沈阳师范大学：《大学英语》课程教学资源（教案，提高篇）第6单元 Future or fiction

第6单元课程教案单元主题教学时数Future and fiction?4(1) talk about technology using new vocabulary;教(2) identify problems and solutions in a problem-solution essay;学(3)explain howtechnology is applied to solve some problems;目(4) understand the challenges offast technological develpment标(5)write a problem-solution essay on a new technological advance育(1)Guidestudents to establishMarxist outlook on theworld, life and values,人(2)Strengthen education in fine traditional Chinese culture and strengthen our cultural目confidence标(l) Understanding the text: Digital agriculture;教教学(2) Building your language;学重点(3) iproduce: write a problem-solution essay about the problems that may come up重withtheuseoftechnology点与(1) Understand the main idea and structure of the text;教学难(2) Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;难点点(3)Grasp a common type of argument—the problem-solution argument.采用混合式教学模式，在多媒体课堂教学基础上，充分利用U校园智慧教学平台，结合线上、线下教学丰富传统课堂。将教材与数字课程深度融合，使“课前一课中一课后”的学习进程形成一个“线上一线下一线上”的完整模式。线上/线下Setting the scene/Reading线下教学方法精讲精炼，讨论交流与手段线上/线下Building your language线上/线下Sharing your ideas线下Feedback on autonomous learning线上/线下Unit project线上Unit test1 /7

1 / 7 第 6 单元课程教案 单元主题 Future and fiction? 教 学时数 4 教 学 目 标 (1) talk about technology using new vocabulary; (2) identify problems and solutions in a problem-solution essay; (3) explain how technology is applied to solve some problems; (4) understand the challenges of fast technological develpment; (5) write a problem-solution essay on a new technological advance. 育 人 目 标 (1) Guide students to establish Marxist outlook on the world, life and values, (2) Strengthen education in fine traditional Chinese culture and strengthen our cultural confidence. 教 学 重 点 与 难 点 教 学 重 点 (1) Understanding the text: Digital agriculture; (2) Building your language; (3) iproduce: write a problem-solution essay about the problems that may come up with the use of technology. 教 学 难 点 (1) Understand the main idea and structure of the text; (2) Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; (3) Grasp a common type of argument—the problem-solution argument. 教学方法 与手段 采用混合式教学模式，在多媒体课堂教学基础上，充分利用 U 校园智慧教学平台，结合 线上、线下教学丰富传统课堂。将教材与数字课程深度融合，使“课前—课中—课后” 的学习进程形成一个“线上—线下—线上” 的完整模式。 线上/线下 Setting the scene/Reading 线下 精讲精炼，讨论交流 线上/线下 Building your language 线上/线下 Sharing your ideas 线下 Feedback on autonomous learning 线上/线下 Unit project 线上 Unit test

(1) The earliest agricultural scientific works in China(2)Thecountryisbasedonthepeople,thepeopletakefoodastheday,andfood to securityfirst, security isbased on quality,qualityto honestyas思the root.政(3)Digital agricultureisto solvetheproblem offoodforthepeople,ano内China's "father of hybrid rice" Yuan Longping is to solve the problem of容adequate food for the people of the world.We are proud of China'sagricultural science andtechnology,butalsothanktheEarthforgivingusfood课时分配课堂教学内容（学时）1.iPrepare---Asking Ss what they can do to help preventthe problems of technology or minimize their negativeimpacts.1Motivating2. Scenario--Setting the scene for Unit 6. Write an essayon a recent technological advance,identifying and课analyzing its potential problems and offering solutions堂1.Viewing---Watchingavideo clip to find out how WeChat0.5教has changed Chinese people's lives.学2.Understanding the tex---Reading:Digital agriculture内In the text, theauthor describes apromisingfuture1.5容enabledbytechnological innovationsforthepoorpeople与intheworldEnabling时3.Building your language-finishing the exercises of this间section,and talking about thoughts, feelings and分0.5emotionsusingnewvocabulary配4.Sharpening the skills---Howto writeaproblem-solutionessay1.Sharing your ideas:Guide Ssto talk about the power ofdigital technology in agriculture0.5Assessing2. Inspire Ss to finish their task of writing aproblem-solution essay about the problems that maycome up with the use of technology2/7

