新進(jìn)階3 綜合Unit 3

1、New Progressive College English Book IIIUNIT 3 Cultural Differences課程名稱大學(xué)英語(yǔ)（三）使用教材全新版大學(xué)進(jìn)階英語(yǔ)綜合教程（3）授課內(nèi)容How My Chinese Mother-in-Law Replaced My HusbandReading 1Cultural Differences: Praise(精讀)Reading 2 Mandarin Madness: The Tones（泛讀）授課學(xué)時(shí)6教學(xué)目的1. Discuss the concept of cultural differences2. Have a tho

2、rough understanding of the text contextually and linguistically3. Master the key words and expressions in context properly4. Become familiar with the writing of a comparison/contrast essay教學(xué)重點(diǎn)與難點(diǎn)1. Analyze the structure and grasp the main idea of Text 2. Master the key language points and grammatica

3、l structures in the text3. Learn to write a comparison/contrast essay4. Critical thinking教學(xué)方法與手段1. Audio-visual method and audio-lingual method.2. Task-based language teaching method3. Communicative approach4. Using CAI, PPT5. Smart teaching (using online tools or materials)教學(xué)過(guò)程1. Lead-in Activities

4、 Step 1. Warm-up activities Step 2. Discussion about cultural differences2. Global Reading Step 1. Approaching the theme Step 2. Analyzing the text organization3. Detailed ReadingStep 1. Understanding the text in a deeper levelStep 2. Learning useful expressions Step 3. Learning difficult sentences

5、structuresStep 4. Learning new words 4. Comprehending Reading 1Step 1: Skimming the textStep 2: Explaining the difficult sentences of the textStep 3: Doing sentence translation5. After readingStep 1. Viewing and Listening Step 2. Speaking Step 3. Assignment作業(yè)Assignment：1. Read the text in Reading 2

6、and finish the exercises.2. Write a comparison/contrast essay 3. Preview the next unit.Unit 1 Cultural Differences1. Teaching Objectives: Students will be able toA. have a thorough understanding of the text contextually and linguistically B. illustrate the concept of cultural shock by giving example

7、sC. learn languages, e.g. words, phrases, difficult structureD. become familiar with the writing of a comparison/contrast essay2. Time Allotment:1stPeriod: Lead-in Activities (Warm-up activities; Discussion about cultural differences)2nd Period: Global-reading (Text: Approaching the theme; analyzing

8、 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 difficul

9、t sentences of the Text, doing sentence translation) 6th Period: After-reading Activities (Viewing and Listening; Speaking; Assignment)3. Teaching Procedures:3.1 Lead-in ActivitiesStep 1. Warm-up activitiesThe teacher introduces the topic to the class by asking if they can give any example of how Ch

10、inese and non-Chinese behave or think differently in life.Step 2: Discussion about cultural differencesThe teacher explains the pictures in Opener that illustrate the differences between the Westerner and Chinese in their perspectives on different issues. The teacher asks Ss to look at the pictures

11、and discuss the differences in pairs with the aid of the questions that follow. The teacher has different pairs report to the class their discussion on the pictures, one pair for one picture. Method: Using task-based language teaching method, communicative approach.3.2 Global readingStep1. Approachi

12、ng the themeThe teacher introduces the topic of the text by explaining the cultural shocks the author experienced after the birth of her daughter and her mother-in-law's fulltime presence in her family.Before moving on to the author's account, The teacher explains to Ss the text can roughly

13、be divided into six parts.Method: PPT; communicative approach.Step2. Analyzing the text organizationThe teacher guides Ss to explore the text by asking them to work on the table in Text Organization and do the task in Digging into detail. Then students should sum up the differences of views between

14、the author and her mother-in- law on matters described in the text.Method: skimming and scanning, communicative approach3.3 Detailed Reading3.3.1 Procedure1) Students are asked to read the passage carefully again and for each paragraph (sometimes two-three paragraphs), invite students to answer ques

15、tions 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 expre

16、ssions.Method: Reading the text together; Using task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach, grammar-translation approach.Step1. Understanding the text in a deeper levelParas.6Q. What made the author so mad about her husband that they began to fight over childcare d

