《大学英语Ⅲ》课程教学大纲一、课程简介[1] 李荫华主编（全新版）《大学英语》综合教程第3册上海外语教育出版社2002年7月第一版[2] 虞苏美主编（全新版）《大学英语》听说教程第3册上海外语教育出版社2002年7月第一版[3] 李荫华主编（全新版）《大学英语》快速阅读教程第3册上海外语教育出版社2002年9月第一版参考书：[1] 季佩英主编（全新版）《大学英语》综合教程教师用书第3册外语教学与研究出版社2002年7月第一版[2] 虞苏美主编（全新版）《大学英语》听说教程教师用书第3册上海外语教育出版社2002年7月第一版[3] 张成袆主编《大学英语语法手册》上海外语教育出版社2004年第一版二、课程章节主要内容及学时分配Unit One Changes in the Way We LiveText A Mr. Doherty Builds His Dream Life (5 periods)Main Idea: Tolerance for solitude and energy made it possible for the writer’s family to enjoy their pleasant but sometimes harsh country life. Students will beable to appreciate the various techniques employed by the writer(comparison and contrast, topic sentences followed by detail sentences,use of transitional devices, etc.)Process of Teaching:1.Warm-up: Talk about the topic why people change their places of living.2.Explanation of new words and phrases, language points3.Exercises4.Fast Reading—Four passages of Unit OneDiscussed Questions:1. Why do so many migrant workers move from the country to the city?2. Why do city people buy apartments or houses in the suburbs or even in the countryside?3. Why are tours of Zhou Zhuang, Li Jiang or any other old town so popular? Why are tourists willing to pay for a night in a farmer’s house instead of a hotel?Text B American Family Life: The Changing Picture (1 periods)Writing Strategy — Using comparison and contrast in essay writingComparing or contrasting enables us to understand each of the two things more clearly. So it seems natural to end a comparison and contrast paper with an insightful remark.Listening and Speaking CourseUnit One Parents (2 periods)1.Practice listening to a long dialogue about love between a son and hismother.2.Oral practicing: Pair work --- Have a conversation about the moralresponsibility of children to their parents, using the expressions provided.Unit Two Civil-Rights HeroesText A The Freedom Giver（5 periods )Main Idea: The author tells three stories about the Underground Railroad and the early Black civil rights movement. The three stories are chosen becausethey are representative of all participants in this movement. When welearn a foreign language, we must also learn the culture of the speakersof that language. Text A is a good case in point.Process of Teaching:1.Introducing cultural background knowledge.2.Explanation of new words and phrases, language points3.Exercises4.Fast Reading—Four passages of Unit TwoDiscussed Questions:1. What are the special contributions of Abraham, John and Martin to the Americannation?2. In what way did they die?Text B The Dream, the Stars and Dr. King(1 periods)Writing Strategy — Using library resourcesStudents will by now be used to using brainstorming to generate information on topics they write about. However, in writing about complex and serious issues, it is not expected to generate all the ideas by brainstorming. By brainstorming, they can develop a general framework. Yet, that is not sufficient to write a paper on a serious and complex topic. They will find it necessary to do some library research on the issue.Listening and Speaking CourseUnit Two Coincidence (2 periods)1. Listening to a long dialogue about a coincidence.2. Oral Practicing: Debating --- Arguments for or against believing in thesupernatural.Unit Three SecurityText A The Land of the Lock (5 periods)Main Idea: America is deteriorating into “the most insecure nation”. In addition to learning new vocabulary and the structure of the text (opening – body –conclusion), the students will learn to use comparison and contrast inwriting and to use keywords for efficient reading.Process of Teaching:1. Pre-reading tasksIn discussing the text, the teacher may lead off with something like the following: Once upon a time in China, on one picked up and pocketed anything left on the road, while no family had the need to bolt the doors at night. However, this is no longer true nowadays.2. Explanation of new words and phrases, language points.3. Exercises4. Fast Reading—Four passages of Unit ThreeDiscussed Questions:1. In our families, what do we do to try to prevent burglaries? For example, is there a burglary-proof door at your apartment?2. In our contact with the outside world, what precautions do we take to steer clear of danger? For example, do we speak to strangers?Text B Why I Bought a Gun (1 periods)Writing Strategy — Using cause and effect in essay writingThere are three basic ways of organizing cause-effect analysis: chronological organization; order of importance and categorical arrangement. For cause and effect analysis, some transitional words and phrases can be used.Listening and Speaking CourseUnit Three Marriage (2 periods)1.Listening to a long dialogue about a marriage agreement.2.Oral Practicing: Pair Work—Arguments for or against giving first priority toeconomic status in choosing a spouse.Unit Four ExtraterrestrialsText A The Water Place (5 periods)Main Idea: The narrator claims that no extraterrestrials will ever land on earth. By giving an account of his encounter with extraterrestrials, the narratormakes it clear why he claims that they will return no more. The studentswill understand the structure of the text (narration in time sequence) andappreciate the difference between formal speech and informal speech. Process of Teaching:1.Make presentation—“E.T. has been a topic of interest to experts and laymenalike ……”2.Explanation of new words and phrases, language points.3. Exercises4. Fast Reading—Four passages of Unit FourGroup Writing: My Encounter with an E.T.1)Students form groups to discuss where, when, and how they met the E.T., andwhat happened during the encounter. One student takes notes.2)Based on the notes, one student writes a story of about 100 words, and another isasked to draw a few pictures to illustrate the story.3)Other group members make suggestions for improvement.4)Each group sends a speaker to anther