1、2. 2. appreciate the various techniques employed by the writer (comparison and contrast, topic sentences followed by detail sentences, use of transitional devices, etc.);3. 3. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;4. 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking
2、 and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.Time Allotment1st period2nd period3rd period4th period5th periodPre-reading;While-reading (4-Part division, Part I)While-reading (Parts I - III)While-reading;Post-reading (comparison & contrast)Post-reading;Check on Ss home reading (Text B)The
3、me-Related Language Learning TasksPre-reading tasks T asks Ss the following questions on the song Out in the Country: (5 minutes)- What is the song about? (taking a break from city life, escaping from the crowd)- How is the song related to the theme of this unit? (The singer needs a break because th
4、e pace of life has quickened, the environment has been changed, and the old life style is gone.) 1) Ss divide into three large groups, under each group smaller sub-groups may form. Each large group is assigned one of the following discussion topics:- Why do so many migrant workers (民工) move from the
5、 country to the city?- Why do city people buy apartments or houses in the suburbs, even in the countryside?- Why are tours of Zhou Zhuang (周庄), Li Jiang (丽江)or any other old towns so popular? Why are tourists willing to pay to spend a day in a farmers house? 2) After the discussion, speakers of some
6、 sub-groups report to class. 3) T may sum up like this: People change their places of living because they look for things that their previous life is unable to provide. However, once life has been changed, they miss the good old days. (20 minutes) Ss do Cloze B in after-text exercises to learn about
7、 Americans ideal of a country life. Then T leads in to the study of Text A. (10 minutes)While-reading tasks1. T tells Ss how to divide the text into four parts, and that they are to sum up the main idea of each part as they read along (see Text Organization Exercise 1). (2 minutes)2. Ss read the fir
8、st sentences of Paragraphs 1-3 and sum up the main idea of this part. (3 minutes)3. T explains language points in this part and gives Ss practice (see Language Study). (15 minutes)4. T explains language points in Part II and gives Ss practice. (see Language Study).(20 minutes)5. Ss re-read Part II a
9、nd make a summary of each paragraph in it. T writes down their summaries on the blackboard. Then, based on paragraph summaries, Ss will come up with a summary of Part II. (8 minutes)6. Ss read the first sentences of Paragraphs 8-11 and sum up the main idea of this part. (3 minutes)7. T explains the
10、language points in this part and gives Ss practice (see Language Study). (20 minutes) 8. T explains language points in Part IV and gives Ss practice (see Language Study). (20 minutes)9. Ss find out the two special qualities that make a country life possible. (2 minutes)the Study of Language Points1.
11、 get by: be good enough but not very good; manage to live or do things in a satisfactory way e.g: My parents managed to get by on a small amount of money. It is a little bit difficult for the old couple to get by on such a small pension. We can get by with four computers at the moment, but well need
12、 a couple more when the new staff members arrive.2. haul: 1) transport, as with a truck, cart, etc. The farmers haul vegetables to the market on a truck every morning. The rescue team hauled medical supplies and food to the flooded villages. 2) pull or drag sth. with effort or force A carne had to b
13、e used to haul the car out of the stream. Rescue workers hauled passengers out of the crashed train. 3. purse: follow After graduation Martin chose to purse the same career as his father as a minister. College students are advised to purse a wide range of subjects. Public evening classes allow peopl
14、e to earn a living during the day and purse vocational and intellectual interests in their spare time.4. get through: come successfully to the end The local government has taken some measures to ensure that all the people will get through the winter. She got through the entrance examination and was accepted by the college.5. illustrate: provide with visual features; clarify by use of example, etc. Let me use another example to illustrate this difficult point. The editor has illustrated the book with black-and-white
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