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- 26 -校园英语 /高等教育论综英课前warm-up的重要性广东技术师范学院天河学院/罗曼综合英语教程是针对英语专业本科学生的综合性英语教材。

其内容涵盖面广，丰富的教学材料使得学生可以更全面的接触英语语言背后的文化，但学生们的知识面相对较窄，对课文的理解有一定的难度。

综英课程的学习变成了单纯对词汇，句型的掌握。

英语学习如果只停留在文字的记忆，而不是更深入的理解语言背后的文化，从长远角度来看，对学生的学习是不利的。

如何让学生充分理解课文，是综英老师亟需解决的问题。

在课文内容的设置中，编者也着力解决这一问题。

第一部分内容是pre-reading questions ，主要是与课文相关的问题，引导学生进入主题。

从这一角度出发，笔者认为，课前的warm-up 环节，在课文的学习及学生对于文章的理解中起重要作用。

本文中，笔者将讨论课前warm-up 的主要内容及作用，为综英教学提供新的思路，希望可以抛砖引玉，带来更多宝贵建议。

课前warm-up 的内容主要分几个方面：文化背景。

相关社会问题。

人物介绍。

下面，笔者将分别阐述。

一、文化背景课文内容如果是关于文化，历史，战争等，warm-up 的内容就要以背景知识介绍为主。

课前让学生独立或分组查找关于特定事件或文化的背景知识，课堂上分享自己所得。

这类任务可以激发学生的兴趣，培养他们独立学习的习惯，同时，分享过程中大家取长补短，营造更活跃的课堂气氛。

例如，综合英语第四册unit 4 A View of Mountains.这篇课文是关于由原子弹在长崎造成的伤害所引起的对于核武器是否应该存在的反思。

在讲这篇课文前，笔者布置了任务，将学生按宿舍分组，查找关于核武器的相关资料。

在课前的warm-up 中，各小组做了充分的准备，用英文向同学们介绍了核武器的诞生时间，核武器的杀伤力，原子弹在广岛，长崎所造成的伤亡，当今世界核武器的分布或关于核武器使用的条约等。

