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新编大学英语教案Unit2Communication

UnitTwo

Communicationproblems

TeachingObjectives

1.Letthestudentshavesomeideasofthecommonwaysweusuallyuseinourdailylifetocommunicate.

2.Makethestudentsfindtheefficientwaystocommunicatewitheachother.

3.Letthestudentscomeupwiththewaystoavoidmisunderstandings.

Teachingallotment

sixacademichours

Focuspoints

1.keywordsandphrases

assume,conflict,convey,emphasis,ignore,misinterpret,react,verge,feellike,foreffect,onthevergeof,pullout,take----lightly

2.difficultsentences

1）WhenMartiansandVenusiansfirstgottogether,theyencounteredmanyoftheproblemswithrelationshipswehavetoday.

2）Sowhencommunicationproblemsemerged,theyassumeditwasjustoneofthoseexpectedmisunderstandingsandthatwithalittleassistancetheywouldsurelyunderstandeachother.

3）Tofullyexpresstheirfeelings,womenwouldtendtoexaggeratethefactsalittlebitforeffectandusevarioussuperlatives,metaphors,andgeneralizations.

3.grammarfocus

prefix“mis---”的不同意义

RelatedInformation

Itiswell-knownthatlearningasecondlanguageisnevereasy,and,generallyspeaking,theolderoneiswhenoneattemptsanewlanguage,themoredifficultitbecomes.Thisisatleastpartlyduetowhatisknownaslanguageinterference,meaningthatthelinguisticpatternsofourfirstlanguageinterferewiththoseofthesecondbecausenotwolanguageshaveexactlythesamesoundsandgrammaticalstructures.TheEnglishlanguagehasaverylargevocabularybecauseithasincorporatedwordsfrommanyotherlanguagesoverthecenturies.Thisisnowheremoreapparentthaninitscolorwords.Forexample,therearemanywordsthatexpressthecolor“purple”,describingitsdifferentshadesandhues:

mauve,violet,lilac,orlavender.AninterestinglinguisticgenderdifferenceamongnativespeakersofEnglishisthelikelihoodofwomenusingthesecolortermstodifferentiatebetweenshadesofpurple,whereas,menwillbesatisfiedwiththeoneword“purple”.Thisistrueofothercolorwordstoo.

Basingonwhatmentionedabove,whenlearningalanguage,wesometimesneedtopayattentiontowhichsexuseswhichwords,particularlywhenwereachanadvancedstagewhereweareaddingmanynewwordstoourvocabularyandwanttousethemaccurately.Wealsoneedtopayattentiontosomeofthemultiplemeaningsthatwordshave,aswellastotheirconnotations.

SuggestedClassActivities

1.Warming-upactivity:

Howtocommunicateefficiently

Purpose:

Informthestudentstheefficientwaytocommunicatewitheachother

Step1Discussingroupsaboutthecommonwaysweusuallyuseinourdailylifetocommunicateandtrytolistboththeiradvantagesanddisadvantages.

Step2Makeacomparisonbetweenthemanddecidewhichisthemostefficientwayforustocommunicatewithothers.

Step3Asksomeofthestudentstogivetheirideasinpublicandpointoutthenecessarypointstheyshouldknowindailycommunication.

Suggestedwords/expressions:

admirable/neglect/comprehend/over-crowded/distinguish----from/holdback/inadifferentlight/turnout.

2.In-classreadingactivity:

Whatcanwegetfromcommunication

Purpose:

Informthestudentsthegoodpointsofcommunication

Step1.Discussingroupswhyweneedtocommunicatewithothers

Step2.Trytoanalyzewhatcommunicationhasbroughttous

Step3.Thenmakesurewhatweshouldlearnfromcommunicatingwithothers

Suggestedwords/expressions:

foreigner/uncommon/feellike/foreffect/onthevergeof/pullout

Furtherdevelopment:

Howtoavoidmisunderstandingsincommunication

Afterreadingthisunit,wemayknowthatinourcommunicationsmisunderstandingsarequitecommon,soworkingroupstocomeupwiththewaystoavoidmisunderstandingsandmakeitonyourexercisebook.

In-ClassReading

Wordsandphrases

1.assumebelievesomethingistruewithoutdefiniteproof

.Youassumedhisinnocence/himtobeinnocent/thathiisinnocentbeforehearingtheevidenceagainsthim.

Heisnotsuchafoolasyouassumedhimtobe.

assumingthat---：

假定----

.Assumingthatyouarerightaboutthis,whatshallwedo

2）totakeuporundertake

.Youwillassumeyournewresponsibilitiestomorrow.

assumption:

n.sth.takenforgranted;sth.supposedbutnotproved

.Don’trelyontheinformationshegaveyou---it’spureassumptiononherpart.

ontheassumptionthat----以---为设想根据

.Let’sworkontheassumptionthatourproposalwillbeaccepted.

Exercise:

1）他并非如你所以为的那样愚蠢。

（Heisnotsuchafoolasyouassumedhimtobe.）

2）他们认为战争会迅速结束的想法是错误的。

（Theirassumptionthatthewarwouldendquicklywasprovedwrong.）

2.conflict:

1）n.a）astateofdisagreementorargumentbetweenpeople,groups,countries,etc.

.Thetwopartieshavebeeninconflictsincetheelection.

Thegovernor’srefusaltoapplythelawbroughthiminconflictwiththefederalgovernment.

b）（a）warorbattle;struggle

.Thisisaseriousdispute,andcouldleadtoarmedconflict.

