《新视野大学英语读写教程》第二册Unit 5 Weeping for My Smoking Daughter.docx

1、新视野大学英语读写教程第二册Unit 5 Weeping for My Smoking Daughter教 材New Horizon College English新视野大学英语读写教程（第二册） 外语教学与研究出版社授课内容Unit 5 Weeping for My Smoking Daughter学时2*3教学目的Teaching Objectives1.Understand the main idea and the structure of the text;2.Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in th

2、e text. 3.Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.教学重点与难点Teaching emphasis: 1. Get the main idea of the passage;2. Master some useful expressions & sentence structure in the passage; fall behind; result in; run out; at hand; due to; ta

3、ke as; budget; conduct; due to;account for; compare; charge sb. with sth.; in a rush , much less; nothing butTeaching difficulties: Understand the structure of the text A.教学方法与手段Teaching method: The mixture of listening, speaking, reading, practicing and writing;lecture with pair work and group disc

4、ussionTeaching aids: textbook，Multi-media and blackboard课时安排第一次课1-2 periodWarm-up Activity 1. Group work 15m2. Questions for thought and discussion 15mBackground Information 10m listening 15m Watch and Answer 15m Text AnalysisGlobal Reading 25m1. Main idea第二次课3-4 period2. Text structure 25mDetailed

5、Reading 65mWordsPhrasesLanguage pointsTranslation第三次课5-6 period Text Summary 1. key expressions quiz 15m2. Students Presentation 5m Writing 25m Exercise Explanation 45m教学要点Teaching Points:1. Let the Ss understand the problems that two different races bring to their marriage; 2. Help the Ss understan

6、d the text as a whole and know some background knowledge; 3. Have the Ss write a paragraph of denial of some opinions followed by some other opinions;4. Guide the Ss use freely the active expressions, key grammatical points and sentence patterns in this text.作业布置与思考Assignments: 1. Vocabulary: Studen

7、ts are asked to master the key words and phrases and expressions 2. Sentence Structure: Teacher summaries the usage of “which” and “sothat” and Students practice rewriting sentences after the models.3. Translation: Students are asked to finish those translation exercises in page 113.教学参考书和网络资源Refere

8、nce Books and Resources:1. Teachers Book of New Horizon College English 2. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English (English-Chinese) 3. Oxford Advanced Learners English-Chinese Dictionary4. Longman Dictionary of American English5. On-line resources: English on line教 学过 程1-2 PeriodWarm-up Activity

9、 （提问 板书）1. Group work: 1) The students are divided into several groups. A representative of one group reads aloud the Preview-the general introduction of the unit. (P. 115) 2) The students are given the title of the text, and then work in groups to talk about the possible content. 2. Questions for t

10、hought and discussion: 1)Why do people smoke? 2)What are the possible effects of smoking? Would you approve of your children smoking? 3)How would you feel and react if you find your children smoke? Background Information: （讲解 课件）1Camel, Marlboro, Players Camel, Marlboro and Players are some of the w

11、ell-known cigarette brands made in the US. Camel is a brand of cigarettes introduced by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco in 1913. It is the countrys first nationally marketed cigarette. Both Marlboro and Players are brand names of cigarettes manufactured by Philip Morris. 2Queen VictoriaQueen Victoria (1819-1

12、901) was queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of India (1876-1901). Her nearly 64-year-long reign was the longest in British history. She presided over a period of British industrial progress, artistic successes and colonial empire-building which became known as the Victorian E

13、ra. 3 Prince AlbertPrince Albert (1819-1861) was the husband and trusted advisor of Britains Queen Victoria. Throughout their marriage, Albert encouraged in his wife a greater awareness of social ills. He took an active role in bringing about reform and discussion of child labor issue. Albert master

14、minded the Great Exhibition of 1851, with a view to celebrating the great advances of the British Industrial Age and the expansion of the empire.4 Hollywood Hollywood is the center of the US movie industry. In terms of geography, Hollywood refers to an area consisting of the City of West Hollywood a

15、nd its vicinity that form part of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. 5The Third WorldThe Third World was a term originally used to distinguish nations that neither aligned with the West nor with the East during the Cold War, including many members of the Non-Aligned Movement. Today, however,

16、 the term is used to denote nations with a low UN Human Development Index (HDI), independent of their political status. listening: （练习 课件）Directions: You will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the secondtime, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have

