全新版大学英语综合教程第二册教案Unit 4 book2.docVIP

Unit 4 The Virtual World I. Teaching Objectives Students will be able to: 1. understand the main idea(despite the many negative effects of virtual life, the author prefers it to real life) and structure of the text (contrast between virtual life and real life); 2. learn some rules of interpreting new vocabulary and usage related to computers and the Internet in English; 3. grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. II. Key Points: The structure, the writing skill, and the main idea of the text will be the focus. Only a few words and sentences, which will be the obstacles for students’ understanding of the text, will be explained in class. III. Difficult Points: Some sentences whose meanings are difficult to understand and whose structures are hard to analyze: 1. Line 26-28（Para. 6）: I find myself shyer, more cautious. Or, conversely, when suddenly confronted with real life humans, I get overexcited, speak too much, interrupt. 2. Line 45-47(Para.9): When I am in this state, I fight my boyfriend as well, misinterpreting his intentions because of the lack of emotional cues given by our typed dialogue. IV. Teaching Materials: Power point and materials V. Teaching Methods: Lecturing, practicing and discussing. VI. Teaching Timing: 8 sessions of class VII. Teaching Process: 1st -2nd periods: Pre-reading; Teacher’s Introductory Remarks and Students’ Discussion related to the topic. 3rd -4th periods: While-Reading (Understanding the title of text A; Analyzing the organization of the text; Explaining Difficult sentences and language points in the text; Summing up the main idea of the text) 5th-6th periods: Dealing with the exercises after Text A. Check on Ss’ home reading (Text B); Post-Reading Task: Theme-Related Language Learning Tasks 7th-8th periods: Listening and speaking tasks. A. Pre-reading tasks Tasks Ss the following questions o