1、1st2nd classes: Part I Warming up1.Lead-in : Background introduction and theme-related questions for warming up2.Understanding of the text: Detailed understanding focus onReading Strategy including Topic Sentence, Key Words. Logic Words, Reading Clues etc, in order to help students have a better und
2、erstanding about the passage by asking some questions about it3rd-4th classes: Part II Text Study3 Reading in Depth: Structure Analysis, Summary, Difficult sentences analysis4. Language Focus: More practice in Language Points (language points explanation, Sentence Patterns, Useful Expressions)5th一6t
3、h classes: Part III Reflection5.Critical thinking: More speaking practice in discussion related to love and logic 6e Writing Practice: Text writingMy first meeting with my roommateMy most embarrassing experienceA time I felt most proud of myself7th一8th classes: Part IV Assignment7. Post-reading acti
4、vities: review words and expressions, role-play, exercises, etc8 Section B: Focus on fast reading and Practice in reading skillUNIT 1Section A Love and Logic: The Story of a FallacyPart I Warming up1 Lead-in:1) What do you know about logic?Tips:It is the use and study of valid reasoning;Most promine
5、nt in the subjects of philosophy, mathematics, and computer science;Established as a formal discipline by Aristotle;One of the classical trivium (三学禾斗),the other two being grammar and rhetoric (修辞);Divided into three parts: inductive reasoning (归纳推理),abductive reasoning (反绎推理),and deductive reasonin
6、g (演绎推理).2) Do you think it is possible to deal with life in a completely rational and logical way?When it comes to making a choice, many people tend to use rational and logical reasoning;Rational world is not necessarily a wonderful one;Rational individuals can make choices that are bad news for ot
7、hers;It is ridiculous to deal with love in a logical way.3) The following are some statements to test your reasoning ability. Tell whether the conclusions after the word a Therefore are true (T), false (F), or uncertain (U). Write your answer on the line before each statement.1.All odd numbers are i
8、ntegers (整数).All even numbers are integers. Therefore, all odd numbers are even numbers.2.There are no dancers that aren,t slim and no singers that aren t dancers. Therefore, all singers are slim.3.A toothpick (牙签)is useful. Useful things are valuable. Therefore, a toothpick is valuable.4.Three penc
9、ils cost the same as two erasers. Four erasers cost the same as one ruler. Therefore, pencils are more expensive than rulers.5.Class A has a higher enrollment than Class B. Class C has a lower enrollment than Class B. Therefore, Class A has a lower enrollment than Class C.2.Cultural Background:1) Wh
10、at is a fallacy? And how is it used?An error in reasoning that renders an argument logically invalid;By accident or design, logical fallacies are often used in debate or propaganda;To mislead people;To distract people from the real issue for the purpose of winning an argument.Part II Text Study1 Glo
11、bal Reading:Tips for Reading: A Good Reader should1) Try to become an active reader.2) Learn to ask more questions. ( what, why, how)3) Do the efficient reading, (key points, topic sentence, key words, locating words, necessary and sufficient)4) Develop a habit of marking during reading.1 1 Answer O
12、ucstions1) Why does the narrator want to have a beautiful and well-spoken girlfriend? He thinks a beautiful and well-spoken girlfiiend will assist him to land a job and achieve success in an elite law company.2) Why does the narrator decide to teach Polly logic? Because he believes logic is essentia
13、l to critical thinking. By teaching Polly logic, he can make her intelligent and well-spoken.3) Is the naiTator successful in teaching Polly logic? How do you know? Yes. He is only too successful in teaching her because in the end when he asks Polly to be his girlfriend, Polly refuses his request by
14、 applying all the logical fallacies he has taught her1.2 Structure Analysis:The text tells a humorous but ironic story. The narrator, a smart and promisingyoung student in a law school who seems to be able to attract beautiful girls easily, ends up in failure in his efforts to win a girtText A is a
15、narrative, the focus of which is the plot. The structure of a narrative essay usually follows the Introduction - Body - Conclusion format.Introduction to the story (Paras. 1-3)z Polly has some basic qualities to be the girlfriend of a lawyer. (Para 2)JIn troductionBody (Development of the story) (Pa
16、ras. 4-25)入 The climax and end of the story (Paras. 26-43)(Pollys refutation and the final disclosure)1.3 SummaryMy roommate Rob made a pact with me that he,d give me his girlfriend Polly in exchange for my jacket And I agreed.Polly had the right background to be the girlfriend of a dogged, brillian
