新標準大學英語4 B4U1教案

Unit1NinetoFive

Section1Lead-in

1.VideoandQuestions

Watchthevideoandanswerthequestions.

ClipOne.

1).Whyisthegirl,RydenMalby,screamingintheend?

ClipTwo.

1).WhatdoesRydenrespondtothequestion“Whatareyouupto“attheparty?

2).Whatdoesshesayabouthersituation?

ClipThree.

1).Watchthecliptoseeifthereisanydifferencebetweenthethreefathers9attitudesand

behaviors?Whichonedoyouprefer?

2.Discussion

1)Whatisthefirstproblemfacingthestudentsleavinguniversity?

2)Howdoyouthinktheywillreactiftheycan'tfindajob?

3)Whatdoyouthinktheirparentswilldoiftheycan'tfindajob?

3.Listeningin

1).Listentotherecordingandfillintheblankswiththewordsyouhear.

ThisisanarticlebyanEducationCorrespondent,AlexandraBlair,publishedinSeptember2008

inTheTimes,along-establishedBritishqualitynewspaper.Formanygraduatesfindingajobbecame

harderin2008and2009becauseoftheeconomicdownturn-thenarecession(萎縮).Aftertheir

finalexams,somestudenfsrestedinthesummerbeforelookingforjobsandthenfoundthatitwas

difficulttofindemploymentintheirfieldorattheleveltheywanted.Thearticleaddressesthe

problemofsuchnewgraduateswhomightbestuckathome.Thestyleispartlyofareport,but

alsoofahumorouscommentforlightentertainment.

2).Listentothepassageandanswerthequestions.

①Whyaretheremoregraduateslookingforjobs?

BecauseuniversitiesinEurope,particularlyinBritain,haveexpandedgreatlyinthelastfifteen

years.

②Whydidthecompetitivesituationofjobmarketbecomeevenworsein2008?

Becauseofthecreditcrunchandeconomicdepressionthatyear.

③Whatistheadvicetheauthorgivestothestudents?

Activetoseekajob,theyneedtofillinmanyapplicationformsandtrytogetjobinterviews:

theywon'tfindemploymentbylyingonthesofaathome.

ListeningScript:

UniversitiesinEurope,especiallyinBritain,haveexpandedgreatlyinthelastfifteenyears,so

therearemoregraduateslookingforjobs.Thiscompetitivesituationbecamealotworsein2008

onwardswiththecreditcrunchandeconomicdepression,whichmeansthattherewerefewerjobs

availableandariseinunemployment.Thusnewgraduateshavetobeactivetoseekajob,they

needtofillinmanyapplicationformsandtrytogetjobinterviews:theywon'tfindemploymentby

lyingonthesofaathome.

Section2PassageLearning

1.Backgroundinformation

CulturalNote:HonorsDegree

1)Mostpeoplegetasecond.

2)Traditionally,intheBritishuniversitysystem,BA(文學學士)andBS(理學學士)are

awardedindifferentcategories:afirstclassdegree(I),asecond(IliorIliicalled“atwoone^^

and"atwotwo")，athird(writtenIII)andapassdegree.

3)Therearealsoordinarydegreeswithmoregeneralcoursesofstudywithoutthesecategories.

Key:2,1,3

GenerationYandGrunt

1).Workinpairsandanswerthequestion.Howtonamethegenerationsandcharacterizethem?

YearsofbirthNamesCharacteristics

1946-1960BabyboomersBorninthegreatincreaseofbirths

1960-1980GenerationXindependent,informal,entrepreneurial

1980s-1990sGenerationYorspoiltbyparents;havestructuredlives;

MillennialGenerationteamwork;

2).WhyisGenerationYisalsocalledGenerationGrunt?

Completethepassagewiththewordsinthebox.

expresschildrenavailableexperience

Itisanironicnamereferringtorepetitive,lowstatus,routineormindlesswork-thismaybetheonly

workavailabletosomegraduates,whomayhavetotakeveryordinaryjobstogetexperience.

“Grunt”alsoreferstocoarsebehaviororbadmannersandtothedeepsoundthatismadebyapig.

Whenpeople"grunt“theyexpressdisgustbutdonotcommunicatewithwords-thismaybehowthe

parentsofnewgraduatesthinktheirchildrencommunicatewiththem!

