大学英语精读教案

大学英语精读教案

【篇一：大学英语精读4 教案】

湖北xx学院外国语学院

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课程名称大学英语

使用教材 大学英语精读4

教案章节 第四章

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unite 4 flight 93: what i never know

lyz glick＆dan zegart section one

talking face to face (90 minutes)

一. 教学目的

1 to enlarge students’ vocabulary and phrases.

2 to let students know the background information about terrorism.

二. 教学重点

1. stressing the primary meaning of the words and their applications in the sentences.

2. explain the primary meaning of the phrases and their applications in the sentence.

三. 教学难点

1. key sentence patterns

2. the translation of key phrases and sentences

四．教学步骤

1. warm-up activities: introduce the background information about the passage and group discussing (30 minutes)

2. listening the new words (5minutes)

3. learning the new words and phrases (55minutes)

五．教学内容

1. warm-up activities

●warm-up questions:

⑴ what do you know about the events that took place in america on september 11,2001?

⑵why do you think the terrorists attacked those targets?

⑶ what can be done to stop such events happening again?

● summarize the answers to these questions.

2. background information

2.1 terrorism

terrorism is the use of violence, or the threat of violence, to create a climate of fear in a given population. terrorist violence targets ethnic or religious groups, governments, political parties, corporations, and media enterprises. organizations that engage in acts of terror are usually small in size and fear generated by their violence, which seek to magnify their influence and power to affect political

change on either a local or an international scale.

2.2 what had happened about flight 93 on september 9, 2001?

2.3 remarks by the president less than one hour after the attack i want to reassure the american people that the full resources of the federal government are working to assist local authorities to save lives and to help the victims of these attacks. make no mistake: the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts.

i’ve been in regular contact with the vice president, the secretary of defense, the national security team and my cabinet. we have taken all appropriate security precautions to protect the american people. our military at home and around the world is on high alert status, and we have taken the necessary security precautions to continue the functions of your government.

we have been in touch with the leaders of congress and with world leaders to assure them that we will do whatever is necessary to protect america and americans.

i ask the american people to join me in saying a thanks for all the folks who have been fighting hard to rescue our fellow citizens and to join me in saying a prayer for the victims and their families.

the resolve of our great nation is being tested. but make no mistake: we will

show the world that we will pass this test. god bless.

【篇二：大学英语精读第二册教案1】

type of lesson : intensive readingbook two unit five

title: the professor and the yo-yo

total time: five hours

object : freshman (the second term)

objectives :1. mastering key words and phrases

2. know something about einsteins personality and his way of living pre-teaching : warm-up questions and introductory remarks (10 minutes) in-teaching :1. study of the key words and phrases(20 minutes)

2. languages points(45 minutes) post-teaching :summary questions and concluding remarks(25 minutes) exercises : 1. reading activity (45 minutes)

(1) explain basic reading skill(15 minutes)

(2) ask students to read silently (10 minutes)

(3) explain difficult points(15 minutes)

(4) do exercise a, b (15 minutes)

3. vocabulary (10 minutes)

4. word building(15 minutes)

5. translation(15 minutes)

unit four the professor and the yo-yo

一. key words

1. modest : a.

a) having, showing

e.g. asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner force.

b) moderate, not large in size or amount

e.g. they bought a modest house in the northern suburb.

2. display

a) (v.)show

e.g. it is fashion designers dream to display their dresses in paris.

b) (n.) displaying, show or exhibition

e.g. are you interested in anything on display, sir?

3. impress : v.

a) (by / with) affect (sb.) deeply or strongly in mind or feeling

e.g. he was deeply impressed by what he had seen in china.

b) fix (sth.) deeply or firmly on the mind or memory

e.g. his words were strongly impressed on my memory.

4. function

a) (v.) work

e.g. the government functions through various ministries.

b) (n.) special activity or purpose of a person or thing

e.g. as one grows older, there is usually something wrong with body functions.

5. frustrate : vt.

a) cause (sb.) to have feeling of annoyed, upset disappointment

e.g. staying at home all day frustrated her because she had been a brilliant scientist before her marriage.

b) make (plan, effort etc) useless, defeat

e.g. the bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out.

6. bitter : adj.

a) filled with anger or hatred

e.g. you shouldnt have said those bitter remarks about him.

b) having a sharp unpleasant taste, causing sorry

e.g. they have learned a bitter lesson in the accident.

c) derivative bitterness (n.)

7. argue

a) (vt.) try to prove sth. by giving reasons, maintain by reasoning

e.g. columbus argued that the world was round.

b) (vi.) (for or against) give reasons for or against sth., (over / against) discuss

e.g. in the debate, one team argued for political reform, the other team argued against it.

