大学英语第二册第五单元(B2U5)讲稿概要1.doc

Unit 5 Overcoming Obstacles (8 Periods) Teaching Aims: 1. Grasp the main idea(dreaming and hard work helped Michael Stone on his way to success) and the structure of the text(narration with a flashback); 2. Appreciate the narrative skills(using details to bring about a character; a surprising ending; use of puns); 3. Introduce new vocabularies and expressions of text A. and ss are expected to master the blackened ones; 4. Master emphatic structure. Difficult Points： 1. Narrative skills: flashback; a surprising ending; pun; 2. Emphatic structure: It + be + focused element + that /who clause; 3. Language points and sentence patterns. (Ref. Language Learning). Teaching procedures: Lead-in Group discussion Read the story in Part one and think that what John Coutis impresses on you most? Can you list more famous disabled people in China and the West? II. Text study Global reading 1) Questions about the Text a)What does the text title True Height mean? (=It has more than one meaning. They are: 1) the new bar heights that Michael cleared one after another. 2) the tremendous obstacles Michael had overcome in attaining his goal.) b) As the text consists of the main story and a flashback, can you figure out the flashback (=The flashback is from line 11 to line 35) 2) Scan the whole text to find out all the words and phrases that are related to sports or stadium. And think about their Chinese equivalents. National Junior Olympics 全国少年奥林匹克运动会 personal best 个人最高记录 stand(s) 看台 final race 赛跑决赛 pole vault event 撑竿跳高项目 track and field competition 田径比赛 gymnast 体操运动员 body builder 健美运动员 weightlifting 举重 bar 横杆 inflated landing mat 充气垫 vaulter 撑竿跳高运动员 finger-tipped push-up 俯卧撑 runway 跑道 National record 全国记录 pole 撑竿 take-off 起跳 set a new world record 刷新一项世界纪录