新视野大学英语UnitOne.docx

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新视野大学英语UnitOne

UnitOne

Objectives

Inthisunit,studentswillbeableto:

1.listenandthentalkaboutexperienceoflearningEnglishonline;

2.mastersomewordsandphrasesabouttheInternet；

3.understandthemainideaofthisunit:

onlineEnglishlearning;

4.masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructures;

5.appreciatethecause-and-effectwritingstructureofthepassages;

6.masterthereadingskillofFindingOutWordMeanings；

7.practicewritingane-mailtoaforeignfriend

Timeallotment

5periodsperunit

SectionA（4periods）:

1st---2ndperiods:

Pre-readingactivities（oralpresentationforwarmingup,theme-relatedquestions,compounddictation）;

3rd---4thperiods:

While-readingactivities（textanalysisaskeylanguagepoints,grammaticalstructures,difficultsentences）;

Post-readingactivities（checkingontheafter-textexercises）

SectionB（1period）:

5thperiods:

Pre-readingactivities（Readingskillspracticing）;

While-readingactivities（PassageB.TchecksonSs’homereadingbyaskingtext-comprehensionquestionsbasedonPassageB.Texplainssomedifficultsentences）;

Post-readingactivities（dictation,assigninghomework,askingstudentstopreparethenextunit）.

Teachingmethod:

task-basedteachingmethod，discourseanalysis,teamwork.

Teachingaids:

Multi-mediaandblackboard

TeachingProcedures

SectionA:

Pre-readingactivities

Warming–up（3’）

First,SslistentoaspeakertalkingabouthisexperienceoflearningEnglishonline.

ThenSslistentothepassageagainandanswerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtowhattheyhear.

1.WhendidthespeakerstarttolearnEnglish,andwhendidhegaincommandofthelanguage?

2.Besidesthelanguageitself,whatelsedidthespeakergainfromlearningaforeignlanguageonline?

3.HowcouldonlinelearninghelpyouwithyourEnglish?

TasksthefollowingquestionstocheckifSshavepreviewedthetext:

—WhydidthewriterenjoylearningEnglishinjuniormiddleschool?

—HowdidEnglishlearningchangeforthewriterafterenteringseniormiddleschool?

—HowdidhisexperienceinlearningEnglishincollegedifferfromhisexperienceinjuniormiddleschool?

—WhatequipmentisnecessaryforstudyingEnglishonline?

—Whiletakingonlinecourses,whatotherthingsdidthewriterdotohelphimselflearnEnglish?

While-readingactivities

1.GraspingTextStructure:

TdrawSs’attentiontoTextStructure---AParagraphofCause-and-effect.

TextAisanexampleofcause-and-effectwriting.Itgivesusthereasonsforsomethinghappening.LookathowthewriterlinkscauseandeffectinParagraph3.

Thetopicoftheparagraph—Mylearningexperienceinseniormiddleschoolwasdifferentfrombefore.

↓

Thecause:

Whilemyformerteacherhadbeenpatientwithallstudents,mynewteacherquicklypunishedthosewhogaveincorrectanswers.Wheneverweansweredincorrectly,shepointedalongstickatusand,shakingitupanddown,shouted,“No!

No!

No!

”

↓

Theeffect:

Itdidn’ttakemelongtolosemyeagernesstoanswerquestions.NotonlydidIlosemyjoyinansweringquestions,butIalsolostmydesiretosayanythingatallinEnglish.

TthenasksSstoreadParagraph2andfindasimilarcause-and-effectrelationshipandfillinthechartbelow.

Thetopicoftheparagraph—Mylearningexperienceinjuniormiddleschool.

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Thecause:

______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

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Theeffect:

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Ananalysisofthewholetextstructure（chartform）:

Topic:

Foreignlanguagelearning,arewardingexperience,isworththeeffort.（Para.1）

↓

Learningaforeignlanguageinatraditionalclassroom.

Learningaforeignlanguageonline.

↓

Thelanguage-learningsituationchangedforthebetterwhenIbeganlearningonline.（Para.5）

↓

Atjuniormiddleschool:

Positiveteachingmethodledtogoodlanguage-learningresults.（Para.2）

↓←→↓

Atseniormiddleschool:

Myteacherwasimpatientwhichmademeloseinterestinlearningthelanguage.

（Para3）

Onlinelearningisnoteasierthantraditionalclassroomlearning.Itrequirescommitmentanddisciplinetokeepupwiththecourse.（Para.6）

↓

Atcollege:

LargeclassesandstudentswithbetterEnglishmademefeelintimidatedwhenIspokeEnglish,andthispreventedmefromlearningfurther.（Para.4）

Therehavebeenupsanddownswithmyonlinelearning.However,IdidnotfeelintimidatedbystudentswithbetterEnglish,andIfinallyreapedthebenefitsofmyhardwork.（Para.7）

（Para.2--7）↓

Learningaforeignlanguagehasbeendifficultbuthasbroughtmemanybenefits.

∣

Ilearnedthevalueofhardwork,gainedinsightsintoanotherculture,andmymindwasopenedtonewideas.

Icouldcommunicatewithmanymorepeoplethanbefore.

