全新版大学英语综合教程第二册教案Unit4book.docx

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Unit4TheVirtualWorld

I.TeachingObjectives

Studentswillbeableto:

1.understandthemainidea（despitethemanynegativeeffectsofvirtuallife,theauthorprefersittoreallife）andstructureofthetext（contrastbetweenvirtuallifeandreallife）;

2.learnsomerulesofinterpretingnewvocabularyandusagerelatedtocomputersandtheInternetinEnglish;

3.graspthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext;

4.conductaseriesofreading,listening,speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit.

II.KeyPoints:

Thestructure,thewritingskill,andthemainideaofthetextwillbethefocus.Onlyafewwordsandsentences,whichwillbetheobstaclesforstudents’understandingofthetext,willbeexplainedinclass.

III.DifficultPoints:

Somesentenceswhosemeaningsaredifficulttounderstandandwhosestructuresarehardtoanalyze:

1.Line26-28（Para.6）:

Ifindmyselfshyer,morecautious.Or,conversely,whensuddenlyconfrontedwithreallifehumans,Igetoverexcited,speaktoomuch,interrupt.

2.Line45-47（Para.9）:

WhenIaminthisstate,Ifightmyboyfriendaswell,misinterpretinghisintentionsbecauseofthelackofemotionalcuesgivenbyourtypeddialogue.

IV.TeachingMaterials:

Powerpointandmaterials

V.TeachingMethods:

Lecturing,practicinganddiscussing.

VI.TeachingTiming:

8sessionsofclass

VII.TeachingProcess:

1st-2ndperiods:

Pre-reading;Teacher’sIntroductoryRemarksandStudents’Discussionrelatedtothetopic.

3rd-4thperiods:

While-Reading（UnderstandingthetitleoftextA;Analyzingtheorganizationofthetext;ExplainingDifficultsentencesandlanguagepointsinthetext;Summingupthemainideaofthetext）

5th-6thperiods:

DealingwiththeexercisesafterTextA.CheckonSs’homereading（TextB）;Post-ReadingTask:

Theme-RelatedLanguageLearningTasks

7th-8thperiods:

Listeningandspeakingtasks.

A.Pre-readingtasks

1.TasksSsthefollowingquestionsonthepoemSurfingtheInternet:

（5minutes）

—Whatwastheherodoingwhenhisbosscamein?

（surfingtheInternet）

—Howdidheactinfrontofhisboss?

（Hepretendedtobesurprisedatthecomputerwhichhadcrashed“unexpectedly”.）

2.Sslookatthethemeofthisunit（theVirtualWorld）andthetitleofTextA（AVirtualLife）,thentryto:

—findantonymsof“virtualworld”and“virtuallife”;（realworld,reallife）

—suggestsynonymsfor“virtualworld”;（cyberspace,cyberia,etherworld,virtualreality,Internetworld,networld,etc.）

—saywhatpeoplecandoontheInternet.（communicatingwithpeople,shopping,reading,entertainment,education,working,hacking,publishing,etc.）

3.Imaginativewriting（28minutes）

1）TdictatestoSsthefollowingparagraph:

Forthepasttwoweeks,otherparticipantsoftheNetSurvivalContest（网络生存竞赛）andIhavebeenshutupinbarehotelrooms.OuronlylinktotherealworldhasbeenacomputerthatishookeduptotheInternet（联网电脑）.Wehavereliedonit,notonlyforfood,bedsheetsandotherdailynecessities,butalsotosetupane-business（电子商务）ofourown.

2）NowSswillcompletetheparagraphbeginningwith:

“Nowitistimeformetowalkoutintothelightofdayagain…”Theywillgivetheirimaginationfullplay.Theywillwritenomorethan100words.

3）Ssformgroupsoffourtofive,andreadaloudtoeachothertheirownwritings.

4）Taskssomegroupstorecommendthebestpieceintheirgrouptotheclass.

4.TmayleadintoTextAbysaying:

Someofusliketolivealifeincontactwithrealthingsandrealpeople,butothersfavoravirtualexistence.Whichlifeisbetter?

I’msureyouhavedifferentopinions.Nowlet’sreadTextAtofindoutwhatMaiaSzalavitzhastosayaboutthesetwolifestyles.（2minutes）

B.While-readingtasks

1.Textorganization（15minutes）

1）TdrawsSs’attentiontoTextOrganizationExercise1,andletsthemreaditsinstructionaswellaswhathasalreadybeendonefortheminthisexercise.

2）SstrytocompletetheexercisebysimplyreadingthesentenceofeachparagraphinTextA.

3）Sscompareanswerswitheachother;ifnecessary,Tmayhelp.

2.TexplainsthekeylanguagepointsandgivesSspractice（Languagestudy）.（45minutes）

3.TguidesSsthroughStructureExercise2.（10minutes）

4.Ssre-readParas4-10,workinpairstofindoutconsequencesof“my”virtuallife.Cantheyusethe“findoneself+adj./pastparticiple/presentparticiple”structurewhensumminguptheconsequences?

（10minutes）

5.Somepairsreporttotheclasstheirfindings,usingthe“find”structure.（5minutes）

C.Post-readingtasks

1.Computer-relatedvocabularyitems（20minutes）

1）SsscanTextAtofindoutvocabularyitemstocomputerandtheInternet.（Theyare:

virtuallife,thenet,telecommuter,email,Internetmailinglists,computer-assisted,data,link,cyber-interaction,online,systemcash,clickonthemodem,connection,password）

2）TtellsSsthatnewtermsrelatedtocomputerandtheInternetareconstantlyaddedtotheEnglishvocabulary,somuchsothatmanyofthemarenotincludedinanyEnglishdictionary.However,ifweapplycertainrules,theirmeaningsareeasytodeduce.

