21世纪大学实用英语全新版第一册第四单元教案

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Unit 4 The Advantages of Learning English

Period 1 reading text A

Firstly:

1.. asks the students how long they have been studying English, and why they

study

English.

Next,

the

teacher

explains

the

title

“

The

Advantages

of

Learning

English

” and asks the

students to list every advantages they can think of;

something about English as an International Language

Today’s

search

for

information

and

the

need

for

global

communication

have

already promoted English from the language of the American, the British, the Irish,

the

Australian,

the

New

Zealand,

the

Canadian,

the

Caribbean,

and

the

South

African peoples to being the primary international language. English is spoken as a

native

language

by

nearly

four

hundred

million

people.

More

radical

estimates,

which

include

speakers

with

a

lower

level

of

language

fluency

and

awareness,

have suggested that the overall total these days is well in excess of 1,000 million.

In

addition,

it

is

estimated

that

85

percent

of

all

scientific

publications,

75

percent of all international communication in writing, 80 percent of all information

in the world’s computers, and 90 percent of Internet content are in English.

In its role as global language, English has become one of the most important

academic

and

professional

tools.

The

English

language

is

recognized

as

undoubtedly the most important language for the increasingly mobile international

community to learn. English has become the official language of the business and

scientific worlds.

Philip B. Gove in his preface to W

ebster’s Third New International Dictionary

claimed it was fairly clear that even before the twentieth century was over every

community

of

the

world

would

learn,

through

the

use

of

English,

how

to

communicate with all the rest of humanity. In short, based on intercommunication,

the English language has already become the most important language on earth.

Moreover,

David

Crystal

adds:

As

English

becomes

the

chief

means

of

communication between nations, it is crucial to ensure that it is taught accurately

and efficiently...

Cable News Network (CNN) is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by

Ted

Turner.

Upon

its

launch,

CNN

was

the

first

channel

to

provide

24-hour

television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United

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States. While the news channel has numerous affiliates, CNN primarily broadcasts

from

its

headquarters

at

the

CNN

Center in

Atlanta,

the

Time

Warner

Center

in

New York City, and studios in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. CNN is owned

by parent company Time Warner, and the U.S. news channel is a division of the

Turner Broadcasting System.

The

BBC

was

the

world’s

first

national

broadcasting

organization

and

was

founded on 18 October 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd. Today, The

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the principal public service broadcaster

in the United Kingdom. It is the largest broadcaster in the world with about 23,000

staff. Its global headquarters are located in London and its main responsibility is to

provide public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and

Isle of Man. The BBC is an autonomous public service broadcaster that operates

under a Royal Charter.

TIME

is

an

American

news

magazine,

and

also

the

world’s

largest

weekly

news magazine. It has a domestic audience of 20 million and a global audience of

25 million. Created by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, the first issue of Time was

published

on

March

2,

1923,

making

it

the

first

weekly

news

magazine

in

the

United States.

National

Geographic,

formerly

the

National

Geographic

Magazine,

is

the

official journal of the National Geographic Society. It published its first issue in

1888, just nine months after the Society itself was founded.

There are 12 monthly issues of National Geographic per year, plus additional

map

supplements.

On

rare

occasions,

special

editions

are

also

issued.

The

magazine

contains

articles

about

geography,

popular

science,

history,

culture,

current events, and photography.

secondly:

gives

the

students

10

minutes

to

read

Text

A

and

get

a

general

idea

of

the

whole text.

Thirdly:

Discuss the whole text with the students.

How many parts this text fail in?

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What

’

s the main idea of every part?

Do exercise 2,3

Fourthly:

points of difficult and important

billion people trying to learn the different forms of verbs. One billion people

trying to understand the difference between much and many. One billion people

trying to pronounce TH and make it sound natural.

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亿人在努力学习动词的不同形式。

10

亿人在努力理解

much

和

many

之

间的区别。

10

亿人在努力发

TH

这个音，使它听上去很自然。

这是一个名词词组的排比结构，

重点强调

one billion people, trying to

引导的分

词短语是修饰

one billion people

的。其后的一句

Yes, that

’

s right, one billion

people trying to learn English.

结构相同，起总结的作用。

the world becomes smaller there will soon be no way to avoid English.

随着世界一点点变小，很快将无法避开英语。

as

引导表示原因的状语从句。如果要使这句更符合规范，应该在

smaller

后

面加上逗号，将从句与主句分开。 本文中类似的句子还有：

When

you

learn

English you can finally understand what your favourite song on the radio is saying.

not?: used to make a suggestion (

提出建议

)

为什么不?呢？

e.g.

Why not go out for a walk?

Why not invite your classmates to the party?

/

??

kses/: 1) n. way of getting into sth.; opportunity to get, use, etc. sth.

进入；通路；进入

(

或使用等

)

的机会

e.g.

access card

All local people have access to the public library.

Only college graduates are given access to further training.

5. chat /t

??

t/: 1) n. friendly talk

闲谈，聊天

e.g.

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I had a little chat with Sue last night.

online chat

6.

broadcast

/

?

br

??

dk

??

st/

(broadcast

或

broadcasted):

vt.

send

(one

or

more

programs) out on radio or television

e.g.

The talent show will be broadcast live on TV

.

Channel One broadcasts news, while Channel Two broadcasts light music and

entertainment.

7. likewise /

?

laIkwaIz/: ad. in (almost) the same way; also

e.g.

Pay attention to the teacher and do likewise.

Mr. Jones is kind and patient; his wife likewise seems a nice lady.

8.

journal