关于原子弹及其影响的相关词汇，也在信息查找过程中得到了积累。

Unit 1Unit 1.mp3Listen to three speakers talking about their childhood plete the following chart with the information you hear.ScriptChildhood Hobbies Do you remember your favourite hobbies when you were a child?What do those mean to you?Luther,Sarah,and William are discussing their childhood hobbies.Luther:My hobby is stamp collecting.I started at the age of six,and I ’ve beencollecting stamps ever since.Stamps are tiny but amazing.They're miniature works of art,covering just about every subject you can think of.Sometimes stamps are worth more as they get older,and I guess that's one of the reasons they are treasured by many collectors.Sarah:When I was a little girl,my friends were fond of dolls or cartoons,but I just loved yard work.My house had a big yard,which I regarded as my fantasy world.I helped my grandmother mow the lawn and spread fertilizer.Actually was a little bit lazy in my schoolwork but never in yard work.Some of my friends said it was an activity that only retired people took up.I didn't mind.I enjoyed making my yard beautiful and I enjoyed sweating after awhole day's work.It's good for my health.Maybe I ’ll spend most of my timein the yard after I retire.William:Transformers!Optimus Prime and Megatron!Those robots from the 1980s that would turn into cars and planes.That's why I became a mechanical designer.Few people can claim to be as big a fan of Transformers as I am.I have an entire room in my house dedicated to them,over 700Transformers from every generation,as well as many posters and tons of other collectible items.Transformer collecting is not just a hobby to me--they're a way of life!KeyUnit 2U ni t 2.m p 3Fly with International Airlines Fly away with us to your dream vacation place.Fly with International Airlines,and leave your worries behind.If you like mountain climbing,you can take our fabulous 2-week charter flight to NameHobbles The significance of thier hobblies Luther1)stamp collecting They are 2)miniature works of art on every possible subject.Sarah3)yard work She enjoys 4)making gardens beautiful.William 5)Transformer collecting It is 6)a way of life to him.Switzerland for only$850,including hotels and meals.Or perhaps you would rather relax on a beach in Bermuda,and enjoy swimming in the clear blue-green waters of the Atlantic.Our special price until June1st is only $579,for a marvellous9-day vacation in the sun.If you are adventurous,you can fly with International Airlines to the Amazon Jungle.South America is waiting for you.Our special excursion fare for a thrilling 3-week expedition along the Amazon River,complete with an experienced guide,is only$1,199,but hurry,this price can only be offered for a limited time.Don't miss a fantastic opportunity.The world is waiting for you.And the wild wonderful wings of International Airlines are waiting to welcome you aboard for an unforgettable vacation.Fly away with us.Fly away with International Airlines. Vacation places Activities Duration FareSwitzerland Mountain climbing two weeks$850,inclusive of hotels andmealsBermuda Relaxing&swimming nine days$579,before June1st Amazon Jungle expedition three weeks$1199,complete with anexperienced guideUnit3U ni t3.m p3Listen to a talk on education and decide whether the following statements are true(T)or false(F).We usually think that school is the only place where people get an education. However,what we get from school is just a small part of what we cation includes both formal learning at school and informal learning in society.So education is much broader than schooling.Education can take place anywhere,whether in the street or at a party.Likewise, educators can be anyone,ranging from an elderly woman in the neighbourhood to a young reporter on TV.The general patterns of teaching at school always remain relatively the same. Students arrive at school at the set time and take the assigned courses.The learning materials and the tests used at school are limited.We know what we can get from school education,but we can never give a full picture of what we can expect from education.F or instance,while travelling if you have a chat with a local shopkeeper, you may discover more about local culture.Education starts from the moment a person is born.It lasts for a life time and becomes part of his/her life.Key(F)1.We get most of our education at school.(T)cation can occur in a local shop when travelling.(T)3.Students at school usually use similar textbooks.(F)4.Only at school can you get new information and skills.(T)cation is always with us throughout our whole lives.Look at the diagram made by Daisy Kabagarama about the components of culture in her book,Breaking the Ice.Listen to the speaker's descriptions.Write down the key words in the blanks.The first letter of each word is already given.Components of Culture The term culture has been defined in many ways.Howard defines it as the customary manner in which human groups learn to organize their behaviour and thoughts.I define culture as the way of life of a group of people.In that way,culture is in essence the moulder of human behaviour of a certain group.Culture has several major components.The first important one is material possessions,which refer to objects like books or clothes.The non-material component can be illustrated by the following parts:values,norms,beliefs,emotions,attitudes,aspirations,laws,and symbols.The arrows in the figure point in both directions,suggesting that culture shapes these components.In turn,these aspects impact culture,which means culture is dynamic,always undergoing great changes.For example ,people who share the same level of material possessions may have different values or beliefs.People who have similar beliefs may change the ways to express emotions.From birth to death,people are faced with cultural messages and change in these components.Key2)Material possessionslaws attitudes emotionsListen to a speaker talking about her recent travels in West Africa and write down a short answer to each of the following questions.The Greatest Humanitarian CauseIn my recent travels to West Africa,I came to see how much in need so many people are in this part of the world.Infectious disease and poverty kill more people than those who die in the continuing bloody conflicts.We live in a world filed with conditions that cry out for others to help.What can you do in a world that needs such help?Serving and volunteering, whether in your community or in a developing country overseas,is a wonderful way to fill real human needs.Being involved in serving others and true humanitarian causes can offer you experience and contact with others that will help you through the rest of your life.The biggest benefit is that you have a direct impact on helping other human beings.We should remember that serving the needs of the despondent of this world is a very worthy cause.Doing good,one act at a time,one person at a time,is an important part of being a light in a world of darkness and preparing for a greater cause in the future.Key1.What are the West Africans suffering from?Infectious disease,poverty and continuing bloody conflicts.2.What can we do to fill real human needs?Serving and volunteering in our community or in a developing country overseas.3.What benefits can we enjoy from true humanitarian causes?Involvement in such causes offers us experience and contact with others,which will be beneficial throughout our life.4.Why is it a very worthy cause to serve the needs of the despondent of this world?Doing good for the despondent is like bringing light in a world of darkness and helps to prepare for greater causes in the future.Unit6U ni t6.m p3Listen to a speaker talking about the damage done by ice plete the following chart with the information you hear.Ice-Storm Numbers Tell Chilling TaleIn January1998,three successive storms dropped more than4inches of freezing rain in areas of New England and southern Canada.About100,00people had to take refuge in shelters,while the Red Cross raised more than$10million to help the victims.The ice brought down more than1,000power transmission towers and30,000 wooden utility poles.Nearly1.7million customers lost their electricity,in some areas for weeks.More than one-third of all farmland in the region was affected.Nearly 5.3million sugar-maple trees were in the path of the storm,and it may take 30to 40years for maple syrup production to return to normal.The hardest hit were dairy farmers,as nearly one-quarter of Canada's Cows were subjected to the storm.The ones that survived may never reach their previous level of production.Furthermore,2.5million gallons of milk,valued at more than $5million,had to be dumped because there was no electricity.KeyDamages Caused by Ice StormsUnit 7U ni t 7.m p 3Listen to a speaker talking about the facets of a person's physical appearance and his/her life.Then decide whether the following statements are true (T)or false (F).This is Charlotte.She was born just a few hours ago.Like most of us at birth,there's really nothing to her:a bit of fat,a little of sugar,a bit of protein;actually she's 75per cent water.She's really a collection of chemicals.And yet,she's the most complicated thing on Earth;and during her lifetime,she'll achieve the most amazing things.She'll eat for nearly three and a half years,consuming 7,300eggs and 160kilograms of chocolate.She'll crawl 150kilometers before she's two.From then on,she'll learn a new word every two hours for the next ten years.By the time she's ten,her heart will have beaten 368million times.She'll spend a litter over 12years watching TV and two and half years on the telephone.During her life,she'll fall in love twice.If she gets married,there's a 60%chance she'll stay married to the same person for the rest of her life.And her chance of becoming a celebrity is less than 0.01%.Key[F]1.Charlotte was a bit too fat when she was born.[T]2.Charlotte will crawl 150kilometers before she is two years old.[T]3.She'll learn a new word every two hours from age two to twelve.[F]4.According to the speaker,this little girl has the potential to accomplish great things in her life.[F]5.What the speaker says is an accurate forecast of an English woman's life AreasDamagesPeople ·About 100,000people had to live in shelter.·More than $10million was raised to help the victimsElectricity ·More than 1,000power transmission towers and 30,000utility poles fell.·Nearly 1.7million customers lost electricity.Crops ·More than 1/3of all farmland in the region was damaged.·Nearly 5.3million sugar-maple trees were hit.Dairy ·Nearly 1/4of Canada's cows were killed.·Nearly 2.5million gallons of milk had to be dumped.Unit1news-1.mp3Audio script&keyOutrageous shopping bills are a familiar nightmare for many compulsive shoppers.And contrary to the popular opinion,men1)suffer that nightmare nearly as often as women.A new survey finds that both2)genders are almost equally likely to suffer compulsive buying disorder,a condition marked by uncontrollable, unnecessary and3)unaffordable shopping sprees.Researchers used to estimate that between2and16percent of the US population suffered compulsive buying disorder,and that90percent of4)sufferers were female.But a2004telephone survey of more than2,500American adults found that6percent of women and about5.5percent of men are compulsive shoppers;that's5)more than1in20adults.The sexes do not shop at the same aisle sthough.Experts say that women are More likely to binge buy things like clothes or gifts for other people,while men tend to buy6)expensive electronics.This survey is the first to find7)such a high number of compulsive shoppers in the general population.Study authors hope that this finding can convince doctors of how many people are hurt by the disorder,so they can8)make finding a cure a priority.I'm Bill Blakemore,in New York.Unit2news-2.mp3Audio scriptTree-lighting CeremonyLast-minute rehearsals,and the final touches are taking place before tonight's tree-lighting ceremony in Rockefeller Centre.This year,the Norway spruce soars nearly9storeys and it is the centrepiece of Rockefeller Centre during the holidays.Hours before the televised tree-lighting ceremony begins,people from all around the country are starting to carve out a viewing spot.“It's a bit early,but I think it's worth it."“With what her friends told her from work,come early so we can get a good spot,so...”“It's great,it couldn't be any better."Debbie Moore travelled all the way from Dallas to see the tree light up in person.“It's been...one of my wife's longtime dreams to come and see this,so we finally made it happen.Wish we wouldn't have to stand here for several hours.”And when the switch is turned on,more than30,000lights carefully wrapped on the branches by crews over the past two weeks will signal the start of the holiday season.“Got a dazzling crystal star topper measures nearly10feet in diameter and is made up of25,000crystals.This year's Christmas tree comes from a home in Connecticut about60miles from the mid-town Manhattan spot where it now stands.In New York,Michelle Freads,NBC News.”keyTree-lighting CeremonyLocation:Rockefeller Centre,New YorkTime:right before the Christmas SeasonHeight of the tree:nearly9storeysAudience:people from all around the countryNumber of the lights on the tree:30,000Size of the star topper:nearly10feet in diameterMaterial of the star topper:crystalSource of the tree:a home in ConnecticutUnit3news-3.mp3Audio script&keyReporter:InVail,Arizona,a new school with a new idea:no textoks.While other students might be reading books,Empire students will read on theirlaptops.Jeremy Gypton,a history teacher at Empire High School in Vail,Arizona.Mr.Gypton,tell us about the assignment that you've alreadygiven,that mightotherwise have involved a textbook,but1)in this caseinvolves a computer.Mr.Gypton:Well,with the,with history I try to use as many primary source documents as possible.I actually just recently had my students,studying...my American History students,studying the French-IndianWar and its2)impact.And that sort of document is just not3)availablein a traditional textbook,I would have to say,Go online or go to a libraryand find a copy",whereas with the laptopsand with the4)resourcesthey're using,they have immediate access to it.Reporter:5)What's the point here?Is it to get to primary sources or is it to use a6)medium that youngsters today are more familiar with?How do you,how do you describe what you are doing?Mr.Gypton:When it comes to our,I guess,our7)reasoning,these are the students who've grown up with the computer,with the Internet,er,as,as kind oforganic to their environment.It's not an add-on,like it,like it was to me.And this is8)normal for them.And so,limiting them,by like sort of atrditional,maybe thousand-page texbook is,9)from their prspetive.Ithink a little bit abnormal,because they are used to being able to reachout,and view one topic from20diferent angles,as10)opposed to justthe one angle that a textbook would present.Reporter:Jeremy Gypton,thank you very much for taking with you.Mr.Gypton:Thanks so much for your time.Unit4news-4.mp3Audio script&keyBeijing Opera is largely seen as a dying art in China.Louisa Lim wants to introduce us to an unlikely new champion for Chinese opera.He's a British man who has1)devoted more than a decade to bringing Chinese opera to new audiences. Ghaffar:And I saw a Beijing Opera in London in1993.And that just shocked me.It really moved me.Louisa:Ghaffar Pourazar is British,born to Iranian Azeri parents.At the age of32,he gave up his life as a2)computer animator and enrolled in a Beijing Operaschool,drawn by the dificulty of mastering this art form.Ghaffar:And there is no other culture which has put that much3)discipline into training the perfect performer.That is what the Beijing Opera is about,theperfect performer.Louisa:On stage,the actors not only act,they sing and dance at the same time as performing4)heart-stopping feats of acrobatics and sword fighting.Oncethe show begins,it's clear that Pourazar has taken a Chinese classic andmade it his own.The cast is partly non-Chinese.And there's a lot of5)explanation in English.The story is the6)much-loved legend of the MonkeyKing,a mischievous monkey born from a stone,who learns7)supernaturalskills and uses them to8)challenge the emperor of heaven.Pourazar is themultilingual monkey.(Singing)Ghaffar:It's within the rules of the art form that you perform for that audience.What I have done is,by taking it to London,to change the spoken parts intoEnglish.And that's,9)that's within the rules of the opera.(Singing)Louisa:That even means adding a bit of comedy rap opera to the mix. (Singing)Louisa:And this hybrid bilingual opera10)wins good reviews from both Western and Chinese audience members.A Man:And that's really Chinese suf,11)expressing the.more acceptable way.Soit'n be more popular.Louisa:12)But the popularity of Beiing Opera is fading fast,with young Chinese audiences turning to karaoke,DVDs and the Internet.Much to Pourazar'ssorrow.Unit5news-5.mp3Audio scriptChristopher Reeve:1996Democratic National Convention Address Thank you very,very much.Well,I just have to start with a1)challenge to the President:Sir,I have seen your train go by,and I think I can2)beat it,I'll even give you a head start.And over the last few years we have heard a lot about something called“family values".And like many of you,I have struggled to3)figure out what that means.And since my accident,I've found a4)definition that seems to make sense.I think it means that we're all family.And that we all have value.Now,if that's true,if America really is a family,then we have to5)recognize that many members of our family are hurting.And just to take one aspect of it,one in five of us has some kind of6)disability.You may have an aunt with Parkinson's disease,a neighbour with a spinal cord injury,or a brother with AIDS,and if we're really7) committed to this idea of family,we've got to do something about it.Now frst of all,our nation cannot8)tolerate discrimination of any kind.And that's why the Americans with Disabilies Act is so important.It must be honoured everywhere.It is a Civil Rights Law9)that is tearing down barriers both in architecture and in attitude.Its purpose-its purpose is to give the disabled access not only to buildings but to every opportunity in society.Now,I strongly believe our nation must give its full support to the caregivers10) who are helping people with disabilities live independent lives.Unit6news-6.mp3Audio script&keyAcid RainDamage fom acid rain is1)widespread not just in eastern North America,but throughout Europe,Japan,China,and Southeast Asia.ls the rain that’s2)falling on your umbrella acidic?A listener's question on today's”Earth and Sky”.JB:This is“Earth and Sky”,with a qustion fom Sandra Renee of Olive Hil,Kentucky.She asks,”How do you know when it rains that it's not acid rain,and what3) exactly is acid rain?DB:Sandra,you need a pH meter4)to reliably measure the acidity of rain or snow.But in certain parts of the US—especially in the Northeast—you can probably5) assume that most rain will be at least somewhat acidic.Westerly winds move6) pollutants eastward,so the eastern US gets more acid rain.JB:Acid rain happens when airborne acids fall down to earth in rain.7)Electrical utility plants that burn fossil fuels emit chemicals into the atmosphere that8)react with water and other chemicals in the air to form sulfuric acid,nitric acid—the”acid”in acid rain.You don't have to live next door to a power plant9)to get showered by acid rain.These acid pollutants reach high into the atmosphere and can travel10)with wind currents for hundreds of kilometers.DB:The acids in acid rain are corrosive chemicals that11)leach nutrients from the soils slow the growth of trees,poison lakes and12)combine with other chemicals to form urban smog The simpest way to curtail acid rain is to use less enerey13) from fossil fuels.JB:Special thanks today to the Camille&Henry Dreyfus Foundation,a private foundation14)dedicated to advancing research and education in the chemical sciences.We're Block Byrd for“Earth and Sky".Unit7news-7.mp3Audio scriptI was lucky.I found what I loved to do early in life.Woz and I1)started Apple in my parents garage when I was20.We worked hard,and in ten years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a$2billion company with over2) 4.000employees.We had just released our finest creation—the Macintosh—a year earlier,and I had just turned30.Andthen I3)got fired.How can you get fired from a company you started?Well,as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very4)talented to run the company with me,and for the first year or so things wentwell.But then our5)visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a fallig-out.When we did,our Board of Directors6)sided with him.So at30I was out.I didn't see it then,but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the7)lightness of being a beginner again,less sure about everything.It freed me to enter one of the most8)creative periods of my life.During the next five years,I started a company named NeXT,another company named Pixar,and9)fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the world's first computer animated feature film,Toy Story, and is now10)the most successful animation studio in the world.In a remarkable turn of events,Apple bought NeXT,I returned to Apple,and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance.And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.。

Unit 13 PeopleWang Yuan was appointed as Special Advocate for Education TFBOYS成员王源被任命为联合国儿童基金会青年教育使者，呼吁人们关心偏远山区儿童的教育问题。

