中专英语第四册-Unit-3-Bathtub-Effect

Unit3What’sTheirNumberAgain?ReadingandWriting(PassageA：BathtubEffect）

中职英语第四册Teachingobjectives【Focuses】getthemainideaofthepassage.usereadingstrategiessuchasskimming,scanningandsoon.Knowhowtoimprovetheirmemory.

【Difficulties】Whatwewilllearnto:knowthephenomenonof“BathtubEffect”.1Revision单词思忆短语回顾1.magic

adj.有魔力的2.stagen.舞台3.cheatn.骗子4.swallowv.吞没

5.standout出色，杰出6.encouragesb.todosth.

鼓励某人做某事7.stayup熬夜8.throwaparty举办宴会RevisionReadingLaguagePoints

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Role-playWorkwithapartner.

Role-playthefollowingsituation.UsetheconversationstrategyonPage41.RevisionReadingLaguagePoints

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Situation

Yourfriendisaskingyouwhentheclassmeetingwillbeheld.You’renotsurewhetheritwillbe6p.m.or7p.m.thisevening.

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BathtubEffect2ReadingRevisionReadingLaguagePoints

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2Reading(BathtubEffect)

The'bathtubeffect'isperhapsthemostcommonlyreportedfindingintheliteratureonmemoryforwords.Peoplerememberthebeginningsandendsofwordsbetterthanthemiddles,asifthewordswereapersonlyinginabathtub,withtheirheadoutofthewateratoneendandtheirfeetoutattheother.And,justasinabathtubtheheadisfurtheroutofthewaterandmoreprominentthanthefeet,sothebeginningsofwordsare,onaverage,betterrememberedthantheends.

“浴缸效应”大概是与背单词有关的文献记录中最常见的一个现象了。人们记单词的时候，

对词的头和尾往往比中间部分记得更牢。这就好像单词是躺在浴缸里的一个人，头和脚都露出水面。而同时，头露出水面的部分往往比脚要多，而且比脚更加显眼。

因此，单词的开头部分一般都比结尾部分更容易被记住。RevisionReadingLaguagePoints

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231ListentotherecordingofPassageA.Skimming:Readthepassagequickly.Intensive-readingRevisionReadingLaguagePoints

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While-readingWhile-readingActivity1:

ReadpassageAandtick(√)

trueorfalse.1.Themiddlesofwordsareusuallymorenoticeableandhenceeasier

toremember.

2.Thebathtubeffectisaphenomenonaboutthememorizationofwords,names,numbers,etc.

3.Whenyoutrytorememberaword,thebeginningisoftenbetterrememberedthantheend.

4.Whenyou’recaughtbythebathtubeffect,youcannotrecallanything.

FalseTrue

True

FalseRevisionReadingLaguagePoints

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BathtubEffectThereisamisconceptionthatapersonwhoisgoodattalkingtoothersalwayshas①

storiestotellandisfullofjokes.Infact,

mostpeoplewantatwo-waydialoguewithinteraction,notjustonepersontalkingthewholetime.

Agoodwayofcreatinggooddialoguesisbyaskingquestionsina②

way.Forexample,questionslike“DoyouliveinLondon?”canbeansweredwithasimple“yes”or“no”,whichisnotgoodforbreedingconversations.Butifapersonasks“Wheredoyoulive?”,thereisscopeforalongerand,

③

,

moreinterestingreply.Thisiswhatiscalledanopen-endedquestion(叫开放式问题）.

a.amazingb.annoyinga.spasticb.specifica.helpfullyb.hopefullyRevisionReadingLaguagePoints

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Post-readingActivity2:Thefollowingisthedictationofapassage.Caughtbythebathtubeffect,thewritermissedsomewords.Choosethecorrectwordstocompleteit.amazingspecifichopefullyLanguagePoints(1)

Bathtubeffect

浴缸现象，浴缸效应(2)ManypeopleregardEnglishlearningasaverychallengingtask,becauseitisverydifficultforthemtorememberEnglishwords.许多人认为英语学习是一项很具挑战性的工作，因为对他们来说记住英语单词是很困难的。①regard…as把……当作……，认为……是……②averychallengingtask一项很具挑战性的工作RevisionReadingLaguagePoints

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③在Itis+adj./n.(forsb.)todo结构中，it为形式主语，真正的主语是torememberEnglishwords。该句型中的形容词说明后面不定式行为的特点，常用的形容词有easy,difficult,necessary,important,hard等。如：1)Itisimportanttokeepthebalanceofnature.

2)每天早上读英语对我们来说是必要的。LanguagePointsRevisionReadingLaguagePoints

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保持自然界中的生态平衡是非常重要的。

ItisnecessaryforustoreadEnglisheverymorning.(3)Researchsaysthatpeoplerememberthebeginningsandendsofwordsbetterthanthemiddles.研究表明，人们对单词的开头和结尾记得比中间好。begin常用短语搭配有：

atthebeginningof一开始begin…with以……开始end的常用短语搭配有：intheend最后attheendof在……末、底bytheendof到……末为止endupwith以……告终LanguagePointsRevisionReadingLaguagePoints

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(4)Theresultistheso-called“bathtubeffect”,accordingto

whichspeakerswillrecallwithmoreeasethebeginningandtheendofwords.这就产生了所谓的“浴缸效应”,“浴缸效应”指说话人会更容易记起词语的开头部分和末尾部分。①

recallwithmoreeasethebeginningandtheendofwords.=

recallthebeginningandtheendofwordsmoreeasily.

withmoreease

“更容易、更从容”LanguagePointsRevisionReadingLaguagePoints

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②accordingtowhich…

为介词+关系代词which引导的非限制性定语从句结构。【拓展训练】(

)

①Canyoulendmethebookyou

talkedyesterday?

A.withwhich

B.aboutwhich

C.withthat

D.aboutthat(

)②Ihavetwogrammarbooks,

areofgreatuse.A.allofwhich

B.eitherofwhich

C.bothofthat

D.bothofwhichBDRevisionReadingLaguagePoints

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LanguagePoints(5)Asifthewordwereapersonlyinginabathtub,w