3）TgivesSsmoreexamplesofcomputer-relatedvocabularyitems（seeTextAnalysis）

2.TguidesSsthroughsomeafter-textexercises.（25minutes）

3.TchecksonSs’homereading（TextB）.（3minutes）

4.SsdoPartIV:

Theme-RelatedLanguageLearningTasks.（1period）

5.TasksSstopreparethenextunit:

（2minutes）

1）dothepre-readingtask

2）previewTextA.

VIII.Assignments:

Assignmentsfor1stand2ndperiods:

●VocabularyExercisesI,II,IIIinTextA

●Listentotherecordingofthetext

Assignmentsfor3rdand4thperiods:

●Reviewwhathavebeenlearnedinclass

●ComprehensiveExercises,I,IIinTextA

●Readthetextfluentlyandimitatethepronunciationandintonationoftherecording

Assignmentsfor5thand6thperiods:

●Reviewwhathavebeenlearnedinclass

●LanguagePracticeinTextB

●PreparationsforparagraphrecitationanddictationofnewwordsandexpressionsinUnit4

Assignmentsfor7thand8thperiods:

●Reviewwhathavebeenlearnedinclass

●Homelistening:

Task1,2and3

●PreviewingtextAinUnit5

●FinishingTestYourself（Unit1-4）

IX.TeachingReflection:

Trytolistentothefeedbackofthestudentsduringandafterthecourse,analyzetheweaknessesinteachingandimprovethemethodsasmuchaspossible.

Thefeedbackfromthestudents:

Themethodstakentoimprovetheteachingandlearning:

X.Appendix:

TeachingContents:

A.TextAnalysis

Themostdynamiccombiningforms/prefixesfornewcomputer-and-Internet-relatedvocabularyin/Englisharecyber-,virtual,net-（net-）,Web-（web-）,andE-（e-）.

NewEnglishvocabularyitemsderivedfromthemusuallyappearinthefollowingforms:

1.combiningforms/prefixes+noun:

thisisthemostcommontype,e.g.virtuallife（虚拟生活）,virtualworld（虚拟世界）virtualreality（虚拟现实）,cyber-interaction（网络互动）,cyberculture（网络文化）,cybernut（网虫）,cyberpet（电子宠物）,cyberspace（网络空间）,netwriter（放送电子邮件的人）,nethead（网虫）,Webmaster（网站维护者）,Webpage（网页）,Website（网站）,WebTV（网络电视机）,E-book（电子书籍）,E-shopper（网上购物者）,e-card（电子贺卡）,e-journal（电子杂志）,e-business（电子商务）,e-cash（电子货币）,e-commerce（电子商务）.

2.combiningforms/prefixes+verb:

e.g.cybersurf（网络漫游）,netsurf（网络漫游）,websurf,（网络漫游），email（发送电子邮件）

3.wordslikecyber,net,etc.+suffix:

e.g.cyberian（网络用户），cyberphobia（电脑恐惧症）cybernaut（网络用户），netter（网民）Webify（使万维网化）cyberize（使联网）

4.clippedword:

cyberdoc（网络医生），Netcast（网络播放）,Netiquette（网规）,Netizen（网民），Netpreneur（网络企业家）Webcam（网络摄象机），Webcasting（网络播放）Webliography（网络书目）,Webnomics（网络经济），Webzine网络杂志），e-tailing（电子零售）,e-zine（电子杂志）.

B.CulturalNotes

1.TheInternet:

aninternationalcomputernetworkfortheexchangeofinformation.Itwasoriginallyusedmainlyintheacademicandmilitaryworldsbuthassincebecomeavailabletothelargeandincreasingnumberofpeoplewithpersonalcomputers.Otherservices,e.g.theWorldWideWeb,areavailablethroughit.

TheInternetischangingourlivesandaparalleluniverseisrapidlyemergingonline.Todaythereisscarcelyanaspectofourlifethatisn’tbeingupendedbythetorrentofinformationavailableonthehundredsofmillionsofsitescrowdingtheInternet,nottomentionitssavingcompaniesbillionsofdollarsinproducinggoodsandservingtheneedsoftheircustomers.NothinglikeithasbeenseensincethebeginningoftheIndustrialRevolution,whenpower-drivenmachinesbeganproducingmoreinadaythanmencouldturnoutinnearlyayear.TheInternetande-commerceareviewedasaglobalmegatrendalongthelinesoftheprintingpress,thetelephone,thecomputerandtheelectricity.

Youwouldbehardpressedtonamesomethingthatisn’tavailableontheInternet.Consider:

books,healthcare,movietickets,babyclothes,stocks,realestate,toysandairlinetickets.AmericankidstodayaresocomputersavvythatitvirtuallyensurestheUnitedStateswillremaintheunchallengedleaderincyberspacefortheforeseeablefuture.Mostkidsusecomputerstoplaygamesandhaveemailchatswithfriends.

What’sclearisthat,whateverwelikeitornot,theInternetisanever-growingpartofourlivesandthereisnoturningback.

2.NBC（theNationalBroadcastingCompany）:

thefirstoftheoriginalthreeUSnationalbroadcastingcompanies.Itwasestablishedin1926byRadioCorporationofAmericaastwogroupsofradiostations.ThefirstNBCtelevisionchannelopenedin1940.ThecompanyisnowownedbyGeneralElectric.ItsmainofficesareatRockefellerCenterinNewYork.

3.PBS（thePublicBroadcastingServices）:

（intheUS）atelevisionsystemthatbroadcastsprogramstoanassociationoflocalstationsw