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高级英语5教案unit5

Unit5

TextI:

ThePlug-inDrug:

TVandtheAmericanFamily,PartI

                 MarieWinn

I）                 Pre-readingBrainstorming:

1）.Whatdoyouknowabout“drug”and“drugtaking”?

  Druginonesenseisahabit-formingsubstanceonetakesforpleasureorexcitement.Harmfuldrugsincludetobacco,alcohol,cocaine,opium,etc.Theplug-indrugisatermusedbytheauthortorefertoTVwhichworkswhenitispluggedin.TViscomparedtoadrugbecause,ontheonehand,theAmericanfamilyhasformedthehabitofwatchingTVatleisuretimeand,ontheotherhand,TVhasundesirableeffectsonthefamily.

2）.FororagainstTVviewing:

advantagesanddisadvantages;

Note:

TVhasbecometheprimaryentertainmentandinformationmediumintheU.S.In1974,theBureauoftheCensusreportedthat97%ofU.S.householdscontainedatleastoneTVsetand45%had2ormoresets.TheaverageAmericanhashissetturnedonforabout6.5hourseachday.InfactTVhasbecometheAmerican'seyesandears.

II）             Comprehension:

1）MainIdea:

ThedominationoftelevisionhasexertedstronginfluenceonthewayoflifeofmanyAmericanfamilies,diminishingtheirdailyactivitiesandaffectingthesoundgrowthoftheirchildren.

2）PurposeofwritingandTone:

  ToseriouslydemonstratethedangersofthedominationoftelevisioninAmericanfamilies

3）OrganizationandDevelopment:

Introduction:

（P1-4）

Introductionofthetopic---theeffectoftelevisiononfamilylifeasviewedbyearlyobservers;

Body:

（P5-16）

Discussionabouttheeffectoftelevisiononfamilylife,esp.onchildren

Conclusion:

（P17）

Thedominationoftelevisionwillsurelyaffectingthesoundgrowthoftheirchildren.

Note:

QuotationscitedbyWinnforherpurposesofwriting:

1.      Inparas.2-4,threequotationsfromtheearlywritersandcommentatorsshowthegeneralviewinfavorofthenewinventionwithouttheslightestforesightastoitspossiblenegativeeffect.

2.    Inpara.7.aquotationoftheauthorsofanearlyandinfluentialstudyoftelevisioneffectonchildrenillustratesapopularlyacceptedviewwhichhelpedtosoothetheconcernparentsbegantofeelaboutthenegativeeffectsTVmighthaveontheirchildren.Whenthestudywascarriedout,thenegativeeffectsofTVwerealreadyfeltbysomeparents.

3.      Inpara.10,aquotationfromUrieBronfenbrennerpowerfullystatestheviewthatTVhadnegativelyaffectedfamilylifeandthetransformationofchildrenintoadults.

4.Inpara.12,thereisaquotationfromafirst-gradeteacher'sreport.andinpara.13,thereisaquotationfromanarticlewrittenbyamothercarriedinTheNewYorkTimes.BothofthesetrytoshowhowTVdominatesthelifeofafamilyandreducesinteractionbetweenparentsandchildren.

4）ComprehensionQuestions:

1.Explainthesentence“…thetelevisionsethasattainedtherankofalegalnecessity,safefromrepossessionincaseofdebt.”

---Thetelevisionsethasbecomesoimportantinthelifeofafamilythatitspossessionisguaranteedbylaw.Evenwhenapersonisindebt,itcannotbetakenawayfromhimbywhomeverheowesadebt.

2.WhydoesWinnaccusetheearlyobserversofmyopia?

---TheearlyobserversonlysawthefavourableeffectsofTVandnoneofthemwassufficientlyfar-sightedtopredictthenegativeeffectsofTVinthefuture.Thatiswhytheyareaccusedofmyopia,i.e.,short-sightedness.

3.whatisthemeaningoftheword“refrain”inpara.7?

Whatdoesitrefertointhecontext?

---Theword"refrain"hastwomeanings:

1）aregularlyoccurringmelody,2）amuchrepeatedsayingoridea.Inthiscontextthewordisusedinthe2ndsense.Itreferstothequotationthatfollows.

4.Howdoyouinterprettheseeminglyparadoxicalstatement“Whileithas,indee,keptthemembersofthefamilyfromdispersing,ithasnotservedtobringthemtogether”（para.9）

---TheTVhelpstokeepallthefamilymembersinthehouseinaphysicalsense.Buttheyarenotreallydoingthingstogether.Instead,theywatchtheirownfavouriteprogrammeswithlittleinteractionbetweenthem.InthissensetheTVunderminestherelationshipsbetweenfamilymembers.

5.Inwhatwaydothechildrentodayspendtheirchildhooddifferentlyfromchildreninearlytimes?

---WecancomparethewaythechildreninaTV-dominatedfamilyspendtheirleisuretimewiththewaychildrenintheVictorianagespenttheirs.NowalltheirsparetimeisdevotedtoTVviewingwithnotimeleftforfamilyrituals,games,jokes,songs,etc.

6.WhatexamplesdoesWinncitetoshowthelossofsocialinteractioninfamiliesdominatedbytelevision?

---Refertoparas.12and13.Whatafirst-gradeteacherreportsandwhatanarticleinTheNewYorkTimesdescribesareexamplesofthelossofsocialinteraction.

