《高职高专英语》课程教学资源（讲义）TEACHING PLAN Unit 3 Paradise Lost

TEACHING PLAN Unit 3 Paradise Lost Teaching Objectives. Master the key words and structures and learn something about the rainforest. The students are required to understand the importance of environmental protection Key points Vocabulary: absorb, atmosphere, contain, economic, establish, greenhouse Impression Process purchase, rainforest, resource, solution, vary speed up,no more tha Carbon dioxide Structure: It is the modern world that has speeded up It is people themselves who are the biggest cause Language points: description: an account of what someone or something is like g. This book gives a good description of life in ancier Ie.g. The witness was asked to give a detailed description of the robber Beat: defeat or do better than beats me at tennis 3. Rainforests are extraord inarily beautiful but the beauty is fragile Extraordinarily: beyond what is ordinary E.g. He spoke in a low voice and was extraord inarily polite Fragile: easily destroyed, not likely to last E.g. The vase is fragile, so handle it carefully E. g. Their happiness was very fragile 4. contain: hold e.g. This book contains all the information you need e.g. The car can comfortably contain six passengers 5 e.g. The weather in this city varies from day to day 6. varied of d ifferent kinds .g anle expressed about the new regulation make e.g. The car speeded up when it reached the country g. Wed better speed up or we will be late for class 8. worse still. much worse than e.g. He may be late or, worse still, he may not come at all e.g. We lost our way in the forest, wore still, night began to fall

TEACHING PLAN Unit 3 Paradise Lost ? Teaching Objectives: Master the key words and structures , and learn something about the rainforest . The students are required to understand the importance of environmental protection . Key Points Vocabulary: absorb, atmosphere , contain , economic , establish , greenhouse , impression , Process ,purchase , rainforest , resource , solution , vary ,speed up , no more than Carbon dioxide Structure : It is the modern world that has speeded up . It is people themselves who are the biggest cause . Language Points: 1. description : an account of what someone or something is like e.g. This book gives a good description of life in ancient Greece . e.g. The witness was asked to give a detailed description of the robber . 2. It remains hard to beat . Beat : defeat or do better than E.g. Simon always beats me at tennis . 3. Rainforests are extraordinarily beautiful , but the beauty is fragile. Extraordinarily : beyond what is ordinary E.g. He spoke in a low voice and was extraordinarily polite . Fragile : easily destroyed , not likely to last E.g. The vase is fragile , so handle it carefully . E.g. Their happiness was very fragile . 4. contain : hold e.g. This book contains all the information you need . e.g. The car can comfortably contain six passengers . 5. vary : change e.g. The weather in this city varies from day to day . 6. varied : of different kinds e.g. Varied opinions were expressed about the new regulation . 7. speed up : make go faster e.g. The car speeded up when it reached the country . e.g. We’d better speed up or we will be late for class . 8. worse still : much worse than e.g. He may be late or , worse still , he may not come at all . e.g. We lost our way in the forest , wore still , night began to fall

9. absorb: take in, suck up g. Aspirin is quickly absorbed by the body pu g d last month prce 11. solution: an answer to a problem or question g. We will not give Itil we find a better solution to it e.g. It was John who came up with this solution Summary of the Text beautiful and old nun ities of living thi the earth rainforests are now be ing destroyed. The first cause of the destruction has been mens craziness for land, while the modern technology available to people has sped up the horrible process of such destruction. Worse still the shrinkage of rainfore disaster to the shortage of water sources and the warming-up of global temperature Nevertheless, there is still hope for a solution to this problem if human beings will

9. absorb : take in , suck up e.g. Aspirin is quickly absorbed by the body . 10. purchase : buy e.g. I don’t think the house you purchased last month is worth the price . 11. solution : an answer to a problem or question e.g. We will not give up until we find a better solution to it . e.g. It was John who came up with this solution . Summary Of the Text Once the most beautiful and oldest communities of living things on the earth , rainforests are now being destroyed . The first cause of the destruction has been men’s craziness for land ,while the modern technology available to people has sped up the horrible process of such destruction . Worse still ,the shrinkage of rainforests has disaster to the shortage of water sources and the warming-up of global temperature . Nevertheless , there is still hope for a solution to this problem if human beings will take some preventive measures