现代大学英语第一册教案unit8.docx

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现代大学英语第一册教案unit8

LessonEightMyPersonalManager

Teachingcontents

✧Backgroundinformationaboutauthor

✧DetailedDiscussionofthetext.

✧Writingstylesandtechniquesofthetext.

✧Excercises.

Openingmarks:

UnlikethepiecebyMandelainthepreviouslesson,thevalueofthisarticleliespreciselyinthefactthatitissoordinary-thecharactersareordinary,thestoryisordinary,thebackgroundisordinary,andthemessageisalsonotveryspecial.Infact,theyaresoordinarythatwereaderscanallrelateseasilytothem.

author

⏹MargaretGoffClarkisaprolificauthor.

⏹Shewrotestoriesaboutteenagers.

⏹Thebooksshewrotecoverthefollowingthemes:

mysteries,sciencefiction,humanrelationshipandwildanimals

Herworks

ThemeOne:

mysteries

WhoStoleKathyYoung?

ThemeTwo:

sciencefiction

BarneyandUFO

BarneyonMars

ThemeThree:

humanrelationship

FreedomCrossing

ThebookisahistoricalfictionaboutafamilyhelpingslavesescapetoCanada.

ThemeFour:

wildanimals

TheEndangeredFloridaPanther

TheThreatenedFloridaBlackBear

IntroductiontotheText

⏹Oneproblemthatoftentroublesyoungstudentsisalackofconfidenceorself-esteem.Itmaycomefromwhattheyconsiderasphysicaldefectsortheirpooracademicperformance,orothercauses.Andoftenyoungstudentshavetroublehandlingthesituation.

⏹ThelanguageistypicalofyoungstudentsintheU.S.

Plot:

theregainingoftheheroine’sself-confidencewithCarlos’help

Setting:

atschool

Protagonists:

“I”（Karen）andCarloHerrera

Themeofthetext（Thethemeissummedupattheveryend）

Youngpeopleshouldhaveconfidenceandbethemselves.

Lead-inQuestions:

1.Trytouseasmanyadjectivesaspossibletodescribeyourselftoyourclassmates.

2.Areyousatisfiedwithyourpersonalappearance?

3.Whatisyourviewoncosmeticsurgery?

[kɔz′metik]adj.化妆用的;美容的

4.Whodoyouthinkisthemostconfidentstudentinyourclass?

Describehis/herappearancetoyourclassmatesandletthemguesswhohe/sheis.

5.Doyouhaveanyprobleminyouradolescentyearsthatyoucannotfacebravelyorfeelinferiortoothers?

Always,sometimes,seldomornever?

Why?

（Forinstance,youmaythinkyouarenotprettyortallenough.）

6.Howdidyouhandlethoseproblems?

Wouldyouliketotalktoyourpartneraboutyouproblems?

Andcanyoudiscusswithyourpartneronhowtosolveorhandleit?

Oneproblemthatoftentroublesyoungstudentsisalackofconfidenceorself-esteem.Itmaycomefromwhattheyconsiderasphysicaldefectsortheirpooracademicperformances,orevenothercauses.Andoftenyoungstudentshavetroublehandlingthesituations.

Therefore,it’svitalforyoungpeopletoknowhowtohandletheirproblems.Todaywewillreadsuchastoryandwemaybeabletolearnsomethingfromtheheroandheroineinthestory.

Structureofthetext

Part1（paras.1—4）:

suspenseofthestory

Part2（paras.2—6）:

thefirstdayImetCarlos

Part3（paras.7—8）:

Carlosbecamemypersonalmanager.

Part4（paras.9—14）:

thesuccessofus

DetailedDiscussionofthetext

ØGaletonHigh:

（1）GaletonHighSchool

AhighschoolintheU.S.isusuallyforchildrenof14or15to18yearsold.

ØGoldendays:

（1）daysofgreathappinessorsuccess

ØWhynotletmebeyourmanager?

Icanpromiseyou’llsoonbecool,pretty,andpopular.