17、uties?A: The fact that he wasnt taking on half of the childcare duties, and he thought it was more important to spend time on his work than on his daughter, and his expectation that his mother would do all the housework he was supposed to do.Para.8Q: How did her mother-in-law explain her role in the

18、 family?A: Her mother-in-law explained that her role in the family was to lighten the burden of her son, allowing him to keep his former way of life, and to help her daughter-in-law out with parenting and household management.Para.9Q: What did the author think of her mother-in-laws explanation?A: Sh

19、e thought it was absolutely unacceptable, because, in her view, her husband is one of two parents, and therefore their daughter should be half his responsibility; and she married her husband, not her mother-in-law.Para.13Q: How come her husband, unlike the author, failed to adopt daily habits around

20、 the schedule of her daughter?A: He obviously believed that mothers are the primary caregiver of children and this was the normal difference between mothers and fathers.Paras.16Q: How did the author react when she was told that, now that he mother-in-law helped her out by taking care of he daughter,

21、 it was her responsibility to take care of her mother-in-law when she was old? A: She totally rejected the idea, because she thought what her mother-in-law did was fulfilling the parenting responsibility of her husband, therefore it was her husband's responsibility to take care of his own mother

22、 when she was old. 3.3.2 Language FocusStep2. Learning useful expressions Difficult words and phrases1) work out: find the solution to(a problem or question) 想出、得到(解決方法)e.g. It's important to work out a solution rather than engage in endless discussion. 2) presence: n.存在；到場(chǎng)e.g. It's

23、natural for a child to be chatting away in the presence of a loving parent. The tension of the protesters grew with the presence of police.3) extreme: a.(of views or actions)very different from what people accept as reasonable or normal 激的；過(guò)激的e.g. Extreme views sometimes can become very popular.Sold

24、iers are trained to carry out orders even if they sound extreme. 4) leave behind: depart and not take along 離開(kāi)；地下e.g. The rough sea crossing served only to emphasize the peace we had left behind. The taxi driver always reminds his passengers not to leave behind their belongings.5) prominent: a. outs

25、tanding, important 笑出的；重要的e.g. I want our brand name to appear in the most prominent position of the stadium.We celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in memory of a prominent ancient Chinese poet. 6) primary: a. main 主要的e.g. The young man failed to see that the primary cause of his failure was his lazi

26、ness and inaction.7) sacrifice: n.犧性；舍棄e.g. It is common for women to make lots of sacrifice for the family.The downside of a self-driving car is the sacrifice of the pleasure of driving. 8) bonus: n.意外收獲;紅利;獎(jiǎng)金e.g. I received a box of cookies as a bonus when I bought coffee at a cafe yesterday.Our s

27、alesperson's pay is made up of a base salary(about 60% of their total income)and a bonus(about 40% of their total income). 9) occasional: a. occurring from time to time 偶爾的e.g. To the occasional swimmer, a season ticket is a waste of money. 10) devotion: n.奉獻(xiàn),全身心投入e.g. The scientist who passed a

28、way last week was fondly remembered for his total devotion to science.11) household: n. the people of a house collectively 家庭e.g. She got up to prepare breakfast while the rest of the household was still asleep. 12) look over one's shoulder: keep watch for danger or threats to oneself 不安；小心提防 e.

29、g. It was midnight when I left my office and on my way back home I kept looking over my shoulder to see if there was anyone tailing me.13) repay: vt. do sth. in return for a favor 報(bào)答:償還e.g. There had never been any doubt in her mind that she would look after her parents in their oldage; they had giv

30、en up a lot for her, she said, and that was how she would repay them. The company has to sell a building to repay its debt.14) kindness: n.仁慈；普行e.g. Very often it would be a kindness to tell a piece of bad news straight away. 15) grateful: a. thankful 感激的e.g. The war refugees are very grateful to th

31、e local government for the timely help. 16) phase: n.階段；時(shí)期e.g. The minister claimed in his speech that the manufacturing industry was entering a very different phase with the rapid growth of artificial intelligence. College marks a particular phase in a young person's life, the phase of newly ga

32、ined independence.17) in one's eyes/in the eyes of: in the opinion of, from the perspective of 在.心日中 e.g. The educator pointed out that a child could do no wrong in the eyes of some parents. 18) fall short of: fail to satisfy 達(dá)不到，不符合e.g. I tried my best, yet my performance still fell short of my

