Unit 4 The Man in the Water教学教材Word格式文档下载.docx

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3.TocultivateSs’abilityofusingtheirownwordstosummarizethemainideaofthetext.

4.TousethetextasthematerialstodeveloptheSs’speakingability.

5.TohelpSsgraspthethemeofthetextandthelanguageandstyleusedinit.

6.Basedontheaircrash,andtheimportantwordsandexpressionsinthetext,getstudentstoknowhistoricalfactaswellastechniquesinwritinganarration.

教学方法

Heuristic,Interactive,task-basedteachingandlearning,groupdiscussion

重点、难点

1.Themeofthepassage

2.Theusageofthenewwordsandexpression

3.Writingdevices

4.Discussionabouthumannature,heroismandheroicdeeds

教学内容

Teachingprocedures

Step1.Warmingup

Step2.Backgroundinformation

Step3.Learnthenewwords

Step4.Fastingreadingofthetext.

（1）Themainideaofthetext

（2）Passagestructure

Step5.Detailedstudyofthetext

Step6.Summarizethepassage.

Step7.Grammarpointsinthisunit.

Step8.Dealwiththeexercisesinthisunit

Step9.Assignment

教学内容

Step1.Warmingup:

SingaSongandGroupDiscussion

1.SingaSong:

HerobyMariahCarey

Lyrics:

There'

sahero

Ifyoulookinsideyourheart

Youdon'

thavetobeafraid

Ofwhatyouare

sananswer

Ifyoureachintoyoursoul

Andthesorrowthatyouknow

Willmeitaway

Andthenaherocomesalong

Withthestrengthtocarryon

Andyoucastyourfearsaside

Andyouknowyoucansurvive

Sowhenyoufeellikehopeisgone

Lookinsideyouandbestrong

Andyou'

llfinallyseethetruth

Thataheroliesinyou

It'

salongroad

Whenyoufacetheworldalone

Noonereachesoutahand

Foryoutohold

Youcanfindlove

Ifyousearchwithinyourself

Andtheemptinessyoufeltwilldisappear

……

2.GroupDiscussion:

DoYouKnow?

Q1.Whatmakesahero?

Openanswers.

Q2.Canyounamesomeheroes?

Whatdoyouthinkthatmakesthemheroes?

Q3.Haveyouevertriedtofindaheroinyourself?

Q4.Doyouthinkeveryordinarypersoncanbeaheroifhewantsto?

Step2.BackgroundInformation

TheAuthor:

RogerRosenblatt

RogerRosenblattisajournalist,author,playwrightandprofessor.AsanessayistforTimemagazine,hehaswontwoGeorgePolkAwards,andawardsfromtheOverseasPressClubandtheAmericanBarAssociation.RogerRosenblatt,anAmericanplaywrightandessayist,istheauthorofsixbooks.ThisessayonanairplanecrashinWashington,D.C.,originallyappearedinTimeonJanuary25,1982.

ThemeoftheText 

Askstudentstoreadthetextandthenexpresstheirideasaboutheroism

Heroism:

Heroismofcoursehasbeenadmired.Butthisman’sheroismwasunusual.Peopleusuallyexpectrevolutionariestodiemartyrs;

truebelieverstobewillingtodiefortheirfaith;

peoplereadytolaydowntheirlivesinperformingtheirduty;

evenpeopletoshowcourageintheirattempttowinpower,influence,moneyortosavetheirlovedones.Butthemaninthewaterdidnotfitanyofthesedescriptions.

Themaninthewaterdidnothavetogivehisringstoothers;

hedidnotevenknowthesepeople.Hewasextraordinarypreciselybecausehewasordinary.Heshowedwhateveryoneofuscoulddo.Thedisplayofhisheroismwasasongtothebeautifulhumancharacter.Thisistrueheroism.

Background

ThisisshortessayaboutanaircrashthattookplaceinthecapitaloftheUSintheyear1982.AplanetookofffromtheWashingtonNationalAirportanddidnotclearthebridgeoverthePotomacRiverbecauseofthethickiceonthewings.Ithitthebridgeandfellrightintotheriver,bringingallthepassengerstoinstantdeathexceptsixfromthetailsectionwhofoundthemselvesgaspingandstrugglingintheicywater.Onlyfivepeoplesurvived,andtheywereabletosurvivebecauseoffourheroes.Theauthorwrotethisessayinpraiseoftheseheroes,threeofwhomhadriskedtheirlivestorescuethesurvivorsandwereabletolivetotellthestory,butthemanthatreallyheldthewholenation’sattentionwasthefourthmanwhohadkeptpushinghislifelineandfloatationringstoothersuntilhewentunder.

ThefactthatthisherohappenedtobeanAmericanshouldremindusthatheroismisnotanationaltrait.Nonationhasamonopolyofthishumanspirit.Overtheyears,however,therehasalwaysbeenprejudiceagainstdifferentracesandethnicgroups.WhensomepeopletalkabouttheAmericancharacterforexample,they