17、t lawyer like myself. She was pretty, well-off, and radiant. Still, I want to dispense her enough pearls of wisdom to make her well-spoken” .So I tried my best to teach her such logical fallacies as Dicto Simpliciter, Hasty Generalization, Ad Misericordiam, and False Analogy. After five nights of di
18、ligent work, I actually made a logician out of Polly. She was an analytical thinker at last.When I asked her to develop our relationship into a romantic one, however, she refuted my arguments as those logical fallacies I had taught her! And she refused my proposition by making full propositi on: She
19、 liked Rob in leather, therefore, she had told him to make the pact with me so that Rob could have my jacket.2, Language Focus:1)in exchange for 作为对 的交换为了给后代换来一个和平的环境,我们的革命先烈们抛头颅、洒热血。In exchange for a peaceful environment for the future generations, our revolutionary predecessors shed their blood an
20、d even sacrificed their precious lives.2)set a date for 为 定日期要想取得成功,最好马上开始努力,不要推三推四。In order to achieve success, one had better start immediately rather than set dates for his/her efforts.3)appeal to唤起;吸引这所大学拥有许多世界知名的专家、教授以及世界上最好的研究图书馆,因此吸 引了来自世界各地的学子和研究人员。This university boasts many world-famous ex
21、perts, professors, and the world s best research library, therefore, it appeals to students and researchers from all over the world 4)make/draw an analogy between 在 之间作类比我们经常把学习和登山进行类比:两者在你达到巅峰之前都需要付出巨大的努力。 We often make an analogy between studying and climbing a mountain: both of them require great
22、 efforts before you can reach the top.5)make sth. out of sb./sth.使 变成 这所军校的目标是经过四年的学习与训练将这些年轻的军校生变成合格的军官。 The aim of the military academy is to make qualified officers out of the young cadets after four years study and training.6)give sb. the axe抛弃(恋人);解雇如果你继续浪费宝贵的大学时光,毕业时你将一事无成。If you continue play
23、ing your precious college years away, success will give you the axe upon graduation.7)be dripping with 满是 这位漂亮的女士尽管浑身珠光宝气,言行却低俗无礼。Though the beautiful lady is dripping with jewels, her words and actions are dripping with vulgarity and rudeness.3.Language Application:1)Sentence writinga)If sb. could
24、do ,sb. just might do 用于表达“假设”。如果你能好好利用现有的一切而不是幻想你所没有的,你很可能已经取得巨大的 成功了。If you could make the best of what you have instead of dreaming of what you don t have, you just might have already achieved great success.b)Sb. never/seldom do Instead, sb. do 用于表达“强调”。一些人民公仆从不为人民服务,而只是利用手中的特权、职权最大程度地为自己 谋取私利。So
25、me of our public servants never serve the people, instead they take advantage of their privileges and authorities to seek personal interests to the maximum extent.c)Look at ,look at . Can you do ?用于表达“对比”。看看我们,住着高楼大厦,穿着耐克、阿辿,吃着麦当劳、肯徳基,喝着百事和 可乐。再看看那些战乱地区的难民们,躲在破烂不堪的草棚里,没穿、没吃、没 喝。我们怎么还能抱怨我们的牛活呢?Look a
26、t us, living in tall buildings, wearing Nike and Adidas, eating McDonalds and KFCs, drinking Pepsis and Colas. Look at the refugees in the war stricken areas, sheltering in poor straw sheds, having almost nothing to wear, to eat and to drink. How can we complain about our lives?2)Text writing Write
27、a narrative essayNarrative writing can be broadly defined as story writing. It is a piece of writing characterized by a main character who encounters a problem or engages in an interesting, significant or entertaining activity/experience in a particular setting. What happens to this main character i
28、s called the “plot” The plot follows a ubeginning, middle, endv sequence. The middle of the story is the largest and most significant part, which we call “the main eventv . The main event is what the story is all about and involves either a problem to be solved or a significant life experience for t
29、he main characte 匚Example:Introduction: The author begins by making clear the setting and characters of the story through telling about a deal reached between the narrator and his roommate, Rob - the exchange of a leather jacket for a beautiful girl Polly. (Paras. 1-3)Body: Then the author continues
30、 by writing about the logic lessons the narrator gave to Polly, with vivid descriptions of many details such as his actio ns and feeli ngs, as well as the girls resp on ses to his teachi ng.(Paras. 4-25) Conclusion: Lastly, the author tells how Polly rejected the narrator arguments as logical fallacies by using what he had taught her. The climax of the story is reached when Polly refused to be the girlfriend of the narrator. With this humorous but ironic story, the author tries to illustrate the implied central theme: It is ridiculous to dea
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