新视野第四册各单元教案.docx

Unit 1Teaching aim：1. To learn and talk about fame;2. To develop a paragraph supported by details;3. To hold an interview on those celebrities;4. To explore the potential meaning in the latest news.Teaching methods：Heuristic teaching, discussion in groups within and outside class, multimedia approachPeriods:12课时:Section A部分的单词讲解及课文分析34课时：复习Section A部分主要内容,讲解Section A部分练习56课时:Section B部分的单词讲解及课文分析1 4课时Section A The Tail of Fame1. Pre-reading1. 1 Background informationErnest Hemingway (1899-1961)As one of the most famous American novelists, short story writers and essayists, Hemingway was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. His deceptively simple prose style has influenced a wide range of writers. His serious novel The Sun Also Rises appeared in 1926. The novel deals with a group of expatriates in France and Spain, members of the disillusioned post-World War I Lost Generation. It became his first great success as a novelist.The Old Man and the Sea, published first in Life magazine in 1952, again restored his fame. The 27,000 word novella told a story of an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago, who finally catches a giant marlin after weeks of not catching anything. As he returns to the harbor, the sharks eat the fish lashed to his boat.On July 2, 1961, Hemingway committed suicide with his favorite shotgun at his home.Robert Frost (1874-1963)As one of America's leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Frost wrote poems whose philosophical dimensions transcend any region. His poetry is thus both traditional and experimental, regional and universal. He unquestionably succeeded in realizing his life's ambition: to write “a few poems where they will be hard to get rid of.''Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)Renoir was a famous French painter, and one of the founders and exponents of the Impressionist Movement. His works are characterized by an extraordinary richness of feelings, warmth of response to the world and the people in it. Renoir once said: "Why shouldn't art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.''Steven Spielberg (1946-)He has ever been perhaps Hollywood's best-known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world, and also one of the most influential film personalities in the history of film. Spielberg has directed or produced many of the top-grossing films in Hollywood history, including E.T.: The Extra-Terrestria, Schindler's List, Saving Private Ryan, etc.Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Beethoven is a German composer, universally recognized as one of the greatest composers of the Western European music tradition. Beethoven's works crowned the classical period and also effectively initiated the romantic era in music. His astonishing Third Symphony (1803) was the thunderclap that announced the romantic century, and it embodies the titanic but rigorously controlled energy that was the hallmark of his style.He began to lose his hearing from c. 1795; by c. 1819 he was totally deaf. For his last 15 years he was unrivaled as the world's most famous composer. In musical form he was a considerable innovator, widening the scope of sonata, symphony, concerto, and string quartet. His greatest achievement was to raise instrumental music, hitherto considered inferior to vocal, to the highest plane of art.Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)He was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. Known for his wit and flamboyance, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years of hard labor after being convicted of the homosexual offences.2. While-reading2. 1 Understand the major details of the text1. Why does the writer compare an artist who seeks fame to a dog chasing its own tail?A: Because like a dog chasing its own tail, when the artist captures the fame, he does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it.2. What is the writer's statement about fame?A: The cruelty of success is that it often leads those who seek such success to participate in their own destruction.3. What device of writing is employed herein?A: Simile. To make his statement more convincing, the writer adopts the rhetorical device “simile”, as shown in the first sentence "An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it".4. How do celebrities pay fbr their distinct style?A: They pay fbr it by giving up the freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms.5. How does failure affect singled-minded seekers?A: Failure motivates them to work even harder to succeed. But unfortunately, not many follow their lead.2. 