1、3Detailed study of text A4Explanation of the main components of English sentences5Checking the exercises6Dictation7More Practice8AidsTeaching ProceduresSection One ListeningListen to the passage and choose the most appropriate. 1) According to the passage, family roles nowadays are _. A) perfect B)
2、less clear C) strictly defined D) conventional 2) Which is NOT true of women? A) Many are becoming nurses. B) They are increasingly working from home. C) They have higher graduation rates than men. D) They are outnumbering men in professional fields. 3) Stay-at-home dads are not responsible for _. A
3、) paying the bills B) shopping C) getting up early with the kids D) cooking 4) How do stay-at-home dads feel about their new identities?A) They prefer to work outside the home. B) They only like it because they can work from home. C) They love it. D) Both B and C. 5) What is the authors opinion abou
4、t stay-at-home dads?A) Hes is not interested in becoming one because his friends dont like it. B) He doesnt give his opinion. Two Social Status of Women Two Social Status of Women C) He thinks women should stay at home and men should work outside. D) He is interested in giving it a try.Section Two R
5、eading- ComprehensionText A My Journey to the Top1. Main idea and purpose of the text. 1) What is the main idea of the text?Women have a greater chance of changing the world if they are willing to take risks. 2) What is the purpose of the text?Recalling how she has advanced in her career, the author
6、 intends to encourage women to do better. The text also has some tips for mothers about how to educate their children, especially their daughters. 2. Structure of the text. 1) How does the author develop the main idea?The author presents the main idea by recalling her personal experience. 2) Analyze
7、 the structure of the text:The text can be divided into four parts:Part One: womens stereotype of their relationship with power (Paragraph 1). Part Two: the authors struggle to do better (Paragraphs 25). Part Three: the authors gratitude to her mother and her desire to be a good mother to her own da
8、ughter (Paragraphs 68). Part Four: the authors confidence in the future of women (Paragraphs 910). 3) What are the reading and writing skills to note?The author first briefs readers on a common misconception among women about power. Then she recalls the achievements she has accomplished over the yea
9、rs as a female student, a female writer and a businesswoman. Meanwhile, she recognizes the role of her mother in her personal evolution. Finally she calls on women to go forth in life and change the world for the better. 3. Teaching points and notes. Paragraph One Women still have an uneasy relation
10、ship with power and the traits necessary to be a leader. There is this internalized fear that if we are really powerful, we are going to be considered ruthless or pushy or harshall those epithets that strike right at our femininity. We are still working at trying to overcome the fear that power and
11、womanliness are mutually exclusive.参考译文女人对权力和成为领导人所必须具备的品质仍旧心存芥蒂。 我们有一种内在的恐惧,担心如果我们真的掌握大权,就会被看作是冷酷无情,争强好胜或咄咄逼人,而这些描述恰恰与女人味格格不入。我们仍然在努力消除这种担心拥有权力和做个女人,两者不能兼得。1) Women still have an uneasy relationship with power and the traits necessary to be a leader. Even now, women dont feel quite sure whether the
12、y should have anything to do with power and whether it would be appropriate for them to equip themselves with the characteristics that can prepare them for leadership. uneasy: adj. slightly anxious or uncomfortable about something 不自在的;担心的 She had an uneasy relationship with her mother-in-law. 她跟婆婆关
13、系不融洽。A good man never feels uneasy.好人从来不会心中不安。trait: n. distinguishing characteristics 显著特点,特征 One of his unattractive traits is criticizing his wife in public. 他有个令人讨厌的特点,就是爱在他人面前指责妻子。Patience is one of his good traits.耐心是他的优点之一。2) internalize: v. accept or absorb (esp. a way of thinking or behavin
14、g ) as your own使(行为、思维方式 )内化;吸收 Children who are abused by their parents tend to internalize violent behavior. 受到父母体罚的孩子有把暴力行为内在化的倾向。Values of democracy are internalized by children even in those less democratic countries.即使在那些不太民主的国家里,民主的观念已被孩子们接受并成为他们自我意识的一部分。3) ruthless: adj. cruel, hard-hearted无
15、情的;冷酷的 The days are over when we have to live under ruthless exploitation and oppression.我们遭受残酷剥削和压迫的日子已经一去不复返了。4) pushy: adj. always trying to attract attention and to do or achieve more than other people好胜而爱出风头的 The new office girl made herself unpopular by being pushy.办公室新来的年轻女子爱Is it true that w
