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高职高专英语IUnit10教案
课程名称:
新世纪高职高专英语
Period1
Unit10RethinkingThinking
授课内容:
1.UnderstandtheText:
Whatiscriticalthinking?
2.Explainthekeywordsandstructuresinthetext.
目的要求:
1.Understandwhycollegestudentsneedcriticalthinkingandhowtoformthehabitofcriticalthinking.
2.Masterthekeywordsandstructuresinthetext
有关记录:
板书设计:
Unit10RethinkingThinking
Education→tertiaryeducation(highereducation)
Secondaryeducation
Primaryeducation
Universityeducation
Adulteducation
Furthereducation
Continuingeducation
Highereducation→university
College
Institute
Secondaryeducation→highschool
Secondaryschool
Middleschool
Vocationalschool
Technicalschool
Unit10RethinkingThinking
TeachingObjective
Masterthekeywordsandstructuresandlearnwhatcreativethinkingis.Thestudentsshouldhaveaclearunderstandingofcreativethinking,andhowtheycanformthehabitofcreativethinkingwhilestudyingatcollege.
KeyPoints
Vocabulary
assumecrucialtentitleperspective
reflectreleasebeckonsbtodo
becrucialtobreadandbutterfallshortinlandajobleadthechargetodowalkawaywith
Structure
beyonddoing;reflectupon;asto;ratherthan
Skills
Focusingyourreading
Readingaconcertschedule
Writingposters
TeachingProcedures
LeadIn,ReadingoftheText,Exercises,Listening,Speaking,Phonetics,GrammarTips,ReadingSkills,PracticalReading,PracticalWriting,StudyGuide
TotalPeriods
6periods/perunit
I.Leadin(15minutes)
Question:
Whatiscriticalthinking?
Whichdoyouthinkismoreimportant,toacquiremoreknowledgeortoformyourowncriticalthinking?
Possibleanswer:
Criticalthinkingistheprocessofthinkingcharacterizedbycarefulanalysisandjudgment.Insteadofhastilyacceptingothers’—orsometimesauthorities’—opinions,acriticalthinkerwill,basedonevidenceavailable,makecommentsordrawconclusionsindependently,orevensetforthtocollecthisownevidenceifnecessary.Criticalthinkingrequiresanopenmindandcreativity.Ithasbeenadrivingforcebehindsocialdevelopmentandformedthebasisofademocraticandrationalsociety.Itiswidelybelievedthatforundergraduates,fosteringofcritical-thinkingskillsismoreimportantthanmereaccumulationofknowledge.
Ideas:
creativity
Invention
Hands-on
Exploration
Independent
Thinker
II.Readin(65minutes)
1.BackgroundInformation(5minutes)
1)TheAssociationofAmericanCollegesandUniversities(AAC&U)
AAC&Uistheleadingnationalassociationconcernedwiththequality,vitality,andpublicstandingofundergraduateliberaleducation.Itsmembersarecommittedtoextendingtheadvantageofaliberaleducationtoallstudents.Foundedin1915bycollegepresidents,AAC&UnowrepresentstheentirespectrumofAmericancollegesanduniversities.AAC&Ucomprisesmorethan1,000accreditedcollegesanduniversitiesthatcollectivelyeducatemorethanfivemillionstudentseveryyear.
AAC&Uorganizesitsworkaroundfourbroadgoals:
●PreparingAllStudentsforanEraofGreaterExpectations
●EducatingStudentsforaWorldLivedinCommon
●MakingExcellenceInclusive
●TakingResponsibilityfortheQualityofEveryStudent’sLiberalEducation
2)LiberalEducation
Liberaleducationisaneducationmainlyintheliberalarts(thesubjectsofanacademiccollegecourse,includingliterature,philosophy,languages,history,and,usually,surveycoursesofthesciences,asdistinguishedfromprofessionalortechnicalsubjects),providingthestudentwithabroadculturalbackgroundratherthanwithtraininginanyspecificprofession.
3)FrancisBacon(1561-1626)
“Formyself,IfoundthatIwasfittedfornothingsowellasforthestudyofTruth;ashavingamindnimbleandversatileenoughtocatchtheresemblancesofthings…andatthesametimesteadyenoughtofixanddistinguishtheirsubtlerdifferences;asbeinggiftedbynaturewithdesiretoseek,patiencetodoubt,fondnesstomeditate,slownesstoassert,readinesstoconsider,carefulnesstodisposeandsetinorder;andasbeingamanthatneitheraffectswhatisnewnoradmireswhatisold,andthathateseverykindofimposture.”
2.Developingvocabulary(30minutes)
1)assumev.
(1)believethatsth.istrue,eventhoughnoonehastoldyouoreventhoughyouhavenoproof假定,设想
Everybodyintheroomassumesthatshedied.
(2)officiallystartanewjoborposition担任,承担
PresidentBushassumedhissecond-termpresidencyonJan.20,2005.
2)presumev.
(1)thinksth.istruebecauseitislikelyalthoughyoucannotbecertain假定,假设
IpresumethatShanghaiisthemostmoderncityinChina.
(2)acceptthatsth.istrueunlesssomeoneprovesitisnottrue(没有证据地)相信
Beforethetheorythattheworldisroundwasuniversallyaccepted,everybodypresumedthattheearthisflat.
3)resumev.
startsth.againafterstoppingtemporarily恢复,重新开始
Now,let’sresumeourconversation.
