritingDevices

3.2.1Comparison

SentenceParaphrase

1.Whenthewordwaterappearsinprintnowadays,crisisisrarelyfarbehind.（para.1）

Today,wheneverpeoplementiontheword“water”inbooksornewspapers,youknowtheyaregoingtotalkaboutwatercrisis.

Theopeningparagraphsummarizeswhatbooksandnewspaperarticlessayaboutthepresentwaterproblem.

①inprint:

printedinabook,newspaper,etc.

②rarelyfarbehind:

verynear

2.Water,itissaid,isthenewoil:

aresourcelongsquandered,nowgrowingexpensiveandsoontobeoverwhelmedbyinsatiabledemand.（par1）

Likeoil,water,anaturalresource,whichhasforalongtimebeenstupidlywasted,isbecominganexpensivecommodity,andwillsoonbeexhaustedbytheexcessiveconsumptionofhumanity.

HerethewriterisremindingpeopleoftheMideastOilCrisisinthe1970’s.InOctober1973,ArabpetroleumexportingcountriescutoffexportsofpetroleumtomanyWesternnations,includingtheUnitedStates,inresponsetotheirinvolvementintheArab-Israeliconflicts.Theembargo禁运，贸易禁令ledtorisingoilpricesintheearly1970’s,bringingwidespreadpanictoWesterncountries.Manypeoplebelievethathighoilconsumptioninthesecountrieswastherootcauseoftheoilcrisis.TheMideastOilCrisisenhancedpublicenvironmentalawarenessandheightenedpublicconcernovernaturalresourcescarcity.

3.Aquifers地下蓄水层arefalling,glaciersvanishing,reservoirsdryingupandriversnolongerflowingtothesea.（para.1）

Thissentenceexplainswhytheauthorbelievesthatwateris“soontobeexhausted”bydescribingwhatishappeningtomajorwater-holdingpartsofEarthincludingaquifers,glaciers,rivers（allnaturallyformed）,andman-madereservoirs.Theauthorusesaccurateandspecificverbstoshowtheyaredisappearingfromourplanet:

①（aquifers）falling:

becominglower

②（glaciers）vanishing:

melting

③（reservoirs）dryingup:

becomingdry

④（rivers）nolongerflowingtothesea:

（sectionsofthem）dryingupsothattheyare

nolongera