Unit 3 Understanding Science.doc

南阳理工学院教案（课时备课） 授课题目： Unit 3 Understanding Science Text A: Public Attitude toward Science 课时安排 2学时 周 次 第 周 课 序 第 次课 教学目的及要求： 1. Grasp the main idea and structure of the text; 2. Master the key language points and grammatical structures; 3. Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. 教学内容及重点、难点： 教学内容： 1. New words and expressions; 2. Background information: Stephen Hawking, Frankenstein, The Sky at Night, Albert Einstein.3. Long sentence analysis. 教学重点: 1. Structure;2. Writing skill. 教学难点: The difference between narrative and exposition. 教学方法：课堂讲授 鼓励式 启发式教学 课堂讨论 提问式教学 师生互动 教学光盘 多媒体辅助教学 自主学习 教学过程设计 Step1: Learn new words and expressions in unit3; Step2: Introduce background information: Stephen Hawking, Frankenstein, The Sky at Night, Albert Einstein; Step3: Analyze structure of the text; Step4: Deal with long sentence analysis. 讨论： In what way have science and technology changed the world we live in? Give examples. 主要参考资料： 1吴晓真等主编：《大学英语》（全新版）综合教程第一册教师用书，上海外语教学出版社，2002年1月版。 2 东南大学外语系制作：《大学英语》（全新版）综合教程第一册课堂教学版（CD-ROM）, 上海外语教学出版社出版 教学后记： 通过本单元的学习，增强学生对于学习科学知识必要性的认识，并且学习霍金的精神。 南 阳 理 工 学 院 备 课 讲 稿 教 学 内 容 批注 Unit Three Understanding Science I background Information 1. Stephen Hawking: is an English theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a lifetime member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and in 2009 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for 30 years, taking up the post in 1979 and retiring on 1 October 2009. He is now Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. He is also a Fellow of G