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9Unit4LionsandTigersandBears

9-Unit-4-Lions-and-Tigers-and-Bears

Unit4

一、授课时间：

第9--10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：

LionsandTigersandBears

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美国中央公园的有关知识，并以此游记展开对美国社会、文化的讨论，认识到美国文化的优势和不足之处，更好地有利于跨文化交际。

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：

CentralPark;OgdenNash;TheTamingoftheShrew;HenryJames;theEmpireStateBuilding;DanielBoone

2）文章的体裁分析及段落划分；

3）语言点的理解：

Wordstudy:

stuffsth.withsth.;muggy;curlup;dropoff;outdoorsy;needlesstosay;observe;beckon;snatch;nottomention;makeforsth;nocturnal;tame;conspicuous

GrammarFocus:

Identifythesubject;Learnmoreaboutthefunctionanduseofexcept

七．教学基本内容和纲要

PartOneWarm–up

1.1Warm-upQuestions

1.Whydoyouthinktheauthorwrotethisessay?

TodescribethehistoryofCentralpark?

Todescribethebeautyofthepark?

Totellthestoryofhowhespentanunforgettablenightintheparkonce?

Tolamentwhataterribleplacetheparkhadbecomewithallthosepurse-snatchers,loons,prostitutes,drugdealers,bullies,garrotters,highwayrobbersandmurdererslurkingsomewhere?

Toprovethatallthoseterriblerumorsabouttheparkatnightareungrounded?

Oracombinationofallofthese?

PartTwoBackgroundInformation

2.1Author

2.2CentralPark;OgdenNash;TheTamingoftheShrew;HenryJames;theEmpireStateBuilding;DanielBoone

PartThreeTextAppreciation

3.1TextAnalysis

3.1.1Themeofthetext

3.1.2Structureofthetext

3.2WritingDevices

3.2.1Theessayisagoodexampleofrhythmicwriting,crispconciseness,remarkableaccuracyanddelightfulhumor.Italsopresentsagoodopportunitytolearnthetermsofonomatopoeia,wordsdenotingdifferentwaysofwalkingandrunning,andmanyspecificwordsforminutedescriptions.

3.3SentenceParaphrase

PartFourLanguageStudy

4.1PhrasesandExpressions

4.1.1Wordlist:

4.1.2Phrasesandexpressionslist:

4.1.3WordBuilding

4.2Grammar

4.2.1Object

PartFiveExtension

5.1Groupdiscussion

5.2Debating

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：

1）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。

2）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。

3）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。

4）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。

5）《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。

6）JudyPearsall主编，《新牛津英语词典》。

上海：

上海外语教育出版社，1998。

7）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。

8）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。

9）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

Unit4

TextALionsandTigersandBears

PartOneWarm–up

1.1Warm-upQuestions

1.DoyouthinkthisstorywillinterestAmericanreaders?

Whatkindofpeoplearelikelytofindthestoryappealing?

Forwhatreasons?

2.Doyoulikesimilarstoriesinourownliterature?

Whydopeopleusuallywriteorreadaboutplacestheyhavevisitedorwouldliketovisit?

Haveyoureadanytravelnotesthatareparticularlyinteresting?

3.Howisthestoryorganized?

Doestheauthorsimplynarratehisexperiencethatnightchronologically?

Howdoeshecombinethenarrationofhisexperiencewithdescriptionsofthepark’shistory?

Doyoufinditclever?

Howdoesthenarrationend?

Whydoyouthinktheauthordecidestoendthenarrationwiththeraccoons?

Whatkindofeffectdoesheaimtocreate?

4.Whatistheauthor’soverallattitudetowardsCentralPark?

5.Doyouagreethattravelnotesoftenrevealalotabouttheauthor?

Whatkindofpersondoyouthinkthisauthorisjudgingbythetext?

PartTwoBackgroundInformation

2.1OgdenNash

anAmericanpoet;wellknownforhislightverse;best-knownproducerofhumorouspoetry

2.2TheDelacorteTheater

establishedin1962,isanopen-airtheaterlocatedinManhattan'sCentralParkandhasaseatingcapacityof1,800.TheDelacorteisownedbytheCityofNewYorkandoperatedbyThePublicTheater.Itisanopen-airamphitheater,withtheTurtlePondandBelvedereCastleasitsbackdrop.ItprimarilyservesasthevenueforThePublicTheater’sannualShakespeareintheParksummerseries

2.3Belvedere-castle

BuiltasaVictorianfollyin1869,thecastlecapsVistaRock,thepark'ssecond-highestnaturalelevation[1]ConstructedofManhattanschistquarriedintheparkanddressedwithgraygranite,ittopsthenatural-lookingwoodlandsofTheRamble,asseenfromtheformalBethesdaTerrace.ItwasdesignedasanadditionalfeatureoftheCentralPark"Greensward"planbythearchitectsCalvertVauxandJacobWreyMouldafterthey,alongwithFrederickLawOlmsted,werereappointedtooverseethepark'sconstructionin1865.

2.4ShakespeareGarden

AShakespearegardenisathemedgardenthatcultivatesplantsmentionedintheworksofWilliamShakespeare.InEnglish-speakingcountries,particularlytheUnitedStates,theseareoftenpublicgardensassociatedwithparks,universities,andShakespearefestivals.Shakespearegardensaresitesofcultural,educational,andromanticinterestandcanbelocationsforoutdoorweddings.

