新視野大學英語4unit7

授課學時：4學時

章節(jié)名稱Unit7備注

1.graspthemainidea(thispassagediscussesthepracticeof

briberyinbusinessandliststhecategoriesofbriberythatexist.)

andthestructureofthetext(thepassageisorganizedin

problem-solutionpattern);

2.appreciatethewritingtechniquesdemonstratedinthetext

教學目的

(listing,exemplification,deduction);

和要求

3.masterthekeylanguagepoints,sentencepatterns,and

grammaticalstructuresinthetext;

4.learnsometranslationskills

5.conductaseriousofreading,listening,speakingand

writingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit.

課文重點及難點：

1.“Morethan”和“notonly”了解此二結構的用法，掌握在當

重點其后接名詞短語或形容詞短語時，此二結構可以互換

難點2.nothinglessthan

3.theacademicwordsofPopulationGenetic.

4.whatisPopulationGenetic.

(1)教學方法：課堂講授為主，師生互動學生為主進行討論、

對話、回答問題等。課堂講解以舉例、對比，學生參與拓展來

教學方法

突出重點，解決難點。

教學手段

(2)教學手段：讀寫教程以口述、板書為主，師生互動；聽

力材料、背景知識等采用多媒體輔助手段.

1.Pre-reading20'

2.Textanalysis

2.1Mainidea35'

2.2Textstructure40'

教學進程設計

3.Wordsandphrases

(含教學內容、

4.Sentencepatterns

教學設計、時

5.Summary

間分配等)

SectionA

LPre-reading

Questions

1)Howdidtheresearchersobtaintheinformationtowritetheirbook?

Theresearcherstookthebloodofhundredsofthousandsofindividuals,fromallaroundtheworld,andthen

analyzedtheirbloodproteins.Theyexaminedthegeneticsimilaritiesbetweenthepopulationsoftheworld.

Inthisway,theyobtainedtheinformationfortheirbook.

2)Whattwoscientificaimsdoesthebookhave?

Thisbookhastwoscientificaims.Oneistodiscovertheroutestakenbyearlypeoplemigratingaroundthe

world;anotheristoshowthatundertheskinweareallverysimilaronageneticlevel.

3)Whatistheultimateaimofthebook?

Thebookiswrittenforscientificpurposesaswellasinhopesthatitwouldhaveasocialeffectbyproving

thatthereisnobiologicalbasisforracialprejudice,thusdisprovingtheideathatoneraceisgenetically

superiortoanyotherrace.

2.Textanalysis

2.1Mainidea

Asthemostextensivesurveytodateonhowhumansvaryattheleveloftheirgenes,thebookTheHistory

andGeographyofHumanGenesmadetworemarkablecontributionstoscience:Thereisnoscientificbasis

fbrthegeneticsuperiorityofoneraceoveranyotherone;anditcreatesthefirstgeneticmapoftheworld.

Intheprocessofcollectinginformationforthebook,however,scientistsencounteredgreatdifficulties.The

ultimategoaloftheirworkistoremoveracialprejudice.

2.2Textstructure

Thepassagefallsintofourparts.Itevolvesfromthetwooutstandingscientificcontributionsofthebook

throughinduction.Next,itmovesbacktotheillustrations,asaninsertedpart,ofhardworkincollecting

theinformationneededforthebook.Then,thepassagecomestothescientists,remark-ablediscoveries,as

listedinparas.5to9.Itisconcludedwiththesocialeffect,theultimateaim,oftheirresearch.

PartI(Paras.1-2)

ThebookTheHistoryandGeographyofHumanGenesprovesthatthe“races"arealikeundertheskinand

createsthefirstgeneticmapoftheworld,theclosestthingwehavetoaglobalfamilytree.

PartII(Para.3-4)

Ittookdecadesandpainsforscientiststocollecttheinformationneededtodrawthefamilytree.