2.Textorganization

Generalstructure:

Problemsaftergraduation

Advicefordealingwiththeproblems

Detailedstructure:

Lookingattheproblemsfromvarious

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viewpoints

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parents(Paras1-2)author(Para3)graduates(Paras4-6)mother(Paras7-9)

Psychotherapist—>Advice<—author(Para16)

(Paras10-15)

Parents'balance:

positive—notmakingMoreexamples

lifetoocomfortable

Betterforfathers

tohelpboysafterajobsetback.

Ifsagoodideato

getsomejobslikebarwork,shelf-stacking.

3.Informationanalysis

Workinpairs.Lookatthesentencesanddiscusstheimpliedmeaningsunsaid.

1)“Willheevergetajob?”Whoisaskingthisquestion?Whatmooddoesitexpress?

Theparentsareaskingthequestion.

Themoodseemstoexpresspatienceorresignationbecausetheword"ever"suggeststhatgetting

ajobwilltakealongtime.

2)WhodescribesGenerationYas"rebelswithoutacause"?Isitafairdescription?

Thisisthewriter'sdescriptiontoindicatethatthisgenerationisrebellingagainstparentsor

society,buttheyhavenothingparticulartorebelagainst.

Thisdoesnotseemveryfairbecausethestudentsaretryingtofindwork-itisjustthattheydon't

liketheirparentsnaggingthem.

3)[Jack]“walkedintotheuniversitycareersserviceandstraightbackoutagain^^.

WhatdoesthissuggestaboutJack'scharacter?

ItsuggeststhatJackisnotverydetermined.Assoonashesawthequeueheleftwithoutwaiting

andwithouttryingtoaskaboutjobsorcareers.

4)Jackspentthesummer“hiding”.

Hidingfromwhat?Whyarequotationmarksused?

Hidingfromtheworldofwork,stayingathomeandnotlookingforajob.

Thequotationmarkstellusthathewasn'tliterallyhiding,hejustspentalotoftimeathome.

5)HowisMrs.Goodwin'spointofviewaffectedbyherownpersonalexperience?

Inonewayherexperiencehasn'taffectedherattitude.Sheleftschoolandwentimmediatelytoa

job(withoutgoingtouniversity)andhasbeenworkingfull-timesincethenandyetsheis

sympatheticandtakesasoftline.

6)HowisLindenfield'spointofviewaffectedbyherownpersonalexperiences?

Herpersonalexperiencewasthatsheworkedinabarbeforefindingherfirstproperjobasan

aerialphotographicassistant.Soshesayssuchworkisagreatnetworkingopportunity.Ifnew

graduatesaregoodatsuchworkandbright,cheerfulandpolite,theywillsoonbepromoted.Her

personalexperiencethusreflects-orperhapshascreated-herpointofview.

7)Whatwouldthefirsttwoparagraphshavefocusedoniftheyhadbeenpresentedfromthepointof

viewofthestudentsratherthantheparents?

Thefirsttwoparagraphswouldhavefocusedontheneedforthenewgraduatestorestforabit

aftertheirhardstudies.ItisOKforstudentstorelaxwiththeTVortosocializewithfriendsfora

while,thentheycanstartaserioussearchforemploymentafterthat.

4.ThemeDiscussion

1)DoyouthinktheGoodwinsaregoodparents?

Yes.IftheytakeahardlinewithJack,itwilljustmakehimangry:Hehasalreadytriedtofind

workandheneedsrestandsympathynow.HisparentsarelettinghimgotoSouthAmerica.

Butafterthathewillhavetomakeamoreseriouseffortandhe'llneedtocontributetothe

householdbudget,whichmeanshemustfindworkthen.Sothesoftlineisthebestapproach.

No,theirsoftlineisnotgoodenough.Theyshouldinsistthathemakemoreeffortandthey

shouldactivelyhelphimtofindwork,evenatemporaryjob.Theirsoftapproachjustencourages

himtodelayandbythetimehecomesbackfromhisholidayallthelikelyjobswillhavebeen

taken.Sotheyarenotreallyhelpingatall.Howcantheylethimtakeathreeweekholiday

abroadwhenhehasn'tgotajobtocomeback.

2)WhichadviceLindenfieldgivestoparentsdoyouagreewith(ifany),andwhy?

Iagreewithheradvicethatparentsshouldstriketherightbalancebetweenbeingpositiveand

understandingwithoutmakinglifetoocomfortable,otherwisestudentswillnotlookforajob.

Heradviceaboutworkinginabarorsupermarketseemssensibletoo,becauseonejobcanlead

toanother.

3)IsJack'spointofviewthathedoesn'twanttodotemporarybarworkjustifiable?

