高职高专实用英语教程教案Unit 1.doc

Practical English for Vocational Colleges (Book 1)
高职高专实用英语综合教程教案 （Book 1）

Unit 1 Starting College Life

Lecturer: Cai Jie
Teaching Objectives:
Students (Ss) will be able to:
l Understanding the main idea
l Introduce themselves or others in a conversation.
l Explain the language styles of the passages.
l Mastering the key language points and grammatical structures in the text.
l Understand and talk about college life.
Teaching Focus:
l Vocabulary: initial, pursue, objective, graduation, essential, advice, discipline, sacrifice, opportunity certificate, approach, explore, tear apart etc.
l The importance of beginning in college and life
l Applied writing: Business Card
Time Allotment:
1st period
2nd period
3rd-4th periods
5th-6th periods
7th-8th periods
Warming-up Activities; Listening and Speaking
Pre-reading, While-reading, Text structure analysis; further understanding
Study for language points;
group discussion
Summary of reading; Stylistic comments; check exercise; Further reading
Further reading/translation exercise/writing Practice
Teaching Methods:
l Explanation
l Group discussion
l Questions and answers
l Multi-media
l Performance
Teaching Procedure:
1st Period
1. Introduction of this course
Welcome to College of Law & Business of Hubei University of Economics. I'm your English teacher of this term. College life is a new experience for you. College life is different from the life in your high school. You will find more time to kill by yourself. So the first thing you should do is to know how to study by yourself. College days will be the golden time in your life. There is a saying, “God will help those who help themselves.” This first unit we are going to learn some tips for you to begin your college life.

Introduction of This Course:
Teaching objects:
Students in the Vocational and Three-year Colleges
Teaching ideas:
Focus on application
Teaching Material
Practical English for Vocational Colleges

Class Hours:
课程类别
Courses Classified
序号
No.
课程名称
Course Name
总学时
Total Hours
学时分配
Hours Distribution
学分
Credits
周学时分配
Hours Distribution of in a week
理论教学
Theoretical Teaching
实践教学Practical Teaching
第一学年
1st Year
第二学年
2nd Year
第三学年
3rd Year
第1学期
1st Semester
第2学期
2nd Semester
第3学期
3rd Semester
第4学期
4th Semester
第5学期
5th Semester
第6学期
6th Semester
公 共 基 础 课
Public Basic Courses

大学英语一
College English I
72
72

5
6

大学英语二
College English II
96
96

6

6

大学英语三
College English III
64
64

4

4

大学英语四
College English IV
64
64

4

4

The Term Grade Evaluation Scheme
Final Examination 60%
Attendance 10%
Classroom Performance 30%

2. Warming-up Activities:
1) Group discuss/ pair work
When confident high school students enter college, a whole new life is in front of you, a new battlefield to conquer…
Video 1: Colorful College life

Discuss the following questions with your partners:
• Where are you from?
• What are your expectations of college life?
• What kind of changes do you think it will bring upon your life?

2) Information related.
Topics of College Life
• Classes
• Professors/Advisors
• Books
• Dorm Life
• Student Clubs & Organizations
• Specialty
• Campus Safety
• Tips and Advice

3. speaking
Work in pairs and act the dialogues to the whole class.
Task 1: Meeting with a foreign student and talking about studies, try to introduce yourself to your classmates.
Tips:
Glad to meet you.
Where are you from?
Which are you in?
I’m majoring in …

Task 2: Helping a foreign friend select his course at the registration office
Tips:
Do you know how to register for online courses?
What course do you like most?

4. Focus on Listening
1) Word tips:
Register for: to put someone’s or something’s name on an official list.
e.g.: How many students have registered for English class?
Credit: a unit which represents a successfully finished part of an educational course.
[U] Praise, approval or honor
e.g.: I gave him credit for (= thought that he would have) better judgment than he showed
Credit Card: a small card which can be used as a method of payment, the money being taken from you at a later time
Dorm/dormitory:
Major in/at: the most important subject that a college or university student is studying.
e.g.: What is your major, English or French?
She was a philosophy major at an Ivy League college.
2) Listening tasks:
Short conversations and finish Part B and C on page 6.

2nd Period
1. Lead-in questions:
What do you expect to learn at college?
What kind of life did you expect to have before you came here?
What do you expect to learn? More book knowledge or more practical social experience?
Students are required to discuss the questions in pairs and then some of them were asked to report the results of the discussion.

2. Intensive Reading (Text A) Pre-reading:
The teacher asks the following questions:
1) What’s college life like in your eyes？　
2) Do you think there are any differences between college and high school?
3) What’s your plan for your college life?
Background information
Give brief introduction of some famous universities in the U.S.

3. While-reading
1) Scanning and find answers to these questions as quickly as possible:
1. According to the passage what kind of feeling a student will feel if he has a chance to go to college?
2. What have most of you decided on when you go to college?
3. Why is the initial decision very important?
4. What’s the advice the author always gives to students?
5. Why will it be a waste to all of the people if you limit your college experience?
6. How will you be exploring many of the disciplines?
7. What can be established to a great extent in college?
8. Is it necessary to commit yourself and stand by that commitment as you stand at the entrance of your college career?
2) Intensive Reading
Understand the general organization of the text. Students are required to get the main idea of the text and each paragraph. (Refer to Reading Comprehension Exercise)

4. Assignment
1. Review the text.
2. Oral passage: My ideal college life.

3rd – 4th Periods
1. Warming-up Activities:
1) Ask some students to share their oral passage with the whole class.
2) Brief review of the Reading Text A.

