Unit 8 The Great Minds
Teaching Objectives:
1. Grasp the main idea of Text A /B
2. Practice some new words and expressions
3. Master important language points and grammatical points. Teaching Importance:
1.Understanding of Text A /B
2. Practice some new words and expressions 3.Self-Assessment
Teaching Difficulties: 1.Key words and phrases
2.Useful expressions and language points Teaching steps:
1. Background Information; Speaking Activity about surprise 2. Study of words and expressions in Text A;Vocabulary of Text B 3. Discussion of Text A and do the follow-up exercises 4. Active words and Vocabulary Check; Grammar Tips 5. Discussion of Text B and do the follow-up exercises 6. Self-Assesment; Intensive training Procedures:
Classroom Activities
1. Background Information
A. A pessimist makes difficulties of his opportunities;an optimist makes opportunities of his difficulties. B. Introuduce Harry S. Truman 2. Speaking Activity
Let students pay attention to how the speakers show their surprise. 3. Pre-reading Questions
A. Can you imagine a life without limbs?
B. Who will flash into your mind when it comes to disabled heroes? What qualities appeal to you most? 4. Vocavulary make A of B
make a success of one's career make a musician of the little boy 1. wrap v. 用…缠绕（或围紧） 2. scenario n. 设想；方案；预测 3. explanation n. 解释；说明 explain explanatory
4. uneventful adj. 平淡无奇的；平凡的；缺乏刺激的
5. pregnancy n. 怀孕；妊娠；孕期
6. imperfect adj. 有缺陷的；不完全的；不完美的 perfect perfection
联想：impossible, impolite, imbalanced, immobile, immature （注意：unbiased, unmoving）
7. abnormal adj. 不正常的；反常的；变态的；畸形的 normal
联想：typical-atypical symmetry-asymmetry symmetrical-asymmetrical
8. massive adj. 巨大的；非常严重的 9. disability n.（某种）缺陷，障碍 able ability unable
10. limbless adj. 无四肢的
11. inspire v. 激励；鼓舞（用法参考Unit 5, Text A） inspiration （形近词参考Unit 4，Text A） inspiring
12. adapt v. 适应（新情况） adapt oneself to sth. 13. accomplish v. 完成 14. limb n. 肢；臂；腿
15. campaign 运动（为社会、商业或政治目的而进行的一系列有计划的活动）
16. fulfill v. 实现；履行
fulfill one's dream / word / requirement fulfilling使人满足的，令人愉快的 fulfillment 履行；满足；成就 17. motivational adj. 鼓舞的
18. circumstance n. 命运；客观环境 19. wholeheartedly adv. 全心全意地 20. effective adj. 产生预期结果的；有效的 21. a walk of life 行业；职业；地位；阶层 line of work
22. major in 主修
23. stress the importance of 强调…的重要性 24. at one's disposal 任某人处理；供某人任意使用 25. poke fun at 拿…开心；奚落；嘲笑 26. show off 炫耀；卖弄 5.Language Points of Text A
1. Having had an uneventful（平凡的）pregnancy and no family history to expect this condition, imagine the shock his parents felt when they saw their first born, brand new baby boy, only to find he was what the world would consider imperfect and abnormal.
(1) 悬垂分词。建议换成：Having had an uneventful pregnancy and no family history to expect this condition, his parents felt great shock when they saw …. Can you imagine the shock? 以下是可以接受的悬垂分词形式：
Strictly speaking, nobody is allowed in here. Judging from his accent, he must be from the South.
经常这样用的分词(分词词组)有：frankly (broadly, generally, strictly…) speaking, judging from / by…,talking about…,speaking of…等。
某些句子中作状语的分词的逻辑主语虽然不是句子的主语，但可能是句中的另外某一成分，对这样的句子也可以不认为是\悬垂分词\。课文中的这个句子属于这种情况。再如：
Seeing her health sinking rapidly, alarm clutched the father's heart. 她父亲看到她健康迅速恶化，很是惊慌。
(2) only to find…不定式表示结果。不定式表结果时通常前面需要加only,表示出乎意料的不希望看到的结果。例如：
They rushed to the cinema, only to find the tickets left at home. They hurried back home, only to find the door locked.
