新世纪大学英语综合教程讲稿(B2U2).doc

新世纪大学英语综合教程Book 2 Unit 2 The Value of LifeTeaching PlanTeaching ObjectivesStudents will be able to: 1. Get a better idea about the true value of life 2. Be familiar with the structure and content of the text3 Grasp some key words and useful expressionsTime Allotment 1st period: Pre-reading activities and Reading Activities of Text A2nd period: Reading activities and After-reading Activities of Text A3rd period: Revision of Text A and assignment checking4th period: Detailed study of text BPeriod 1: Pre-reading activities and Reading Activities of Text Au Group Discussions: students are given 5 to discuss the following two questions and then select a speaker to make a short report on their findings. (1) What do you appreciate the most in the world?(2) What can you do to make your life more valuable and meaningful?After the reports, the teacher concludes their findings and introduces the value of life.u Reading ActivitiesDirections: Read Paragraphs 1 - 5 and answer the following questions.1. Why does Helen Keller think that it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow? 2. According to Helen Keller, what is the right way to live each day?3. What does Helen Keller mean by saying that most of us take life for granted?4. What does Helen Keller think of the attitude that most of us adopt towards our faculties and senses?Directions: Read Paragraphs 6-10 to see whether the following statements are true or false.1. People are blessed if they are stricken blind and deaf. 2. Helen showed disbelief when her friend said she had seen nothing particular during a long walk in the woods. 3. Helen thought that she “saw” more things than the seeing people just through touch.4. Blind as she was, Helen was more sensitive to the world than us healthy people.5. The seeing should make better use of sight to add fullness to life. 3. After the general understanding of the passage, students are required to find the main ideas of each partPart 1 (1-4) Most of us take life for granted. The author suggests that we live each day with gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of appreciation as if we should die tomorrow.Part 2 (5-10) we should also make full use of our faculties and senses so as to live a fuller and richer life.Period 2-Period 3Reading activities and After-reading Activities of Text Au Reading ActivitiesPara 1-3Underlining good usage: as long as a year/as short as twenty-four hours/speak of free men/sphere of activities/strictly confined/such stories set us thinking/under similar circumstances/crowd intoKey words and expressions:1) Condemn: e.g. he was found guilty and condemned to death.2) Set sb doing sth: e.g. anything could set me laughing in those days when I felt so happy with my life and work.3) Under circumstances: e.g. under no circumstances should you lend Paul any money.4) Stretch: e.g. endless hot summer days stretched out before us.Para4-5Underlining good usage: take life for granted/picture that day as far as in the future/days stretched out endlessly/apply to/suffered loss of sight/it is the same old story ofKey words and expressions;1) take for granted: e.g. her husband did all the housework, and she just took it for granted. 2) Picture: e.g. she pictured herself at school in a foreign country.Picture sb or sth as: shes been pictured as a difficult, demanding woman.3) The same old story: e.g. its the same old story for Brazil heading into next years world cup finals: everyone is aiming for the five-time champions.Para 6-8Underlining good usage: stricken blind/make him more appreciative of sight/nothing in particular/worthy of note/delicate symmetry of a leaf/something of the miracle of the Nature is revealed to me/the happy quiver of the bird in full song/delighted to have cool waters of a brook rush through my open fingers/a thrilling and unending dramaKey words and expressions:1) worthy of: e.g. these points are worthy of your attention.2) Sign: e.g. call the police at the first sight of the trouble.3) Reveal: e.g. his letters reveal a different side of her personality.4) Stream: e.g. Tears streamed from her eys.Para 9-10:Underlining good usage: at times my heart cries out with longing/get much pleasure from/as a meanings of adding fullness to life.u After-reading Activities Ask Ss to talk about what they would do if they only had one week left to live. and provide some help during their discussionu Assignment1) Ask Ss to recite one of their favorite part of the text2) Ask Ss to finish the exercise after the text.Period 4: Revision of Text A and assignment checkingDetailed study of text Bu Ask students to read the text and figure out the main idea of the textu The teacher put forward several questions and asks students to find the information contained in the text1) what was the author thinking about sitting in the training?2) In her dream, what was her father