福州大学：《现代大学英语精读》课程授课教案（二年级上）Unit 1 My First Job

Unit One: My First Job ents understand the meaning of"last straw To help students analyze the personality of the young man To analyze the personality of the headmaster. To help students understand the unpleasant experience of the young man's first job. To help students analyze the writer's techniques for developing the main idea Tosupply students with opportunities to practice their basic language skills. session ground reading materials and see if they know how to write a CV and how to be succes ul in an interview. Ask dyof o the main idea of the Anlyze the tos how the writer naturally comes to the conclusion that the young man's experience in the interview was frightening and annoying and h s first job wa Ask students to predict whether the young man would take his first job or not. 3.Assignment ◆Review Text I. Preview Text II. Read Text I 人CGoatinuationofthesndyofTetE estions on the text 3.Assignment Review ◆ Workbook:p.4-Guided writing.p.10Translation A tion of the studyof Text I Allow students some time to ask questions on the text. iting.p.10 Translation A 3.Assignment Review Unit 2. Workbook:pp.12-15:Exercises V and VI. Ath session 1.Allow students some time to ask questions on this unit. 2.Workbook:pp.12-15:Exercises V and VI Focus on Exercis es V and VI

1 Unit One: My First Job Teaching objectives:  To make students understand the meaning of “last straw”.  To help students analyze the personality of the young man.  To analyze the personality of the headmaster.  To help students understand the unpleasant experience of the young man’s first job.  To help students analyze the writer’s techniques for developing the main idea.  To supply students with opportunities to practice their basic language skills. Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure: About 4 sessions (8 class hours) are needed for this unit. 1 st session 1. Pre-reading questions: Test students on the background reading materials and see if they know how to write a CV and how to be successful in an interview. 2. Study of Text I: Ask students to sum up the main idea of the text. Analyze the writer’s techniques to see how the writer naturally comes to the conclusion that the young man’s experience in the interview was frightening and annoying and his first job was unpleasant. Ask students to predict whether the young man would take his first job or not. 3.Assignment  Review Text I.  Preview Text II.  Read Text III. 2 nd session 1. Continuation of the study of Text I: Allow students some time to ask questions on the text. Focus on language points of the text. 2. Study of Text II Ask the students to sum up the main idea. Focus on language points of Text II. 3.Assignment  Review Text II.  Workbook: p.4-Guided writing, p.10 Translation A. 3 rd session 1. Continuation of the study of Text II: Allow students some time to ask questions on the text. 2. Workbook: p.4 -Guided writing, p.10 Translation A. 3.Assignment  Review Unit 2.  Workbook: pp.12-15: Exercises V and VI. 4 th session 1.Allow students some time to ask questions on this unit. 2.Workbook: pp.12-15: Exercises V and VI. Focus on Exercises V and VI

3.Assignment Review Unit 2 Written work:Workbook:p.11 Translation B. Preview Unit 2,including background readings 教案 Unit 1 My first job I.About the young man The young man was a school leaver waiting to enter university.He was badly in need of money and he of vitality and.He somthing uful thatcou bring him some money.He did not have much experience in life.nor in teaching.He looked very bashful,having little self-confidence.Fearing that he might not get the job,he was careful about what he said,he had to do what he did not like to do.To make matters worse,he had to work under a woman,which was the most humiliating thing to a man of his age,but whether he liked it or not he had to take the job. I.About the writer's technique of developing the main idea The writer's technique of developing the main idea is by enumerating specific details relevant to the theme 1)school being a long way from his home 4)poor surroundings outside the school building-busy main road,dusty and full of fumes inside the school building-dirty and untidy 5)unfavorable impression of the headmaster-his untidy study and suit,his strange,distasteful appearanc 6)terrible teaching set-up-a class of 24 boys from 7 to 13,three different levels;compelled to teach two subjects the writer was not good at;required to take the pupils to the Park a mile away to play cricket on Saturday afternoons. Z)m eagre salary 8)Working under a woman beceaching ooistnot have enough of time:be in need of short o be short of money time 2.chances:possibility Being out of practice for a long time,his chances of winning first place in the contest are slim. 3.survive:remain alive after.从.中逃生 He survived an earthquake/a shipwreck

