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3.Discussion---0.5class

4.Exercises---2classes

V.Teachingprocess

1.Glossary

1）affectionn.-----affectionatead

tohaveaffectionforsb

towin/gain/one’saffection

Don’twasteyouraffectiononhim,he’llneverloveyou.

Theboystudentsfixeshisaffectiononher,andhecan’tgethimselfawayfromher.

2）banner/flag

banner是指锦旗，奖旗，和抽象意义上的旗帜；

flag是指一般意义上的旗帜。

Thenationalflagisflyinginthewind.

ThepatriotsfoughtunderthebannerofMarxism.

3）arcn.curvedline-------straightline

archn.拱门

4）sacrificen,v

tomakesacrificessthforsborsth.

tosacrificeforsb/sth

Mymotherhassacrificedheryouthformeandmysister.

Sometimesweshouldmakesacrificesforourcountry.

5）yieldn,v

（1）toproducee.g

Farmersyieldwheatinthearea.

（2）togiveine.g.

Wewillneveryieldonsuchanissue.

Iyieldedtotemptationandhadanotherchocolate.

（3）productionorwhatisproducede.g.

agood/rich/pooryieldofwheat

　　　　Whatisthericeyieldperacre?

（４）unyielding:

veryfirm

　　　　Sheisagentleandunyieldinggirl.

６）braveadj.v

（1）brave---bravery

（2）tobravedangers/one’scritics/thebadweather/thebittercoldandscorchingheat

7）calln.v

（1）tocallup/for/off/in/at/on

（2）oncall/aphonecall/

Thereisacallforarestforus.

2.Warm-up

1）warming-upinformation

AboutBarackObama

BarackObamawasbornin1961inHonolulu,HawaiitoafatherfromKenyaandamotherfromtheUS.HiswifeMichelleObamaandhehavetwodaughtersSashaandMilia.Obamawasbroughtupbyhismotherandgrandparents.ThisisthevictoryspeechObamamadeatGrantPark,ChicagoafterhewaselectedpresidentonNovember5,2008.Obama,the44thandcurrentAmericanpresidentisthefirstAfricanAmericanevertoholdthisoffice.

Abouthisvictoryspeech

2）Structure

Thespeechiswellorganized.Intheopeningpart（paras.1---4）,ObamahailshiselectionasavictoryforAmericandemocracy.Inthecentralpart（paras.5—28）,hefirstlooksbackonthe21-month-longcampaignandexpresseshisgratitudetoallthosewhohavesupportedhim.ThenhelooksintohisfutureroleandcallsonallAmericanstojoinhiminrebuildingthenation.Intheconcludingpart（paras.29---31）,hemapsoutgoalsfortheUnitedStates.

3）Languagepoints

（1）It’sbeenalongtimecoming…（para.5）

Ithasbeenalongtimeincoming./Wehavewaitedalongtimeforthisday./Ithastakenusalongtimetoachievethis.

（2）betteroff（para.6）

Thisis“welloff”inthecomparativedegree.Itmeans“inabettersituation”or“havingmoremoney”,e.g.

I’msurewe’llbemuchbetteroffifweputmoreemphasisonhomeconsumption.

Notethesubtledifferencebetween“better”and“betteroff”,e.g.

Sheisinmuchbetterhealththisyear.

（3）AndIwouldnotbestandingheretonightwithouttheunyieldingsupportofmybestfriendforthelast16years…（para.8）

Itmeansthesameas“Iwouldnothavesucceededifithadnotbeenforthefirmsupportof…”

Noticetheculturaldifferencehere.InChina,thiskindofremarkwouldusuallybeconsideredtoopersonalandthereforeinappropriateforsuchoccasions,whereasintheUnitedStates,thisisexpectedandappreciated.

（4）Itgrewstrengthfromtheyoungpeoplewhorejectedthemythoftheirgeneration’sapathy…（para.12）

Theirgeneration’sapathy:

TheyoungergenerationtodayintheUnitedStateshassometimesbeenreferredtobysomepeopleas“thegenerationofapathy”,meaningtheyareratherindifferenttowhatgoesonintheworldorinthecountry.Obamasaysthatwhatyoungpeoplehavedoneinthiselectionhasprovedthatitisnotso;

theyoungergenerationdoescare.

（5）Letusresistthetemptationtofallbackonthesamepartisanship…（para.8）

tofallbackonsth/sb:

touseordosthelseafterthingshavefailed（退而

求其次）e.g.

Ifwecannotgetenoughoilintheinternationalmarket,wewillhavetofall

backonourowncoal.

Duringthatenergycrisis,eventheQueenandthePrimeMinisterhadtofall

backoncandles.

（6）Butonethat’sonmymindtonightisaboutawomanwhocastherballotinAtlanta.（para.21）

Onone’smind:

inone’sthoughtsormakingoneworry（压在某人心头;

使某人牵肠挂肚）Compare:

Iwonderwhatisgoingoninhisyoungmind.

Youseemtohavesomethingonyourmind.Whydon’tyoutellme?

（7）Atatimewhenwomen’svoicesweresilencedandtheirhopesdismissed…（para.24）

dismiss:

refusetoacceptanideaastrueorimportant,e.g.

