Unit2

Unit2

Unit 2 A Busy Weekday Morning

I. T eaching Objects

1. To help the students to have a correct attitude toward the

relationship between the people

2. To urge the students to master the new words and useful

expressions

3. To help the students to make clear the long and difficult

sentences in the text so as to get a thorough understanding of

the text

II. Teaching Focuses

1. Comprehension of Text A

2. Understanding of new words and phrases

3. Writing of a paragraph expressing viewpoints

III. Time Allotment:

1. Section A (2 hours)

2. Section B (1 hour)

IV. T eaching Methods and Strategies

1. The grammar-translation method

2. The communicative method

3. The audio-lingual method

V. T eaching Procedures

Section A: A Busy W eekday Morning

Step 1. Lead-in Activities

1) Introduction to the Unit

It is well known around the world that young people and

their parents very often seem to fail in their attempts to

communicate with each other. It is as if they hear each other, but

they do not like what they hear and choose to ignore it. By doing this, they send false messages to each other. As a result, too often,

their two different worlds go separate directions, creating what

is known as the generation gap.

2) Note-At this step teachers may also begin the unit by

raising the following questions.

1. What does the generation gap refer to?

It refers to differences between two generations in their

views on the world. Some of the differences are as follows:

1)The older generation emphasizes devotion to society while

the younger one thinks more

about the realization of personal value.

2)The older generation sticks to its experience-based beliefs

while the younger one clings to

radical ideas.

3)The older generation believes young people are too young

to see through things whereas the

younger one thinks the elders’ ideas are too old to keep up

with the flow of the times.

2.How can the older and the younger generation have real

communication with and understand each other?

It involves the efforts of both generations. On one hand, the

younger should talk over their problems with their parents

actively and frankly. They must learn to remove their

stubbornness of

the young and show enough respect for their parents . On

the other, the older generation also needs to speak to the young

at home at the first opportunity. And they should not take

everything for granted just on the basis of their experience, but

treat their children as equal adults to them. On the whole, the

more often both generations see things in the other’s position, the more chances they stand to fill up the gap between them.

Step 2. Expressions & Patterns

A Expressions

1.突然响起来to blast forth (L. 1)

We were focusing our minds on a talk about public morality

when rock music blasted forth from the next door.

2.随着……一起唱to sing along with … (L. 2)

But the automobile age also brought along with it a lot of

harm to the human societies.

3.把音乐关了to turn that music off (L.4)

He turned off the question with a shrug of the shoulders.

4.冲进她的卧室to burst into her room (L.4)

Wistarias, following no sequence, all burst into flower at a

time.

5.(不)一定要听这么糟糕的东西( not) to have to listen to such

horrible stuff (L.5)

One doesn’t have to be wealthy to be happy.

6.一遍又一遍地重复同一个东西the same thing over and over

(L. 5

Parents’ talking about the same thing over and over is

understandable only when you have your own children.

7.听这样的音乐to listen to music like this (L. 9)

If you don’t listen to the old like me, you’ll surely be

getting the worst of it right away.

8.伸手去拿某物to reach for sth. (L.10)

V arious opportunities will come your way in life, but you

must reach out for them.

9.把音乐开得更响to turn it up louder (L.10)

Every time I ask for her hand, she turns up her nose to show

no interest in me. 10.受（不）了(not) to stand it (L.11)

Rather than stand his rudeness, she’d prefer to get divorced

from him.

11.把收音机声音关小to turn that radio down (L.12)

The boy wanted to join the Army but was turned down

because he was under age.

12.准备上学to get ready for school (L.14)

Many of the things in the world come into our life before we

get ready for them.

13.打开淋浴喷头to turn on the shower (L.16)

This teaching method turns students off rather than on.

14. 帮助她清醒清醒to help her wake up (L. 17)

Another failure in career didn’t discourage him but helpe d

him wake up to the truth that the more setbacks, the more

exertion of effort.

15.给自己化妆to put on her makeup (L. 26)

Whenever it comes to the future challenges, she puts on that

look of not caring.

16.装着(没)看见to pretend (not) to notice it (L. 51)

This incident made her aware of the fact that her boyfriend

pretended to be running after her.

17.年龄太小，不适宜化浓妆 to be too young to wear much

makeup (L. 53)

When talking about the art of doing business, this leader said:

“ Some businessmen are too clever to be wise.”