2 / 7 思 政 内 容 (1) The earliest agricultural scientific works in China. (2) The country is based on the people, the people take food as the day, and food to security first, security is based on quality, quality to honesty as the root. (3) Digital agriculture is to solve the problem of food for the people, and China's "father of hybrid rice" Yuan Longping is to solve the problem of adequate food for the people of the world. We are proud of China's agricultural science and technology, but also thank the Earth for giving us food. 课 堂 教 学 内 容 与 时 间 分 配 课 堂 教学内容 课时分配 （ 学 时 ） Motivating 1. iPrepare-Asking Ss what they can do to help prevent the problems of technology or minimize their negative impacts. 1 2. Scenario-Setting the scene for Unit 6. Write an essay on a recent technological advance, identifying and analyzing its potential problems and offering solutions. Enabling 1. Viewing-Watching a video clip to find out how WeChat has changed Chinese people’s lives. 0.5 2. Understanding the text- Reading: Digital agriculture. In the text, the author describes a promising future enabled by technological innovations for the poor people in the world. 1.5 3. Building your language-finishing the exercises of this section, and talking about thoughts, feelings and emotions using new vocabulary. 0.5 4. Sharpening the skills-How to write a problem-solution essay. Assessing 1. Sharing your ideas: Guide Ss to talk about the power of digital technology in agriculture. 0.5 2. Inspire Ss to finish their task of writing a problem-solution essay about the problems that may come up with the use of technology

3. Group work: Ask Ss to form groups of 4-5 members toshare theirideas about the problems and propose theirsolutions4.Provide comments on modelessays and providefurthersuggestionsA.Motivating课堂随想1. Introduce Unit project and encourage Ss to get prepared through learningiExplore1.10mins2.Ask Ss to think of a technological advance after going over Scenario and15 minsencouragethemto talka littlebitabout it10 mins3. Then help students analyze its potential problems.4. Finally guide students to offer solutions to the problems.10minsB. Enabling1. Viewing(1) Using Viewing of iExplore 1 to ask Ss to find out how WeChat haschanged people's lives10mins(2) Ask students to work in pairs and discuss the questions: How muchtime do you spend on WeChat every day? What are the advantagesand disadvantages of using WeChat? If you were asked to make教suggestions for WeChat, which aspect would you like to improve?学Why?15mins过WeChat is a popular and convenient instant messaging application for程mobiledevices.Here're some advantages of using WeChat设It is a free instant messaging application.The users can send instant计messages to each other as long as they can connect to the networkIt has manyfunctions tomeet different needs,for example,Voice ChatGroup Chat, Voice Call, Video Call, Moments, WeChat Pay, WeChatTransfer, QR Code, etc.It connects peopleall around the world and promotes the social networkingIn spite of its powerful functions, WeChat has some drawbacksWeChat must have a connection with the Internet.Without Internetconnection,itcan'tworkWith somuch information and functions on WeChat, it is easyforpeopletoget addicted to it, wasting time or becoming inefficient in work andstudy.The use of WeChat involves potential security risks. The information inMoments may be used illegally by some people. In addition, those3/7

3 / 7 3. Group work: Ask Ss to form groups of 4-5 members to share their ideas about the problems and propose their solutions. 4. Provide comments on model essays and provide further suggestions. 教 学 过 程 设 计 A. Motivating 1. Introduce Unit project and encourage Ss to get prepared through learning iExplore 1. 10 mins 2. Ask Ss to think of a technological advance after going over Scenario and encourage them to talk a little bit about it. 15 mins 3. Then help students analyze its potential problems. 10 mins 4. Finally guide students to offer solutions to the problems. 10mins B. Enabling 1. Viewing （1）Using Viewing of iExplore 1 to ask Ss to find out how WeChat has changed people’s lives 10 mins （2）Ask students to work in pairs and discuss the questions: How much time do you spend on WeChat every day? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using WeChat? If you were asked to make suggestions for WeChat, which aspect would you like to improve? Why? 15 mins WeChat is a popular and convenient instant messaging application for mobile devices. Here’re some advantages of using WeChat. It is a free instant messaging application. The users can send instant messages to each other as long as they can connect to the network. It has many functions to meet different needs, for example, Voice Chat, Group Chat, Voice Call, Video Call, Moments, WeChat Pay, WeChat Transfer, QR Code, etc. It connects people all around the world and promotes the social networking. In spite of its powerful functions, WeChat has some drawbacks. WeChat must have a connection with the Internet. Without Internet connection, it can’t work. With so much information and functions on WeChat, it is easy for people to get addicted to it, wasting time or becoming inefficient in work and study. The use of WeChat involves potential security risks. The information in Moments may be used illegally by some people. In addition, those 课堂随想

