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Title:
Unit4
Heroes of our time
1.
Lecture and explanation
2.
Discussion and
retelling
Instruction
Types:
Objective:
1. To talk about heroism
2.
To further
understand the text
3.
To apply the
phrases and patterns
4.
To master the paragraph and sentence
writing skills
Difficulty
&
Emphasis:
words and
expressions
ation
Section A
1.
Warm-up activities (10m)
2.
Background
information(10m)
Time
3.
Analysis of
the whole text structure (20m)
4.
Language
focus(40m)
Distribution:
5.
Theme
exploration(20m)
6.
Paragraph Writing(20m)
Section B
1.
Text comprehension (10m)
2.
Further
Discussion (10m)
3.
Practical phrases (20m)
Exercise (30m)
Revision(10m)
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Section A
Heroes among us
I. Warming-up activities
is the greatest hero in your mind? And
Why?
?
Huang Jiguang, Qiu Shaoyun, Dong
Cunrui… (combat heroes who sacrificed
their own lives to fulfill the
operational mission)
?
Wu
Juping
(the
most
beautiful
mother),
Zhang
Lili
(the
most
beautiful
teacher)…(civilian
heroes who risked their own lives to save others
in modern
times)
2. What makes a hero in your eyes?
?
A
good heart
?
The readiness to lend a hand to people
in trouble
?
The courage to risk one’s own
life to help others in danger
?
The
determination to fight for his own country and
people
II .
Background information
1.
Joseph
John
Campbell
was
an
American
mythologist,
writer
and
lecturer,
best
known for his work in comparative
mythology and comparative religion. His famous
book The Hero with a Thousand Faces
retells dozens of stories and explains how each
represents the hero’s
journey.
2. Katniss
Everdeen
is a fictional character and
the protagonist of Suzanne Collins'
The
Hunger Games trilogy.
3.
Frodo Baggins
is a fictional character
in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.
III. Analysis
of the whole text structure
Text A is
an essay on people’s view about what makes a hero.
It is pointed out
that in the past the
word “hero” wa
s reserved for those who
performed acts of courage
beyond the
call of duty or for great leaders, while today
heroes can be ordinary people
like us.
Besides, first responders, whose duty is to rush
toward danger, are also heroes,
even
when their efforts failed to bring about desirable
effects. Hopefully, we will also
act
heroically when circumstances call on
us. This
text
can be roughly
divided into
four parts.
Part I
—
(Para.1)
Today the word “hero”
becomes more common and is used to refer to both
victims
and survivors of all kinds of
difficulties and tragedies.
Part II
—
(Paras.
2-4)
Both Daniel and Dory
are civilian heroes as they acted instinctively
with courage
and grace when situations
call for.
Para. III
—
(Paras. 5-12)
First responders are heroes no matter
they succeed in their effort to save people or
get injured or killed in their efforts.
Para. IV
—
(Para. 13)
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The
stories
of
heroes
help
remind
us
that
ordinary
people
can
do
extraordinary
things and,
being inspired by them, we can also be heroes when
circumstances call on
us to act
heroically.
IV.
Language focus
1)Practical phrases
pressure to / on
按压，给
…
施加压力
你可以按压伤口让血流的慢些。
You can
apply pressure on
the injury to make the blood bleed
slower.
2.
shield sb. from sth.
使
……
免受
……
保护祖国不受侵略是军人的职责。
It is the duty of servicemen to
shield
their country
from
invasion.
3. be/get caught up in
被卷入；陷入
那些被卷入游行示威的学生的安全必须得到保证。
The safety of those
students
caught up in
the
demonstration must be guaranteed.
4. reserve sth. for sb. / sth.
保留；预留
这个问题必须留待进一步讨论。
This question must be
reserved for
further
discussion.
5.
relate to sth. / sb.
理解；认同
我知道他的求职申请被拒后他很沮丧。我能理解他的感受。
I know he was very
frustrated when his job application was rejected.
I can
relate to
that.
6. make sense
of sth.
理解，弄懂某事
我无法搞懂他为什么在最后一刻放弃比赛。
I can’t
make any
sense of
his giving up the competition
at the last minute.
7. give authority
to
授权
合同授权研究人员使用实验室里的任何东西。
The contract
gives authority to
research
members to use anything in the laboratory.
8. count on
依靠；指望
他们决定不依靠外援来缓解饥荒。
They decided not to
count on
foreign aid to relieve the famine.
2) Functional
patterns
1. It used to be
that …
< br>用于表达
“
过去的某一习惯或情况现在已不存在
”
，
表示与目前习惯或情况有所
不同。
Eg:
在过去，只有享受至高无上权利的皇家才能使用龙的形象。
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