大学英语精读第四册(教案)

1、book4unit 1 big bucks the easy wayteaching time: 4 hoursstudents level: sophomores of non-english majors in the 2nd semester.teaching objectives: 1. help ss get to know the lesson “no pains, no gains” and there is no “big bucks the easy way”.2. about the text, ss should grasp the text content, text

2、structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section. words: cash, echo, competitive, leisurely, pain, sour, finance, marvelous, party, stack, cram, harm, minimum, range, thoughtful, deadline, inform, normally, sale, trash, delivery, inquire, odd, shrinkphrases & expressions: pul

3、l up, a piece of cake, even as, know better than, be at, make a dent, cut into, have no business, settle for, settle ones account, quite awhile, draw attention to, for sale, for rent, be done with, may as wellgrammar: p143. about the reading, ss should learn avoiding vocalization and inner speech.4.

4、 about the writing, ss should learn word choice.5. about the listening, ss finish the unit 1 directed by teacher.teaching procedures:i. pre-reading activities1. background information1) montgomery ward2) sears,3) roebuck2. warm-up questions1) do you depend on your parents financially?2) is it easy t

5、o earn money by working part-time?3) are there any easy ways to make much money?3. key words and expressions:new words and old wordteacher students(old words or expressions) (new ones)u.s. dollar buckdoor handle doorknobunhurried leisurelyrelaxed leisurelyprofitable lucrativesent out deliverendure l

6、ive with beg panhandletell informfill cramtie bandincrease reproduceextra money bonuspart sectiona path walkan easy job a piece of cakepay settlehave no reason have no businesscome to terms with settle forstrange oddmoney financefinish be done withenglish and chinese phrasesteacher(chinese) students

7、( english)考虑 look into总是 all the time可以容忍 live with令我痛心 it pains me易如反掌 a piece of cake壮汉 a big guy干快些 get busy好几卡车的 truck loads of 百货商店 department store廉价商店 a dime store小杂货店 drug store汽车行 auto store外卖餐馆 takeout restaurant提高嗓门 voice rises超过极限 out of the range of恍然大悟 work a profound change in教会某人做人 w

8、ork a profound change in ones personality经过调解 in mediation结账 settle the account劳务支出 labor cost相同数额 a like amount托某人做 enlist sb. to doii. while-reading activities1. ss have the silent reading on the text (10 mins)2. text and questions for discussionlines 1-91. what did the father tell his college son

9、s to think about?(to deliver bags of magazines to make some of their own money.)2. what was the father worried about?( the sons would become used to or feel content with living by asking for money all the time.)lines 10-221. why did the mother phone the father?( she wanted him to know what was going

10、 on at home.)2. how do you understand the word “super” she snapped?( “super” means very good. but,she “snapped” it, which means she was very angry. she was being sarcastic,i.e. she meant the opposite of what she said.)3. can you paraphrase the sentence “another truck just pulled up out front”?(anoth

11、er truck has stopped outside in front of our hous to deliver more materials.)lines 23-291. which company did the two sons do the delivery job for?( the sunday newspaper company.)2. why did each truck deliver 4000 of the inserts?( each one was from a different company and had the ads the sons were re

12、quired to deliver to 4000 houses.)3. why did he think so?( he had no idea of how much work it would mean.)lines 30-35what did the father mean when he said “they are college men.”? he meant that they were grown-ups, and should be capable of dealing with the situation.lines 36-501. in what cases does

13、peoples voice become unnaturally high and quavering?when they are excited, angry, upset and the like.2. what does “magazine sections” mean?parts of magazines, 8 or 12 pages long.3. how many steps are there in the process before delivering?five: take out, roll, slip, band and slide.lines 51-661. what

14、 do you think of the fathers answer?clever and sensible. it is a lie, a harmless lie, one told in order to avoid upsetting somebody.2. why did the father say “thats encouraging”?the sons were learning how to solve the problem of manpower shortage;they hired other people to help, and learnt to improv

15、e efficiency by establishing assembly lines.3. why did the mother say “it is very discouraging”?the measures weren working at all.lines 67-771. what do you think of the fathers bonus program？it is reasonable and logical. bonus is a popular incentive that management adopts. sometimes we have to lose

16、something in order to gain something. if you are reluctant to use a small bait, you can hardly get a big fish.2. did the son understand that at first thought?no. he thought the more the workers got, the less he obtained.3. why did the son answer “yes, sir”?he had come to realize it was a business an

17、d he took the fathers instructions as and order.lines 78-861. what does “see the color of cash” mean?see note 7 in your text book.2. whats the difference between the original payment and the demanded one?the original payment was five dollars per person, shile now they demanded five dollars per hour.