王源通过微博和网友一起分享荣誉，并晒领证书的照片。

The well­known Chinese singer and actor，a member of the pop band TFBOYS，Wang Yuan was today appointed by United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) as Special Advocate for Education.“I am very proud to join UNICEF China as Special Advocate for Education.It's not only an honour but also a responsibility.From now on，I will be more active in promoting education and development for China's children，and do as much practical work as I cation is a right，we should never allow it to be a privilege.Let's work hard to make education even better in the future.”Wang Yuan remarked at the announcement event at UNICEF's Beijing office.UNICEF works with the Government of China to promote and support high quality education for all of China's children.It works with partners to implement (实施) Child Friendly School model in remote and disadvantaged areas of China.A child friendly school is one that is designed for the best interest of the child.UNICEF believes that children come first and every child，no matter who they are，no matter what part of China they come from，has a right to receive high quality education.“It is my great pleasure to welcome Wang Yuan as a Special Advocate for Education for UNICEF China，”said Dr.Douglas Noble.“We are thankful to Wang Yua n for joining us in this important endeavor (尝试) to promote high quality education for every child.We look forward to continued collaboration with our partners，with all the hard­working teachers and students，in promoting，protecting and fulfilling the right s of all children in China.”Wang Yuan will visit the UNICEF­supported Child Friendly School project in the remote rural communities in China，support awareness­raising programmes and appear at key public events.[诱思导读]阅读短文，回答下列问题。

Unit OneWhy College?ⅠWarm-Up Activities1. Listening: (Listen to the summary of the text made by you or news related to the text and then answer the following questions. In case of meeting some new words, write them down on the blackboard and give some brief hints.)2. Interview:3. Discussion: (It allows the students to work in pairs or small groups to discuss the following questions.)1) What’s the advantage of going to college?2) What’s the disadvantage of finding a job after high school?3) Give your opinions.4. Report:Look at the title.Why college?Do you know what college is?Well you are college students. Well if someone ask you, what’s your major? How to answer? You should say I’m Sports majors. Sports majorDegreeBachelor degreeMaster degreeWhy you come to college?For a better life, right?Diploma 文凭After you graduate from school you will start your career.Entertainer 演艺人员Entrepreneur 企业家Executive 管理人员Athlete 运动员ⅡVocabulary StudyRead and explain some useful words or phrases.o advanced:e.g. Most people find her advanced ideas difficult to accept.o beyond: outside the range ofe.g. The car is beyond repair.------ Can you give me a hand?_____ Sorry, it is beyond me.o dominate: v. have power and control overe.g. Much of my spare time seems to be dominated by housework.Sports, and not learning, seem to dominate at that school.o entertainer:eraser, erector, director, computer, weedier, viewer, and so on.o faith: (in)e.g. Have you any faith in what he says?o major: n. chief subject at collegee.g. Business English is my major at college.adj. chief or importante.g. Guangzhou is one of the major cities of China.v. specialize ine.g. He majored in two subjects at CambridgeUniversity.o outearn: v. earn more thane.g. Tom outearns his father.out: surpassinge.g. outgo, outgrow, outlook, outliveo view:v. see or regard or think ofe.g. We will go and view the house before we buy it. ( inspect)He was viewed as the best candidate for this fob. (think of sb. as)II. Text Presentation and Language Points1. The more you learn, the more you earn.This is a structure used to show that two things happen together.Examples:A. The more practice you have, the fewer mistakes you will make.B. We'll have to begin our journey early tomorrow; in fact, the earlier, the better.C. Actually, the busier he is, the happier he feels.D. The more I read the poem, the more I understood it.2 .... as she accepted her high school diploma.diploma: a certificate of graduation from a school or collegeExamples:A. He received a diploma from Harvard in 1978.B. She worked hard to earn her music diploma.3. Although Cyndi made it without a high school degree, most people don't.make it: be successful (in one's career, etc.)Examples:A. He failed to make it as a writer.B. It's hard to make it to the top in show business.4. In the U.S.A. today, about 75% of jobs require some education or technical training beyond high school degrees; college graduates outearn those without a college education;...1) require: needExamples:A. What do you require of me?B. They required me to be quiet.C. It is required that the instrument should be tested before it is actually used.2) beyond: outside the range ofExamples:A. The car is beyond repair.B. Your work is beyond all praise.C. They're paying $100,000 for a small flat it's beyond belief.3) outearn: earn more thanExample:Tom outearns his father.4) out-: to a greater extent; surpassing, such as outdo, outlive, outnumberExamples:A. Jim outlived his wife by five years.B. John was unable to outdo his elder brother at tennis.C. The teenager outgrew his shoes in four months.D. Our army outnumbered the enemy's troops.5. Many skilled blue-collar workers, salespeople, business executives, and entrepreneurs outearn college professors and scientific researchers.executive: person or group in a business organization with administrative or managerial powers Example:I would like to apply for the position of sales executive.Lines 13 176. But a college education is not only preparation for a career; it is also (or should be) preparation for life.career: job or professionExamples:A. People choose their careers for many reasons.B. A r6sum6 always includes a description of your career objectives.7. In addition to courses in their major field of study, most students have time to take elective courses.1) in addition to: as well as; besidesExamples:A. In addition to giving a general introduction to computers, the course also provides practical training.B. We saw a Mickey Mouse cartoon, in addition to the cowboy movie.2) major as an adjective: greater or more importantExample:A. Cigarette smoking is a major factor contributing to cancer.B. Chicago is one of the major cities of the United States.major as a noun: a chief or special subject at a universityExample:She chose economics as her major.major in: specialize in (a certain subject) at college or universityExample:Helen majored in two subjects at the University of Maryland.8 .... or whatever else interests them.whatever: (used as pronoun or adjective)Examples:A. Whatever happens, don't forget to write to me.B. You can take whatever book you like on the bookshelf.9. But recent high school graduates no longer dominate the college campuses.1) graduate as a noun: person who has completed a course at a college, school, etc.Example:College graduates in China are now-ready to accept lower-paid jobs.graduate as a verb: complete an educational courseExample:He graduated from Oxford ten years ago.2) dominate: have power and control overExamples:A. He completely dominated the group and made all the decisions.B. Thanks to his strong personality, John dominated the new committee.3) campus: the grounds of a school, college or universityExamples:A. Freshmen are required to live on campus.B. The Princeton campus has developed into one of the most attractive in the country.10. Serving this great variety of people are about 3,400 colleges and universities enrolling more than 12 million students.variety: different kinds ofExamples:A. The electronics department had a wide variety of radios.B. There is quite a variety of food on the buffet table.11. American faith in the value of education is shown by this rising number of Americans who have at least a bachelor's degree.faith: strong belief inExamples:A. Have you any faith in what he says?B. I haven't much faith in the medicine.12. In the U.S.A., a college education is not viewed as a privilege reserved for the wealthy or the academically talented.1) view.., as: consider sb. or sth. in a certain wayExamples:A. I view John as a reliable colleague.B. John views his office as a dungeon.2) ) privilege: special fight given to a personExamples:A. The wealthy seem to have a great many privileges.B. Diplomats enjoy a lot of privileges in foreign countries.3) reserve: keep for a special purpose; make a reservation; and reserved is often used as adjective, meaning unwilling to express oneself freely or kept for special use.Examples:A. We'll reserve the room for you till noon tomorrow.B. The first three rows of the hall are reserved for special guests.C. I have reserved a table for two at the restaurant.D. Sorry, we haven't a reserved table.E. Jane is a shy, reserved girl.4) talent: special natural ability or skill; and talented is adjectiveExamples:A. He has a talent for drawing.B. This university aims at helping young people develop their talents.C. Yao Ming'is a highly talented basketball player.talented: having or showing talent; giftedExample:He was a very talented architect.V. Summary of the TextBetter education usually means higher incomes, although this may not always be the casein our life. In America today, more and more people, in spite of their differences in age, go to college also for career advancement or personal growth. The fact that America has got amuch higher percentage of people with college degrees than most other major countries in the world is proof of American faith in the value of education and equal rights for education in theU.S.Word reviewLet’s have a review of what we have learned.ReviewThree fundamental sentence patterns1) be eg: I am a boy2) There be: Three are 70 students in our class.3)He studied English.He studied English hard in the university for the test on Sunday.He studied English on Sunday.He studied English in the University on Sunday.He studied English hard.He studied English for the test.OutearnTom outearned his father last year.GraduateHe graduates from Oxford ten years agoDominateJohn dominated the new committee, thanks to his strong personality.He completely dominated the group and made all the decision.ReserveWe’ll reserve the room for you till noon tomorrow.The first three rows are reserved for special guests.We reserved the first three rows for special guests.I have reserved a table for two at the restaurant.ReservedJane is a shy, reserved girl.RequireWhat do you require of me? Require sth of sbThey required me to be quiet. Require sb to do sthIt is required that the instrument should be tested before it is actually used.It is required that…Made itHe failed to make it as a writerIt’s hard to make it to the top in show business.In addition toIn addition to the cowboy movie, we saw a Mickey Mouse cartoon.View… asI view john as a reliable colleague.John views his office as heaven.3. Read the text again and answer my questionGrammarHomework英语冠词专项练习题：1. I read ______story. It is ______interesting story.A. a, anB. a, aC. the, theD. /, an2. Britain is __ European country and China is ___ Asian country.A. an, anB. a, aC. a, anD. an, a3. ______China is _____ old country with _____ long history.A. The, an, aB. The, a, aC. /, an, theD. /, an, a4. _____elephant is bigger than ______ horse.A. /, /B. an, aC. An, aD. /, the5. We always have ______rice for ______lunch.A. /, /B. the, /C. /, aD. the, the6. It took me ______ hour and _____ half to finish ______ work.A. a, a, aB. an, a, aC. an, a, theD. an, a, /7. ______ doctor told me to take ______ medicine three times______day, stay in _____bed, then I would be better soon.A. /, a, a, theB. A, the, the, /C. The, the, a, /D. A, /, a, /8. There is ____ picture on ____ wall. I like ____ picture very much.A. a, the, theB. a, the, aC. the, a, aD. a, an, the9. January is ______first month of the year.A. aB. /C. anD. the10. Shut _____door, please.A. aB. anC. theD./11. Einstein won _____ Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.A. aB. anC. theD. /12. What ____ fine day it is today! Let's go to the Summer Palace.A. aB. anC. theD. /13. I like music, but I don't like ____ music of that TV play.A. aB. anC. theD. /14. ____ girl over there is ____ English teacher.A. The, anB. A, /C. The, /D. A, a15. It's ____ exciting way to shop on the Net.A. aB. anC. theD. /16. She was ___ founder of ___ order of nuns called the Missionaries of Charity.A. a, anB. a, /C. the, /D. the, an17. Xi'an is ___ old city with ___ long history, isn't it?A. a, anB. an, aC. the, theD. the, a18. Nancy's sister is ____ English teacher, isn't she?A. aB. anC. theD. /19. Chaffs is______ boy, but he can play the guitar very well.A. an eight-years oldB. a eight-year-oldC. a eight-years-oldD. an eight-year-old20. We often have sports after class, and I like to play _____ basketball.A. aB. anC. theD. /21.More college graduates would like to work in _______ west part of our country ______ next year.A. the, theB. /, /C. /, theD. the, /22.We work five days ______ week.A. aB. anC. theD. /23.-In which class is ______ boy in white?-He's in class 4.A. theB. aC. anD. /24.-Where do you usually have ______ lunch?-At home.A. aB. anC. theD. /25.He hit his sister in ______ face.A. theB. herC. ×D. his26.-Have you seen ______ book? I left it here this morning.-Is it ______ Chinese book? I saw it.A. a, theB. the, theC. the, aD. a, a27.There's ______“u” and ______“s” in ______word “use”.A. an, a, theB. a, an, ×C. a, a, aD. a, an, the28.-Did you see my grandmother?-Oh, I saw ______old woman sitting on a chair by the lake. Maybe she is.A. aB. anC. theD. ×29.-Do you see ______man with dog?-Oh, Yes, dog is yellow.A. the, a, TheB. a, a, theC. a, a, AD. a, the, A30.Who is ______better, Li Ping or Wang Dong?A. theB. aC. anD. ×参考答案：1-5 ACDCA 5-10 CCADC 10-15 CACAB 16-20 DBBDD 21- 25 DAADA 26-30 DDBBD。