8. pursue : v.

a) follow, go on steadily with (study or other activity)

e.g. he consistently pursued his task no matter how bad the situation was.

b) follow in order to catch or do harm to

e.g. the policeman pursued the thief.

c) derivative pursuit (n.)

e.g. we work hard in pursuit happiness.

9. approach

a) (n.) method of doing sth.

e.g. writers take a more romantic approach to the historic event than historians.

b) (n.) way, path

e.g. all approaches to the park were blocked after the explosion.

c) (n.) coming near to

easy of approach.

d) (v.) come near

e.g. as night approaches, nightingales start to singing.

10. fortune : n.

a) luck, chance

e.g. he decided to try his fortune here.

b) a large sum of money

e.g. he has made a fortune by hard work.

二. useful phrases

1. at ease

a) free from mental stress, relaxed and comfortable

e.g. im not at ease when so many people are fixing me.

b) related phrasesset / put sb. at ease; make sb. feel at ease;with ease;

e.g. the teacher has a good way to put his nervous students at ease.

the doctor soon made the worried patient at ease.

he solved the problem with ease.

2. point out : draw attention to, explain

e.g. it was pointed out to us that it was getting very late.

3. off balance

a) not in balance, not bale to keep from turning over or falling

e.g. dont rock the boat, you will throw it off balance and get it turned over.

b) related phrases keep ones balance; lose ones balance;

4. come to terms with

a) reach agreement with

e.g. we have come to terms with them that the meeting will be delayed until next month. b) make oneself accept

e.g. later she had to come to terms with the difficult situation.

5. so much so that : to such an extent that, so that…

e.g. i was tired, so much so that i thought i would never recover.

6. work out

a) solve, find by calculation

e.g. it didnt take her much time to work out that she would soon have no money left.

b) produce by thinking

e.g. we have worked out a scheme which should save the company several pounds a year.

7. single out : choose from a group for special treatment

e.g. all of us did a very good job but the teacher singled him out for praise.

8. correspond with : exchange letters with

e.g. will you correspond with me while i am away?

9. mean nothing / every thing to : be of no / great importance or value to

e.g. material things meant nothing to einstein, but to some people they mean everything.

10. revert to : go back to

e.g. my thought reverted to my childhood days.

11.take apart : separate sth. into parts

e.g. the professor spent the whole afternoon taking apart his old car.

三. warm-up questions and introductory remarks

1. warm-up questions

(1) what is a professor? and what kind of image do you associate with a professor?

(2) what is a yo-yo? have you ever had one?

(3) what do you suppose the author wants to tell us by using the title the professor and the yo-yo?

2. introductory remarks

---as a scientist, the name of einstein is a household word. the modern world owes a great deal to his ideas and theories. but as a man, how much do you know about him, e.g. his personality and way of life? would you like to know more about him? read on.

四. language points and questions

(一) lines 1--9

1. language points

…i display my few tricks and pointed out to him that the incorrectly looped string had thrown the toy off balance. = …i showed of my skills of handling the yo-yo and explained to him that the toy had turned over instead of rolling up the string because it had not been looped in a proper way.

2. questions for discussion

(1) what do you think are some of the way to make a shy young visitor feel at

ease?

---being friendly and hospitable, offering sth. to play with, choosing a topic he or she is

interested in, telling a joke, offering him or her chance to show off, etc.

(2) from this example do you know what kind of person einstein was?

---he was kind, considerate, interested in children.

(3) how do you understand einsteins nodding?

---he was not upset about the fact that the young man pointed out his wrong way of playing, he was modest and easy to get along with.

(4) do you think that daily matter show a persons character?

(二) lines 10--16

1. language points

the personality that was einstein = the personality which was the most striking characteristic of einstein.

a) additional example the military genius that was napoleon

he was the only person o knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. = of all the persons i knew he was the only one who was at peace with himself and the outside world because he accepted the world as it was and knew his limits as a human being.

he knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. = he knew that the universe had more mysteries than he ever hope to solve, great as his intellectual capabilities were.

he was content to go as far as he could. = he was satisfied with what he could achieve and would desire nothing beyond his reach.

2. questions for discussion

(1) do you know how personality is formed?

---it depends on many factors, e.g. genetic background, education, living surroundings, influential persons, etc.

(2) what does he had come to terms with the would around him mean?

---he accepted the world as it was and didnt fight against things he couldnt change.

(3) what does be content to go as far as one could mean?

---work hard and go as far as one can, be satisfied with what one could achieve. this is a philosophy of life.

(三) lines 17--21

1. language points

he was beyond any pretension. = he was completely sincere and honest without the slightest intention to show off.

2. questions for discussion

(1) do you know why he was free from these emotions?

---he had come to terms with himself and the world around him. he was interested only in his work, and not in these worldly distractions.

