现代大学英语第一册教案unit2.docVIP

Lesson Two Going Home 1. Teaching Objectives Train the students to form good reading habits for intensive reading; Make the students familiar with the way of story-telling; Let the students understand the main idea of Text A; Explicitly explain the use of PAST CONTINUOUS and PAST MODALS Explain two word-formation skills: Noun + ‘y’ Adjectives; Verb + ‘ment’ Noun; Let the students understand the phrasal verb “GET”; Make the students get acquainted with the form of “Link verb + Adjective” (Eg., sound, smell, look, taste// become, come, turn, remain, prove, get, go.); Consolidate the students’ knowledge of (definite/indefinite/zero) article use; Help the pupils learn the use of words in the glossary part; Explain the differences between (a) arrive reach, (b) find find out, (c) raise rise, (d) cross across, and differences among (e) attend, join, take part in. Background information Author Pete Hamill was born in Brooklyn, N. Y. in 1935. He attended Mexico City College in 1956—1957, studying painting and writing. He has been a columnist for the New York Post, the Daily News, and New York Newsday, and has won many journalistic awards. At the same time, Hamill has pursued a career as a fiction writer, producing 8 novels and 2 collections of short stories. His 1997 novel, Snow in August, was on the New York Times bestseller list for four months. His memoir, A Drinking Life, was on the same New York Times list for 13 weeks. In the 1950s, the United States began to send troops to Vietnam, during the following 25-year period, the ensuing war would create some of the strongest tensions in US history. Almost 3 million US men and women were sent thousands of miles to fight for what was a questionable cause. In total, it is estimated that over 2,5 million people on both sides were killed. 2. Teaching Process 2.1 Pre-class Activities What do you think Vingo had done that got him into prison? (Tentative Answer: We can assume that he committed a