2 3.Assignment  Review Unit 2.  Written work: Workbook: p.11 Translation B.  Preview Unit 2, including background readings. 教案 Unit 1 My first job I. About the young man The young man was a school leaver waiting to enter university. He was badly in need of money and he seemed to be a man of vitality and energy. He wanted to do something useful that could bring him some money. He did not have much experience in life, nor in teaching. He looked very bashful, having little self-confidence. Fearing that he might not get the job, he was careful about what he said, he had to do what he did not like to do. To make matters worse, he had to work under a woman, which was the most humiliating thing to a man of his age, but whether he liked it or not, he had to take the job. II. About the writer’s technique of developing the main idea The writer’s technique of developing the main idea is by enumerating specific details relevant to the theme. 1)school being a long way from his home 2)inconvenient transportation-an awkward journey 3)hot weather 4)poor surroundings outside the school building—busy main road, dusty and full of fumes inside the school building-dirty and untidy 5)unfavorable impression of the headmaster—his untidy study and suit, his strange, distasteful appearance 6)terrible teaching set-up -a class of 24 boys from 7 to 13, three different levels; compelled to teach two subjects the writer was not good at; required to take the pupils to the Park a mile away to play cricket on Saturday afternoons. 7)meagre salary 8) Working under a woman III. Teaching points in text I 1.be short of ：not have enough of time; be in need of be short of money \ time 2.chances：possibility Being out of practice for a long time, his chances of winning first place in the contest are slim. 3.survive: remain alive after 从.中逃生 He survived an earthquake/a shipwreck

The crops survived the drought. 4.inversion of subject and verb倒装句 At the top of the hill stood the tiny chapel Inside the parcel was a letter. In the distance could be seen the purple mountains. 5.an air of神态，样子 He has an air of importa The house has an air of comfor The meal gave the occasion a festive air. (if you say that sb.or sth.has a particular air,you mean that they give this general impression.) 6 smell of give out a smell of The table smelled agreeably of pine. The morning smelled of rain. 7.be scarred with a face scarred by smallpox war-scarred towns cf.scared比较：scared 8.go blind \mad:go为become变得 This material has gone a nasty color 9.judging/considering Judging from the result,he has worked hard for the team. Judging from what he said,it may be true Consi lering everything it wasn'ta bad thing Considering her age,she was active 10.attach no/little/much importance to He attached no importance to her warning. 11.have nothing/little /a lot/much in common with The Suzhou dialect has much in common with the Shanghai dialect. They have little in common with one another. In common with most Englishmen,he enjoys football 12.consist of

3 The crops survived the drought. 4.inversion of subject and verb 倒装句 At the top of the hill stood the tiny chapel. Inside the parcel was a letter. In the distance could be seen the purple mountains. 5. an air of 神态，样子 He has an air of importance. The house has an air of comfort. The meal gave the occasion a festive air. (if you say that sb. or sth. has a particular air, you mean that they give this general impression.) 6. smell of: give out a smell of The table smelled agreeably of pine. The morning smelled of rain. 7. be scarred with a face scarred by smallpox war-scarred towns cf. scared 比较：scared 8.go blind\mad: go 为 become 变得 Fish soon goes bad in hot weather. This material has gone a nasty color. 9.judging/considering Judging from the result, he has worked hard for the team. Judging from what he said, it may be true. Considering everything, it wasn‘t a bad thing. Considering her age, she was active. 10.attach no/little/much importance to He attached no importance to her warning. 11. have nothing/little /a lot/much in common with The Suzhou dialect has much in common with the Shanghai dialect. They have little in common with one another. In common with most Englishmen, he enjoys football. 12.consist of

Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen. be composed of:由.s组成Muscle is composed of two different types of protein.肌肉 由两种蛋白质组成 Comprise:由.组成People of65 and over now comprise nearly20%of the population.人口的20%是由65岁及65岁以上的人组成。 Hydrogen and oxygen constitute water Twelve months constitute a year. 13.range The sharks range in length from nine to fourteen feet. Prices range from￡7to￡l0. His talk ranged over a variety of matters. researches that range over a wide field 14.at the thought of At the thought of going to university in Beijing,his heart leapt with anticipation 15.prospect Idelight in the prospect of visiting Beijing. She doesn't like the prospect of having to live alone

4 Water consists of hydrogen and oxygen. be composed of: 由.组成 Muscle is composed of two different types of protein.肌肉 由两种蛋白质组成 Comprise: 由.组成 People of 65 and over now comprise nearly 20% of the population.人口的 20%是由 65 岁及 65 岁以上的人组成。 Hydrogen and oxygen constitute water. Twelve months constitute a year. 13.range The sharks range in length from nine to fourteen feet. Prices range from ￡7 to ￡10. His talk ranged over a variety of matters. researches that range over a wide field 14. at the thought of At the thought of going to university in Beijing, his heart leapt with anticipation. 15. prospect I delight in the prospect of visiting Beijing. She doesn‘t like the prospect of having to live alone