新视野大学英语教案Unit6.docVIP

Unit 6 Section A As His Name Is, So Is He ! I. Teaching Aims and Requirements Students will be able to: 1. Talk about the importance of name and factors in selecting a name; 2. Develop proper attitudes to common people; 3. Master the key language points and sentence structures; 4. Understand and write a paragraph of comparison. II. Teaching Focus 1. Useful words, phrases and sentence structures; 2. Writing skill: a paragraph of comparison. III. Teaching Methods Techniques Use the CAI (PPT software) and group work; Combine task-based language teaching method, communicative approach with audio-visual method. IV. Teaching Procedures (one period - 40mins) Step 1 Warming up activities (5-10 mins) Names are very personal possessions. They reflect our personal and cultural identities, and pleasing names signal your intelligence, your credibility, and your wit. That is why parents go to great lengths to give their babies good names. In the traditional Chinese culture, people attached great importance to names, as evidenced in the old saying “It’s more important to teach children skills than grant them a thousand pieces of gold, whereas it’s even more important to bestow good names on children than teach them skills”(赐子千金，不如教子一艺；教子一艺，不如赐子好名). 1. What is your name? Is there any special meaning? Tips: When selecting a name, people usually take into consideration the following factors: Good wishes/hopes 寄以希望 In memory of someone 纪念某人 Preference for one word 对某个字的偏好 Family genealogy 家庭宗谱 Lack of five elements 五行缺一部分 2. What do you get from these two names 金武(female) and露露(male)？ Tips: We usually judge a person basing on our fixed ideas, but sometimes we may make a mistake. 3. What’s your feeling of these persons at first sight 张阿毛；娄阿鼠；卜世仁；范统? Why do we have such kind of impression? Tips: Because of their unpleasant names, we tend to hold prejudices against them. Names can not only show a person’s identity, but also convey lots of information both positive and negative, thro