5Quickfixsociety新版现代大学英语二册个性化完整教案.docx

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5Quickfixsociety新版现代大学英语二册个性化完整教案

5Quick-fix-society新版现代大学英语二册个性化完整教案

二、主要内容：

第教学周/第节（第次课）第页

教学目的

TeachingObjectives:

Toacquirethekeywords,importantanddifficultsentencesandlanguagepoints

教学重点和难点

TeachingFocusIdeasofthewriter

PossibleDifficultiesContrast

教学方法和手段

Teachingtechniques

Tointegrateseveraldifferentteachingmethodsandtechniques:

elicitation;explanation;illustrationanddiscussion.

教学基本内容

备注

Unit5QuickFixSociety

1.Warming-Up

1）Whatisthemeaningof“fix”?

2）Howdoyouunderstand“quickfix”?

3）Howis“quickfixsociety”reflectedinthefollowingaspects?

transportationandcommunication

eatinghabitsandconsumptionhabits

entertainment

readinghabits,learninghabits

workingstyle

4）Whataretheadvantagesof“quickfixsociety”?

Whatarethedisadvantagesof“quickfixsociety”?

Doyouwantafastpacedlifeorslowpacedone?

2.BackgroundInformation

I.FastRoadsintheU.S.

Highways:

connectcities

Superhighways:

aroadwithsixormorelanes

Interstatehighways:

connectcitiesindifferentstates

Freeways:

roadswithinacity

Expressways:

fastroadsinornearcities

Turnpike:

paymoneybeforeyouuseit（付费）高速公路

Pike，turnpikeroad

II.PennsylvaniaDutchTown

Location

TheheartofthePennsylvaniaDutchCounty（宾夕法尼亚州的荷兰郡）isLancasterCounty（兰卡斯特郡）.ItislocatedinsouthcentralPennsylvania,oneandhalfhourswestofPhiladelphia.MostoftheAmishCountryattractionsareinLancasterCounty,andalmostallofthelocalAmishpeoplelivehereaswell.

People:

Amish

TheAmishareareligiousgroupwholiveinsettlementsin22statesoftheU.S.andOntario,Canada.TheoldestgroupofOldOrderAmish,about16,000—18,000peopleliveinLancasterCounty,Pennsylvania.TheAmishstresshumility,familyandcommunity,andseparationfromtheworld.

Amish’slifestyle

Thesepeopleasawholearenotasmaterialisticasmodernsocietytoday.Theydonotuseelectricityormodernconveniences.

Amishmenhavebeards（下巴胡，山羊胡）,butnotmustaches.（hairgrowingontheupperlip）

MostAmisharetrilingual:

dialectofGerman,HighGermanandEnglish.

OldOrderchildrenattendone-roomschoolsthroughtheeighthgrade.

TheyareaprivatepeoplewhobelieveGodhaskeptthemtogether.Theyareastrongexampleofacommunitythatsupportsandcaresforitsmembers.

Theyareapeopleapart;theyarealsoapeopletogether.

Antiqueshopping（Para.2）

PennsylvaniaDutchtowniscalled“SundayAntiquesCapitaloftheUnitedStates”.Over3,000antiquedealersgatherheretodisplayandselltheirmerchandise.

III.CivilWar

CivilWarwasthewarfrom1861to1865foughtbetweenthenorthernandsouthernstates.

TheCivilWarbattlefieldmentionedinparagraph2isthebattlefieldoffamousGettysburgbattleinJuly,1863.AtGettysburg,Unionarmy（同盟军，North）defeatedConfederatearmy（联合军，South）.ThisvictoryistheturningpointoftheCivilWar.Afterthecampaign,onNovember19,PresidentLincolndeliveredthewell-knownGettysburgAddress.

IV.AChristmasclubsavingsaccount

AChristmasclubsavingsaccountisashort-termsavingsaccountintowhichapersonputsasetamountofmoneyatdesignatedintervalsthroughouttheyeartospendonChristmasshopping.ThistypeofaccountisdesignedtohelppeopleavoidthestressandfinancialstrainofhavingtocomeupwithalotofmoneyaroundDecemberorJanuarytopayforholidaygifts.Manylocalbanksandcreditunionsofferthistypeofsavingsaccount,andtheyoftencomewithfavorableinterestrates.

MostoftheseaccountsareopenedinJanuary.Whiletheremaybesomeinstitutionsthatrequireaminimumdeposittostart,mostdonot.TheaccountisleftopenthroughtheendofOctober,atwhichtimetheownercanwithdrawthemoneyandhaveenoughfundsforholidayshopping.

Forinstance,ifapersondecidestodeposit$10USDollars（USD）intohisaccounteachweekfromthefirstweekofJanuarytotheendofOctober,hewillhavesaved$420.00USD.Ifthatweeklydepositisdoubledto$20USD,hewillhavenearly$1,000USDreservedforChristmasshopping.Asanaddedbonus,manyfinancialinstitutionsofferinterestcompoundedquarterlybecausetheowneragreestoleavethemoneyinvestedforashort,butdefinite,periodoftime.

V.WhyIstheEagletheSymbolofAmerica?

ThenationalemblemoftheUnitedStatesofAmericaistheAmericanbaldeagle.UsedonourGreatSealwithoutstretchedwingsandlegs,theeagleissymbolicoffreedom,authorityandpower.

Afteralongdebate,congresschosethebaldeagletorepresenttheUnitedStatesin1782.Theeagleappearsonthepresidentialseal,thesealoftheUnitedStatesandvariousAmericancoins.