group, telling the latter their story with thehelp of the illustrations.Text B Is There Life on Planets Circling Other Stars(1 periods)Writing Strategy — How to write an expository essayIt is advisable to prepare enough material (details or examples) to help the explanation. Moreover, good exposition is often both instructive and interesting with many concrete examples.Listening and Speaking CourseUnit Four Stress (2 periods)1.Listening to two short conversations about stress.2.Introducing some expression about stress reducers.3.Oral Practicing: Pair Work--- ways to deal with stress.4.Model Test--- Listening (CET-4)Unit Five How to Celebrate HolidaysText A Writing Three Thank-You Letters(5 periods)Main Idea: On Thanksgiving Day 1943, as a young coastguardsman at sea, the writer came up with the idea of expressing his gratitude to people who hadhelped him before. The writer wrote three thank-you letters to his father,the Rev. Nelson and his grandmother and got three letters in reply. In theend the writer wishes everyone to find the good and praise it.Process of Teaching:1.Introducing cultural knowledge about Thanksgiving2.Explanation of new words and phrases, language points3.Exercises4.Fast Reading—Four passages of Unit FiveGroup Discussion:1. What should I thank my parents/teachers/friends for?2. Have I expressed my gratitude to the persons mentioned above?3. Are holidays a good time to express gratitude? Which holidays are the most appropriate?Text B Where Is Home?(1 periods)Writing Strategy — How to write thank-you lettersFeel free to respond to even the simplest favor, gift, or courtesy with a thank-you letter. Everyone appreciates receiving kind words in the mail.Listening and Speak CourseUnit Five Youth (2 periods)1.Listening to two stories about present-day youth.2.Oral Practicing: Pair Work--- reflections on volunteer activities.3.Watching a short play--- Growing Pains and repeat the lines sentence bysentence.Unit Six The Human TouchText A The Last Leaf(5 periods)Main Idea: The text tells a moving story about old Behrman who saved a young girl’s life at the expense of his own. The most touching thing about the story isthe way in which it captures the very best in humanity, the spirit ofkindness. The old artist appears to be a no-nonsense character, onewithout any time for sentimentality and softness. Yet we soon see hiskindly nature peeping through his rough manner. Only at the end of thestory, however, do we discover how kind and considerate he was, the oldman risking death to save a girl.Process of Teaching:1. Pre-reading tasksDebate: Charity begins at home2. Explanation of new words and phrases, language points3. Exercises4. Fast Reading—Four passages of Unit ThreeDiscussed Questions:1. Which among faith, hope and charity is the most important?2. Is love all we need to solve the world’s problems? Why or why not?Text B Thank You, Ma’m (1 periods)Writing Strategy – The general-to-specific patternEssays using the general-to-specific pattern move from a general statement about the subject to a detailed discussion that provides specific evidence, examples, and analysis to support or elaborate upon the general statement.Listening and Speaking CourseUnit Six The natural World (2 periods)1.Listening to two passages about how and why leaves of certain kinds of treeschange color in fall2.Oral Practicing: Pair Work--- the beauty of Nature3.Model Test--- Listening (CET-4)Unit Seven Making a LivingText A Life of a Salesman (5 periods)Main idea: Making a living as a door-to-door salesman demands a thick skin, both to protect against the weather and against constantly having the door shut inyour face. Bill Porter, the protagonist of the story, puts up with all this andnever gives in.Process of Teaching:1.Role play: Classroom salesman2.Explanation of new words and phrases, language points3.Exercises4.Fast Reading—Four passages of Unit SevenDiscussed Questions:1. How does the author succeed in combining in-depth reporting with skillful writing to produce an inspiring and enduring profile of the salesman Bill Porter?2. Would you rather have a low paid job that is interesting or a well-paid job that is boring?Text B Bricklayer’s Boy (1 periods)Writing Strategy – How to write a synopsisA synopsis is a summary of a longer piece of writing. A synopsis writer should keep in mind some requirements.Listening and Speaking CourseUnit Seven Courage (2 periods)1.Listening to a story about Krimali, a courageous girl.2.Oral practicing: Pair Work--- Bravery in the face of danger.3.Watching a short play—Growing Pains: Repeat the lines.Unit Eight CloningText A A Clone Is Born (5 periods)Main Idea: After Dolly, a clone sheep, was born, cloning could no longer be dismissed as science fiction. The ability to create an identical twin of a lamb is onlyone step short of cloning humans, which many find terrifying andoffensive. The technique of cloning is a two-edged sword.Process of Teaching:1.Making presentation –Give a brief history of the scientific research intocloning.2.Explanation of new words and phrases, language points3.Exercises4.Fast Reading— Four passages of Unit OneDiscussed Questions:1. What are the major pros and cons of human cloning?2. What is the greatest problem with human reproductive cloning?Text B Second Thoughts on Cloning (1 periods)Writing Strategy — How to write a persuasive essayThe effectiveness of an argument often depends on the background of the writer. To do this, you can quote experts and/or show that you have read widely about the subject by referring to information gathered from scientific literature.Listening and Speaking CourseUnit Eight Left-handedness (2 periods)1.Listening to two passages about left-handedness2.Model Test—Listening (CET-4)3.Oral practicing: Pair Work---Reflections on difficulties facing left-handedpeople三、课程教学的基本要求根据教育部2004年颁发的《大学英语课程教学要求》，大学英语教学从对能力的要求上分为一般要求、较高要求和更高要求。