16、hoever is pushy will be promoted earlier? 好胜爱出风头的人提拔得早, 这是真的吗?5) harsh: adj. unpleasant, unkind, cruel or unnecessarily severe 令人不快的;残酷的; 严厉的 He is too harsh with the children. 他对孩子们太严厉了。6) There is this internalized fear that if we are really powerful, we are going to be considered ruthless or push
17、y or harshall those epithets that strike right at our femininity. Inside our hearts lies a fear of being regarded as women who are coldhearted, aggressive and severe if we become really powerful. All these adjectives are negative descriptive words that deny our womanliness. epithet: n. an adjective
18、or a descriptive phrase 修饰词 The epithet “dynamic” can hardly apply to our team leader. 很难把“充满活力”这个字眼用在我们队长身上。femininity: n. qualities of being a woman 女子气质 Soft voice has been regarded as a sign of femininity. 温柔的嗓音一直被看作是女子气质的标志。7) We are still working at trying to overcome the fear that power and w
19、omanliness are mutually exclusive. What we continue to do now is try to get rid of the fear that having power and being womanly can not happen at the same time. work at: make efforts on 从事;致力于 He has been working at a new novel over the years. 这几年他一直在创作一部小说。She works hard at keeping herself fit. 她努力
20、保持身体健康。Note: In English, there are several verbal phrases composed of the verb work and particles, e.g.:work against: make efforts to defeat sth. 努力反对 There are always people working against reform of any kind. 总有一些人反对任何形式的改革。work on: make efforts 致力于( 与work at 相同); have effects on 对.有影响 He worked o
21、n the problem for a long time before solving it. 他思考了很长时间才解决了那个问题。The teachers words did not work on those students intent on going abroad. 老师的话对那些一心想出国的同学没起作用。work off: get rid of 消除 Dont work off your anger on me. I havent told anybody about your divorce. 别把怒气出在我身上。我没跟任何人提过你离婚的事。work out: solve as
22、 a problem 理解,弄懂; arrive at by calculation, add up to 计算出;formulate 想出; 制定出; do physical exercise 锻炼身体Can you work out what these words mean? 这些词是什么意思,你能弄明白吗?The figures work out differently each time I add them. 每次我把这些数字加起来,总得到一个不同的结果。There will be a full investigation to work out the cause of the
23、accident. 对这次事故的起因将进行一次全面的调查。I work out regularly to keep fit. 我经常运动,保持健康。work up: develop gradually逐步建立 /发展 ; stimulate 激起 I worked up this business from nothing. 我白手起家创建了这家商行。I am afraid I cannot work up much enthusiasm for this scheme.对这项计划我恐怕提不起多少兴趣。work wonders: produce very unexpectedly good e
24、ffects 产生极好的效果 A chat with your close friend will work wonders for your depression. 心情郁闷时和亲密的朋友交谈一下会大有好处。mutually exclusive: not able to exist together at the same time 互相排斥 Being poor and being generous are not mutually exclusive. 贫穷和慷慨并不矛盾。These two statements about keeping fit are mutually exclus
25、ive. 这两个关于保健的说法相互矛盾。Paragraph Two In my case, I think I may have had an easier time dealing with this fear because my first taste of leadership came in a situation in which I was a blissfully ignorant outsider. It was in college, when I became president of the Cambridge Union debating society. Since
26、 I had grown up in Greece, I had never heard of the Cambridge Union or the Oxford Union and didnt know about their place in English culture, so I wasnt weighed down with the kinds of overwhelming notions that may have stopped British girls from even thinking about trying for such a position.参考译文就我本人
27、而言,我认为这种担心可能给我带来的麻烦较小,因为我非常幸运,当我首次走上领导岗位时,对当时的情况可以说是个乐呵呵的局外人。那是读大学期间,我当上了剑桥大学俱乐部辩论社团的会长。我在希腊长大,从没听说过什么剑桥大学俱乐部,牛津大学俱乐部,更不了解它们在英国文化中的地位。所以我并没有被剑桥、牛津的气势吓倒,而它们的名气却可能使英国本土女孩甚至连想都不敢想去尝试剑桥大学俱乐部辩论社团会长这样的位子。1) have an easy time (of/with/doing sth.): experience no difficulty doing sth. 轻松做.事 She has an easy t
28、ime with the birth of her second child.她生第二个孩子很顺当。比较: have a hard time: have trouble doing sth. 费力做. The young man had a hard time accommodating himself to the new working conditions.那个年轻人花了很大力气才适应了新的工作环境。taste: n. first/early experience of首次经历,尝试 Its my first taste of life in Australia. 这是我初次体验澳大利亚
29、的生活。He had a taste of office work during the summer. 夏季期间他尝到了在办公室工作的滋味。blissfully: adv. joyfully, filled with extreme happiness 极幸福地 They were blissfully happy together. 他们在一起非常幸福。She was blissfully ignorant of the true situation. 她不知道实情,真是幸福。society: n. club; association 社团;协会 a drama society 戏剧社 a
30、 debating society 辩论社 a tennis society 网球协会 2) didnt know about their place in English culture. (I) didnt know the great importance of their position in the English society. 3) I wasnt weighed down with the kinds of overwhelming notions that may have stopped British girls from even thinking about trying for such a position. Such big names as Cambridge or Oxford may have filled British
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