PartIII(Para.5-9)

Thebook'sfourremarkablediscoveries:AcolormapofgeneticvariationhasAfricaatoneendoftherange

andAustraliaattheother;Africawasthebirthplaceofhumanity;thegeneticmapsshowtheoriginsof

populations;andgeneticinformationisalsothelatestrawmaterialofthemedicalindustry.

PartIV(Para.10)

Apartfromscientificpurposesoftheresearch,itssocialobjectiveistoweakenconventionalnotionsofrace

thatcauseracialprejudice.

3.Wordsandphrases

1)atopsellingbook:abookthatalotofpeoplebuy

Ofthetentopsellingbooksthisyear,sixarenon-fictionones.今年10本最暢銷的書中,有6本是

非小說類的書籍。

2)todate:untilnow至今，直到現(xiàn)在

Todate,researchhasfocusedonthemostobviousfeatureoflivingthings:cellmultiplication.迄今

為止研究已集中到生物最明顯的特性，即細胞繁殖上。

3)morethan:"havinggreatervalueorimportancethansth.else"or"notonly...,notjust...”Please

notehere“morethan"isusedinasentencewithoutanadverbialclauseofcomparison.

“Morethan"followedbyanounphrase:

He'smorethanacoach;he*safriend.他不只是一個教練，他更是一位朋友。

“Morethan”followedbyaverbalphrase:

Shemorethansufferedfromthedisease;shewaspenniless.她不僅僅是飽受疾病之苦，而目.窮得

身無分文。

Hemorethanscoldedme:hetoldmewhattodonext.他不只是責怪我，還告訴我以后該怎么做。

“Morethan“followedbyanadjectivephrase:

Shewasmorethangladtohearthenews.聽至I」這個消息她非常高興。

Hishouseismorethanlargeandbeautiful.他的房子非常大也非常漂亮。

4)nothinglessthan:exactlythesameas簡直是，同...一點也不差

Pleasenotethat"nothinglessthan^^isoftenusedtoemphasizehowimportantorundesirable

somethingis."Nothinglessthan”isoftenusedinasentencewithoutanadverbialclauseof

comparison.

“Nothinglessthan“followedbyanounphrase:

YouYenothinglessthanamurderer!你簡直是一個殺人犯！

Thesettingupofthisplantinthreemonthsisnothinglessthanamiracle.三個月就建成了這個工廠

簡直就是個奇跡。

“Nothinglessthan”followedbyanadjectivephrase:

Thepresenttrendisnothinglessthanalarming.當前的這種趨勢確實令人擔心。

Hisexperienceisnothinglessthanmagical.他的經(jīng)歷簡直太具魔幻色彩。

5)serveas:fulfilthepurposeof(sth.)起...作用，當成

Thejudgesaidthatthefinewouldserveasawarningtothemotorist.法官說罰款會是對這個駕駛

者的一種警告。

6)beconfinedto:berestrictedorkeptwithincertainlimitsortime限制于，局限于

Sofar,fightinghasbeenconfinedtothecapitalcity.到目前為止，戰(zhàn)斗仍沒有超出首都的范圍。

7)asof/from:(usedwhenanewrule,system)startingfrom從...時候起

ThenewtimetablewillcomeintoeffectasofJanuary2003.新的時間表將從2003年1月起生效。

8)ineffect:infact事實上，實際上

Whatthemanagementissaying,ineffect,isthattheyaregoingtostopprovidingcompanycars.管

理層的實際意思是，他們將停止提供公司公用車子。

9)resemble:v.looklikeorbesimilartoanotherpersonorthing

Whatshesawwasthefaceofastrangerwhoresembledher.她看見一張很像她的陌生人的臉。

10)Compare:bearresemblanceto;takeafter

Paul'sfeaturesboreastrongresemblancetohisfather's.保羅的五官非常像他的父親。

I'mafraidthatyou'llfindithardtoadapt,asthesituationofthecountrybearslittleresemblanceto

