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Unit 2 Say Yes
Tobias Wolff
1. They were doing the dishes, his wife washing while he dried. Unlike most men
he knew, he really pitched in on the housework. A few months earlier he'd
overheard a friend of his wife's congratulate her on having such a considerate
husband.
2. They talked about different things and somehow got on the subject of whether
white people should marry black people. He said that all things considered, he
thought it was a bad idea.
3. "Why" she asked.
4. Sometimes his wife got this look where she pinched her brows together and bit
her lower lip. When he saw her like this he knew he should keep his mouth shut,
but he never did. Actually it made him talk more. She had that look now.
5. "Why" she asked again, and stood there with her hand inside a bowl, just holding
1 上课时间 上课节次 课 型
课 题 Book 2 Unit 2 Say Yes
教学目的 1. To cultivate Ss’ ability of using their own words to summarize the
main idea of the text.
2. To lead the Ss to comprehend and appreciate the content of the text.
3. To use the text as the materials to develop the Ss’ speaking ability.
4. To help Ss grasp the important idiomatic expressions used in the text.
5. To help Ss grasp the theme of the text and the language and style
used in it.
教学方法 Heuristic, Interactive
重点、难点 1. Theme of the passage
2. Words and expression
3.Writing devices
教 学 内 容
Teaching procedures
1 Warming-up questions
2 Background information
3 Students’ brief summary of the text
4 Analysis of the structure of the text
5 Checking the students to read the new words
6 Detailed study of the text
a. the discussion of difficult sentences in the text
Test 2 Say Yes
Vocabulary &Grammar
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences, each with four suggested
answers. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
1. When the couple was saving money to buy a house, they had to ______ pennies.
A. nod B. plunge C. pinch D.spray
2. Most of the wood was so rotten when they pulled that it ______ into a shower of
fragments and woodlice.
A. broke away B. broke off C. broke up D. broke through
3. Last Monday evening at 21: 30 there was a ______ explosion at the other side of
the square.
A. hasty B. terrific C. conspicuous D. remarkable
4. Some trichologists(毛发学研究者) argue that excessively ______ hair can be
caused by drinking too much milk, milkshakes and yogurt drinks.
A. greasy B. slippery C.waxy D.sticky
5. Poets sometimes ______ to making use of strange language in their works to
Vocabulary
I. Identify suffixes through comparing the following words.
1. silverware; software; hardware; glassware; earthenware; copperware; kitchenware; ironware
2. statistics; politics; economics; physics; mechanics; linguistics; mathematics
3. alcoholic; terrific; poetic; economic; historic; romantic; atomic; classic; chaotic; democratic;
enthusiastic; simplistic
4. hypocritical; political; economical; historical; philosophical; chemical; physical
(1) Ann's answer to the question was quite logical (逻辑的).
(2) William Faulkner's novels have been praised for their poetic (带诗意的)qualities.
(3) This will make the plan less romantic (浪漫的) and more realistic (切合实际的).
(4) We are all optimistic (乐观) about the future.
(5) Population statistics are beginning to reveal a dramatic (戏剧性的) imbalance between the sexes.
