《综合英语》4 教案

Unit One This Year It‘s Going to Be Different
Periods 1 & 2

Part A Pre—reading questions (Time Limits: 10 mins)

The title of the text discloses very little information, except perhaps that it points to a narrative piece of writing. So there is a clue for you. The hero of the story, who is married and has four children, is talking about his New Year‘s resolutions.

If you don‘t know what a New Year‘s resolution is, look it up in a dictionary. Now the questions for you to think about are: 1.Why does the man say this year it‘s going to be different? 2.What sort of resolutions hah he made in previous years? 3. How do his New Year‘s resolutions for this year differ from previous ones? Make a few guesses and write them down below.

Part B The Main Ideas (Time Limits: 10 mins.)

The statement that best sums up the main idea is (3):“The writer carried out his New Year`‘ resolutions faithfully to improve himself, but the results all went contrary to his expectations.”

Part C Vocabulary (Time Limits: 25 mins.)

A. (Omitted) B. (Omitted) C.(Multiple choice questions)

Requirements: The teacher and students do “A” together ,“B &C” only for students.

Part D Teaching Points for Reference (Time Limits: 45 mins.)

1.A Brief summary of the ways to express futurity

1)The neutral future is formed by using the auxiliaries will /shall and infinitive

eg. 1.Tomorrow will be his Sunday

2. Is it possible to make an atomic engine that will be really safe in every circumstance?

2)The construction “to be going to “ is used to express intention.

eg. 1.This year it is going to be different.

2. I know what the kids are going to do.

Note: This Construction cannot be used for neutral futurity, which does not depend on any person‘s will or intention. Both the following sentences are wrong.

3.Tomorrow is going to be his Sunday.

4.If you go to the UAS, you are going to come across the remarkable, almost legendary hospitality of the American of the West.

3)The Construction “Be to do” is used to express arrangement or commend.

eg. 1.Now let al men know that crops are to be planted as usual.

2.Shaka ordered: “All women who are found with child are to be put to death with their husbands.”

4)The construction “Be about to ” is used to express near future.

eg. 1.Roy and Sammy were about to perform open-heart surgery o Mrs.Robinson with a scout knife.

2.She was about to tell us the truth when you entered the building.

2. The use of the word “over” in the text

1)I tiptoed over and kissed her in the back of the neck. (Line 8)

Over adv: Across a distance or open area, either towards or away from someone/something.

eg: 1.We us gain our point indirectly go over to your Grandmother, my dear, she’s beckoning to you.

2)“What did you do over the holidays?” (Line 30)

over prep: during ; in the course of ( a period or an event)

eg: 2.She likes to listen to some light music over the weekend.

3)To be ease the situation, I picked up her brand-new sweater from the floor and put it over a chair (Line 39)

Over prep: resting on top of and covering partly or completely.

eg: 3.John was so tired that he was found sprawling on the floor asleep with his dripping raincoat over a sofa.

4)Take over one of your wife’s chores, she’ll love for it. (Line 59)

Take over : take charge of

Eg: 4.The form became more and more prosperous after the son took it over.

  1. I t wasn’t my idea to stay out until four a.m.

The phrase one’s idea to do something is used to express what one wishes to do.

Eg. It was not my idea to flatter them. What I wanted was only to seek truth from facts.

4. Instead, I got a pencil and drew a sketch of the escapement mechanism.

Draw : make a picture with a pen, pencil or chalk.

Draw a sketch: make a rough picture ( drawing, diagram ) with a pencil.

Eg: 1.She cherished the sketch of the roaring sea not because it was by a famous artist but because it bough back some fond memories.

2.By now the kids were in the room, drawn by the commotion.

Note: Be drawn by the commotion = Be attracted by the noisy confusion

3.The Japanese film THE HAPPY HANDKERCHIEF which tells of the unusual

faithfulness between a miner and his wife draw large audiences when it was on.

5. “Then how come it doesn’t ?” he asked .

“Then why doesn’t it run?” he asked…

how come : how does/did it happen(that), or why this is informally used.

Eg: A: How come more than 16,000 foreign visitors went to Harbin last winter?

B: ‘Because last year it began its annual ice festival and many overseas tourists wanted to see the famous ice sculptures.’

6. Maggie always dreads taking down the Christmas tree, so I thought I’d do it for her.

1)Dread: The opposite of ‘look forward to’ . Dread is fallowed by an-ing participle.

Eg: 1.Small children usually dread paying a visit to the dentist.

2. Small children usually dread that they will be taken to the dentist.

2)Take down the Christmas tree= take down the tinsel, coloured lights, ect. From the Christmas tree, and remove the tree itself.

7. I was about two-thirds done when Maggie

Came in = I had finished about two-thirds of the work… done : finished

Note: Two-thirds serves as an adverbial modifying done.

Eg: 1.His new novel is about two-thirds thicker than his previous one.

