新视野大学英语第三版B4U6教(学)案

1、新视野大学英语读写教程第四册教案B4U6Gender Equality*Teaching Objectives：Students will learn to use English to1.*Time Allotment: each unit8 classes1st-2nd classes: Part I Warming up1. Lead-in : Guessing activity2. Pre-reading activities: Answer the questions3. Cultural background: Watch the video and fill in the bla

2、nks3rd-4th classes: Part II Text Study4. Reading in Depth: Structure Analysis, Summary, Difficult sentencesanalysis5. Language Focus: More practice in Language Points (language pointsexplanation, Sentence Patterns, Useful Expressions)5th6thclasses: Part III Reflection6. Critical thinking: More speak

3、ing practice in discussion related togender equality7. Writing Practice: Essay writingWrite an essay with your personal experiences.7th8thclasses: Part IV Assignment7. Post-readingactivities:summaryofuseful expressions,watching anddiscussing, speaking task, etc.8. Section B:Focus on fast reading and

4、 practice in reading skill6APart I Warming up1. Lead-in:To separate the words:Which words are always used to describe the men/women?Men: clean-cut, stylish, sharp, robust, virileWomen: cute, sexy, pretty, delicate, elegant2. Pre-reading activities:1) Can you list some jobs for women and some jobs fo

5、r men?Women :nurse, teacher, office lady, assistantMen：soldier, architect, firefighter, mineworker2) Why is there a difference between men and women in choosing a job?Tips :Difference:Menarephysicallystronger. Sotheycandosomejobsthatrequirephysical strength and power.Women are more subtle. So they c

6、an do some jobs that requirecarefulness and patience3. Cultural Background:Watch the video and fill in the blanks as the following sentences. 1. In 2009,60% of graduates from Universities arefemales inOECDareas. By2025, 70 % of graduatesarefemales inthose areas. 2.70%ofeducation graduates arewomen,7

7、5%ofhealthandsocialscience graduates are women. While, 70% of engineeringmanufacturing , construction graduates are men. 3. On the pay-slip pay are always smaller thanmens. They average are 16 % smaller than mens. 4.InNorway, 40%ofboardmembersare women.InSweden,FranceandFinland, 15-20%ofboardmembers

8、arewomen.InGermany,Japan,Netherland , less than 5 % of board members are women.Part II Text Study1. Main idea & structure:Tips for Reading: A Good Reader should1) Try to become an active reader.2) Learn to ask more questions. ( what, why, how)3)Dotheefficientreading.(keypoints,topicsentence,keywords

9、,locating words, necessary and sufficient )4) Develop 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;theytrainedhorses,stockedfurnaces,made

10、tires,stoodonassemblylines, welding parts onto refrigerators or lubricating car engines.In the evenings and on weekends:theylaboredequallyhard,workingontheirownsmalltractofland,fixing broken-down cars, repairing broken shutters and drafty windows.2) The bodies of the men I knew were twisted and woun

11、ded in ways_visible_ and _invisible_. (Para. 2)Visible ways:Heavy lifting had given many of them spinal problems and appallinginjuries.Racing against conveyor belts had given some ulcersome had broken ribsand lost fingers.Their ankles and knees ached from years of standing on concrete.Somehadpartial

12、visionlossastheglowoftheweldingflamedamagedtheiroptic 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 wou

13、ld die for theirpatriotisminfieldsandfortsofforeignoutposts.Thiswaswhatsoldierswere 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:Theauthorwaspuzzledatwomensclaimthatmenenjoygreaterjoysand more privileges. This wa

14、s because he knew from his own experiencesthat 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 or40years,wedgedintightspacesinthetextilemills,orinthecoalmi

15、nes,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, everygapinthefence?Therighttopilebanknoteshighforarichcorporationinacityfaraway?Therighttofeel,whenthelay-offcameortheminesshut down, not only afraid but also a

16、shamed?6)Why did the author envy women? (Para. 6)They were interested in art or music or literature, and enjoy a senseof ease.They did not have to go to war.The space of their comparatively lightweight work seemed expansive.They clipped coupons, went to see neighbors, or ran errands atschool or at c

17、hurch.7)Why did the women in the authors college see him as an enemy? (Para.8)Theywerethedaughtersofprivileged,Republicanmenandthey wantedtoinherit their fathers power and lordship over the world. They longedforasayovertheirfuture.Andbecauseoftheauthorssex,asdestinedfrom birth to become like their f