（1）

manager:

someonewhoisinchargeofthebusinessaffairsofasingeroractor.HereCarlosissayingthathewillhelpthegirlthewayamanagerhelpsasingeroractor.

Cool:

（informal）veryattractive,relaxed,fashionableinwaypeopleadmire

ØYousoundlikeasoapcommercial.

（1）

anadvertisementforsoapoperasontelevisionandradio

soapopera

atelevisionorradiostoryaboutthedailylivesandrelationshipsofthesamegroupofpeople,whichisbroadcastregularly

Q:

Whydidshesayso?

Didshebelieveinwhathewassaying?

Inacommercial,thepromotertriestotellyousomethingusuallywithexaggeratedwordsandbeautifulpromises.Butpeoplehavelearnednottotakeitseriously.That’swhyKarensaidthatCarlossoundedlikeasoapcommercial.Shedidn’tthinkhecouldchangeherinthatway,andshewasbeingsarcastic.讽刺的，嘲笑的

ØI’mgoingtobeapromotionman.Imaybeshort,butIcanpromotebigthings.“Likeme.”

（1）

promotionman:

Apromoter,someonewhotriestomakepeoplebelieveorsupportanideaorawayofdoingthings推销员

bigthings：

bigideasorbigactivities

“Likeme”：

Karendeliberatelydistorted曲解Carlo’smeaningwhenhesaid“bigthings”.Shemadeitsoundlikehemeant“bigpeople”.Thereforeshesaid“likeme”inaself-mockingway.

ØWhichishowlittleCarlosHerreratookmeand…见Note3

ØIhadmyarmsfullofbooksandIwastearingintotheclassroomwhenIranintosomethingsolid.

（2）

“have”isacausativeverb使役动词.Afterit,compoundobjectsshouldbeused.Thatisobjectplusobjectcomplement.Here“myarms”istheobjectand“fullofbooks”isthecomplement.Similarverbsare“make”,“let”,“keep”etc.

“when”hereisusedtointroducetheadverbialclauseoftime.Thetenseinthemainclauseiscontinuoustense,“when”means“atthatmoment”.Thetwoactionshappensimultaneously.

tearinginto：

movingquickly,especiallyinacarelessway

raninto：

tomeetsb.bychance.Hereitmeans“bumpinto”or“hit”

solid：

strongandfirminstructure硬的

ØGlance:

（3）

1.takeabrieforhurriedlook一瞥

Ginnyglancedatherwatch.金妮瞥了一眼自己的表。

2.lookback回头看

Heglancedbacktoseeiftheywerefollowing.

他回头看一下他们是否跟在后面。

Øthelaststraw/thefinalstraw/thestrawthatbreaksthecamel’sback（3）

aproblemwhichcanbedealtwithonitsown,butwhichmakesasituationverydifficultwhenit’saddedtoexistingproblems终于使人不支的最后一击

She’salwaysbeenrudetome,butitwasthelaststrawwhenshestartedinsultingmymother.

drawstraw/astraw:

抽签

astrawman/amanofstraw:

someone,whoisusedtohideanillegalorsecretactivity用作做掩护的人，被用作挡箭牌的人

straws/astrawinthewind:

迹象，预兆，苗头

snatch/clutch/graspatstraws:

捞救命稻草，作最后挣扎

Astrawshowswhichwaythewindblows.草动见风吹

ØQ:

WhenCarlosfirstcametotheclass,theclasslaughedtwotimesfordifferentreasons.Whatdidtheclasslaughatforthefirsttime,andwhatwasKaren’sresponse?

WhatcanyouinferfromKaren’sresponse?

（3）

WhenthegirlbumpedintoCarlos,hefirst“lookedup”andthensaid“My,you’retall”,thewholeclasslaughed.Karenbecameveryangryandsatdownsilently.KarenwasworriedifheridolReedlaughedwiththeothers,shewouldbreakdown压垮.Thisepisode插曲;片断showsthatKarenwasnotconfidentandfeltinferiorbecauseofherheight.