2.At the end of last year the construction project was already four-fifths finished

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Part E Assignment: 1 Comprehension (B);

2. Language ( B & C )

3.Blank filling

4.Translation.

Periods 3 & 4

Part A

Pre-reading (10 mins)

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When a person makes New Year’s resolutions, she makes up his mind to do or not to do certain things in the coming year. Of course, different people make different New Year’s resolutions, For example, (1) a student may decide to work harder at his studies and not to go to the cinema so often; (2) a teacher may decide to improve his/her teaching; (3)a heavy smoker may decide to stop smoking altogether. Some people may be able to carry out their New Year’s resolutions, but some may not. For most people, it’s often easier to make New Year’s resolutions than to carry them out.

It is suggested that the students should first guess without being given any part of the story.

This is a light, humorous piece of writing. The writer gives us a vivid account of how his New Year’s resolutions, perfect as they seemed, ended in total failure. This narrative is a delight to read because of its light touch of humor throughout.

Part B

I .To explain the rest of language points (30 mins)

II.To analyze the character of the hero in brief.(50 mins)

Judging from the information given in the text, he was a serious father to the children. He did not like to be bothered with questions. He never treats them as his equals. He showed no interest in their friends nor in what they were doing. Having a quick temper, he got excited easily and often yelled at them. He did not allow any mischievous behavior to go on at home. He was one of those husbands who did not like to lift a finger to help his wife and do house-hold chores. What he did in his free time was to enjoy himself thoroughly. He had a good time at parties and liked to stay out late even if this meant he had a headache the next day. At home, what he did most of the time was to either watch a football match or read the newspaper.

The key phrases: General idea: a serious father to children
  1. Be unwilling to answer questions / dislike treating them as equals/ showing no interest in their friends or in what they were doing.
  2. Quick temper----easily excited and yelled at children; mischievous behaviors were not allowed at home.
  3. Unwilling to give his hands to his wife in household chores.
  4. Enjoy himself thoroughly in free time;
  5. Having a good time at parties and staying out late;
  6. . To watch football match or to read newspaper most of time at home only.
  7. The Techniques (skills) used in the narration.
  8. The narrative is strikingly conversational in tone and the writer’s style is lively, unaffected, idiomatic and straightforward. The writer seems to be actually talking, having a personal relaxed, down-to-earth (practical) conversation with the reader, so the talk is full of colloquialisms, which give some flavor of a chat, make the writing informal and entertaining and interesting.
  9. There is a striking contrast between the informal colloquial English used in conversation and the formal, rigid English found in the writer’s books on self-improvement. The skill makes the writer succeed in giving the reader the impression that he is making himswlf a laughing-stock by carrying out his resolutions.
  10. The writer uses several examples of exaggeration to make comic effect and induce amusement.
  11. He uses a final irony echoing the introduction. He creates an irony of situation, in which there is a sharp contradiction between what is logically expected to happen and what has happened.

----The man begins to make a lot of resolutions, hoping that this year it is going to be different, but then he becomes his usual self again at the end.

Part C Assignment for Students:

  1. Comprehension A (1, 2, 3, 7 ); B&C in brief;
  2. Text III in details;
  3. Blank Filling (Key);
  4. Translation in details.

Periods 5 & 6

Exercises left on Workbook (omitted)

Unit 2 Text IA & IB Englishes

Periods 7& 8

Brief introduction:

The subject matter of the text, the style of the English language, is likely to be unfamiliar to you , but it is necessary for you to be aware that any language has a variety of styles, and that it is important to distinguish one style from another and to use the various styles of language in various situations appropriately. According to M Joos, the style of a language may be classified from high to low on a five-point scale: frozen, formal, consultative, casual, and intimate. Withhold this information before the students have tried to make their guesses.

Part A Teaching Points in TextIA

1.“Bags of fun” is no more a lazy substitute for thought in its appropriate setting than is “extremely gracious” in the setting that is appropriate for this expression. Neither bags of fun nor extremely gracious is a lazy substitute for thought in its appropriate setting.

No more… than : in no greater degree…than…

Eg: 1. She is no more able to speak Italian than I am

2. Without a degree and with no experience of doing office work, the young man was no more fit to be a secretary than any of us.

Bags of: plenty of .

This phrase is a slangy expression.

2.Such an attitude is plainly ridiculous and can do nothing but harm to the good use of English.

Nothing but: Nothing other than; only.

Eg: What he said was nothing but empty talk.

3.Equally , however, we should disapprove of he English used if…

Disapprove of: form/have an unfavorable opinion of.

Eg: 1.I still disapprove of young men wearing their long because it is a sign of slovonliness,to say the least.

2.It is not strange that he should disapprove of having a telephone at home.

4…whereas ‘Awfully nice to see you’ would strike us as just right.

Whereas: but; on the other hand. This is used to introduce contrast

Eg: The Longs lived in a house, whereas Tom’s uncle and aunt lived in a handsome flat in the city.