2.  Language points
1) Explain the difficult words and sentences, including language and grammatical points.
Focus:
l Experience n. 经历，阅历；经验，体验
E.g.-She may lack experience, but learns very quickly. 她可能经验欠缺，但学得很快
- He experienced great difficulty in getting a visa to leave the country. 他申请出国签证经历了很大的困难。
l to a great extent 在很大程度上，相当大的
E.g. To a great extent, she was responsible for the accident. 在很大程度上，她对事故负有责任。
l Pursue v. 追求，寻求；追赶，追逐信仰 (pursuit)
E.g. –She pursued the goal of perfection in her art. 在艺术上她追求达到完美境界。
l Discipline v. 训练，训导；控制 n. 纪律，行为准则
E.g. -Different cultures have different ways of disciplining their children. 不同的文化有不同的方法训练小孩。
l Sacrifice n. 牺牲；供奉；祭品, vt. 牺牲；献祭；亏本出售 vi. 献祭；奉献
E.g. -I will sacrifice my all. 我将会牺牲我的一切。
-They may have to raise prices or sacrifice profits. 他们可能不得不提高价格或牺牲利润。
l Content adj. 满意的，满足的; n. 内容，目录
be content with……
l Approach n. v.（处理问题的）方式，态度；接近，临近
E.g. –We have to adopt a new approach to teaching languages. 我们得采取新的方法教授语言。
- With the 2012 is approaching more and more people began to worry about the “Dooms Day”. 随着2012年的临近，越来越多的人开始担心所谓的“世界末日”。
l Explore v. 探索，探究；对……进行勘探，探测 (exploration)
E.g. –Let us explore the possibilities for improvement. 让我们探索改善的可能性。
l be proud of 以……为荣，为……而自豪 (pride)
E.g. I work hard everyday so that who love me will be proud of me! 我每天都在努力工作，为的是能够使所有爱我的人以我为荣！
l Tear … apart 扯开; 把…弄乱;使心碎;把…痛苦地分开
E.g. Jesse was torn apart by the struggle within her. 杰西内心深处的斗争而痛苦不堪。

2) Explain some difficult sentences, encourage students paraphrase some sentences.

3. Post-reading Exercises
Reading comprehension exercises (see textbook P10-13)

4. Further information
Tips found on website: 8 Tips for Students Starting College

5. Assignment
Review the phrases and expressions
Try to retell the Reading Text A

5th – 6th Periods
1. Lead-in
Ask several students to retell the Reading Text A.

2. Summary of Reading Text A and exercise checking.

3. Extensive Reading Text B
1) Pre-reading：　
Ask students if they have met some difficulties in the first month of college, and how did they solve the problem.
2) While-reading: Scanning and find these statements True or False?
1. All the tips given by the author are critical during the first few weeks on campus.
2. The people you live with are your main safety net only for the first year.
3. By attending classes you’ll learn the course material and other information from the professors.
4. It is suggested that you join certain group of student organizations to solve the problem of homesickness.
5. You should work as hard as you can to earn good grades in college.
6. There will be moments when you feel completely unprepared.
7. You will have a feeling of immediately belonging after entering college.
8. You will have to learn as much as you can, so you won’t have any fun in college.

3) Explain some key words and language points in Text B. Focus:
l Critical: adj. of the greatest importance to the way things might happen.
E.g. What skills do you think are most critical to this job?
l Orientation: training or preparation for a new job or activity. 入门指导, 方向
E.g. The winding trail caused the travelers to lose their orientation.
l Survival: adj. n. a person or something that has continued to exist. 幸存者，幸存的
E.g. The doctors told his wife he had a 50/50 chance of survival.
l Arise：形成，升起，上升。比较 arise, rise, raise.
l Seek (sought, sought)
seek for 寻找
seek advice from sb 请教某人
seek one' s fortune 发大财/ seek one' s advice 征求意见/
seek after 追求
seek out 找出
l Academic: 学术的，学院的，学校的
l Achieve：v. 完成，达到。 Achievement 成绩
E.g. She hoped to achieve her ambition to become a singer. 她希望实现当歌唱家的抱负。
l Overwhelm: v. to defeat someone or something by using a lot of force. 压倒；淹没；受打击
E.g. If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity. 如果我不能以质量压倒，我就一定要以数量压倒。
l Have an effect on: 有影响
l At ease: relaxed 安逸，自在的
E.g. Her warm welcome soon put him at ease. 她的热情欢迎很快使他安心下来。
E.g. He felt at ease and confident about the future. 他对未来感到轻松自在并且充满信心
l Strive for : to try very hard to do something争取，奋斗
E.g. We should strive for the truth. 我们应该为真理而奋斗。
l Set Aside: 放到一边，留出备用。
E.g. I set aside my summer clothes and took out my overcoat. 我把夏天的衣服放起来，取出了大衣。
l Take advantage of 巧妙利用，合理利用，占便宜
Try to take advantage of a confused situation 混水摸鱼

6. Assignment
Review the phrases and expressions
Find more tips for freshmen

7th –8th Periods
1. Warming up activities:
Listen to the song of Scarborough Fair and learn the lyrics.

2. Post-reading of Text B (Page 16)
Do the exercises and check the answers.

3. Translation Skills: (Polysemy)
1) Guess: Try to translate these sentences
e.g. Since there is no time like the present，he thought it was time to present the present．
e.g. I did not object to the object．
e.g. Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you．
e.g. We must polish the Polish furniture．
e.g. The apple farmer eats what he can，and can what he cannot．

2) Tips for translating polysemy
l According to the parts of speech Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives etc.
l According to the collocations of the words
l According to the context

3) Doing the exercise on page 18

3. Writing: (Business Card)
1) Lead-in questions:
– What is the purpose of a business card?
– What makes up a business card?
– How are all these elements arranged on the small card?
2) Present the format and language features of business cards and ask students to design their own business card in class.

4. Summary of the whole unit.

5. Assignment
Review the expressions of the unit and ready for dictation.
Journal
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