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Unit1

Unit1Education

Listening&Speaking

Step1.IntroducingYourself

1.Askthestudentstoremindthemselvesofthetimewhentheyfirstcametothecollegeafewweeksago.

2.Introducetothestudentswhattheywillhearandaskthemtogothroughtheshortparagraphsquickly.

3.Leadthestudentstodothelisteningpractice.Thefirstlisteningisforthestudentstobefamiliarwiththelisteningmaterialandtrytofillsomeblanks.Thesecondlisteningisforthestudentstofillalmostalltheblanks.Thethirdlisteningisforthemtofillthe

4.Leftblanksandchecktheirownanswers.Askseveralstudentstointroducethemselvestotheclassmatesonebyonequickly.

Step2.GettingtoKnowPeople

1.Introducetothestudentsthattheywillheartwodialoguesaboutthetopic.

2.Leadthestudentstolearnthenewwordsandexpressionsaboveeachdialogue.

3.Leadthestudentstolistentoeachdialogueandtrytofillalltheblanksafterlisteningtothemforthreetimes.

4.Inviteafewgroupstoperformthedialoguesandaskotherstochecktheiranswersduringtheirperformance.

5.Askoneortwostudentstosummarizeeachdialogueaccordingtothequestionslistedaftereachdialogue.

Step3.ListeningPractice

1.Askthestudentstolistentofiveveryshortdialoguesandtrytotickoutwhatkindsoftopiceachdialoguetalksabout.Thencheckittogether.

2.Listentofiveshortdialoguesandtrytotickoutthecorrectanswertothequestionaftereachdialogue.Thencheckit.

3.Listentofiveshortdialoguesandtrytochoosetheappropriateanswertothequestionaftereachdialogue.

4.Giveoneminutetothestudentstogothroughtheshortpassage.Thenleadthestudentstolistentothepassagetwiceandtofilltheblanks.Thenaskseveralstudentstoreadandgivetheiranswersandcheckit.

5．Listentothepassageagainandanswersomesimplequestionsquickly.（Thestudentshadbetterretelltheshortpassage.）

Objectives

1.ReadwhatBillGatessaysabouteducation;

2.Buildupyourvocabularyrelatingtocampuslife;

3.LearnsomethingfromanancientGreekeducator;

4.Studydifferenttypesofnouns;

5.Writeanintroductionofyourself.

Focuses

1.Buildupyourvocabularyrelatingtocampuslife;

2.Writeanintroductionofyourself.

Outline

1.Warm-upDiscussion;studyofwordsandexpressionsinTextA;VocabularyCheck（BandC）

2.DiscussionofTextAandthefollow-upexercises（AandB）

3.ActiveWordsandVocabularyCheck;GrammarTips

4.DiscussionofTextBandthefollow-upexercises

5.ComprehensiveExercises（Askthestudentstodothetranslationexercisesoutsideoftheclassbeforehand）

6.PracticalWriting

Procedures:

ClassroomActivities

I.Warm-updiscussion

Question:

DoyouknowanythingaboutBillGatessuchashislifeandhiseducationalbackground?

Hint

1）birthdayandbirthplace:

October28,1995;Seattle,Washington

2）educationalbackground:

HarvardUniversity（educationnotcompleted）

3）career:

chairmenandchiefsoftwarearchitectofMicrosoft,theword’slargestandmostprofitablesoftwarecompany.

4）maineventsinhislife:

a.beginningprogrammingcomputersatage13;

b.developingaversionoftheprogramminglanguageBASICforthefirstmicrocomputerinHarvard;

c.foundingMicrosoftCorporationin1975attheageof19

II.VocabularyinTextA

1）enter:

在作为“进入；进来；进去”讲时，后面不接任何介词

~intosth.:

开始处理某事物

~on/uponsth.:

着手做某事；开始某事

2）freshman:

[pl.]freshmen

sophomore大二学生

junior（四年制大学或中学的）三年级学生

senior（中学或大学的）毕业班的学生

3）surround:

①~sb./sth.（withsb./sth.）（使某人/某物）包围某人

/某物；围住某人/某物（尤指使之无法逃脱）

eg.Theyhave~edthetownwithtroops

②~sth./sb.（by/withsth.）（esp.passive）包围或环绕

某物/某人

eg.Thehousewas~edbyhighwall.

