21世纪大学英语2册1、2、4、5单元教案

Unit 1

Text A: Winston Churchill—His Other Life

Text B: Little Sister of the Poor

Text C: Diana, Princess of Wales: 1961-1977

教学目标及基本要求：

Objectives:

Students will be able to:

1)grasp the main idea and structure of the Text A and Text B;

2)Appreciate the organization skills demonstrated in Text A;

3)master the key language points and grammatical structures in Text A and Text B;

4)conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the

theme of the unit.

2. 教学内容及学时分配：

Time allotment:

1st period: pre-reading; text organization

2nd period: while-reading

3rd period: while-reading

4th period: while-reading and post-reading activities practice

5th period: Exercises after Text A

6th period: Reading practice of Text B

7th period & 8th period: listening

3. 教学重点及难点：

Important language points in the text:

1. love affair

— romance between two people who love each other but who are not married to each other; great enthusiasm or liking (for sth.)

e.g. The girl’s love affair with the 60-year-old man worries her parents..

She started her love affair with ballet when she was only six.

2. circumstances n. (pl.)

—conditions of a situation which has an effect on what is done or on the way sth. is done

e.g. In some circumstances it may be necessary for the manager to come here in person.

Even under the most favorable circumstances this is not easy.

3. mission n.

—an important job sb. is sent to do in another place, esp. for a military or political purpose

e.g. The foreign minister’s missi on to Paris is to negotiate a cease-fire.

It is his sole mission to expand the company’s business abroad.

4.price n.

—what must be given, done, or undergone to obtain or compensate for sth.

e.g. We paid a heavy price for the victory, for we lost 10,000 soldiers.

Translate : This is a small price to pay for independence.

Key: 这是为独立付出的小小代价。

5. overwhelm vt.

—make (sb.) feel completely helpless, astonished, or embarrassed.

e.g. At the age of forty, he was overwhelmed with work, illness and family problems. Translate: Fear overwhelmed me.

6. retreat n.

---a quiet or private place that one goes in order to rest or to concentrate on a particular problem or task.

e.g. a summer retreat

a weekend retreat

7. come/go to the/one’s rescue

— help sb. when they are in danger or difficulty

e.g. We were about to close down the business, but the bank came to our rescue.

I was embarrassed as I couldn’t remember his name; fortunately Mary came to my rescue.

Translate 士兵们救起了这个快淹死的人。

Key The soldiers went to the rescue of the drowning man.

8. chance upon/on

— meet or discover unexpectedly

e.g. She chanced upon some old love letters her husband kept in the back of the drawer.

I chanced upon an old friend in the street yesterday.

Translate He chanced upon the solution to the problem.

9. try one’s hand (at/doing sth.)

—try a new activity to test one’s ability; make an inexperienced attempt

e.g. After she lost her job, she thought she’d try her hand at writing a novel.

I tried my hand at repairing the bike, but without much success.

10. contemplate vt.

—look at (sth.) for a long time in a quiet and very thoughtful way; gaze at

e.g. She lay back on the grass to contemplated the high, blue sky.

The lonely little boy contemplated the waves at the seashore.

11. plunge into

1)push (sth.) suddenly and deeply into (sth.else)

2)get involved in (sth.) suddenly, without thinking carefully or preparing for it

e.g. Heather plunged her hands deep into her pockets.

She plunged bravely into the debate.

12. before sb. know it

— (informal) very quickly and suddenly

e.g. At this time of the year, you could catch cold before you know it. Translate 嫌疑人很快就被带到了警察局。

Key The suspects were taken to the police station before they knew it.

13. fall upon

— attack suddenly and violently

e.g.

Terrorists were falling upon men and women in the street.

Translate 强盗们从树后袭击了他

Key The robbers fell upon him from behind the trees.

14. comfort n.

—(a person or thing that brings) relief from worries, unhappiness, or disappointment

e.g. The President’s visit has given some comfort to the earthquake victims.

His occasional visits and phone calls are a comfort to his parents in their old age.

15. overcome vt.

— overpower or overwhelm in body or mind

e.g. The firefighters were overcome by smoke.

Receiving the prize in honour of her dead father, she was overcome with emotion.

Translate 要克服恶习并不容易。

Key It is not easy to overcome a bad habit.

16. take refuge in

—find protection, help or relief in a place, person, action, etc.

e.g. During the frequent air-raids people took refuge in their cellars.

Translat e The troubled movie star took refuge in silence.

Key 麻烦缠身的电影明星以沉默来逃避一切。

17. entry n.

—the act of entering; a person, thing or group that is entered in a race, competition, etc.

e.g. Entry into the competition is free to all citizens.

Organizers of the speech contest have received over 10 entries.

18. odd a.— (used after a number) with some extra; or so

e.g. twenty odd years ago

six hundred odd children

thirty-odd years

19. keep sb. company

—陪伴某人

e.g. Don’t worry. I’ll keep you company until your husband comes back.

The old couple were grateful for Mary’s company.

Translate 他总是很高兴与漂亮姑娘做伴。

Key He is always glad of pretty girls’ company.

20. And so it was for my father.

1) His shoes are cheap, so is his suitcase.

He plays golf well, so does his brother.

So + auxiliary verb + subject: adding new information

2)I said I would come, and so I will.

— You have forgotten your hat.

