1、教案New Horizon College English新視野大學英語 4 讀寫教程教研室：教師姓名：課程名稱大學英語（ 4）授課專業(yè)和班級授課內(nèi)容Unit 3FredSmithand授課學時 6FredEx:Thevisionthatchanged the world教學目的The teaching objective of this unit is to help students:1. To grasp the main idea and structure of the text;2. To understand the structure of “biographical info

2、rmation ”;3. To write narratives with biographical information;4. To master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text.5. To conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the text.教學重點1. Text structure analysis2.Language points:Ke

3、y words: reshuffle, disperse, exquisite, brainchild, deduce, clan, juvenile,invalid, terrain navigation, revive, charter .Phrases and Expressions: touch down, held sb/sth in high regard, pich on sb, beonto sth, take a stab at, boil down to sth.3.Writing skills: a narrative with biographical informat

4、ion教學方法1. Communicative approach;2.Task-based teaching method;3.Audio-lingual method.4.Audio-visual method.教學過程1. Pre-reading Activities2.Text structure analysis.3.Detailed study of the text.4.Grammar and exercises.5.Writing and reading skills practice.作業(yè)Homework:1.Recite the appointed paragraph.2.T

5、ranslate sentences and write a composition with a general statement supported bydetails輔助手段Multimedia software, PPT software輔導答疑教學內(nèi)容I. Pre-reading ActivitiesShow the Ss pictures of famous logo and the founder of the FredEx. Let Ss discuss with each other about the questions on the screen.1. What do

6、you know about express companies or shippers in China?Shentong, Yuantong, Shunfeng, etc.2. What are the benefits those companies provide you? High speed, convenient shopping3. What do you know about FredEx?4. What makes it so successful?II. Text structure analysisPurpose: By summarizing the main ide

7、a and analyzing the structure of the text to improve students reading and writing ability.Method : To read the text individually and discuss in groups; To use task-based teaching method,and communicative approach.Text structure:Part I: (Para.1-2) Introduction: FredEx and the founder Fred Smith.Part

8、II: (Paras.3-11) Body: Smith s early experiences and the key elements of his business success. Part III: (Para. 12) Conclusion: Further description of Smith s friendly and agreeable personality and the significance of his P-S-P philosophy.III. Detailed studies of the text New words and expressions1.

9、 reshuffle:a. put in a new order; rearrangeMany people have to reshuffle their priorities in life as a result of the rising cost of health care.由于醫(yī)療保健費用不斷上升，許多人不得不重新安排生活中的優(yōu)先事項。b. change the jobs or responsibilities of the people in a particular group or organization.The PM reshuffled the cabinet and

10、 adopted a more radical policy.首相改組了內(nèi)閣，并采取了更加激進的政策2. disperse: vt.a. spread or make things spread in different directions over a wide areaAll kinds of stories were dispersed about what really had happened in the factory. 那個工廠發(fā)生了什么，有各種傳聞四下蔓延。b. go or cause to go in different directions.The PM reshuff

11、led the cabinet and adopted a more radical policy. 首相改組了內(nèi)閣，并采取了更加激進的政策3. deduce:vt. know sth. as a result of considering the information or evidence that you haveFrom the cultural relics nearby, it is easy to deduce that there are rare treasures hidden insid the tomb. 從附近的文化遺跡可以很容易地推斷，該墓穴藏有稀世珍寶。4. i

12、nvalid ：n. a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury.病弱者，傷殘者adj.a. (only before nouns) ill or injured, esp. permanently.He had kept house for an invalid woman for years untl she died他給一位病弱的婦女做了好多年管家，直到她去世。b. not legally effectiveCredit card companies allow you to cancel invalid transaction

13、s even after theyve cleared.信用卡公司允許取消無效的交易，哪怕操作已經(jīng)完成。5. disrupt:interrupt sth. and prevent t from continuing by creating a problem.The earthquake disrupted the power supply of the whole area.地震中斷了整個地區(qū)的電力供應。6. prototype:the first form of sth. new, made before it is produced in large quantities.They co

14、ntinued working for 10 days and succeeded in designing a prototype for their product.他們持續(xù)工作了 10天，終于成功設計出了產(chǎn)品的模型。7. quantify:vt. calculate the value of sth. and express it as a number or an amountThey haventbeen able to quantify the loss yet, as the statistics were kept a secret.他們一直都不能測定損失，因為統(tǒng)計數(shù)據(jù)是保密的

15、。8. touch down;(of an aircraft etc.) land on the groundThe pilot managed to touch down the helicopter safely.飛行員設法安全著陸了直升機。9. hold ab./sth. in high regard:admire or respect sb./sth. very muchStudents were excited that people they held in high regard agreed to act as their mentors.學生們非常興奮，因為他們所敬重的人同意

16、當他們的指導老師。10. pick on sb. :keep treating sb. badly or unfairly, esp. by criticizing them The dean always picks on the teachers she doesnt like.院長總是挑她不喜歡的老師的刺。11. be onto sth. :have discovered or produced sth. new and interestingI really believed we were onto something that could save the company.我真的以

17、為我們找到了拯救公司的好辦法。12. take/have/make a stab at sth.：try to do sth. even though you do not have the necessary skills or you have never done it before Id like to take a stab at answering that question.我想試著回答一下那個問題。13. boils down to sth.:(be able to ) be summarized as sth.The success of a team ultimately

18、boils down to who hired the team.團體的成功最終在于是誰在聘用這個團隊。14. take sth. for granted:expect that sb. or sth. will always be there when you need them and never think how important or useful they are.He has been one of the baseballs best players for so long that it has been easy to take him for granted. 他成為一

19、名最優(yōu)秀的棒球運動員已經(jīng)很久，人們都視其理所當然了。Difficult sentences:1. Every night several hundred planes bearing a purple, white, and orange design touch down at Memphis Airport, in Tennessee. (Para. 1)Meaning: Every night hundreds of airplanes with the logo design of purple, white, and orange colours land at Memphis Ai

20、rport in the state of Tennessee.2. What precedes this landing are package pickups from locations all over the United States earlier in the day. (Para. 1)Meaning: Before these planes finally land at the Memphis airport, they have been collecting parcels from various places all around the United State

21、s earlier in the day.3. Smith administrated the clubs business end and ran a small charter operation in NewHaven. (Para. 4)Meaning: Smith was in charge of the clubs business as well as ran a small rental business in New Haven.4. And good leadership has very measurable effects on a companys bottom line. (Para. 7) Meaning: Knowing well how to be a good leader can greatly affect the net profit of a company5. The early da