自做-Unit-2-American-Homes-and-Traditional-Chinese-Homes

1、外语系：外语系： 刘庆林刘庆林Part I Communicative ActivitiesConversation 1Have the students read theconversation by themselves in pairs. Then pay attention to some imformal expressions.Language Points:1. sort out: clear up, tidy up2. return address: the senders address3. You bet I do. =Surely/Certainly.4. for age

2、s: for years5. The usage of convince: convince sb. to do sth. convince sb. of sth. convince sb. that.Role-play：Basing on the situation given in the text book. The students should work in a group of 2 or 3 to make up their own conversation. Matching Exercises The following are more ways of introducin

3、g and identifyingpeople or objects. Read them and match the functions with the actual words spoken.a. My name is John Smith. 1. Showing somebody around the How do you do? campus.b. Whos this? Is it Jack? 2. Saying who you are and c. Hello, Bill, how have you greeting people. been recently? 3. Greeti

4、ng one of your friends.d. Mum, this is Mary, my new 4. Introducing a new classmate classmate. to your mother.e. That is our new library. 5. Introduing a guest speaker tof. It is with great pleasure that audience at a meeting. I introduce to you Professor 6. Trying to identify someone. Brown, preside

5、nt of Blueville University.Part II Reading and Language Activities“By the time you finish paying for the house in thesuburbs, its no longer in the suburbs.”Cultural background about this saying: In the US there has been a tendency in the past few decades for many newly established middle class famil

6、ies to move out of the city centre to suburbs where only the wealthy could afford to live in the past. The concept of suburb is undergoing a gradual change from quiet residential areas with pastoral settings in the past to the current idea of neighborhoods for middle class families. -The desire of “

7、Privacy”, “Peace” and “Quiet”.Thinking Question: “Why do the people have the desire of moving to the suburbs?”Pre-reading Discussion What differences can you find out between the following two houses?Language pointsl adhere to: 坚持；坚信；忠于 Eg. Sheadheredtoherplantoleaveearly. 她坚持自己的计划要早点动身。l begin with

8、beginwith/on从.开始l regarded asberegardedas看待；对待l well-to-do adj.小康的,富裕 awell-to-dofamily/nation take into consideration takesthintoconsideration:takeaccountofsth;make allowancesforsth考虑某事物;体谅某事物: passer-by: 过路人 passers-by (pl) reversed: 相反的 adolescence: 青春期 shieldfrom: 保护，防护 keepfrom: 阻止，妨碍 separatef

9、rom: 分离，把和分开Grammar Point“Rarely is there a wall so high that a passer-by cannot see the window.” “Not only do parents have freedom of action with the childrens belongings, but the youngsters can also use the possessions of the parents if they can get their hands on them.”否定词（句首）+部分倒装True or False ：

10、1.American houses seem more open than Chinese houses, at least from outside.2.American houses are built with the windows toward the road so that a passer-by can see them.3.The real function of the shadow wall is to protect the privacy of the family from being seen from outside when the front gates a

11、re open.4.Americans dont like to share a closed space with others so each member in the family has an individual room.5.Rarely did young children in Chinese families have their own private spaces in the house.6.In a traditional Chinese house in the north of China, people tend to rank the importance

12、of the rooms in their houses according to their distance from the kitchen-dining room.7.Because of the differences in houses, Americans and Chinese have different views towards the idea of privacy and individual right.The Structure of the Whole Text:Para. 1&2 The difference of houses themselvesA

13、merican house: yard, hedge, curtains or blindsChinese house: high walls, solid gate, shadow wallPara. 3&4 The difference of the homes insideAmerican: Privacy-doors-personal spaceChinese: Share the same roomsPara. 5 Chinese room arrangementLike the cars of a train ABcDEMarried daughterParentsKitc

14、hen,dining roomThe older brothers familyThe youngerbrothers familyLook at the picture of the arrangement:Part III. Extended ActivitiesWords Exercises:junior, minor, adolescent, youngster1.The night club was shut down for selling tickets to _.2.They are my _ in rank.3.Many _ are parents headaches.4.A

15、s a _, he was very shy.5.She majored in Chemistry with a _ in biology.6.He is six years my _.minors,juniors, adolescents, youngster, minor, juniorTranslation:1.This young couple want to buy a house in town, but cant afford it now.2. We cant afford to wait. Lets get out of here!3. He took good care of the hou