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Objectives:
教学重点与难
点
To talk about gender differences in
friendships
To understand the text’s
structure and main idea
To
learn phrases and patterns from the text
To master contrast paragraph writing
skill
1. Know how to analyze and use
writing devices
2. Drills of
important phrases in the text
3.
Know
how
to
analyze
the
narrative
style
of
the
writer
and
the
development of the process about the
content, and use these devices
1.
lecture and explanation
2.
discussion and retelling
3. PowerPoint
4. deduction
教学方法与手
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教学的基本内容
Unit 8,
Section A:
Gender variables
in friendship:
Contradiction or not?
Teaching Procedures:
Pre-
reading Activities
Step 1.
Greetings
Greet the whole class warmly.
Step 2. Lead-in and preparation for
reading
Let them talk to each other
about the following questions:
1. How
do you understand friendship?
2. Have
you ever noticed any gender differences in your
friendship with others?
Step 3. Fast
reading
Ask the Students to read the
passage as quickly as they can and then answer the
questions on the screen. Let them get
the main idea of each paragraph and make clear
about the text structure.
Text structure: ( structured writing )
The passage can be divided into 3 parts.
Part1
(para.1)
Introduction:
The
“movie”
memories
I
have
of
my
female
friends and male friends are completely
different.
Part 2
(para.2-4)
Examples
Part
3
(Para.5-6)
Conclusion:
gender
differences
in
my
communication
styles
and the explanation
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Purpose:
Improve the
students’ reading and writing ability and
understand the
general idea of each
paragraph.
Method:
Read the
text individually and talk in groups; Use task-
based language
teaching
method,
reading
approach,
communicative
approach
and
total
physical
response method.
Step 4. Preparation for details of the
text on the screen
Students are
required to look at the Words and Phrases on the
screen and give a brief
presentation in
class.
Words and Phrases:
Purpose:
Train
the
Students’
ability
of
understandi
ng
and
using
foreign
language.
Method:
Talk
in
groups,
Use
task-based
language
teaching
method,
communicative
approach and total physical response method.
1. (Para.1) be sensitive to
对
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敏感
In
this
highly
globalized
world,
failure
to
be
sensitive
to
new
information
technology
will lead to loss
of golden opportunity for a nation’s development.
在当今高度全球化的世界中，对新兴信息技术不敏感将会导致
一个国家错失
发展良机。
2.
(Para.1) make up for
补偿；弥补
It’s a
universal
truth
that diligence can
make
up
for
one’s intelligence.
勤能补拙是普遍真理。
3.
(Para.2) steer:
v. control the
direction in which a vehicle moves
掌舵；驾驶
Our garage door
isn
’
t very wide and
it
’
s quite difficult to
steer the car through it.
我们的车库门不是很宽，要把车开进去有点儿困难。
4. (Para.3) pull
away
驶离；开走
A
typical
scene
of
seeing
people
off
is
like
this:
people
are
waving
each
other
goodbye
with tears in their
eyes while the train slowly
pulls
away
.
送别的一个典型场景是：随着火车缓缓开动，人们眼中含着热
泪相互挥手告别。
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5.
(Para.4) in a ... light
以
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角度
To
be creative
, we should learn
to see things
in a different
light
要想具有创造力，我们应当学会从不同的角度看待事物。
6. (Para.5) prove to
be
被证明是
Anger is
one of those things that truly
prove to
be
a double-edged sword.
愤怒属于真正被证明为双刃剑的事物之一。
7. (Para.5) be determined
to do
下定决心做
There
is nothing that cannot be
achieved
with
a
determined
heart
.
有志者事竟成。
7.
(Para.6) be born with
天生就有
Successful people are those who manage
to
make the most of
the
qualities they
are
born
with
.
成功人士能够将自己与生俱有的品质发挥到极致。
Step 5: While-reading
Activities
Language Points:
1. When I think of my good friends, I
see them in cinematic terms. (Para. 1)
Meaning: When I think about my good
friend in the past, I remember them like I am
seeing a movie.
2. In comparison, memories of male
friends are in an entirely different film
altogether
(Para. 1)
Meaning:
Compared
with
my
memories
of
female
friends,
my
memories
of
male
friends are completely different.
3. My mind retreats back to
my earliest childhood friend, Donald. (Para. 2)
Meaning:
My
mind
goes
back
to
the
days
I
spent
with
my
first
childhood
friend,
Donald.
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