~ing:

adj.周围附近的~ings:

n.[pl.]周围的物体、条件等；环境

4）compete:

v.~（against/withsb.）（insth.）（forsth.）竞争；对抗；比赛

competitive:

adj.比赛的；竞争的competition:

n.比赛；竞赛

5）course:

~（in/onsth.）

eg.aFrench,achemistry,anart~

6）succeed:

~（insth./indoingsth.）成功；做成；达到目的

（idm.）nothing~slikesuccess一事成，事事成

regulate:

vt.调整；调节（时间、速度等）eg.~one’slife调整生活

~thetemperatureofaroom调节室温

7）shortly:

不久；很快

eg.Mr.Joneswillbeback~.

Theybegantheirwork~afterNewYear’sDay.

8）control:

havesth.under~使某事恢复正常；使某事处于控制之下

eg.I’mgladtoseethatyouhavehadeverythingunder~.

Thesoldiershadhadthefireunder~by9:

00p.m.

9）manage:

vt.设法做到~todosth.

eg.Anyway,we~dtogetthereontime.

WhentheyfirstarrivedinShanghai,they~dtofindaplacetostay.

10）assignment:

n.[C]指定给某人的任务或职责

[U]转让（尤指财产、权利等）

11）

addition:

n.v.&adv.adj.~al

in~:

另外；加之

eg.Tomstudiesveryhardinourschool.In~,healwayshelpshisclassmates.

MyEnglishteacherknowsthreelanguages.In~toEnglishand

Chinese,healsoknowsFrench.

12）

comfortable:

adj.comfort:

n.舒适；安慰v.安慰（某人）

eg.Iwasso~andwarminbedthatIdidn’twanttogetup.

Shedoesnotfeelvery~withstrangers.

13）

share:

vt.n.股份

eg.I~anofficewithsomeotherteachers.They~dthecakebetweenthem.

Iwantto~mynewswithyou.

14）fear:

n.恐惧；害怕[U]

for~ofsth./ofdoingsth.;for~（that）…惟恐；以免（发生危险）

v.害怕；惧怕；忧虑

15）routine:

n.[U]固定而有规则性的程序；例行公事；常规

adj.通常的；惯例的；例行的

16）responsible:

be~for

eg.Heis~forthemanagementofthecompany.

Theyarenotmychildren,butIstillfeel~forthem.

ahead:

［一般作表语］a.furtherforwardinspaceortime在前面,在前头

eg.Theroad~isverybusy.Ourteamwas~bysixpoints.

aheadof:

infrontof在…前面

eg.Youhavealongtrip~~you.

LetTomwalk~~you—heknowsthisplacewell.

17）handle:

vt.dealwith;manage;control

eg.John~dtheproblemwell.

Ifyoucan’t~thejob,I’llgetsomeoneelsetodoit.

18）dependent:

dependon/upon;independent

eg.Jane’smotherwas~onherforeverydaycare.

Youcan’tbe~onyourparentsallyourlife.

19）emotional:

oftheemotions

eg.Istillneedmyparents’love,andthe~supportthey’regivingme.

