新起点大学英语第一册Unit 1

Unit One

Teaching Objectives:

1.Grasp the main idea of Text A&B --- To know the purpose of learning English

is helpful to study English well.

2.Master important language points and grammatical points.

3.Try to master basic English sentence patterns.

4. Learn how to write Notice.

Time Allotment:

1~2 periods: Pre-reading tasks and Text A

3~4periods: Exercises of Text A and New words of Text B

5~6periods: Exercises of Text B

Text A How to study English (Ⅰ)

1. Pre-reading Tasks

1.1. Pre-reading questions

1) What’s your purpose of learning English?

2) How do you usually learn English (listening, speaking, reading and writing)?

3) When you have some difficulties in English study, how do you deal with them?

4) Do you think it’s losing face to make mistakes in speaking English?

1.2. Introduction

This unit is about English learning. This is an old topic. But can you tell me how to study English well? I think you can give me many, many answers, maybe some are from your own experience, some are from the books and still some are from your teachers or other people. Today I also want to give you two tips: the first one is Passio n and the second one is Effective learning methods, and passion is the more important one. Why? Because passion makes you want to learn English; learning

methods only tell you how to do it better. Just as an old saying goes: All roads lead to Rome. In English study, different people have different methods, but the methods must be effective. In this unit the author gives us some useful tips for our English study.

2. While --Reading Tasks

2.1. Read the passage quickly and finish Exercises A and B.

2.2. Listen to the recording of the passage, and then ask some students to read in

class.

2.3. Answer some questions based on the text.

1) Why is English an important foreign language for Chinese students?

Because it is a common means of communication in the world.

2) According to the text, what is the greatest difficulty to overcome in English

learning?

The fear for losing face.

3) What is a mind-reader?

A mind-reader is someone who knows what is in your mind.

4) Is it good for Chinese students to translate English into Chinese sentence by

sentence? Why?

No, because then you’ll always think in Chinese.

5) What is a good way to learn to speak English?

By imitating other’s speaking at normal speed.

2.4. Study the text in detail

1) Learning a foreign language is for the purpose of communication ━People

learn a foreign language because they want to communicate with

others.

Learning a foreign language动名词（gerund）短语作主语

e.g. Reading in bed is bad for your eyes.

Helping others is helping yourself.