新视野英语unit 5-1.doc

Unit 5 Graceful Hands (First Time) Teaching Time: 2 periods Students’ Level: Sophomores of non-English majors in the 1st semester Teaching Objectives: 1. Learn to use some important words and expressions 2. Learn some information related to the text Teaching Procedures： I. Pre-reading Activities 1. The introduction of the text The following passage deals with the critically ill and what decisions must be made. It is of a doctor’s view of a terminally ill grandmother — how graceful her hands are and how graceful her heart is to spare her family the pain of her passing. II. While-reading Activities I. New Words: (通过多媒体演示单词用法)graceful [联想]grace, graceless chart [联想]graph曲线图，chart柱形图或饼形图 preceding ing or going before in time, order, etc. (正式)（时间或地点上）在前的，在先的，前面的The paintings are a development of ideas she explored in the preceding decade. In conclusion, I hope the preceding arguments have convinced you of the need for action. [联想]precede先于…（发生）；位于…之前; precedent先例, precedence优先权 decay n.[U] the action or state of gradually going bad; rotting变坏，腐烂，衰败This industry has been in decay for some time. The buildings had started to fall into decay. v.1). become bad; rot 腐烂，变坏They claimed that the plastics would not decay if they were buried. She smelt the unpleasant smell of decaying meat. 2). lose power, influence, etc. 衰退，衰落，衰败The role of the extended family has been decaying for some time. Our intellectual power will decay in old age. [联想]rot vinegar [联想]vinegary adj.; acid skeleton 1. [C] the frame of bones supporting a human or animal body 骨骼，骨架2. [C] the outline to which details are to be added 梗概，提要Ive written the skeleton of my report, but I have to fill in the details. Her notes give us just the bare skeleton of her theory. [联想]outline loose 1). not tense; not tight 宽松的，不紧的loose skin The radio wasnt working because of a loose connection in the wires. 2). free from control 自由的，散漫的The animals broke loose and