5）DifficultSentencesforParaphrasing

1.Thepeergrouphastelevision-oriented,andmuchofthetimechildrenspendtogetherisoccupiedbytelevisionviewing.（l.40-41）

---TheChildrenhavebecometelevisionaddicts,devotingmuchofthetimewhentheyaretogethertowatchingTV.

2.   Televisionisnotmerelyoneofanumberofimportantinfluencesontoday’schild.（l.44-45）

---Televisionisnotsimplyjustoneamongmanyimportantfactorsthatmayinfluenceachildtoday.

3.   Throughthechangesithasmadeinfamilylife,televisionemergesastheimportantinfluenceinchildren’slivestoday.（l.45-46）

---Televisionhasbroughtaboutgreatchangesinfamilylife,playingthedominantroleisshapingthelivesofchildrentoday.

4. Thetelevisionsetcastsitsmagicspell,freezingspeechandaction,turningthelivingintostillstatuessolongastheenchantmentlasts.（l.53-54）

---...thetelevisionhasitsmagicpoweroverpeople.Assoonasthetelevisionison,peoplestoptalkinganddoinganythingelse,growingtobelifelessstatuesbeforetheTVscreen.Theywillremainsotilltheendoftheprogramme.

5.   Turningonthetelevisionsetcanturnofftheprocessthattransformschildrenintopeople.（l.58-59）

---Themomentachildsitsdowntowatchtelevisionisthemomenthisgrowthtowardsmaturityissuspended.

6）DifficultSentencesforTranslation（E-C）:

1.（l.26-30）Nordidanyoneimaginethenumberofhourschildrenwouldeventuallydevotetotelevision,thecommonuseoftelevisionbyparentsasachildpacifier,thechangetelevisionwouldeffectuponchild-rearingmethods,theincreasingdominationoffamilyschedulesbychildren’sviewingrequirements---inshort,thepowerofthenewmediumtodominatefamilylife. 

2.（l.107-110）Butsurelytheneedsofadults arebeingbettermetthantheneedsofthechildren,whoareeffectivelyshuntedawayandrendereduntroublesome,whiletheirparentsenjoyalifeasundemandingasthatofanychildlesscouple. 

3.（l.110-112）Inreality,itisthoseverydemandsthatyoungchildrenmakeuponafamilythatleadtogrowth,anditisthewayparentsaccedetothosedemandsthatbuildstherelationshipsuponwhichthefutureofthefamilydepends. 

7）KeyWordsandExpressions:

1.afflict（l.9）---trouble

2.asset（l.11）---valuableobject;advantage

3.preposterous（l.25）---unthinkable,absurd

4.splintering（l.25）---splitting,breakingup

5.thepeergroup（l.34）---agroupofpeopleofthesameage,class,position.etc.here, groupofchildrenofthesameage

6.television-oriented（l.40-41）---interestedinandinfluencedbyTV

7.equivocal（l.47）---ambiguous

8.sorcerer（l.53）---personwhoperformsmagicbyusingthepowerofevilspirits

9.stint（l.85）---fixedamountofwork:

here,thefixedTVprogramme

10.conjureup（l.94）---bringintothemind

11.sane（l.106）---（inthiscontext）inpossessionofgoodrelations/ofaclosebond

12.backlog（l.113）---areserve

8）KeyLanguagePoints:

1....thathasseenthemediumbecomesodeeplyingrainedinAmericanlife…---TVhasbecomeanindispensablepartofAmericanlife,somuchsothatitcannotbedoneawaywith

medium----awayormeansofgivinginformation,expressingone'sideas,orcommunicatingwithpeople.Examples:

      TVisamediumforgivinginformationaswellasforentertainment.

     InourEnglishclasses,Englishisthemediumofinstruction（i.e.,thelanguageusedinclassforteaching）.

ingrained---fixedsofirmlyanddeeplythatitisdifficulttoremove.Examples:

      aningrainedhabit/belief/prejudice

2.thetelevisionsethasattainedtherankofalegalnecessity---Thetelevisionsethasbylawbeenplacedintheclassofgoodswhicharenecessarytolife.Whatalegalnecessityisisexplainedinthefollowingphrase.

attain---succeedingettingsomething,especiallyaftersomeeffort.Examples:

Heattainedhisobjectives/hopesaftermuchhardwork.Amanofattainments isonewhohasaccomplished/achievedagreatdeal.

3.   safefromrepossession---protectedfromrepossession,thatis,aclaim/ademandmadebytheoriginalownertoregainthepossessionof...

4.   sufficientperspective---enoughoverview,enoughcomprehensivepointofview

5.acuriousmyopiaafflictedthoseearlyobservers---astrangeshortsightednesstroubledthoseearlyobservers

afflict---causetosufferinthebodyormind;trouble.Examples:

Johnisafflictedwithachronicheadache.Environmentalpollutionisafflictingmanycountries.

6.wondrous---Thisisaformalorliteraryword.Wonderfulisthemoreusualword.

7.invariably---always,withoutexception.Examples:

CartoonsonTVremaininvariablychildren'sfavourite.Heisinvariablylateforschool.

8.preposterous---sostrangeastobeunlikely;absurd.Example:

Thesuggestionthatallwildani