(2) how do you know that he was a great person who disliked showing off. he used inexpensive stationary to write to people of high rank, without feeling ashamed.

(四) lines 22--34

1. language points

material things meant nothing to him. = material things were of no

important to him.

the razor and water do the job. = the razor and water will do.

2. questions for discussion

(1) do material things mean nothing to you? whats your point of view?

---material things include necessities of life. in this sense, they mean much to most human beings. they also depend on peoples concept of value as we discussed earlier.

(2) what does it mean when a person shrugs?

---it may mean i dont care, it doesnt matter. i dont believe, i cant do it, i wont do it and so on.

(3) why did he revert to using plain water to shave after finishing the shaving cream?

---he accepted the tube of cream as a gift and used it, but wouldnt go out and buy one for himself.

(五) lines 35--52

1. language points

he didnt have the slightest interest in the practical application…

a) not…the slightest : not…any; no

e.g. he didnt feel the slightest pain when the needle went into hie wrist.

thats not it. = thats not right. / thats not what is expected.

2. questions for discussion

(1) what does his quick expression of disapproval tell us here?

---he wanted to know things by reasoning. he believed and was interested only in theory and he refused to take short cuts.

(2) what do you think of the example?

---he was sort of stubborn, impractical, odd, unique and true to his ideas.

(六) lines 53--61

1. language points

his name was a household world. = his name was well-known to everyone.

2. questions for discussion

(1) his theories were capable of exciting relatively few scientists. why do you think his name was a household word?

---the significance of a theory lies in its real value. although average people didnt understand his theories, they owed many useful things to his contributions, such as tv. his ideas were put to practical uses. above all, his ideas created a revolution in science that excited even people who were not scientists.

【篇三：董亚芬大学英语精读(第三版)第1册教案 unit3】

unit 3 the present

i. background information

1. traditional birthday celebration in western countries

in the west, it is customary to hold a party in celebration of a person’s birthday. the guests will come to the party with birthday presents and say “happy birthday” to the birthday person. the guests then watch him or her open the presents and he or she thanks them for the presents they have brought. at the party drinks and food are served. toward the end of the dinner the lights in the room are turned off, and someone comes in from another room with a cake on which are lighted candles, one for each year. at the sight of the cake the guests begin singing “happy birthday to you” and the birthday person makes a wish before he or she blows out the candles on the cake. it is said that the wish will

come true if all the candles go out in one puff. after that, the cake is cut in slices usually by the birthday person, one piece for each guest. when the party comes to an end, the guests wish the birthday person “happy birthday” again and leave.

2. important birthdays in the west

at 21, the age of majority (now lowered to 18 in many countries), one becomes an adult. usually the family has a big party for the new adult and a major present—an expensive watch or a car—is given him or her. the present, of course, various from family to family.

any birthday past 70 is celebrated in a special way by family members just because the birthday person is getting old and may die before another birthday comes round. that is why the author of the present says “eighty was a special birthday”.

and then, 100—the centennial birthday—is generally regarded as an unusual occasion because few people reach it. the centenarian may even receive a telegram or a letter of congratulations from prominent political figures, such as the prime minister and the queen if the anniversary is celebrated in britain. again the family may hold a party attended by relatives and surviving friends as well. among other things the centenarian takes delight in counting great grandchildren and grandchildren at the party.

Ⅱ.new words

1. rare: adj. not happen / see often; (of a substance, esp. atmosphere)thin, not dense example: natural resources are rare in this region.

★ rare / scarce

① rare: 长期缺少而珍贵的东西，还可以表示“频率低的，罕见的，缺少的”如：a rare book珍本，a rare metal稀有金属。

② scarce: 暂时缺乏从而不足的东西。

example: food and fuel are getting scarce.

2. occasion: n.

1) special event; time when sth happens

example: let me take this occasion to say: “congratulation”.

2) to cause sth

example: your behavior has occasioned us a lot of trouble.

on occasion: sometimes

example: we go to hong kong for holiday on occasion.

on the occasion of: 值……之际

example: we received this present on the occasion of our silver wedding.

3. content: adj. / n. / v. pleased to do sth; satisfied to do sth

example:he is content with his life at present.

◆ because of his excellent administration, people lived in peace and content and all previously neglected matters were taken care of. (cet-4, 2006, 6,词汇)由于他的出色管理，人们安居乐业，所有先前被忽视的问题都得到了解决。

be content to do sth 愿意做

example: she is content to live with her mother-in-law.

to one’s hearts’ content: 尽情的

example: the school being over, the children were allowed to watch tv to their hearts’ content. ∷一言辨异

example: 穷人常知足，守财奴则永不满足。

4. arrange: vi. make preparations; plan

example: i will arrange for my secretary to pick you up..

