新视野第三版第二册第二单元教案(完整)

Section A The humanities: Out of date?

授课题目：College—The Ladder to Success?

授课时间：第____周第____周

授课类型：理论课

授课时数：4

教学目的：

After finishing this unit, students will be able to:

1. To talk about the significance of humanities;

2. Get dee per insights into the text;

3. Make creative use of words, phrases and sentence patterns ;

4. To master the essay writing skill: focus on an advantage \disadvantage;

5. To read with the skill “reading for major details”.

教学重点和难点：

1. To further understand the text;

2. To apply the words, phrases and sentence patterns;

3. To read with the skill “reading for major details”;

4. To write an essay with the skill “focus on an advantag e\disadvantage”.

教学方法和手段：

Various kinds of teaching methods are used:

1. Teaching in class. Explain the profound theoretical knowle dge in class;

2. Case study. Provide case study during teac hing, and make the students to discuss about the case

3. Bilingual and full English teaching;

4. Applying modern multimedia teaching technologies;

5. Taki

ng advantage of abundant network teaching resources.

教学内容和过程：

Section A The humanities: Out of date?

Step One Warming-up Activities30 minutes

I. Lead-in:

Discuss the following questions:

1.How do you think of your current major? If you were give n a second chance to choose your major, what would you sel ect and why?

—If I were given a second chance to choose my major, I would choose …/I think being a …is …

—accounting, computer science, psychology, —civil engine ering, philosophy, medical technology …

—popular, interesting, enjoyable, promising, practical, meani ngful, beneficial, well-paid …

2. What liberal arts / humanities courses do you learn in college? Do you think they are necessary for your education?

—I learn Chinese, English, philosophy, psychology, history …in college. I think they are an essential part of the college education and benefit me a lot. ?gain more ins ight in life and society ?better understand and predict human behavior ?realize different interpretations of life and history ?understand the past which has created the present ?be aware of cultural and religious diffe

rences

II. Cultural background 1. What are the humanities?

The humanities are a group of academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative. Therefore, they are dist inguished from the approaches of natural sciences. The humani ties, called social sciences, include history, anthropology, c ommunication studies, cultural studies, law, linguistics, etc.

2. Why are the humanities important?

Through exploration of the humanities, students learn how to think creatively

and critically, to reason, and to ask questions. Because the se skills allow students to gain new insights into everythin g from poetry and paintings to business models and politics, humanistic subjects have been at the heart of a liberal a rts education. Today, humanistic knowledge continues to provid e the ideal foundation for exploring and understanding the h uman experience.

Step Two Text Study 80 minutes

I. Interactive reading of the text

1. Reading comprehension

1) Why do many students calculate they can’t major in Engl ish or history?

2) Why does the author say that a college education is mor

e and more seen as a

means for economic betterment rather than a means for human betterment?

3) How do you understand “These days, labs are more vivid and compelling

than libraries”(Para. 3)?

4) Why does the author say that the inner aspect of our b eing has captured our

imagination from the very beginning?

5) According to the author, what are the advantages of stud ying the humanities? 6) What are “well-rounded human beings ”(Para. 10) according to the author?

2. Structure of the text

Part 1 (Para, 1-5) Introduction

To improve their future chances of finding a job, college s tudents are now moving away from the humanities and taking accounting or some “hard-skill”courses. The humanities will continue to be in bad shape due to the economic downturn. Nevertheless, the humanities can bring true value to people ’s lives, and the basis of study of the humanities is for med by the inner power that has driven human beings to eit her greatness or destruction.

Part 2 (Para. 6-9) Body: Why the humanities?

This part presents the author’s argument to stand up for t he true value that the humanities bring to people’s lives. Part 3 (Para 10) Concluding part

The humanities help to create human beings with insight and understanding of the passions, hopes and dreams common to all humanity. The humanities will never be out of date. The y are as useful and relevant in our modern age as they ha ve alwaysbeen.

3. Summary of the Text

Retell the text according to the following tips.

1(Part I) When the job market worsens, many students calcula te ... Probably, the humanities will continue ….Once …, the humanities now …

2(Part II) Here, please allow me to …that the humanities

add to people’s lives. Studying the humanities improves…Most importantly, studying the humanities invests us with …, thereby…Perhaps the best argument in favor of the humani ties is…In fact, increasingly…is seen as the ideal in…

3(Part III) In summary, the humanities help to create …,t each us to …and…It makes sense to …,our outstanding and remarkable …

II. Language Focus Words and expressions

1. when the going gets tough: when the situation becomes di fficult

When the going gets tough, women can get as tough as men.当形势变得严峻时，女人可以变得跟男人一样坚强。

2. calculate: vt. 1)make a judgment about what is likely to happen using the available information 估计，预测，推测

It is difficult to calculate the long-term effects of these changes in the law. 这些法律上的变化带来的长期影响是难以预测的。

2)find out how much sth. will cost, how long sth. Will tak e计算，核算

Let me calculate the cost of the journey. 让我计算一下旅途的用费。

3. boost：increase or improve sth. to make it more successful 促进，推动，使兴旺

These changes will help to boost share prices. 这些变化将有助于提高股票价格。

4. prospectn. sth. that is possible or likely to happen in the future, or the possibility

itself 可能的事情，前景

The prospect for East Asia’s economic development is promisi ng. 东亚经济发展的前景是光明的。

5. persist 1）continue to exist 继续存在，持续

If the bad weather persists, the farmers will suffer great

losses this year. 如果恶劣天气持续，农民今年将遭遇巨大的损失。

2）continue to do sth., although this is difficult, or other p eople oppose it 坚持，执意Students must persist in their efforts if they wish to do well. 学生如果想取得好成绩就必须坚持努力。

persist, insist

1 persist可用于表示“继续存在；持续”,尤其用于不好的事情，而insist 没有此意。Contact your doctor if the cough persists.如果咳嗽持续，请联系您的医生。

