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Unit4
一、授课时间：
第9--10周
二．授课类型：
课文分析10课时；习题讲解2课时
三．授课题目：
LionsandTigersandBears
四．授课时数：
12
五．教学目的和要求：
通过讲授课文使学生了解美国中央公园的有关知识，并以此游记展开对美国社会、文化的讨论，认识到美国文化的优势和不足之处，更好地有利于跨文化交际。
要求学生主动地预习课文，课前准备练习，学会分析文章体裁和进展段落划分。
六．教学重点和难点：
1〕背景知识的传授：
CentralPark;OgdenNash;TheTamingoftheShrew;HenryJames;theEmpireStateBuilding;DanielBoone
2〕文章的体裁分析与段落划分；
3〕语言点的理解：
Wordstudy:
stuffsth.withsth.;muggy;curlup;dropoff;outdoorsy;needlesstosay;observe;beckon;snatch;nottomention;makeforsth;nocturnal;tame;conspicuous
GrammarFocus:
Identifythesubject;Learnmoreaboutthefunctionanduseofexcept
七．教学根本容和纲要
PartOneWarm–up
1.1Warm-upQuestions
1.Whydoyouthinktheauthorwrotethisessay?
TodescribethehistoryofCentralpark?
Todescribethebeautyofthepark?
Totellthestoryofhowhespentanunforgettablenightintheparkonce?
Tolamentwhataterribleplacetheparkhadbeewithallthosepurse-snatchers,loons,prostitutes,drugdealers,bullies,garrotters,highwayrobbersandmurdererslurkingsomewhere?
Toprovethatallthoseterriblerumorsabouttheparkatnightareungrounded?
Orabinationofallofthese?
PartTwoBackgroundInformation
2.1Author
2.2CentralPark;OgdenNash;TheTamingoftheShrew;HenryJames;theEmpireStateBuilding;DanielBoone
PartThreeTextAppreciation
3.1TextAnalysis
3.1.1Themeofthetext
3.1.2Structureofthetext
3.2WritingDevices
3.2.1Theessayisagoodexampleofrhythmicwriting,crispconciseness,remarkableaccuracyanddelightfulhumor.Italsopresentsagoodopportunitytolearnthetermsofonomatopoeia,wordsdenotingdifferentwaysofwalkingandrunning,andmanyspecificwordsforminutedescriptions.
3.3SentenceParaphrase
PartFourLanguageStudy
4.1PhrasesandExpressions
4.1.1Wordlist:
4.1.2Phrasesandexpressionslist:
4.1.3WordBuilding
4.2Grammar
4.2.1Object
PartFiveExtension
5.1Groupdiscussion
5.2Debating
八、教学方法和措施
本单元将运用黑板、粉笔、多媒体网络辅助教学设备等教学手段，主要采用以学生为主体、教师为主导的任务型、合作型等教学模式，具体运用教师讲授法、师生讨论、生生讨论等方法进展教学。
九．作业，讨论题，思考题
完成课后练习；
多看英语报刊杂志与英语经典小说，扩大阅读量；
精听与泛听相结合，逐步提高自己的听力水平；
积极参加英语角等有助于提高英语口语的活动；
坚持用英语写日记；
做一些专四相关练习；
十．参考资料：
1）立编,《现代大学英语精读》〔4〕第二版，学生用书。
：
外语教学与研究,2012。
2）立编,《现代大学英语精读》〔4〕第二版，教师用书。
：
外语教学与研究,2012。
3）观仪主编，《新编英语教程》〔第三、四册〕。
:
外语教学研究出版,1999。
4）黄源深，虞美等主编，《综合英语教程》〔1-4册〕。
：
高等教育，1998。
5）《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》，：
外语教学研究，2000。
6）JudyPearsall主编，《新牛津英语词典》。
：
外语教育，1998。
7）丁往道、吴冰等编著，《英语写作手册》。
：
外语教学与研究。
8）道真，《现代英语用法词典》〔重排本〕。
：
外语教学与研究，1994。
9）道真，温志达,《英语语法大全》上、下卷。
：
外语教学与研究，1998。
十一、课后小结
Unit4
TextALionsandTigersandBears
PartOneWarm–up
1.1Warm-upQuestions
1.DoyouthinkthisstorywillinterestAmericanreaders?
