通用学术英语综合教程（读写）教学课件Chapter教师用书 终稿.pdf

Chapter1Aladdin’sLampvs.MagicinRealLife

Reading1TheMagicofReality

Reading2QueuingTheory:HowtoChoosetheFastestLineattheGroceryStore

TeachingObjectives

►Togetstudentstoknowthemeaningsofunfamiliarwordsthroughcontext

►Tohelpstudentsidentifydistinctfeaturesofacademicstyle

►Tointroducethestructureofacademicreading(Background,Problem,Solution,

andEvaluation)

►Todevelopstudents’abilitytoselectaresearchtopicappropriately

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BeforeYouRead

Warming-up

Aims

Theaimsofthistaskaretoevokestudents’memoryofthefairytalesandDarwin’stheory

andtoactivatestudents’priorknowledgeandexperienceabouthowtojudgewhatisreality.

OptionalExtension

Formoreinformationconcerning“Reality”,pleasevisit:

/us/blog/happiness-and-the-pursuit-leadership/201510/wha

t-is-reality

https://www.maths.tcd.ie/~fionn/reality.pdf

/pdfs/ochs-the_natural_definition_of_reality.pdf

Prediction

Aims

Thepurposeofthistaskistodevelopstudents’abilitytopredicttheinformationtheywill

readinatext.Teacherscanaskstudentstonoticetheformalexpressionsusedinthereading.

OptionalExtension

FormoreinformationconcerningTheMagicofReality,pleaseread:

Dawkins,R.(2011).TheMagicofReality:HowWeKnowWhat’sReallyTrue.NewYork:

FreePress.

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Reading1TheMagicofReality

RichardDawkins

BackgroundInformation

Reading1isanexcerptfromTheMagicofRealitywrittenbyBritishpopularsciencewriter

andbiologistRichardDawkins.Hewasfirstcatapultedtofamewithhis1976bookThe

SelfishGenes.Asanatheist,Dawkinsiswell-knownforhisstrongsupportforDarwin’s

evolutiontheoryandcritici