PartThreeTextAppreciation

3.1TextAnalysis

3.1.1Themeofthetext

1）BytravelingtheCentralParkatnight,theauthor’sambivalencemakesclearNewYorkers’attitudetothePark.Ononehand,thereisloveandprideNewYorkershavefortheculturalrichnessandthebeautytheParkoffers;ontheotherhand,thecrimeandfeartheyhaveassociatedwiththePark.

3.1.2Structureofthetext

Part1（Paras.1-2）:

TheauthordecidedtocampintheCentralPark.

When?

FridayeveninginJuly;9:

15

What’stheweatherlike?

Heavy,muggy.

WhatdoyouknowaboutCentralPark?

1）Itisknownthattheparkisadangerousplace.

2）Ordinarypeopledon’twanderaroundCentralParkatnight.

3）Onlyfoolorbadpeoplegothereatnight.

Evidence:

thepoembyOgdenNash

Whatdidthepoemtrytotellus?

Thepoemtriestotellsusthatthetiger’slairisthemostsafeplaceinthePark.

WhydidtheauthordecidetocampinCentralParkatnight?

Humanpsychology—wishingtodosth.preciselybecauseitissomethingpeoplenormallydon’tdo.

Part2（Paras.3-6）:

ThefirstortwohoursandhisfeelingandthefearCentralParkinspired

（Paras.3—4）

Whatdidhedointhefirsttwohours?

hevisited:

1.TheDelacorteTheatre

2.BelvedereCastle

3.TheHenryLuceNatureObservatory

4.ShakespeareGarden

Whatwashisgenerallyfeeling?

Whydidhefeellikethat?

Exhilaration;enjoy/experiencetherichculturesleisurelyinthepark

（Paras.5—6）Hewaslost

Whathappenedtohim?

Hewasscaredbyfivemenhuddlingaroundthebench.

Whywashesoscared?

Whatdidhesee?

thereassuringcity,NewYorkSkyline

alight,someonerowingboatonthelake

Whatdidherecall?

adreadfulcrime

Whydopeoplehavesuchconstantfearinthe

Park?

•darknessinthewild（Ramble）

•witnesseddreadfulcrimes（lake）

Part3（Paras.7-12）:

CentralParkhistoryandanotherscare

（Para.7）thefirstperiodinCentralPark’shistory

1ststage:

1857—1878

WhatwastheParklike?

1.intermsoffunction:

thedomainoftheprivileged;

bandconcertonSaturday;

keeptherougherelementout;

luxuriousandsecluded

2.inarchitecturalterms:

acombinationofRomanticismandFrenchclassicism

（Paras.8—9）anencounterwithacouple

Doyoufindthelittleepisodeinteresting?

Howdidthecouplereactwhentheysawtheauthor?

panicking,jerked,herfacerigid,shriekinguncontrollably,awayfromahundredfeet

Whatwasitabouttheauthorthatmadehimsofrightening?

Icouldn’tresistwhenpassingthecouple;

Addressedthemforthrightly

（Para.10）2ndstageinCentralPark’shistory（1900

—1934）

WhatchangestookplaceintheParkinthefirstthreedecadesoftwentiethcentury?

WhotransformedtheParklateron?

Whatwastheauthor’sattitudetothisreform?

（Para.11）anotherscareatthenorthernendof

thePark

the3rdperiodintheCentralPark’shistory

3rdstage:

1934—1960

WhatdidheseeattheReservoir?

NearthereservoiragroupofkidsonbicyclescycledacrosstheEighty-fifthTransverse,ringingthehornloudly.

Whatmadehimkeephisheaddownandpickuphispace?

Theyounginvestmentbankerwasbeatenandsexuallyassaultedbyagroupofkidsonarampage.

（Para.12）anotheraestheticexperience

Whatstrucktheauthorasverybeautiful?

Thecityatnight,viewedfromwhatwasmeanttobeanescapefromit（shimmering）.

Whatkindofbeautyisit?

Cantheauthordescribeit?

Whycan’thefindthevocabularytodescribetheappealofthecity?

Doeshelikethecity?

Orhatethecity?

SumuphisattitudetowardthePark.

MixedfeelingtowardCentralPark.

（Moreexamples）

Part4（Paras.13-25）:

Mysleepoverinthewood

Whenandwherewashenow?

TheNorthWoodsat1:

30a.m.

（Paras.18—24）myencounterwithraccoons

Doyoufindtheendingoftheessayinteresting?

Whatkindofeffectdidtheauthorwanttocreatebydescribingtheraccoons?

Canyouunderstandhisimaginarydialoguewithraccoons?

（Para.25）theending

Iwokeupafterrainandchirpsofbirds.

Anatural,naturallybeautifulsound.

Howdoyousumuptheauthor’sattitudetothepark?

Ambivalence/mixedfeelings:

1）theprideandloveofthecityandtheparkforitsculturalrichnessanditsbeauty（bothnaturalandman-made）;

2）thefearofthecrimeassociated;thedarknessinthewild

3.1.3Plot:

traveldescriptionscombinedwitheverythinghehasheard,read,observedandexperiencedinconnectionwiththeplace:

hismovementsinCentralPark,theeventsandfamouspeopleassociatedwithitshistory,thebeautyofNewYorkatnight,thecrimeoffearit’sins