新世纪英语教案第二册Unit 4文档格式.docx

1、Vocabulary consciousness convey corrupt crew divert evoke execution film global illustrate image individual intervention interview outbreak provoke reinforce reluctant stir suspect unease yell be reluctant to do come off in an instant on behalf of pull offStructure OnceThe same is true of In such a

2、way that Skills How to find unstated main ideasTeaching Procedures Lead In Activity; Study of the Text; Study of Words and Phrases; Study of Reading Skills; Study of Practical Reading; Study of Practical WritingI. Lead in1. Vietnam WarA prolonged war （1954-1975） between the army of North Vietnam and

3、 the armies of South Vietnam and the United States. By the end of 1965, 180,000 US troops were fighting in Vietnam and the number reached its peak of 540,000 by 1969. The US felt that their superior weapons and military technology would easily overwhelm the North Vietnam army, which relied on guerri

4、lla tactics perfected over centuries and had the growing support of the Vietnamese people. Ultimately, however, the United States failed to achieve its goal. Viet Nam was reunified and in 1976 it officially became the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.2. Middle East Conflict The conflict in the Middle E

5、ast refers to the violent clashes between Israel and the Palestinians supported by many Arab countries. The conflict has been going on and off for the past 55 to 60 years. Since its establishment as a state in 1948, Israel has fought four major wars with its neighbors in 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973, a

6、s well as an 18-year war against Arab guerrillas in southern Lebanon. 3. Eddie AdamsEddie Adams was born on June 12, 1933 and died on September 12, 2004. A journalist who covered 13 separate wars, including Vietnam, he was a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist whose most famous image was that of

7、the execution of a Vietnamese Communist guerrilla on the streets of Saigon, published by the Associated Press （1968 AP）. Also a Marine Corps photographer during the Korean War, he received numerous awards aside from the Pulitzer such as the 1978 Robert Capa Award and three George Polk Memorial Award

8、s. Some of his subjects included Deng Xiaoping, Richard Nixon, Pope John Paul II and Anwar Sadat. He died from complications of Lou Gehrigs disease.4. Associated Press （AP） The Associated Press, or AP, based in New York City, is an American news agency that claims to be the worlds oldest and largest

9、. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, who both contribute stories to it and use material written by its staffers.As of 2004, APs news is used by 1,700 newspapers, in addition to 5,000 television and radio outlets. Its photo library consists of over 10 million images.The col

10、lapse of United Press International, APs traditional competitor, has left it as the only national news service in the United States. Only a few foreign challengers, such as Reuters, exist for English-language news coverage. It is so omnipresent that the AP Stylebook has become the de facto standard

11、for news writing in the country.5. Nick UtNick Ut （born March 29, 1951, real name Huynh Cong Ut） is a photographer for the Associated Press （AP） who works out of Los Angeles. Perhaps his best known photo is the Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of Kim Phuc Phan Thi, who was photographed as a naked girl

12、 （9-year old） running toward the camera to flee a napalm （凝固汽油） attack near Trang Bang during the Vietnam War.Born in Long An, Vietnam, Ut began to take photographs for the Associated Press when he was 16. Wounded three times in Vietnam, Ut has since worked for the Associated Press in Tokyo, South K

13、orea, and Hanoi and still maintains contact with Kim Phuc, who now resides in Canada.He still works for the AP, but now at their Los Angeles bureau. He is an American citizen, and is married with two children.6. Topic-related words and phrasesXinhua News Agency: Xinhua News Agency is Chinas state ne

14、ws Agency. It is a source of information on Chinese government affairs and the Chinese point of view on international affairs, economy, industry, trade, agriculture, sports and culture.Reuters: Reuters Group PLC, founded by Paul Julius Reuter, a GermanJewish immigrant to London and pioneer of telegr

15、aphy services, is one of the worlds largest suppliers of news and financial information. Through its worldwide network of about 2,000 journalists, Reuters provides news stories, photographs, graphics, and video footage to newspapers, television broadcasters, Internet sites, and other media.Although best known to the public as a news agency, Reuters earns the vast majority of its revenues by electronically transmitting financial market data - such as curren