Unit One Life of AspirationPart OneWarm-up ListeningChoose OptimismIf you expect something to turn out badly, it probably will. Pessimism is seldom disappointed. But the same principle also works in reverse. If you expect good things to happen, they usually do! There seems to be a natural cause-and-effect relationship between optimism and success. Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces, and each of us must choose which we want to shape our outlook and our expectations. There is enough good and bad in everyone‟s life—ample sorrow and happiness, sufficient joy and pain—to find a rational basis for either optimism or pessimism. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or curse, and it‟s our decision.I choose to highlight the positive and slip right over the negative. I am an optimist by choice as much as by nature. Sure, I know that sorrow exists. I am in my 70s now, and I‟ve lived through more than one crisis. But when all is said and done, I find that the good in life far outweighs the bad.An optimi stic attitude is not a luxury; it‟s a necessity. The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. Conversely, negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations feed on themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Pessimism creates a dismal place where no one wants to live.Optimism doesn‟t need to be naive. We can be an optimist and still recognize that problems exist and that some of them are not dealt with easily. But what a difference optimism makes is the attitude of the problem solver! When you‟re an optimist, you‟re more concerned with problem-solving than with useless carping about issues. It‟s your choice.Part TwoFocus-ListeningA Great Communicator in All CircumstancesMany American presidents have made an impact on our country as great communicators. John F. Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln come to mind as outstanding examples. But only one president in our lifetime was called the Great Communicator, and that was Ronald Reagan.Flashes of Reagan‟s talent for communication revealed themselves early in his career. He started out in radio. In his early twenties, Reagan quickly became one of the best-known announcers in the Midwest. Throughout his career, Reagan displayed an uncommon ability to connect and communicate with people. Nowhere was that more evident than during his time leading up to and in the White House. While announcing his run for the presidency in 1980, he cast the vision for his campaign clearly and simply, saying, “At the heart of our message should be five simple familiar words. No big economic theories. No sermons on political philosophy. Just five short words: family, work, neighborhood, freedom, peace.”During his campaign, Reagan successfully debated incumbent Jimmy Carter. The former California governor came across as a relaxed, likable, competent middle American. He won easily. Afterward when asked if he had been nervous debating the president, Reagan answered, “No, not at all. I‟ve been on the same stage with John Wayne.”Whether he was speaking to a group, looking into a camera, or connecting with someone one-on-one, Reagan was able to communicate with maximum effectiveness. Even when he was being wheeled into the operating room, his goal was to put others at ease. His comment to the surgeons was, “Please assure me that you are all Republicans.”Reagan was a good executive because he possessed a clear vision, made decisions easily, and delegated very effectively. But he was a great leader because of his uncanny ability to communicate. When it came to leading the country, people knew who he was, where he stood, and what he wanted, and they couldn‟t wait to get on board with him. Communication made him the kind of leader that people wanted to follow. (Words: 337)Part ThreeHome ListeningDream vs. GoalWe all want to believe that we are capable of great feats, of reaching our fullest potential. We need dreams. They give us a vision of a better future. They nourish our spirit; they represent possibility even when we are dragged down by reality. They keep us going. Most successful people are dreamers, ordinary people who are not afraid to think big and dare to be great. Dreamers are not content with being merely mediocre, because no one ever dreams of going halfway.In order to make real steps toward fulfilling our ultimate, big, splashy dreams, we have to start with concrete objectives. These are our goals.Dreams are where we want to end up. Goals are how we get there. Dreams are our visions of where we are after our struggle, the prize at the end of the journey. Goals are the individual steps we take to ultimately deserve the prize.Our dreams are our master plan. Goals are our day-by-day blueprints that provide achievable targets for incremental improvement, but dreams and goals are interrelated. Goals provide our daily routine. They show us where to start and they establish our priorities. They make us organized and create the discipline in our lives. Getting yourself to establish your goals is paramount, one of the key building blocks in achieving success.Let‟s say you‟re trying to climb the corporate ladder in a large company, and you are not optimistic about your chances because there seems to be too many people competing for too few jobs at the top. Your dreams are that promotion. What you have to do is to break down the dream into components you can work on individually and then make a list. After studying the “dream” position, you determine that what they‟re looking for is a hardworking, driven person who can manage a team well and improve productivity. Perfecting each of these characteristics then becomes goals you can shoot for.The first thing you do is show your boss that you are eager to work hard, begin to seek out more long-term projects to show you can maintain a certain energy level over a period of time. Then you have to show our boss that you‟re a team player, that you take the time to pitch in for th e group and that you‟re the kind of person who makes the people around you perform better.The point is that you must establish specific goals and clearly define them. Goals are not merely fuzzy wishes, or hastily made New Year‟s resolutions. They are t angible action items to be written down and followed. ( Words: 434)Unit Two EducationPart OneWarm-up ListeningComing to America as a FulbrighterThe Fulbright program gives an American a chance to study, teach or do research in other countries. And it gives people in other countries a chance to do the same in America. Fulbright grants are given to graduate students, scholars and professionals. There is also a Fulbright exchange program just for teachers and administrators.Each year, about 6000 people receive Fulbright grants. The United States pays most of the costs. Foreign governments and schools help by sharing costs and providing other support.The Fulbright program operates in about 150 countries. Around 270,000 Fulbrighters have taken part over the years.Legislation by Senator William Fulbright established the program in 1946. He saw educational exchange as a way to help people understand other ideas and ways of life. Senator Fulbright also believed the program could educate future world leader.In 1968, the Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program began. This Fulbright program brings foreign teachers to the United States to work with high school or college students. Two other Fulbright programs that offer ways to come to the United States are the foreign student and visiting scholar programs. The Foreign Student Program brings graduate students to study and do research at a college or university. The Visiting Scholar Program brings foreign experts to speak and do research for up to a year.The list of countries in the Fulbright program changes each year. And the requirements may differ from country to country. (Words: 238)Part TwoFocus ListeningDeveloping CreativityOne of the most exciting findings about creativity is that it may be picked up at almost any stage of the life cycle and developed. Many programs that work with elderly or retired people have known this for a long time. Researchers are continually trying to understand what creativity is and how it can be nurtured throughout childhood and adulthood. It is thought that developmental characteristics of creative aspects vary to the extreme; some things may show up early, other aspects later on in life. Creative behaviors such as curiosity may actually be evident early during infancy and increase during the “magic years” of early childhood. Unfortunately, during middle and late childhood there may be a decrease in creativity as children become more conforming and inhibited as well as liable to fall into sex-role stereotypes. With care, creativity can be sustained throughout childhood and adulthood. Following are highlights of several characteristics of creative people and suggested ways to develop creativity.Characteristics that signal creativity include intense absorption, curiosity, ability to put together seemingly unrelated things or ideas, sense of humor, unusual vocabulary, eagerness to share new discoveries, spontaneity, and willingness to consider new ideas.Creative people are often either interested in ongoing experiments and need time to pursue ideas in depth, or they may jump from idea to idea very quickly. They may show fluency and flexibilityin their thinking. They may ask surprising questions. They may be more independent than others in their approach to doing things. They get excited about new solutions and ideas. Creative people need time to entertain ideas, prepare materials, and let their ideas simmer for a while. They need privacy and tolerance for ambiguity. They need to be allowed to try things out in different ways until they are satisfied with their own work. They also need to be able to select and discard efforts of their choosing—pressure to produce may stifle their creative efforts. Creativity thrives in an environment that allows questions, exploring, observing, skill-building, communicating, and self-expression. To develop creativity, the home or classroom environment should contain a variety of materials and encourage lots of different experiences.Developing a childhood interest—being “in love” with something and sticking with it for some time—is related significantly to adult creative achievement. Building anticipation before a trip or lesson, digging deeply into material during the lesson, and keeping the ideas alive for some time after the lesson are also ways to keep the creative processes going. Children and adults need to be introduced to examples of creative excellence. Their own work should be recognized and truly appreciated. If possible, creative efforts should be put to work and not simply acknowledged and then shelved.Adults who experience creativity programs tend to experience dramatic improvements in the quality of their lives. Self-expression, the zest of discovery, the pleasure of creating something, and freedom to try new things are all aspects of the creative process. Children can be encouraged to grow creatively, and this does not interfere with other kinds of educational achievement. We can all grow with the further development of creativity. (Words: 521)Part ThreeHome ListeningThe University of the FutureThe American research university is a remarkable institution, long a source of admiration and wonder. The wooded campuses, the diversity and energy of the student populations, and, most of all, the sheer volume of public and private resources available to run them, have made them the envy of the world.Seen from the inside, however, everything is not quite so encouraging. Setting aside the habitual complexity of medical schools, which have separate healthcare and finance issues, the structure of these institutions is straightforward and consistent. The bedrock of each university is a system of discipline-specific departments. The strength of these departments determines the success and prestige of the institution as a whole.This structure raises a few obvious questions. One is the relevance of the department-based structure to the way scientific research is done. Many argue that in a host of areas—ranging from computational biology and materials science to pharmacology and climate science—much of the most important research is now interdisciplinary in nature. And there is a sense that, notwithstanding years of efforts to adapt to this change by encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration, the department-based structure of the university is essentially at odds with such collaboration.A second set of issues surrounds the almost static nature of the departmental system. In a country where most things are highly fluid, the fields covered by departments, as well as the pecking order between them, have remained largely unchanged for many years. As people andmoney have flowed, particularly over the past twenty years, to the south and the southwest, the strongest US universities and departments remain embedded in the northeast and in California. League tables drawn up by the National Academy of Sciences and others show little movement in this pecking order, even over several decades.Another, perhaps more contentious issue concerns the relevance of the modern research university to the community it serves. The established model, whatever else its strengths and weaknesses, reflects the desire of the middle classes for undergraduate training that prepares their offspring for a stable career. But how does it serve a society in which people may have to retrain and recreate their careers throughout their adult lives? (Words: 363)Unit Three Economy and GlobalizationPart OneWarm-up ListeningThe Great DepressionThe Great Depression was the longest and most severe period of economic depression ever experienced by the United States. It began with a collapse of prices on the New York Stock Exchange in October 1929, and did not end until the United States entered World War II in late 1941. At its worst point—in early 1933—the American economy seemed on the verge of total collapse. National income had declined by almost one-half in a little over 3 years; capital investment had dropped to the point where net investment was negative; and one out of three people in the labor force was out of work. The most protracted period of economic stagnation in American history was finally ended