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新视野大学英语读写教程读写教程（四）
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课程名称 大学英语（ 4）
授课专业
和班级
Unit 4
Achieving 授课学时
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授课内容 sustainable
environmentalism
The teaching objective of this unit is to help students: 1.To grasp the main idea and structure of the text;
2. To understand the structure of “rebut and organize counter-arguments”;
教学目的
3. To write an argumentative essay;
4. To master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text. 5.
To conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and
writing activities related to the theme of the text.
1. Text structure analysis 2.
Language points:
Key words and expressions : environmentalism, constituent, segregate, consolidate, differentiate, definitive, deplete, reversible, chord, regime, call
教学重点
upon/on, be incompatible with, either-or, as ⋯ as the next person/man, choose sth. over sth. else, frame/ state of mind.
3. Writing skills: how to rebut and organize counter-arguments
教学方 作业
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辅助手段
辅导答疑
教学过程
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Communicative approach;
2. Task-based teaching
method; 3. Audio-lingual
method. 1. Pre-reading
Activities 2. Text Structure
Analysis 3. Detailed Study of the
Text 4. Grammar and
exercises 5. Writing and reading
skills practice Homework:
1. Write a paragraph with the structure of “rebut and organize counter-arguments”. 2. Recite the appointed paragraph. Multimedia software, CD-ROM
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I. Pre-reading Activities
教学内容
Step 1: To ask students some questions concerning environment like: What are the pollutions to environment?
How to prevent pollution?
What to do to make the protection sustainable? Step 2: Discuss in groups.
Step 3: Introduce background information. Ⅱ . Text Structure Analysis
Ask the Ss to read the passage as quickly as they can and to get the
main idea of each paragraph and make clear about the text structure. Purpose: Improve the students reading’ and writing ability and understand the general idea of each paragraph. Method : Read the text individually and discuss in groups. Part I (paras. 1): Introduction to environmental protection. Part II (paras. 2-10): Body: rules on environmental protection.
Part III (paras. 11-13): Conclusion: nature should be subordinate to human beings.
Ⅲ . Detailed Studies of the Text New words and expressions 1. constituent
n. a) sb. who votes in a particular area.
When the vote was announced, all the constituents broke into cheers. 当投票结果宣布时，所有的选民都欢呼起来。
b) one of the substances or things that combine to form sth.. Caffeine is the active constituent of drinks such as tea and coffee. 咖啡因是茶和咖啡这类饮品的活性成分。 2. segregate
vt. a) separate one part or thing from another
Women’s dresses are segregated from the misses’in many departments. 在很多百货商店，成熟女装和少女装是分开的。
b) separate one group of people from others, esp. because they ate
of a different race, sex or religion
The students are segregated according to their proficiency in English. 学生按英语水平的不同进行了划分。 3. consolidate
v. a) combine things in order to make them more effective or easier to deal with. They consolidated four provinces to form three new ones. 他们把四个省合成了三个。
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b) strengthen the position of power or success that you have, so that
it becomes more effective or continues for longer.
May the friendship ties between our two countries be further developed and consoldated!
愿我们两国的友谊能够进一步发展和巩固。 4. differentiate v.
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recognize or express the difference between things or people She has learned to differentiate the two kinds of roses.
她已经学会区分这两种玫瑰。 5. differentiate between
identify differences between two or more things or people
No longer is he able to differentiate between fantasy and reality. 他不能区分虚幻和现实。 6. costless a. not costing anything
The internet provides us a costless way of sharing. 互联网为我们提供了免费共享信息的方法。 7. deplete vt
reduce the amount of sth. or the number of things
If we continue to deplete the earth’s natural resources, we will cause serious damage to the environment. 如果我们继续减少地球上的自然资源，我们将对环境造成严重破坏。 8. reversible a.
able to return or be changed to a previous state
He obesity-related cognitive effects might be partly reversible. 肥胖对认知产生的影响或许是部分可逆的。 9. allege vt.
say that sth. is true or that sb. has done sth. wrong or illegal even
though this has not been proved.
The accused is alleged to have robbed a bank. 据称，被告抢劫了一家银行。 10. take on
develop a particular character or appearance
The relations between the two countries may take on a new look. 两国之间的关系也许将呈现出新面貌。 11. run/go against the grain
be completely different from what you feel is right, natural, or normal for you His music generally runs against the grain of what is modern.
他的音乐总体上和现代音乐格格不入。 12. either-or a.
presenting an unavoidable need to choose between two alternatives You don’t have to choose an either-or situation. You can choose to go through vocational training and opt for college later on.
你不是一定要二选一。你可以选择完成职业培训，然后再选择读大学。
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13. in part
to some degree, but not completely
The project, funded in part by UNESCO, will span a period of 12 months. 由联合国教科文组织部分出资赞助的这一项目期限是 14. as ⋯ as the next person/man as ⋯ as any other person or man
I might look as honest as the next person, but I sometimes tell dirty lies.
12 个月。
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我看上去和其他人一样诚实，但我有时候会恶意撒谎。 15. as a ... cost
at a cost of a particular amount
Rice was purchased at a low cost last year. 16. be bound up/together
be connected by qualities that are shared
He felt that his fate and nation ’s fate were bound up inseparably. 他感到自己的命运和国家的命运紧密相连，不可分割。 Language Points:
1. The American Midwest feeds people at all corners of the atlas. (Para. 4) Meaning: The crops that are produced in the American Midwest support
去年大米的收购价很低。
the lives of people in all places of the world.
2. A sane environmentalism, the only kind of environmentalism that will strike a chord with the general public, begins by openly declaring
that nature is here to serve human beings. (Para. 5)
Meaning: A rational environmentalism, the only kind of environmentalism that will win the support of the massive public begins by openly stating
that nature should serve the needs of human beings.
3. This kind of environmentalism likes to consider itself spiritual. It is
nothing more than sentimental. (Para. 6)
Meaning: This kind of environmentalism tends to think itself noble
and sacred. But it is nothing but excessively emotional.
4. In establishing the sovereignty of man. such a principle helps us
through the dense forest of environmental arguments. (Para. 7)
Meaning: In building up the governing power of human be9ings, such a theory helps us deal
wisely with the different kinds of disputes about environmental issues. 5. I like the caribou as much as the next person. (Para. 9) Meaning: I like the
caribou as much as other people do.
Meaning beyond words: I have not any intention of hurting the caribou. Like everyone else, also like the creature very much.
IV . Grammar and exercises 1. Do the exercises of the unit.
2. Introduce some word formation knowledge.
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3. Grasp the use of the suffixes “-ous”and “ly ”. V. Writing and reading skills practice 1. An argumentative essay
2. rebut and organize counter-arguments
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教学小结
As the topic is about sustainable environmentalism, nearly all students actively participate in the class discussion. Through the passage learning, students learn something about environmental protection, sustainable environmentalism, sane environmentalism. Also, they master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text.
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