18、athers, so they see him as an enemy.8)What kind of role the author wanted to play? (Para. 8)Tips:Theauthorthinksthatthemiserablelifeofthelowerclasspeopleis similar to the gender inequality that women suffer from. He supportsthe fight against social inequality, no matter whether it is related toclass

19、 or gender.Structure Analysis:Introduction:Men labored all day and had little free time. (Para. 1)Thebodiesofmenweretwistedandwoundedbecauseofhardwork.(Para.2)Men were soldiers who had to die in war. (Para. 3)The livesofrich menwho had powerand privilegesseemed remoteandunreal. (Para. 4)Major argume

20、nts and supporting detailsWomenscriticismofmenwaspuzzlingbecausemeninreality hadtowork hard to support their household.(Para. 5)Womens grievances were hard to understand because women had aneasier life than men. (Para. 6)The fates of lower-class men and women are equally bleak and grim.(Para. 7)Conc

21、lusion:Women have grievances about gender inequality because they dontknow the hard life of working-class men. (Para.8)2. Language Focus:Useful expressions:1）Off (the ) gridNot connected to public utilities and having your own power and watersupply.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 t

22、he 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 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。Hecouldnomoreforgetabouttheexperiencethanhecouldforgethisow

23、nname.4）No doubt, had sb. taken a more (adj.) look/view at sth., sb. wouldhave done sth. else.某人对某事的反思资源短缺了。No doubt, had human beings taken a more prospective view at theexploitationofthenature,theywouldhaveneversufferedfromresourcesshortage.5）Have a say on /over sth: have the right or opportunity

24、to give youropinion她们唯一想要的就是对自己的财产有发言权。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 andobservations：In writing an argumentative essay, the author needs to providespecific details to support his opinion. Per

25、sonal experiences andobservations are a common type of evidence to support an argument. Theyofteninvolvetheauthorsownimpressionsaboutormemoriesofaperson,thing, place, or situation.Topic:A better method to overcome pronunciation problemsIntroduction: Introducethebackground:Acommonmethodtoovercomeapro

26、nunciationproblem is to practice reading out the same sound or word over and over. State the thesis: A better method to learn English pronunciation isto train the ear rather than the mouth.Body:Explainthemainideawithapersonallearningexperiencewiththevowelsin “shoot” and “short”.Conclusion:Restate th

27、at the new method is successful.Sample essay:As English learners, many of us have encountered difficulties inlearning to pronounce certain English sounds correctly. The method wecommonly use to overcometheproblem isto practice readingout the samesoundorwordoverandover.However,mererepetitionisnotanef

28、fectivemethod since the core of the problem may lie in our poor ability to hearthe differences between certain sounds. Hence, to some of us, a bettermethodtolearnEnglishpronunciationistotraintheearratherthanthemouth.YouwillbetterunderstandwhatImeanonceyouknowwhatIoncewentthrough years ago. When I fi

29、rst started to learn English back in middleschool, I had ahard time distinguishing between the vowel in “shoot”and that in “short”. I had thought my mouth and tongue were set in thewrongway,whichmademeunabletoaccuratelyarticulatethetwosounds.So I spent lots of time reading out the two sounds and wor

30、ds containingthem. To my frustration, I made little progress.It was not until I was in college that I realized the real cause ofmy incorrect pronunciation was not how I set my mouth and tongue, butrather my poor ability to hear the differences between the two sounds.IfoundoutthiswhenIwatchedanEnglis

31、hmovie.Acharacterinthemoviesaid “shoot”, but I heard “short”. Then it suddenly occurred to methat I couldnt eventellthe difference betweenthetwo vowelsby ear.This discovery gave 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

32、 carefully until I could hear their difference. Then Ipracticedreadingoutthetwowordsbysomewhatexaggeratingthemovementof my mouth. Weeks later, I succeeded in pronouncing the two soundscorrectly.From then on, whenever my friends or classmates say they havedifficulties with a certain sound, I will tel

33、l them what I did with thevowels in “shoot” and “short”. This method provesto be much better than just practicing reading out sounds or words.Task: essay writing:Conclusion:Part III ReflectionCritical Thinking:1Doyouthinkthemenandwomenyouknewwhengrowinguphadequalrights?Why do you think so? Yes,Ithin

34、kso.Myparentsworkedinabigstate-owned factory,whereboth men and women worked at similar positions and earned more or lessthe same amount of money. No, I do not think so. I grew up in the countryside, where even todaymen are dominant in the family. In those days, men had greater power indeciding the important things, whereas women generally followed whattheir husband says.2. Is a woman