全新版大学英语第二册教案-Unit-7----Learning-about-English.doc

Unit 7 Learning about English Ⅰ. Teaching plan objectives grasp the main idea (because of its tolerance for outside influences, English has become a great language) and structure of the text; understand some idiomatic English usages mentioned in the unit; master key language points and structures in the text; conduct a series of reading, listening ,speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. Time allotment 1st period: pre-reading; while-reading(title) 2nd period: while-reading( title, language points) 3rd period: while-reading( language points); post-reading(drawing a picture) 4th period: post-reading; check on students’ home reading (text B) 5th period: theme-related language learning tasks Pre-reading tasks T asks Ss the following questions on the recorded passage:(23 minutes) what is the passage about? (English is a great language, but it is also a crazy language.) Can you give one or two examples to illustrate the messiness of the English language?( see transcript of the recorded passage for the many examples it mentions) Are you sure of all the idiomatic usages mentioned in the recorded passage?[ some if the more confusing usages are explained here: ship by truck / send cargo by ship: ship can be either a verb or a noun The first “ship” means “send”, the second one “a large boat”. 2) noses that run / feet that smells: this refers to what people usually say “ have a running nose”, “ have a smelly feet”. 3) a slim / fat chance: a remote possibility 4) a wise guy: a person who pretends to be much wiser than he / she really is; a derogatory term a wise man: a really wise person; a commendatory term 5) overlook: fail to see or notice, pay no attention to oversee: control (work, workmen) 6) hot / cold as hell: extremely hot/ cold 7) burn up: catch fire and flare up burn down: be destroyed by fire 8) fill in a form/ fill out a form: synonymous 9) go off: start an action, usually accompanied by a great nois