using WeChat to dobusiness may expose the sensitivedatato otherpeopleunintentionally(无意的)2.Understandingthetext(1)ExplainthelanguagepointsofiExplore140 minsWe are seeing this dynamic play out right now in the way digitaltechnology is fundamentally reorganizing life for the poorest people inthe world. (Para. 1)1) dynamic: n [sing.] a force that drives change, action, or effects 产生变化、行动或影响的力量themostdynamiceconomicregion（有活力的，形容词）As a result, Africa had to import S40 billion worth of food last year.(Para. 3)内/外1. import-exportinward-outwardinside-outsideinlet-outlet2.im-prefix,表示“否定，与...相反”之义polite-impolitemature-immatureThe main problem stems from the fact that agricultural markets, likebanks, exist on a formal plane, whereas smallholders exist on aninformal one. (Para. 5)agricultural products农产品agriculturalscience农业科学：农学agriculturalmachinery农业机械agriculturaluniversity农业大学They can't grow crops according to the market's specificationsbecause they don't know the specifications. (Para. 5)我想买块地并按照我的要求建一座房子。I'd like to buy a piece of land and have a house built to my specification.They have no way to learn the farm-management practices that wouldlet them double or even tripletheir yields. (Para.5)我得到了一份极好的新工作，我的薪水是原来的三倍。I got a fantastic new job and my salary tripledtri-：三；三倍的tricycle三轮车triangle三角形两倍的doubleThey have no way to learn the farm-management practices that wouldlet them double or even triple their yields. (Para. 5)高产、稳产的作物ahighandstableyieldcrop4/7

4 / 7 using WeChat to do business may expose the sensitive data to other people unintentionally(无意的). 2. Understanding the text （1）Explain the language points of iExplore 1 40 mins ▶We are seeing this dynamic play out right now in the way digital technology is fundamentally reorganizing life for the poorest people in the world. (Para. 1) 1) dynamic: n. [sing.] a force that drives change, action, or effects 产生变 化﹑行动或影响的力量 the most dynamic economic region (有活力的，形容词) ▶As a result, Africa had to import $40 billion worth of food last year. (Para. 3) 1. import-export 内/外 inward-outward inside-outside inlet-outlet 2. im-prefix,表示“否定，与.相反”之义 polite-impolite mature-immature ▶The main problem stems from the fact that agricultural markets, like banks, exist on a formal plane, whereas smallholders exist on an informal one. (Para. 5) agricultural products 农产品 agricultural science 农业科学；农学 agricultural machinery 农业机械 agricultural university 农业大学 ▶ They can’t grow crops according to the market’s specifications because they don’t know the specifications. (Para. 5) 我想买块地并按照我的要求建一座房子。 I'd like to buy a piece of land and have a house built to my specification. ▶They have no way to learn the farm-management practices that would let them double or even triple their yields. (Para. 5) 我得到了一份极好的新工作，我的薪水是原来的三倍。 I got a fantastic new job and my salary tripled. tri-: 三；三倍的 triangle 三角形 tricycle 三轮车 两倍的 double ▶They have no way to learn the farm-management practices that would let them double or even triple their yields. (Para. 5) 高产、稳产的作物 a high and stable yield crop