18、3. who probably played the mediating role?the mother.lines 87-94why did the son think it “enough”?no matter how much, it was the money they made by themselves with great efforts and they learnt a lot from the experience.lines 95-1091. what did the youngest sons learn from their college brothers?they

19、 learnt to make their own money in order to avoid having to ask for money all the time.2. what were they going to do to try to earn money?they were going to sell or rent the familys books.3. do you agree “youre never done with books”?yes. becauseno. because .3. t asks ss to come out the main idea, s

20、tructure of the text (10mins)4. t summarizes the main idea and structure of the text (5 mins)iii. post-reading activities1. let the students do the exercises in the textbook which are related to the new words.2. ss hand in the summary of the text.summary questions and concluding remarks1) do you thi

21、nk it necessary for the sons to make some money for themselves? give reasons for your answer.i think it necessary.because.2) what do you think is needed in accomplishing something difficult?i think it is self-confidence, perseverance, co-operation or team work, reasonable management, strategies of s

22、olving problems, etc.3) what is the fathers tone in telling the story?the tone is light and ironic because the story is meant to be funny. the problem in the story was one that people think is very serious when it happens, but later they can laugh about.3. ss discuss the questions on the topic relat

23、ed to the text.4. let ss do the exercises in the text book which are mainly related to the new words and topic. 5. exercise:sentence making in dialoguesteacher: now id like you to complete the following dialogues by making sentences with the giver phrases.pull up1. what do you ask your driver to do

24、when you reach your destination?i ask the driver to pull up near the place i want to go.2. what does a bus driver do when a passenger wants to get off?he pulls up at a bus stop.3. what does the red light mean to a moving vehicle?it means that the vehicle must pull up at the zebra.a piece of cake1. c

25、an you recite the 26 english letters?sure. its a piece of cake.2. do you think it difficult to use a tape recorder?no. its a piece of cake.make a dent in1. have you finished your outline?no, ive hardly made a dent in it.2. how are you getting along with your project?we have made only a small dent in

26、 it.cut into1. do you watch tv in your study period?no. that would cut into my study time.2. what cuts into the factorys profit?the rise of the labor costs, material prices, the increased consumption of power, etc.settle for1. if you cant sell your bicycle at a high price, what will you do?i have to

27、 settle for a lower price.2. if you cant get a well-paid job, will you settle for a lower-paid job?might/may/could as well1. what do you suggest we do during the winter vacation?if you have nothing to do, you might as well take up a part-time job.2. what should i do if i cant afford a house?you may

28、as well rent an apartment and set aside your money for a new house.unit 2 deer and the energy cycleteaching time: 4 hoursstudents level: sophomores of non-english majors in the 2nd semester.teaching objectives: 1.get ss to know the energy cycle and instruct them to observe the animals living instinc

29、t in order to value the natural resource; learn about food-enery-life-death.2.about the text, ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section. words: tendency, rate, area, plentiful, possessions, currency, scarce, ample, drowsy, fundame

30、ntal, accumulate, internal, hence phrases & expressions: to meet the needs, turn of mind, convert intogrammar: 3. about the reading, ss should know the usage of dictionary.4. about the writing, ss should get to know the writing skillcoherence .5. about the listening, ss finish the unit 2 directed by

31、 teacher.teaching procedures:i. pre-reading activities1. warm-up questions1) allow ss to go over the text for 10 mins.2) ask them to list the facts about the life of deer in the four seasons respectively.3) sum up sss results2. introductory remarks: 1) what do you think life depends on?money, love,

32、or something else?2) where does energy come from?food, spirit, god, or what?3)what happens to life there is no food , or source of energy?if life useless after it comes to an end?4) life is energy, isnt it? what do you think?the planet we live on is made up of 2 major components: living organisms an

