学术英语 综合 Unit 9外研社编 教师用书.docx

Unit9 Philosophy

I.TeachingObjectives

AfterlearningUnit9,students(Ss)areexpectedtodevelopthefollowingacademicskillsandknowledge:

Professionalknowledge

Getacquaintedwithsomeimportantphilosophicalconcepts(e.g.behaviorist,epistemologist,ethicsofcare,feminist,mentalist,phenomenologist,philosophical

psychology,philosophyofscience,pragmatist)

Reading

Summarizethemainideaofatextandgraspthetwosidesofanargument

Understanddifficultsentences(e.g.sentenceswithabstractmeaningorambiguousreference)

Analyzecomplexorcontroversialissuescritically(e.g.

Doescomputershaveminds?Isanunexaminedlifeworthliving?)

Viewing

Payattentiontorhetoricalquestionsinordertofollowatalk

Speaking

Learntousevisualaids

Writing

Knowhowtomakealistofreferences

Learntousecoherencedevices

Researching

Carryoutasmall-scaleinterviewinginvestigationabout

howChinesecollegestudentsperceivephilosophytoday

Academiclanguageanddiscourse

Knowwhatspecializedvocabularyisandacquiresomespecializedvocabularyofphilosophy

Knowwhatacademicvocabularyisandlearnsomeacademicwordsinthetexts

Understandwhatcollocationisandgetacquaintedwithsomecollocationsinthetexts

Comprehendstylisticdifferencesbetweenformaland

informalEnglishandacquiresomeformalexpressions

IITeachingActivitiesandResources

ReadingTextA

Lead-in

TeachingSteps

PlaysomevideoclipsofthemovieTheMatrix,andaskSstoworkingroupstodiscussthequestionsinLead-in.ThenchooseseveralSstosharetheiranswerswiththewholeclass.

AnswerKeys(SuggestedAnswers)

Ithinkit’salikelyscenarioalthoughitdependsonhowwedesignandcontroltechnology.Artificialintelligencehasbeenfacilitatingourdailylifeinagoodway,fromself-drivingcarstodigitalpersonalassistants.Sofar,ithasbeenbeneficialandundercontrol,andtheworlddepictedinTheMatrixseemsunlikelytocometoreality