Each of these oilfields couldyield billionsof barrelsofoil这些油田每一座都能开采出数十亿桶原油。yieldtotemptation禁不住诱惑So it is now possible to generate a two-way conversation betweenAfrica's producers and Africa's consumers -and this is an entirelynew conversation. (Para. 7)劳动部长说这些改革将带来新的工作。The labour secretarysaid the reforms would generatenew jobsBecause she is assured of sale at harvest, she can afford to take out aloan, using her phone to buy fertilizer or better storage or whateverelse she needs to maximize her yield. (Para. 8)reapaharvest：获得成果；尝到苦果When information can flow easily, when data is democratized, the costof doing business in agriculture goes way down, just as transaction costsgo way down when financial transactions are digital. (Para. 9)trans-:prefix1.onortothefarsideofsomething在（到）的另一边；横穿，横贯2.betweentwothingsorgroups在..之间的3.showsachange(表示变化)transatlantictrans-racialtransform,transferWhen these partners can know each other easilycan function asnodes in a single marketplace -agriculture will flourish. (Para. 9)大多数植物在此处肥厚的土壤里都能苗壮成长。Most plants will flourish in the rich deep soils hereThe added variable of digital technology has changed the agriculturaldevelopment equation. (Para.10)variable:a.1.likelytochangeoften易变的，多变的2.abletobe changed可变的(2)AskSstoread thetextandguidethemtomasterthekeypointsof the25minstext by doing exercises in Understanding the text3.Building your languageAsk Ss to finish the exercises in Building your language of iExplore I10mins4. Sharpening the skills10 minsAsk Ss to finish Sharpening your skills ofiExplorelC.Assessing1. Sharing your ideas: Guide Ss to review the structure and techniques used5/7

5 / 7 Each of these oilfields could yield billions of barrels of oil. 这些油田每一座都能开采出数十亿桶原油。 yield to temptation 禁不住诱惑 ▶So it is now possible to generate a two-way conversation between Africa’s producers and Africa’s consumers — and this is an entirely new conversation. (Para. 7) 劳动部长说这些改革将带来新的工作。 The labour secretary said the reforms would generate new jobs. ▶Because she is assured of sale at harvest, she can afford to take out a loan, using her phone, to buy fertilizer or better storage or whatever else she needs to maximize her yield. (Para. 8) reap a harvest: 获得成果；尝到苦果 ▶When information can flow easily, when data is democratized, the cost of doing business in agriculture goes way down, just as transaction costs go way down when financial transactions are digital. (Para. 9) trans-: prefix 1.on or to the far side of something 在（到）.的另一边；横穿，横贯 2. between two things or groups 在.之间的 3. shows a change(表示变化) transatlantic trans-racial transform, transfer ▶When these partners can know each other easily — can function as nodes in a single marketplace — agriculture will flourish. (Para. 9) 大多数植物在此处肥厚的土壤里都能茁壮成长。 Most plants will flourish in the rich deep soils here. ▶The added variable of digital technology has changed the agricultural development equation. (Para. 10) variable: a. 1. likely to change often 易变的，多变的 2. able to be changed 可变的 （2）Ask Ss to read the text and guide them to master the key points of the text by doing exercises in Understanding the text. 25 mins 3. Building your language Ask Ss to finish the exercises in Building your language of iExplore 1 10mins 4. Sharpening the skills Ask Ss to finish Sharpening your skills of iExplore 1 10 mins C. Assessing 1. Sharing your ideas: Guide Ss to review the structure and techniques used