They went to the hospital without any delay, only to be told their beloved grandpa had already passed away. (3) what the world would consider作插入语
(4) 译文：在经历了一段平静无事的孕期，而且没有任何家族病史预示的情况下，我们可以想象得到当时他的父母看到这个刚出生的小男孩时会是多么地震惊，只知道他就是世人所说的缺陷和不正常。
2. Little did they or anyone know that this beautiful limbless baby would one day be someone who would inspire and motivate people from all walks of life, touching lives all over the world.
(1) 否定词放在句首句子倒装，如rarely, seldom, in no case, by no
means, little, hardly等。
(2) who would inspire and motivate people from all walks of life定语从句，先行词是someone。
(3) touching lives all over the world 现在分词作状语，修饰inspire and motivate people。
(4) 译文：当时他们不知道而且也没有任何一个人知道，这个漂亮的无手足的小男孩有一天会启发激励社会各阶层的人，并且感动全世界的人们。
3. Then they realize there's got to be something more to life than meets the eye if a guy without arms and legs is living a fuller life. (1) There is something to / in sth. ……有意义，有道理 (2) live a full life 生活充实
(3) 译文：接着他们意识到，如果一个没有四肢的人过得比普通人更充实，那么人生的含义必定超出了我们目光所及的范畴。 4. He shares his view of ceasing to see obstacles as problems, but instead begin to see them as opportunities to grow and reach out to others.
(1) cease to do sth. 停止做某事，不再做某事
(2) see…as…: look on / upon …as, view…as, regard…as (3) reach out to 伸手以抓到、触到或拿到某物
We must reach out to those in need. 我们应该伸出援手，去帮助有困难的人。
本句reach out to others意为\求助于某人\
(4) 译文：他与大家一起分享停止把阻碍看作是麻烦、困难，相反，应该把它们看作是自身成长并接触他人向他人学习的机会。 5. He stresses the importance of our attitude being the most powerful tool we have at our disposal and illustrates how the choices we make can have a profound effect on our lives and the lives of those around us.
(1) at our disposal任某人处理；供某人任意使用 disposal是dispose的名词形式，意为\支配，处理\。
联想：al为名词后缀，再如：arrive-arrival, survive-survival, approve-approval, disapprove-disapproval, dismiss-dismissal, deny-denial, refuse-refusal等。
(2) have a profound effect on sth. 对……产生深远的影响
(3) 译文：他强调态度是我们可以支配的最强大的工具，阐明了我们作出的选择如何对我们自身乃至周围人的生活产生深远的影响。 6. Nick shows through his own life that the major keys in fulfilling our biggest dreams are persistence and choosing to embrace failure as
a learning experience, rather than allowing the guilt and fear of failure to paralyze us.
(1) through his own life作状语，修饰show。show的宾语是由that引导的宾语从句，宾语从句的主干是the major keys are persistence and choosing to … , rather than allowing…。
(2) embrace failure as a learning experience 欢迎失败，把它看成是学习的体验
(3) rather than 相当于instead of \而不是\
(4) rather than allowing the guilt and fear of failure to paralyze us 而不是被失败和恐惧所打倒
(5)译文：尼克用他的人生来告诉我们实现远大梦想最关键的就是坚持不懈和选择拥抱失败，把它看作是一次学习的机会，而非容忍失败带来的内疚和恐惧使我们瘫痪、麻痹。
7. Using those new definitions he challenges each person he meets to make changes in their lives so that they can begin the path to fulfilling their biggest dreams.
(1) using those new definitions 分词作状语 (2) challenge sb. to do sth. 刺激某人做某事
(3) begin the path to fulfilling their biggest dreams 开始踏上实现人生梦想的征程
(4) 译文：采用这些新的定义，尼克鼓励每个人勇于面对并改变生活，以便他们开始完成人生梦想的征程。
8. Through his amazing ability to connect with people from all walks of life and his incredible sense of humor that captivates children, teens and adults alike, Nick is a truly inspirational motivational speaker.
(1) 句子的主干是Nick is a truly inspirational motivational speaker.。through…作状语
(2) alike: adv. in the same way 同样地
例如：treat everybody exactly alike 一视同仁
The climate here is always hot, summer and winter alike. his incredible sense of humor that captivates children, teens and adults alike 他惊人的幽默感令孩子、青少年和成年人都着迷 6.Language Points of Text B
1. Joanne had a college education, and she insisted that the future parents of her boy be just as well educated.
当谓语动词是\一坚持，二命令，三建议，四要求\时，即insist, order, command, advise, suggest, propose, demand, request, require, ask以及desire, recommend, prefer, decide, urge等词时，从句谓语用