Whatkindofpeoplearelikelytofindthestoryappealing?
Forwhatreasons?
2.Doyoulikesimilarstoriesinourownliterature?
Whydopeopleusuallywriteorreadaboutplacestheyhavevisitedorwouldliketovisit?
Haveyoureadanytravelnotesthatareparticularlyinteresting?
3.Howisthestoryorganized?
Doestheauthorsimplynarratehisexperiencethatnightchronologically?
Howdoeshebinethenarrationofhisexperiencewithdescriptionsofthepark’shistory?
Doyoufinditclever?
Howdoesthenarrationend?
Whydoyouthinktheauthordecidestoendthenarrationwiththeraccoons?
Whatkindofeffectdoesheaimtocreate?
4.Whatistheauthor’soverallattitudetowardsCentralPark?
5.Doyouagreethattravelnotesoftenrevealalotabouttheauthor?
Whatkindofpersondoyouthinkthisauthorisjudgingbythetext?
PartTwoBackgroundInformation
2.1OgdenNash
anAmericanpoet;wellknownforhislightverse;best-knownproducerofhumorouspoetry
TheDelacorteTheater
establishedin1962,isanopen-airtheaterlocatedinManhattan'sCentralParkandhasaseatingcapacityof1,800.TheDelacorteisownedbytheCityofNewYorkandoperatedbyThePublicTheater.Itisanopen-airamphitheater,withtheTurtlePondandBelvedereCastleasitsbackdrop.ItprimarilyservesasthevenueforThePublicTheater’sannualShakespeareintheParksummerseries
2.3Belvedere-castle
BuiltasaVictorianfollyin1869,thecastlecapsVistaRock,thepark'ssecond-highestnaturalelevation[1]ConstructedofManhattanschistquarriedintheparkanddressedwithgraygranite,ittopsthenatural-lookingwoodlandsofTheRamble,asseenfromtheformalBethesdaTerrace.ItwasdesignedasanadditionalfeatureoftheCentralPark"Greensward"planbythearchitectsCalvertVauxandJacobWreyMouldafterthey,alongwithFrederickLawOlmsted,werereappointedtooverseethepark'sconstructionin1865.
2.4ShakespeareGarden
AShakespearegardenisathemedgardenthatcultivatesplantsmentionedintheworksofWilliamShakespeare.InEnglish-speakingcountries,particularlytheUnitedStates,theseareoftenpublicgardensassociatedwithparks,universities,andShakespearefestivals.Shakespearegardensaresitesofcultural,educational,andromanticinterestandcanbelocationsforoutdoorweddings.
PartThreeTextAppreciation
3.1TextAnalysis
3.1.1Themeofthetext
1）BytravelingtheCentralParkatnight,theauthor’sambivalencemakesclearNewYorkers’attitudetothePark.Ononehand,thereisloveandprideNewYorkershavefortheculturalrichnessandthebeautytheParkoffers;ontheotherhand,thecrimeandfeartheyhaveassociatedwiththePark.
3.1.2Structureofthetext
Part1（Paras.1-2）:
TheauthordecidedtocampintheCentralPark.
When?
FridayeveninginJuly;9:
15
What’stheweatherlike?
Heavy,muggy.
WhatdoyouknowaboutCentralPark?
1）Itisknownthattheparkisadangerousplace.
2）Ordinarypeopledon’twanderaroundCentralParkatnight.
3）Onlyfoolorbadpeoplegothereatnight.
Evidence:
thepoembyOgdenNash
Whatdidthepoemtrytotellus?
Thepoemtriestotellsusthatthetiger’slairisthemostsafeplaceinthePark.
WhydidtheauthordecidetocampinCentralParkatnight?
Humanpsychology—wishingtodosth.preciselybecauseitissomethingpeoplenormallydon’tdo.
