全新大学英语第二版 BOOK1-UNIT 3 教案.docVIP

Teaching Plan of Unit 3, Book 1 Understanding Science Text A Public Attitudes Toward Science Teaching Objectives: Students will be able to understand the author’s idea of science understand the structure of the text; master the key language points as well as the grammatical structures in text; conduct the theme-based reading, listening, speaking and writing activities of this unit. Time Allotment: Four periods (three for intensive reading and one for Exercises) Teaching Methodology: student-centered; audiolingual; translation; communicative; etc. Teaching Procedures: Pre-reading tasks (warm-ups) Show Ss pictures of some interesting inventions, and have them discuss and figure out what these inventions are possibly used for (group-work), leading to the main idea of Text A that science is closely connected to our daily life. Warm-up questions: How does science change our life? Examples please. What attitudes we should take towards those scientific and technological discoveries and inventions? In what ways can we access science and get education in science? Background information: Stephen Hawking (1942-) British theoretical physicist and mathematician See PPT Reading tasks: Group work: Divide the text into smaller parts and assign them to different groups. Ask the students to work in groups and do the following: Step 1: Read the assigned part, and try to understand its meaning. (general idea in English; translation in Chinese) Step 2: Ask and tell each other about the difficulties in understanding this part. Step 3: Make a list of useful words and phrases. Step 4: Choose one member to make a short report to the class. Text structure: To make informed decisions about change, the public needs a basic understanding of science. (1-3) What can be done to educate the public about the science? (4-6) With an informed public, human civilization will survive. (7) Detailed reading: Para. 1-3: What is the attitude of some people towards the