— Ah, yes, so I have.

So + subject +auxiliary verb: expressing agreement

4. 教学内容的深化及拓宽：

Students conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing practice to deepen their understanding of the points taught in class.

5. 教学方式及在教学中应注意的问题：

A combination of traditional teaching methods with the communicative approach will be adopted. Special attention should be paid to classroom interaction. Give students time to adapt to the new teaching mode in the university that are quite different from the one they were used to in the middle school. More encouragement

is

needed and more guidance will be given to them in their extracurricular study.

6. 主要参考书目：

翟象俊，郑树棠，1999，〈21世纪大学英语读写教程2〉。上海：复旦大学出版社。

翟象俊，郑树棠，1999，《21世纪大学英语读写教程2－教师用书》。上海：复旦大学出版社。

虞苏美，李慧琴，2001，《全新版大学英语听说教程1－教师用书》。上海：上海外语教育出版社。

虞苏美，李慧琴，2001，《全新版大学英语听说教程1》。上海：上海外语教育出版社。

7. 思考题和习题：

《21世纪大学英语读写教程2》第一单元Text A后的所有习题。

阅读第一单元Text B，完成后面的相关练习。

+Writing Assignment

Unit 2

Text A: Why They Excel

Text B: Methods of Education: East and West

Text C: Cheating as Culture: Insight for Foreign Teachers

教学目标及基本要求：

Objectives:

Students will be able to:

5)grasp the main idea and structure of the Text A and Text B;

6)Appreciate the organization skills demonstrated in Text A;

7)master the key language points and grammatical structures in Text A and Text B;

8)conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the

theme of the unit.

2. 教学内容及学时分配：

Time allotment:

1st period: pre-reading; text organization

2nd period: while-reading

3rd period: while-reading

4th period: while-reading and post-reading activities practice

5th period: Exercises after Text A

6th period: Reading practice of Text B

7th period & 8th period: listening

3. 教学重点及难点：

Important language points in the text:

1．passage n.

— (cost of a ticket for) a journey by ship or plane from one place to another

e.g. He is too poor to afford a passage home.

Oliver has booked a passage to New York.

2. safety n.

— a place where one is safe from a particular danger

e.g. The firefighters were busy helping survivors to safety.

They ran to safety, away from the fire.

3. make it (to somewhere)

— succeed in getting somewhere usu. in time to do sth., or in doing sth.,or getting sth. wanted

e.g. Despite the heavy rain, she made it to the airport just in time to catch her plane.

After failing three times in the exams, Jack feels he will never make it in computer. Translate你能准时来参加会议吗？

Key Will you be able to make it to the meeting on time?

4. cope with

— manage successfully; be able to deal with (sth. difficult, unpleasant, etc.)

e.g. Poor families have to cope with a lot of problems.

cope with the water shortage/ his rival / the budget deficit

5. foster

a. giving or receiving parental care although not related legally or by blood

v. to bring up

e.g. With a home full of foster children she was always busy.

She decided to foster the abandoned child despite her difficulties in her life.

e.g. Many childless couples adopt homeless orphans.

6. owe … to

— have (sth. good) because of (sth./sb.)

e.g. I owe my knowledge of music to my mother.

I owe it to my friends that I have been able to finish this work.

7. a wave of

— an unusually large number of

e.g. a wave of new comers

a wave of buying

a wave of terrorism

8. Kim-Chi is part of a wave of bright, highly-motivated Asian-Americans who are suddenly surging into our best colleges.

Paraphrase:Kim-Chi is part of a wave of brilliant, ambitious Asian immigrants who are rushing into our best colleges.

9.stereotype n.

— a fixed general image, characteristic, etc. that is believed to represent a particular type of person or thing

e.g. Young and modern, she does not fit the stereotype of a woman who spends all her time doing housework.

What’s the stereotype of a grind?

10.… as som e stereotypes suggest?

Paraphrase:like the general impression created by some typical Asian Americans 11. label v.

— put into a particular kind or class; describe as

e.g. His neighbors labeled him a thie

f.

He was labeled a snob.

Translate 对手将他描述为奶油小生。

Key His rival labeled him a cream puff.

12. U.S. immigration laws against Asians

Asians’ overseas migration has been limited by both natural and artificial factors. The Chinese, earliest to arrive, and the Japanese were long victims of racial discrimination. They suffered from the discriminatory laws that limited and excluded the Asian immigrants from the United States. The Chinese Exclusive Act in 1882 suspended Chinese immigration for 10 years. In 1965, a law was passed to allow immigrants from Asia to the United States.

13. counterpart n.

— a person or thing that has a similar function or position in another place or organization

e.g. the Foreign Minister and his French counterpart

the Prime Minister and his European counterparts

the English Merchant Bank and its American counterpart, the Wall Street Investment Bank

14. converge vi.

— (tend to) become similar or identical

e.g. Our previously opposed views are beginning to converge.

Their ideas seem to be converging.

15.It is here that various resea rchers’ different studies converge…

The structure it is/was … that/who … can be used to emphasize the main point of a sentence.

e.g. The various studies converge here.

→It is here that the various studies converge.

We made all these sacrifices for you.

→It was for you that we made all these sacrifices.

16. It is here that various researchers’ different studies converge…Paraphrase: It is on this point that various researchers’ different studies become