21世纪大学英语2 unit 7.doc

Book 2 Unit 7 Objectives： Students will be able to: 1. Grasp the main idea and the structure of the text; 2. Understand the devices to develop paraphrases; 3. Master the key words and phrases and sentence patterns in the text; Teaching procedure： Period 1、2 Period 3、4 Period 5、6 Period 7、8 Section A： Pre-reading Activities Intensive Study Intensive Study Exercises Review of Text A Section B： Reading skills Extensive reading Section C Fast Reading Quiz Section A I．Pre-reading Activities Listening of Part One: As you listen to Part One of the tape, try to figure out what the words blurk and blurking mean. What does “blurk” mean? A) To do physical exercises B) To sing songs C) To spell words D) To beat one’s brains E) To do a crossword game Listening of Part Two: Now listen to Part Two, and work out what porfing is. What does “porfing” mean? A) Discovering B) Reading C) Inventing D) Amazing Pre-reading Questions: 1. How would you define thinking? 2. When was the last time you “took some time to think”? 3. How often when a friend asks you “what are you thinking?” do you answer “nothing”? II：Intensive Study: Global reading： Main structure: Part one: ParaIntroduction to the Text: The problem facing the American education system lies not so much in our institutions as in our attitudes towards thinking. Part two: Para 4-10 Body of the Text: The author supplies evidences to support his argument. Part three: Para 11-12 Conclusion: The solution to the problems is to revive interest in the art of thinking. Main idea: The author proposes a serious problem in American education system and points out disadvantages of negative attitude towards thinking. Then provide solutions to revive interest in the art of thinking. Detailed reading： Words and expressions be in trouble: have difficulties or problems 处于困难之中 Frank is still in deep financial trouble. Many dot companies are in trouble with funds. 许多 dot 公司陷入资金问题。 2. lie i