新编大学英语 2 Unit 6 教案.docx

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新编大学英语2Unit6教案

UnitSixNatureandNurture

I.Theoreticalbasis:

CollegeEnglishSyllabus（1999）;CollegeEnglishCurriculumRequirements（2004）

II.TeachingAims:

Inthisunitstudentsarerequiredto:

1）gettoknowsomeusefulinformationconcerningthetopicofthereadingpassagesinthisunitandtoknowmoreaboutEnglishculture;

2）dosomepreparationactivitiessuchasdiscussion,groupwork,etc.topracticetheirspokenskillandcommunicativeskills;

3）graspsomenewwordsandtrytousethesewordswhichhelpthemtoenrichtheirvocabulary（alike,exceptfor,adopt,respondto,maintain,likeness,polish,foster,considerable,considerable,beliableto,nomorethan,bringup,beresponsiblefor,makethemostof）;

4）readthein-classreadingpassageinalimitedtimeandgraspsomeexpressionsandgrammaticalpointsinthein-classreadingpassagetoimprovetheirreadingcomprehension;

5）dosomepost-readingexercisesandsomeafter-classreadingtopracticewhattheyhavegottoknowinclasstoimprovetheirEnglishcomprehensiveskills.;

6）translatesometypicalsentencesintoChineseorEnglishbyusingsomeexpressionslearnedinthereadingpassagestoacquiresometranslatingskillsandbettertheirtranslatingabilities.

III.TeachingMethodology

Mainlyapplyingtask-basedapproachandcommunicativeonetoconstructastudent–centeredclassroom

Thewholelearningandteachingproceedistendedtofollowthemodelofpre-task------taskcycle------post-task

IV.TimeDistribution

AccordingtoSs’Englishlearningtraitsandregulations,thefocusofthelearningstrategies,andtheEnglishlevelofcurrentstudents;wearegoingtofinishthisunitin10periods:

Listening&Speaking（2periods）;In-classReading（5periods）;Exercise&After-classReading（2periods）;FurtherDevelopment&Writing（1periods）.

PeriodI&IIlisteningandspeaking

I、TeachingContent

1）T’sbackgroundknowledgeintroductionasrecruitmentandSs’discussiononthetopicoflearningskills,andenlargetheirvocabularyonthisunit.

2）Listeningof2passages

II、Teachingdesign

PartOne:

Preparation

Discussthefollowingquestions.

Keywords:

dressalike,personality,curious,resemble,beproud,lonely,makefriends,makefriends,bored,discouraged,mirrorimage

Commonsense:

Nature:

everythingapersoninheritsgenetically

Nurture:

homeenvironmentandtheinfluencesparentshadontheirchildren;thegeneralsocialenvironmentwhichincludessuchthingsasfamilyinfluences,peerinfluences,andeducationalexperiences.

Inheritedtraits:

big/smalleyes,doubleeyelids,curlyhair,colorofskin,poor/goodeyesight,goodbrains,left-handedness,bigfeet,logicalmind,height,fatgene,artisticgene,facialfeature,bloodtype,tastetofood,hobby…

Backgroundknowledgeabouttwins:

Twinsarethemostfrequentformofmultiplebirthinhumans,andidenticaltwinsoccuronlyone-fourthasfrequentlyasfraternaltwins.IntheU.S.onebirthinapproximately87isatwinbirth.Tripletsareabout87timesrarerthantwins,andquadrupletsabout87timesrarerthantriplets.Quintupletsoccurinabout1outof8millionpregnancies.Thesefiguresareforspontaneouslyoccurringpregnancies.

Twinstudies

Inthelate1970's,thebehavioralstudyoftwinsreceivedanewimpetuswiththediscoveryofseveralespeciallystrikingpairsofidenticaltwins—childrenseparatedbyfamilycircumstanceatbirthandraisedintotallydifferentenvironments.AresearchteamheadedbyThomasJ.Bouchard,Jr.,apsychologistattheUniversityofMinnesota,collectedcasehistoriesandgavelengthy,detailedquestionnairesto15suchsetsoftwins.Workingontheassumptionthatthepsychologicalfeaturessharedbyeachpairoftwinscouldbeattributedtoacommonheredity,Bouchardsuggestedthatdifferencesbetweenthemwouldbeattributabletodifferencesinupbringing.

OneofthemostdramaticcaseswasthatofJackYufeandOscarStohr,twinsseparatedbythedivorceoftheirparentsin1932,whiletheywerestillinfants.YufewasraisedinTrinidadasaJew,studiedHebrew,andlivedinIsraelforfiveyears;StohrwasraisedasaRomanCatholicinCzechoslovakia,underwentaNazi-dominatededucationduringtheGermanoccupation,andwasstronglyanti-Semitic.Notsurprisingly,manyaspectsoftheirpersonalitiesdiffersharply.Yufeisarelativelyflexibleindividual,generallyliberalinhispoliticalandsocialattitudes;Stohrisfairlyrigidandauthoritarian.Thereare,however,startlingandoftenbizarreparallels,asrevealedbythe15,000-itemquestionnaire.Bothmenlikeanddislikealmostthesamefoods;bothareweakinmathematics;bothselectedthesameshadeofgreenastheirfavoritecolor.

