现代大学英语第二册unit3theriteofspring教案

的讨论能力；

要求

30

4

．写作技巧：省略疑问句和修辞疑问句；倒装句；

120

5

． 语言理解：长难句解析；核心词汇学习；介词练

习；构词法：前缀；

40

6

．课堂讨论；

70

7

．练与讲。

1.

文学作品的赏析；

2.

文学中的修辞手法

重点难点

3.

构词法：词缀

课程名称

教学方法

结合实际吸收各种教学法（ 讲授、问答、讨论、模仿、练习、多媒

体使用）的优点。

传统教学手段与多媒体运用相结合

教学手段

回顾和小结

作业

教学后记

主要内容栏

The Rite of Spring

By

Arthur Miller

Part I Warming up:

Will you be a good gardener A quick quiz!

1.

Where is the best location to plant tall or climbing

plants

A. North side of the garden

B.

East

side

of

the

garden

C. South side of the garden

D.

West

side of the garden

2.

Tomato

plants

that

are

“determinate”

are

more

bushy

plants, and tomato plants that are 'indeterminate' are

more viny plants

True

False

3.

Potatoes are in what family

A. Carrot Family (Umbelliferae)

B. Tomato Family (Solanaceae)

C. Pea Family (Leguminosae)

D. Morning Glory Family (Convolvulaceae)

4.

What is the best level of soil ph for MOST plants

A.

-

B. -

C.

-

D.

-

5.

Pine needle mulch lowers the ph level of soil while

peat moss

raises the ph level.

True

False

6.

When a plant has beautiful lush foliage, but almost

no fruit, the

plant has an overdose of:

(Ans: One 8-letter word)

7.

Tomato

leaves

that

are

purple

and

thin

is

a

pretty

good

sign that

they are lacking Potassium.

True

False

8.

Potato

plants

want

lots

of

organic

matter

in

the

soil

for the

potatoes to grow better.

备注栏

True

False

Now Check Your Answer!

1. North side of the garden.

When

the

tall

plants

are

planted

on

the

north

side,

they

don't

block

the

sun

from

other

smaller

plants

and

also

keep down the north winds.

2. True.

If you don't want to stake, you will want

determinate. If not, go with indeterminate.

3. Tomato Family (Solanaceae).

Eggplant, Tomato,

Tomatillo, Potato, and Pepper are all in the tomato

family.

4. -

.

Most plants

require

ph levels of

6-7,

but a few

can

tolerate like

corn,

carrots,

and

potatoes.

Others

can grow well in soil ph of like cabbage and

cauliflower.

5. False.

Pine needle mulch and peat moss are good for alkaline

soils because they lower the ph level.

6. Nitrogen.

Nitrogen will help produce lush foliage, but too much

will make the plant concentrate on the leaves instead

of the fruit.

7. False.

They lack phosphorus when the plants look like that.

8. False.

Too much organic matter will cause scabbing on the

potatoes.

备注栏

Part II Background Information

Arthur Miller

1915-2005

A Harlem-born Polish-Jewish boy

Majored in journalism at University of Michigan

Wrote first play in 1936

Received BA in English in 1938

First successful play:

All My Sons

, 1946

Huge success:

Death of a Salesman

, 1949

The Crucible

, 1953

About Salem Witchhunt in 1692

HUAC

(House

Un- American

Activities

Committee), anti- communist McCarthyism

Attended a HUAC hearing in 1956, refusing to

give

names;

sentenced

to

a

$$500

fine

or

thirty

days in prison, blacklisted, and disallowed

a US passport

Conviction overturned in 1958

备注栏

Return to theatrical success:

The Price

, 1968

Experimental drama in 1970s, unsuccessful

Kept writing until 2004

One of the greatest dramatists of the twentieth

century

Politically

engaged,

commercially

successful,

social plays

Numourous awards and honors:

Three Tony Awards, Pulitzer Prize for

Death of the Salesman

in 1949

1965, Elected the first American

president of International Pen

1993, awarded the

National Medal of Arts

2001,

selected

for

the

Jefferson

Lecture,

the government's highest honor

for achievement in the

humanities

his marriage

Mary Slattery, college sweetheart, 1940

Marilyn Monroe, 1956

Brief affair in 1951

Accompanied Miller to his 1956 trial

Made

The

Misfits

with

Miller

as

the

scriptwriter

Divorced in 1961

Inge Morath, 1962

Son

Daniel

born

with

Down

Syndrome;

institutionalized at Miller’s insistence

Son-in-law, English actor Daniel Day- Lewis

Part III Text Understanding

1.

Structure

I. Gardening as a celebration of the coming spring (1-2).

II. Why gardening (3-10)

Gardening involves conflict and choice- making.

Gardening teaches you about nature.

Gardening is neurotic and moral.

Gardening helps character building.

III. Gardening enables people to stay hopeful for the

future. (11-12)

2.

Genre

Essay