2 Understand organization of the text1) Summary of the textHave you ever known anyone famous? If so, you may have found that they are remarkably similar to the rest of us. You may have even heard them object to people saying there is anything different about them. "Pm really just a normal guy," protests an actor who has recently rocketed into the spotlight. There is, of course, usually a brief period when they actually start to believe they are as great as their worshipping fans suggest. They start to wear fancy clothes and talk as if everyone should hear what they have to say. This period, however, does not often last long. They fall back to reality as fast as they had originally risen above it all.What will it feel like to soar to such altitude and look down like an eagle from up high on everyone else? And what will it feel like to have flown so high only to wake from your dream and realize you are only human? Some only see the cruelty in losing something they had gained. They often make desperate attempts to regain what they lost. Often these efforts result in even greater pain. Some become bankrupt financially and emotionally. The only real winners are those who are happy to be back on the ground with the rest of us.2) Text structure analysisPart One (Para.l): Chasing fame often leads to self-destruction.Part Two (Para.2-5): The conquest of fame is no easy job and along with fame and fortune there come some negative effects.Part Three (Para.6): An artist is hard to be both successful and uncompromising.Part Four (Para.7): The greatest winners initially failed in the conquest of fame.Part Five (Para.8): Examples of those who failed many times before their final success. Part Six (Para.9): Conclusion: The writer's advice to those seeking fame and fortune.3. Detail reading3. 1 Words and phraseschase v. to run after someone or something in order to catch them e.g. Police chased the thief and eventually recovered the missing money.The kids chased each other in the garden.pessimistic a. expecting that bad things will happen in the future or that something will have a bad resulte.g. I am deeply pessimistic about the future.我对未来感到极其悲观。This may sound like putting the cart before the horse and being unnecessarily pessimistic.这听起来像是本末倒置,是不必要的悲观。 worship vt. to admire and love someone very much e.g. We all want heroes to worship, be they sportsmen, film stars, or politicians. 我们都 要有崇拜的英雄,无论他们是运动员、电影明星还是政治家。As a child, I worshipped my older brother.我小时候崇拜我哥哥。spur vt. to encourage someone or make them want to do something e.g. We spurred them on to greater efforts.我们鼓励他们做出更大的努力。It was an article in the local newspaper that finally spurred him into action.是当地报纸上一篇文章最终促使他采取了行动。drown vt. I) to have a very strong feeling or a serious problem that is difficult to deal withe.g. The country is drowning in debt.这个国家债台高筑。We were drowning in data but starved of information.我们被数据包围,可是却缺乏信息。2) to die from being under water for too long, or to kill someone in this way e.g. Forty-eight people have drowned after their boat overturned during a storm.他们的船在暴风雨中翻了,淹死了 48个人。Last night a boy was drowned in the river.昨夜有一个男孩在河里淹死了。exploit vt. to use something well in order to gain as much from it as possiblee.g. You can exploit a talent which you already possess.你可以利用已有的才能。We need to make sure that we exploit our resources as fully as possible. 我 们需要确保尽可能充分地利用资源。idle a. not working or producing anythinge.g. Half these factories are now standing idle.一半的工厂在停。Thousands of workers are idle now that the car factories have closed.汽车丿的关闭 使数千人无事可做。bore vt. to make someone lose interest and become tired and impatiente.g. I won't bore you with all the technical details.我就不拿这些技术上的细节来烦你了。The long novel bored me to death.那部冗长的小说烦死我了。sustain vt. 1) to make something continue to exist for a period of timee.g. He found that he couldn't sustain his interest in the job.他发现自己无法维持对那份工作的兴趣。The speaker succeeded in sustaining the listeners9 attention right to the very end. 这位演讲者成功地使听众的注意力保持到了最后。2) to give someone strength, energy or hopee.g. A good breakfast will sustain us through the day.顿丰盛的早餐能维持我们一天的精力。Throughout the trial he was sustained by the support of his family.整个审讯过程中, 他家人的支持使他得以支撑下去。minute a. very smalle.g. The scratch was almost too minute to see.擦痕很轻微,几乎看不清。They shouldn't be loaded down with minute and unimportant details,不应让他们被 这些琐碎的事压垮。single-minded a. someone who works with you as a beginnera.“具有什么特征的broad-minded light-hearted near-sightedblue-eyedkind-heartedgood-naturedgray-hairedopen-mindedcold-heartedsingle-handeddesperate1) needing or wanting something very much2) very worried and willing to do anything to change a bad situatione.g. He is desperate for a job to support his family. 他急需份工作养家糊口。The missing man's family are getting increasingly desperate. 失踪者的家人越来越绝望。desperately ad. extremely; verye.g. She desperately wanted her article published.她非常希望自己的文章能被发表。I was desperately lonely,我非常孤独。