Othertwinsinthestudyalsoprovedtohaveinterestingsimilarities;thereweretwinswhonevermetandyetwhoeachhadthreechildrenwiththesamenames;twinswhomarriedmenwiththesamehaircolorandhairstyle;twinswhohadappendectomiesthesameyear;twinswholikedexactlythesamepiecesofmusicandthesametelevisionprograms.

Thedatahavenotbeencompletelyanalyzed,butitisevidentthatwhileupbringingisindeedamajorfactorineveryindividual'spersonalmakeup,thereareunexplored,extremelypowerfulhereditaryfactorsinvolved.

A.Doyouknowanytwins?

Whatcanyousayaboutthem?

SampleAnswer:

Iknewtwotwinsinmyclassinmiddleschool.Theyusuallydressedalike.Buttheyhadquitedifferentpersonalities:

onewasshy,quiet,andself-consciouswhiletheotherwasself-confidentandoptimistic.

B.Whyarepeoplecuriousabouttwins?

----Ithinkit’sbecausetherearenotmanytwinsaroundus.Peoplearealwayscuriousaboutthingsthattheyrarelysee.Anotherreasonfortheircuriosityisprobablythattwinsresembleeachother,whichisveryunusualamongotherpeople.

----Iknowtwotwinsinmyclassinmiddleschool.Theyusuallydressedalike.Buttheyhadquitedifferentpersonalities:

onewasshy,quiet,andself-consciouswhiletheotherwasself-confidentandoptimistic.

C.Howdoyouthinkitfeelstobetwins?

•Theymustbeproudbecausetheyaredifferentfromothers.

•Theymayfeellonelybecauseitisdifficulttomakefriendswithotherpeople.

•Theymayfeelboredanddiscouragedbecauseeverydaytheywillseethemirrorimageofthemselves.

D.What’syouropinionabout‘thesuccessofapersondependsonhardwork?

’

Thatthesuccessofapersondependsonhardworkisnottheonlyfactor.Thereareotherfactorsthatdeterminesuccess,suchasgoodteachers,agoodschool,money,goodluck,etc.Buthardworkdoescontributetoaperson’ssuccess.Somepeopledonothavetoworkharderthanothers,buttheirsuccessstilldependsonhardwork.

E.Whichhasastronginfluence,heredityorenvironment?

•Exercise,sportsandgoodfoodcanmakeyougrowtallerandstronger

•Chineseyoungpeoplearebiggerandtallerthantheirgrandparents

•Professors’sonsanddaughtersdonotnecessarilybecomeprofessors,sointelligenceisnotinherited

•Myfatherisanervousman,andheisaheavysmokerandaheavydrinker.ButIcannotdrinkanddon’tlikesmoking,soIhavenotinheritedhistraits.

•Myfatherisalaid-offworkerandcannotfindajob.ButIdon’tthinkIwillbeunemployed.

•Ifheredityismoreimportant,whydowestudyfortests?

•Thesonofathiefisnotnecessarilyathief.Ascientistisnotborntobeascientist,

•Forheredity

•Physicaltraitsandcertaindiseasescanbeinherited.

•Myfatheralwaysgotveryhighmarksinmathematicsandheisanengineer.IamgoodatmathandIplantobeanengineer,Iinheritedthe“mathgene”.

•Mymotherisaverykindpersonandoftentakesinwoundedbirdsoranimals.Iamalsogentleandkind.

•Bothofmyparentsareverystubborn（顽固的）peopleandsoamI.

•ApersonwithlowIQcanneverbecomeascientist.

•Bothmyparentsarepractical,andthat’swhyIlackimagination.

•Apersonwithout“musicgene”canneverbeamusician.

PartTwo:

Listening-CenteredActivities

ListeningI

1.Explainthenewwords（statistically,identical,single-egg,gene,mirror,image,keen,intuition,fraternal）

2.Listentothepassageandanswerthefollowingquestions（seepage140）

3.Listentothepassageagainandfillintheblankswiththeinformationaboutidenticaltwins.

ListeningII

1.Explainthenewwords（adopt,triplet,reunion,resemblance,extrovert）

2.Listentothepassageanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse（seepage141）.

3.Listentothepassageagainandlistthesimilaritiesofthetriplets.

PartThree:

Assignment

topreparethenewwordsonthetextbook.

Period3&4Reading

I、TeachingContent

Thetitleofthetextis“HowIDiscoveredWords”（intensivereading）.Languagepointsexplanation,exercise.

II、TeachingObjects

1）Understandandmasternewwordsandphrases:

alike,subject,onthewhole,nomore…than,similarto,bringup,come/drawtoanend,makethemostof,considering,beliabletodo,responsible,etc.

2）ImproveSsmicro-readingskillsandtheabilityofthinking,inferenceandjudgeinEnglish.

III、TeachingDesign

A.Greeting

B.Checktheassignment:

newwordsdictation

C.Pre-ReadingActivities

Directions:

Thefollowingisadescriptionofastudydesignedtoobservetherelativeeffectsofheredityandenvironment.Whatcriticismwouldyoumakeofthisresearch?

Researchershavebeenstudyinganumberofidenticaltwinsformorethantenyears.Eachsetoftwinswaslivinginthesameenvironment.Theresearchersfoundthatinalmostallthesetsoftwinstherewerenosignificantdifferencesbetweenoneanother.Thentheyconcludedthatgenesplayadecisiveroleinpersonaldevelopment.

Sample:

Theconclusionisnotjustif