Loving and Hating New York 教案.doc

Loving and Hating New York 教案 -Teaching Plan Teaching Aims and demands: Knowledge aims: Enable students to become acquainted with global information about New York including Manhattan, Broadway, Greenwich Village, Central Park, the Fifth Avenue, Wall Street Tin Pan Alley. 2) Help students to obtain basic knowledge by means of comprehension questions on content and analyze the basic structure of the text. 3) Make students figure out the essential theme of the article: Loving　and　hating New York becomes a matter of alternating moods, often in the same day. The place constantly exasperates, at times exhilarates. Ability aims: 1) To make students able to master the detailed knowledge of this essay. 2) To cultivate students understand the whole passage better. 3) To help students to understand and use rhetorical devices accurately. Emotive aims: 1) Establish students’ cooperating study spirit. 2) Encourage students to voice their own viewpoint about New York. 3) To broaden students’ horizon from this passage. Teaching Requirements: Students are required to get familiar with New York by looking through some materials before class and describe its important role in economy, finance, transportation and　 commercial trade of U.S.A.　　 Let students point out the main idea of the whole text, the way the author constructed the text and the rhetorical devices employed in the text. Ask students to make a discussion on whether to choose　to live in New York and write a composition describing a Chinese city. Key points and difficult points: Key Points: A. Brief account of New York and relevant information about the U.S.A. B. Introduction of comprehension questions on content a. New York --- an international metropolis, full of sense of freedom b. Its deficiencies as a pacesetter c. New York --- Europeans’ favorite city d. Faults of New York e. The author’s prefere