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1、Unit1 授 课 内 容 上课地点:F306 C3001教学目标1. To help the students to grasp the main idea and the structure of the text.2. To master the key words, phrases and some useful sentence patterns.3. To develop some strategies for learning English.4. To use connectives to combine simple sentences into complex ones.

2、教学要点1.Focus: words and expressions:prolong, sustain, employ, complain, memorize, by no means, at fault, seek out, be bound to, watch out for, in addition to2. D.P: Using connectives. 教 学 内 容教学设计Unit 1 (理论8学时，课内实践2学时)1. 主要内容：(1) Text: Some Strategies for Learning English(2) Reading Activity: How to I

3、mprove Your Study Habits (3) Reading Skill: Skimming and scanning (4) Structured Writing: Using connectives to combine the sentences2.教学步骤与方法：(1) Warm up and lead in (15 min)(2) Intensive learning (315 min)(3) Interactive practice (90min)(4) Go-over (15 min)(5) Sum-up and assign homework (15 min)War

4、m up and lead in:Talk about your experience of learning English:1. How many years have you been learning English?2. How do you study English?3. Do you have any trouble learning English? If any, what is it?4. What is the greatest difficulty you have? Have you worked out any solution?Intensive learnin

5、g:Words and phrases:1. prolonged adj. continuing for a long period of time。e.g.: A prolonged period of low interest rates has discouraged people to save their money into the bank.prolong v. to continue for a long period of timee.g.: He asked her another question just to prolong the conversation.2. s

6、ustain: (make sb./ sth. continue)e.g.: We do not have enough money to sustain our campaign for long.An unshakable belief sustained me.sustained: adj. continuing for a long timee.g.: The conference discussion focuses on the sustained development of agriculture. The thought of getting home was the onl

7、y thing that sustained me in the hospital.3. employ: vt. 1) pay someone to work for youe.g.: The factory employs over 2000 people.2) use a particular object, method, skill, etc. in order to achieve somethinge.g.: The report examines teaching methods employed in the classroom. Comparison: employ, hir

8、e & engage employ（ 表示支付薪水，较长期、固定地雇用某人）e.g.: Hotels employ more women than men. hire（表示支付一定钱额，雇用某人短期从事某项工作）e.g.: I hired a bricklayer to build a wall on the balcony. engage（表示任命、安排某人从事某项工作）e.g.: The boss has engaged a new secretary. 4. complain: vi. 1）express dissatisfaction, unhappiness, annoyance o

9、r paine.g.: He constantly complains about how hes treated at work.2）complain (to sb.) about/of sb./sth. e.g.: Neighbors complained to the police about the noise from the building site.5. memorize: vt. commit to memory; learn by heartComparison: memorize, remember, recall & remind memorize(指有意识的下功夫把某

10、事的整个细节都记在脑子里)e.g.: Dont write down your PIN number, memorize it.remember(表示记得，多指无意识地回忆起往事) e.g.: He remembers every detail of that occurrence as though it happened yesterday.recall (指想方设法回忆已经遗忘之事)e.g.: I seem to recall Ive met him before somewhere. remind (指经某人或某事的提醒而回忆起某件已遗忘之事)e.g.: If I forget, pl

11、ease remind me. 6. cram: v. 1) force (sth.) into a small spacee.g.: A lot of information has been crammed into this book.2) make (sth.) full e.g.: We all crammed in and Peter started the car.36,000 spectators crammed into the stadium to see the game.7. bound: adj. 1) certain or very likelye.g.: I kn

12、ew that the invitation was bound to come.When you are handling so many affairs at a time, mistakes are bound to happen.2) obliged to do (sth.) or having the duty to do (sth.)e.g.: Tom felt bound to tell Joanna the truth.3) traveling towards a particular place or in a particular directione.g.: The pl

13、ane is bound for Somalia.8.constant adj. 1) happening regularly or all the timee.g.: There was a constant stream of visitors to the house.Her clinic has a constant stream of parents wanting help.2) staying the samee.g.: The truck was travelling at a fairly constant speed.3) loyal and faithfule.g.: H

14、e is a constant friend.constant n. something that never changes such as a number or quantity.e.g.: This constant is very important because it fixes the sizes, period and energy of an electrons orbit in an atom.9. commit: v. 1) do (sth.) wrong or illegale.g.: Women commit fewer crimes than men.2) say

15、 that (sb.) will definitely do (sth.) or must do (sth.)e.g.: He has clearly committed his government to continuing economic reform.The scholarship commits students to teaching in public schools.3) pledge devotion to (sb. or sth.)e.g.: He wasnt yet ready to commit to the relationship.Collocation: com