Don’tdismissthesesuggestionstooquickly.Givethematry.

Mostobserversdismissedtheideathatthisearthquakemighthavebeencausedbyasecretnucleartest.

Studythefollowingsentencesfortheotherusesoftheword“dismiss”:

Classisdismissed.（下课）

Hewasdismissedbythebossforhisseriousneglectedofduty.（被解雇）

（8）Parallelism----onekindoffiguresofspeech

Generally,asemi-colonorcommashouldbeusedbetweentheparallelparts.

e.g.

Asknotwhatyourcountrycandoforyou,askwhatyoucandoforyourcountry.

Hepickedupthecarton,unlockedthedoor,andwentintotheapartment.

Tonightweprovedoncemorethatthetruestrengthofournationcomesnotfromthemightofourarmsorthescaleofourwealth,butfromtheenduringpowerofourideals:

democracy,liberty,opportunity,andunyieldinghope.

4）CulturaldifferencesbetweenAmericaandChina.

i.ThereisanunwrittenruleintheUnitedStatesthatpoliticianscanfightwithallweaponsintheirhands,buttheymustfightfair,andoncethepeople’schoiceismade,theopposingsidesshouldshakehandslikegentlemen.Thelosermustcongratulatethewinner,andthewinnershouldalsoshowrespectfortheloser.Thisiscalledsportsmanshiporstatesmanship.AndthisiswhatwefindinObama’sspeech.Nobodyofcoursewillbelievethateithersidehasforgottenwhathasbeensaidordoneduringthecompaign,butagamewithrulesafterallisbetterthannorules.

ii.ForChinesepeople,itsoundsabitfunnyforthepresident-electtogivehisthankssolavishlytohiswifeanddaughtersopenlyonthissolemnoccasion.ButinAmericanculture,peoplelikethispersonaltouch.Itshowsthepresidentisjustlikeeveryoneofus.Italsoshowsthatthepresidentlovershisfamilyandhischildren,bothofwhicharevitalAmericanvalues.

iii.Obama’attitudetowardthosewhohavenotvotedforhimisalsepraise-worthy,especiallywhenwethinkofhowtyrantsinhistorytreatedtheiropponents.WemaysayObamaisjustbeingclever,butthefactthathehastopretendtolikehisopponentsisalreadybigprogress.

iv.Ontheotherhand,wemustnotbesonaï

veastothinkthatagreatoratorisalwaysagreatleader,ortothinkwhoevercangetmostvotedmustknowhowtosolveproblems.Infact,intheUnitedStates,peoplealsodistrustpoliticians.Scholarsevensaypoliticiansandhonestyareantonyms.Soletuskeepwatchingandseewhetherthemanwhodeliversbeautifulspeechescanreallydeliverwhathisspeecheshavepromised.

5）CommentonObama’sperformancesincehemadehisvictoryspeech.

4.Assignments

1）Preview:

todecidewhetherthestatementsinthetextbookaretrue（T）orfalse（F）.

2）Vocabulary:

Ex.4and6.

3）Grammar:

Ex.2,4and5.

Unit10Pompeii

1.GettoknowthecityPompeiibeforeandaftertheyearAD79.

2.UnderstandthelastdaysofPompeiifromthetext.

3.Masterthekeywordsandexpressionsconnectedwithvolcaniceruption.

4.Graspthefunctionsofthepastparticiplephraseasadverbialmodifierandobjectcomplement.

5.Tellthedifferencesamongthewordsandexpressionsthestudentsoftenconfuse,includingalive/live/lively.

II.Importantpoints

1.thebackgroundaboutthecityPompeii

2.grasppastparticipleasadverbialmodifierandasobjectmodifier.

III.Difficultpoints

thedetaileddescriptionaboutthedisasterstrickencity---Pompeii.

IV.Timeassignment

1.Glossary:

1.5classes

2.Warm-up:

0.5class

3.Textappreciation:

2classes

4.Exercises:

5.Dictationandrecitation:

1class

1.Glossary

1）AD:

infullAnnoDomini,LatinfortheYearofOurLord.TheChristianmythhasitthatAD1wastheyearJesusChristwasborn（Hewasprobablybornyearsearlier）.TimebeforeADiscalledBC,i.e.,BeforeChrist.

2）doom

ndeathordestruction

Heknowshisdoomiscoming.

v.bedoomedtodosthortosth,e.g.

Theyaredoomedtomeetagain.

Theplanwasdoomedtofailurefromthebeginning.

3）prosperousadj----------prosperityn.

Peacebringsprosperity.

aprosperousfamily/business/year

4）branch

n.branches分公司-------theheadoffice总部

v.todivideintomoreparts,e.g.

Theroadbranchestotheright.这条道路向右分岔。

Followtheroaduntilitbranches.一直走到岔路口。

5）monoxiden.dioxiden.

mono-:

singleoronlyone,e.g.

monologuen.独白monopolyv.垄断

6）poisonousadj.–ousisanadjectivesuffix,formoreexamples:

dangerous,perilous

1）BackgroundaboutVesuvius

Vesuviusisprobablythemostfamousvolcanointheworldandthemostobservedbyscientists.Geologicalevidence