新视野英语教程教案book4unit1

潍坊科技职业学院教案

课

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Two hour

课程名称：

New Horizon English Course

授课人：

Liu wei

课

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教学目的

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要

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教学难点

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Text A Room for the Future

To grasp the meaning of this passage

To master the useful language points and the phrases and expressions

the meaning of this passage

the useful language points and the phrases and expressions

主

要

内

容

及

步

骤

Room for the Future

Ⅰ

Leading In

1.

What

types

of

jobs

do

your

father

and

your

mother

do?

2.

Besides

book

knowledge,

what

do

you

think

is

the

most

import

practical

knowledge

for

your

future

career?

Ⅱ

Useful phrases and expressions

1.

result in

2.

make all the difference

3.

hold back

4.

by nature

5.

rat race

6.

on one

’

s terms

7.

you bet

8.

make room for

授课效果

分析总结

Room for the Future

Ⅰ

Leading In

1. What types of jobs do your father and your mother do?

2.

Besides

book

knowledge,

what

do

you

think

is

the

most

import

practical knowledge for your future career?

II Key points

1. Room for the Future

Meaning:

possibility or scope for one's future development

2.

After

twenty-two

years

of

working

for

a

major

bank,

a

downsizing

wave

resulted

in

the

elimination

of

over

one

hundred

jobs,

mine

being

one

of

them.

Meaning:

Having

worked

for

a

big

bank

for

twenty-two

years,

I

lost

my

job,

together with more than one hundred of my colleagues because the bank

wanted to reduce the number of its employees.

3. My once secure future now seemed insecure.

Meaning:

I had always thought my future was safe, but it seemed unsafe

now.

Please notice

(

反义词

).

secure:

adj.

a situation that is secure is one that you can depend on

because it is not likely to change

稳固的；可靠的；稳定的

Estate in this city is a

secure

investment.

在这座城市，地产是可靠的投资。

insecure:

adj.

not giving one a feeling of safety; likely to be lost

令

人无安全感的；无保障的

an

insecure

job

无保障的工作

Running a small business is a very

insecure

occupation.

做小买卖是一个没有什么保障的职业。

4.

I

was

not

a

single

parent,

nor dependent

solely

on

my

income,

but

just

like the other ex-bankers, I had become a disposable employee.

Meaning:

I

was

neither

divorced

with

children

to

raise

alone,

nor

relied

only on my income; but just like my former bank colleagues, I would be

dismissed at any moment.

be dependent on:

need the help or support of someone or something else

依靠；依赖

Health

is

largely

dependent on

good food, fresh air and enough sleep.

健康很大程度上靠的是营养的食品，新鲜的空气和充足的睡眠。

The success of the sports meet

is dependent on

whether it rains or not.

运动会能否成功取决于当天是否下雨。

5. My belief has always been

when it affected my life, I had to revise it to

the most of it

Meaning:

I have always believed in this saying

is

progress

but

when

it

affected

my

life,

I

had

to

change

it

into

change and get the best advantage from it

make the most of:

get the best advantage from

最大限度利用

We ought to

make the most of

this chance and make a fortune.

我们应该好好利用这次机会发笔大财。

Make the most of

your free time and have a good rest.

充分利用空余时间好好休息。

6. From the beginning, I chose to look at this occurrence not as a

misfortune,

but as

a

welcome

opportunity.

I

refused to

become

depressed

or bitter; instead, I eagerly anticipated doing something new and

different.

Meaning:

After

I

got

dismissed,

at

first

I

tried

to

regard

this

incident

not as bad luck, but as a good chance; I didn't become sad or angry, but

rather, I expected to do something new and different.

choose to do sth.:

decide or prefer to do something

决定做；愿意做

We

choose to

ignore her rudeness.

我们决定不理会她的无礼。

He

chose to

learn German rather than French at school.

他上学时选择学习德语而非法语。

look at sth./sb. as...:

regard...as...

把……当作；把……看成

Don't

look at

me

as

an expert.

别把我当作专家。

We always

looked at

him

as

our model.

我们总是把他看成我们的典范。

Please notice the

For example:

We

anticipated meeting

a certain amount of disagreement to our plan.

我们预料到我们的计划会遭到一些人的反对。

We

anticipated spending

two weeks here.

我们预料到将在这儿呆两个星期。

7.

Having

a

positive

attitude

made

all

the

difference in the way I perceived the future.

Meaning:

My optimism (

乐观

) changed my view of my future and increased

my confidence.

Please notice the subject of this sentence is the gerund phrase

a positive attitude

to modify

8.

Not

being

a

graduate

had

never

held

me

back

in

my

career

with

the

bank,

but now it was a personal goal I longed to achieve.

Meaning:

Although I didn't have a college degree, so far this had never

affected my banking career. But now getting a college degree became a

purpose in my life that I eagerly wanted to achieve.

long to do sth.:

want to do something very much

渴望做某事

I'm

longing to

see her again.

我迫切希望再次见到她。

You seem to be

longing to

say something to me.

你好像很想对我说点什么。

9.

I

remember

thinking

that

if

I

had

known

this

beforehand,

I

would

have

taken something else to achieve my required credits.

Meaning:

I

remember

thinking

that

if

I

had

known

oral

presentations

were

often required for one class in advance, I would have taken some other

classes to earn the credits needed to get the diploma.

Please notice the subjunctive mood (

虚拟语气

) used in this sentence.

10.

By

nature,

I

am

a

rather

reserved

individual,

and

speaking

in

front

of people terrified me.

Meaning:

I was born a quiet person and afraid of speaking in public.

Please notice the mixed use of the simple present tense and simple past

tense

in

this

sentence.

The

simple

present

tense

is

used

to

show

that

the

author is naturally a reserved person.

11.

During

this

time,

I

realized

that

no

matter

what

life

throws

our

way,

personal growth never stops.

Meaning:

At this time, I came to know that no matter how many troubles

life creates for us, we should always keep on studying and improving

ourselves.

Please notice the simple present tense is used after

that

what

the

author

says

in

the

subordinate

clause

is

always

the

truth.

12. It comes from within, and needs only to be challenged in order to

surface.

Meaning:

The personal growth comes from inner drive, and needs only to

be challenged in order to be achieved.

13. It is entirely possible to step out of one's comfort zone to learn

something new.

Meaning:

It is completely possible for one to quit his former easy life

to study new things.

14.

My

experience

of

going

back

to

school

ended

up

being

far

more

valuable

than just acquiring a diploma.

Meaning:

What I achieved by going back to school was not just getting a

diploma, but something far more useful and meaningful.

end

up:

be (in the stated place, condition, etc.)in the end

结果为……；

以……结束

He

ended up

head of the firm.

他最后成了公司的主管。

We didn't like it at first, but we

ended up

cheering.

< br>一开始我们并不喜欢它

,

可最后我们却为之欢呼。