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进阶精读4unit1教学内容

进阶精读4unit1

Unit1OceanExploration

I.Objectives:

Studentsarerequiredtobeableto

1.Haveathoroughunderstandingofthenextcontextuallyandlinguistically;

2.Expandtheirvocabularytotalkaboutdeepseaandknowhowtousethekeywordsandexpressionsincontextproperly;

3.Talkabouttheimportanceoftheoceansandoceanstudy,thecurrentstatusofoceanstudyandwhyitisfarfromsatisfactory;

4.Getfamiliarwithargumentativewriting.

II.Importanceanddifficulties:

1.Usage:

sortof/kindof

2.Analysisofsomecomplexsentences;

3.Tolearntoappreciatethereadingskillsdemonstratedinthetext.

III.Teachingmethods:

1.Blackboard（withdetailedexplanationsandanalysisofthetext）;

2.Multi-media（todisplaythelead-inandbackgroundinformationofthetext）;

3.Discussion（todividestudentstoseveralgroupstodiscussthepossiblebenefitsanddrawbacksofoceanexploration.）

IV.Teaching-Steps:

1.Opener（foroneclass）

a.AskSstoLookatthepictureonpage13whilelisteningtotherecordingandthenworkwiththeirpartnertoanswerthequestionsthatfollow.

（1）Accordingtothespeaker,whatdoestheSeaOrbiterlooklike?

Itlookslikeagiantshipsinkinginthesea.

（2）Whatpurposewillitserve?

Itwillbeapermanentmobileexplorationstationforscientiststoobservewhatisgoingonunderthesurfaceofthesea.

（3）Howmanysuchvesselswillbebuiltandlaunchedaccordingtothearchitect?

Accordingtohim,halfadozensuchvesselswillbebuiltandlaunched.

b.BrieflyexplaintoSswhatSharkWeekis.

SharkWeekisanannual,week-longTVprogrammingblockattheDiscoverychannel,which,usuallybeginninginJulyorearlyAugust,featuresshark-themedprograms.Itwasoriginallydevotedtoconservationeffortsandcorrectingmisconceptionsaboutsharks.

《鲨鱼周》是美国有线电视探索频道一年一度、为期一周的以鲨鱼为主题的电视节目，通常于每年7月或8月初播放。

其初衷是保护海洋、纠正对鲨鱼的错误观念。

c.IntroducetheTimestothess

TheTimes isaBritish daily （MondaytoSaturday） nationalnewspaper basedinLondon,England.Itbeganin1785underthetitle TheDailyUniversalRegister,adoptingitscurrentnameon1January1788. TheTimes isthefirstnewspapertohavebornethatname,andit isalsotheoriginatorofthewidelyused TimesNewRoman typeface.TheTimes hadanaveragedailycirculationof446,164inDecember2016; AnAmericaneditionof TheTimeshasbeenpublishedsince6June2006. Ithasbeenheavilyusedbyscholarsandresearchersbecauseofitswidespreadavailabilityinlibrariesanditsdetailedindex.

d.DirectSs’attentiontothenewwordsandexpressionsinopener.

SeaOrbiter海洋探测者号（建造中的一艘用作海洋探索平台的垂直船舶）

vesseln.船

currentlyad.现在

setsail扬帆起航

permanenta.永久的

Houseboatn.船屋

e.playtheaudioinOpenertwiceandaskSstoanswerthequestions.

（1）Whatisthevideoclipabout?

（2）Whatisthenameofthiskindoffish?

（3）Whydopeopleinthisdocumentarydecidetofindandobservecoelacanth?

（4）Whydoesthedocumentarymentiondinosaurs?

（5）Whatwasthecoelacanthcalledaccordingto1938’snewspapertitles?

（6）Whatdoyoufeelafterwatchingthevideo?

Whatdoyouthinkwecanfindthroughtracingandobservingcoelacanth?

f.choosesomeSstoreporttheiranswerstoclassandthengivefeedback.

2.Reading&Interacting（fortwoclasses）

a.NewwordsandphrasesofReading&Interacting;

b.Giveabriefintroductionofthegeneralideaofthestorytoldinthetext;

Thisarticlesetsouttowinusovertotheideathatmoreresourcesshouldbegiventodeepsearesearch.Thewritercouldhavesimplygivenusadrylectureonthebenefits.Insteadheengagesourinterestbywrappinguphisargumentinaseriesofcontrasts.Difficultyandsuccessareheldinskilfultensionthroughout.Havingstartedbyquotinganauthorityonhowlittleweknowaboutthedeepseaingeneral,hemovesontoregrethowlittleweknowaboutthegiantsquidinparticular.ItcomesasapleasantsurprisewhenthenegativetonesetbythesedetailsofourignoranceissuddenlyshatteredinParagraphThreewiththeaccountofthefilmingofthegiantsquid.Havingshownwhatcanbedonewithmodernresourcestheauthorthenreturnstohisthemeofhowmuchmoreneedstobedone.Thesuccesswas,afterall,“butadrop…intheocean.”Buthethenswitchesbackonceagaintoamorepositivenote,illustratingwhatcanbeachievedwiththestoryofhissinkingofthewhale.Eveninhissimileofthewatch,asimilarpatternispresent.Ashepointsout,whileunderstandingtheoceandepthsismuchlikeunderstandingthemechanismofawatch,unlikeawatchtheoceandepthsarefarmoredifficulttoopenup.

c.Askthestudentstoreadthroughthetextandtextandthendividethepassageintoseveralparts;

PartOneParas.1–3Manisfarfromhavingcontroloftheocean.Weknowverylittleaboutit,andthediscoverieswehavemade,thoughmonumental,arebutadropinanocean-sizedbucket.