thatofourcountry.該國的國情與我國相差懸殊，恐怕你不容易適應。

Theboytakesafterhisfather:hehasthesameredhair,bigfeet,andquicktemper.這男孩長得像他

父親：同樣的一頭紅發(fā)，大大的腳，脾氣暴躁。

11)adaptto:changeone'sbehaviortodealwithanewsituation(改變..)使適應

Oldbuildingsandstreets,wellcaredforandadaptedtotoday'sneeds,vastlyenhancethequalityof

life.古老的建筑和街道被很好地維護和調整以適應今天的需要，這大大地提高了我們的生活質

量。

12)incombinationwith:togetherwith,inconjunctionwith與..合作，共同

Byusingpersuasionincombinationwiththreats,sheachievedgreatpoliticalsuccess.她采取利誘

和威脅并用的方式，獲得了政治上的巨大成功。

Theartistusesphotographsincombinationwithsolidobjectstoproducethisstrangeeffect,這位藝

術家用圖片加實體的方法，創(chuàng)造出了這種奇異的效果。

13)shed/throwlighton:makesth.easiertounderstand(某事)更為清楚，闡明

Scientistshaveshednewlightonthelifeofdinosaurs.科學家們對恐龍的生活有了新的認識。

14)bedescendedfrom:havesb.asanancestor為..的后裔,是....的后人

CharlesDarwinpointedoutthathumanbeingsaredescendedfromanimals.查爾斯?達爾文指出人

類是動物的后裔。

15)distinctive:a.havingaqualitythatmakessth.differentandeasilynoticed

Thebuilding'smostdistinctivefeatureisitsenormousdome-shapedroof.這幢建筑的最大特色是

它那巨大的圓形屋頂。

Compare:distinct:a.clearlynoticeable;thatcertainlyexists

Thereisadistinctsmellofcigaretteseverytimehecomesintotheroom.他每次進房間，就明顯有

一股香煙味。

Thereisadistinctivesmellintheroom.房間里有一種特殊的氣味。

16)unknown:notknown;notfamousinfamous:shameful,notorious

Theshowwassuchasuccessthatshewentfromanunknownactresstoastarovernight.演出非常

成功，使她從一個默默無聞的女演員轉眼成了一位明星。

Hisactionincheatingelderlypeopleoftheirsavingswasdescribedbythejudgeasinfamous.法官

把他這種欺詐老人的存款的做法稱為無恥。

17)notjust...but...aswell:notonly...butalso

Thegovernmentradionotonlyreportedthedemonstration,butannounceditinadvanceaswell.政

府電臺不僅報道了這次示威游行，而且事先做了預告。

18)conventional:a.followingwhatistraditionalorconsideredtobenormal

Thehousewasbuiltwithconventionalmaterialsbutinatotallynewstyle.這房子是用傳統(tǒng)的材料

建造的，但風格卻是全新的。

They'reaconventionalfamily.他們是一?個很傳統(tǒng)的家庭。

4.SentencePatterns

1)Sth./Sb.iswidelyassumed/be1ieved/thoughtto…Butsth./sb.elsetellsadifferentstory.

人們普遍認為.....然而......表明并非如此。

應用：a.人們普遍認為誠信已從我們的社會生活中消失。然而發(fā)生在某高校的飯卡事件表明并非如

此。

Honestyiswidelyassumedtohavegoneoutofoursociallife.Buttheincidentofmesscardsinacertain

universitytoldadifferentstory.

2)Sth.superficialhaspersuadedsb.that---Butsth.elsebegstodiffer.

表面現(xiàn)象使得某人認為.....然而......說明了不同的結果。

a.五花八門的作弊手段使得一些教育者認為考場作弊防不勝防。然而誠信協(xié)定說明了不同的結果。

Thediversityoftricksincheatinghaspersuadedsomeeducatorsthatcheatinginexaminationsishardto

guardagainst.Butatreatyoftrustbegstodiffer.

b.追求財富的不良傾向使得一些人認為人都是金錢的奴隸。然而他拾金不昧的做法說明了不同的結

果。

Theundesirabletrendinseekingforwealthhaspersuadedsomepeoplethatthemortalareallslavesto

money.Buthiswayofnotpocketing