大學英語制作示范全新版大學英語第四冊智能車名師優(yōu)質(zhì)課賽課一等獎市公開課獲獎?wù)n件

Unit2SmartCars第1頁Objectives1.understandthemainideaandstructureofthetext;2.learnsometechniquesinexpositorywriting(definition,quotes,amixtureoffactsandopinions,etc.)4.conductaseriesofreading,listening,speaking,andwritingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit.3.graspthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructuresinthetext;第2頁Pre-ReadingWarming-up

Weoftenuse“smart”todescribeapersonsuchas:Heisasmartguyorsheisasmartgirl.So“smart”meanscleverorcute.Buttheauthoruses“smart”todescribecars.Wemayguessthiskindofcarsshouldbeclevertoo,canwealsocallthemintelligentcars?

Beforewereadthetexttofindtheanswer,first,let'stalkaboutsomerelevantinformationondaily-usedcars.第3頁RelevantInformation:

SmartCars第4頁Thefirstself-propelledcarwasbuiltbyNicolasCugnotin1769whichcouldattainspeedsofupto6kms/hour.In1771heagaindesignedanothersteam-drivenenginewhichransofastthatitrammedintoawall,recordingtheworld’sfirstaccident.

TheInventionofCars第5頁Somefamousbrandsofcars第6頁GeneralMotors

GeneralMotors(GM)hassteeredaroundcompetitorstoremaintheworld‘sfirstmakerofcarsandtrucks,withbrandssuchasBuick,Cadillac…第7頁

FordMotorCompanyoffersawealthofvarietytotheautomotiveconsumer.LandRover

VehicleBrands

Volvo

Jaguar

Lincoln

AstonMartin

Mazda

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DaimlerChryslers’passengercarbrandsincludeMaybach邁巴赫Dodgeandsmart.Mercedes-Benz,Chrysler,Jeep?第9頁Toyotaisaworldfamousbrandofcars.ThecompanyisinJapan.第10頁Thisbrandhasstoodformorethan100years.ItisaGermancompany.第11頁Doyouwanttoownacar?Pleasestateoutyourreason.第12頁

DiscussionRequestsA.IfIcouldaffordacar,Iwillbuyonewithouthesitationbecause…….B.EvenifIcouldaffordacar,Imaynotactuallywanttodriveonebecause…...第13頁DiscussionForstudents:Themeritsanddemeritsofcars.Somescientistsandengineerscomeupwiththeideaofa“smartcar”.Let’shavealookatwhat“asmartcar”is.第14頁PartI(P1-P3)WordsandExpressions1.To/becomearealityeg.WorkingathomeandcommunicatingwithfellowworkersviatheirPCshasbecomeareality.Automobile:

1895年,法國科學院正式把這種乘人車輛定名為“汽車”（Automobile),該詞源自希臘文Auto（自己）和拉丁文mobile（運動），即自己運動車輛。

第15頁2.lucarative:producingmuchmoney；profitable第16頁

3.manufacturemakegoodsonalargescaleusingmachinerye.g:Britainnowmanufacturesapproximately40percentofEurope’sdesktopcomputers.manufacturern制造商

manufactory

n制造廠，工廠

manufacturinga.制造，生產(chǎn)

manufacturingindustry:制造工業(yè)MainIdea:Newtechnologywillhaveadramaticimpactoncarsandhighwaysinthe21stcentury第17頁PartII(P4-P9)MainIdea:

Withtheaidofadvancedtechnology,smartcarswillbesodesignedthattheycanhelp:

*eliminatetrafficaccidents,

*determinetheirownpreciselocations,

*warnoftrafficjams.

第18頁Whatistheapproximatenumberofstudentsineachclass?Thesepercentagesareonlyapproximate.Approximately$150millionistobespentonimprovementsonschoolbuildings.WordsandExpressionsapproximate:anapproximatenumber,amount,ortimeisclosetotheexactnumber,amountetc,butcouldbealittlebitmoreorlessthanit＝rough<examples>第19頁tocompletelygetridofsomethingthatisunnecessaryorunwantede.g.3Fattyfoodsshouldbeeliminatedfromthediet.e.g.1.Thecreditcardeliminatestheneedforcashorcheques.e.g.2Theteachershouldtrytoeliminatethepossibilitythatthechildhasahearingdefect.eliminate:第20頁amassoftinydropsofmoistureformingcloudormist汽，霧Theatmospherealwayscontainssomemoistureintheformofwatervapor.

vapor:<example>第21頁

warnsb.thattheremaybedanger,trouble,etc使警覺

1.Theteacheralertedthestudentstothedangerofswimmingintheriver.