17、 just heard. The percentage of teens who smoked cigarettes dropped to 28% in 2003, according to a report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. That was down from 36% in 1999 as measured by the Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Its a triumph for many people across the nation who worked tireless

18、ly to reverse the climb in teen smoking rates during the 1990s. An equal accomplishment may be the discovery of what works to influence teens motivation and behavior. Success has come in communities with a comprehensive program to fight tobacco use by teens. The best school health classes wont have

19、much effect on teens who already smoke. Many of them need professional help before they can quit. Another interesting finding is that nearly all first use of tobacco occurs before high school graduation. So if adolescents dont start smoking by age 18, odds are they never will. Watch and Discuss (提问

20、视频)Directions: Watch the video and then discuss the topics as follows:1. Why are parents often worried about the growth of their children?2. How to help problem children get out of their troubles? 3-4 Period Text Analysis （讨论 课件）Global Reading: Main idea：The sight of her daughter smoking sends the a

21、uthor into a great pain and meanwhile reminds her of her father, a cigarette addict, who died from pneumonia. She feels deeply hurt to watch, in no position to help, many people like her daughter follow in her fathers steps, so she appeals to all smokers to quit smoking. Structure：The passage consis

22、ts of eight paragraphs and roughly falls into three parts in accordance with the stories the author presents: the story of her daughter, the story of her father and her appeal to smokers. Part 1：（Para. 1） The author feels terrible and wants to weep when seeing her daughter smoke. The author presents

23、 what she sees in respect to her daughter and how she feels as a mother by Description. Part 2：（Paras. 25） Hooked by the illusion about smoking, the authors father, like many other people, got into the bad habit of smoking, only to die from it. The author recalls the experiences of her smoking fathe

24、r by employing such devices as Time Sequence and Cause and Effect. Part3：（Paras. 68） Feeling extremely sorry for her daughter and those in Third World countries who also drag away like chimneys, the author appeals to all people to give up smoking. The author adopts the device of Quotation-citing in

25、this part to enhance the power of her appeal to all the families to prevent themselves from suffering the same tragedy as her family did and cherish their lives. Description (描写法)What the author sees: While her daughter is doing her homework, the half-empty package of Camels tossed carelessly close

26、at hand (Para. 1) How the author feels: My heart feels terrible; I want to weep; I do weep a little; that could cause my daughters death; I hardened myself against (Para. 1) Time Sequence (时间顺序法)By late forties and early fifties, the tobacco industry and Hollywood smoking heroes won over her father.

27、 (Para. 3) When she was sixteen, her father coughed a lot and could not climb stairs without resting every third or fourth step. (Para. 4) One hard winter, her father died from “the poor mans friend”, pneumonia. (Para. 5)Cause and Effect (因果关系法)The Cause: when he was young, he smoked Prince Albert t

28、obacco in cigarettes he rolled himself. By the late forties, the tobacco industry won over him, with a white cigarette stuck in his mouth. (Paras. 2-3)The Effect:, his breath was a wheeze, embarrassing to hear; he could not climb stairs without resting. It was not unusual for him to cough for an hou

29、r. He died from “the poor mans friend”, pneumonia, when his lung illness had left him low (Paras. 4-5) Quotation-citing (引言法)1. “ Peace on earth begins at home.” (Para. 8)2. “Every home is a no smoking zone.” (Para. 8)Detailed Reading : （讲解 课件） Language points and some expressions to be explainedThe

30、 students are to be divided into several groups and are encouraged to ask questions about some words or sentences in a certain part, and then the group, which is responsible for it, will answer the questions. The group members will take turns to be the speaker in the presentation. The teacher can al

31、so ask some questions to guide the students, or give more information, or ask them to do the corresponding exercises in the book.Words1. weep: The girl wept over her sad fate.那女孩为自己悲惨的命运而哭泣。Mother wept for joy.母亲高兴得流眼泪。We all wept in silence for the deceased.我们都默默为死者哀悼。2. geometry: 几何plane/solid geometry 平面/立体几何analytical geometry 解析几何a geometry lesson 几何课3. package: 1)包裹;包(+of) 2)包装箱(盒,袋)3)(香烟等的)一包He undid the package.他解开了那个包裹。She is good at designing eye-catching packages.她擅长设计花俏的包装。4. pick up: 1)拾起2)收拾3)学到;获得The boy picked up the hat for the old man.男孩替老人拾起了帽子。You should pick up the t