Unit 2: Sailing Round the World
Ⅰ. General Introduction
Text ：Unit 2 Text A Sailing Round the World Teaching Aims【教学目的】: To enable the students (Ss) to — 1. Appreciate the spirit shown by the old sick but never-give-up man. 2. Grasp the key words, phrases and structures. 3. Master the skills of writing in this unit: narrating by time sequence. Teaching Focus【教学重点】: 1. Key expressions — give up, be determined to do, voyage, all by oneself, cover, set off/out, by far, turn over, fortunately, nearby, very, accomplish 2. Usage --- win 3. Structure --- 16-metre boat/nineteenth century ships, before/after/when/while doing, in spite of, what clause Difficulties【教学难点】: 1. in spite of, what clause 2. The organization of an narrative piece of writing Teaching Methods【教学方法】: Questions, explanation, analysis, sentence-making, oral practice and exercises. Teaching Aids【教学手段】: Multimedia teaching facilities Ⅱ. Teaching Procedures (of Text A) STEPS METHODS OBJECTIVES TIME Introduction Explanation To inform the Ss of the teaching 2 min procedures. 20 min Warming-up Questions and group To lead into the topic of text A. discussions Study of the Text Questions for To grasp the main idea, and make comprehension, 25 min clear the author’s idea. analysis, explanations 第 1 页 共 13 页
Text Organization Questions Explanations and Analyze the writing skill in this 10 min text. To discover Ss’ difficulties, study 50 min key language points. To consolidate expressions. the useful 10 min Language Study & Explanation, Difficulties sentence-making Explanation Useful Expressions Translation Grammar Focus Group work To practice the usage “win” and the structure “16-metre boat/nineteenth century ships, 15 min before/after/when/while doing, in spite of, what clause”. and To develop the students’ speaking 20 min skill. To explain difficult points. and 15 min Group Discussion Check Exercise Discussion presentation Explanation Group work discussion Translation To develop the translating skill. 10 min Assignment Written work Ask students to do Exercise III, IV and learn Text B by themselves 3 min after class. 180 min Total
Ⅲ. Detailed Teaching Activities STEP 1 — Introductory Remarks
A British adventurer, Francis Chichester traveled round the world alone in a small boat called the “Gipsy Moth IV” in spite of the fact that he had lung cancer. This text tells us briefly what happened to him on his voyage. To begin with, let’s draw a map of Chiceester’s course.
STEP 2 — Warming-up 1. Discussion
Teacher: Before we study the text, let me ask you some questions. 1) Do you like traveling? Do you like traveling alone?
2) What do you think is the most important for a person who suffer from lung?
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2. Questions about the Text
Based on the title, guess what the text is about. Question: Who sailed round the world, and how?
3. Information Related to the Text 1) Sir Francis Chichester
Born in Devon, Britain, in 1901, Sir Francis Chichester later became a British adventurer. As a young man, he went to New Zealand, where he worked as a miner, salesman and land agent.
After returning to England in 1929, he made a solo flight to Australia in a biplane. Two years later, in 1931, he piloted the first east-west flight over the Tasman Sea between New Zealand and Australia. He then planned to fly around the world, but the plane was severely damaged in an accident in Japan.
After World War II he founded a business in London. Taking up ocean sailing in 1953, he won the first solo transatlantic race in 1960 by sailing the “Gipsy Moth IV” from Plymouth to New York City in 40 days. 2) Knights and Knighthood
Knights were the highest class of fighting men in Europe during the Middle Ages. There were other classes of fighting men, such as the lowly foot soldiers. But the knights, who fought on horseback, were the aristocrats of the battlefield. The great heroes of the time, both in story and in fact, were knights.
By the year 1,500 the time of the knight as fighting man was over. But knighthood did not die out altogether. Today in Great Britain, knighthood is an honorary award given to outstanding people in recognition of some remarkable work they have done. A man with the rank of knight is called “Sir” (prefixed to his whole name or given name, but not to his surname alone), and his wife “Lady”. A woman with the same rank is called “Dame”.
When a person is being honored, the King or Queen usually takes his or her sword or borrows one from someone present at the ceremony. The person about to be knighted kneels on one knee and bows his head respectfully in front of the King or Queen. The King or Queen touches with the sword first the left shoulder of the person bowing before him or her then the right shoulder and finally the top of the bowed head. While doing this the King or Queen says, “We dub
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thee Sir _____.”
3) Sir Francis Drake (1540 – 1596)
English naval explorer, once the vice-admiral of the British Navy. After several slave-trading expeditions to West Africa and the Spanish Main (1566 – 1573), he sailed round the globe in the Golden Hind (1577 – 1580). He managed to tie down the Spanish Armada by raiding Cadiz (1587), and helped defeat the Spanish attempt to invade England (1588). To historians, he is controversial figure. The British regard him as a national hero while many in other countries think of him as a pirate.
STEP 3 — Comprehension of the Text 1. Multiple Choice 1) Who was Chichester?
(Key: D)
A) A single-handed man. B) A British man. C) An Australian man. D) A British adventurer.
2) Before Chichester began his sailing, he was _______. A) a businessman B) a pilot C) a teacher D) a doctor
3) How old was he when he decided to start his voyage round the world? (Key: B) A) 58. B) 65. C) 66. D) 55.
4) What do you know about his boat? A) Its name was Gipsy. B) It was 60 meters long. C) Its name was Gipsy Moth. D) It was 16 meters wide.
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(Key: B)
(Key: C)
2. Answer the following questions based on the text: 1) What happened to Francis Chichester in 1931?
2) How old was he when he started his voyage round the world? 3) What was the name of his boat? What was the length of the boat? 4) What route did Chichester follow in sailing around the world? 5) How many miles did he cover on the first half of his voyage? 6) What did his friends in Sydney try to dissuade him from doing? 7) In what way was the second half of his voyage the more dangerous part? 8) What happened to Chichester on the night of January 30? 9) How did Chichester feel after sailing round Cape Horn? 10) How was he received when he arrived back in England? 11) What title is added to his name when a man becomes a knight? 12) How many miles did the second half of the voyage cover?
STEP 4 — Text Organization 1. What type is the text? A. narration B. exposition C. description
D. argumentation Key (A)
2. Analyze the structure of the text part 1 2 3
paragraphs 1-2 3-8 9 Main idea Chichester’s decision to sail round the world single-handed. Chichester’s accomplishment of his great voyage. The significance of his great voyage -- giving man new pride. 第 5 页 共 13 页