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大学英语(全新版)第三册电子教案 Unit Four THE WATERY PLACE I. Teaching objectives Students will be able to : understand the main idea ( to be found in Part I) and structure of the text ( narration in time sequence); appreciate the difference between formal speech and information speech; grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. II. Text Summary The text tells of a stupid error which results in a discouraging thing that no extraterrestrials will ever land on the Earth. The story begins with the introduction of he character of Bart Cameron, the Sheriff at Twin Gulch, Idacho, who is a quick-tempered and impatient person. On that special day, April 14, 1956, the author sees the flying saucer. But just because of the extraterrestrials’ too formal English and Bart’s too bad mood that day, Bart Cameron misunderstands the extraterrestrials once and time again . Finally , they fly back to Venus. Therefore we are never going to have visitors from space 课文概述 文章讲述了由于一个愚蠢的错误导致再无外星人光顾地球的故事。故事开始介绍了爱达荷州温加尔奇的 治安官巴特·卡默伦的性格，他是一个脾气暴躁，没有耐心的人。在1956年4月14日那个特殊的 一天,作者亲眼目睹了飞碟。但仅仅因为外星人过于正式的英语和巴特那天过于糟糕的心情，使得巴特·卡默伦对外星人一而再、再而三地误解。最终外星人飞回了金星。正因为此，再也没有来自外星的访问者。 III. Cultural Notes Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) : Russian-born American writer and scientist . He was a distinguished biochemist, but is more widely known as the author of many works of science fiction, books on science for non-scientists, and essays on a wide variety of subjects. Among his best-known science fiction are I, Robot(1950) and the Foundation trilogy(1951-1953). Building on Karel Capek’s concept of the robot, in 1941 Asimov coined the term robotics. Venus: the second major planet in order of distance from the Sun. Also known as Hesperus, The evening star(黄昏星), or Phosphorus, the morning star(启明星), Venus can be the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and Moon and follows a near-circular path some 106