by the war mobilization efforts in 1942. Obviously, no single event or factor was responsible for the decline.First, the stock-market crash which began on October 24, 1929, was not confined to a single day; the decline in asset prices was a process of continual erosion for almost 3 years. This enormous fall in the value of assets not only wiped out countless individual fortunes and savings, it also placed serious pressures on the stability of financial institutions, particularly banks. In addition, the interrelationship of income, consumption, and investment, together with the pessimistic expectations following the financial collapse, acted to discourage spending and thus to hinder the recovery of income. Finally, both the spending thesis and the monetarist thesis acknowledge the importance of serious flaws in the institutional framework of the American economy which contributed to the problems of 1929 to 1941. Even more significant was the absence of any institutional arrangements to cushion the effect that loss of income due to unemployment had on aggregate spending.The Great Depression marked, in a sense, the coming of age of the United States as a mature industrial economy. The events of the 1930s demonstrated the need for changes in the economic reform which was to continue for the next 40 years. Finally, the experience of the Great Depression serves as a continual reminder of the potential instability of our market economy, a memory which spurs a continued search for economic stability. (Words: 359)Part TwoFocus ListeningWhat to Expect at DavosFor more than 35 years, the Swiss businessman, economist, and philanthropist Klaus Schwab has been the driving force behind the World Economic Forum in Davos, where thinkers gather to ponder the problems of the planet. And with the world beset by more ills than job, there is no shortage of issues for CEOs, prime ministers, and academics to wrestle at this year‟s “Annual Meeting” from Jan. 24-28. I talked with Schwab about what will be on the table.What are the most important issues facing the world economy?The World Economic Forum did some research, together with Citigroup and Marsh＆McLennan, to keep track of major global risks, and we have identified 23 different risks, such as global warming, terrorism, oil price shocks, a hard landing for China, and so on. All of those issues will be on the agenda. Davos has one special function: It looks at all the issues on the global agenda, trying to see priorities and find solutions. There will be 2,400 people—half business, half other stakeholders in the global society, including 25 heads of state. You have practically every major government represented.Last year, India was a big focus, as was innovation. What will the hot topics be this year? Priorities evolve during the meeting itself. But a general issue will be the changing power equation, which means that everywhere in society and business, the power is moving from the center to the periphery. Vertical command-and-control structures are being eroded and replaced by communities and different platforms. We are moving into the Web 2.0 world, and this has tremendous implications on the national level and on business models. Also, three countries could be in the limelight: Russia, because the whole issue of energy security is at the top of the agenda; Vietnam, which is a new preferred place of investment; and Mexico, with the new President coming. And even if we are moving more and more into a multi-country world, the U.S. is still the key actor. We will have a delegation of 12 senators, and issues will be the sustainability of U.S. economic growth and the risk of the falling dollar.Your thoughts on Iraq and the Middle East today?It‟s not just an American challenge. It‟s a challenge for the world, because if Iraq goes into chaos and tribalism, the repercussions for the Middle East, for the energy supply will be tremendous. We believe Davos is a platform for positive interaction between the different factions in Iraq.How does the rest of the world view the U.S. today?In my opinion, anti-Americanism has decreased. One reason is that in the U.S. there is a much more vibrant discussion about the future. Americans are asking themselves a lot of questions.Is Davos a bit more of a celebrity fest than you originally intended?Of course, Davos is a place for business and political celebrities, and we have invited Hollywood celebrities because they have been very associated with some social causes. We didn‟t invite them because they were famous. This has brought us more reports, in the popular media. This year we made the decision that with the exception of one or two people, we were not inviting any Hollywood celebrities. (Words: 538)Part ThreeHome ListeningEconomic Conditions: Trying to Read the FutureEconomics and weather have a lot in common. Knowing what conditions will be like weeks or months in the future is not easy. One thing that helps economists predict the future is the index of leading economic indicators.An index is a way to measure changes in a group of numbers over time. In financial markets, for example, an index of stocks will rise or fall with changes in the wider market. The changes measured by an index can be represented with a single percentage.The index may start at a base period of time with a value of one hundred. Now say that a month later the value is recorded as one hundred one. That means it gained one percent. If the index lost one percent, however, the value would be ninety-nine.The leading economic indicators are really ten indexes. Four deal with manufacturing activity. One deals with unemployment claims. Another measures people‟s expectations of the economy. Still others involve financial information like the money supply and interest rates.The index of leading indicators is just one of the tools used to measure the business cycle. Business cycles are the normal changes that happen in economic growth over time.A measure called the coincident index provides information about current conditions. Employment rates are an important part of it. There is also a lagging index. It helps confirm economic changes that currently appear to be taking place. Interest rates are an important lagging indicator.The Conference Board publishes economic indicators for the United States. The Conference Board is a non-profit organization based in New York. It brings together business leaders to learn new ideas from one another. It has member companies around the world.The Conference Board also does economic research. Its work helps show business and government leaders what conditions might be ahead.But this group did not always produce the index of leading economic indicators. It took over the job in nineteen ninety-five from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, part of the Commerce Department.The Conference Board also publishes economic indicators for Australia, France, Germany and Japan. Others are Britain, Mexico, South Korea and Spain. (Words: 357)Unit Four Business and ManagementPart OneWarm-up ListeningTaylor‟s Scientific ManagementF.W. Taylor was the first man to study human beings at work. He published Taylor‟s Scientific Management in 1911 and it has since then multiplied labour productivity by a factor of one hundred.Taylor‟s god was efficiency and the highest ever productivity. Even as a young man he designed a spoon-shaped tennis racket and went on to win the national championship. He always aimed at the highest level efficiency in whatever he attempted.Taylor w as determined to stop all laziness on the shopfloor, “soldiering” as he called it. When he became the gang boss, the workers were frightened that he would increase the workload. A regular battle ensued between Taylor and his workers. There were planned breakdowns in the factory. Taylor‟s life was in danger. But he was a courageous person. He imposed fines and restored discipline. He emerged victorious.Taylor thought that he was a friend of the workers but workers considered him their arch enemy. They called him Speedy Taylor. They thought that his efficiency drive was pure slavery for them. It would impair their health, undermine their freedom and lead to large-scale unemployment.Taylor equated men with machines. Machines worked best when well-maintained and lubricated. Workers should likewise be provided with good working conditions, they should be well-trained and properly paid. They would, Taylor thought, then automatically work best. His concept of man was defective. Man is creative. He has feelings and emotions: he has intelligence. Taylor lost sight of these essentials. (Words: 245)Part TwoFocus ListeningA VOA Special English Economics ReportI‟m Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Economics Report.Peter Drucker was a voice for change and new ways of thinking about social and business relations. He died in Claremont, California, on November 11 at the age of ninety-five.Peter Drucker was born in Austria in 1909. In the late 1920s, he worked as a reporter in Frankfurt, Germany. He also studied international law.He fled Germany as Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. Peter Drucker spent four years in aaaaBritain as an adviser to investment banks. He then came to the United States. Mister Drucker used his knowledge of international law to advise American businesses. He developed this advice into books on businesses methods and management.In the middle of the 1940s, Peter Drucker argued that the desire for profit was central to business efforts. He also warned that rising wages were harming American business. Mister Drucker was later invited to study General Motors. He wrote about his experiences in the book “The Concept of the Corporation”. In it, he said that workers at all levels should take part in dec ision-making, not just top managers.Critics of Peter Drucker have said that he often included only information that supported his arguments. But even his critics praised his clear reasoning and simple writing. He was called a management guru.Peter Drucker changed his thinking as times changed. In 1993, he warned that seeking too much profit helped a business‟ competitors. That was almost fifty years after he had argued the importance of profits.Mister Drucker taught at the Claremont Graduate School of Management for more than thirty years. He also advised companies. And he wrote for the Wall Street Journal opinion page for twenty years, until 1995. He commented on many economic and management issues.Peter Drucker may be most famous not for answering questions but for asking them. He once said that business people must ask themselves not “what do we want to sell” but “what do people want to buy”.Mister Drucker used terms like “knowledge workers” and “management goals”. Many of his ideas have grown to be highly valued in business training and politics.This VOA Special English Economics Report was written by Mario Ritter. Our reports are online at . (Words: 381)Part ThreeHome ListeningManaging the Global WorkforceBy Jena McGregor and Steve HammThe war for talent never ends. Middle managers in China? Good luck finding them, let alone keeping them. Assembly line workers in Central Europe? They‟re well-educated and hard-working. Trouble is, every company wants them. For corporations, managing this widely scattered, talented, restive, multicultural workforce has never been harder.These facts make a simple but powerful point: The old way of managing across borders is fading fast. In the first half of the 20th century, the globalization of business was based on the British colonial model. Headquarters, functions, and capital were in one place, with managers dispatched to run regional operations like colonies. In the second half of the 1900s, companies adopted the multinational model, replicating their home country operations in other places where they did business. Country units rarely dealt with other divisions in other markets.Today, global corporations are transforming themselve s into “transnationals,” moving work to the places with the talent to handle the job and the time to do it at the right cost. The threat of a U.S. recession only makes such efforts at lowering expenses and grabbing the best talent even more urgent. William J. Amelio, the CEO of Lenovo, the world‟s third-largest computer maker, calls his global workforce strategy “worldsourcing.” Lenovo has executive offices in five cities worldwide and organizes its workforce around hubs of expertise, such as hardware designers in Japan and marketers in India. “You operate as if there's just one time zone,” Amelio says. “And you're always on.”If anything, companies are devising new strategies to reach global scale faster. To retain workers in China, for example, PepsiCo‟s snacks unit funneled nearly 300 extra people into its talent assessment program last year and promoted three times as many managers as it did in 2006. In mid-2007 storage equipment maker EMC started a global innovation network for research and development workers at six labs around the globe. EMC set up a wiki Web site for scientists and engineers to develop technologies and product concepts together. (Words: 453)Unit Five Language and CulturePart OneWarm-up listeningDifferences Between Western Language Styles and Japanese Language StyleAfter I was married and had lived in Japan for a while, my Japanese gradually improved to the point where I could take part in simple conversations with my husband, his friends and family. And I began to notice that often, when I joined in, the others would look startled and the conversation would come to a halt. After this happened several times, it became clear to me that I was doing something wrong. But for a long time, I didn‟t know what it is. Finally, after listening carefully to many Japanese conversations, I discovered what my problem was. Even though I was speaking Japanese, I was handling the conversation in a Western way.Japanese-style conversations develop quite differently from western-style conversations. And the difference isn‟t only in the languages. I realized that just as I kept trying to hold western-style conversations even when I was speaking Japanese, so were my English students trying to hold Japanese-style conversations even when they were speaking English. We were unconsciously playing entirely different conversational ballgames.A western-style conversation between two people is like a game of tennis. If I introduce a topic, a。

