大学英语精读第四册单元阅读任务Unit Three.docx

PAGE PAGE 1 大学英语精读第四册单元阅读任务 Unit Three Text: Why Do we Believe That the Earth Is Round? Oral Practice: Ss discuss in pairs or in groups. Questions: How did people think of the shape of the earth in history? And what do you think is the shape of the earth? Where do you get most of your knowledge, from experiments or from books? Discussion: Do you think everything in books worth believing? Did you ever question the book knowledge? Why or why not? Discussion: Topic-related Prediction George Orwell put forward the question “Why do we believe that the earth is round?” in the title. Let’s predict what will be talked about in the text by answering the following questions: From what you learned about the author in the background information, what do you think he might talk about in this article? What is his purpose for writing this article? To show why the earth is round or something else? Text Reading Tasks: Ss read the text carefully and finish the following exercise. Supply Supply the missing information: Directions: Read the text carefully and supply the missing information to complete the following sentences. George Orwell begins his article by citing Bernard Shaw’s remarks that . The author puts forward the question why believe that the earth is round. To refute the Oval Earth theory, the author plays his first card, . We can depend on the expert’s opinion to prove that the earth is round. However, . The last card left is . The author believes it will finish the Oval Earth man, but he may possibly have . On most other questions, the author thinks he should have to the expert earlier, and would to test his pronouncements. Much the greater part of our knowledge does not rest on or on , but on . Finally, George Orwell draws the conclusion that this is a age because . Structure: Parts Paras. Main Ideas 1 1-13 2 14-46 3 47-59 New words and Useful expressions: Ss should pay much attention to the following words、phrases and expressions. Words: preface,