No.Hethinksthatkindofworkisadead-endjobandnotsuitableforhim.Buthe'swrong

becausehehasthewrongattitudetowardwork.Anewgraduatemayexpecttostartatthebottom:

ThafsOKwhileyougetexperience.Ifyouhaveagoodattitudeandworkwell,youwillsoonbe

promotedoryoucanfindamuchbetterjoblater.He'sunrealistic,Ithink.

4)Doyouagreethatmencangiveboysbetteradvicethanwomenwhentheyarestuckinsetbacks?

Why/Whynot?

Yes.Menwillunderstandthemalepointofviewbetterandconverselywomenwillunderstanda

femalepointofviewbetter.Soeachgenderwillgivethebestadvicetosomeoneoftheirown

gender.

No,tounderstandsetbacksinthesearchforworkisnotagenderissue.Ithinkanyonewho

knowsthesituationcangivegoodadvice,whethertheyaremaleorfemale.

5)Doyouthinkthepassageisafairoverviewoftheproblemofgraduateunemployment?

No,becausethereisnomentionofthosewhopersistentlyapplyformanyjobsbutdon'tget

interviewsoroffersofemployment.Thearticleseemstosuggestthatnewgraduatessitaroundat

home,butIknowmanypeoplewhoreallysearchhardforwork.Somefindit,somedon't.Ifs

easytosaythatthisisamatterofluck,itisamatterofhavingapositiveattitudeandbeing

flexibleaboutthefirstjob-youcanalwayschangeyourfieldofworklater.

5.Summary

Listentothepassageandfillintheblankswiththewordsyouhear.

Thistextisanewspaperarticlewithindividualexamplesofjobsearchingandproblemsafter

graduation.Theproblemsareexaminedfromdifferentpeople'sviewpoints:parents9attitudes

towardstheirjoblesschildren,students?quoteaboutlookingfbrjobs,psychologists9summeryof

theviewpointsofparentsandadvicefbrdealingwiththeproblems,andtheauthor'sown

comments.Intheendtheauthorconcludesthatifthegraduatescannotfindanidealjob,theycan

takeatemporaryone.

6.Languagepoints

Difficultsentences

1.Thosememoriesofforkingoutthousandsofpoundsayearsothathecouldeatwellandgotothe

oddparty,begantofade.(Para1)

2.Ipassedtheexams,butattheinterviewstheyaccusedmeofbeing'toodetached'andtalkingin

languagethatwas"tootechnocratic9,whichIdidn'tthinkpossible,butobviouslyitis.(Para5)

3.IwenttoacomprehensiveandIworkedmybacksideofftogotothegooduniversity,...(Para6)

4.Carryonlifeasnormalanddon'tallowthemtoabuseyourbankaccountorsapyourreserveof

emotionalenergy.(Para11)

5.Afterthatthesonordaughterneedstobenudgedfirmlybackintothesaddle.(Para12)

Wordstonote:

1.revert2.comprehensive

3.proceed4.transition

Phrases:

1.inthesameboat

2.comefullcircle

3.takeasoft/hardline

4.striketherightnote

Usefulexpressions:

Section3Exercises

Instructions

CompulsoryWork:

1.Learnallthenewwordsandexpressionsofthisunit(VocabularyHandbook).

2.CompleteEx.3-7onP5-6.(Ex.3-4shouldbefinishedwhenstudentspreviewthetext.)

3.Readthepassagein“Activereading(2)“afterclassandfinishEx.4-7onP9.

4.Readthepassagein"Readingacrosscultures^^afterclassandfinishEx.1onP14.

5.Finish"LanguageinUse^^onP12-13.

CompulsoryWork:

1.Learnallthenewwordsandexpressionsofthisunit(VocabularyHandbook).

2.CompleteEx.3-7onP5-6.(Ex.3-4shouldbefinishedwhenstudentspreviewthetext.)

3.Readthepassagein"Activereading(2)“afterclassandfinishEx.4-7onP9.

4.Readthepassagein“Readingacrosscultures^^afterclassandfinishEx.1onP14.

5.Finish"'LanguageinUse”onP12-13.

Keys-Activereading(1)(P4)

Readingandunderstanding

2.Choosethebestanswertothequestions.

1.c

2.b

3.a

4.c

5.c

6.d

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords:3

1.proceed

2.transition

3.detached

4.upcoming

5.slump

6.revert

7.recount

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords:4

1.transition

2.slumped

3.proceed

4.recounting

5.detached

6.upcoming

7.revert

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords:5

1.comprehensive

2.cop

3.aerial

4.clutched

5.advocate

6.healed

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords:6

1.b

2.a

3.a

4.a

5.b

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords:7

1.b

2.b

3.a

4.a

5.a

6.a

7.a

8.a

Keys-Activereading(2)(P9)

Readingandunderstanding

2.Choosethebestanswertothequestions.

