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Unit 2 Values
Teaching
Aims:
1.
Understanding the main idea (one can
live a life full of riches without being
rich funancially) and structure of the
text
2.
Appreciate the wording (riches) in the
title of the text
3.
Grasp the key
languge points in Texts A and learn how to use
them in context
4.
Unerstand the
cultural background related to the
content
5.
Express themselves more freely on the
theme of Values after doing a series of
theme-related reading, listening,
speaking, and writing activities
6.
Write an essay
beginning with an anecdote or a piece of news,
etc.
Teaching
Keypoints:
1.
Grasp the main idea of Text A and
language points in Text A
2.
Cultural
background in Text A
3.
Analysis of
the difficult sentences in Text A
Teaching Difficulties:
1.
Writing
strategy and style demonstrated in Text
A
2.
Write an essay with an anecdote or a
piece of news, etc.
Teaching
Aids:
Teaching, dicussion,
exercises, group-activities, student-
centred
Teaching
period
: 12classes
Teaching Procedure:
Step 1Warming up
1.
Have
students
listen
to
the
story
about
Abraham
Lincoln
before
class,
lead
them
to finish the exercises on page31,
check the answer and explain.
2.
Have
students
learn
more
about
the
fact
that economic
development
and
personal
income
can
’
t always account for
happiness.
3.
Do you think rich people must be
happier than poor people? Why?
4.
Do you think a
poor person can have a life full of riches?
How?
5.
In class, students form two camps to
debate the following issue: Mother Teresa
has no money, but she took care of the
poor in Calcutta until her death. Bill
Gates gave a lot of money to charity,
but he seldom works in the “frontline”
with
the
poor.
Does
the
world
need
more
love
like
Mother
Teresa’s
or
more
money
like Bill
Gates’?
Step 2 Global
analysisi of Text A
1.
Division of the Text A
Part1:
The
writer
’s encounter with a boy who
raised the question “Are you poor?”
Part2:
In search
of an answer the writer finds that not having
expensive possessions
doesn’t make him
feel poor mainly because he enjoys life in many
other ways.
Part3:
In
conclusion,
the
wr
iter
thinks
he’s
grown
to
understand
more
about
himself
because
of the boy’s question.
2.
Understanding the main idea of the text
with the help of the questions on page
37-38
Step 3.
Detailed leaning of Text A
1.
It
was
early
December
2003,
my
first
season
as
a
Salvation
Army
bell
ringer,
when
I was confronted with the
question
What does a
Salvation Army bell ringer do?
To ring the bell and ask people to
donate money to help the poor.
2. confront:
vt.
1) (of a problem, difficulty, etc.)
face (sb.) threateningly
The difficulties that confront us seem
insuperable.
A major
difficulty that confronts international students
is how best to judge the
quality of a
program in a foreign university
2) (of a person) face and deal with (a
problem, difficulty, etc.)
军人必须面对危险和死亡。
A
soldier has to confront danger and
death.
Astronauts have to
confront the unknown
be
confronted with: be brought face to
face
The prisoner was
confronted with his accusers.
Conclusions that can be confronted with
experience.
3. donation:
n.
money or goods given for
a good cause
The hospital
receives a good deal of money in
donations
他们对慈善事业慷慨捐助。
They
made a generous donation to charity.
Collocation:
a
blood donation
鲜血
make/give a donation
捐赠
promise a
donation
允诺捐赠
4. confusion:
n.
a state of uncertainty about what sth. means,
etc.
The enemy retreated in
great confusion.
Their
unexpected arrival threw our plan into
confusion.
他们的突然到来打乱了我们的计划。
Collocation
：
in confusion
乱七八糟，处于混乱状态
throw
into confusion
使狼狈，使慌乱
:
n.
a strong
desire to know about sth.
We
burned with curiosity over what was in the
box.
Just to satisfy my
curiosity, how much did you pay for your
car?
from/out of
curiosity
在好奇心驱使
Curiosity killed a
cat.
好奇伤身
:
v.
speak with a tendency to
repeat rapidly the same sound or
syllable
It’s cruel to make
fun of people who stammer
.
7.
deny:
vt.
1) say that
sth. is not true
There
is
no
denying
the
fact
that
Japan
began
to
invade
China
as
early
as
the
early
1930’s.
2) refuse
to admit or accept
He denied
knowing anything about their plans.
8.
fall
into:
belong
to
(a
particular
group
of
things
that
have
similar
qualities)
All
whales fall into two groups, those with teeth and
those without.
9. nothing
more than: only, just
Happiness is nothing more than good
health and a bad memory.
这只不过是个杜撰的故事而已。
It
is nothing more than a made-up story.
10. attain:
vt.
succeed in achieving, esp. after a lot of
effort
I’m determined to
attain my purpose at any cost.
She attained her ambition of becoming a
pilot.
Collocation
：
attain one’s goal
达到目的
attain the
age of
有…岁
attain
the top of a moutain
到达山顶
11.
cherish:
vt.
love (sth./sb.) very
much and protect them
Riding
horses with my mother when I was a kid has become
a cherished memory.
She
cherished the child as though he were her
own.
Collocation
：
cherish fond dreams of
做…的美梦
cherished
desire
夙愿
cherish
a deep love for
热爱…
12. tickle:
v.
1) amuse and
interest
The comedian
tickled the crowd with his jokes.
It
tickled
her
to
think
that
her
boss
would
dress
up
as
a
clown
at
the
New
Year
party.
2) move
one’s fingers on a sensitive part of another’s
body in a way that makes
them
laugh
She tickled the boy’s
feet and made him laugh.
婴儿喜欢呵痒和拥抱。
Babies
like to be tickled and hugged.
13. vital:
adj.
very important, necessary, or essential
This point is vital to my
argument.
The leader’s vital
and cheerful manner filled his men with
courage.
be vital to
…
对…极为重要
14. well
off: rich, or having enough money to live well
The Communist Party of
China will lead the Chinese people in building a
well-off
society.
If he had worked harder when young, he
would be well off now.
如果他年轻时多努力一点，现在就能过得舒服些。
15.
pursuit:
n.
the act of looking for or
trying to find
We work hard
in pursuit of happy life.
He
exercises every day in pursuit of
health.
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