新视野大学英语读写教程-第三版第一册-Unit 8 Section A Gender variables in friendship教案

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教学目的 Teaching 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 教学方法与手段 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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教学的基本内容 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 understanding 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······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 universaltruth that diligence can makeupfor 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 seeingpeopleoff is like this: people are wavingeachothergoodbye with tears in their eyes while the train slowly pullsaway. 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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教学的基本内容 5. (Para.4) in a ... light以······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 adeterminedheart. 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. 3

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教学的基本内容 4. But the steering wheel was intact. (Para.4) Meaning: But the steering wheel was not damaged. 5. In my panic, I suddenly realized how much I loved my friend Jessica, and what an irreplaceable friend she was. (Para.4) 6. Much to my relief, research shows that I am, indeed, a “normal guy”. (Para. 6) Meaning: I feel great comfort because research shows that I’m actually a man who’s behaving normally. Step 6: Typical patterns: Purpose: Further understand the text （Train further reading ability） to find out some difficult sentences and details of the text. Method: Read the text together; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach, grammar-translation approach and total physical response method. Typical patterns： 1.The movie memories I have of female friends are open and intimate. In comparison, memories of male friends are in an entirely different film altogether. 我对女性朋友的“电影式”记忆是开放的、亲密无间的。相比较而言，我对男性朋友的记忆是完全不同的一部影片。 Statement of one thing. In comparison, sth. else is (in an) entirely different (film altogether) 用于比较“两个完全不同的事物”。 应用：一些人总是抱怨生活艰辛、工作压力大。与之相比，有些人却完全不同。他们充满了正能量，总是乐观对待人生。 Some people are always complaining about the hardships of life and the pressure from work. In comparison, there are others who are entirely different. They are full of positive energy and are always optimistic about life.

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教学的基本内容 2. A recent occurrence made me reexamine and interpret my behavior in a new light. 最近发生的一件事让我从新的角度重新审视和解释我的行为。 A recent occurrence / accident, etc. made one reexamine / rethink / reflect on sth. in a new light.用于表达“对事物的新的审视、思索和认识”。 应用：最近被爱德华·斯诺登揭露的棱镜门事件使全世界人民对国家安全与个人隐私保护问题进行了辩论以及反思。 The recent Prism Gate scandal disclosed by Edward Snowden has made people all over the world debate and reflect on the issue of national security versus protection of personal privacy. 3. With women, I could be open, emotionally honest, and transparent. With male friends, it seemed impossible to express caring feelings no matter how deep the friendship was. 和女性朋友在一起，我可以是开放的、真情流露的、直截了当的。但和男性朋友在一起时，不管我们之间的友情多深，我似乎都无法表达对对方的关爱之情。 With sb., one be / do …. With sb. else, it seemed impossible to be / do … (one be / do …). 用于表达“某人对待不同人或事物的截然不同的态度或做法”。 应用：对待同志要像春天般的温暖。对待敌人要像严冬一样残酷无情。 With comrades, we should be gentle as the warm spring. With enemies, we should be cruel as the freezing winter. Step7. Consolidation Retell the passage according to the topic sentences. Purpose: To know if the students understand the whole text. At the same time, To show the text structure on the screen, so that they can retell it easily. Method: Read the text structure together; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach and total physical response method. 5

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教学的基本内容 Step 8. Discussion 1. How do you choose a friend? What qualities should your friends have? 2. Can the older generation be true friends with the younger generation? Why? 3. What do you think cause the differences in behavior and communication stylesbetween men and women? Step 9. Assignments Review the key points of Section A; Finish the exercises after class; Finish online homework; Preview Section B. Write an essay on the topic “traditional shopping versus online shopping” by following the writing pattern of the text.

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