2Themanageralertedthestafftothecrisisfacingthecompany.（搭配）

alertsb.;alertsb.tosth.alert:<examples>第22頁lane:oneofthetwoorthreeparallelareasonaroadwhicharedividedbypaintedlinestokeeptrafficapart.e.g.3:Carsinthefastlaneweretravellingatover80milesanhour.e.g.1:Thatidiotchangedlaneswithoutsignalling.e.g.2:Usetheoutsidelaneforovertakingonly.第23頁prototype:Thefirstformthatanewdesignofacar,machineetchas,oramodelofitusedtotestthedesignbeforeitisproducedsomeoneorsomethingthatisoneofthefirstandmosttypicalexamplesofagrouporsituation.1:aworkingprototypeofthenewcar2:Bellutteredtohisassistantthewords,“Mr.Watson,comehere;Iwantyou,”usingaprototypetelephone.<examples>第24頁monotonous:boringbecauseofalwaysbeingthesame1:amonotonousdiet2:alittleboywhowethisbedwithmonotonousregularity.3:Ourteamkeptlosingwithmonotonousregularity.(=inawaythatseemsboringorannoying).<examples>第25頁

athingthatcanbedangerousorcausedamage;adangerorrisk

1.Theresearchhasconfirmedthattobaccosmokepresentsahazardtohealth.2.Smogdevelopedintoamajorhealthhazardbythe20thcentury.hazard:<examples>第26頁1.Thewholehousevibrateswheneveraheavytruckpasses.2.Soundsareproducedbyobjectsthatvibrateintheairataratethattheearcandetect.

vibrate(causesth.to)moverapidlyandcontinuouslybackwardsandforwards<examples>第27頁sendout:

transmit(asignal,etc)byradiowaves

<example>Batssendoutsoundwavesandmakesenseoftheirenvironmentfromtheechoestheyreceive.第28頁

changefromoneformorusetoanother(followedbyinto/to)convert:<examples>

1.Heconvertedhispoundsintodollars.2.Waterisconvertedintosteamifitisboiled.第29頁

haveamutualrelationshiporconnection,inwhichonethingaffectsordependsonanother(followedbywith/to)correlate1.Medicalevidenceshowsthatsmokingandlungcancerarecorrelated.2.Amother’ssmokinginpregnancycorrelateswithlowbirthweightinherbaby.<examples>第30頁While-readingtasksFindingoutdefinitionsInparttwo,wewillfindsometermsinquotationmarksorwithcapitalizedfirstletters,suchas“blindspot”,GlobalPositioningSystem,“atomicclocks”,“telematics”and“automateddriver”.Whatdotheymean?Howdowefindout?第31頁3.“atomicclocks”4.telematics1.“blindspot”2.GlobalPositioningSystemWhatdotheymean?

Howdowefindout?第32頁Forexample,whenyoucomeacrossthissentenceinPara.5thelastline.

Ibelieveanefficientreaderknows.Youcanmakeaguessbasedonknowledgeofword-formationorknowledgeoftheworldorthecontext.“Shouldyoumakeaseriousdrivingmistake(e.g.changelaneswhenthereisacarinyour“blindspot”)thecomputerwouldsoundanimmediatewarning”Youcanguessfromthecontextthatablindspotmustbeaportionoftheroadbehindacar,whichadrivercannotobservefromtherear-viewmirror.第33頁WhatisGPS?Andcanyoutellmeit’sfunction?Whatisanatomicclock?Whatisanautomateddriver?Trytomakeaguess第34頁Wecanguessthemeaningof“telematics”fromitswordformation.Payattentionhere:Theprefix“-matics”maybetheendpartof“informatics”.Thenthesentenceinthetext—Para.11thefirstsentence:“GPSisactuallybutpartofalargermovent,called‘telematics’”—tellsusmoreaboutit.第35頁So,tobeanefficientreader,youshouldlearntoguessthewordsmeaningbasedonknowledgeofwordformation.Andinthisunit,wearegoingtolearnoneimportantwordformation,thatis—Abbreviation第36頁classassignmentsWordformation第37頁Pleaseturntopage49InBookⅢ,wetouchedupontwotypesofabbrevation:initialismandaronymToday,wewillmainlydealwithtwomoretypes:clippingandblending第38頁WordFormationAbbreviation第39頁Clippingmeansformingawordbyomittingsomelettersofaword.e.g.第40頁Blendingmeansformingawordbycombiningpartsofsomeotherwords.

e.g.第41頁Nowtrytofindoutwhatwordsthefollowingclippedwordsandblendsareformedfrom:第42頁PartIII(P10~P13)WordsandExpressionsmountfix(sth.)inpositionforuse,displayorstudy;put(sth.)intoplaceonasupport<examples>1.Someautomobilesweredesignedwithatransmissionmountedontherearaxle.2.Thefirstgas-poweredvehicleslookedlikehorsesbuggieswithenginesmountedunderneath.第43頁grouptogether(bothactiveandpassive)

Abunchofrosebunch1.Theybunchedtogethertoallowotherstosqueezeintothecrowdedelevator.2.Therunnerswerestillbunchedtogetheronthetrack.<examples>第44頁bepoisedto(do):bereadytotakeactionatanymoment

Theautomobilecompanyispoisedtolaunchitsnewadvertisingcampaign.<example>第45頁aswell:tooe.g.1Youmightaswellapplyfort