1.a

2.d

3.a

4.b

5.c

6.c

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords:4

1.amusing

2.fortunately

3.loan

4.deduct

5.highlight

6.sympathize

7.demanding

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords:5

1.sympathize

2.fortunately

3.loan

4.demanding

5.amusing

6.highlight

7.deducted

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords:6

1.belongings

2.dropouts

3.gamble

4.exceeded

5.odds

6.thriving

7.honesty

Dealingwithunfamiliarwords:7

1.b

2.b

3.a

4.a

5.b

6.a

7.a

8.a

9.a

Keys-Languageinuse(P12)

1.wordformation:compoundnouns

LookatthesentencesfromthepassageLookingforajobafteruniversity?First,getoffthesofa.

...proudlyclutchedhishonorsdegreeforhisgraduationphoto.

Idon'twanttodobarwork.

Payingforcareerconsultations,trainfarestointerviewsorbooks...

Itsagreatantidotetograduateapathy.

Nowwritethecompoundnounswhichmean:

1)adegreewhichisawardedafirstclass

afirst-classdegree

2)workinahospital

hospitalwork

3)aticketforaplanejourney

aplaneticket

4)adiscountforstudents

astudentdiscount

5)apasswhichallowsyoutotravelonbuses

abuspass

6)aroomwhereaninterviewisheld

aninterviewroom

7)aperiodspentintraining

atrainingperiod

2.wordformation:nounphrases

LookatthesentencesfromthepassageLookingforajobafteruniversity?First,getojfthesofa.

...mostinthesefinanciallytestingtimeshavenoideawhattodonext.

Nowwritethenounphraseswhichmean:

1)acareerwhichisrewardingfromthefinancialpointofview

afinanciallyrewardingcareer

2)legislationwhichhasbeenintroducedrecently

recentlyintroducedlegislation

3)instructionswhicharemorecomplexthanusual

unusuallycomplexinstructions

4)aninstitutionwhichisorientatedtowardsacademic

anacademicallyorientatedinstitution

5)workwhichmakesphysicaldemandsonyou

physicallydemandingwork

6)informationwhichhasthepotentialtobeimportant

potentiallyimportantinformation

7)candidateswhohavebeenselectedafteracarefulprocedure

carefullyselectedcandidates

8)acoursebookinwhicheverythinghasbeenplannedbeautifully

abeautifullyplannedcoursebook

3.tryas...might

Lookatthesentence.

Itryveryhardtostaycheerful,butallIevergetishassle.

Youcanrewriteitlikethis:

TryasImighttostaycheerful,allIevergetishassle.

Nowrewritethesentencesusingtryas...might.

1)Fmtryingtofillthislastpage,butIjustcan'tthinkofanything.

TryasImighttofillthislastpage,Ijustcan'tthinkofanything.

2)ItrytobefriendlywithMarta,butshedoesn'tseemtorespond.

TryasImighttobefriendlywithMarta,shedoesn'tseemtorespond.

3)Itryhardtogettosleep,butIcan'thelpthinkingaboutmyfamily.

TryasImighttogettosleep,Ican'thelpthinkingaboutmyfamily.

4)Hejustdoesn'tseemtogetthepromotionhedeserves,eventhoughhekeepstrying.

Keeptryingashemight,hejustdoesn'tseemtogetthepromotionhedeserves./Keeptryingas

hemighttogetthepromotionhedeserves,hejustdoesn'tseemtogetit.

5)Ikeeptryingtorememberhername,butmymindisablank.

KeeptryingasImighttorememberhername,mymindisablank.

4.giventhat...

Lookatthesentence.

SinceIhadagooddegree,IthoughtI'dliketogoontogetmymaster's.

Youcanrewriteitlikethis:

GiventhatIhadgotagooddegree,IthoughtI'dliketogoontogetmymasters.

Nowrewritethesentencesusinggiventhat

1)SinceIknowseverallanguages,IthoughtIwouldlookforworkabroad.

GiventhatIknowseverallanguages,IthoughtIwouldlookforworkabroad.

2)XiaoLihasthebestqualifications,sosheshouldgetthejob.

GiventhatXiaoLihasthebestqualifications,sheshouldgetthejob.