Pre-reading

Askthestudentstodiscussinpairstheirfeelingswhentheyfirstcametothecollegeandwhattheywanttogetfromthecollegelife.Thenasksomethemtogivetheiropinionstothewholeclass.Letthestudentslistthethingsthattheywereexcitedandworriedaboutwhentheyfirstgottocollege.ThiscanbedoneincompleteEnglishsentencesorjustphrases.Ifthestudentshavedifficultydoingthis,theteachershouldprovidethemwiththefollowingkeywordsinEnglish:

beautifulcampus,goodlibrary,teachersandclassmates,thecomputerroom,theenvironment,newwayoflife,etc.（forthingsstudentsmaybeexcitedabout）;andbeingawayfromhome,thefood,competitionwithotherstudents,difficultiesinstudy,washingclothes,takingabathorshower,newteachers,etc.（forthingsstudentsmaybeworriedabout）.

While-reading

1.Leadstudentstoreadthepassageandtrytofindoutwhatworriedthewriterwhenhefirstgottocollege.

Keys:

beafraidofbeingnotabletodowellinstudies;

beafraidofbeingoffbyhimself,awayfromfamilyforthefirst

time;

howtomakefriends/competewiththosehedidn’tknowand

whodidn’tknowhim

2.Leadthestudentstoreadthetexttogetherpartbypartandaskthemtoanswersomesimplequestionstocheckwhethertheyhaveunderstoodthepassageornot.

Para.1

1）Whatwasthewriterafraidofwhenhefirstbecameacollegestudent?

Hewasafraidthathewasnotabletodowellinhisstudies.Hewasalsoafraidofbeingoffbyhimself.

2）Whatquestionsdidhehaveabouthisclassmatesandhimself?

Weretheysmarterthanhewas?

Couldhekeepupwiththem?

Andwouldtheyaccepthim?

Para.2

3）Whatdidthewriterhavetodoinordertodowellinhisstudies?

Hehadtosetastudyprogram.

Para.3

4）Whatmistakesdidthewritermakeatfirst?

Hemademistakesinhowtousehistime.

Para.4

5）Whathappenedtohimshortlyafter?

Hehadhislifeundercontrolandwasabletodowellinhisstudies.

6）Whatotherthingsdidthewriterdoinadditiontohisstudies?

Hemadeafewfriendsandsetuparoutinethatmethisneeds.

Para.5

7）Howdidthewriterbegintoseehimselfasaresult?

Hebegantoseehimselfasapersonresponsibleforhimselfandforothers.

Para.6

8）Whatdidhethinkofhisfutureatthattime?

Hewasuncertainabouttheyearsaheadofhimbutheknewhewouldbeabletohandlehislifeinthefuture.

9）Whywasthewritersosureabouthimselfandhisfuture?

Becausehehadjumpedanimportanthurdleinhislife.

10）Whatdoestheexpression“thisimportanthurdleinmylife”mean?

Thetransitionfromapersondependentonhisfamilyforemotionalsupporttoapersonwhowasresponsibleforhimself.

Exercise

LeadthestudentstodiscussEx.4andtrytofillinalltheblankswithoutrereadingthepassage.Thenchecktheanswersbythemselves.

III.LanguagePointsinTextA

1）beingoff:

离开Asthisexpressionisusedafterthepreposition“of”,theverb“be”takesthe-ingform.Theexpression“beoff”means“leaveorbeaway”.

eg.Imustbeoffnow（=Imustleave）.

Hersonwasoffonabusinesstripsomewhere（=Hersonwasawayonabusinesstripsomewhere）.

2）makefriendswitheg.Hemadefriendswithanoldworker.

3）keepupwith:

moveorprogressatthesamerateas跟上

eg.Ihadtowalkfasttokeepupwithhim.

Jack'shavingtroublekeepingupwiththeotherstudentsinhisclass.

4）beupto:

beleftto（sb.）todecide取决于（某人）的，须由（某人）决定的

eg.Youmaydoyourhomeworktodayortomorrow—it'suptoyou.

It'suptoourgroupleadertomakethefinaldecision.

5）Ihadtodecidewhentogotobed,when…:

本课文使用了较多起连接作用的副词和代词。

这种副词和代词可以用于动词、介词或一些固定的短语之后。

eg.They’rediscussingwhattodonext.

Idon’tknowwheretogo.

Tom