PartTwoParas.4–5Thehuman-oceanconnectionisvitaltous.HealthyoceanscanhelpeasetheburdenofourrapidlyincreasingpopulationonEarth.

PartThreeParas.6–9Itisveryimportanttomakeobservationsofhowtheoceanworks.However,owingtolackoffunds,comparedtospaceexploration,oceanexplorationislaggingfarbehind,withtheresultthatweknowasyetlittleaboutthedeepsea.

PartFourParas.10–12Truetherearecountlessdiscoveriestobemadeandlotsofworktobedone,butitisworthourwhiletodosoaswemightfindthekeytooursurvivalonEarth.

d.Learnthetextandgivespecificanalysisandexplanations;

e.Dotheexercisesrelatedtothetext.

3.Reading1,Reading2&IntegratedSkillsPracticing（fortwoclasses）

a.AskthestudentstodotheReading1andReading2beforetheclass,andthenchecktheanswersinclass,offeringnecessaryguides;

b.Askthestudentstoworkinagroupoffivetosixpeoplethenrole-playtheinterview.

c.Allstudentsinthesamegroupdoonlineresearchtogethertolearnmoreabouttheincident.

d.ThestudentsplayingreportersbrainstormquestionstoasktheBPexecutives

4.IntegratedSkillsPracticing（writing）（foroneclass）

a.GuideStudentstowriteanessayinsupportofoceanexplorationunderthetitleMyOceanExplorationIsSoImportant.

Tips:

Apieceofargumentation（论说文）isoneinwhichyoumakeaclaimorargumentfororagainstsomethingandbackitupwithfactsorreasonsinanefforttopersuadeorinfluenceothers.Theargumentmaybestatedatthebeginningofthepiece,and/oratitsendasaconclusion.Andthereasonssupportingitshouldbesetforthonebyone.Herearesomesentencepatternsyoucanusetolistyourreasons:

Therearesomegoodreasons/twopossiblereasonsfor…

Thereasonliesinthat…

Ontheonehand…Ontheotherhand…

Inthefirstplace/Firstofall/Forstarters/Tobeginwith…

Secondly/Furthermore/Inthesecondplace/Inaddition/

Besides/Also…

Finally/Last/Lastbutnottheleast…

b.Havestudentsworkinpairs,exchangetheirwritingandmakecommentsaccordingtotheEvaluationcriteriainWriting.

c.SampleWriting:

WhyOceanExplorationIsSoImportant

Countries,andthesuperpowersinparticular,arespendinghugeamountsofmoneyonmannedspaceexploration,whichtomeseemstobeanincrediblewaste.Ibelievemoremoneyshouldbedevotedtooceanexplorationinstead.

Theoceanscovermorethantwo-thirdsofourplanet’ssurface.Theycoolusoff,andprotectourenvironmentfromoverheating.Theoceansarealsoarichsourceoffoodforus.Abundantinfish,plantsandminerals,theycanhelpeasetheburdenourrapidlyexpandingpopulationisplacingonEarth.Oceanresearchalsoholdsthepromiseofcuresforanarrayofdiseasesandmayhelpuscombatcancer.Inshort,theoceansholdthekeytoourfuture.

Unfortunately,weknowlittleabouttheoceansofourownplanet,letalonehavecontrolofthem.Whyisitso?

Thereasonliesinthegreatdisparitybetweentheamountsoffundingforoceanexplorationandspaceexploration.Lessthanonetenthofonepercentofthemoneyforthelatterisspentontheformer.Itisimperativethatweincreasetheamountoffundingforoceanexploration,andstarttoobserveandlearnabouttheoceansintheirentirety.

V.LanguagePoints:

a.NewwordsandExpressions

1.explorev.tosearchortravelforthepurposeofdiscovery探测，考察

e.g.Managementneedtoexplorewaysofimprovingofficesecurity.

2.survivaln.thestateofcontinuingtoliveorexist生存

e.g.“Survivalofthefittest”isthelawofthejungle.

3.ontheheelsoffollowingclosely;keepinginstepwith紧跟…之后

e.g.Journalistsarrivedontheheelsofthepolicefornewsabouttheaccident.

4.specimenn.aportionorquantityofmaterialforuseintesting,examination,orstudy标本

e.g.Wehavetotestaspecimenofyourbloodbeforeyoucanbecomeadonor.

5.speciesn.（pl.species）（生物学）物种

e.g.Thegiantpandausedtobeanendangeredspecies,butnowitisreclassifiedasavulnerablespecies.

6.assumev.totakeforgranted;suppose想当然，以为

e.g.Wecansafelyassumethateveryoneinthissmalltownhasamobilephone.

7.fromthebeginning从一开始

e.g.Letmetellyouwhathappenedonthistriprightfromthebeginning.

8.influencen.影响

e.g.Asthebiggestemployerofthistown,DuPonthasahugeamountofinfluenceonlocalpolitics.

9.asyet到目前（或那时）为止

e.g.Thereisnocureforthisdiseaseasyet.

10.giantn.alivingbeingofgreatsize巨人，巨大的怪物

a.havingextremelylargesizeorpower巨大的

e.g.Hewasoneoftheintellectualgiantsofourcountry.

11.observev.towatchattentively观察

observationn.观察

e.g.Theroleofscientistsistoobserveanddescribetheworld,nottotrytocontrolit.

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