前景实用英语二unit2教案

教案编号 2

Unit 2 Food Culture

Teaching aims:

In this unit, students are supposed to

?know how to talk about food and food culture;

?master the basic language to express giving views and opinions;

?understand the main idea of Text A, and master the useful sentence structures and words and expressions;

?master the phonetic skill: strong and weak forms;

?know adverbial conjunctions in adverbial clause;

?know how to write “certificate”.

Teaching procedures:

I Listening and Speaking (2Period)

II Text A & text-related exercises (2Period)

III Workbook & text-related exercises (2Period)

IV Grammar Review and Practical Writing (2Period)

Part A Lead in

Task 1 Study the pictures and discuss the questions below in small groups. Use the words given below if necessary.

1.Do you like vegetables? Why?

Cues: delicious, balance, healthy, tasteless

2.What do you think of the food in McDonald’s?

Cues: tasty, health problems, getting fat

3.How much do you know about the cooking pot in the third picture?

Cues: earthen pot (砂锅), soup, delicious, take a long time

Task 2 Listen to the following short dialogues and fill in the blanks.

Task 3 Discuss the following questions.

1. What do you think is a “balanced diet”?

A balanced diet can help maintain or improve health. It involves consuming

appropriate amounts of all essential nutrients and an adequate amount of water.

Different nutrients can be obtained from different foods. That means our daily foods should be various.

4.Have you heard of the concepts of yin and yang? How much do you know

about them? Can you give some examples?

As far as I know, yin and yang are often used to describe how opposing forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world. Many opposing things or events, such as dark and light, female and male, low and high, cold and hot, are considered yin and yang respectively. These concepts are widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, martial arts and exercises, such as taijiquan (tai chi), qigong (chi kung), etc.

Part B Text A

Solving the American Health Crisis with Chinese

Diet Methodology

Language points:

release

n. (news, films etc.) to be made known; the act of setting free or being set free e.g. The release of her new album gained great fame for her.

新专辑的发行使她一举成名。

After their release, the prisoners came home.

犯人们被释放后回了家。

turn to somebody/something

to go to sb./sth. for help, advice, etc.

e.g. She has nobody she can turn to.

她求助无门。

The child turned to his mother for comfort.

那孩子向母亲寻求安慰。

yin and yang

Originally the Chinese characters for yin represented the

moon and yang represented the sun.

Chinese philosophy uses yin and yang to represent a wider range of opposite properties in the universe: cold and hot, slow and fast, still and moving, masculine and feminine, lower and upper, etc. The function of yin and yang is guided by the law of unity of the opposites. In other words, yin and yang are in conflict but at the same time mutually dependent. The nature of yin and yang is relative, with neither being able to exist in isolation. Without “cold” there would be no “hot”; without “moving”there would be no “still”; without “dark”, there would be no “light”.

swirl

n. the movement of causing (air, water, etc.) to move or flow with twists and turns and with varying speed

e.g. Swirls of smoke rose through the trees.

树林中升起袅袅青烟。

She topped the cake with a swirl of cream.

她给蛋糕浇上旋涡状的奶油。

harmoniously

ad. in a way that the parts of sth. go well and are in

proportion to each other

e.g. In the garden, there are stone paths that blend harmoniously with the scenery.

花园里的石子路和周围的景色很协调。

The group of buildings stands harmoniously with the

surroundings.

这组建筑群与周围的环境很协调。

philosophy

n. a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

e.g. He believed in the philosophy of Russell.

他信奉罗素的哲学。

He is quite interested in pre-Qin philosophy.

他对先秦哲学很感兴趣。

feminine

a. of or like women; having the qualities or appearance

considered characteristic of women

e.g. That’s a feminine reaction.

这是女性特有的反应。

That dress makes you look very feminine.

那条裙子让你看起来很有女人味。

masculine

a. having the qualities or appearance thought to be typical

of men

e.g. masculine looks, attitudes

男子汉的容貌、姿态

She looks rather masculine in that suit.

她穿着那套衣服看上去有些男性化。

classify

v. to arrange (sth.) systematically in classes or groups

e.g. The books in the library are classified by/according to

subject.

图书馆的书是按照科目分类的。

Would you classify her novels as serious literature or

other?

你认为她的小说属于严肃文学类，还是其他类?

associate

v. to join (people or things) together; to connect (ideas,

etc.) in one’s mind

e.g. Whisky is usually associated with Scotland.

人们常把威士忌同苏格兰联系起来。

I always associate him with fast cars.

我总是由他联想到高速汽车。

categorize

v.to put people or things into groups according to what type they are

e.g. Participants were categorized according to age and sex.

