全新版大学英语综合教程第二册教案Unit 2 Book 2.doc

Unit 2 The Richest Man in America, Down Home I. Teaching Objectives Students will be able to: 1. grasp the main idea (despite his wealth, Sam Walton remains done-home and devoted to his team) and the structure of the text ; 2. learn to use indirect description in portraying a person and to use keywords for more efficient reading; 3. master 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 10（Para. 3）: It was nice, but no palace. 2. Line 36-37(Para.10): It buried the Forbes list at the bottom of page 2. 3. Line 75-76(Para.20): who was stunned at such generosity after the stingy employer he left to john Wal-Mart. 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 1. T asks Ss the following questions on the recorded passage: — What happened to Abraham Lincoln one day? (Working as a shop clerk, he overcharged a customer. Although the sum was insig