新视野大学英语第三版B4U6教案

1、新视野大学英语读写教程第四册教案B4U6Gender EqualityTeaching Objectives: Students will learn to use English to1。To talk about gender equality2。 To further understand the text3。 To apply the phrases and patterns4. To master the essay writing skill*Time Allotment: each unit 8classes1st2nd classes: Part I Warming up1.

2、Lead-in ： Guessing activity 2. Prereading activities： Answer the questions 3. Cultural background： Watch the video and fill in the blanks3rd-4th classes：Part II Text Study4. Reading in Depth：Structure Analysis, Summary， Difficult sentences analysis5. Language Focus： More practice in Language Points

3、（language points explanation， Sentence Patterns， Useful Expressions）5th6th classes：Part III Reflection6. Critical thinking： More speaking practice in discussion related to gender equality7. Writing Practice： Essay writing Write an essay with your personal experiences.7th8th classes： Part IV Assignme

4、nt7。 Postreading activities: summary of useful expressions, watching and discussing, speaking task, etc.8。 Section B: Focus on fast reading and practice in reading skillUNIT 6Section AThe weight men carryPart I Warming up 1。 Leadin： To separate the words:Which words are always used to describe the m

5、en/women？Men： cleancut， stylish， sharp， robust， virileWomen： cute， sexy， pretty， delicate， elegant2. Prereading activities:1） Can you list some jobs for women and some jobs for men？ Women ：nurse， teacher, office lady， assistant Men：soldier, architect, firefighter， mineworker 2) Why is there a differ

6、ence between men and women in choosing a job？ Tips ：Difference：Men are physically stronger。  So they can do some jobs that require physical strength and power。 Women are more subtle。 So they can do some jobs that require carefulness and patience3. Cultural Background： Watch the video and fill i

7、n the blanks as the following sentences。 1。 In 2009, 60 of graduates from Universities are females in OECD areas. By 2025 , 70 % of graduates are females in those areas。 2. 70 of education graduates are women， 75 of health and social science graduates are women。 While， 70% of engineering manufacturi

8、ng , construction graduates are men. 3。 On the payslip （工资单），womens pay are always smaller than mens. They average are 16 smaller than mens。 4。 In Norway， 40% of board members are women. In Sweden, France and Finland， 1520% of board members are women. In Germany， Japan， Netherland , less than 5 of b

9、oard members are women。Part II Text Study1. Main idea structure:Tips for Reading:A Good Reader should 1） Try to become an active reader。2） Learn to ask more questions。 （ what， why, how)3） Do the efficient reading。 (key points， topic sentence， key words, locating words， necessary and sufficient ）4） D

10、evelop a habit of marking during reading。Answer Questions1）What types of work did the author see men do in his hometown？ (Para。 1)From morning to sundown：they built cabinets， dug ditches, mined coal, or drove trucks； they trained horses， stocked furnaces， made tires, stood on assembly lines, welding

11、 parts onto refrigerators or lubricating car engines。In the evenings and on weekends：they labored equally hard, working on their own small tract of land, fixing brokendown cars， repairing broken shutters and drafty windows。 2） The bodies of the men I knew were twisted and wounded in ways _visible_ a

12、nd _invisible_。 （Para。 2）Visible ways：Heavy lifting had given many of them spinal problems and appalling injuries。 Racing against conveyor belts had given some ulcersome had broken ribs and lost fingers.Their ankles and knees ached from years of standing on concrete. Some had partial vision loss as

13、the glow of the welding flame damaged their optic receptors. Invisible ways:All around us, the fathers always seemed older than the mothers。 Men wore out sooner， being martyrs of constant work.3)What did they do when men worked as soldiers？ （Para. 3）Tips：When the shooting started， many of them would

14、 die for their patriotism in fields and forts of foreign outposts. This was what soldiers were for they were tools like a wrench， a hammer or a screw。 4）What caused the author to be puzzled after he entered college？ （Para。 5）Tips：The author was puzzled at womens claim that men enjoy greater joys and

15、 more privileges. This was because he knew from his own experiences that men did much harder work and suffered much more than women。5）What kind of examples the author used to defend for men？ （Para. 5）Tips：The right to work five days a week, 12 months a year， for 30 or 40 years， wedged in tight space

16、s in the textile mills, or in the coal mines， struggling to extract every last bit of coal from the rock-hard earth? The right to die in war？ The right to fix every leak in the roof， every gap in the fence? The right to pile banknotes high for a rich corporation in a city far away? The right to feel

17、, when the lay-off came or the mines shut down， not only afraid but also ashamed？ 6）Why did the author envy women? （Para。 6）They were interested in art or music or literature， and enjoy a sense of ease。 They did not have to go to war. The space of their comparatively lightweight work seemed expansiv

18、e. They clipped coupons, went to see neighbors, or ran errands at school or at church. 7)Why did the women in the author's college see him as an enemy？ （Para。 8）They were the daughters of privileged， Republican men and they wanted to inherit their fathers power and lordship over the world. They

