新视野大学英语第三册第五单元教案.docx

课程名称大学英语教材名称新视野大学英语3授课时间2005年10月17日授课对象04级本科生教学内容提要Unit 5 Graceful Hands计划学时6教学目的1. important new words and phrases should be mastered2. listening practice and reading skills training教学要求1. to know the meaning of graceful hands2. to know the meaning of life and the attitude towards death教 材 分 析重点1. Key words, phrases & usages2. grammar focus解决办法lecturing, discussing and interactive activities难点1. Why does the writer notice and mention the graceful hands several times?2. detailed analysis of difficult sentences in the text解决办法repeatedly speaking and listening interactive activities教学方法ways of discussing, lecturing, dictating and listening教学手段（图表、 投影、幻灯、录 像、CAI及多媒体 等）录音机、磁带、黑板、粉笔新内容新知识（注名来源及所 占比例）the attitude towards death and the meaning of life 新视野大学英语345%参考资料新视野大学英语3 （教师用书）主编:郑树堂 郎文当代高级英语辞典主编:Addison Wesley 新视野大学英语读写教程课文辅导大全主编:马德高课堂设计主要内容拟用时间表达方式1. Lead-in3mAsk students to do2.Background Information7mLecturing3. Readi ng-Cen tered Activities Structure ,Words, Phrases and90mLecturing4.Structure of the Text10mSum up of the text5.Listening Exercises50mAsk students to do6.Speaking Exercises50mAsk students to do7.Dictation10mAsk students to do8.Do Quiz50mAsk students to do9.Reading Skills(Section B)30mLecturing & Ask students to do教学过程1. Lead inThis story is of a doctor's view of a terminally ill grandmother 一 how graceful her hands are and how graceful her heart is to spare her family the pain of her passing. Then we can see how is the old woman faced with death.2. Background Information3. Reading-Centered Activities: Words and Phrases1. graceful: adj.优美的派生词grace n. graceless adj.搭酣 be graceful in主要指姿势动作优雅 eg: She is graceful in manner / speech / movement.2. preceding: adj.在前的,前述的辨析previous, prior, preceding, foregoing, former 意思都含“在先的”、“在前的”。previous指“时间上早于某人物、事件或行动的”,如:He cannot go for he has a previous engagement.他不能去,因他已先有约会。prior指“除时间外,还可在顺序、重要性等方面在前的”,如:a prior commitment 优先赞助preceding指“在时间或位置上紧接于前的”,如:the preceding night 昨晚foregoing指“前面的”、“前述的”,如:the foregoing examples 前面的例子former指“以前的”、“在前的”,如: the former president 前总统3. decay : n.腐朽.腐烂,衰减,衰退V滾落搭配in decay塌坏eg: The house is in decay.fall into decay 衰败,塌坏eg: The old country was falling into decay.4. injure: vt.辨析 harm / hurt / injure / woundharm: “伤害”指招致创伤,可指身上的创伤也指感情上的,但伤害程度一般 不及 injure 和 wound .injure: “伤害”指给某人外表,健康,成功,名誉所带来极为有害的损害。 wound : “受伤”指在战场中和战场上受外伤。hurt: “伤害，使受伤痛”特别是身体的一部分。5. famine: n.饥荒.古饥饿.严重的缺乏辨析famine, starvation, hunger 都可表示饥饿famine指因天灾人祸引起的大规模的粮食匮乏而使人挨饿。starvation指人由于缺乏食物而引起的饥饿,或因饥饿致死。 hunger人体对食物的迫切需求,是种正常的生理需求。6. outline: n.大纲,轮廓,略图,外形,要点,概要 vt.描画轮廓,略述搭配give an outline of概要说明;描绘的轮廓 in outline只画轮廓（的）;概括地 make an outline of为拟出提纲 outline sth. to sb.向某人概述7. hint: n.暗示,提示,线索搭配drop / give a hint暗示;示意;露口风 let fall a hint暗示;示意;露口风 take a hint领会;明白;根据别人的暗示采取行动 at a hint见迹象8. interval: n.间隔,距离,时间间隔搭配at intervals不时,时时;每隔一段时间、距离at long intervals偶尔,间或at short intervals常常9. blank:辨析empty vacant blank意思都含“空的”。empty是常用语,指“空间内无人无物的”,如:an empty room 空房间（屋内无人无物）。vacant较为正式,指“地方（暂时）没被占用而空着的”,如:a vacant room in a hote!旅馆的间空房（未住人,但内有家具）。 blank指“表面上没任何东西”或“表面是空白的”,如:a blank wall无门（窗等）的墙10. reach for :eg. He reaches for the table .她伸手去摸桌子。11. feel for :eg. He felt his pocket for some change . 他摸口袋想找点零钱。12. bend to :eg. She bent to pick up an envelop from the floor . 她弯腰从地板上捡起了信封。13. provide for sth.:eg. What do you provide for the emergency ? 遇到紧急情况你怎么办?14. pick sb. up :eg. She picked the baby up and left quickly . 她抱起孩子很快就离开了。15. hang around sth.:=cause to swing from or round sth.e.g. he was so rich that he liked to hang half his fortune around his wife's neck.16. go about:=start to work at sth.e.g. how should I go about finding a job?go after追求go against反对go ahead走在前面go along前进go at攻击17. pick up:=take hold of and lift sb.e.g. I picked a small child up under each arm and ran to the other end of the garden.pick at一点一点的吃pick on选择18. on one's own:=alone=without helpe.g. she lives on her own.19. be dependent on : =need support from e.g. The man was out of work and dependent on his son's earnings.4. Difficult sentences:1. I reach for the light switch, and as it silently lights the scene, I return to the hed to observe the patient with an unemotional, medical eye.Meaning: I stretch out my hand to turn on the light, and as the light quietly lights the whole room, I return to the bed to watch the patient without any personal emotions as a professional doctor does.我伸手去开灯。灯静静地照亮了整个病房,我走回病床边,用无动于衷的、医 生的目光观察着病人。