新编大学英语教案（第二册） - Unit 1 Love

Unit One

Teaching Objectives

1. To know the importance of the love; 2. To understand what real love is;

3. To learn to be a man with a good heart; 4. To master the words describing love;

5. Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;

6. Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit;

7. To improve the students’ abilities of communication and making comments.

Teaching allotment

6 academic hours

1-2 period preparation & listening-centered activities 3-4 period In-Class Reading: A Good Heart to Lean On 5-6 period After-Class Reading & Exercises

Focus Points

1. Key words, phrases & usages

activity, adjust, bother, cling, complain, content, coordinate, despite, embarrass, engage, envy, fortune, fortunate, frustrate, impatient, lean, local, navy, occasion, pace, participate, reluctance, severe, stress, trifle, worthy, urge

now that, set the pace, lean on, subject…to, engage in, see to it that, in frustration 2. Difficult sentences

1) If he ever noticed or was bothered, he never let on.

2) When I think of it now, I marvel at how much courage it must have taken for a grown man to subject himself to such indignity and stress.

3) He never talked about himself as an object of pity, nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or able.

4) But the next day people kidded him by saying it was the first time any fighter was urged to take a dive even before the bout began. 3. Grammar focus

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1） 代词it 的用法;

2）独立主格结构;

3）now that 引导的原因状语从句; 4）介词+which结构

Teaching Methods

1. Using multi-media teaching equipment （应用多媒体教学手段） 2. Listening and practice （听歌填词） 3. Group-Discussion （分组讨论） 4. Questions and answers （课堂问答） 5. Class work （班级活动）

Teaching Procedures

1. Warming-up (课前准备活动)

2. Understanding background knowledge （了解背景知识） 3. Text explanation（课文讲解） 4. Exercises（巩固练习） 5. Assignments（作业）

I Background Information 1. Useful Information

Whether it is a mother’s nurturing love for her child, a son’s loyal love for his father, the love between husband and wife, or the love between friends, love is a universal emotion that expresses itself in every culture. To love is to be Children, for example, need loving

Love is a deep feeling of that grows among people. passion and evolves with time attachment. Many of the various cultures end in the love is favorite musical operas, songs, and ballads.

human. To need love is also to be human. care in order to be emotionally healthy.

fondness, affection and friendship Romantic love usually begins as to a more lasting sense of famous romantic love stories in tragedies of death or betrayal. The loss of theme and the subject of countless stories,

2. “Love” definition from a famous book

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not self-seeking, it is not

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easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always projects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

3. The difference between like and love

The verb “like” is not as strong as “love” and generally does not imply deep emotions. “Like” means to find pleasure or satisfaction in something or someone: l like eating at the restaurant. In English, the word “love” is often used informally instead of “like” in an intensified sense: he loves music; children love ice-cream; she loves her new job. However, “love” and “like” are not totally interchangeable. It is often the context that indicates the strength of the word “love”. The word “love” should not be used in the first person when speaking to another person, except in romantic situations (I love you).

II Classroom Activities 1. Warming-up activity: Talk about the most unforgettable character in your life

Purpose: make sure of the right way to express yourself logically Form: group discussion and individual talk.

Steps: 1.Work in groups and discuss with others about the most important person in your

life.

2. Individual statement in class to share the story together

3. Concluding remarks by the teacher on the performance of the students’ story and the manner

Suggested words or expressions

Considerate/patient/a great helper/generous/point out one’s mistake/encouraging/tender

2. Further Development: Use your imagination and make up a love story

Purpose: give the students the chance to use the vocabulary they have learned Form: done by the whole class together

Steps: 1. Each member of the class contributes a sentence to develop the story, this can be

done in the order of their seats.

2. Others have to listen carefully so as to know how the story goes, and then help

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the story to develop.

3. Concluding remarks by the teacher on the performance of the students’ story and the manner

Suggested words or expressions

Boyfriend/girlfriend/hate/heartbroken/emotion/attractive/beautiful/crippled/fall in love at

first sight/generous/handsome/loyal/devoted/hesitate/unconditionally/adoring/interaction

Words and phrases

1. adjust :v. change slightly, especially in order to make it more effective or more suitable

e.g. adjust one’s watch

She adjusted the lamp so that the light fell directly on her book..

搭配： adjust oneself to

He adjusted himself quickly to the heat of the country.

adjustable a. adjustment n. readjust v. 辨析：

adjust: 常指机械方面的严格调整或校正，从而使各部件协调，达到运转或工作，或可指人或其它动物）改变原来的生活方式、生活习惯，从而适应新的环境。着重指“过程”，此词一般与具体事物连用。也可用于抽象事物或比喻。如： He adjusted his watch so that it would run on time.

It took him some time to adjust himself to a new life.

adapt: to make or become suitable for new needs, different conditions。指在原来的情况下进行一些修改或改变，从而适应新的环境或条件，含有“目的性”，着重指“结果”，也有改编之意。如：

She adapted herself to new circumstance.

I am afraid he can’t adapt to the idea of having a woman as his boss. The play is adapted from a novel. Exercise:

1) He spent years _______to the climate in China. (B )

A. coordinating B. adjusting C. balancing D. complaining

2)为了吸引投资，这个国家调整了税收和劳动法。（汉译英）

（To attract investors, this country has adjusted its tax and labor laws.） 3) After an initial period of _____, both children enjoyed their school. (adjust) 2. cling: (clung, clung ): v. hold tightly

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III In-Class Reading