大学英语综合教程第二册第二单元教案Unit2.docVIP

Unit 2 Values Teaching Aims: Understanding the main idea (one can live a life full of riches without being rich funancially) and structure of the text Appreciate the wording (riches) in the title of the text Grasp the key languge points in Texts A and learn how to use them in context Unerstand the cultural background related to the content Express themselves more freely on the theme of Values after doing a series of theme-related reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities Write an essay beginning with an anecdote or a piece of news, etc. Grasp the main idea of Text A and language points in Text A Cultural background in Text A Analysis of the difficult sentences in Text A Writing strategy and style demonstrated in Text A Write an essay with an anecdote or a piece of news, etc. Teaching Aids: Teaching, dicussion, exercises, group-activities, student-centred 1. Have students listen to the story about Abraham Lincoln before class, lead them to finish the exercises on page31, check the answer and explain. 2. Have students learn more about the fact that economic development and personal income can ’ t always account for happiness. Do you think rich people must be happier than poor people? Why? Do you think a poor person can have a life full of riches? How? In class, students form two camps to debate the following issue: Mother Teresa has no money, but she took care of the poor in Calcutta until her death. Bill Gates gave a lot of money to charity, but he seldom works in the “frontline ” with the poor. Does the world need more love like Mother Teresa’s or more money like Bill Gates ’? Step 2 Global analysisi of Text A 1. Division of the Text A Part1: The writer ’s encounter with a boy who raised the question “Are you poor? ” Part2: In search of an answer the writer finds that not having expensive possessions doesn’t make him feel poor mainly because he enjoys life in many other ways. Part3: In conclusion, the writer thinks he’s grown to understand mo