33、 hopes. 19) hono(u)r: vt. do what is required by a promise or a contract 信守；執(zhí)行e.g. High school students in Shanghai must honour their community service commitments andcomplete at least 40 hours of volunteer work.The international company informed us that it will not be able to honour its contract wi

34、th us.20) apparent: a. clear and obvious 明顯的e.g. The professor said the young man had many good qualities despite his apparent assertiveness rudeness.21) wash up: wash dishes 飯后洗餐具e.g. Do Chinese husbands help to wash up after dinner?22) aspect: n.方面e.g. Dealing with people is a primary aspect of my

35、 work as a manager. 23) burden: n.負(fù)擔(dān)；重負(fù)e.g. I hate to be a burden on other people.She sat down on the floor and breathed heavily as though she had come up a hill with a burden beyond her strength.24) maintain: v. keep In a Certain state, position, or activity 維持；保持e.g. A police force is needed to ma

36、intain law and order.It is essential to build up and maintain a reasonable level of physical fitness.25) parenting: n.養(yǎng)育,撫養(yǎng)e.g. There are many programs aiming to teach new parents parenting skills.26) relieve.of: help(sb.)by taking (sth. heavy or difficult)from them 解除(某人)的(負(fù)擔(dān),困難等)e.g. Some people e

37、at a lot to relieve themselves of anxieties. 27) in ones view: in one's personal opinion 在.看來(lái)；按.的看法e.g. In my view, the local government should do more for the elderly. 28) responsibility: n. 責(zé)任；義務(wù)e.g. The mine owner denied all responsibility for the death of the trapped miners. A single parent

38、has to struggle to balance work and family responsibilities.29) get.wrong: (informal) not understand correctly what(sb./sth.)means 誤會(huì)e.g. Dont get me wrong, please: Im not quitting despite the setbacks. 30) preference: n.喜好；偏好e.g. Customer preferences must be taken into consideration when designing

39、a new product.Employers have a preference for college graduates who think critically and can communicate effectively.31) equivalent: a. equal as in value, force, or meaning 對(duì)等的e.g. His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.32) strike a balance: find a sensible middle point between two deman

40、ds, extremes, etc.; compromise 調(diào)和；折衷e.g. The speaker set out his viewpoints on how to strike a balance between the freedom of the press and the right to/of privacy.We have to strike a balance between offering people what they liked with the first movie and coming up with something new.33) put.in(to)

41、perspective: judge(sth.)by considering it in relation to everything else 全面客觀地看待(或判斷)e.g. Before you begin to think that it might be safer to starve than to eat and run the risk of foodpoisoning, it's important to put the whole matter of food poisoning into perspective. 34) barely: ad. .hardly 很

42、少；幾乎沒(méi)有e.g. We had barely enough to eat, let alone to spare.It seemed that everyone was speaking and we could barely hear the speaker. 35) in response to: in reaction to sth. that has happened or been said 對(duì)做出反應(yīng)e.g. In response to traditional Chinese medication, the elderly gentleman quickly recovere

43、d. Step3. Learning difficult sentences structures Difficult sentences1) In my Western eyes, he was falling short of my expectations and wasnt honoring his role as a father. (Para.6)As a Westerner, I found his conduct disappointing, and felt that he was failing to take on his responsibilities

44、as a father.2) Our fights seemed to get us nowhere, however. (Para. 7)However, we failed to reach any agreement over the issue in spite of the arguments.3) I felt myself teetering backwards. (Para.9)I was totally shocked to hear what I was told, so much so that I felt as if I was thrown off balance.

45、4) While the men were locked in their own conversation, I vented some of this conflict with the wife.(Para.14):While the men were engaged in talking among themselves, I voiced to the wife my complaints about the conflict.5) After getting away with not changing very many for his daughter, when the ti

46、me comesTo change my mother-in-laws diapers.(Para.16)Note that here “very many” refers to very many diapers. In speaking, “very many” in a negative context is common and acceptable.4. Comprehending Reading 1Teacher asks Ss to read aloud the new words and expressions in the margin, and guide them to sum up the different views regarding the value of praise between the author and her husband.Teacher has Ss complete Comprehension Check for Reading 1.Teacher clarifies some difficult points and do the task in Translation. 5. After Reading5.1 Viewing and L