新进阶3-综合Unit-2综合教程

1 New Progressive College English BookIII

UNIT 2 Conspicuous Consumption

课程名称大学英语（三）使用教材全新版大学进阶英语综合教程（3）

授课内容Text Who Are the Joneses and Why Are We Trying to keep Up with Them? (精读) Reading Stop Keeping Up with the Joneses-They’re Broke (泛读) 授课学时6

教学目的1. Have a thorough understanding of the text contextually and linguistically 2. Talk about the conspicuous consumption of luxury goods 3. Conduct group discussion centering on the “fuerdai” phenomenon in China 4. Become familiar with expository writing 教学重点与难点1. Analyze the structure and grasp the main idea of Text 2. Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 3. Learn some techniques in writing 4. Critical thinking 教学方法与手段1. Audio-visual method and audio-lingual method. 2. Task-based language teaching method 3. Communicative approach 4. Using CAI, PPT 5. Smart teaching (using online tools or materials)

教学过程1. Lead-in ActivitiesStep 1. Warm-up activities Step 2. Discussion about the topic 2. Global Reading Step 1. Approaching the theme Step 2. Analyzing the text organization 3. Detailed Reading Step 1. Understanding the text in a deeper level Step 2. Learning useful expressions Step 3. Learning difficult sentences structures Step 4. Learning new words 4. Comprehending Reading 1 Step 1: Skimming the text Step 2: Explaining the difficult sentences of the text Step 3: Doing sentence translation 5. After readingStep 1. Viewing and Listening Step 2. Speaking Step 3. Assignments

作业Assignments: 1. Read the text in Reading 2 and finish the exercises2. Write an expository writing 3. Preview the next unit.

2 UNIT 2 Conspicuous Consumption

1. Teaching Objectives:

Students will be able to A. Have a thorough understanding of the text contextually and linguistically B. Talk about the conspicuous consumption of luxury goods C. Conduct group discussion centering on the “fuerdai” phenomenon in China D. Become familiar with expository writing

2. Time Allotment: 1stPeriod: Lead-in Activities (Warm-up activities; Discussion about the topic) 2nd Period: Global-reading (Text: Approaching the theme; analyzing the text organization) 3rd Period: Detailed reading (Understanding the Text A in a deeper level, analyzing difficult sentence structures) 4th Period: Detailed reading Activities (Learning new words, summarizing good usage) 5th Period: Comprehending Reading 1 (Skimming the text, explaining the difficult sentences of the Text, doing sentence translation)) 6th Period: After-reading Activities (Viewing and Listening; Speaking; Assignments) 3. Teaching Procedures:

3.1 Lead-in Activities Step 1. Warm-up activities Ask Ss to listen to a song and fill in the missing words in the lyrics. Have Ss work in pairs. One student asks the other the questions in Opener, the other answers. Then switch roles. Method: PPT, communicative approach. Step 2: Discussion about the topic Introduce the topic of the unit to Ss either in English or Chinese: Sometimes people buy things just for the purpose of showing that they are richer, or have better taste than others. Expensive brand-name goods can serve this purpose, and are often wanted precisely because they are expensive. Whether spending money in this way is good, bad or simply silly is something we are going to explore. Method: Using task-based language teaching method, communicative approach. 3.2 Global readingStep 1. Approaching the theme Ask Ss to take a look at the Culture Notes, or ask them to do some further reading before class about the idiom “keep up with the Joneses”, its origins and its social impact, etc. Guide Ss to explore the text to fide the meaning and origin of the expression “keep up with the Joneses”, how this phenomenon came into being, and what we should do to rid ourselves of the pressure of keeping up with the Joneses. Method: PPT; communicative approach. Step.2 Analyzing the text organization The teacher tells students that the text can be divided into three parts which have been given in the Text Organization. Then students should summarize the main idea of each part and compare notes with each other.

3 Parts Paragraphs Functions Main Ideas

Part One Para. 1-2Bringing up the social phenomenon of conspicuous consumptionThe meaning and origin of the expression “keep up with the Joneses”

Part Two Paras. 3-6Explaining how it occurs and whyHow the phenomenon of keeping up with the Joneses came into being and why people buy into it.

Part ThreeParas. 7-10Exploring ways of dealing with itWhat we should do to free ourselves from the pressure of keeping up with the Joneses. Method: skimming and scanning, communicative approach3.3 Detailed Reading 3.3.1 Procedure 1) Students are asked to read the passage carefully again and for each paragraph (sometimes two-three paragraphs), invite students to answer questions related difficult sentences and understanding of each paragraph. 2) Help Ss find out the good usage in the text and underlined them. 3) Learn new words in details. Purpose: Further understand the text and train scanning ability to learn difficult sentence structures as well as new words and expressions. Method:Reading the text together; Using task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach, grammar-translation approach.