16、mit a crime/error/murder/arson/suicide 犯罪/犯错/犯谋杀罪/犯纵火罪/自杀commit (sb.) to doing (sth.) 向某人承诺做某事commit oneself to (sth.) 致力于commit (sb./sth.) to (sth.) 为某一特定目的而使用人力或物力commit (sth.) to memory把记住commit (sth.) to paper 把写下来commit (sth.) to flames 烧毁某物, 将某物付之一炬10. by no means: not at alle.g.: This is by n

17、o means out of the ordinary.I am by no means satisfied with my present performance. Collocation: by means of以 ，借着 by all means无论如何, 务必by fair means or foul 不择手段地by no means/not by any means/by no manner of means决不，一点也不11. at fault: responsible for something bad that has happened e.g.: The police sai

18、d that the driver was at fault.As for air pollution, most people believe that steel factories are at fault.12.in addition to: used to add another piece of information to what has just been saide.g.: There is a postage and packing fee in addition to the repair charge.in addition to表示“除之外”，后接具体事物；in a

19、ddition 在句中作状语，表示“此外”。e.g.: The company provides cheap Internet access. In addition, it makes free shareware13. apart from: as well as, besidese.g.: Apart from his earnings as a football coach, he also owns and runs a chain of sports shops.Difference: besides, except, except for & apart from1)beside

20、s表示“除了还有”。e.g.: Besides Li Ming, there are many other students attending the meeting.2) except表示“除去，不包括”。e.g.: He goes to work everyday except Sunday.except for表示“除以外”，指对某种基本情况进行具体的细节方面的修正。e.g.: Your writing is good except for a few grammar mistakes.3) apart from表示“除外”，它既可以表示besides的意思，也可以表示except 或

21、except for 的意思。e.g.: There are three others present at the meeting apart from Mr. Jackson.e.g.: Apart from his uncle, the orphan had no one to take care of him.14.putinto practice: carry out or performe.g.: Joan was keen to put some of the things she had learned into practice.One must have thoroughl

22、y mastered a theory before one can put it into practice properly.Text Analysis:A. Structure AnalysisPart I (Para. 1-2): learning English is not easy, but it has some strategiesPart II (Paras. 3-8): useful tips on learning strategiesPart III (Paras. 9):It is a process of accumulationB. UnderstandingE

23、nglish as an international language is of vital importance for everybody to learn. Learning English is by no means easy. Besides sustained hard work, we need employ some learning strategies to facilitate our learning. We should deal with new words in different ways. Active words demand constant prac

24、tice while passive words only need to be recognized. As we try to understand the meaning of a word, we are also reminded of their idiomatic usage.Listening, speaking, reading and writing are the four basic skills that we are constantly trying to acquire. In order to improve the four skills, we are s

25、uggested to listen to English every day, seize every opportunity to speak, read wide materials at a proper level of difficulty and write regularly.Interactive practice:Language points A. Active Expressions Find out the active expressions:1. 一点也不，绝非 by no means2. 长期努力 prolonged effort3. 精通英语 gain a g

26、ood command of English4. 有过错，有责任 at fault5. 被挤出来 be crowded out6. 对待 deal with7. 把记住 committo memory8. 提防，戒备 watch out for9. 经常 on a regular basis10. 提高你的听力 improve your ear11. 除之外 in addition to / apart from12. 反复地 over and over again13.找出 seek out14. 随意交谈 feel free to talk15. 例如 for instance16. 详细

27、地 in detail17. 购物 make a purchase18. 表演出来 act out19. 大有收益 It pays to20. 把加以运用 putinto practiceB. Focus Study1) Learning English is by no means easy. It takes great diligence and prolonged effort. (Para.1) Meaning: On the one hand, the author states the fact that English learning is a very difficult

28、task; on the other hand, the author foreshadows that some strategies are needed to help us fulfill the tough task.2) Nevertheless, while you cannot expect to gain a good command of English without sustained hard work, there are various helpful learning strategies you can employ to make the task easi

29、er. (Para.2) Meaning: Although you have to work hard continually in order to be good at English, you can also make use of some learning strategies to help you attain your goal.3) But, in fact, it is not your memory that is at fault. (Para.3)Meaning: But actually you should not blame your memory.Phra

30、se: at fault-guilty of error, deserving blamee.g.: Mr. Smith was so pig-headed that he could never accept that he had been at fault.4) If you cram your head with too many new words at a time, some of them are bound to be crowded out. (Para.3) be bound to 肯定；有义务e.g.: When you are handling so many aff

31、airs at a time, mistakes are bound to happen.5).words that do not often occur in everyday situations require just a nodding acquaintance. (Para.3)Meaning: one need only to recognize those words that are not often in everyday communications when one runs into them.acquaintanceLimited knowledge or information gained through experience.6) What you need to do is to deal with new words in different ways according to how frequently they occur in everyday use. (Para.3) what you need to do 是一个名词短语作主语，to deal with 是动词不定式作表语。what 可引导类似的名词短语，e.g. Your health is what we really care about