◆ we have arranged to go to the cinema on friday, but we can be flexible and go another day.(cet-4, 2005, 12,词汇)

5. operate: v.

example: the machine is not operating properly.

operate on sb (for some disease) 给某人动手术治某病

example: you can get a private doctor to operate on him.

6. efficient: 【ef-(out)+fic(do)+-(i)ent(……的)】able to plan or work well

example: the new secretary is a quick, efficient worker, and the boss is quiet satisfied with her. ◆ the “energy-efficient” sealed commercial buildings constructed after 1970s energy crisis revealed in door air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet.(cet-4, 2006, 6, 完形)20世纪70年代能源危机后， 为了高效利用能源而建造的密封商务大楼内存在着由于油漆、墙面粉刷及地毯等物质所引起的空气质量问题。

7. endure: 【en-(to make)+dure(sustain)】to bear (suffering, pain, etc)

example: he conquers who endure. 坚持就是胜利。

★ endure / bear / stand “忍受，忍耐”

① endure中含（持续，持久），所以它表示的忍受是指长时间忍受困难或不幸， 强调持久力和意志坚定。

② bear原义“负担，承担”因而它强调忍受者对疼痛、忧虑、责任的承受力。

③ stand有“站立而不倒”的含义，因而它强调“不屈不挠”或“经受得起”。

8. spot:

1) n. round area that is different from the main surface; a place

example: she wears a white dress with green spot.

this is the spot where the two cars collided.

2) v. to recognize; to make sth dirty

example: his collar was spotted with ink.

the bank clerk spotted the counterfeit note.

on the spot当场，在现场

example: he drew a revolver and shot the enemy on the spot.

9. bunch:

1) n. things of the same kind that tied together

example: miss white received a bunch of flowers from her admirer.

2) v. to get together

example: the children bunched together in groups in the playground.

★ bundle / bunch

① bundle捆，扎，包(从中部捆扎在一起的东西)

a bundle of letters/ a bundle of firewood

② bunch束，串（章程一束或结于一端的东西）

a bunch of grapes/ a bunch of flowers/ a bunch of keys/ a bunch of bananas

10. reluctant: adj. unwilling

example: he gave me reluctant assistance.

be reluctant to do sth: be unwilling to do sth

example: she was very reluctant to admit the truth.

11. flutter: vi. to move quickly to and fro in the air

example: the flag fluttered in the breeze.

◆ i lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleeps in that quiet earth.在那温和的露天，我在那三块墓碑前留恋徘徊，望着飞蛾在石楠从中和钟柳树中闪扑着翼翅，倾听着柔风在草上飘过的呼吸声，不禁感到奇怪，怎么会有人能够想象，在这么一片安静的土地下面，那长眠者怎会不得安睡呢。（艾米丽. 勃朗特《呼啸山庄》）

collection:

skim clear低飞掠过soar向上直飞 glide滑行hover 盘旋 float漂浮

flutter振翅而飞

12. stoop: vi. bend the body forwards and downwards /

example: she stooped to pick up her keys.

my mother walks with a stoop. (n.弯腰，弓背)

① stoop to do降低身份以求……

example: he would stoop to do anything for profit.

② stoop to (doing) sth堕落到……的地步

example: he had stooped to stealing money from his parents.

13. tremble: vi. shake uncontrollable with quick and short movements

example: 因……而颤抖)

the leaves tremble in the breeze.

★ shake, quiver, tremble

① shake“颤抖，震动”可用于任何运动，常常有粗鲁或不规则的含义。

example: he shook her violently by the shoulders.

② quiver“颤动”表示类似琴弦振动的轻微的，迅速的振动。

example: he lip quivered and then she started to cry.

③ tremble“哆嗦，发抖”多指因胆怯、愤怒而发抖。

14. at other times在别的时候，平时

example: the old woman seldom came downstairs at other times.

collection:

at times有时 at all times在任何时候

at one time曾经 all the time一直

against time争分夺秒的ahead of time提前

15. after all

∷一言辨异

you should scolded the boy he is a child he made only two 你根本不该责备那个男孩，他毕竟还是个孩子；更重要的是，他总共才出了两处错。

① not at all: in any way

② after all: in spite of everything

③ above all: most importantly

④ in all: as a total

16. be sure of:

★ be sure of…/ be sure to…

① be sure of winning“自己相信自己会胜利”

example: they are sure of fulfilling the task ahead of schedule.他们相信自己有把握提前完成任务。

② be sure to win “相信别人会胜利”

example: they are sure to fulfill the task ahead of schedule.（我们相信）他们一定能提前完成任务。

Ⅲ.warm-up questions

1. do you often call your parents? what do you usually talk about with your parents on the phone?

yes, i often call my parents. i usually ask about their health and daily life and tell them all the good things about myself.