西安建筑科技大学：《大学英语》课程教学资源（现代大学英语，教案，第四册）Lesson One Thinking as a Hobby

Lesson One Thinking as a Hobby I. Teaching obiectives: After learning this unit, students are supposed to 1. get familiar with the rules of word formation 2. get familiar wi 3. retell the text as a whole 4. have a thorough understanding of the whole text: Thinking as a Hobby 5. get a list of the new words and expressions and be able to use them freely in writing and daily Il. Listening and speaking activities 1. Listen to the recording of the text and fill in the blanks about the main ideas of the article 2. Talk about different grades of thinking and discuss the questions on the text IlL. Reading Comprehension and language activities 1. Pre-reading discussions: 1)Do you know the French sculptor and his famous works the Kiss and the Thinker? 2)What do you think of thinking? 2. Background knowledge The author has concluded that there were three grades of thinking. The subject of thinking was first brought up to him by his headmaster, in whose study he was shown the statuettes of Venus, leopard and the Thinker, which stands for love, nature and pure thought respectively 3.Text analysis: Part 1(paragraphs 1-8): The author describes his encounter with a student of his who considered it useless for a pharmacy major to read great writers Part2(paragraphs 9-14): The author, fourteen years later, still emphasizes that the purpose of a university is to put its students in touch with the best civilization in human history 4. Language points (1) Be fresh out of/from sth. that has recently arrived, happened, grown, been found, or been suppl e.g. This breads fresh from the oven这面包是新出炉的 (2)Specialize in sth. to be or become a specialist e.g. He specialized in first in painting birds and later in writing about them他开始专门画 鸟,后来又专门写关于鸟类的文章 (3) Be exposed to sth. not protected from attack or sheltered from attack or sheltered from bad weather e.g. The army was left in an exposed position.军队处于暴露无遗的阵地上

Lesson One Thinking as a Hobby I．Teaching Objectives: After learning this unit, students are supposed to: 1. get familiar with the rules of word formation ; 2. get familiar with some grammatical points; 3. retell the text as a whole; 4. have a thorough understanding of the whole text: Thinking as a Hobby 5. get a list of the new words and expressions and be able to use them freely in writing and daily conversation; II. Listening and speaking activities 1. Listen to the recording of the text and fill in the blanks about the main ideas of the article. 2. Talk about different grades of thinking and discuss the questions on the text. III. Reading Comprehension and Language Activities 1. Pre-reading discussions: 1) Do you know the French sculptor and his famous works the Kiss and the Thinker ? 2) What do you think of thinking ? 2. Background knowledge: The author has concluded that there were three grades of thinking. The subject of thinking was first brought up to him by his headmaster, in whose study he was shown the statuettes of Venus, leopard and the Thinker, which stands for love, nature and pure thought respectively … 3.Text analysis: Part 1 (paragraphs 1-8): The author describes his encounter with a student of his who considered it useless for a pharmacy major to read great writers. Part2 (paragraphs 9-14): The author, fourteen years later, still emphasizes that the purpose of a university is to put its students in touch with the best civilization in human history. 4.Language points: 1) Vocabulary (1).Be fresh out of/from sth. that has recently arrived, happened, grown, been found, or been supplied e.g. This bread’s fresh from the oven.这面包是新出炉的. (2).Specialize in sth. to be or become a specialist e.g. He specialized in first in painting birds and later in writing about them.他开始专门画 鸟，后来又专门写关于鸟类 的文章。 (3).Be exposed to sth. not protected from attack or sheltered from attack or sheltered from bad weather e.g. The army was left in an exposed position.军队处于暴露无遗的阵地上

(4). average out(at/to a certain number )to come to an average or ordinary level or standard esp e.g. Months of high and low sales average out over the year一年中销售额高的月份和低的月份 大致相等 (5).stay out of; to remain at a point where one cannot be reached or affected by sb. / sth e.g. Stay out of this; it's my problem, not yours别介入这件事,与你不相干 (6) be out to do sth. be trying to eg. Theyre out to win.他们决心要贏 (7). have no business doing sth /have no business to do sth. to have no right to do sth / shouldn't have been/be doing sth e.g. You had no business meddling./ to meddle in my affairs你无权干预我的事务 (8). accept sb. /sth as true: to take sth. as true, to believe sth e.g. Don' t accept everything you see on TV as true.别以为在电视上看到的东西都是真实的 2)Grammatical structure (1)ways of expressing future time: be going to will; be to (2)ways of using the right emphasizing coordinate conjunctions: not but; not only. but also: both . and: either. or: neither. .nor 5. Post-reading discussion How should history be taught?

(4).average out(at/to a certain number)to come to an average or ordinary level or standard esp. after being higher or lower e.g. Months of high and low sales average out over the year.一年中销售额高的月份和低的月份 大致相等。 (5).stay out of : to remain at a point where one cannot be reached or affected by sb./sth. e.g. Stay out of this; it’s my problem, not yours.别介入这件 事，与你不相干。 (6) be out to do sth. : be trying to e.g. They’re out to win.他们决心要赢。 (7). have no business doing sth./have no business to do sth. to have no right to do sth./shouldn’t have been/be doing sth. e.g. You had no business meddling/to meddle in my affairs 你无权干预我的事务。 (8). accept sb./sth.as true: to take sth. as true; to believe sth. e.g. Don’t accept everything you see on TV as true.别以为 在电视上看到的东西都是真实的 2) Grammatical structure (1)ways of expressing future time: be going to ;will; be to… (2)ways of using the right emphasizing coordinate conjunctions: not but; not only…but also ; both…and; either…or; neither…nor 5.Post-reading discussion: How should history be taught?