Book4
Unit 1 Big Bucks The Easy Way
Teaching Time: 4 hours
Students’ level:Sophomores of non-English majors in the 2nd semester.
Teaching Objectives:
1.Help Ss get to know the lesson “No pains, no gains” and there is no “big bucks the
easy way”.
2.About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies
and required grammar points of the section.
Words: cash, echo, competitive, leisurely, pain, sour, finance, marvelous, party, stack, cram, harm, minimum, range, thoughtful, deadline, inform, normally,
sale, trash, delivery, inquire, odd, shrink
Phrases & Expressions: pull up, a piece of cake, even as, know better than, be at, make a dent, cut into, have no business, settle for, settle one’s account, quite
awhile, draw attention to, for sale, for rent, be done with, may as well Grammar: p14
3. About the reading, Ss should learn avoiding vocalization and inner speech.
4. About the writing, Ss should learn word choice..
5. About the listening, Ss finish the Unit 1 directed by teacher.
Teaching Procedures:
I. Pre-reading Activities
1.Background information
1)Montgomery Ward
2)Sears,
3)Roebuck
2.Warm-up questions
1)Do you depend on your parents financially?
2)Is it easy to earn money by working part-time?
3)Are there any easy ways to make much money?
3.Key words and expressions:
New words and old word
Teacher students
(old words or expressions) (new ones)
U.S. dollar buck
Door handle doorknob
Unhurried leisurely
Relaxed leisurely
Profitable lucrative
Sent out deliver
Endure live with
Beg panhandle
Tell inform
Fill cram
Tie band
Increase reproduce
Extra money bonus
Part section
A path walk
An easy job a piece of cake
Pay settle
Have no reason have no business
Come to terms with settle for
Strange odd
Money finance
Finish be done with English and Chinese phrases
Teacher(Chinese) Students( English)
考虑look into
总是all the time
可以容忍live with
令我痛心it pains me
易如反掌 a piece of cake
壮汉 a big guy
干快些get busy
好几卡车的truck loads of
百货商店department store
廉价商店 a dime store
小杂货店drug store
汽车行auto store
外卖餐馆takeout restaurant
提高嗓门voice rises
超过极限out of the range of
恍然大悟work a profound change in 教会某人做人work a profound change in
one’s personality 经过调解in mediation
结账settle the account
劳务支出labor cost
相同数额 a like amount
托某人做enlist sb. To do
II. While-reading Activities
1.Ss have the silent reading on the text (10 mins)
2.Text and questions for discussion
