21世纪大学英语教学大纲

第五单元 Consumption （8学时）

第一节 Text A: The Wisdom of Collaborative Consumption; 第二节 Text B: The Psychology of Consumerism; 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening

本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Consumption; Learning of some important words

(property; acquire; dull; rental; witness; accompany; burden; excess; suppose; idle; discard; decline; plain; alter; impart; recognize; possess), expressions (take root; conform to; make inroads; at one’s disposal; do the trick) and sentence patterns; Writing of a composition on consumption and practical writing of resume

难点：Writing of a composition on consumption; Listening 第六单元Aging Society （8学时） 第一节 Text A: The Time It Takes;

第二节 Text B: When They Won’t Spend the Money; 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening

本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Aging Society; Learning of some important words (trial;

cripple; manipulate; adapt; miserable; bounce; jolly; overtake; insult; exhaust; competent; consent), expressions (shame sb. into doing sth.; drop sb./sth. off; wash over sb; at the height of; swear at; hold sway; be couched in) and sentence patterns; Writing of a composition on aging society and practical writing of resume

难点：Writing of a composition aging society; Listening 复习 （2学时）

第七单元 Charity （8学时）

第一节 Text A: Looking Good by Doing Good; 第二节 Text B: The Rich and Charity; 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening

本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Charity; Learning of some important words (identify; seek;

awkward; average; complicated; distinguish; presume; allocate; urge; scope; notion),

expressions (on sb’s behalf; account for; shop around) and sentence patterns; Writing of a composition on charity and practical writing of contract

难点：Writing of a composition on charity; Listening 第八单元Leadership（8学时）

第一节 Section A They Made a Difference;

第二节Section B Seven Principles That Drive Steve Jobs to Be a Leader, not a

Follower

第三节Exercises and Skill Development 第四节Speaking and Listening

本单元的重点: Topic understanding: Leadership; Learning of some important words (collide;

prevail bold; keen; sacrifice; invasion; sting; condemn; despite; ultimate; inspiration; pursue; soar; complement), expressions (if only; give way to; bring forth; kick start; win sb over; be committed to; dedicate… to…; distract… from…; stand out) and sentence patterns; Writing of a composition on leadership and practical writing of meeting minutes;

难点： Writing of a composition on leadership; Listening 复习 （2学时） 第四册

第一单元 Do It Yourself （8学时）

第一节 Text A: Save Money, Have Fun: The Joys of Doing It Yourself 第二节 Text B: Digging into the Value of DIY 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening

本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Do It Yourself; Learning of some important words

(current, resolve, outlet, prone, likelihood), expressions (trial and error, be down to, wind up, gut instinct, All told, suffice it to say, as a whole, narrow down，mess up); Writing of a composition on the topic DIY and practical writing of A Letter of Resignation

难点：Reading skills: Analyzing Denotative and Connotative Meaning of Words; Listening 第二单元Privacy （8学时）

第一节 Text A: The Right to Privacy Is a Myth

第二节 Text B: Tell-All Generation Keeps Some Things Offline 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening

本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Privacy; Learning of some important words (resent,

disregard, presence, apparently, radically, function, prevalent, conscious, context), expressions (die away, to the exclusion of，well of, do away with, translate into, serve up); writing of an article with three paragraphs on Privacy and practical writing of Letter of Welcome

难点：Reading skills: understanding problem-solution pattern; Listening 复习 （2学时）

第三单元Marriage （8学时） 第一节 Text A: Commitment to Love

第二节 Text B: Marriage Customs (From Utopia) 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening

本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Marriage; Learning of some important words (stamp,

stain, accuse, willing, treat, severe, extreme, bare, deceit, offensive, mutual, contract, investigate, available), expressions (Wear sb out, blow up, dab at, rustle up, close the deal); Writing of a composition with three paragraphs on Sportsmanship and practical writing of Book Report

难点：Reading skills: understanding argument and counter- argument pattern ; Listening 第四单元 Innovation （8学时） 第一节 Text A: Lights On! 第二节 Text B: A Different View 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening

本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Innovation; Learning of some important words (inherent,

deem, cultivate, reveal, unlock, conceive, hollow, prompt, Parallel, appropriate, essence, twist, prejudice, radical, fundamental, transform, perspective, vessel, apparent), expressions (buy into, bend to your own will, out of the ordinary, in one’s right, be after, eureka moment, buy

up); Writing of a composition on Innovation and practical writing of Letter of Request

难点：Reading skills: indentify the writer’s attitude/tone; Listening 复习 （2学时）

第五单元 Financial Management （8学时） 第一节 Text A: Money Matters

第二节 Text B: Small Change Is Real Money 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening

本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Financial Management; Learning of some important

words (representative, virtue, compound, finite, amount, owe, minimum, payment, rarely, minor, statement, murmur, moreover, category, fancy), expressions (Figure out, behind the eight ball, glaze over, on par with, wade through, on the contrary, make a hash of); Writing of a composition with three paragraphs on Money Management and practical writing of Letters of Claims.

难点：Reading skills: understanding comparison and contrast pattern; Listening 第六单元 Urbanization （8学时）

第一节 Text A: Remembering When Brooklyn Was Mine 第二节 Text B: Beijing - An Alley Way of Life 第三节 Exercises and Skill Development 第四节 Speaking and Listening

本单元的重点：Topic understanding: Urbanization; Learning of some important words

(response, creep, enroll, volunteer, estate, domestic, convert, scrape), expressions (make away for switch to, drop away, duck under, tear down, Keep safe, ring out); Writing of a composition on the topic Urbanization with three paragraphs and practical writing of Recruitment Advertising

难点：Reading skills: understanding phenomenon-reasons pattern; Listening 复习 （2学时）

第七单元 Office Politics （8学时）