精读教案3-21

1、课次 3-21 课程名称商务英语精读授课教师授课班级商务英语10-301授课日期本次课题 Lesson Nine (2) Text (1) Pompeii教学目的和技能要求1.To learn something about the text and become clear how Pompeii was perished. 2.To train the comprehensive ability, especially to train the ability to analyze the structure.教学设计：重点: 1. To learn key words, phrases

2、and sentence structures related to the text2. To master the analysis of the structure and writing technique难点： 1. To learn how to use some of language points in the text能力培养: Students will be able to use words learned in this text to describe the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. 德育 By learning the period,

3、to train students the interest to learn natural science; to train them to carry forward and develop Daqings good traditions and the style of good honesties and four strictnesses.教学方法： 讲授法（主要）， 授课方式： 综合课教 具： 图片教学内容摘要:A. To explain in detail key words, phrases and sentence structures related to the te

4、xtB. 归纳小结：To sum up this learning content and the situation in attending a lecture C. 练习 To check up while in classD. 辅导答疑：Collective or individual for questions and answersE. 1.布置本节课作业： To translate the text and do comprehension of the text 2.布置下次课预习要求 To preview Text (2)参考资料 1. 大学英语教程 Book3 主编 杨立民

5、 2. 大学英语教程教师参考书3. 牛津英汉双解词典教学后记大庆职业学院备课用纸第页 The Main Teaching Process and Arrangement Step Warming-up 新课引入A. 【复习】 a. By questioning and translating on Word StudyPlease look at the book on P329b. By reading new words and expressions B. 【 设问，导入新课】 To ask some questions so as to introduce what we are go

6、ing to learn in this period a. Have you ever heard of volcanic eruption?b. Did you know Pompeii? Do you know where it is?c. How about the Vesuvius ?Step Background Information A. Geographical position of PompeiiPompeii was rediscovered in 1748 but systematic excavation did not begin until 1860 .Abou

7、t 2000 skeletons were found in the ash by the bodies of the victims. The archeologists poured plaster of Paris into these hollows and so made plaster casts of men, women, children and domestic animals, looking exactly as they had at the moment of death .Many of them had their hands or cloths in thei

8、r mouths, indicating that they were trying to protect themselves from the poisonous gas. Several were found clutching bags of coins and other valuables. B. Information of Mt. Vesuvius Vesuvius is probably the most famous volcano in the world and the most observed by scientists .Geological evidence i

9、ndicated that volcano has been active for ten thousands years .Before its eruption in A.D. 79, however, it had been dormant for several centuries. A bibliography compiled in 1981 listed more than 2000 books and articles on Vesuvius ,and many more have been written . C. Introduction to the text The p

10、resent text was based on an article written by Robert Silverburg that appeared in the National Geographic (1979). Its a piece written to recreate the horror of the eruption. In this piece, the author brings the tragedy of Pompeii to life . In the modern world, we have become accustomed to reducing n

11、atural disasters to mere statistics. By using his imagination, Silverburg has put a human face on this momentous event.Perhaps there is a lesson for all to learn here.Step Presentation 讲授新课 To take up Text（1）A. To read the text one paragraph by oneB . Detailed explanation on the text【讲解,提问并回答】1. und

12、er the hot Italian sun - with the sun blazing hot in the sky. That is : The day when Pompeii was buried was a very hot summer day in Italy.2. to be exact - to be accurate ,used as an additional explanation.3. down - the movement from a big city to a small one4. to graze- to feed on growing grass/ ot

13、her herbage5. A terrible rain of fire and ash- The fire and ash fell like rain, “Rain” is often used figuratively. - metaphor6. savage violence - Both of these words are very strong and normally they would not be used together. We must be careful when we qualify a very strong word in translation fro

14、m Chinese as often the adjective or adverb actually weakens the English.7. The clouds of volcanic ash - the smallest pieces of ash and the volcanic dust were suspended in the air to form a dark cloud. Similarly: cloud of dust; cloud of smoke: cloud of steam. etc.8. And on one counter could be seen a

15、 stain whereAnalyze this clause and point out the subject.“Where” is a relative adverb referring to the prepositional .Phrase: on one counter, It is a non-restrictive clause.9. Slates - until paper became cheap and plentiful, schoolchildren everywhere wrote on slates.10. Vine covered slopes - Vine r

