UnitNineNeverBeaQuitterinFaceofLife.doc

Unit Nine Never Be a Quitter in Face of Life Teaching Period of Time : 8 classes Teaching Objectives: 1. To memorize new words and expressions 2. To master the grammatical structure 3. To improve the students’ reading skills 4. To learn to write a paragraph with statement + denial correction Teaching Contents 1. Background information 2. Warm-up 3. Text Understanding 4. Language points 5. Structure Writing Teaching contents in details 1. Background information 1). Johns Hopkins University It is the first research university in the United States. Founded in 1876, it was an entirely new educational enterprise. Its aim was not only to advance students’ knowledge, but also to advance human knowledge generally, through discovery and scholarship. Today, it has ventured from its home in Baltimore to countries throughout the world—China, Italy and Singapore, among many others. It remains a world leader in teaching, patient care and discovery. 2). Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis is a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; it is one of the hottest periods of the cold war. The Soviet premier, Nikita Khrushchev, placed Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, which had come under Soviet influence since the success of the Cuban Revolution three years earlier. President John F. Kennedy of the United States set up a naval blockade of Cuba and insisted that Khrushchev remove the missiles. Russians refer to the event as the “Caribbean Crisis”, while Cubans refer to it as the “October Crisis”. . Oval Office Oval Office is the official office of the President of the United States. Located in the West Wing of the White House, it was originally constructed in 1909, during the Taft administration. Since the presidency of Richard Nixon, the term has been used to refer to the president himself: “The order came directly from the Oval office.” You can take a look at photographs cap