Unit 4 The Man in the Water教学教材Word格式文档下载.docx

1、3. To cultivate Ss ability of using their own words to summarize the main idea of the text.4. To use the text as the materials to develop the Ss speaking ability.5. To help Ss grasp the theme of the text and the language and style used in it.6. Based on the air crash, and the important words and exp

2、ressions in the text, get students to know historical fact as well as techniques in writing a narration.教学方法Heuristic, Interactive, task-based teaching and learning, group discussion重点、难点1. Theme of the passage2. The usage of the new words and expression3.Writing devices4. Discussion about human nat

3、ure, heroism and heroic deeds教 学 内 容Teaching proceduresStep 1. Warming up Step 2. Background informationStep 3. Learn the new words Step 4. Fasting reading of the text. （1） The main idea of the text （2） Passage structure Step 5. Detailed study of the text Step 6. Summarize the passage. Step 7. Gramm

4、ar points in this unit. Step 8. Deal with the exercises in this unit Step 9. Assignment教学内容Step 1. Warming up: Sing a Song and Group Discussion 1.Sing a Song: Hero by Mariah CareyLyrics:Theres a heroIf you look inside your heartYou dont have to be afraidOf what you ares an answerIf you reach into yo

5、ur soulAnd the sorrow that you knowWill meit awayAnd then a hero comes alongWith the strength to carry onAnd you cast your fears asideAnd you know you can surviveSo when you feel like hope is goneLook inside you and be strongAnd youll finally see the truthThat a hero lies in youIts a long roadWhen y

6、ou face the world aloneNo one reaches out a handFor you to holdYou can find loveIf you search within yourselfAnd the emptiness you felt will disappear2.Group Discussion: Do You Know?Q1. What makes a hero?Open answers.Q2. Can you name some heroes? What do you think that makes them heroes? Q3. Have yo

7、u ever tried to find a hero in yourself?Q4. Do you think every ordinary person can be a hero if he wants to?Step 2. Background Information The Author: Roger Rosenblatt Roger Rosenblatt is a journalist, author, playwright and professor. As an essayist for Time magazine, he has won two George Polk Awa

8、rds, and awards from the Overseas Press Club and the American Bar Association. Roger Rosenblatt, an American playwright and essayist, is the author of six books. This essay on an airplane crash in Washington, D.C., originally appeared in Time on January 25, 1982. Theme of the TextAsk students to rea

9、d the text and then express their ideas about heroismHeroism: Heroism of course has been admired. But this mans heroism was unusual. People usually expect revolutionaries to die martyrs; true believers to be willing to die for their faith; people ready to lay down their lives in performing their dut

10、y; even people to show courage in their attempt to win power, influence, money or to save their loved ones. But the man in the water did not fit any of these descriptions.The man in the water did not have to give his rings to others; he did not even know these people. He was extraordinary precisely

11、because he was ordinary. He showed what every one of us could do. The display of his heroism was a song to the beautiful human character. This is true heroism. BackgroundThis is short essay about an air crash that took place in the capital of the US in the year 1982. A plane took off from the Washin

12、gton National Airport and did not clear the bridge over the Potomac River because of the thick ice on the wings. It hit the bridge and fell right into the river, bringing all the passengers to instant death except six from the tail section who found themselves gasping and struggling in the icy water

13、. Only five people survived, and they were able to survive because of four heroes. The author wrote this essay in praise of these heroes, three of whom had risked their lives to rescue the survivors and were able to live to tell the story, but the man that really held the whole nations attention was

14、 the fourth man who had kept pushing his lifeline and floatation rings to others until he went under.The fact that this hero happened to be an American should remind us that heroism is not a national trait. No nation has a monopoly of this human spirit. Over the years, however, there has always been prejudice against different races and ethnic groups. When some people talk about the American character for example, they