in the text to describe a technological advance.5mins2. Inspire Ss to finish their task of structuring a problem-solution essay with5minssome examples.3. Group work: Ask Ss to form groups of 4-5 members to share their essays;each group selects the best essay to be presented to the whole class. 5 mins4.Provide comments onall the selected essays in terms of content,structure5minsandlanguage,andprovidefurthersuggestions.5. Remind Ss to revise their own essays and submit an improved one in5minsiWriteplatform.中国最早的农业科学著作是汇胜的《汇胜之书》，是西汉晚期的一部重要农学著作，1与北魏贾思懿的《齐民要术》、元代王祯的《农书》、明代徐光启的《农政全书》为中国古代四大农书。”《汇胜之书》，将中国古代黄河流域普通劳动人民的农业活动经验进行总结，详细记录耕种、劳作、栽培等多项技术，体现出劳动人民的聪慧。为中国农业的发展奠定了坚实的基础，由此而闻名于世。参考译文：Theearliest agricultural scientific work in China was Fan Sheng's Book of Pan Sheng.which was an important agricultural work in the late Western Han Dynasty. Along with JiaSixie's QiMin YaoShu in theNorthern Wei Dynasty,Wang Zhen's Book On Agricultue inthe Yuan Dynasty and Xu Guangqi's Complete Book on Agriculture in the Ming Dynasty,It was one of the four agricultural books in ancient China. " The Book of Pan-Sheng"导summarizes the experience ofagricultural activities of ordinary working people along the入Yellow River in ancient China, and records in detail a number of techniques, such as思growing, labor and cultivation, reflecting the wisdom of working people. It has laid a solid政foundation for the development of Chinese agriculture and is famous in the world.元2.中国是世界上最早种植水稻的国家。七千年前中国长江流域的先民们就曾种植水稻。素中国“杂交水稻之父”袁隆平经过了半生的艰苦努力，率先在全世界成功地研制出三系法和两系法杂交水稻，并于1976年开始推广，至今仍在不断改进。杂交水稻与常规稻比较，每公顷年增产1.6吨，迄今已累计种植2.01亿公顷，累计增产粮食3亿吨，1999年已有美国、日本、巴西等20多个国家引进推广，为解决世界人口的粮食问题发挥了重大作用。为此，袁隆平获得了中国“特等发明奖”和8个国际大奖。“袁隆平”的品牌效应，对于推进中国农业产业化、集团化进程，展示中国无形资产的实力，利用和保护知识产权，促进科技成果转化都有十分深远的意义。参考译文：China is thefirst country in the world to grow rice. Rice was cultivated by the people ofthe Yangtze River in China about 7,0o0 years ago.Yuan Longping, the"father of hybridrice" in China, took the lead in successfully developing three-line and two-line hybrid ricein theworldafter halfa lifetime of hard work,which waspopularized in1976and is still6/7

6 / 7 in the text to describe a technological advance. 5 mins 2. Inspire Ss to finish their task of structuring a problem-solution essay with some examples. 5 mins 3. Group work: Ask Ss to form groups of 4-5 members to share their essays; each group selects the best essay to be presented to the whole class. 5 mins 4. Provide comments on all the selected essays in terms of content, structure and language, and provide further suggestions. 5 mins 5. Remind Ss to revise their own essays and submit an improved one in iWrite platform. 5 mins 导 入 思 政 元 素 1. 中国最早的农业科学著作是氾胜的《氾胜之书》,是西汉晚期的一部重要农学著作， 与北魏贾思勰的《齐民要术》、元代王祯的《农书》、明代徐光启的《农政全书》为 中国古代四大农书。”《氾胜之书》，将中国古代黄河流域普通劳动人民的农业活动经 验进行总结，详细记录耕种、劳作、栽培等多项技术，体现出劳动人民的聪慧。为 中国农业的发展奠定了坚实的基础，由此而闻名于世。 参考译文： The earliest agricultural scientific work in China was Fan Sheng's Book of Pan Sheng, which was an important agricultural work in the late Western Han Dynasty. Along with Jia Sixie's QiMin YaoShu in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Wang Zhen's Book On Agriculture in the Yuan Dynasty and Xu Guangqi's Complete Book on Agriculture in the Ming Dynasty, It was one of the four agricultural books in ancient China. "The Book of Pan-Sheng" summarizes the experience of agricultural activities of ordinary working people along the Yellow River in ancient China, and records in detail a number of techniques, such as growing, labor and cultivation, reflecting the wisdom of working people. It has laid a solid foundation for the development of Chinese agriculture and is famous in the world. 2. 中国是世界上最早种植水稻的国家。七千年前中国长江流域的先民们就曾种植水稻。 中国“杂交水稻之父”袁隆平经过了半生的艰苦努力，率先在全世界成功地研制出 三系法和两系法杂交水稻，并于 1976 年开始推广，至今仍在不断改进。杂交水稻与 常规稻比较，每公顷年增产 1.6 吨，迄今已累计种植 2.01 亿公顷，累计增产粮食 3 亿吨，1999 年已有美国、日本、巴西等 20 多个国家引进推广，为解决世界人口的粮 食问题发挥了重大作用。为此，袁隆平获得了中国“特等发明奖”和 8 个国际大奖。 “袁隆平”的品牌效应，对于推进中国农业产业化、集团化进程，展示中国无形资 产的实力，利用和保护知识产权，促进科技成果转化都有十分深远的意义。 参考译文： China is the first country in the world to grow rice. Rice was cultivated by the people of the Yangtze River in China about 7,000 years ago. Yuan Longping, the "father of hybrid rice" in China, took the lead in successfully developing three-line and two-line hybrid rice in the world after half a lifetime of hard work, which was popularized in 1976 and is still