Strike…as: appear ( to some body ) to be.

Eg: Your suggestion to hitch-hike to Croydon strikes me as ridiculous because there is very little to see there.

Just (informal): absolutely; very; completely.

Eg: 1.That Christmas tree was just beautiful!

2.Isn’t that just marvelous!

5.The wider the language of our life and the fore various the contacts we have, the wider and suppler must be our command over a range of English styles, each of which we know howtouse consistently.

If we have rich life experience and constant contacts with people from all walks of life, we will develop an extensive and flexible knowledge of different English styles and the ability to use each style appropriately when the occasions arises.

6.A haphazard knowledge of several styles may be worse than useless if we do not know the type of occasion on which each is appropriate, or if we do not know when we are sliding from one to another.

If we do not know when to use each style appropriately, or if we mix one with another inappropriately, a random and causal knowledge of styles is of no use, or worse.

7.But it would be equally ridiculous to reverse the judgment just as flatly

It would, however, also be silly to turn the judgment the other way round.

Part B Assignment: 1.To preview Text IB

2. To do the exercises

  1. Questions in Student’s Book
  2. Exercises in Work Book (Comprehension & Paraphrasing of some sentences)

Periods 9 & 10

Part A (30 mins)

  1. To do the paraphrasing of the sentences. (1—4)
  2. To explain the followings at page 27.
Part B Text IB Stop being coy
  1. To explain the title ‘stop being coy’.

Coy means shy, diffident, bashful. What the writer means here is ‘Do away with your shyness. Decide what you want to say and say it as directly as possible in plain words. Stop deceiving people and beating about the bush. Stop being afraid of using plain, simple words.’

  1. Euphemisms are considered overly squeamish and affected by contemporary writers, unless used for humorous effect.

Except in the case where they are used to achieve humorous effect, contemporary writers think that euphemisms are too delicate, artificial and pretentious.

  1. To support the argument by using the cliche’s which pour from the lips of trade union leaders would be too much like shooting sitting birds.

If we supported the argument by making use of the outdated and stereotyped phrases that are often used by trade union leaders, this would be as easy as shooting birds that never fly away.

  1. Some euphemisms, too, are sufficiently offbeat to be funny.

Some euphemisms are unusual enough to be funny. They are so unusual that they become quite funny.

  1. Examples of gross understatement may also appeal to some of us.

Some people say also like extreme understatement.

Part C

The title clearly expresses the writer’s negative attitude towards euphemism. We can find the plain and straightforward language in paragraph 1 in contrast to the euphemisms in paragraph 2; and the terms on quotation marks in contrast to the words and phrases in parentheses in paragraph 7. These three paragraphs should be enough for them to get the main ideas of the text.

Part D Assignment:

1.To review the parts that we have studied.

2.To do some items in work Book.

Periods 11 & 12

Exercise Class (omitted)

Unit 3 Text I Salvation

Periods 13 & 14

Pre-reading Questions

The purpose of asking the students to look up the given words is two-fold: to provide them with clues about the religious content of the text and to supply them with adequate background information. Try not to give the students any extra information or they may lose interest in the passage. It is always best for the students to solve their own problems by themselves

Definitions of words as used in the Christian religion:

Salvation---the state of having one’s soul saved from sin and its consequences. 灵魂的拯救。

Save------set free from the power of or from the eternal punishment for sin.

Sin------breaking of God’s laws, disobedience to God’s commandments.

Revival-----series of meetings intended to produce an increase in interest in religion, or to stir up the religious faith among those who have been indifferent, usually by preaching and confession of sins. (鼓动性的)福音布道会。

Lam------young members of church flock or Christian congregation.

Fold------body of believers in the Christian religion.

Part A

I. The Main Ideas

The statement that vest sums up the ideas is (1):“After having gone though a painful process, the child was finally saved from sin, but instead of feeling joyous, he felt miserable because of his disillusionment.”

II. Teaching Points for Reference

1….and the membership of the church had grown…

Membership: number of member; all members.

Eg: 1.The drama society in our school has a large membership.

2.The membership of our self-taught group has grown by leaps and bounds this summer because of the young people’s thirst for knowledge.

2….all moans and shouts and lonely cries and dire pictures of hell,…

Lonely means “having no companionship” and indicates the “state of mind of one being or feeling alone.” Lonely may also be applied to places which are unfrequented or remote from human habitation.

Eg: 1. With the development of the travel business, swarms of tourists now visit the newly discovered cave in the once lonely mountainous area.

2.The retired worker is not living a lonely life since she has so much work to do in the neighborhood and since there is so much warmth and care at home.

  1. Finally all the young people had gone to the altar and were saved, but one boy and me.

But: Except

  1. He is talking about everything but the most important thing.
  2. I have been to all the important scenic spots in Hangzhou But the Yelow Dragon Cave.

4.Then I was left all alone in the mourners’bench.