New Century College English (Book II)
Unit 8: Adversity
Text A: Did You Have a Tough Childhood?
I. Teaching Objectives:
1. To make clear the writer’s purpose to write the text and the ideas about how adversity might
contribute to achievement and success.
2. To grasp the key words and phrases.
3. To master the skills of writing and reading in this unit.
1) To read between the lines.
2) To understand idiomatic expressions.
II. Teaching Content
1. Lead-in Activities
2. Text Organization
3. Skill Learning in Writing and Reading
4. Language Points( key words, phrases and difficult sentences)
5. Grammar Focus (the agreement of the subject and the verb)
6. Guided Practice (exercises, oral practice and group work)
III. Teaching Process
1. Warm-up Questions
1) Have you ever experienced any intense difficulties, hardships or major obstacles in your life?
Unit 8
Difficult Sentences
1. Secrets of Straight-A Students
Who are called “straight-A students”?
(= A straight-A student is someone who regularly gets the best marks for all
of their work in school or college.)
Translate the title into Chinese.
(= 全优生的秘诀)
2. …, it is far more important for a student to know how to make the most of
his or her innate abilities.
What is the part of speech of the word “far”? What does it mean?
(= It’s an adverb. It means very much. It can be used to modify some
adjectives, such as far less/better/easier, and to modify some prepositions,
such as far above/below/beyond.
More examples:
* It would take me far too long to explain.
* The new system is far better than the old one.
* He bought it for a price that was far beyond (= much more than) its real
value.)
Paraphrase “make the most of his or her innate abilities”.
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整理版 unit 6 The Last Leaf
When Johnsy fell seriously ill, she seemed to lose the will to hang on to life. The doctor held out little hope for her.
Her friends seemed helpless. Was there nothing to be done?
约翰西病情严重，她似乎失去了活下去的意志。医生对她不抱什么希望。朋友们看来也爱莫能助。难道真的就无可奈何了吗？
1 At the top of a three-story brick building, Sue and Johnsy had their studio. "Johnsy" was familiar for Joanna. One
was from Maine; the other from California. They had met at a cafe on Eighth Street and found their tastes in art, chicory
salad and bishop sleeves so much in tune that the joint studio resulted.
在一幢三层砖楼的顶层，苏和约翰西辟了个画室。“约翰西”是乔安娜的昵称。她们一位来自缅因州，一位来自加利福尼亚。两人相遇在第八大街的一个咖啡馆，发现各自在艺术品味、菊苣色拉，以及灯笼袖等方面趣味相投，于是就有了这个两人画室。
2 That was in May. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the district,
Traditional Christmas shopping customs
1 Once again, it's that time of year, when all good men and women
settle their differences, get back in touch with old friends and loved
ones, and do their utmost to enjoy some centuries-old traditions of
Christmas shopping.
2 At the start of the Christmas shopping season is Stir-up Sunday.
This used to be a display of family unity when everyone went to the grocer's
shop to buy the flour, eggs and jars of dried fruit, and then stand around
the kitchen table helping Mother or Grandmother make the Christmas pudding.
Each member of the family would take it in turns to stir up, or mix,
the ingredients and make a secret wish.
3 These days it has become the custom, just before we go to the market
to order the turkey, for Mother to say, "With all your family coming