History

DuringtheSecondContinentalCongressof1775,thedelegatesdecidedtoadoptanationalsymbol.Forthenextsixyears,debatesoccurredastowhatthenationalbirdshouldbe.Finally,in1782,adrawingoftheeaglewaspresentedtocongress,andcongressapproveditasthenationalsymbol.

Significance

Theeaglewaschosenduetoitsstrengthandlonglife-span.Thefoundershopedtoconveyasenseofstrengthandpowerforthecountry.Furthermore,theeaglewasalsochosenbecauseitwasmistakenlybelievedtoliveexclusivelyinAmerica.

FunFact

NoteveryonewaspleasedwiththeselectionoftheeagleasthenationalsymbolforAmerica.BenjaminFranklinproposedthatthewildturkeybechoseninstead.Franklinargued"theturkeyisincomparisonamuchmorerespectablebird,andwithalatrueoriginalnativeofAmerica."

3.TextAnalysis

I.Theme

Let’sslowdownandenjoywhatnatureoffersusandwhatmankindhasleftusandrediscoverlife.

II.Structure

IParas（1-3）Herrideonfastroadsandherreturntripofacountryroad.

Thewriter’sreflectiononthelifestyleofAmericansafterhertriptoWestVirginiaandbackhome:

Hercountryhasanationinsearchofthequickfix.

ⅡParas（4-6）

A.Nowinsteadoflater（Para4）

B.Fasterinsteadofslower（Para5）

C.Superficiallyinsteadofthoroughly（Para6）

III.Paras（7-8）Slowdownandrediscoverlife

Thewriter’sappealtoherfellowcountrymentoreturntolifeintheslowlane.

III.QuestionsrelatedtoText

1.Question:

WhatmadethewritercometothinkaboutthelifestyleofAmericanpeople?

Thewritertookaweek’svacationinWestVirginia.WhenshetooktheTurnpiketogetthere,shefoundthetripfastbutverydull.Whenshecameback,shetookanotherwaytoslowdownandenjoythecountylife,whichshefoundfulloffun.ThecontrastmadethewriterthinkaboutwhetherthefastlanelifeofmodernAmericanpeopleistheonlylifestyleofpeople.

2.Onceuponatime,Americansunderstoodtheprincipleofdeferredgratification.（Para4）

Inthepast,Americanswerepatienttohavetheirdesiressatisfied.Theyknewthatitwouldtakethemsometimetosatisfytheirneeds.Iftheywerepatientenough,theywouldhavemorepleasurewhentheyfinallygotwhattheywanted.

3.Symbolically,theAmericaneaglenowfliesforExpressMail.HowdareanyonekeepAmericawaitinglongerthanovernight?

（Para5）

Question:

Whatdoesthewriterintendtoemphasize,usingthisrhetoricalquestion?

EagleisthesymboloftheU.S.WhenitisusedasthelogoofExpressMail,ithasthesymbolicmeaningthatthewholenationdesirestobefast.ThewriterintendstoemphasizethattheAmericanscannolongerwaitforanything.Theslightestdelaywouldgetthemangrybeyondmeasure.

4.Evenourpersonalrelationshipshavebecomecompressed.Insteadofdevotinglargepartsofourdaystoourlovedones,wereplacethemwithsomethingcalled“qualitytime”.（para6）

Question:

Howcanpersonalrelationshipsbe“compressed”?

Howdoyouunderstand“qualitytime”?

Thetimewespendwithourlovedonesiscompressed,soourpersonalrelationshipisnolongerthesameasbefore.

“Qualitytime”meansyougivefullattentiontosomeoneinlimitedtime.Itisincontrastwith“quantityoftime”.InAmerica,peoplearetoobusytospendtimewiththeirlovedones,sotheybelieve“qualitytime”isasolution.Butactually,“qualitytime”meanslesstime.

5.…wedonotrealizethatwearelivingourlivesbytheicebergprinciple—payingattentiononlytothetopandignoringthe8/9thatliesjustbelowthesurface.（Para6）

Question:

Howdoyouunderstand“icebergprinciple”?

Icebergsfloatwithonlyabout10%oftheirbulkabovethesurfaceofthewater,thereforethemuchlargerpartisoutofsight.Modernpeoplearepayingattentiontosurfaceofeverything,butignoringtherealcontent,whichisusuallythecoreofeverything.

6.Question:

Whatsuggestionsdidthewritergivetothemodernpeople?

Thewritersuggestedthatthemodernpeopleshouldslowdownthefastpace,touchingandenjoyingeverydetailsoflife.Onlyinthisway,canwerediscoverlife.

7.Question:

Whatisthemeaningof“quickfix”?

“Fix”meanssolution.“Quickfix”inthisessaymeansquick.Itreferstothelifestyleofmodernpeoplewhoareimpatienttogeteverythingdoneandwanttofindthequicksolutiontoeverything.

4.PhrasesandExpressions

1.asmany

2.getsth.overwith

3.moreoftenthannot

4.offtherack

5.putaway

6.putbrakeson

7.savesb.thetroubleofdoingsth.

8.saveup

9.stuffwith

1.asmany:

thesamenumberasanotherparticularnumber多达。

。

。

Example:

Thosecooliesweregreat.Icouldeatasmanyagain.

2.getsth.overwith：

把。

。

。

做完了事

todoandfinishsomethingdifficultthatyouhavetodo

Examples:

I’llspeakfirstifyoulike—I’drathergetitoverwithquickly.

Helookeduponthemarriageceremonyasamereformality—somethingtobegotoverwithasquicklyaspossible.

3.moreoftenthannot=asoftenasnot,onmostoccasions时常，通常

类似：

morewaysthanone

Examples:

Nancy