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Unit4TheManintheWater教学教材
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Unit4TheManintheWater
教学目的
1.Tobuildthestudents’vocabularypowerbylearningthenewwordsanddoingthevocabularyexercises.
2.ToleadtheSstocomprehendandappreciatethecontentofthetext.
3.TocultivateSs’abilityofusingtheirownwordstosummarizethemainideaofthetext.
4.TousethetextasthematerialstodeveloptheSs’speakingability.
5.TohelpSsgraspthethemeofthetextandthelanguageandstyleusedinit.
6.Basedontheaircrash,andtheimportantwordsandexpressionsinthetext,getstudentstoknowhistoricalfactaswellastechniquesinwritinganarration.
教学方法
Heuristic,Interactive,task-basedteachingandlearning,groupdiscussion
重点、难点
1.Themeofthepassage
2.Theusageofthenewwordsandexpression
3.Writingdevices
4.Discussionabouthumannature,heroismandheroicdeeds
教学内容
Teachingprocedures
Step1.Warmingup
Step2.Backgroundinformation
Step3.Learnthenewwords
Step4.Fastingreadingofthetext.
(1)Themainideaofthetext
(2)Passagestructure
Step5.Detailedstudyofthetext
Step6.Summarizethepassage.
Step7.Grammarpointsinthisunit.
Step8.Dealwiththeexercisesinthisunit
Step9.Assignment
教学内容
Step1.Warmingup:
SingaSongandGroupDiscussion
1.SingaSong:
HerobyMariahCarey
Lyrics:
There'sahero
Ifyoulookinsideyourheart
Youdon'thavetobeafraid
Ofwhatyouare
There'sananswer
Ifyoureachintoyoursoul
Andthesorrowthatyouknow
Willmeitaway
Andthenaherocomesalong
Withthestrengthtocarryon
Andyoucastyourfearsaside
Andyouknowyoucansurvive
Sowhenyoufeellikehopeisgone
Lookinsideyouandbestrong
Andyou'llfinallyseethetruth
Thataheroliesinyou
It'salongroad
Whenyoufacetheworldalone
Noonereachesoutahand
Foryoutohold
Youcanfindlove
Ifyousearchwithinyourself
Andtheemptinessyoufeltwilldisappear
Andthenaherocomesalong
Withthestrengthtocarryon
Andyoucastyourfearsaside
Sowhenyoufeellikehopeisgone
Lookinsideyouandbestrong
Andyou'llfinallyseethetruth
Thataheroliesinyou
……
2.GroupDiscussion:
DoYouKnow?
Q1.Whatmakesahero?
Openanswers.
Q2.Canyounamesomeheroes?
Whatdoyouthinkthatmakesthemheroes?
Openanswers.
Q3.Haveyouevertriedtofindaheroinyourself?
Openanswers.
Q4.Doyouthinkeveryordinarypersoncanbeaheroifhewantsto?
Step2.BackgroundInformation
TheAuthor:
RogerRosenblatt
RogerRosenblattisajournalist,author,playwrightandprofessor.AsanessayistforTimemagazine,hehaswontwoGeorgePolkAwards,andawardsfromtheOverseasPressClubandtheAmericanBarAssociation.RogerRosenblatt,anAmericanplaywrightandessayist,istheauthorofsixbooks.ThisessayonanairplanecrashinWashington,D.C.,originallyappearedinTimeonJanuary25,1982.
ThemeoftheText
Askstudentstoreadthetextandthenexpresstheirideasaboutheroism
Heroism:
Heroismofcoursehasbeenadmired.Butthisman’sheroismwasunusual.Peopleusuallyexpectrevolutionariestodiemartyrs;truebelieverstobewillingtodiefortheirfaith;peoplereadytolaydowntheirlivesinperformingtheirduty;evenpeopletoshowcourageintheirattempttowinpower,influence,moneyortosavetheirlovedones.Butthemaninthewaterdidnotfitanyofthesedescriptions.
Themaninthewaterdidnothavetogivehisringstoothers;hedidnotevenknowthesepeople.Hewasextraordinarypreciselybecausehewasordinary.Heshowedwhateveryoneofuscoulddo.Thedisplayofhisheroismwasasongtothebeautifulhumancharacter.Thisistrueheroism.
Background
ThisisshortessayaboutanaircrashthattookplaceinthecapitaloftheUSintheyear1982.AplanetookofffromtheWashingtonNationalAirportanddidnotclearthebridgeoverthePotomacRiverbecauseofthethickiceonthewings.Ithitthebridgeandfellrightintotheriver,bringingallthepassengerstoinstantdeathexceptsixfromthetailsectionwhofoundthemselvesgaspingandstrugglingintheicywater.Onlyfivepeoplesurvived,andtheywereabletosurvivebecauseoffourheroes.Theauthorwrotethisessayinpraiseoftheseheroes,threeofwhomhadriskedtheirlivestorescuethesurvivorsandwereabletolivetotellthestory,butthemanthatreallyheldthewholenation’sattentionwasthefourthmanwhohadkeptpushinghislifelineandfloatationringstoothersuntilhewentunder.
ThefactthatthisherohappenedtobeanAmericanshouldremindusthatheroismisnotanationaltrait.Nonationhasamonopolyofthishumanspirit.Overtheyears,however,therehasalwaysbeenprejudiceagainstdifferentracesandethnicgroups.WhensomepeopletalkabouttheAmericancharacterforexample,they