3)Sincewe'reallhere,Ithinkitwouldbeagoodideatogetdowntosomework.

Giventhatwe'reallhere,Ithinkitwouldbeagoodideatogetdowntosomework.

4)Sinceit'sratherlate,Ithinkweshouldleavethislasttaskuntiltomorrow.

Giventhatifsratherlate,Ithinkweshouldleavethislasttaskuntiltomorrow.

5.clausesintroducedbythan

LookatthesentencesfromthepassageLookingforajobafteruniversity?First,getoffthesofa.

He...hasseenmoredaytimetelevisionthanishealthy.

Lindenfieldbelievesthatmenareoftenbetterathelpingtheirsons,nephews,orfriends5sonsthan

aremothersandsisters.

Nowrewritethesentencesusingclausesintroducedbythan.

1)She'sexperiencedatgivingadvice.Tmmoreexperienced.

Fmmoreexperiencedatgivingadvicethanisshe.

2)Youeattoomuchchocolate.Itisn'tgoodforyou.

Youeattoomorechocolatethanisgoodforyou.

3)Sheworkedveryhard.Mostpart-timersdon'tworksohard.

Sheworkedharderthandomostpart-timers.

4)Youhavearrivedlatetoomanytimes.Thatisn'tacceptable.

Youhavearrivedlatetoomoretimesthanisacceptable.

5)Idon'tthinkyoushouldhavegivensomuchpersonalinformation.Itisn'twise.

Ithinkyouhavegivenmorepersonalinformationthaniswise.

6.collocations

Readtheexplanationsofthewords.Answerthequestions.

1)highlightAhighlightisthemostexciting,impressive,orinterestingpartofanevent.

(a)Whatwouldyouliketobethehighlightofyourcareer?

Iwouldlikethehighlightofmystudentcareertobetoreceiveanationalawardforthebest

studentresearchproject.

(b)Howcanyouhighlightanimportantsentenceinatext?

Youcanunderlineitwithapencilorpenoryoucanusehighlighters.

(c)Whataretheeditedhighlightsofafootballmatch?

Thehighlightsarewhensomeonescoresagoalorpreventsfrombeingscored.

2)loanAloanisanamountofmoneysomeoneborrowsfromsomeoneelse.

(a)Haveyouevertakenoutaloan?

No,Ihaven't.Butmyparentshavetakenoutseveralloanstobuyhouses.

(b)Whatisthebestwaytopayoffaloan?

Thebestwayistopayaloanoffquickly,althoughyouwillstillhavetopaysomeinterest.

(c)Ifyouhavealibrarybookonloan,whatdoyouhavetodowithit?

Youhavetoreturnitbeforethedateitisdue,otherwiseyoumayhavetopayafine.

3)thriveTothrivemeanstobeverysuccessful,happyorhealthy.

(a)Whatsortofbusinessthrivesbestinyourpartofthecountry?

Inmypartofthecountry,lightindustriesandelectronicscompaniesthrivebest.

(b)Whichsortofplantsthriveinahotclimate?

Inahotclimateyoucanseetropicalplantsandtreesthrive.

(c)Whydoyouthinksomecouplesthriveonconflict?

Itisdifficulttounderstandwhysomecouplesthriveonconflict.Maybeeachonewantsto

competewiththeother,ormaybetheyenjoy"kissingandmakingup“aftertheconflict.

7.TranslatetheparagraphsintoChinese.

Ifyouaskme,reallifeisnotallifscrackeduptobe.Twelveyearsatschoolandthreeyearsat

university,teachersbangingonaboutopportunitiesinthebigwideworldbeyondourshelteredlifeas

students,andwhatdoIfind?

依我看，現(xiàn)實生活并沒有人們想象的那么好。我們上了12年的中、小學，又上了3年的大學，

這期間老師們一直在沒完沒了地談論在備受呵護的學生生活之外的那個廣闊天地里的各種機

會，可我遇到的又是什么呢？

TryasImighttostaycheerful,allIevergetishassle,sometimeswithpeople(especiallyboys,god,

whenwilltheygrowup?),butmostlywithmoney.It'sjustsoexpensiveouthere!Everyonewantsa

sliceoffyou.TheInlandRevenuewantstodeductincometax,thebankmanagerwantsrepayments

onmystudentloan,thelandlordwantstherent,gas,water,electricityandmymobilebillskeep

comingin,andallthafsbeforeI'vehadanythingtoeat.Andthensomebrightsparkcallsmeoutof

theblue,askingifI'minterestedinbuyingapension.Atthisrate,Iwon'tevenla