《享在剑桥大学实用英语综合教程》_3_图文.docVIP

Unit One A Teaching Objectives a. Contents of the text: Focus 1: Help the students learn a lesson from the story—Look beyond the obvious and allow miracles to be created in our life. Focus 2: The importance and necessity of crying. b. Key language points in the text: Focus 1: 1. Words such as graduate, purchase, hand, regret, desire may function both as a verb and a noun. 2. Present participle used as adverbials of time, cause and result, etc. 3. Absolute construction introduced by the preposition with. c. Vocabulary: Focus 1: 31 B-level words, 11 A-level words, and 4 phrases and expressions listed under Vocabulary. Focus 2: 30 B-level words, 20 A-level words, and 8 phrases and expressions listed under Vocabulary. d. Comprehensive skills: Understand a passage at the pre-intermediate level of difficulty and on this basis, be able to write a summary of the text. e. Functions: Focus 1: Expressing Thanks. Focus 2: Writing a Thank-you Letter. B Procedures and Methods Eight teaching periods are needed to cover the present unit. 1. Period One and Period Two: Step One: a. Background information: Graduation Day in the West ?There’s a time for joy/A time for tears/A time we’ll treasure through the years/We’ll remember always Graduation Day…” This is a song entitled Graduation Day by Beach Boys. For graduates and their families, Graduation Day marks a unique moment in time: a celebration of years passed, while looking forward to the endless possibilities of the countless hours that lay ahead. To celebrate, a ceremony is usually held at school on which students wear cap and gown for this special moment and the song “Pomp Circumstances” is the standard march. At home, parents usually throw a party for their children and special gifts are also necessary. b. warm-up questions How is the relationship between you and your father? What is the best gift you have ever received from your father? (The warm-up exercise shall not take up more th