新世纪大学英语Iunit4教案.doc

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Book One
Unit Four: Growing UP

Part I Get Started

Section A Discussion
▇ Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions.
1. How did you feel about your parents when you were a child? Did your attitude towards them change when you grew into a teenager? Explain the change, if any.
2. What is the greatest difficulty you have encountered in the process of growing up?
3. “Only adolescents will like adolescents.” What do you think this statement means? Why do you think people say this? Do you agree?

▇ Answers for reference:
1. Open.
2. Open.
3. The statement means that adolescents are generally a group of rebellious young people, so that most adults will frown on their behaviour and dislike them. Only those who are in the same boat (who are also adolescents) will understand their behaviour and ways of thinking. People often quote this statement because they generally have a negative view of the strange/extraordinary behaviour of teenagers. Anyway, different people hold different view towards this statement.
Section B Quotes
▇ Study the following quotes about growing up. Do you agree with each of them? Give reasons to support your view.

Abraham Lincoln
⊙You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
— Abraham Lincoln
Interpretation:
By this quote, Abraham Lincoln means that no matter how great or famous or rich your grandfather is, you have to grow up on your own.

About Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865): Abraham Lincoln was a US politician in the Republican Party who was the President of the US from 1861 to 1865. He won political support in the Northern US states because of his speeches against slavery, but this made him unpopular in the Southern states, where slaves did most of the farm work. The American Civil War started soon after he became President, when the Southern states decided to leave the US. In 1863, he announced the Emancipation Proclamation, by which all slaves in the US became free people. He also gave a famous speech known as the Gettysburg Address in 1863. A few days after the war ended, he was shot and killed in a theater by an actor called John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln is considered to be one of the most important US presidents. During his lifetime, he was sometimes called ‘Honest Abe’ because everyone admired his honesty. His picture appears on the US five-dollar bill and on the one-cent coin.

第3单元已有对Mark Twain的人物介绍，此处PPT略去。
Mark Twain
⊙ When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
— Mark Twain
Interpretation:
When Mark Twain was a teenager, he felt that his father knew nothing and he hated to see his father around at home with him. However, when he turned 21, he came to realize that his father really knew a lot. Mark Twain puts it humorously here by saying that his father had learned a lot in those seven years. Actually it was him who had gradually changed his attitude towards his father.

Alden Nowlan
⊙The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.
— Alden Nowlan
Interpretation:
The quote means that when a child grows into a teenager, he is likely to find fault with adults and see more of their flaws. When he learns to forgive the flaws and errors of adults, he himself has grown up. When he learns to forgive his own errors and flaws, he is considered wise.

About Alden Nowlan (1933- 1983): Alden Nowlan was a Canadian poet, primarily self-educated; worked as a newspaperman; and published poetry, plays, short stories, and novels; famous for his poetry collection Bread, Wine and Salt, A Darkness in the Earth, I Might Not Tell Everybody This, and Poems, etc.

Section C Watching and Discussion
▇ Watch the following video clip “Rebel Without A Cause” and do the tasks that follow:
Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American drama film about confused suburban, middle-class teenagers. In 1990, it was added to the preserved films of the United States Library of Congress’s National Film Registry as being deemed “culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant.”
插入视频片段： “You Are Tearing Me Apart.wmv”
1. Please decide whether each of the following statements is true (T) or false (F) based on the information in the video clip.
( T ) Jim’s father couldn’t understand why Jim was so rebellious.
( F ) Jim was very drunk because his father wouldn’t buy him a car.
( F ) Jim’s father was unhappy that Jim slammed the door.
( T ) The father thought that they gave the son enough love and affection.
( T ) The parents treated Jim as if he was still a kid.
( F ) The parents shared the same opinion about educating their son.
( T ) Jim couldn’t bear the fighting of his parents.

2. Do you find this kind of scenes typical / familiar in a family with a teenager? What do you think are the problems of Jim’s family? Do you think there is a solution to teenage rebelling?