16、efers to grape vines.11. The mountain blew up.【Synonym Discrimination辨析】The words “to blow up ” and “to explode” are often confused, even by native speakers.To blow up is to destroy by explosion.To explode is to burst with a loud noise, usually something containing an explosive or explosive force.eg

17、. to blow up a bridge, a building, a shipeg. a bullet, shell, bomb, mine.12. The sounddied awayTo die away- a gradual weakening until complete disappearance.Similarly: The wind died down.The noise died away. 13. perish, die, pass away 【Synonym Discrimination辨析】均含有“死亡”的意思。perish 指不正常死亡，有时指暴死或饿死。pass

18、away 指自然死亡，是委婉语。Eg. Many people perish in the floods each year. 每年都有许多人死于洪水。My pet dog died last week. 我心爱的小狗上周死了。 The noble tree is dying of old age. 那棵名贵的树已老朽、正在枯死。The whole nation mourned his passing away. 举国哀悼他的去世。14. shroud, cover 【Synonym Discrimination辨析】均指“盖住”。shroud 指起保护、隐藏、掩护作用地包裹起来。cover

19、意义较广泛，可指有意无意将某物置于另一物之上All was shrouded in darkness. 一切都被遮在黑暗中。Snow covered the ground. 雪覆盖着地面。She laughed to cover her nervousness. 她用笑来掩盖紧张的心情15. stain ,mark 【Synonym Discrimination辨析】均指“斑点，痕迹”。Stain 是无意中留下的污点或痕迹。Mark 一般指有意留下的痕迹或区别于他人或物的标记。有时可与stain 互换。Eg. There was a stain on this white table clot

20、h. 这块白桌布上有一块污点。The house has a white mark on its head. 这马头上有个白点。Who made these dirty marks on my books？谁在我书上弄了这些污迹？There is an ink mark /stain on his shirt. 我衬衣上有块墨水渍。16. raining death - causing so many to die that as if there were a death rainC. To paraphrase sentences:1. Beneath the protecting shr

21、oud of ash, the city lay intact .- The city remained as it had been before the eruption2. To go to Pompeii today is to take a trip backward in time. - When you go to Pompeii today it is like going back 1700 years in history to see the city as it actually was then.3. A good imagination is all you nee

22、d to restore it to activity .-If you have a good imagination you will be able to imagine it as it was on that day .You will be able to imagine the sights, sounds and smells of a busy, prosperous Roman town. 4. Like the trunk of a tree climbed. - the black cloud rose high like the trunk of a tree and

23、 then spread out like the branches of a tree. D. Complicated sentences: 1. Rising behind the city was the 4000-foot Mount Vesuvius, Predicative V Subjecta grass-covered slope (where the shepherds of Pompeii took theirSubject Appositive Attributive Clause goats to graze.)Question: 1). What is the sub

24、ject? 2). What is the function of a grass-covered slope . in the sentence?3). Why does the sentence use inverted sentence? 2. and on one counter could be seen a stain (where and Adverbial V Subject fled.)Non Restrictive Attributive Clause modifying counterE. Sentence Structure: 1. There is no other

25、quite like2. Nothingexcept3. SuchAnd so4. Now that F. Writing Style and Technique : 1. Writing Style : Non-novel Description （非小说体描写文） 2. Figure of Speech : Metaphor , Simile, Hyperbole and Personification 3. Wording : Homophone (Homonym) ,Onomatopoeia 措辞（一词多义、同音词、象声词） G. Summary : Our text is not a

26、 scientific piece but a piece written to recreate the horror of the eruption. The writer has achieved this effect largely by the use of an enormous number of verbs of action, many of which contain consonant clusters and convey a specific sound effect, e.g .crash, clatter ,topple ,puzzle, stumble, et

27、c, In addition, the sentences are short or broken up by commasa device that creates tension and drama. Step PracticeA. Guided Practice 1. Students sit in pairs and read each other words and expressions from the text and recall the context in which these new words and expressions are used. 2. Students are divided into four-member group to discuss how many parts the text can be divided into. Then tell one another the reason. B. Ask and Answer Questions based on the text are asked and students try to answer them Step Summary小结：通过本课时的学习第一，学生掌握段落展开的写作技巧、了解与课文相关的背景知识。 第二 基本掌握了Text(1)核心词汇及短语、句型结构等