SpeakingEnglishhelpedmeformnewfriendships.

NowIamabletobridgethegapbetweenmylanguageandcultureandtheirs.

（Para.8）

2.LanguageStudy

TmakesSstopracticethekeylanguagepointsbygivingexamples.

1）reward:

vt.Givesomethinginreturnforgoodandvaluabledoings

eg:

SuccessattheOlympicGamesrewardedhisefforts.

Thefatherrewardedthelittleboyforcleaninghisroom.

--n.somethingasareturnforgoodandvaluabledoings.

eg:

Thebankdevelopedanewsystemofrewardstoencouragetheclerkstoworkharder.

Thisgamehaditsexcitement,challenges,andrewards.

rewarding:

a.satisfyingandworthwhile（givingyousatisfaction,pleasure,orprofit）

eg:

Shefoundtheexperienceveryrewarding.

Teachingisarewardingcareer.

2）frustrate:

vt.

a）causesomeonetohavefeelingsofdisappointment

eg.Shewasfrustratedbyherfailureinthecollegeentranceexam.

Thefrequenttrafficdelaysfrustratedtheyoungman,andhedecidedtodosomethingaboutit.

b）causethefailureofsomething

eg.Hisattitudefrustratedourplan.

Thickfogfrustratedtheirattempttolandonthetinyisland.

Givingstudentsproblemstheycan’tsolvewillonlyfrustratethem

I’mfeelingratherfrustratedinmypresentjob;Ineedachange.

Frustrating:

a.makingsomeonefeelannoyed,upset,orimpatient

eg.After2hours’frustratingdelay,ourtrainatlastarrived.

Itisfrustratingtolearnthatalltheseyears’effortshavecometonothing.

3）Beworthsth/doingsth:

berewardingenoughforthetime,effort,money,etc.

eg.Thebeautifultownandlovelybeacheswerewellworththe45-minutedrivefromourcottage.

He’sdecidedtohavealookatthehouseforitiswellworthbuying.

4）junior:

a.havingalowposition,level,orrank

senior:

a.havingahigherposition,level,orrank.

eg.Shestartedasajuniorreporteronalocalnewspaper.

Hisjobistogiveinstructionstopeoplejuniortohim.

Theyhavegoteffectivesupportfromtheseniormanagementofthecollege.

Hispositionisseniortomine.

5）medium

a）n.（pluralmediaormediums）amethodforgivinginformation

TVhasbecomethemostimportantmedium.

Poetryisthebestmediumforcommunicatingemotion,hesays.

b）a.ofmiddlesize,amount,orquality

Shewasofmediumheightandmediumbuild

Thisisgreatnewsforsmallandmedium-sizedbusinesses,inparticularthoseseekingtogrow.

6）access:

n

a）[U]therighttohaveorusesomething

Accesstostudents’filesisrestricted.

IfyoudonothaveaccesstotheInternet,we’llsendsomeonetohelpyou.

b）[C]themeansofenteringaplace

Thesoldiersguardedtheonlyaccesstothebuilding.

7）get/have/obtainaccessto:

havetherighttohaveorusesomething

eg.Anyonewhohasgotaccesstosecretinformationknowsthattheyshouldnotpassitonbytelephone.

Youobtainaccesstoyourdatabytypinginausernameandpassword.

8）virtual:

a

a）createdbythecomputertobesimilartotheexperienceofreallife

ManyvirtualcommunitiesaregrowingontheInternetasmoreandmorepeoplewanttofindnewwaystomakefriends.

b）almostwhatisstated

Thekindwassomuchunderthecontrolofhiswifethatshewasthevirtualrulerofthecountry.

Findingacheapplacetorentisavirtualimpossibilityinthisarea.

9）commitment:

n

a）[U]thehardworkandloyaltythatsomeonegivestoanorganization,activity,etc.

It’sapart-timeprogram,buttotalcommitmentisstillnecessaryforcompletingit.

Yourcommitmenttotheprojectisverymuchappreciatedbymanagement.

b）[C]apromisetofollowcertainbeliefsoractions

Theorganizationhasmadeacommitmenttoplant5,000trees.

HemadeacommitmenttohelpallchildrenlearnEnglish,buthesoonfounditimpossiblewithoutanonlinecourse.

10）keepupwith:

keepthesamespeedas;goorlearnasfastassomeoneelse.

I’mhavingtroublekeepingupwiththerestoftheclass.

It’simportanttokeepupwiththechangesofthetime.

11）minimum:

a.theleast,orthesmallestpossible

Hecouldn’tjointhepolicebecausehewasbelowtheminimumheightallowedbytherule.

Thelocalshoppaidhimthelegalminimumwage,butworkedhimtwicethelegalnumberofhours.

n.[singular]thesmallestamount

Thehospitalhasreduced

12）embarrass:

vt.Makesomeonefeelashamed,nervous,oruncomfortable

Theothersembarrassedherwhentheylaughedathermistake.

Thereleaseofthesesecretdocumentshasembarrassedtheadministration.

embarrassing:

a.makingsomeonefeelashamed,nervous,oruncomfortable.

ItwasembarrassingthatIcou