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Unit 7 Text A So What’s So Bad About So-So? I. Teaching Objectives: 1. To make clear the writer’s purpose to write the text and the ideas about the pleasures of doing something badly now and then. 2. To grasp the key words and phrases. 3. To master the skills of writing and reading in this unit. To introduce a thesis with the specific-to-general structure. To understand idiomatic expressions. II. Teaching Content 1. Lead-in Activities 2. Text Organization 3. Skill Learning in Writing and Reading 4. Language Points( key words, phrases and difficult sentences) 5. Grammar Focus (phrases as far as…be concerned it’s time it’s high time) 6. Guided Practice (exercises, oral practice and group work) III. Teaching Process 1. Warm-up Questions (based on the listening material) which sport is it about? Compare your equipment list with the equipment mentioned on the tape. What attracts you to the activities that you enjoy in your spare time? How important is it to you to “ do them right”? 2. Text Organization Part I (Paras.1-4) (From one specific example of the author’s poor piano playing, the author introduces the general thesis:) In the competitive world today, we should be “experts” even in our hobbies.(What about the author’s own point of view?) Part II (Paras.5-9) The author gives five more examples to illustrate that this thesis has been widely accepted . Part III (Para.10) The terrible result this thesis leads to. (What’s the result?) Part IV (Paras.11-12) The author states her position: It’s time we put a stop to all this. 3. Skill Learning in Writing and Reading 1) The specific-to-general structure (take Text A for example) The author starts with a specific example (her bad piano-playing); She then moves to a more general statement about herself; And this leads to her general thesis. 2) Understanding idiomatic expressions To hypothesizing the meaning of idiomatic expressions with the context clues ― examples, explanations, contrasts or parallel phrase