教案Experiencing English大学体验英语综合教程第三版第二册大学外语教学部教学小结This is the fifth unit of Book Two. In the Listening and Speaking section, students will learn some communicative skills about interview. Passage A is about Bill Gates’ advices to students onstudy. Passage B is about Christopher Reeve —playing his most famous role Superman.课外拓展1. Education in the U. S.The development of formal education in the United States differed from that in other Western societies in three fundamental respects: First, Americans possessed a profound faith in education as a principal means to achieve increasingly complex individual and social goals. Second, Americans were path-breakers in providing more years of schooling for a larger percentage of children a nd adolescents than any previous society. Third, Americans’ remarkable faith in mass schooling was implemented through a largely decentralized organization.2.Grade Schools in the U.S.U.S. students generally go through elementary schools (kindergarten to 5th or 6th grade), middle schools (grades 6 – 8) or junior high schools (grades 7 – 9), and high schools (grades 9 –12 or 10 – 12).3. Boston UniversityBoston University, a private institution of higher learning and research, is located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1839 in Newbury, Vermont, and moved to Boston in 1867. The university is divided into six colleges: allied health sciences, communication, continuing education, engineering, general studies, and liberal arts; and nine schools: arts, dentistry, education, law, management, medicine (which includes the School of Public Health), social work, theology, and a graduate school.软件项目实训报告项目名称个人财务管理系统设计与实现姓名刘志欣学号1212210139班级13计本1。