2）v.（with）tobeinopposition;disagree

.conflictingopinions/advice/evidence

DoBritishimmigrationlawsconflictwithanyinternationallaws

beinconflict（with）:

notagree（with）

Exercise:

英译汉;汉译英

1）along-drawn-outconflictbetweenemployersandworkers（劳资之间拖延甚久的争执）

2）他们对于战争起因的报道与我们的相反。

（Theiraccountofthecausesofthewarconflictswithours.）

3.emphasis:

n.specialimportanceplacedonsomething

.aneweconomicpolicy,withagreateremphasisonreducinginflation

lay（place,put）emphasison（upon）

.OurEnglishcourseplaces/lays/putsgreatemphasisonconversationalskills.

emphasizev.toplaceemphasison

.Hethumbedthetablewithhishandtoemphasizewhathewassaying.

emphaticadj.doneorexpressedwithemphasis;forceful

Exercise:

1）有些学校特别重视语言的学习。

（Someschoolslayspecialemphasisonlanguagestudy.）

2Heemphasizedtheimportanceofcarefuldriving.

（他强调小心驾驶的重要。

）

4.encounter1）v.a）experiencesth.,esp.problemsoropposition

.Themoredangersweencounter,theharderweshouldpushforward.

b）meet,esp.unexpectedly;comeupon

.Yesterday,Iencounteredanoldfriendonthestreet.

IfirstencounteredhimwhenstudyingatCambridge.

2）n.ameeting,esp.onethatisunplanned,unexpected,orbrief

.Shedidn’trememberourencounterlastsummer.

AbusridefromNewYorktoMiamibringsencounterswithallkindsofpeople.

encounterwith:

suddenorunexpected（esp.hostile）meeting

.Ihadfrighteningencounterwithapoisonoussnake.

Exercise:

这位年轻的科学家在探险中遇到了许多困难。

（Theyoungscientistsencounteredmanydifficultiesduringtheirexploration.）

5.misinterpret:

understandorexplainwrongly

mis-:

prefix1）badorbadly

.misfortune（badluck）/misbehave（behavebadly）

2）wrongorwrongly

.misinterpret/misunderstand/mislead/misguide

3）showanoppositeorthelackofsth.

.mistrust

6.tend/intend

tendv.tohaveatendencyordispositiontodoorbesth.;beinclined

.Themachinedoestendtooverheat.

Shetendstobenervousbeforeherlectures.

intendv.haveinmind;plan

.Today,Iintendtofinishreadingthisbook.

Weintendthisnewsreportasteachingmaterialforfreshmen.

Exercise:

1）Farmers____usemoremachinerynow.（tendto;intendto）tendto

2）Children_____likeactionmovie.（tendto;intendto）tendto

7.reactv.1）respond（to.against）

.Thegovernmenthasreactedtotheoutbreakofviolencebysendingarmypatroltopolicethearea.

Childrentendtoreactagainsttheirparentsbygoingagainsttheirwishes.

2）（causeto）undergoareaction（with,on）

.Anacidcanreactwithabasetoformasalt.

reactionn.

.actionandreaction作用与反作用

What’syourreactiontothenews

Exercise:

1）Itwasdifficulttoguesswhather_______tothenewswouldbe.

A.feelingsB.commentC.opinionD.reaction（D）

2）这个公司对于批评做出了反应，迅速提高了公司形象。

（Thecompanyreactedtocriticismandimproveditsimageshortly.）

Phrasesandexpressions:

1.feellike1）feelasif

.Theyareverykindtomeandthatmademefeellikeonefamily.

2）giveyouaparticularfeeling

.Thesurfacefeelslikesilk.

3）wanttohavesth.ordosth.

.We’llgooutforawalkifyoufeellikeit.

2.foreffect:

forimpressingpeopleordrawingattention

.Hesaidthatcompletelyforeffect.

ineffect:

infact;（ofarule,law,etc.）inoperation

.Theruleisstillineffect.

Exercise:

1）Don’tpayanyattentiontohim---he’sonlydoingit____.（foreffect;ineffect）（foreffect）

2）Theoldsystemoftaxationwillremain___untilnextMay.（foreffect;ineffect）（ineffect）

3.leadto:

cause

.Thisledtogreatconfusion.

ChapterOnedescribestheeventsthatledtothewar.

Exercise:

汉译英：

这个丑闻使他不得不辞职。

（Thescandalledtohimresigning.）

4.onthevergeof:

verycloseto,ontheborderof,abouttodosth.

.Thecountryisonthevergeofdisaster.

Exercise:

汉译英：

他父母快要离婚了。

（Hisparentsareonthevergeofdivorce.）

5.pullout1）takesth.outofabag,pocket,orcupboard

.Samhadtopullouthisso-calledlostnecklaceatthelastmoment.

2）useforcetotakesth.fromwhereitisfixedorheld

.Hehadtohavehisdecayedteethpulledout.

3）driveontoaroadfromanotherroadorfromwhereonehasstopped;（ofatrain）leaveastation

.Thedriverpulledoutfrombehindthelorry.

Whenwearrivedattherailwaystationthetrainhadpulledout.

pullin（车）进站，停站；（船）到岸，靠岸

pullon穿、戴（袜子，手套等）；继续拉（或划）

pullthrough（使）渡过危机（危险等），帮助—通过考试等；（使）恢复健康

Exercise:

1）Whenhefoundtheattacker,hetriedto_____hisswordbutfailed.

A.pulledoutB.pulledonC.pulledthroughD.pulledover（A）

2）是医生帮他恢复了健康。

Itisthedoctorwhohelpedhimpullthrough.

6.take---lightly:

treatsth.inawaythatshowsyouthinki