现代大学英语精读1教案.doc

. .. 南 昌 理 工 学 院 教 师 备 课 本 专 业： 商务英语 科 目：现代大学英语精读（1） 教 师： 曹祥英 班 级： 2010至2011学年度第 一 学期 课程名称：基础英语（一） 教学对象：英语专业2010级本科一年级 英文名称 ：Essential English (1) 学 时 ：106 课程类别 ：必修 参考教材：《现代大学英语精读1》，杨立民总主编，外语教学研究出版社，2002. 2 Unit 1 Half a day Teaching content: 1. Introduce the writer, his major works and his viewpoints about creation. 2．Appreciate the text and analyze its structure. 3. Analyze the writing skills employed in this text. 4. Develop the students’ insight into the society and help them grasp the language points. Important points: 1.Understanding of the language。 ?????? 2. Analysis of long sentences. ?????? 3. The study of the core words and expressions. Difficult points:： 1. Elliptical question , rhetorical question and inverted sentences 2. “with” absolute structure Detailed study of the text 一．Background Information 1. About the writer: Naguib Mahfouz——?Education & Background Naguib Mahfouz was born on the 11th Dec. 1911 in an old quarter of Cairo, the youngest son of a merchant. He studied philosophy at King Faud I (now Cairo) University, graduating in 1934. He worked in university administration and then in 1939 he worked for the Mini-stry of Islamic Affairs. He was later Head of the State Cinema Organisation at the Ministry of Culture. He also worked as a journalist. Although widely translated, his works are not available in most Middle Eastern countries because of his support of Sadat's Camp David initiative. In 1994 he survived an assassination attempt by Islamic extremists. Naguib Mahfouz —— important works Naguib Mahfouz was the first Arab to win the Nobel prize for literature, in 1988. He has been described as "a Dickens of the Cairo cafés" and "the Balzac of Egypt". He is now the author of no fewer than 30 novels, more than 100 short stories, and more than 200 articles. Half of his novels have been made into films which have circulated throughout the Arabic-speaking