参加者按年龄和性别进行分类。

His latest work cannot be categorized as either a novel or an autobiography.

他的新作既不属于小说也不属于自传。

essential

a.necessary; indispensable; most important

e.g. Is money essential to happiness?

金钱对于幸福是必不可少的吗?

It’s essential that you attend all the meetings.

你务必要参加所有的会议。

trace back to

to find the origin of sth.

e.g. Her fear of water can be traced back to a childhood accident.

她很怕水, 起因可追溯到儿时的一次事故。

The story can be traced back to an old Norman family.

这个故事可以追溯至一个古老的诺曼家族。

consume

habit

v.to use (sth.) up; to eat or drink (sth.)

e.g. The car consumes a lot of fuel.

这辆汽车很费汽油。

He soon consumed his fortune.

他很快就把财产挥霍殆尽。

heatiness

As in nature, heat causes expansion and increased activity. When out of balance, heat can lead to irritability, fever, and inflammatory conditions. By its nature, heat rises, appearing as a red face and eyes, sore throat, and dizziness.

feed something to somebody/something

to give (a person or an animal) sth. as food

e.g. Please feed some more stewed apple to the baby.

请给婴儿多喂些炖苹果。

She feeds fish to the cat.

她喂鱼给猫吃。

prescribe

v.to advise or order the use of (esp. a medicine, remedy, etc.)

e.g. Ask the doctor to prescribe something for that cough.

请医生开点咳嗽药。

The doctor prescribed a holiday as the best cure for his depression.

医生认为治疗他的抑郁症的最好方法是去度假。

Part C Phonetics

Strong and Weak Forms

单词在句中可以强读，也可以弱读，主要取决于上下文所表达的意思。有些英语单词本身具有两种或两种以上的不同发音。单词的强读式和弱读式的区别主要反映在元音的音质、音量和音长等方面。单词的弱读式一般是把强读式的元音弱化成[?]或[i]。以单词some为例，该词在重读或单独出现时，其元音的发音与单词sum完全一样。但是，当some 在句子中作为非重读单词时，其元音就显

得短而模糊。弱读音节中最常见的音是元音[?]。当一个单词的强读和弱读具有不同（两种或两种以上）发音时，这些不同的形式就被称为词的强读式或弱读式。英语单词中兼有强读式和弱读式的单词大约有50多个，它们多出现在句子的非重读音节里。从词性来看，它们大多为单音节的限定词、助动词、be动词、介词、关联词或人称代词等。

【常见错误】

1. 在英语口语中，我们常用到单词的弱读式。有些学生以为弱读就是读得含糊不清。弱读式应读得既“轻”又“清”，并要遵循一定的规则。

2. 在听力方面，很多学生因为没有掌握单词的弱读式，常常在听快速的生活会话时，感到力不从心，实际上这些平时常见的单词只是以不同的发音形式出现而已。所以掌握单词的弱读式有助于听力理解能力的

Part D Grammar

状语从句的关联词

一、状语从句的种类

状语从句在复合句中充当状语，修饰主句中的谓语、定语或状语，甚至是整个句子。状语从句可以用来表达时间、地点、原因、目的、结果、条件、让步、方式、比较等意义，不同功能的状语从句分别由不同的关联词来引导。

Part E Writing

Writing for General Purposes:

The Beginning of the Composition

Writing Strategy

A good composition should have 3 basic parts:

1. Beginning —Introduction

2. Middle —Body

3. End —Conclusion

In this unit, we’ll learn how to begin your composition, i.e., how to write an introduction. The introduction is intended to draw the reader into the body of material to follow. It should begin with a general statement or question, sometimes called the “thesis statement”or “thesis question”, followed by a quick narrowing down to the main theme to be developed in the body. Set the stage quickly, give appropriate background, then move right into a transition sentence that will set up the reader for the body.

Example:

Spend Money on Exploring Outer Space

Or on Basic Needs on Earth?

(Beginning) In many different countries, the amount of money spent on space programs is increasing every year. Recently, however, whether or not to spend money in this area has become a hot debate. Some people think the government should be using those resources to help solve world problems rather than on the advancement of space travel. I agree with this opinion because the Earth’s environment is in a lot of trouble, and starvation is a worldwide problem that does not seem to be getting any better.

Write an introduction of about 50 to 60 words on the topic:” The Importance of Keeping a Good Mood”.

Suggested Answer:

As the Chinese saying goes, “A little smile can make you look ten years younger.”Maybe it is a little exaggerating, but it tells us that a good mood really benefits us a lot. Everybody wants a good mood. Why? I think we have at least the following three reasons.

Writing for Specific Purposes: Certificate

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