19、longed for a say over their future. And because of the authors sex， as destined from birth to become like their fathers, so they see him as an enemy。8)What kind of role the author wanted to play? (Para。 8)Tips：The author thinks that the miserable life ofthe lower class people is similar to the gende

20、r inequality that women suffer from。 He supports the fight against social inequality, no matter whether it is related to class or gender。Structure Analysis：Introduction： Men labored all day and had little free time。 （Para. 1）The bodies of men were twisted and wounded because of hard work。 （Para. 2)M

21、en were soldiers who had to die in war。 （Para. 3）The lives of rich men who had power and privileges seemed remoteand unreal. (Para。 4）Major arguments and supporting detailsWomens criticism of men was puzzling because men in reality had to work hard to support their household。（Para。 5）Womens grievanc

22、es were hard to understand because women had an easier life than men。 （Para。 6)The fates of lowerclass men and women are equally bleak and grim。 （Para. 7）Conclusion:Women have grievances about gender inequality because they don't know the hard life of workingclass men。 （Para。8）2。 Language Focus:

23、Useful expressions: 1)Off （the ） grid Not connected to public utilities and having your own power and water supply。 远离公共设施的，自给自足的我们住在那里远离水电，生活全靠自己.We lived there off the grid and on our own。2）There are time when sometimes 有时候有时候我觉得很懒，只想整天呆在床上.There are times when I feel lazy and just want to stay in

24、 bed all day。3）No more than 意为“不能 ， 就像不能一样". 这个句型表示两件事情都无法做或都不具有某一特征。通常后面的事更明显或更易懂,所以将两件事进行类比，以解释为何第一件事是不可能的或不具有所说的特征。他无法忘却那段历史，就像他不会忘记自己的名字一样。He could no more forget about the experience than he could forget his own name。4)No doubt， had sb. taken a more (adj。） look/view at sth。， sb. would have

25、 done sth。 else。某人对某事的反思毋庸置疑，如果人类用更具前瞻性的方式审视对大自然的开采,他们就不会遭受资源短缺了。No doubt， had human beings taken a more prospective view at the exploitation of the nature, they would have never suffered from resources shortage。5）Have a say on /over sth: have the right or opportunity to give your opinion她们唯一想要的就是对自

26、己的财产有发言权。The only thing they want is to have a say over their own property。Essay writing：Learn how to support an argument with personal experiences and observations： In writing an argumentative essay, the author needs to provide specific details to support his opinion。 Personal experiences and obser

27、vations are a common type of evidence to support an argument。 They often involve the authors own impressions about or memories of a person, thing， place， or situation. Topic：A better method to overcome pronunciation problems Introduction： Introduce the background: A common method to overcome a pronu

28、nciation problem is to practice reading out the same sound or word over and over. State the thesis： A better method to learn English pronunciation is to train the ear rather than the mouth. Body： Explain the main idea with a personal learning experience with the vowels in “shoot” and “short". C

29、onclusion:Restate that the new method is successful. Sample essay：As English learners, many of us have encountered difficulties in learning to pronounce certain English sounds correctly。 The method we commonly use to overcome the problem is to practice reading out the same sound or word over and ove

30、r. However, mere repetition is not an effective method since the core of the problem may lie in our poor ability to hear the differences between certain sounds。 Hence， to some of us, a better method to learn English pronunciation is to train the ear rather than the mouth。 You will better understand

31、what I mean once you know what I once went through years ago. When I first started to learn English back in middle school, I had a hard time distinguishing between the vowel in “shoot" and that in “short”. I had thought my mouth and tongue were set in the wrong way， which made me unable to accu

32、rately articulate the two sounds。 So I spent lots of time reading out the two sounds and words containing them. To my frustration, I made little progress。 It was not until I was in college that I realized the real cause of my incorrect pronunciation was not how I set my mouth and tongue， but rather

33、my poor ability to hear the differences between the two sounds. I found out this when I watched an English movie。 A character in the movie said “shoot”， but I heard “short”。 Then it suddenly occurred to me that I couldn't even tell the difference between the two vowels by ear。 This discovery gav

34、e me a new idea about how to overcome my problem. I listened to the pronunciation of “shoot” and “short” on audio (录音的) tapes carefully until I could hear their difference。 Then I practiced reading out the two words by somewhat exaggerating the movement of my mouth。 Weeks later， I succeeded in prono

35、uncing the two sounds correctly.From then on， whenever my friends or classmates say they have difficulties with a certain sound， I will tell them what I did with the vowels in “shoot” and “short”。 This “eartraining" method proves to be much better than just practicing reading out sounds or word

36、s. Task： essay writing:Topic： Life as a single child Introduction： Introduce the background。 State the thesis。Body：Support the main idea with personal experiences。 The way parents and grandparents treated me My feelings of growing up as a single child in the family Conclusion：Restate the thesis. Par

37、t III ReflectionCritical Thinking:1Do you think the men and women you knew when growing up had equal rights？ Why do you think so? Yes， I think so。 My parents worked in a big stateowned factory， where both men and women worked at similar positions and earned more or less the same amount of money。 No， I do not think so。 I grew up in the countryside， where even today men are dominant in the family. In those days， men had greater power in deciding the important things, whereas women generally followed what their h