现代大学英语精读2 Unit3 The Rite of Spring教案

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周 次 第 4 周，第 7次课 授课时间 2022年 3月 16 日

授课章节 Lesson Three: The Rite of Spring ( Lead-in )

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标 1.Explain the pre-class work：

①word –building rules ②some simple questions on Page 72

2．Ask students to acquire key words

①meaning of the words ② usage of the key words

3. Ask students to acquire relevant background information

① the author ②Adam a gardener

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点 1.Word formation

① Noun + Present Participle/ Past Participle

②noun + free

2.Key words :bind/ resolve/ sparingly/ skeptical/conceivable

3.Background information

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作 业 1．Preview Text A and analyze the structure.

2．Underline the difficult points.

教学内容与组织安排 I. Warm-up Activity

Will you be a good gardener? A quick quiz!

1. Where is the best location to plant tall or climbing plants?

A. North side of the garden B. East side of the garden

C. South side of the garden D. West side of the garden

2. Tomato plants that are “determinate” are more bushy plants, and tomato plants that are

'indeterminate' are more viny plants

True False

3. Potatoes are in what family?

A. Carrot Family (Umbelliferae)

B. Tomato Family (Solanaceae)

C. Pea Family (Leguminosae)

D. Morning Glory Family (Convolvulaceae)

4. What is the best level of soil ph for MOST plants?

A. 3.5 - 5.5 B. 5.5 - 7.5 C. 8.0 - 9.0 D. 2.5 - 3.5

5. Pine needle mulch lowers the ph level of soil while peat moss

raises the ph level.

True False

6. When a plant has beautiful lush foliage, but almost no fruit, the

plant has an overdose of:

(Ans: One 8-letter word)

7. Tomato leaves that are purple and thin is a pretty good sign that

they are lacking Potassium.

True False

8. Potato plants want lots of organic matter in the soil for the

potatoes to grow better.

True False

Now Check Your Answer!

1. North side of the garden.

When the tall plants are planted on the north side, they don't block the sun from other

smaller plants and also keep down the north winds.

2. True. If you don't want to stake, you will want determinate. If not, go with

indeterminate.

3. Tomato Family (Solanaceae). Eggplant, Tomato, Tomatillo, Potato, and Pepper are all in

the tomato family.

4. 5.5 - 7.5. Most plants require ph levels of 6-7, but a few can tolerate 5.5 like corn,

carrots, and potatoes. Others can grow well in soil ph of 7.5 like cabbage and cauliflower.

5. False.

Pine needle mulch and peat moss are good for alkaline soils because they lower the ph

level.

6. Nitrogen.

Nitrogen will help produce lush foliage, but too much will make the plant concentrate on

the leaves instead of the fruit.

7. False.

They lack phosphorus when the plants look like that.

8. False.

Too much organic matter will cause scabbing on the potatoes.

Questions:

1.Do you still recall a text on gardening we studied last semester?

Nelson Mandela: a famous South African leader who struggled against apartheid [ə'pɑːtaɪt ](种族隔离）in South Africa. Gardening is associated with his revolutionary work and

struggle, offering him simple but enduring satisfaction when he was in prison.

Similarities: Gardening gives them satisfaction, and made them strong physically and

mentally. They learned a lot from gardening.

However, there ere also some differences between the two essays.

Nelson Mandela：Gardening offers him taste of freedom, and it has become a metaphor

of freedom. What’s more, gardening gives him inspiration on how to be a good revolutionary

leader and how to nourish important human relationship.

Arthur Miller: Arthur Miller is describing the beauty of human activities and

experiences. When gardening, he must annually turn his mind toward all the work, and the

fruits of gardening can somehow reflect movements in one’s own spirits. He found that

gardening is a moral occupation, it needs patience and responsibility. So gardening is all

about character building. All of these showed the author’s love to the nature.

2. How do you understand gardening? What is the symbolic meaning of gardening?

Gardening is generally regarded as a hobby, a pastime. Many little books as well as

essays tell people how to grow tomatoes, beans, cucumbers , etc., in their private gardens.

But, like many other human activities, gardening often has symbolic meaning for different

people. (For instance, in our culture, it is often compared to the rearing of children, so

teachers are often called “gardeners.”)

2.If you have a garden, what will you like to plant? Why?

II. Pre-class work