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任教课程：《综合英语》（二） 年 月 日
一、授课时间：第9--10周
二．授课类型：课文分析10课时；习题讲解2课时 三．授课题目：Lions and Tigers and Bears 四．授课时数：12
五．教学目的和要求：
通过讲授课文使学生了解美国中央公园的有关知识，并以此游记展开对美国社会、文化的讨论，认识到美国文化的优势和不足之处，更好地有利于跨文化交际。要求学生主动地预习课文，课前准备练习，学会分析文章体裁和进行段落划分。 六．教学重点和难点：
1）背景知识的传授：Central Park; Ogden Nash; The Taming of the Shrew; Henry James; the Empire State Building; Daniel Boone
2）文章的体裁分析及段落划分；
3）语言点的理解：
Word study: stuff sth. with sth.; muggy; curl up; drop off; outdoorsy; needless to say;
observe; beckon; snatch; not to mention; make for sth; nocturnal; tame; conspicuous
Grammar Focus: Identify the subject; Learn more about the function and use of except 七．教学基本内容和纲要 Part One Warm – up 1.1 Warm-up Questions
1. Why do you think the author wrote this essay? To describe the history of Central park? To describe the beauty of the park? To tell the story of how he spent an unforgettable night in the park once? To lament what a terrible place the park had become with all those purse-snatchers, loons, prostitutes, drug dealers, bullies, garrotters, highway robbers and murderers lurking somewhere? To prove that all those terrible rumors about the park at night are ungrounded? Or a combination of all of these?
Part Two Background Information 2.1 Author
2.2 Central Park; Ogden Nash; The Taming of the Shrew; Henry James; the Empire State Building; Daniel Boone
Part Three Text Appreciation 3.1 Text Analysis
3.1.1 Theme of the text 3.1.2 Structure of the text 3.2 Writing Devices
3.2.1 The essay is a good example of rhythmic writing, crisp conciseness, remarkable accuracy and delightful humor. It also presents a good opportunity to learn the terms of onomatopoeia, words denoting different ways of walking and running, and many specific words for minute
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descriptions.
3.3 Sentence Paraphrase Part Four Language Study 4.1 Phrases and Expressions 4.1.1 Word list:
4.1.2 Phrases and expressions list: 4.1.3 Word Building 4.2 Grammar 4.2.1 Object
Part Five Extension 5.1 Group discussion 5.2 Debating 八、教学方法和措施
本单元将运用黑板、粉笔、多媒体网络辅助教学设备等教学手段，主要采用以学生为主体、教师为主导的任务型、合作型等教学模式，具体运用教师讲授法、师生讨论、生生讨论等方法进行教学。
九．作业，讨论题，思考题
完成课后练习；
多看英语报刊杂志及英语经典小说，扩大阅读量； 精听与泛听相结合，逐步提高自己的听力水平； 积极参加英语角等有助于提高英语口语的活动； 坚持用英语写日记； 做一些专四相关练习；
十．参考资料：
1) 杨立民主编,《现代大学英语精读》（4）第二版，学生用书。北京：外语教学与研
究出版社,2012。
2) 杨立民主编,《现代大学英语精读》（4）第二版，教师用书。北京：外语教学与研
究出版社,2012。 3) 李观仪主编，《新编英语教程》（第三、四册）。上海:上海外语教学研究出版, 1999。 4) 黄源深，虞苏美等主编，《综合英语教程》（1-4册）。北京：高等教育出版社，1998。 5) 《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》，北京：外语教学研究出版社，2000。 6) Judy Pearsall主编，《新牛津英语词典》。上海：上海外语教育出版社，1998。 7) 丁往道、吴冰等编著，《英语写作手册》。北京：外语教学与研究出版社。 8) 张道真，《现代英语用法词典》（重排本）。北京：外语教学与研究出版社，1994。 9) 张道真，温志达, 《英语语法大全》上、下卷。北京：外语教学与研究出版社，1998。 十一、课后小结
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Text A Lions and Tigers and Bears
任教课程：《综合英语》（二） 年 月 日
Part One Warm – up
1.1 Warm-up Questions
1. Do you think this story will interest American readers? What kind of people are likely to find the story appealing? For what reasons?
2. Do you like similar stories in our own literature? Why do people usually write or read about places they have visited or would like to visit? Have you read any travel notes that are particularly interesting?
3. How is the story organized? Does the author simply narrate his experience that night chronologically? How does he combine the narration of his experience with descriptions of the park’s history? Do you find it clever? How does the narration end? Why do you think the author decides to end the narration with the raccoons? What kind of effect does he aim to create? 4. What is the author’s overall attitude towards Central Park?