Answers for reference:
Open.

Script：
FATHER: Got anything to say for yourself? Not interested, huh?
MOTHER: Can’t you answer? What’s the matter with you anyhow?
FATHER: He's just loaded, honey.
MOTHER: I was talking to Jim.
FATHER (to RAY): What I did … I could just explain. You see, we just moved here, y’understand? And the kid hasn’t got any friends and …
JIM: Tell him why we moved here?
FATHER: Will you hold it, Jim?
JIM: Tell him why we moved here.
FATHER: Will you hold it?
JIM: You can’t protect me.
FATHER (to JIM): You mind if I try? You have to slam the door in my face?
(to RAY): I try to get to him …what happens?
(to JIM): Don't I buy you everything you want? A bicycle. You get a bicycle. A car …
JIM: You buy me many things. He bought me many things.
FATHER: No, no. We are not just buying things! We give you love and affection, don’t we? Then what is it? Was it because we went to that party? Will you know what kind of drunken brawls those parties turned into? It’s not a place for kids.
MOTHER: A minute ago you said you didn’t care if he drinks.
GRANDMA: He said a little drink.
JIM: You’re tearing me apart!
MOTHER: What?
JIM: You. You say one thing. He says another. And everybody changes back again.
MOTHER: Then find a way to behave.
GRANDMA: Oh, you know who takes that …

Part II Listen and Respond
Section A Word Bank
teenager n. 青少年
adult n. a fully grown person or animal, esp. a person over an age stated by law, usu. 18 or 21 成（年）人
conflict n. a state of disagreement and argument between people冲突;抵触;争论
generation gap the difference in ideas, feelings, and interests between older and younger people, esp. considered as causing lack of understanding代沟，两代人之间的隔阂
implied a. not stated explicitly or clearly隐含的
statement n. sth. that is stated; a written or spoken declaration, esp. of a formal kind (尤指正式的)陈述；声明
teenage a. of, for, or being a teenager青少年的，少男少女的
trash n. rubbish垃圾
solve vt. 解释，解决，解答
issue n. 问题，议题；争论点
overcome v. (overcame, overcome) fight successfully (against); defeat 征服，战胜

Section B Task One: Focusing on the Main Ideas
▇ Please turn to page 95. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.
1. This talk is mainly about ________.
A) why teenagers refuse to listen to their parents
B) what the larger problems in the parent-teenager relationship are
C) what needs to be done to improve the parent-teenager relationship
D) what causes the communication problem between teenagers and their parents

2. The speaker says that difficulty in communication between teenagers and their parents is mainly caused by ________.
A) generation gap
B) misunderstanding
C) lack of communication
D) different styles of thinking

3. The “taking out the trash” incident is a good example to show that ________.
A) teenagers should communicate more with their mothers
B) teenagers usually refuse to help their mothers with house chores
C) teenagers often miss the implied message in their mother’s instruction
D) teenagers are usually unwilling to follow their mother’s instructions

4. The speaker believes that ________.
A) the “taking out the trash” incident is an exceptional case
B) unhappiness caused by small incidents at home can cause larger problems
C) misunderstanding between parents and their children is easy to be solved
D) it can be a serious cause of concern if miscommunication occurs in bigger issues

▇ Key:
1. D 2. C 3. C 4. D

Section C Task Two: Zooming In on the Details
Listen to the recording again and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard.

Teenagers and their parents may often have difficulties communicating with each other. Teenagers often think adults ___________________________ (1). However, adults often think teenagers just _________________________________ (2) they say. Some people may feel that the conflict between parents and teenagers is caused by the ____________________ (3).The speaker believes that it lies mostly in implied statements that are not ___________________________ (4) between a teenage child and a parent. In the “taking out the trash” example, the mother feels that the teenager ________________________ (5), but the teenager just doesn’t. This type of conversation takes place around our home every day. They cause __________________ (6) but are totally normal, and can usually be solved quite soon. When this type of “lack of communication” __________________ (7) the bigger issues of teenagers, larger problems can be caused. It is more difficult to ____________________ (8) and it takes the efforts from both parents and teenagers ________________________________ (9).