4)lackv.nothaveanyorenoughofsth.youneedorwant缺乏
Obviously,shelackedtheabilitytocommunicatewithforeigners.
n.asituationinwhichyoudonothaveanyordonothaveenoughofsth.youneed缺乏,不足
Theprojecthadtobeabandonedforlackoffunds.
5)reflectv.
(1)throwback(heat,light,soundoranimage)反射
Theriverreflectedthesurroundinghouses.
(2)express;giveanideaof反映,表现
Americanpeople’sangertowardsthewarpolicyofBush’sgovernmentisreflectedinthoseprotests.
(3)considercarefullyandseriously沉思,反省
TheeducatorreflectedforsomeyearsonhowtoimprovetheeducationlevelinChina.
Relatedwords:
reflection,reflective
6)landv.
(1)getsth.thatyouwant,especiallyajoboropportunity弄到
Lackingofworkingexperience,hischancesoflandingthejobinthiscompanyareslim.
(2)arriveataplacebyplaneorboat到达
Whentheylanded,theathleteswereamazedtofindsomanypeoplewaitingattheairporttoreceivetheirOlympicheroes.
8)sharpenv.
(1)makesth.suchasaknife,tool,orpencilsharp削尖,磨快
Thepupilsliketosharpentheirpencilsafterclass.
(2)improveormakesomethingimprove加强
Studentsinthisuniversityareofferedvariousopportunitiestosharpentheirskillsinforeignlanguages.
9)criticaladj.
(1)expressinganopinionwhenyouthinksth.iswrongorbad批评性的
ProfessorSmithisaverycriticalteacher.
(2)veryimportant紧要的
Imitationisacriticalpracticeinchildren’sacquisitionofalanguage.
(3)difficulttodealwithbecauseasmallmistakecould
makeverybadthingshappen关键的,危急的
Thenegotiationbetweenthetwocompanieshaveenteredacriticalstage.
10)considerableadj.
largeinsize,number,amount,ordegree相当大的,很大的
AconsiderablenumberofmoviefansattendedZhangGuorong’sfuneral.
cf.considerateadj.
thoughtfuloftherightsandfeelingsofothers考虑周到的,体贴的
FewyoungpeopleinChinaareconsiderateenoughtoofferseatstooldpeople.
11)crucialadj.
ofdecidingimportance,forithasamajoreffectontheresultofsth.决定性的,紧要关头的
YaoMingplaysacrucialroleintheHoustonRockets.
12)beckonv.signaltosomeonetocometowardyou召唤
Inthemiddleofdinner,hebeckonedseveraltimesthewaiterforbeverage.
13)endup(doingsth./inaparticularstate):
dothatthingorgetintothatstateeventhoughonedidnotoriginallyintendto结束,告终
Hewenttothepartycheerfully,butendedupinabadmood.
cf:
finishup
14)explicitlyadv.
(1)clearlyandfullyexpressed明晰地
Hetoldmeexplicitlyhowtogetthere.
(2)clearlyandopenly明确地,不含糊地
Shestatedexplicitlythatthebosswasherreasonforquittingthejob.
15)collaboratev.
worktogether,especiallyonabookoronsomeresearch协作,合作
HecollaboratedwithhiswifeontheEnglishtranslationofafamousChineseclassic.
Extendedwords:
collaboration,collaborative,collaborator
Relatedwords:
cooperate,coordinate
3.Detailstudyofthetext(30minutes)
Paragraph1:
1)ComprehensionQuestions
Whydomillionsofpeopleapplytocollegesanduniversitiesaccordingtotheparagraph?
Becausehighereducationatcollegesanduniversitiescandefinitelysharpenpeople’sthinkingskillsbesideshelpingthemgetagoodjob.
2)Mainidea
Themaintopicfordiscussion:
creativethinkinginhighereducation.
3)Difficultsentences
Thinkingispresumedtobethebreadandbutterofhighereducation.
Thinkingisbelievedtobeanessentialpartofhighereducation.
Paragraph2-3:
1)ComprehensionQuestions
Whydoyouthinkcollegegraduatescannotsolveproblemsintheworkplace?
Probablytheywerenottaughttothinkcriticallyincolleges,sotheycan’tanalyzetheproblemsandfindsuitablesolutionstothem.
2)Mainidea
Criticismofcollegeeducation:
criticalthinkingisfoundmissingincollegeeducation.
3)Difficultsentences
raisesseriousquestionsastowhetherundergraduatesareabsorbingtheseessentialskills
Raisesseriousquestionsaboutwhetherundergraduatesarelearningthesebasicskills
Criticalthoughtcertainlyreceivesconsiderablelipserviceonmanycampuses.
Therehasbeenonlyalltalkwithoutrealactionaboutcriticalthoughtonmanycampuses.
ParagraphFour
1)ComprehensionQuestions
Whatarethegoalsofafirst-classliberaleducationaccordingtoMs.Schneider?
Inheropinion,criticalthinkingisnottheonlygoalofafirst-rateliberaleducation;thegoalsalsoincludesocialresponsibility,reflectivejudgmentandevidence-basedreasoning,andsoon.
2)Mainidea
AccordingtoMs.Schneider,collegesdon’tachievemuchineducatingstudentstothinkcritically.
3)Difficultsentences
Yetaresearchshows“manycollegegraduatesarefallingshortinreachingthesegoals.”
Yetaresearchshows