B3U7大学英语教案.doc

PAGE 1 Unit7 Economy: Power behind everyday life Section A Surviving an economic crisis I. Teaching Objectives After studying this part, the students are expected to be able to 1. To talk about economic crisis 2. To further understand the text 3. To apply the phrases and patterns 4. To master the essay writing skill II. Teaching Content Background information, new words and phrases, and reading comprehension Ⅲ. Teaching Emphasis and difficulties： Emphasis： writing pattern：further develop a cause-and-effect essay； analysis of long difficult sentences; reading skills: recognizing definitions in a text. Difficulties:：key words and expressions； word building: suffix “-ion, -ity” ⅣTeaching methods: Task-based teaching method; Lectruring; group discussion Ⅴ. Teaching Aids: Multimedia teaching and traditional teaching Ⅵ.Teaching Procedure Warming-up Group Discussion (5min) What is economic crisis? Pre-reading Activity(10min) Background Information Economic crisis An economic crisis refers to a situation in which the economy of a country experiences a sudden downturn brought on by a financial crisis. An economy facing an economic crisis will most likely experience a falling GDP, a drying up of liquidity and rising / falling prices due to inflation / deflation. An economic crisis can take the form of a recession or a depression. The economic crisis (美国次贷危机) that the character in Text A struggles to survive is related to the US subprime mortgage crisis that happened in 2008 and later triggered a global economic slump. Key Words (10min) 1). spiral: vi. 1) continuously become worse, more, or less 不断地恶化（或增长、减少） 在这个人口密集地区，一次核电站事故就会轻易演变成大灾难 An accident at the nuclear power station in this densely populated area could easily spiral into a catastrophe. move in a continuous curve that gets nearer to or further from its central point as it goes round 螺旋式上升（下降） 工厂着火了，浓烟滚滚，冲上天空。 The factory was on fire, and a thick cloud of smoke spiraled into the