2014-2015学年第二学期大学英语教案授课教师：崔俊学授课班级：2014级数学教育1、2班教研室：大学英语教研室Unit 1 Invitation EtiquetteTopic: Good MannersObjectives: S tudents should be able to:1. Talk about good manners;2. Understand the content, the organization of the text and the writing devices of the passage;3. Know and make use of the language points, especially expressions, learned from the text;4. Grasp some key words, expressions and sentence patterns for expressing ideas on related topics;5. Learn how to write a note of thanks;6. get some tips about English modal verbs.Important/Difficult Point(s):1.Grammar2.Raise the awareness of good manners.Materials and Resources:1.Multimedia2.PPTs3.Colorful chalks4.ChalkboardProcedure:Period 1Step 1: Warm upWarm-up Discussion:Ask students to form groups of four and discuss on the topic: “D o you think good manners are important in our life? Why?”Group leaders will be asked to present group opinions.Step 2: Reading StrategyAsk students to read through the whole passage without referring to the word list. Tryto scan through to find out the main idea. And skim the passage to find out the corresponding part of the passage to the comprehension exercise after the passage. Period 2Step 1: Word study1. Read new words2. Memories them all.Step 2: Word analysisPlan for Follow Up Lesson:1.Our next class will begin with the passage. The students will be reminded atthe end of this class to prepare the readings for next class.2.The next class will be structured through passage analysis and languagestudy.Period 3Step 1: Warm-up1.Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number ofstudents will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2.Students watch a short video about the mannersStep 2: Passage Aprehensive study of passage Aa.main ideab.structure analysisnguage studyPeriod 4Step 1：Finish all the after-reading exerciseStep 2: Active Words1.Teacher explains the usage and examples2.Students make sentences and try to memories the usagesStep 3: HomeworkFinish Vocabulary Check after the Active Words.Plan for follow-up lesson1.Students should prepare for the study of Text B.2.Students should prepare for group discussion and writing.Period 5Step 1: Warm-upGroup Study: Students are asked to form groups of four and discuss on the topic “What is the Golden Rule in dealing with others?” Group leaders present the result. Step 2: Fast-reading of Passage BStudents are required to take advantage of fast reading strategies to do comprehension work.Step 3: Word StudyPeriod 6:Step 1: Passage Analysis1. Comprehensive study of passage B1)main idea2) structure analysis2. Language studyStep 2: (Homework)Ask students to finish after-reading activities.Period 7Step 1: Warm-up1. Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number of students will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2. Students do listening practice.Step 2: Grammar studyStep 3: Finish exercise of Modal VerbsPeriod 8:Step 1: ExerciseStudents are required to do comprehensive exercises in class within a certain timeframe. The teacher will check the answer.Step 2: Writing Practice --- How to write a note of thanksThe teacher will explain what a note of thanks is and how to write it. Students will be shown with the example a note of thanks.Students are required to write a note of thanks in a group.Plan for follow-up class1.Our next class will begin with Unit2. The students will be reminded at the end ofthis class to prepare the readings for next week.2.The next class will be structured through small group work and whole classdiscussions.Unit 2 E-mailTopic: Living EnvironmentObjectives: S tudents should be able to:1. Talk about Living Environment;2. Understand the content, the organization of the text and the writing devices of the passage;3. Know and make use of the language points, especially expressions, learned from the text;4. Grasp some key words, expressions and sentence patterns for expressing ideas on related topics;5. Learn how to write a note of apology;6. Get some tips about adverbial clauses of time in English.Important/Difficult Point(s):1.Grammar2.Raise the awareness of environmental protection.Materials and Resources:1.Multimedia2.PPTs3.Colorful chalks4.ChalkboardProcedure:Period 1Step 1: Warm upWarm-up Discussion:Ask students to form groups of four and discuss on the topic: “What suggestions do you have for environmental protection?” Group leaders will be asked to present group opinions.Step 2: Reading StrategyAsk students to read through the whole passage without referring to the word list. Tryto scan through to find out the main idea. And skim the passage to find out the corresponding part of the passage to the comprehension exercise after the passage. Period 2Step 1: Word study1. Read new words2. Memories them all.Step 2: Word analysisPlan for Follow Up Lesson:1.Our next class will begin with the passage. The students will be reminded at theend of this class to prepare the readings for next class.2.The next class will be structured through passage analysis and language study. Period 3Step 1: Warm-up1.Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number ofstudents will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2.Students watch a short video about the environmental protection.Step 2: Passage A1. Comprehensive study of passage Aa.main ideab.structure analysis2. Language studyPeriod 4Step 1：Finish all the after-reading exerciseStep 2: Active Words1.Teacher explains the usage and examples2.Students make sentences and try to memories the usagesStep 3: HomeworkFinish Vocabulary Check after the Active Words.Plan for follow-up lesson1.Students should prepare for the study of Text B.2.Students should prepare for group discussion and writing.Period 5Step 1: Warm-upGroup Study: Students are asked to form groups of four and discuss on the topic “What does noise mean to ordinary people like you?” Group leaders present the result.Step 2: Fast-reading of Passage BStudents are required to take advantage of fast reading strategies to do comprehension work.Step 3: Word StudyPeriod 6:Step 1: Passage Analysis1. Comprehensive study of passage Ba)main idea2) structure analysis2. Language studyStep 2: (Homework)Ask students to finish after-reading activities.Period 7Step 1: Warm-up1. Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number of students will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2. Students do listening practice.Step 2: Grammar studyStep 3: Finish exercise of A dverbial Clauses of time.Period 8:Step 1: ExerciseStudents are required to do comprehensive exercises in class within a certain timeframe. The teacher will check the answer.Step 2: Writing Practice --- How to write a note of apologyThe teacher will explain what a note of thanks is and how to write it. Students will be shown with the example a note of apology.Students are required to write a note of apology in a group.Plan for follow-up class1.Our next class will begin with Unit 3. The students will be reminded at the end ofthis class to prepare the readings for next week.2. The next class will be structured through small group work and whole class discussions.Unit 3 Communication by phoneTopic: Fast foodObjectives: S tudents should be able to:1. Talk about fast food2. Understand the content, the organization of the text and the writing devices of the passage;3. Know and make use of the language points, especially expressions, learned from the text;4. Grasp some key words, expressions and sentence patterns for expressing ideas on related topics;5. Learn how to write a note of congratulations6. get some tips about the adverbial clause of purpose in EnglishImportant/Difficult Point(s):nguage points2.GrammarMaterials and Resources:1.PPTs2.Colorful chalks3.ChalkboardProcedure:Period 1Step 1: Warm upWarm-up Discussion:Ask students to form groups of four and discuss on the topic: “Do you like the food at McDonald’s or KFC? What attracts you most there?” Group leaders will be asked to present group opinions.Step 2: Reading StrategyAsk students to read through the whole passage without referring to the word list. Try to scan through to find out the main idea. And skim the passage to find out thecorresponding part of the passage to the comprehension exercise after the passage. Period 2Step 1: Word study1. Read new words2. Memories them all.Step 2: Word analysisPlan for Follow Up Lesson:1.Our next class will begin with the passage. The students will be reminded atthe end of this class to prepare the readings for next class.2. The next class will be structured through passage analysis and language study.Period 3Step 1: Warm-up1.Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number ofstudents will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2.Students watch a short video about the fast food.Step 2: Passage Aprehensive study of passage Aa.main ideab.structure analysisnguage studyPeriod 4Step 1：Finish all the after-reading exerciseStep 2: Active Words1.Teacher explains the usage and examples2.Students make sentences and try to memories the usagesStep 3: HomeworkFinish Vocabulary Check after the Active Words.Plan for follow-up lesson1.Students should prepare for the study of Text B.2.Students should prepare for group discussion and writing.Period 5Step 1: Warm-upGroup Study: Students are asked to form groups of four and discuss on the topic “What is your healthy diet?” Group leaders present the result.Step 2: Fast-reading of Passage BStudents are required to take advantage of fast reading strategies to do comprehension work.Step 3: Word StudyPeriod 6:Step 1: Passage Analysis1. Comprehensive study of passage Ba)main idea2) structure analysis2. Language studyStep 2: (Homework)Ask students to finish after-reading activities.Period 7Step 1: Warm-up1. Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number of students will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2. Students do listening practice.Step 2: Grammar studyStep 3: Finish exercise of Adverbial ClausePeriod 8:Step 1: ExerciseStudents are required to do comprehensive exercises in class within a certain timeframe. The teacher will check the answer.Step 2: Writing Practice --- How to write a note of congratulationsThe teacher will explain what a note of congratulations is and how to write it. Students will be shown with the example a note of congratulations.Students are required to write a note of thanks in a group.Plan for follow-up class1.Our next class will begin with Unit 4. The students will be reminded at the end ofthis class to prepare the readings for next week.2.The next class will be structured through small group work and whole classdiscussions.Unit 4 Hotel ServicesTopic: Daily shoppingObjectives: S tudents should be able to:1. Talk about shopping;2. Understand the content, the organization of the text and the writing devices of the passage;3. Know and make use of the language points, especially expressions, learned from the text;4. Grasp some key words, expressions and sentence patterns for expressing ideas on related topics;5. Learn how to write a note of announcement6. get some tips about the gerund in English grammarImportant/Difficult Point(s):nguage points2.GrammarMaterials and Resources:1.PPTs2.Colorful chalks3.ChalkboardProcedure:Period 1Step 1: Warm upWarm-up Discussion:Ask students to form groups of four and discuss on the topic: “Do you like shopping? Why or why not?” Group leaders will be asked to present group opinions.Step 2: Reading StrategyAsk students to read through the whole passage without referring to the word list. Try to scan through to find out the main idea. And skim the passage to find out the corresponding part of the passage to the comprehension exercise after the passage.Step 1: Word study1. Read new words2. Memories them all.Step 2: Word analysisPlan for Follow Up Lesson:1.Our next class will begin with the passage. The students will be reminded at theend of this class to prepare the readings for next class.2.The next class will be structured through passage analysis and language study. Period 3Step 1: Warm-up1.Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number ofstudents will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2.Students watch a short video about the shopping.Step 2: Passage Aprehensive study of passage Aa)main ideab)structure analysisnguage studyPeriod 4Step 1：Finish all the after-reading exerciseStep 2: Active Words1.Teacher explains the usage and examples2.Students make sentences and try to memories the usagesStep 3: HomeworkFinish Vocabulary Check after the Active Words.Plan for follow-up lesson1.Students should prepare for the study of Text B.2.Students should prepare for group discussion and writing.Step 1: Warm-upGroup Study: Students are asked to form groups of four and discuss on the topic “Why is it convenient to do shopping on line?” Group leaders present the result.Step 2: Fast-reading of Passage BStudents are required to take advantage of fast reading strategies to do comprehension work.Step 3: Word StudyPeriod 6:Step 1: Passage Analysis1. Comprehensive study of passage Ba)main idea2) structure analysis2. Language studyStep 2: (Homework)Ask students to finish after-reading activities.Period 7Step 1: Warm-up1. Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number of students will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2. Students do listening practice.Step 2: Grammar studyStep 3: Finish exercise of gerundPeriod 8:Step 1: ExerciseStudents are required to do comprehensive exercises in class within a certain timeframe. The teacher will check the answer.Step 2: Writing Practice --- How to write a note of AnnouncementThe teacher will explain what a note of announcement is and how to write it. Students will be shown with the example a note of announcement.Students are required to write a note of thanks in a group.Plan for follow-up class1.Our next class will begin with Unit 5. The students will be reminded at the end ofthis class to prepare the readings for next week.2.The next class will be structured through small group work and whole classdiscussions.Unit 5 Food BlogsTopic: Modern CommunicationObjectives:1. Students will be able to enlarge the vocabulary relating to modern communication.2. Students will be able to understand the content, the organization of the text and the writing devices of the passage.3. Students will be able to know and make use of the language points, especially expressions, learned from the text.4. Students will come to know the importance of managing incoming email.5. Students will be able to learn how to write a public notice.6. Students will be able to get some tips about the use of the infinitive in English. Important/Difficult Point(s):1.Grammar2. Experiences with cell phones and emails.Materials and Resources:1.Multimedia2.PPTs3.Colorful chalks4.ChalkboardProcedure:Period 1Step 1: Warm up1. Warm-up DiscussionQuestions: What is your favorite way of daily communication?Do you use the Internet?.2. Group DiscussionAsk students to form groups of four and discuss on the topic of Internet: How has the Internet influenced your life? Is the influence good or bad? Why?Appoint a team leader for each group.Group leaders will be asked to present group opinions.Step 2: Reading StrategyAsk students to read through the whole passage without referring to the word list. Try to scan through to find out the main idea. And skim the passage to find out the corresponding part of the passage to the comprehension exercise after the passage. Period 2Step 1: New word studyStep 2: (Homework)1. Read new words2. Memorize them all.Plan for Follow Up Lesson:1.Our next class will begin with the passage. The students will be reminded atthe end of this class to prepare the readings for next class.2.The next class will be structured through passage analysis and languagestudy.Period 3Step 1: Warm-up1.Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number ofstudents will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2.Students will go to spot dictation to practice their listening.Step 2: Text Aa.Guide the students to get the main idea.b.structure analysisPeriod 4Step 1：Language studyStep 2: Finish all the after-reading exercisePeriod 5Step 1: Warm-upGroup Study: Students are asked to form groups of four and talk about making telephone calls based on the following questions:What advantages does making phone cells have?Do you prefer making phone cells to sending short messages to your parents while you are in college? Why or why not?Group leaders present the result.Step 2: Active Words1.Teacher explains the usage and examples2.Students make sentences and try to memories the usagesStep 3: HomeworkFinish Vocabulary Check after the Active Words.Plan for follow-up lesson1.Students should prepare for the study of Text B.2.Students should prepare for group discussion and writing.Period 6:Step 1: Fast-reading of Text BStudents are required to take advantage of fast reading strategies to do comprehension work.Step 2: Brief Text Analysis1. The main idea of the text2. Questions relating to the major points of the textWhat problem is troubling email users and corporations around the world?What is the importance of managing emails?Who should be responsible for managing emails?Step 3: (Homework)Ask students to finish after-reading activities.Period 7Step 1: Warm-up1. Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number of students will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2. Students do listening practice.Step 2: Grammar Study: the infinitive in EnglishGuide students to learn the grammar points of this unit.Step 3: Exercises of the infinitive in EnglishPeriod 8:Step 1: ExercisesStudents are required to do comprehensive exercises in class within a certain timeframe. The teacher will check the answer.Step 2: Writing Practice --- How to write a public noticeThe teacher will explain what a public notice is and how to write it. Students will be shown with the samples.Students are required to write two notices according to the assignments in the textbook.Plan for follow-up class1.Our next class will begin with Unit 6. The students will be reminded at the end ofthis class to prepare the readings for next week.2. The next class will be structured through small group work and whole class discussions.Unit 6 Shopping and SightseeingTopic: Health CareObjectives:1.Students will know the background information related to the text.2.Students will be able to understand the content, the organization of the text andwriting devices of the text.3.Students will be able to grasp some key words, expressions and sentence patternsfor expressing ideas on related topics.4.Students will enlarge their vocabulary of diseases.5.Students will learn about the past participle in English.6.Students will learn how to write a name card.Important/Difficult Point(s):Key words and expressionsGrammarMaterials and Resources:1.PPTs2.Multimedia3.Colorful pens and markers4.Chalk, chalkboardProcedure:Period 1Step 1: Warm up:1. Ask students questions about healthDo you often get sick? What should we do if we want to stay healthy?2. Group DiscussionAsk students to form groups of four and discuss on the topic of health: What can we do in order to have a healthy, happy and long life?Appoint a team leader for each group.Group leaders will be asked to present group opinions.Step 2: Reading StrategyAsk students to read through the whole passage without referring to the word list. Try to scan through to find out the main idea. And skim the passage to find out the corresponding part of the passage to the comprehension exercise after the passage. Period 2Step 1: New word studyStep 2: (Homework)1. Read new words2. Memorize them all.Plan for Follow Up Lesson:1. Our next class will begin with the passage. The students will be reminded at the end of this class to prepare the readings for next class.2. The next class will be structured through passage analysis and language study. Period 3Step 1: Warm-up1. Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number of students will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2.Students will go to spot dictation to practice their listening.Step 2: Text A1. Guide the students to get the main idea.2. Structure analysisPeriod 4Step 1：Language studyStep 2: Finish all the after-reading exercisePeriod 5Step 1: Warm-upGroup Study: Students are asked to form groups of four and talk about experiences with doctors based on the following questions:1. What was your most unforgettable experience with doctors?2. What kind of doctor do you like best? Why?Group leaders present the result.Step 2: Active Words1. Teacher explains the usage and examples2. Students make sentences and try to memories the usagesStep 3: HomeworkFinish Vocabulary Check after the Active Words.Plan for follow-up lesson1. Students should prepare for the study of Text B.2. Students should prepare for group discussion and writing.Period 6:Step 1: Fast-reading of Text BStudents are required to take advantage of fast reading strategies to do comprehension work.Step 2: Brief Text Analysis1. The main idea of the text2. Questions relating to the major points of the textWhat are the secrets of a good night’s sleep?How many phases are there in the course of sleep?Step 3: (Homework)Ask students to finish after-reading activities.Period 7Step 1: Warm-up1. Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number of students will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2. Students do listening practice.Step 2: Grammar Study: the past participle in EnglishGuide students to learn the grammar points of this unit.Step 3: Finish exercises of the past participle in EnglishPeriod 8:Step 1: Comprehensive ExercisesStudents are required to do comprehensive exercises in class within a certain timeframe. The teacher will check the answer.Step 2: Writing Practice --- How to write a name cardThe teacher will explain what a name card is and how to write it. Students will be shown with the samples.Students are required to design a name card for themselves according to the assignment in the textbook.Plan for follow-up class1. Our next class will begin with Unit 7. The students will be reminded at the end of this class to prepare the readings for next week.2. The next class will be structured through small group work and whole class discussions.Unit 7 FarewellTopic: Generation gapObjectives: S tudents should be able to:1. Talk about generation gap2. Understand the content, the organization of the text and the writing devices of the passage;3. Know and make use of the language points, especially expressions, learned from the text;4. Grasp some key words, expressions and sentence patterns for expressing ideas on related topics;5. Learn how to write invitation cards or letters6. get some tips about the relative clause in EnglishImportant/Difficult Point(s):1.active verbs: start, concern, throw, care, count2.mean, major, concerned, dorm, save, sake, wear, exaggerate, collect, can, charge, priority, ruin, vacation,3.the relative clause in EnglishMaterials and Resources:1.PPTs2.Colorful chalks3.ChalkboardProcedure:Period 1Step 1: Warm upWarm-up Discussion:Ask students to form groups of four and discuss on the topics: 1) differences between my parents and 2) suggestions for bridging the generation gapDivide the students into groups of three or four. Appoint a team leader for each group. Invite some students to talk about the topics. Each speaker has two minutes for thepresentation.Step 2: Reading StrategyAsk students to read through the whole passage without referring to the word list. Try to scan through to find out the main idea. And skim the passage to find out the corresponding part of the passage to the comprehension exercise after the passage. Period 2Step 1: Word studyStep 2: Word analysisPlan for Follow Up Lesson:1.Our next class will begin with the passage. The students will be reminded at the end of this class to prepare the readings for next class.2.The next class will be structured through passage analysis and language study. Period 3Step 1: Warm-up1.Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number of students will be called to read some words out for the teacher to check pronunciation.2.Students watch a short video about the generation gap.Step 2: Passage Aprehensive study of passage Ac.main idead.structure analysisnguage studyi.You don’t really feel the generation gap until a son or daughter comeshome form college fro Christmas.ii.What difference does it make?iii.Why don’t you do it for our sake?iv.But it’s very hard for us to realize you’re an adult when you throw all your clothes on the floor.Period 4Step 1：Finish all the after-reading exerciseStep 2: Active Words1.Teacher explains the usage and examples2.Students make sentences and try to memorize the usagesStep 3: HomeworkFinish Vocabulary Check after the Active Words.Plan for follow-up lesson1.Students should prepare for the study of Text B.2.Students should prepare for group discussion and writing.Period 5Step 1: Warm-upGroup Study: Students are asked to form groups of four and discuss on the topics “What do you do when you and your parents have different ideas about the same thing?” And “what suggestions do you have for bridging the generation gap?”Group leaders present the result.Step 2: Fast-reading of Passage BStudents are required to take advantage of fast reading strategies to do comprehension work.Step 3: Word StudyPeriod 6:Step 1: Passage Analysis1. Comprehensive study of passage B1)main idea2) structure analysis2. Language studyStep 2: (Homework)Ask students to finish after-reading activities.Period 7Step 1: Warm-up1. Students are asked to take out a piece of paper and recite new words. A number of。