▇ Answers for reference:
Teenagers and their parents may often have difficulties communicating with each other. Teenagers often think adults don’t understand them (1). However, adults often think teenagers just don’t listen to anything (2) they say. Some people may feel that the conflict between parents and teenagers is caused by the generation gap (3). The speaker believes that it lies mostly in implied statements that are not fully communicated (4) between a teenage child and a parent. In the “taking out the trash” example, the mother feels that the teenager should know what she means (5), but the teenager just doesn’t. Conversations like this take place around our home every day. They cause some unhappiness (6) but are totally normal, and can usually be solved quite soon. When this type of “lack of communication” gets involved with (7) the bigger issues of teenagers, larger problems can be caused. It is more difficult to solve these larger problems (8) and it takes the efforts from both parents and teenagers to overcome such problems (9).

Script:
Teenagers and adults have a difficult time communicating. Teenagers often think adults don’t understand them. Adults often think teenagers just don’t listen to anything they say. That creates conflict. People very often use “generation gap” to explain the conflict between parents and children. However, the problem of communication between parents and teenagers does not all lie in the “generation gap”. It lies mostly in implied statements that are not fully communicated between a teenage child and a parent. Here is one example. Mother says: “Please take out the trash.” The teenager replies: “OK.” However, one hour later the mother finds the trash is still in the kitchen and so becomes a bit unhappy. “I thought I asked you to take out the trash.” But the child replies: “You didn’t say I had to do it now.” Are you familiar with this kind of conversation? In this conversation the mother feels that the teenager should know what she means, but the teenager just doesn’t. This type of conversation takes place around our home every day. They cause some unhappiness but are totally normal, and can usually be solved quite soon. It is when this type of “lack of communication” gets involved with the bigger issues of teenagers that larger problems can be caused. It is more difficult to solve these larger problems and it takes the efforts of both parents and teenagers to overcome such problems.

Part III Read and Explore
Text A

Section A Discovering the Main Ideas

Exercise 1: Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text A.
1) Describe Doctor Eppley in a few sentences.
2) What did the people in the town of Enosburg think of Doctor Eppley?
3) Why did the writer go to a college far away from home?
4) How did the writer like his college life?
5) Compare the attitudes of the woman in the car accident before and after she learned that the writer was Doctor Eppley’s son. Why do you think she changed her attitude?

▇ Answers for reference:
1) Doctor Eppley was a soft-spoken gentleman, who practiced medicine quietly in Enosburg, a small town in Vermont. He won the respect of the people in the town soon after he moved there.
2) They thought he was a good man, a smart, honourable and industrious man who lived an honest life.
3) Because he was tired of being regarded as “Doctor Eppley’s son” only. He wanted to be independent.
4) He liked his college life as he became independent of his father. He was proud of himself because he made friends and was well liked by the others without the help of his father.
5) The woman was furious and quite rude towards Harold at first. She questioned whether he had insurance and put the blame for the car accident on Harold alone. As soon as she learned that Harold was Doctor Eppley’s son, she apologized that she had not recognized him at first. She then changed her attitude because she knew that Doctor Eppley was a respectable man and felt the son of such a good man as Doctor Eppley could easily be forgiven.

Exercise 2: Text A can be divided into 3 Parts with the paragraph number (s) of each part provided as follows. Write down the main idea of each part.

Part
Paragraph(s)
Main Ideas
One
1-2
When the writer was a child, he was popular because people respected his father very much. And he enjoyed being “Doctor Eppley’s son.”
Two
3-13
When he was a teenager, the writer wanted his own identity and became defiant and rebellious. In college, he successfully made quite some new friends without the help of his father.
Three
14-31
After the car accident, the wri