Unit 3 Why Do We Believe That The Earth Is Round Teaching plan大学英语四.doc

Unit 3 Why Do We Believe That the Earth Is Round? Teaching Time: 4 hours Students’ level: Sophomores of non-English majors in the 2nd semester. Teaching Objectives: 1. Get Ss to know the author’s purpose is to teach Ss to have a correct attitude towards knowledge and accepting of knowledge by taking the examples of other’s arguments of the shape of Earth. 2. About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section. Words: preface, remark, cite, exaggerate, mast, appeal, analogy, cast, precarious, produce, burden, bother Phrases Expressions: appeal to, follow up, for the sake of, throw light on, shaped like, cast on, fall back on, stray away from, Grammar: 3. About the reading, Ss should know the reading skills of telling difference bwteen facts and opinion sentences. 4. About the writing, Ss should get to know the writing skill—coherence. 5. About the listening, Ss finish the Unit 3 directed by teacher. Teaching Procedures: I. Pre-reading Activities 1.Background information George Orwell George Bernard Shaw The Flat Earth Theory and the Round Earth Theory Eclipses Playing Cards Comrade Mao Tse-tung on knowledge, on Direct Experience and Indirect Experience 2. warm- up questions and introductory remarks Do you believe that the earth is round? Why? Yes, I do, because science proves that it is true. 2) Have you heard of other conclusions about the shape of the earth? What are they? Why don’t you believe them? Yes. The earth was said to be flat or oval. I don’t believe them because the photos from satellites or the scenes of eclipses show that it’s round. why is “the earth is round” put in a question? 3. Key words and expressions: Study of the words and phrases New words and old words teacher students (old words or expressions) (new ones) forward preface say,argue