being improved.Compared with conventional rice, hybrid rice yields an annual increase of1.6tonsper hectare.Sofar,a total of201million hectareshavebeenplanted and 300million tonsof grainhas been increased.Since1999,hybridrice has been introducedand promoted in more than20 countries, including theUnited States, Japan and Brazil,playing a major role in solving thefood problem of the world population. For this, Yuanlongping won China's "Special Invention Award" and eight international awards. Thebrand effect of"Yuan Longping" is of far-reaching significance for promoting theindustrialization and collectivization ofChinese agriculture, demonstrating the strength ofChinese intangible assets, utilizing and protecting intellectual property rights, andpromotingthetransformationof scientificandtechnological achievements中国的大国外交：“仁义礼智信”深深蕴藏于我们的血液中，知恩图报也是我们一贯的风格。从1990年起，美、英、法、日在联合国搞了十几次反华提案，全部被否决段掉。因为每次都是加纳、肯尼亚、苏丹等非洲国家支持中国。朋友都是从日常的帮落忙中产生，帮助别人与自己的钱包是否殷实并无必然联系。这一道理在国际关系中翻同样适用。译参考译文：练China's major-country diplomacy:"Benevolence, justice, courtesy,wisdom and习credibility" are deeply rooted in our blood.We have always reciprocated with gratitude(思Since1990,the United States,Britain,France and Japan have mademorethan a dozen政anti-China proposals at the United Nations, all of which were vetoed. Because every time元Ghana, Kenya, Sudan and other African countries support China. Friends are born out of素)everyday favors, and helping others has nothing to do with having a good wallet. The sameprincipleappliestointernational relations课1.FinishBuildingyourlanguageof iExplore1afterclass后2.Finish Banked cloze ofiExplore 1 after class作3.Finish Unit test on Unipus业参《新一代大学英语提高篇综合教程》考《新一代大学英语提高篇综合教程教师用书》资U校园智慧教学平台料教学反思7/7

7 / 7 being improved. Compared with conventional rice, hybrid rice yields an annual increase of 1.6 tons per hectare. So far, a total of 201 million hectares have been planted and 300 million tons of grain has been increased. Since 1999, hybrid rice has been introduced and promoted in more than 20 countries, including the United States, Japan and Brazil, playing a major role in solving the food problem of the world population. For this, Yuan longping won China's "Special Invention Award" and eight international awards. The brand effect of "Yuan Longping" is of far-reaching significance for promoting the industrialization and collectivization of Chinese agriculture, demonstrating the strength of Chinese intangible assets, utilizing and protecting intellectual property rights, and promoting the transformation of scientific and technological achievements. 段 落 翻 译 练 习 （思 政 元 素） 1. 中国的大国外交：“仁义礼智信”深深蕴藏于我们的血液中，知恩图报也是我们一贯 的风格。从 1990 年起，美、英、法、日在联合国搞了十几次反华提案，全部被否决 掉。因为每次都是加纳、肯尼亚、苏丹等非洲国家支持中国。朋友都是从日常的帮 忙中产生，帮助别人与自己的钱包是否殷实并无必然联系。这一道理在国际关系中 同样适用。 参考译文： China's major-country diplomacy: "Benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom and credibility" are deeply rooted in our blood. We have always reciprocated with gratitude. Since 1990, the United States, Britain, France and Japan have made more than a dozen anti-China proposals at the United Nations, all of which were vetoed. Because every time Ghana, Kenya, Sudan and other African countries support China. Friends are born out of everyday favors, and helping others has nothing to do with having a good wallet. The same principle applies to international relations. 课 后 作 业 1. Finish Building your language of iExplore 1 after class 2. Finish Banked cloze of iExplore 1 after class 3. Finish Unit test on Unipus 参 考 资 料 《新一代大学英语提高篇综合教程》 《新一代大学英语提高篇综合教程教师用书》 U 校园智慧教学平台 教 学 反 思