Part2（Paras.3-6）:
ThefirstortwohoursandhisfeelingandthefearCentralParkinspired
（Paras.3—4）
Whatdidhedointhefirsttwohours?
hevisited:
1.TheDelacorteTheatre
2.BelvedereCastle
3.TheHenryLuceNatureObservatory
4.ShakespeareGarden
Whatwashisgenerallyfeeling?
Whydidhefeellikethat?
Exhilaration;enjoy/experiencetherichculturesleisurelyinthepark
（Paras.5—6）Hewaslost
Whathappenedtohim?
Hewasscaredbyfivemenhuddlingaroundthebench.
Whywashesoscared?
Whatdidhesee?
thereassuringcity,NewYorkSkyline
alight,someonerowingboatonthelake
Whatdidherecall?
adreadfulcrime
Whydopeoplehavesuchconstantfearinthe
Park?
•darknessinthewild（Ramble）
•witnesseddreadfulcrimes（lake）
Part3（Paras.7-12）:
CentralParkhistoryandanotherscare
（Para.7）thefirstperiodinCentralPark’shistory
1ststage:
1857—1878
WhatwastheParklike?
1.intermsoffunction:
thedomainoftheprivileged;
bandconcertonSaturday;
keeptherougherelementout;
luxuriousandsecluded
2.inarchitecturalterms:
abinationofRomanticismandFrenchclassicism
（Paras.8—9）anencounterwithacouple
Doyoufindthelittleepisodeinteresting?
Howdidthecouplereactwhentheysawtheauthor?
panicking,jerked,herfacerigid,shriekinguncontrollably,awayfromahundredfeet
Whatwasitabouttheauthorthatmadehimsofrightening?
Icouldn’tresistwhenpassingthecouple;
Addressedthemforthrightly
（Para.10）2ndstageinCentralPark’shistory（1900
—1934）
WhatchangestookplaceintheParkinthefirstthreedecadesoftwentiethcentury?
WhotransformedtheParklateron?
Whatwastheauthor’sattitudetothisreform?
（Para.11）anotherscareatthenorthernendof
thePark
the3rdperiodintheCentralPark’shistory
3rdstage:
1934—1960
WhatdidheseeattheReservoir?
NearthereservoiragroupofkidsonbicyclescycledacrosstheEighty-fifthTransverse,ringingthehornloudly.
Whatmadehimkeephisheaddownandpickuphispace?
Theyounginvestmentbankerwasbeatenandsexuallyassaultedbyagroupofkidsonarampage.
（Para.12）anotheraestheticexperience
Whatstrucktheauthorasverybeautiful?
Thecityatnight,viewedfromwhatwasmeanttobeanescapefromit（shimmering）.
Whatkindofbeautyisit?
Cantheauthordescribeit?
Whycan’thefindthevocabularytodescribetheappealofthecity?
Doeshelikethecity?
Orhatethecity?
SumuphisattitudetowardthePark.
MixedfeelingtowardCentralPark.
（Moreexamples）
Part4（Paras.13-25）:
Mysleepoverinthewood
Whenandwherewashenow?
TheNorthWoodsat1:
30a.m.
（Paras.18—24）myencounterwithraccoons
Doyoufindtheendingoftheessayinteresting?
Whatkindofeffectdidtheauthorwanttocreatebydescribingtheraccoons?
Canyouunderstandhisimaginarydialoguewithraccoons?
（Para.25）theending
Iwokeupafterrainandchirpsofbirds.
Anatural,naturallybeautifulsound.
Howdoyousumuptheauthor’sattitudetothepark?
Ambivalence/mixedfeelings:
1）theprideandloveofthecityandtheparkforitsculturalrichnessanditsbeauty（bothnaturalandman-made）;
2）thefearofthecrimeassociated;thedarknessinthewild
3.1.3Plot:
traveldescriptionsbinedwitheverythinghehasheard,read,observedandexperiencedinconnectionwiththeplace:
hismovementsinCentralPark,theeventsandfamouspeopleassociatedwithitshistory,thebeautyofNewYorkatnight,thecrimeoffearit’sinspired
3.1.4Setting:
CentralParkinNewYork
3.2WritingDevices
3.2.1Onomatopoeia;
Euphemismsaremild,pleasantorindirectwords
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