Warm-up：1、One two three fourone two three four ,clap your hands (1 2 3 4，拍拍手)two two three four,stomp your feet（2 2 3 4，跺跺脚）three two three four,nod your head,（3 2 3 4，点点头）four two three four,hands on knees.（4 2 3 4，小手放到膝盖上）2、Let’s countone two ,tie your shoe（伸出手指数数，作系鞋带状）Three four ,touch the floor（伸出手指，蹲下摸地面）Five six ,stir and mix（伸出另一只手数数，作搅拌状）Nine ten ,count again（双手反过来再数一遍）One two three four five six seven eight nine ten (一只手指，一只手指的再数一遍)3、Clap stomp snap bumpclap clap clap（拍拍手）Stomp stomp stomp（跺跺脚）Snap snap snap（打响指）Bump bump bump (打击膝盖)4、Shake your body（1）shake your shoulders,shua shua shua (上下抖动肩膀) Shake your hands ,clap clap clap（甩甩手，拍三下）Shake your hip ,pia pia pia（扭扭屁股，打三下）Shake your feet ,dong dong dong（抖抖脚，跺三下）5.Shake your body（2）Shake shake up (胳膊和手全部向上摇摆)Shake shake down（胳膊和手全部向下摇摆）Shake shake shake shake（摇一摇，摇一摇）Let’s turn around（转一圈）Shake shake up (胳膊和手全部向上摇摆)Shake shake down（胳膊和手全部向下摇摆）Shake shake shake shake（摇一摇，摇一摇）Let’s sing a song（做出唱歌的样子）6、Finger playone finger ,one finger ,turn turn turn ,turn to a toothbrush ,shua shua shua(两只手各出示一只手指，变成一个牙刷的样子，在嘴边上下刷动)Two finger, two finger ,turn turn turn ,turn to a rabbit ,jump jump jump(两只手各出示两只手指，转一下，变成一个兔子的样子，上下跳）Three finger ,three finger,turn turn turn ,turn to a fork ,cha cha cha（两只手各出示三只手指，转一下，变成一个叉子的样子，上下叉动）Four finger ,four finger ,turn turn turn ,turn to a cat ,meow meow meow （两只手各出示四只手指，转一下，变成一个猫的样子，在嘴边划动）Five finger ,five finger ,turn turn turn ,turn to a tiger ,aw aw aw（两只手各出示五只手指，转一下，变成一个老虎的样子，两只手举起来假装扑向孩子）7、HelloHello ,hello ,how are you (左摆手，右摆手，双手头上打开)Fine ,fine,thank thank you（依次伸左右大拇指，拱手感谢）Hello ,hello ,how are you (左摆手，右摆手，双手头上打开)No no ,just so so（双手胸前摆手后体前交叉低头摇晃身体做不好意思状）8、Oh rabbitOh rabbit ,oh rabbit（双手做兔耳朵学兔跳两下）red red eyes（双手OK眼前晃三下）Oh shua ,oh shua ,oh shua shua shua (双手向前开合五次) Oh rabbit ,oh rabbit（同上）long long ears（双手兔耳朵往上伸三次）Oh wu ,oh wu ,oh wu wu wu（左右手交换做聆听状）Oh rabbit ,oh rabbit（同上）Short short tail（右手放臀后）Oh pia, oh pia, oh pia pia pia（轻拍屁股五下）9、WolfKnock konck knock（敲门三下）Who is it（手放耳边听）It’s mummy（捏鼻子装妈妈的声音）Open the door（双手打开门）Come in please（招手）Oh ,no（双手胸前摆手）Big bad wolf（打狼）Go out（双手推狼出去）Big bad wolf (打狼)10、daddy mummy (曲调同‘对面的女还看过来’)Daddy mummy ,look at me（(左摆手，右摆手，双手OK眼前晃一下) Look at me ,good baby（双手OK眼前晃一下，依次伸左右手大拇指）Daddy mummy look at me（同上）Clap your hands, follow me（拍手，指自己）11、follow meFollow follow follow me (双手从左往右拍手四下)Hands up ,hands down（双手头上举晃腕，向下晃腕）Follow follow follow me (双手从左往右拍手四下)Stand up sit down（起立，坐下）Follow follow follow me (双手从左往右拍手四下)Let’ s turn around（转一圈）Follow follow follow me (双手从左往右拍手四下)Let’s sing a song（手拿话筒做唱歌状）Oh lei ,oh lei ,oh lei（双手头上晃两下）Go go go（左手叉腰，右手握拳上举三次，同时跺脚三下）12、one two three four fivePoint up point down (双手食指上指，下指)Show me one（双手半握拳胸前绕动后出示1）Jump up jump down（学兔上下跳）Show me two（双手半握拳胸前绕动后出示2）Look up look down（双手OK在眼前上下看）Show me three（双手半握拳胸前绕动后出示3）Stand up sit down（起立坐下）Show me four（双手半握拳胸前绕动后出示4）Hands up hands down（双手上举放下）Show me five（双手半握拳胸前绕动后出示5）One two three four five（依次出手指表示1、2、3、4、5后砍头）13、up and downUp up touch your head（单手依次上举然后摸头）Down down touch your toes （单手依次向下摸脚）Up and down （双手齐上下）Touch your hips（摸屁股）Turn around（转一圈）Touch the ground（摸地）Yeah !（双手上举欢呼）14、come onCome on ,come on（单手依次招手）Join me join me（单手依次半握拳于胸前）Let’s play a ball（左手拍球状）Let’s play a ball（右手拍球状）Ok ? ok ?（双手OK晃）Yeah ! yeah ! yeah !（双手上举欢呼）15、Nod your headNod your head ,yes yes yes（点三下头）Shake your head , no no no（摇头）Raise youe hand ,one two three（举右手伸手指示1、2、3）Put down your hand, one two three（放下右手伸手指示1、2、3）Look at me ,look at him ,chua chua chua（双手OK指自己，指任一男小朋友，前伸手三下）Look at her ,chua chua chua（指任一女小朋友）Clap your hands pia pia pia（拍手三下）Very good ,ha ha ha（双手胸前绕圈，放嘴边大笑）Two big eyes chua chua chua（双手做望远镜状前伸手三下）Two big ears wu wu wu ,wu wu wu（双手放耳边倾听）One small nose ,eng eng eng （单手指鼻子，学小猪拱三下）One little mouth , bo bo bo (指嘴，啵三下)。