Øagood:

usedbeforeexpressionsofmeasurementorquantity,meaningrathermorethan

e.gHiswifeisagoodtenyearsolderthanheis.

Øtocomebacktoearth/tocomedowntoearth:

（4）

toreturntoreality,suddenlyorwithashock;toreturntoanormalwayofthinkingafteratimewhenyouareexcited,回到现实eg.

I'mgladMaryhascomedowntoearthandstoppeddreamingofbeingrich.

onearth［表示强调］世界上；究竟，到底

likenothingonearth：

（informal）verystrange极怪异的

bringsb.back[down]toearth使某人回到现实

down-to–eartha.practical,direct务实的,现实的

Øcocky:

（4）conceitedorarrogant自以为是的；傲慢自负的

ØCarlosgrinned.（4）

laugh,smile,grin,chuckle,sneer,giggle

grin:

smilebroadlyshowingtheteeth露齿而笑

chuckle：

tolaughquietlyortooneself抿嘴轻笑

sneer：

toassumeascornful,contemptuousfacialexpression冷笑,讥笑

giggle:

tolaughwithrepeatedshortsounds咯咯地笑

Ex

Atthatmoment,everybodybegantolaughandsing.

Hegrinnedfromeartoear.

Hewaschucklingtohimselfoverwhathewasreading.

Theinn-keeper酒馆smiledandimmediatelywentout.

Jamessneeredatmyoldbicycle.Hehasanewone.

Thefunnymanamusedthegirls,sotheygiggled.

Ø①“ButIneedacoupleofdictionaries.”Againtheclasslaughed,butnowtheywerelaughing②withCarlos,notathim.Hehadbeenhereonlytenminutesandalreadyhehadthem③onhisside.（4）

①Q:

WhatdidCarlosmean?

Carloswassayingthatheneededsomethickdictionariestositon,otherwisehewouldn’tbeabletoseeanythingashewasshort.Hewasmakingfunofhisownheight,whichshowedthathewasaveryeasy-goingperson.

②ButonlynowtheywerelaughingtogetherwithCarlos,notlaughingathim,ortreatinghimasifhewerestupid.

③supportinghim

ØWasCarlosquicklyacceptedbyhisclassmates?

Howdidhemanagetodothat?

Fromwhichsentenceinthetextyoucandrawtheinference?

CarlosquicklybecamepopularwithhisclassmatesbyconfidentlypresentinghimselftoMr.McCarthyandbyfacinghisphysicaldefectbravelyandhumorouslybysaying“Ineedacoupleofdictionaries”whentheteacherassignedhimoneseatinthebackoftheroom.Thistimetheclasslaughed,butthistimetheywerenotlaughingathimbutwithhimtogether.SowecanseethatCarlossoonmadeahit大获成功;很受欢迎;.Hewasveryconfident.

Øembarrass（5）:

tocause（sb.）tofeelanxiousoruncomfortable

Heembarrassedeveryonebysayingthepicturewasdreadful.

a.embarrassing;embarrassed

b.ad.embarrassingly

It’sembarrassingtobecaughttellingalie.

n.embarrassment

Sheblushedwithembarrassment.

ØIlookedstraightaheadoverthetopofhisblackhair.（5）

Q:

DidKarenreallyaccepthisapology?

No,that’swhyshelookedstraightaheadanddidn’tbendlowtotalktohisface.

ØIoughttoknowbetter.（5）

“oughtto”isoftenusedtoexpressanapology（Ioughtto…）orcriticism（yououghtto…）.

Ioughttobewiseenoughnottodothatstupidthingormakethatfoolishmistakes.

Øblockone’sway:

（5）prevent阻挠，妨碍

e.g.Afallentreeisblockingtheroad.

n.blockage阻塞，阻碍

a.blocked封锁的,闭塞的

Theroadsareblocked（up）.

I’vegotasorethroatandablockednose.

ØI