5. Do you agree that travel notes often reveal a lot about the author? What kind of person do you think this author is judging by the text?
Part Two Background Information
2.1 Ogden Nash
an American poet ; well known for his light verse; best-known producer of humorous poetry 2.2 The Delacorte Theater
established in 1962, is an open-air theater located in Manhattan's Central Park and has a seating capacity of 1,800. The Delacorte is owned by the City of New York and operated by The Public Theater. It is an open-air amphitheater, with the Turtle Pond and Belvedere Castle as its backdrop. It primarily serves as the venue for The Public Theater’s annual Shakespeare in the Park summer series
2.3 Belvedere-castle
Built as a Victorian folly in 1869, the castle caps Vista Rock, the park's second-highest natural elevation[1] Constructed of Manhattan schist quarried in the park and dressed with gray granite, it tops the natural-looking woodlands of The Ramble, as seen from the formal Bethesda Terrace. It was designed as an additional feature of the Central Park \plan by the architects Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould after they, along with Frederick Law Olmsted, were reappointed to oversee the park's construction in 1865. 2.4 Shakespeare Garden
A Shakespeare garden is a themed garden that cultivates plants mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare. In English-speaking countries, particularly the United States, these are often public gardens associated with parks, universities, and Shakespeare festivals. Shakespeare gardens are sites of cultural, educational, and romantic interest and can be locations for outdoor weddings.
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Part Three Text Appreciation
3.1 Text Analysis
3.1.1 Theme of the text
1) By traveling the Central Park at night, the author’s ambivalence makes clear New Yorkers’ attitude to the Park. On one hand, there is love and pride New Yorkers have for the cultural richness and the beauty the Park offers; on the other hand, the crime and fear they have associated with the Park.
3.1.2 Structure of the text
Part 1 (Paras.1-2 ) : The author decided to camp in the Central Park . When?
Friday evening in July; 9:15 What’s the weather like? Heavy, muggy.
What do you know about Central Park?
1) It is known that the park is a dangerous place.
2) Ordinary people don’t wander around Central Park at night. 3) Only fool or bad people go there at night. Evidence: the poem by Ogden Nash What did the poem try to tell us?
The poem tries to tells us that the tiger’s lair is the most safe place in the Park. Why did the author decide to camp in Central Park at night?
Human psychology—wishing to do sth. precisely because it is something people normally don’t do.
Part 2 (Paras. 3-6) : The first or two hours and his feeling and the fear Central Park inspired (Paras. 3—4)
What did he do in the first two hours? he visited:
1. The Delacorte Theatre 2. Belvedere Castle
3. The Henry Luce Nature Observatory 4. Shakespeare Garden
What was his generally feeling? Why did he feel like that?
Exhilaration; enjoy/experience the rich cultures leisurely in the park (Paras. 5—6) He was lost What happened to him?
He was scared by five men huddling around the bench. Why was he so scared? What did he see?
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the reassuring city, New York Skyline a light, someone rowing boat on the lake What did he recall? a dreadful crime
Why do people have such constant fear in the Park?
? darkness in the wild (Ramble) ? witnessed dreadful crimes (lake)
Part 3 (Paras.7-12 ) : Central Park history and another scare (Para. 7) the first period in Central Park’s history 1st stage: 1857—1878 What was the Park like? 1.in terms of function:
the domain of the privileged; band concert on Saturday; keep the rougher element out; luxurious and secluded 2. in architectural terms:
a combination of Romanticism and French classicism (Paras. 8—9) an encounter with a couple Do you find the little episode interesting?
How did the couple react when they saw the author?
panicking, jerked, her face rigid, shrieking uncontrollably, away from a hundred feet What was it about the author that made him so frightening? I couldn’t resist when passing the couple; Addressed them forthrightly
(Para. 10) 2nd stage in Central Park’s history (1900 —1934 )
What changes took place in the Park in the first three decades of twentieth century? Who transformed the Park later on?
What was the author’s attitude to this reform? (Para. 11) another scare at the northern end of the Park
the 3rd period in the Central Park’s history 3rd stage: 1934—1960
What did he see at the Reservoir?
Near the reservoir a group of kids on bicycles cycled across the Eighty-fifth Transverse, ringing the horn loudly.
What made him keep his head down and pick up his pace?
The young investment banker was beaten and sexually assaulted by a group of kids on a
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