it is no (not much) good
it is no (not any, hardly any, little) use it is useless
it is not the slightest use it is worth(worthwhile)
there is no (no good, no use)
There is no denying that women are playing an important role in the world today.
3.) to tear sb. away from a place：to (make sb.) leave a place or a person unwillingly because one has to eg. Can‘t you tear yourself away from the TV for dinner?
4). to cling to sth.：to hold tightly; not release one‘s grip on eg. The little child clung to his mother for comfort.
Some of the victims of the fire climbed out of the building, clung to the window ledges for a minute or two and then dropped to their death a hundred feet below.
She still clings to the belief that her son is alive.
5.) burst into (tears, sobs; laughter, a guffaw, song)：begin, suddenly and/or violently, to cry, laugh, sing etc. eg. Aunt Annabel, who has been nervous and jumpy lately, suddenly burst into tears.
As the comic got into his stride, the audience burst into hoots of laughter. cf.：The aircraft turned on its back and burst into flames. The orchards seemed to have burst into blossom overnight.
I mentioned the incident later to a tailor friend and he burst out laughing/crying. 6) sort people into ranks： put ... in order; arrange
e.g. They sorted the apples according to size into large ones and small ones. cf.：She spent a happy afternoon sorting out her coins and stamps.
It‘s no good standing back and waiting for things to sort themselves out.
7）．to resort to: to make use of ; to turn to sth. (esp. sth. bad) as a solution eg.
e.g. Terrorists resorted to bombing city centers as a means of achieving their political aims. These are means we have never resorted to to obtain information. 8）．to present oneself: to appear, happen
eg. When the chance to study at Harvard presented itself, I jumped at it.
He was ordered to present himself at the chairman‘s office at nine o‘clock next morning. Step6. In-class discussion and presentation (40 minutes)
1. If you had only half a day left to live, what would you most want to do? List the top five things you would do and give us your reason.
2. Suppose the narrator found his home at last. What would happen after that? 3. Work in group. Make up your own story of ―Half a Day‖ and perform it. Step7 Textbook exercises (70 minutes)
1. In-class news report 2. In-class dictation 3．P.11-P. 21 (Contemporary College English 1) Step8 Homework
1. Paraphrase the following sentences taken from the text.
1)．We were formed into an intricate pattern in the great courtyard surrounded by high buildings. 2)……; from each floor we were overlooked by a long balcony roofed in wood. 3.) Well, it seemed that my misgivings had had no basis. 4.) Our path, however, was not totally sweet and unclouded. 5.) It was not all a matter of playing and fooling around.
6.) Rivalries could bring about pain and hatred or give rise to fighting.
7.) In addition, the time for changing one‘s mind was over and gone and there was no question of ever returning to the paradise of home.
8.) Nothing lay ahead of us but exertion, struggle, and perseverance.
9.) Those who were able took advantage of the opportunities for success and happiness that presented themselves. 10）. How did these hills of rubbish find their way to cover its surface?
2 Pick out idiomatic expressions in the text as many as possible.( write the English phrase and their Chinese meanings)(p13 on the textbook)
3. Write a composition with at least 150 words. The title is “My First Day at College”. Ⅵ. 教学反思
Unit 2 Going Home
Ⅰ.教学内容 1. 热身；
2．作者：教育与背景；主要著作；社会背景；
3．作品赏析：结构分析；如何赏析文学作品；扩展式讨论； 4．写作技巧：现在分词和过去分词；if条件状语从句； 5．语言理解：长难句解析；核心词汇学习；构词法； 6．课堂讨论； 7．练与讲。 Ⅱ.教 学 目 的
1. 理解作者写作意图，了解文化背景知识，体会人间真情；
2. 在理解课文，分析课文的基础上，培养学生分析、理解及灵活运用语言的能力； 3. 归纳概括文章的主题思想，培养学生归纳概括能力；
4. 归纳文章的修辞手法,赏析名篇片段，加深对描写手法的理解，同时，推荐作品，扩大了阅读量，提高对语言的理解和名篇的鉴赏能力；
5．欣赏并哼唱歌曲《黄丝带》、讨论相关话题和通过续写练习，学以致用， 加深学生对课文的理解和对语言的感悟力，训练并培养学生灵活运用语言的能力。 Ⅲ.重点与难点 1． 2． 3．
课文的主旨与修辞； 作者的写作意图； 构词法。
Ⅳ.教学方法
多媒体教学法、比较法、启发式教学法；通过启发概括文章的主题。通过对比的方法，理解并灵活运用语言。 Ⅴ. 教学过程
Step1. Warming- up 1. Greeting
2. Classical music: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oke Tree.
3. Daily Report -------- Tell a story ：Tell a story according to the pictures and the key words. Step2. Culture Background
1. About the author:
Pete Hamill was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. in 1935. He is the oldest of seven children of Irish immigrants from Belfast, Northern Ireland and attended
Catholic schools as a child. He left school at 16 to work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a worker, and then went on to the United States Navy. While serving in the Navy, he completed his high school education. Then, using the educational benefits of the G.I. Bill of Rights, he attended Mexico City College in 1956-1957, studying painting and writing.
