先修后续课程：修读本课程前，先系统学习公共必修课程《大学英语》（一）、（二）、（三）。 课程内容：
Unit 1 My Father
【目的要求】
1. Familiarizing the students with basic vocabulary for this unit
2. Understanding how brothers or sisters relate to each other and the ways to hurt and to improve relations.
3. Giving the students an opportunity to develop people skills by practicing speaking based on the given cues in short discourse of two or three turns in conversation
4. Learning to understand and talk about family relationships through reading, discussion, and task-based activities
5. Learning the usage of the vocabulary and structures about the topic of this unit. 【重点与难点】
1. Developing people skills by practicing speaking based on the given cues in short discourse of two or three turns in conversation
2. Learning to understand and talk about family relationships through reading, discussion, and task-based activities
【主要内容】
●理论与实践教学内容（8学时） 1. Listening activities: I have a brother
2. Speaking activities: understanding different values and generation gap 3. Reading comprehension: My father 【作业与思考】
1. Reading: My Daughter
2. Writing : Write a descriptive paragraph about your father or mother by giving your subjective judgement first to be followed by fragmented memories.
Unit 2 Why My Great-uncle Gave Up the Ministry
【目的要求】
1. Familiarizing the students with basic vocabulary for describing general impressions of a person, someone’s emotional changes, behavior, social positions, titles and commenting on personalities
46
2. Learning to understand the life of the grey-haired people and the ways to make them feel loved and cared for
3. Learning to describe people in the following aspects: a. address, b. facial expression, c. appearance, d. manner, e. language, f. special deeds and actions / behavior etc
4. Learning to understand and talk about the humor in life through reading, discussion and task-based activities
5. Learning expressions and grammatical items set forth in this unit 【重点与难点】
1. Learning to describe people in the following aspects: a. address, b. facial expression, c. appearance, d. manner, e. language, f. special deeds and actions / behavior etc
2. Learning to understand and talk about the humor in life through reading, discussion and task-based activities
3. Learning expressions and grammatical items set forth in the objectives of this unit 【主要内容】
●理论与实践教学内容（8学时） 1. Listening activities: Telling a story 2. Speaking activities: Describing people
3. Reading comprehension: Why my Great-uncle Gave Up the Ministry 【作业与思考】
Thinking and listing : List the follies that you have committed in your life. And then describe your feelings and emotions as afterthought. The follies that I committed once (a story) Give your story here: My feelings or emotions as afterthought Describe your feelings then and now:
Unit 3 Saved by His Mistakes
【目的要求】
1. Familiarizing the students with words and expressions for describing difficult or problematic situations, fear, solving problems, and rescue work.
2. Learning to understand ways to describe a critical situation and the feeling one has when a stated
47
danger is near. Learning how to manage and solve the problems in the guided listening activity. 3. Developing the ability to talk about survival skills and related expressions through bringing information gaps in pair work.
4. Learning to describe people’s adventure by reading the story about the boy’s adventurous hunting trip and working on the related activities.
5. Learning the vocabulary and grammar points in this unit. 【重点与难点】
1. Learning to understand ways to describe a critical situation and the feeling one has when a stated danger is near. Learning how to manage and solve the problems in the guided listening activity. 2. Learning to describe people’s adventure by reading the story about the boy’s adventurous hunting trip and working on the related activities.
【主要内容】
●理论与实践教学内容（8学时）
1. Listening activities: An Unforgettable Experience
2. Speaking activities: Dealing with difficult or dangerous situations 3. Reading comprehension: Saved by His Mistakes 【作业与思考】
Discussion: what would you do if you were in the following situations? 1. The house was on fire.
2. You were robbed in a crowded street. 3. Suddenly you felt terribly ill.
4. You found out you did not bring your photo ID with you when you were checking into a flight.
Unit 4 Glue
【目的要求】
1. Familiarizing the students with the basic vocabulary in this unit to handle small gadgets in every day life.
2. Having the students work out the function of various small stationery objects. such as a stapler, paper clips, an eraser, file folders, etc.
3. Learning to understand and talk about exaggerated and false advertisements through reading, discussion, and task-based activities.
48
4. Learning the usage of the vocabulary and structures set forth in the objectives of this unit. 【重点与难点】
1. Having the students work out the function of various small stationery objects.
2. Learning to understand and talk about exaggerated and false advertisements through reading, discussion, and task-based activities.
3. Learning the usage of the vocabulary and structures set forth in the objectives of this unit. 【主要内容】
● 理论与实践教学内容（8学时） 1. Listening activities: Invisible Writing 2. Speaking activities: Explaining technology 3. Reading comprehension: Glue 【作业与思考】
Observing and thinking:
1. Ask the students to observe their lives by finding out the following examples: a. Exaggerated role of the computer
b. Exaggerated role of certain methods of teaching English
c. Exaggerated role of certain machines to help you learn English overnight d. Exaggerated role of certain medicines in life ―Cure-all medicine - Panacea‖ etc.
2. Have the students choose one of the examples mentioned above and then ask them to write a composition about 300 words including the following points: a. Where and when did the example take place?
b. How did the manufacturer or the media ―blow the balloon‖? c. What is the truth? Did you try it and what was the result?
d. Analyze why people fell prey to the exaggerations? (No need to be too hostile to this phenomenon. It may be a chance for a good laugh.)
Unit 5 Learning a Language
【目的要求】
1. Familiarizing the students with basic vocabulary for this unit.
2. Understanding that learning language is not easy work through listening and discussion activities.
49
3. Practicing talking about language learning in conversation.
4. Learning to understand and talk about language learning through reading, discussion and the task-based activity.
5. Learning the vocabulary and expressions in the unit. 【重点与难点】
1. Understanding that learning language is not easy work through listening and discussion activities. 2. Learning to understand and talk about language learning through reading, discussion and the task-based activity.
【主要内容】
●理论与实践教学内容（8学时）
1. Listening activities: An Interview on Language Learning 2. Speaking activities: Language learning 3. Reading comprehension: Learning a Language 【作业与思考】
Discussion: Why is it important to learn English well in today’s society?
Unit 6 Bargains
【目的要求】
1. Familiarizing the students with basic vocabulary for this unit. 2. Learning to use appropriate language forms to talk about shopping. 3. Practicing talking about shopping and shopping experiences.
4. Learning to understand and talk about the concept of bargaining through discussing, reading, summarizing the reading passage.
5. Learning the vocabulary and phrases in this unit. 【重点与难点】
1. Learning to use appropriate language forms to talk about shopping.
2. Learning to understand and talk about the concept of bargaining through discussing, reading, summarizing the reading passage. 【主要内容】
●理论与实践教学内容（8学时） 1. Listening activities: I Bought a Chair 2. Speaking activities: shopping
50