英语精读（综合）2教案
教材：新编英语教程 2 课时：96课时
Unit One
I. Objectives
In this unit students are required to: 1. master the Main language structures
2. practice listening comprehension “An American sightseeing in Athens”
3. learn dialogues “A Time of Change” “Requests and Offers”
4. do some preparation activities such as discussion ,group work, pair work to practice their spoken skill and communicative skills
5. grasp some new words and try to use these words which help them to enrich their vocabulary
6. read the in-class reading passages in a limited time and grasp some expressions and grammatical points in the in-class reading passages to improve their reading comprehension
7. do some post-reading exercises in the Workbook to practice what they have got to know in class to improve their four basic skills II. Time Allotment 5 class periods
III. Teaching Tasks and Process 1. Language Structures
the present perfect progressive indicating a finished action
the past progressive indicating a circumstance and the simple past indicating a past event the past perfect progressive
the” I was wondering if”… pattern as a polite form of request
Dialogue One
2. Warm-up Questions
does Grandpa feel after watching the OLYMPIC games on TV Why did the Chinese athletes fail in the Olympic Games in 1932, 1936 and 1948
do you feel after you have watched the Olympic Games or
any other international sports competition on TV 3. Main idea
Grandpa is emotional when he sees Chinese athletes doing well at the Olympic Games. He tells Linlin about the Chinese athletes’ experience at the three Olympics before 1949 and attributes the sad experience to the then government.
4. Language points
? You are all in tears. ? 你两眼含着泪。 ? more examples:
? I found her in tears.
? Having heard his funny story. we all doubled over and some were even in tears.
? I was so happy that I could hardly hold back my tears.
? hold back: to withhold; to restrain ? .
? No difficulty can hold us back.
? We struggled to hold back our laughter.
? I can still visualize the three times before 1949 when Chinese athletes took part in the Olympic Games.
? visualize: to form a mental image of something ? .
? She couldn’t visualize living there.
? I could visualize how the place must have looked in the past.
? The memories are painful and disheartening. ? disheartening: adj. discouraging ? .
? We have never expected such disheartening news at the time of critical moment.
? dishearten: v. to weaken or destroy the hope, courage of … ? .
? The bad news disheartened him.
? He’s easily disheartened by difficulties.
? It was not until the last minute that a patriotic general donated enough money to finance the trip for the two runners and their coach.
? donate: v. give without anything in exchange ? .
? donate blood to a blood bank ? donate 1,000 dollars to school
? people can donate money to quake-hit areas by sending SMS.
? donation: n. donator: n.
? He dropped out in the middle of the race due to hasty training.
? drop out: withdraw, quit ? .
? He had to drop out of school because of poverty. ? He dropped out of college after only two weeks. ? After his defeat, he dropped out of politics.
? But they were so short of funds they were forced to live on a near-starvation diet. ? near-starvation diet: ? near: adj. almost ? .
? a near miss / thing / escape ? a near disaster ? a near tragedy ? in the near future
Reading I
1. Warm-up Questions
? How is American football different from soccer ? Where else is American football played in the world other than in the United States
? Cite an example to show Americans’’ enthusiasm for their football.
? How do American football players score points ? What do people usually think about American football
? In what way is soccer gaining in popularity on sports such as baseball
新编英语教程第二册讲义