For several years, he worked as a graphic designer, while studying at Pratt Institute. Then in 1960, he went to work as a reporter for the New York Post. A long career in journalism followed. He has been a columnist for the New York Post, the Daily News, and New York Newsday, and has won many journalistic awards. As a journalist, he has covered wars in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Lebanon and Northern Ireland. He has also covered murders, crime, the police, along with the great domestic disturbances of the 1960s. His work has also been published in all the major magazines, including Esquire, New York, the New York Times Magazine; he is currently on the staff of the New Yorker.
Since the 1950s, he has had a continuing interest in Mexico, living there for extended periods, visiting
every year. For six months in 1986, he served as editor of the Mexico City News. He has one additional distinction: he has been editor-in-chief of both the New York Post and the New York Daily News.
At the same time, Hamill has pursued a career as a fiction writer, producing 8 novels and 2 collections of short stories. His 1997 novel, Snow in August, was on the New York Times bestseller list for four months, and has been published in more than a dozen foreign editions. His memoir, A Drinking Life, was on the same New York Times list for 13 weeks. He has published 2 collections of his journalism, a book about the relationship of tools to art, and a book about New York City, along with Why Sinatra Matters, an extended essay on the music of the late singer and the social forces that made his work possible.
Hamill is married to the Japanese journalist, Fukiko Aoki. He has two grown daughters, one a poet, the other a photographer for the Arizona Republic in Phoenix. He and his wife divide their time between New York and Cuernavaca, Mexico.
2. About social background
The text is based on ―Yellow Ribbon‖, a story written in the 1960‘s by Pete Hamill, a successful American journalist and author. The story was made into a Japanese movie in 1977in which the song ―Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree‖ became quite popular in the United States.The 1960‘s—1970‘s was a very trying time for the American people, as the country was deeply troubled by its involvement in the Vietnam War. It was a time when such traditional values as human sympathy, understanding, trust and love seemed to be losing out. Through the experience of a former prisoner and his journey with a group of young people, the story seemed t express a strong desire for ―going home‖, where such goof old values are to be found again. 3. His works
Step3. Text Appreciation 1.Structure of the text
Part 1 (para. 1- 4 ) :The introduction of the setting and the characters.
Part 2 (para. 5-9 ): Where Vingo was going and what for, and how the young people got interested in what was going to happen.
Part 3 (para. 10-12 ): Vingo was forgiven and welcomed home. 2. How to appreciate literature Plot of the story: Setting of the story:
Protagonist（主人公） v.s. Antagonists: ? Drama of the story lies in:
Writing technique: (Have you ever read a story using the similar technique?) Theme of the story:
Step4. Writing Skills 1. Description and comparison Present Participle-------------- Young people： _lively, joyful, active -dreaming of golden beaches and sea tides -waiting for the approach of the great oak tree -screaming and shouting and crying, doing … ... Past participle------------- Vingo ：_restrained, nervous, passive. -Vingo sat there stunned, looking at the oak tree -dressed in a plain, ill-fitting suit -frozen into complete silence -He sat rooted in his seat 2. if adverbial clauses:
Step5. Language understanding
A. Sentence paraphrase & appreciation
1. They were dreaming of golden beaches and tides of the sea as the grey, cold spring of New York vanished behind them
It was a grey, cold day in spring. As the bus left New York City, these young people were thinking about what they would enjoy in Florida--- the golden beaches and tides of the sea.
2.He sat in front of the young people, his dusty face masking his age, dressed in a plain brown suit that did not fit him.
He sat in front of the young people. You could hardly tell how old he was because his face was covered with dust.
dressed in a …this past participle phrase is used to tell the reader more about the subject of the sentence “he”
3. His fingers were stained from cigarettes…
His fingers were yellow because he had smoked a lot. 4. You going that far?
Are you going as far as Florida? In conversation, elliptical sentences are often used. Here “are” is omitted.
It is a long journey from New York City to Florida. In between are New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. 5.You live there?
When we think the answer is likely to be “yes”, we can turn a statement into a question by using the rising tone