at best even when considered in the most positive way The meeting was al best partially successful.这次会议充其量只是部分成功。end up finally be in a particular situation or placeHe ended up unemployed fbr a long time.结果,他失业了很长一段时间。object to oppose or disapprove of somethingI always objected to the idea that everything is predetermined and that we have no choice. 我一直反对这种想法:一切都事先定好,我们没有任何选择。come on/upon find something or meet someone expectedlyWe came upon the idea of asking people to donate money over the Net.我们无意中想至 在网上请人们捐款。be hard-pressed to do sth.做某事有困难This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.今年这家航空公司要赢利困难重重。You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone better for the job.你很难找到更好的人做这项工作。.other than.除了He didn't mention anyone else's contributions other than his own,他只提到 T 自己的贡 献,而没有提其他任何人的。We missed the last bus so there was no choice other than to walk home, 我们错过 了 最后 班公交车,所以除了走回家别无选择。It takes sb. out of .使得某人缺乏It takes me out of mind to make wrong decisions.这使得我丧失了理智,从而做出了错误的决定。It takes me out of myself: I can't come back to what I used to be.我失去了自我,再也做不回当初的自己。3. 2 Sentence patterns1. An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it. (1)An artist who tries to achieve fame will not stop doing so even when he succeeds in getting it, just as a dog tries to get its own tail.艺术家追求成名,如同狗自逐其尾,一旦追到 手,除了继续追逐不知还能做些什么。Sb. who do sth. be like sb. else doing sth. else who, when / once .做某事的人如同 他人做,一旦,就 用于表述“事物之间的类比”。A teenager who is hot on online games is like one taking drugs who, once addicted to it, does not know what else to do but to continue seeking thrill from it.热衷于网络游戏的青少年,如同一个吸毒的,一旦成瘾,除了继续寻求刺激不知还 能做什么。2. The cruelty of success is that it often leads those who seek such success to participate in their won destruction. (1)The harsh reality of success is that is often destroys those who try hard to achieve it. participate in: take part in or become involved in an activity.3. "Don't quit your day job!" is advice frequently given by understandably pessimistic family members and friends to a budding artist who is trying hard to succeed. (2)The budding artist s family and friends frequently advise him against giving up his day job. Their feeling that the artist might fail in his pursuit is understandable. 对一名 正 努力 追 求成功并刚刚崭露头角的艺术家,其亲朋常常会建议“正经的仮碗不能丢!”他们的 担心不无道理。“.”is advice frequently given by sb. to sb. else who do sth. ""是某人常常给做某事的人提出的建议。用于表述“人在特定情况下常提的建议"。"Idleness in youth spells regret in old age!" is advice frequently given by the old to those who show a lack of the desire to advance.“少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲!”是老人们常常给缺乏上进心的年轻人提出的建议。4. The conquest of fame is difficult at best, and many end up emotionally if not financially bankrupt.Even under the most favorable circumstances, gaining fame is difficult, and in the end many artists fail emotionally even if they do not fail financially.at best: even when considered in the most positive wayThe meeting was at best partially successful.这次会议充其量只是部分成功.end up: finally be in a particular situation or placeHe ended up unemployed fbr a long time.bankrupt: a. without enough money to pay what one owesMany small businesses will go bankrupt unless interest rates fall.5. Still, impure motives such as the desire fbr worshipping fans and praise from peers may spur the artist on. The lure of drowning in fame's imperial glory is not easily resisted. (2) Impure motives such as the desire for worshipping fans and praise from peers may push the artist to achieve fame. It is almost impossible to resist the admiration and praise that fame brings.worship: vt. admire and love someone very muchAs a child, I worshipped my older brother.6. Those who gain fame most often gain it as a result of exploiting their talent fbr singing, dancing, painting, or writing, etc. (3)Very often the reason why some artists become famous is that they make good use of their talent for sing, dancing, painting, or writing, etc.7. They develop a style that agents market aggressively to hasten popularity, and their ride on the express elevator to the top is a blu匚 Most would be hard-pressed to tell you how they even got there. (3)These artists demonstrate a style that agents promote forcefully to make them popular more quickly. Most of them would find it difficult to tell you how they became famous. be hard-pressed to do sth.: have difficulty doing somethingThis year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit.今年这家航空公司要赢利困 难重重.8. Artists cannot remain idle, though. (3)However, artists cannot stop in their career.9. When the performer, painter or writer becomes bored, their work begins to show a lack of continuity in its appeal and it becomes difficult to sustain the attention of the public.When the artist becomes tired and impatient, their work will lose its charm and they will find it hard