Unit4(新).pptVIP

Teaching PlanNew Horizon College English (Book III) Cui Zhongliang College of Foreign Studies Guangxi Normal University December 2011 Unit 4 Section AFive famous symbols of American culture I. Teaching objectives: ① Cultivate Ss to learn about American culture. ② Develop comprehensive competence based on Section A of the textbook: Help students understand the organization of the text, know the structure of some difficult sentences, master the use of some key words and phrases, do oral and written practice based on the text. II. Difficult points: ① The analysis of the text structure and the students’ involvement during the analysis ② The practice of sentences structure and the key words and phrases ③ The understanding of the exercises III. Teaching steps: ① Warming-up and lead-in ② In-put ③ Out-put I. Lead in Think about the symbols of Chinese culture. 2. Pair discussion: Discuss with your deskmate about symbols of your hometown II. Input Text organization This passage can be divided into 5 parts, for each part of this passage, the author centers on one specific symbol and gives the title of each part. 1. The Statue of Liberty (para. 1-3) 2. Barbie （芭比娃娃）(Para.4-9) 3. American Gothic （《美国哥特式》(Para.9-11) 4. The Buffalo Nickel （野牛镍币）(Para.12-14) 5. Uncle Sam （山姆大叔） (Para.15-17)  1. The Statue of Liberty（自由女神像） Para.1 3.What is the purpose to create the statue? Answer: Celebrating US independence and the France-American alliance 4.What do you know about the creator? Answer: He was in love with a woman whom he married in 1876 in spite of his mother’s objection. Para.2 How did he create the Statue of Liberty? Answer: It is said that he had used his wife’s arm as the model, but felt her face was too beautiful for the statue. So for the face, he chose his mother’s. Para.3 1.When did the creator finish the statue? Answer: In 1886 2.How did he like the statue? Answer: The creator called it “my daughter, Liberty”. 2. Barbie （芭比娃娃）(Para.4-9) Par