the man in the water新现代大学英语个性化完整教案

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Teaching Objectives:

To

acquire

the

key

words,

important

and

difficult

sentences and language points

Teaching Focus

Possible Difficulties

教学重点和难点

Teaching techniques

To integrate several different teaching methods and

教学方法和手段

techniques: elicitation; explanation; illustration and

discussion.

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Unit 4 The Man in the Water

1.

Warming-up Questions

1)

Question: Who are the heroes in the story?

Two

police

rescuers

and,

a

young

passerby

and

the

man

in

the

water.

2)

Question: Who is the greatest hero? Why?

The man in the water.

Ordinary

as

he

was,

he

could

rise

to

challenge

when

the

test

came.

He displayed courage and noble character in human nature at its

best.

3)

Question:

In

the

author’s

view,

do

people

feel

proud

or

sad

about

the disaster? Why?

They feel proud because man defeated the indifferent natural

forces.

4)

Question: What is referred to as one of man’s natural powers

according to the passage?

Sacrificin

g his life for the life of others’.

5)

Question:

The fight

between the man in the water and the natural

forces ended up with the death of the man. Why does the author

say he is not a loser?

He

was

the

best

we

can

do

to

fight

against

the

indifferent

natural

fo

rces. What’s more, he never dies in people’s heart.

What was unusual about the air crash?

Why

does

the

author

refer

to

the

aesthetic

aspect

of

the

clash?

What

are

the

things

the

author

mentions

to

be

worth

noticing?

What does the author mean when he says the human nature was

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groping and struggling?

Why does the author say that the man went unidentified gave

him a universal character?

How could the man in the water give a lifeline to those who

watched him? What does the “lifeline” here symbolize?

What

does

the

greatness

of

the

anonymous

man

actually

lie

in?

What

do

you

think

are

the

strongest

human

powers

endowed

with

by nature?

2.

Background Information

I.

The Air Crash

On Jan. 13, 1982 one of the worst snowstorms in the history of

Washington,

.

hit

the

city. Just

about

everything

closed

down

—

the

government, businesses, schools, the airports. By about noon, the

skies

cleared

and

Washington’s

National

Airport

reopened

for

business. The crew of Air Florida Flight 90 began preparing for a

nonstop

trip

to

sunny

Fort

Lauderdale,

Florida.

At

3:59 .,

the

twin-engine Boeing 737 was cleared for takeoff and began rumbling

down the runway on its final flight.

Minutes

later,

the

plane

smashed

into

the

14th

Street

Bridge,

only

1,200

yards

from

the

Pentagon,

destroying

four

automobiles

and

killing five people. The jet then fell into the ice-covered Potomac

River, bringing all the passengers to their instant death except

five

—

four

passengers

and

one

flight

attendant

—

from

the

tail

section, who found themselves gasping and struggling in the icy

waters.

These five people however survived and they were able to survive

because

of

four

heroes.

The

author

wrote

this

essay

in

praise

of

these

heroes,

three

of

whom

had

risked

their

lives

to

rescue

the

survivors

and

were

able

to

live

to

tell

the

story,

but

the

man

that

really

held

the

whole

nation’s

attention

was

the

fourth

one

who

had

kept

pushing

his lifeline and flotation rings to others until he went under.

II.

Presidential Monument

1) Washington Monument

In

recognition

of

his

leadership

in

the

cause

of

American

independence,

Washington

earned

the

title

“Father

of

His

Country”.

With this monument, the citizens of the United States show their

enduring

gratitude

and

respect

for

the

first

President

of

the

United

States.

2) Jefferson Memorial

Thomas

Jefferson

—

political

philosopher, architect,

musician,

book collector, scientist, horticulturist (

园艺学家

), diplomat,

inventor, and third President of the United States, also author of

the

Declaration

of

American

Independence,

and

Father

of

the

University of Virginia.

3) Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln

and

the

nation

he

fought

to

preserve

during

the

Civil

War

(1861-1865).

The Lincoln Memorial was built to resemble a Greek temple. It has

36

Doric

columns,

o

ne

for

each

state

at

the

time

of

Lincoln’s

death.

A sculpture by Daniel Chester French of a seated Lincoln is in the

center of the memorial chamber.

III.

Potomac River

The

Potomac

River

is

often

referred

to

as

the

“Nation’s

River”, because it flows through the nation’s capital, where the

magnificent

monuments

of

the

Washington,

Jefferson,

and

Lincoln

memorials

are

reflected

in

its

waters.

It

is

one

of

the

most

beautiful

and

bountiful

rivers

on

the

East

Coast

and

is

known

for

its

historic,

scenic and recreational significance. It begins as a small spring

at

the

Fairfax

Stone

in

West

Virginia,

and

winds

its

way

through

the

mountains

and

valleys

of

Appalachia,

past

battlefields

and

old

manufacturing towns. The river flows more than 380 miles and grows

to more

than 11 miles wide as it reaches the

Chesapeake Bay

at

Point

Lookout, Maryland.

3.

Theme:

The man in the water did not have to give his rings to others; he

did

not

even

know

these

people.

He

was

extraordinary

precisely

because he was ordinary. He showed what everyone of us could do at

that critical moment. The display of his heroism was a song to the

beautiful human character.

4.

Prefix

5.

Phrases

1.

as sth. goes

2.

to be sure :

indeed, certainly

Example: To be sure, most people are law abiding, but crime remains

a problem.

必 须承认，

绝大部分的人是遵纪守法的，

但违法活动依然是个问题 。