2. She lies motionless: the head seems unusually large on a skeleton body the skin is dark yellow and hangs loosely around exaggerated bones that noteven a blanket can hide.Meaning: She lies still without any movement or sound: her body is so thin, like a skeleton, that her head looks unusually large the skin has the color of dark yellow and hangs loosely around the large bony skeleton that even a blanket can not hide. 她动不动地躺着:骨瘦如柴的身体使她的头显得特别大;皮肤呈暗黄色,松 松地裹在嶙峋的、连毛毯也遮掩不住的骨骼上。3. Taking a glass of water from the table, I put my finger over the end of the straw and allow a few drops of the cool moisture to slide into her mouth and ease her thirst.Meaning: Taking a glass of water from the table, I put my finger over the end of the straw and let a few drops of water drip into her mouth and relieve her thirst.我从桌上拿起一杯水,用手指封着吸管的一端,滴了几滴凉凉的水到她的嘴里, 以缓解她的干渴。4. “More,“ the dry voice says, and we repeat the procedure. (Para. 4)Meaning: nMore,H says Mrs. Clark in her dry voice, and we do the same thing again. ”还要,”那干涩的声音说。于是我们又重复了一次。5. Naked, except for a light hospital gown, she is so very small and light that she seems like a victim of some terrible famine.Meaning: She wears nothing except for a light hospital gown, and she is very small and light as if she has suffered from eating nothing for quite a long time.除了 一件浅色的病号服,她什么也没穿。她乂小乂轻,简直像个严重饥荒的 受害者。6. Carefully, to avoid injuring her, I rub cream into the yellow skin, which rolls freely over the bones, feeling perfectly the outline of each bone in the back.Meaning: I take care and try not to hurt her while I rub cream into the yellow skin. The loose skin rolls freely over the bones, and I can feel perfectly the outline of each bone in the back.为了不伤着她,我小心翼翼地把护肤霜揉在她发黄的皮肤上。她的皮肤松松地 在骨头上滑动,背上每块骨头的轮廓都能清楚地摸到。7. When I am finished, I pull a chair up beside the bed to face her and, taking her free hand between mine, again notice the long, thin fingers.Meaning: When I have done this, I pull a chair up beside the bed to face her. As I take her free hand between mine, I notice again her long, thin fingers.而后,我挪了把椅子面朝她坐在床边,握住她那只空闲的手,此时我又一次注 意到她那细长的手指。8. I wonder briefly if she has any family, and then I see that there are neither flowers, nor pictures of rainbows and butterflies drawn by children, nor cards.Meaning: For some time, I'm curious about whether she has any family, and then I see that in the room there is nothing suggesting that she has one. There are neither flowers, nor pictures of rainbows and butterflies drawn by children, nor cards.时间,我突然想知道她是否有家庭,接着我发现病房里没有花,没有孩子们 画的彩虹和蝴蝶，也没有卡片。9. In the total silence, I feel my own pulse quicken and hear my breathing asit begins to match hers, breath for uneven breath.Meaning: In the complete silence, I feel my own pulse beat faster and hear my breathing as it begins to correspond to her irregular breath.在一片寂静中,我感觉自己的脉搏加快了,我听到自己的呼吸开始伴随着她那 不均匀的呼吸起一落。10. Without words, through yellowed eyes, I receive my thank you and her eyes slowly close.Meaning: Neither of us speaks. But I know through her yellowed eyes that she is saying thank you. I get it and she slowly closes her eyes.无需任何语言,我从她发黄的眼睛中感受到了她对我的谢意,她慢慢闭上了眼 睛。11. She was the mother of seven, grandmother of eighteen, an active member of her church, a leader of volunteer associations in her community, a concert piano player, and a piano teacher for over thirty years.Meaning: She had seven children and eighteen grandchildren. She went to church and did some work for the church regularly. She was a leader of volunteer organizations at the place where she lived. She was a piano player in concerts, and had taught piano for more than thirty years.原来她是7个孩子的母亲,18个孩子的祖母,教会里的活跃分子,社区志愿者 协会的领导人,音乐会钢琴演奏家,从教30余年的钢琴教师。5. Listening ExercisesUnderstanding words, sentences and passages6. Speaking ExercisesPracticing conversational skills7. Dictation8. Do Quiz: test 59. Reading SkillsUnderstanding idiomatic expressions教学过程课堂讨论题1. How does the writer know that Mrs. Clark will die tonight?i2. Why did Mrs. Clark send her family home that night?3. Why does the writer notice and mention Mrs. Clark's fingers i several times?课外思考题1. Why the word graceful" is used to describe the grandmother?：2. What does the physician find out and what does she learn?3. If you were given this decision to assist in your family ： member's death, what are the challenges you might face?练习与作业1. The important new words and phrases should be mastered2. Review the text and do the exercises of translation课后小结Mrs. Clark was seriously ill and would die soon. She was just a skeleton at that time. The nurse accompanied the finishing her rest of life. She was the mother of seven, grandmother of eighteen and a concert piano player. Her graceful hands impressed the nurse greatly.