9-Unit-4-Lions-and-Tigers-and-Bears

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2 Unit 4 一、授课时间：第9--10周

二．授课类型：课文分析10课时；习题讲解2课时

三．授课题目：Lions and Tigers and Bears

四．授课时数：12 五．教学目的和要求：

通过讲授课文使学生了解美国中央公园的有关知识，并以此游记展开对美国社会、文化的讨论，认识到美国文化的优势和不足之处，更好地有利于跨文化交际。要求学生主动地预习课文，课前准备练习，学会分析文章体裁和进行段落划分。

六．教学重点和难点： 1）背景知识的传授：Central Park; Ogden Nash; The Taming of the Shrew; Henry James; the Empire State Building; Daniel Boone 2）文章的体裁分析及段落划分； 3）语言点的理解：

Word study: stuff sth. with sth.; muggy;

curl up; drop off; outdoorsy; needless to say;

observe; beckon; snatch; not to mention; make

for sth; nocturnal; tame; conspicuous

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3 Learn more about the function and use of except

七．教学基本内容和纲要

Part One Warm – up

1.1 Warm-up Questions

1. Why do you think the author wrote this essay?

To describe the history of Central park? To

describe the beauty of the park? To tell the story

of how he spent an unforgettable night in the

park once? To lament what a terrible place the

park had become with all those purse-snatchers,

loons, prostitutes, drug dealers, bullies,

garrotters, highway robbers and murderers

lurking somewhere? To prove that all those

terrible rumors about the park at night are

ungrounded? Or a combination of all of these?

Part Two Background Information

2.1 Author

2.2 Central Park; Ogden Nash; The Taming of

the Shrew; Henry James; the Empire State

Building; Daniel Boone

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5 5.1 Group discussion

5.2 Debating

八、教学方法和措施 本单元将运用黑板、粉笔、多媒体网络辅助教学设备等教学手段，主要采用以学生为主体、教师为主导的任务型、合作型等教学模式，具体运用教师讲授法、师生讨论、生生讨论等方法进行教学。 九．作业，讨论题，思考题

完成课后练习；

多看英语报刊杂志及英语经典小说，扩大阅读量；

精听与泛听相结合，逐步提高自己的听力水平；

积极参加英语角等有助于提高英语口语的活动；

坚持用英语写日记；

做一些专四相关练习；

十．参考资料：

1) 杨立民主编,《现代大学英语精读》（4）第二版，学生用书。北京：外语教学与研究出版社,2012。

2) 杨立民主编,《现代大学英语精读》（4）第二版，教师用书。北京：外语教学与研究出版社,2012。 备 课 纸

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6 3) 李观仪主编，《新编英语教程》（第三、四册）。上海:上海外语教学研究出版, 1999。

4) 黄源深，虞苏美等主编，《综合英语教程》（1-4册）。北京：高等教育出版社，1998。

5) 《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》，北京：外语教学研究出版社，2000。

6) Judy Pearsall主编，《新牛津英语词典》。上海：上海外语教育出版社，1998。

7) 丁往道、吴冰等编著，《英语写作手册》。北京：外语教学与研究出版社。

8) 张道真，《现代英语用法词典》（重排本）。北京：外语教学与研究出版社，1994。

9) 张道真，温志达, 《英语语法大全》上、下卷。北京：外语教学与研究出版社，1998。

十一、课后小结

Unit 4

Text A Lions and Tigers and Bears 备 课 纸

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7 Part One Warm – up

1.1 Warm-up Questions

1. Do you think this story will interest American

readers? What kind of people are likely to find

the story appealing? For what reasons?

2. Do you like similar stories in our own

literature? Why do people usually write or read

about places they have visited or would like to

visit? Have you read any travel notes that are

particularly interesting?

3. How is the story organized? Does the author

simply narrate his experience that night

chronologically? How does he combine the

narration of his experience with descriptions of

the park’s history? Do you find it clever? How

does the narration end? Why do you think the

author decides to end the narration with the

raccoons? What kind of effect does he aim to

create?

4. What is the author’s overall attitude towards

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8 5. Do you agree that travel notes often reveal a

lot about the author? What kind of person do

you think this author is judging by the text?

Part Two Background Information

2.1 Ogden Nash

an American poet ; well known for his light

verse; best-known producer of humorous

poetry

2.2 The Delacorte Theater

established in 1962, is an open-air theater

located in Manhattan's Central Park and has a

seating capacity of 1,800. The Delacorte is

owned by the City of New York and operated by

The Public Theater. It is an open-air

amphitheater, with the Turtle Pond and

Belvedere Castle as its backdrop. It primarily

serves as the venue

for The Public

Theater’s

annual Shakespeare in the Park summer series

2.3 Belvedere-castle

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9 Vista Rock, the park's second-highest

natural

elevation[1] Constructed of Manhattan schist

quarried in the park and dressed with

gray

granite, it tops the natural-looking woodlands of

The

Ramble, as seen from the formal

Bethesda

Terrace. It was designed as an additional feature

of the Central Park "Greensward" plan by the

architects Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

after they, along with Frederick Law Olmsted,

were reappointed to oversee the park's