2 persist和insist容易混淆主要是当两者均表示“坚持”时。

persist用于表示“坚持”时，表示“坚持反复做同一件事”，后接介词in，多用于褒义，指“坚持继续做某事”，有时用于贬义，指“不听劝告；顽固坚持”。

Her mother tried to persuade her to go to bed early, but she persisted in working until the small hours.她的母亲劝她早点睡，但她仍坚持工作到凌晨。

insist用于表示“坚持”时，表示“坚持做某件事（尤指麻烦或令人讨厌的事）”，后接介词on。

She insisted on washing her hair just when I wanted to hav

e a bath.当我想泡个澡时，她还在那洗头。

3 insist还可用于表示“对意见、主张等的坚持”。insist用于此意时，后可接介词on，也可以接that引导的从句（是否用虚拟语气，视情况而定，即看从句内容是否为事实），而persist 无此意。

The doctor insisted that she (should) take the medicine, but she insisted that she was not ill.医生坚持让她服此药，但她坚持自己没病。

6. succession：一连串，一系列

After graduation, he took a succession of low-paid jobs. In succession: 持续发生地，接连发生地

She is an accomplished athlete and won the championship four times in succession.

7. liberal: a.

1) ~ arts 文科

The liberal arts are college or university subjects such as history, languages and literature but not sciences. 文科是学院或大学的如历史、语言和文学之类的学习科目，而不是理科学科。

2）心胸开朗的，开明的

She is known to have liberal views on divorce. 人们知道她对离婚持有开明的观点。

8. compel: vt. force sb. To do sth,

As a school boy, he was compelled to wear shorts even in winter. 当他还是一个在校的小男孩时，即使在冬天他也被迫穿短裤。compelling：interesting or exciting enough to keep your attention complet ely 有吸引力的

Steven Jobs’life makes a compelling story.

9. speculate: v. consider or discuss why sth. has happened 思索，推测

Archeologists speculate that people first reached the island s over 1,000 years ago. 考古学家们推测人类第一次到达这些岛屿是在一千多年前。

speculate about/on: 猜测，推测

It is too early to speculate about the relationship between Mary and George. 现在推测玛丽和乔治的关系，还为时过早。

10. fertile：

a. 1) able to produce good ideas or results 富有成果的，富有想象力的 A poet must have a fertile imagination. 诗人必须有丰富的想象力。

2）able to produce good crops or plants 肥沃的，富饶的Fertile soil helps Canada rank among the world’s leading wh eat producers. 肥沃的土壤帮助加拿大跻身世界主要小麦生产国。

11. elegant：a. 1) very intelligent yet simple 巧妙的，简洁的

the document impressed me with its elegant simplicity. 该文件给我留下了精辟简明的深刻印象。

2）beautiful, attractive and graceful 优美的，高雅的

Patricia looked beautiful and elegant as always. 帕特里夏看上去总是那么美丽优雅。

12. undertake：vt. (undertook, undertaken) agree to be respo nsible for a job or project and do it承担，着手做

Dr. Johnson undertook the task of writing a comprehensive En glish dictionary. 约翰逊博士着手写一本详尽的英语词典。

13. liable：(be ~ to do sth.) likely to do sth. in a particular way because of a fault or tendency 可能（易于）做某事

Many parts of the country are liable to suffer from floodin

g. 该国的许多地方易遭水灾。

14. reservoir：n.[C]

1) a large quantity of sth. that can be used 积蓄；储备Colleges are a reservoir of talents for companies. 大学是企业的人才库。2）an artificial or natural lake where water is stored so that it can be supplied to the houses in an area （人造的）水库；（天然）蓄水湖

If it rains heavily, the reservoir will overflow. 如果下大雨，水库里的水就会溢出来。

15. in the company of: in sb’s company; with sb. 和某人在一起

She caught sight of her grandson, in the company of three other boys of similar age, going into the narrow alley whic

h led to the railway.

她看见她的孙子与其他三个年龄相仿的男孩一起，进入了那条通向铁路的狭窄小巷。

16. outstanding：a. extremely good or impressive 杰出的；出众的；显著的His performance in charitable activities was outstanding. 在公益活动方面，他的表现非常出色。

Difficult sentences:

1. The data show that as students have increasingly shoulder ed the ever-rising cost of tuition, they have defected from the study of the humanities and toward applied science and “hard”skills that they bet will lead to employment. (Pa ra. 2) Meaning: The facts and information show that as stud ents have spent increasingly more money on tuition, they hav e turned away from studying the humanities to some practical courses that they believe will enable them to get a job more easily.

2. In other words, a college education is more and more se en as a means for economic betterment rather than a means for human betterment. (Para. 2) Meaning: In other words, a college education is more considered as a method to improve students’future economic status rather than improve human nature or behavior.

Meaning beyond words: The quality of a college education is increasingly questionable because the trend among many colle ges is to become more like a business and less like an ac ademic setting.

3. Once the dominant pillars of university life, the humanit ies now play little roles when students take their college tours. These days, labs are more vivid and compelling than libraries. (Para. 3)

Meaning: The humanities that once dominated university life n