33、d inorganic substances. as far as living things are concerned, life spans vary. some may live for thousands of years, while others live only a few seconds. regardless of the this difference, every life develops from a lower stage to a higher stage until its death, and every species develops in this

34、way, too. but what makes life perform in this way? what happens after life? our earth has been functioning for billions of years. what has made it work for so long? lets have a careful study of the text3. new words and phrases study study of the words and phrasesnew words and old wordsteacher studen

35、ts(old words or expressions) (new ones)tendency turn of mindmoney currencychange into convert intoautumn fallsomething stored reservesrare scarceto satisfy the demands to meet the needsarea regionplentiful amplepossessions resourcestore depositspend expendsleepy drowsybecome liquid meltat the same t

36、ime meanwhilebasic fundamentaltherefore hencecollect accumulateinside internalsmall wooden house cabinenglish and chinese phrasesteacher(chinese) students(english)注重/有的 倾向 a turn of mind生态系统 an ecological system倚赖 to depend on年复一年 from year to year尽可能多 as much as one can旺季 times of plenty储存的脂肪 reser

37、ves of fat/stored fat不甚出名,鲜为人知 less well known能说明问题的例子 a good case in point营养食品 nutritious food生理成熟 physically mature生育 to give birth to食物资源 food resources熬过冬天 to survive the winter/to pull through the winter 大雪 deep snow 小雪 light snow 基本规律 a fundamental ruleii. while-reading activities1.text and qu

38、estions for discussion .lines 1-61. what does “love makes the world go round” mean?people with a romantic turn of mind think that love, romantic love, is what makes life worth living.2. why does the author say that energy is the “currency” of the ecological system?an ecological system is all the pla

39、nts, animals and people, and their surroundings, considered as a whole, in the commercial world, money is the currency , or means of survival. for life, the most important support is food, the source of energy for life, which allows growth, reproduction, and survival.lines 7-121. what do wild animal

40、s do with the food in different seasons? why do they do so?wild animals seem to know when there will be plenty of food and when there wont. so they eat as much as they can when there is plenty of food so that they can become fat and strong and grow well. in winter, they have little to eat. but they

41、do not starve because the fat they have stored in their bodies brings them through this hard time. lines 13-221. what does “ this is good timing” mean?this means that the female deer uses the most suitable seasons, i.e.summer and fall, for the birth of fawns and the production of milk because both t

42、he conception and production cost the female deer much energy and in both seasons there is plenty of food, which meet the deers physical needs.lines 23-311. to what does the author compare the process of fat reserving?a bank savings account, from which one can draw when he needs the money.lines 32-4

43、41. what is the phenomenon of lowering metabolism?the heart rate slows. the animal becomes slow and drowsy. therefore, the use of and need for energy is reduced.2. what protects the deer from cold winter? how does it work?they undergo physical and internal physiological changes, i.e. the hair growth

44、 and the slow metabolism. the thick hair keeps the deer warm and the slow metabolism makes the deer consume less energy, which is stored in the form of fat for use when they need it for growth.lines 45-561. what decreases as winter progresses?the deers activities.2. why were people advised to behave

45、 like that?to use less oil and electricity for conserving energy to pull through the crisis.3. what does the author imply by “watched the deer”?he implies that men can learn from the deer to reduce unnecessary cost of energy.lines 57-641. “to pull them through”. can you say it in other words?to help

46、 them survive the winter.2. what is the fundamental rule of life?the more fat the deer reserve, the more chance there is for them to survive the crises. only the largest and strongest are likely to survive.3. is the fundamental rule of life applicable to human beings?yes. if we human beings do not p

47、rotect nature and ourselves by saving energy, we will be punished by nature and will eventually be wiped out from this planet.lines 65-681. what is the life cycle?food-energy-life-survival-reproduction-death-food-energy-other life .food energy-seek more food-new energy-food.energy is vital to our wo

48、rld. but energy is not always plentiful. the supply can vary, either seasonally or for other reasons. some animals, the white-tailed deer, for instance, have developed natural ways or varying their own use of energy with the variations of the supply. human beings can and should learn this lesson for their own survival. 2. teacher explains the key points in detailsturn of mind1. what is your turn of mind?i have a logical turn of mind, or literar