New Horizon College English
Book IV
新视野大学英语泛读教案
第四册
教师：袁 颖 教研室：第一教研室
Unit 1, Book Four
I. Section B The Power of a Good Name
1. Teaching Objectives: To know the meaning and usage of some important words, phrases and patterns To improve Ss’ reading skills by studying section B To respond and cooperate with classmates willingly To participate actively
To read sentences and texts with proper intonation
2.Time Allotment: Section B(2period):
Practice of the reading skill (making inferences);
T checks on Ss’ home reading by asking questions based on the passage. T explains some difficult sentences
3.Teaching Procedures:
3.1 Pre-reading Activities Step 1 Greetings
Greet the whole class Step 2. Warming up
Teacher initiates students to talk about their special experiences during the newly-past vacation
Purposes: Help students quickly adapt to the langguage-learning mode and facilitate students with English language atmosphere after a long vacation.
Method: Talk in groups; communicative approach. Step 3. Fast reading
Ask the Ss to read the passage as quickly as they can and require them to answer the questions on Page 24. Make sure Ss grasp the main idea of the text and have a relatively clear understanding of the text structure.
Step 4. Reading Skills Making Inferences
In order to make good inferences, we should bear the follwing 3 points in mind: a) make use of contexual clues, common sense and your knowledge. b) connect ideas and draw conclusions from the reading passage. c) Test what you have understood between the lines.
Purpose: Introduce the reading skill to the Ss and improve their reading abilities. Method: Use multimedia instruction and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach and total physical response method.
T explains the reading skill (making inferences).
Ss practise the skill by doing the exercise on page 19 in pairs. Step 5. Passage Reading (The Power of a Good Name) 5.1 Lead-in and preparation for reading
Initiate students to air their opinions on topics relating to “reputation”, such as how to maintain a good reputation and what the function of good reputation is, etc.
Purpose: Arouse the students’ interest of study. Bring in Text B: The Power of
a Good Name.
Method: Use the CAI and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach, audiolingual method, and total physical response method.
5.2 Comprehension Questions
Require students to read the passage as quickly as possible and ask the students to make inferences between lines and answer the questions showed on the screen:
Para.1
1. What did the father ask “me” to do? Para.2
2. What is the time setting of the story?
3. How was “I” relate to the ugly shadow of racism? Para. 4
4. What does “they broke the mold when they made that man” mean? Para.9
5. Why does America need to restore a sense of shame in its neighborhoods? Para.12
6. Why does a good name pave the way for “me” ?
5.3 Difficult Sentences
1. Water from the mill’s wheel sprayed in the sunshine making a rainbow over the canal and I often stopped there on my way to bathe and cool off for a spell — natural air conditioning. (Para. 1)
Meaning: Water coming from the mill’s wheel scattered in the sunshine and formed a rainbow over the canal. I often stopped there on my way to swim in the canal and escape from the heat for a short while. This is natural air conditioning.
2. It was 1976, and the ugly shadow of racism was still a fact of life. (Para. 2) Meaning: That was the year of 1976, and terrible racism still existed.
3. Buck was a tall, weathered man … (Para.3)
Meaning: Buck was fairly tall and he has been exposed much to the wind and rain. Here “weathered” means “weather-beaten”, “饱经风霜”in Chinese.
4. I gave a sigh of relief. “Your daddy is always good for it.” He turned to the farmer. “This here is one of James Williams’ sons. They broke the mold when they made that man.” (Para. 4)
Meaning: I suddenly felt relieved. He said that my father could always be trusted to pay the money back. He turned to the farmer and said to him that I was one of James Williams’ son and he was the rare type of person who could be trusted to pay off the money he owed.
5. I had discovered that a good name could furnish a capital of good will of great value. Everyone knew what to expect from a williams: a decent person who kept his words and respected himself too much to do wrong. (Para. 6)
Meaning: I had found out that a good name could provide us with something of great value. Everyone knew how a member of the Williams would behave and what a Williams would do: A Williams is a respectable person who always does what he says, therefore is trustworthy.
5.4 Key Words and Expressions lest enquire amuse relief furnish melt meanwhile intent initiative restore induce obligation behave glue deposit cool off pen up be good for on credit wipe away keep one’s word melt away shrug off hold up pave the way for open the door to enquire into Step 6 Assignment
T Requires Ss to do the exercises on pages 24—26. T asks Ss to prepare the next unit.
Purpose: Motivate Ss to review what they’ve learned Method: Use task-based method.
Unit 3, Book Four
I. Section B A Blind Man Helped Me See the Beautiful World
1. Teaching Objectives: To know the meaning and usage of some important words, phrases and patterns To improve Ss’ reading skills by studying section B To respond and cooperate with classmates willingly To participate actively
To read sentences and texts with proper intonation
2.Time Allotment: Section B(2period):
Practice of the reading skill (making inferences);
T checks on Ss’ home reading by asking questions based on the passage. T explains some difficult sentences
3.Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual. Step 2 Review
1. Ask students some questions to review the last lesson（show them on the screen）.
2. Check the homework（get to know the social welfare system of the US and China by surfing the Internet or reading relevant books ）;
Step 3 Reading Skills
Understanding Figurative language
Figurative language uses \than the literal meaning of the words.
Metaphor A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two things essentially unalike.
Simile A figure of speech in which a comparison is expressed by the specific use of a word or phrase such as: like, as, than, seems or \
Personification A type of metaphor in which distinct human qualities are attributed to an animal, object or idea.
Purpose: Introduce the reading skill to the Ss and improve their reading abilities. T explains the reading skill (reading for the key idea in a sentence). Ss practise the skill by doing the exercise on page 70 in pairs.
Step 4 Passage Reading (A Blind Man Helped Me See the Beatutiful World) 4.1 Lead-in and preparation for reading
Show the students some pictures of great blind people and ask the students tell some stories about them and what they can learn from the stories.
Purpose: Arouse the students’ interest of study. Bring in new subject.
Method: Use the CAI and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach, audiolingual method, and total physical response method.
4.2 Comprehension Questions
Read the passage as quickly as they can. and ask the Ss to find the key idea in sentences and answer the questions show on the screen: