新视野大学英语第三册第七单元教案.pdf
Book3Unit SevenTeaching Aims and Requirements:1)Get the students familiar with some useful expressions about language of flowers.2)Explain some grammatical points and useful expressions to help the students catchidiomatic usage of some new word and enrich their vocabulary.3)Analyze the structure of the text to help the students improve their reading comprehension.4)Do exercises to check what they have learnt in class.Teaching procedure:1 .Warming-up activities-listen to a short passage and then answer the corresponding questions.4.A discussion about the western festivals and their opinions2.A detailed explanation of some words and phrases3.Paraphrase the complicated sentences,analyze the structure and introduce the employed writingtechniques4.A summary of the test:first summary up all the useful expressions mentioned in the text,thenask students to retell the passage by using their own words.5.Do some exercisesTeaching Methods and Time Arrangement:The students-centered method and discussion centered method;7 periods of timeSection A A Rose Is a RosePart One:(Lead in)A topic to be discussedl.What festivals in the Western world are you familiar with?Then introduce these festivals brieflyone by one.The foreign festivals we are familiar with include:Christmas Day,Valentines Day,AprilFools Day,Carnival Festival(狂欢节)，Easter(复活节)，Thanksgiving Day,and All Saints Day(万圣节)，of which Christmas is the most important and similar to the Chinese Spring Festival.2.Do you know why the Chinese students become more and more interested in the foreignfestivals?Much to our surprise,however,the Chinese students have been showing more and moreenthusiasm for such festivals as Valentines Day,April Fools,Day,Thanksgiving Day andChristmas Day,popular in the West.There may be as many reasons for students to grow fonder of these foreign festivals,but,onthe whole,three major factors should call for our concern.First,it is the nature of young people toseek for novelty and individuality,which our open-door policy has made possible.Second,celebrating foreign festivals is believed to be the best way of escaping from reality,in which mostof the students are being subjected to all kinds of stress.And above everything else,it is a directproduct of more and more exchanges between our cultures and Western cultures.3.Ask students if they know the origin if Valentines Day.Valentines Day:Valentine was a priest in Rome at the time Christianity was a newreligion.The Emperor at that time,Claudius II,ordered the Roman soldiers not to marry orbecome engaged.Claudius believed that as married men,his soldiers would want to stay homewith their families rather than fight his wars.Valentine defied the Emperors decree and secretlymarried the young couples.He was eventually arrested,imprisoned,and put to death.Valentinewas beheaded on February 14th,the eve of the Roman holiday Lupercalia（牧神节）.After hisdeath,Valentine was named a saint.As Rome became more Christian,the priests moved the springholiday from the 15th of February to the 14th Valentines Day.4.Ask students to talk about the meaning of different flowers,then show them some beautifulpictures.Part Two:listen to a short passage carefully and prepare to answer some questions.Will a rose smell as sweet if it is grown in South America instead of in the United States?Withthe living costs in the U.S.going up constantly,the costs of love and devotion have also soared.The rose selling companies have turned overseas to bring in better,fresher,and cheaper roses inorder to cut down the cost of the gift of roses so the American buyers will not switch to anothertype of flower in times of celebration.Now imported roses are sold across the entire country,andninety percent of the imported flowers come from Colombia and Ecuador.The lowered price ofroses is a blessing for the lovers but a great challenge for the domestic rose growers.l.Do you think gifts of devotion mean more to that special someone if they are more expensive?I dont think so.As far as my insight into the problem is concerned,love is clothed not somuch in money as in mind.As a real story proves,the mother,on her 65th birthday,received twogiftsan itch scratcher from her daughter at home and a parrot from her son abroad.The scratcher,though as cheap as one yuan,reminded her of the care and affection from her daughter whenevershe used it whereas the bird,though as expensive as$200 in terms of money and clever enough tosay something like“I love you,mum“in English,brought her nothing but noise anytime it sangor spoke English.To sum up,it is the true love behind the gift and not the gift itself that mattersmost to gift giving.2.Have you ever sent or received flowers for a special occasion?How do you feel when youreceive flowers?Discuss the occasions that are traditional for sending flowers in general or rosesin partucular.I received a bunch of beautiful flowers at my 17th birthday party.I can still remember howsurprised and excited I was at the sight of the flowers.With a cry of joy,I forgot to jump,holdingthem tightly in hands and enjoying their fragrance.Sending flowers,although popular in the West,is not a traditional Chinese custom.In Chinatoday,however,flowers are sent to people ill in hospital,or to the host and hostess when one goesto visit a friend at home.Particularly,red roses are given to girls by their boyfriends on ValentinesDay,or to wives by their husbands on their wedding anniversaries.3.Why do rose-selling companies in America turn to foreign rose growers?The reason is that the price of roses in America is very high,which may keep Americansfrom buying red roses in large numbers.As a result,rose-selling companies in America turn toforeign rose growers for better,fresher and cheaper roses.Otherwise,the American buyers mayswitch to another type of flower when celebrating their special days.Part Three:New Words And PhrasesdistributeMost of these are consumer goods to be distributed to shops locally and nationwide.Clothes and blankets have been distributed among the refugees,discountn.C a cutting-down in the usual priceThe shop assistant said they could give me a big discount if I bought three at once.He sold the goods to her at a special discount.vt.1.make a discountThat store discounted all its unsold merchandice.2.regard(a story,piece of news,suggestion,etc.)as unimportant or unlikely to be true or valuableExperts have discounted the possibility of a second earthquake in the area.circulateDont stay talking to one person all evening circulate among your guests.The heart circulates blood round the body.2.(cause to)spread widelyStrange stories began to circulate in the small town about Morisons new girlfriend.sprayHe opened a bottle of champagne and it sprayed all over my dress.A car went past and sprayed me with water!Can you feel the spray from the sea?We parked the car by the sea and it got covered with spray.viaIt is thought that he was paid via a Swiss bank account.The message was broadcast all over the world via radio.bloomvi.1.develop very good,attractive,or successful qualitiesThe friendship between Tom and Jack bloomed when they found out how many interests theyshared.Thanks to the effective management method,the companys business bloomed last year.2.produce flowers,come into flower,or be in HowerThese flowers will bloom all through the summer.The flowers still bloomed as brightly in early September as they had in July.The apple trees are in full bloom at the moment.He was only nineteen but the bloom of youth had already disappeared from his face.The young movie star was in the bloom of youth.bankruptHe went bankrupt after only a year in business.The company went bankrupt because it couldnt sell its products.2.lacking in some good qualityThe politician became bankrupt in reputation after the exposure of his forgery.In this movie,you can see such a society that is morally bankrupt and politically unstable.launchEarly last year the company researched the possibility of launching a new late-night show.They launched a special party for the new book.2.send(a new ship,etc.)into the water or send(a rocket,satellite,etc.)into the sky or spaceAs soon as the alarm was given,the lifeboat was launched.Our nuclear missiles can be launched at a moments notice.All the pilot can do is to signal if the launch is too fast or abandon the launch if it is too slow.The rocket had a minor problem during its first launch last October.releaseThe latest developments have just been released to the public.He was released from prison after serving two years of a five-year sentence.Death was a merciful release for him as he had been through unbearable suffering all this time.Since his release a year ago,he has been prevented from working as a journalist.The band played their latest release.offer sth.to sb.The universities are now offering a wider range of courses to students for them to choose from.The booklet offers practical advice to people with housing problems,look likeIt looks like rain；do you see that big dark cloud?The party looks like being a success after all.be left overIts shameful to see so much food left over in restaurants.account for1.supply the amount that is mentionedSales to Europe accounted for 80%of our total sales last year.Computers account for 5%of the countrys commercial electricity consumption.2.explain or give a reason for sth.How can we account for these changes?I was asked by my boss to account for all the money I had spent.go downThe worlds total supply of oil is going down all the time,as more and more gets used up.The neighborhood has gone down since those rough people moved in.get a breakKeep trying.Youre bound to get a break sooner or later.on sb.s sideJustice is on our side.Whose side are you on anyway?The US entered the war on the side of England in 1941.Part Four:Language Points1.Nothing says love like a dozen long-stemmed roses on Valentines Day.Meaning:There is no other thing that can deliver the message of love better than a bundle oflong-stemmed roses on Valentines Day.2.More than a million roses will be sold during this festival for lovers,the biggest day of the yearfor the nations rose industry.(Para.1)Meaning:More than a million roses will be sold during the Valentines Day this year.Valentines Day is a festival for people in love,and also the biggest day of the year for the nationsrose industry.3.Yes,a rose is a rose is a rose.(Para.2)The sentence is quoted from the famous American female writer Gertrude Stein(1874-1946).Herwriting is characterized by repetition with slight changes.The following is one more example:Please be please be get,please get wet,wet naturally,naturally in weather.In the text the sentence is quoted to emphasize the idea ua rose is a rose.4.And discount rose shops help those hopelessly in love save money.(Para.2)Meaning:And rose shops which offer price reduction enable people madly in love to save money.5.Except for today,prices range from$6 for a dozen short-stems to$19 for a dozen of its longeststems.(Para.3)Meaning:Except for roses that were cut today,prices vary from$6 for a dozen short-stems to$19for a dozen of its longest stems.6.1nside this store,on Sixth Avenue near 40th Street,contemporary white furniture andwall-to-wall mirrors give it an expensive look.(Para.4)Meaning:Roses Only is located on Sixth Avenue near 40th Street.Inside the store,contemporarywhite furniture and wall-to-wall mirrors make the store look expensive.7.Customers some dressed in work clothes,some in expensive suits and overcoats circulateamong the counters and stare at shelf after shelf of roses in more than 50 colors.(Para.4)Meaning:Customers some wearing work clothes,some dressed in expensive suits andovercoats move about freely among the counters,looking eagerly at the roses in more than 50colors from shelf to shelf.stare at shelf after shelf of roses:stare at the shelves of roses;look closely at the roses from shelfto shelf8.The companys formula for success is to hold prices down by controlling every link in the rosechain.(Para.6)Meaning:The company*s key to success is to keep prices down by controlling every step in thewhole process of the rose business.9.Fresh roses are sprayed with water to keep them moist and flown to company stores three timesa week.(Para.6)Meaning:In order to keep fresh roses moist,people spray water over the roses and send them tocompany stores by air three times a week.10.Roses Only can arrange delivery via overnight mail to anywhere in the country.(Para.6)Meaning:Roses Only can send roses to anywhere in the country through overnight mail.1 1.Imported roses are sold across the entire breadth of the industry,from big flower shops tostreet-corner stands.(Para.7)Meaning:Imported roses are sold throughout the flower industry,from big flower shops tostreet-corner stands.12.The trend has hurt domestic rose growers such as Johnson Flowers of California,considered tobe this countrys leading producer.The rose industry in this country is going down,says MichaelJohnson.Our profit margin has dropped substantially.(Para.8)Meaning:The trend that imported roses become more and more popular has hurt home rosegrowers such as Johnson Flowers of California,which is considered to be USAs leading roseproducer.nThe rose industry in this country is declining/1 says Michael Johnson.We are gainingless and less money.113.Then overseas people began unloading carnations,he says,and virtually chased U.S.carnation growers out of business.(Para.10)Meaning:Then overseas people,that is,the foreign growers,began selling carnations in largenumbers in America,he says,and practically drove U.S.carnation growers out of business.14.We have a few bulk distribution centers.(Para.11)Meaning:We have a few centers that distribute roses in large quantities.15.We may also widen our business to include the service area and be a representative for overseasflower producers.As a replacement for lost rose sales,the Johnsons and other growers also arestarting to sell other types of flowers.(Para.11)Meaning:We may also expand our business by providing various services and being an agent foroverseas flower producers.In order to compensate for lost rose sales,the Johnsons and othergrowers also are starting to sell other types of flowers.(The Johnsons and other growers also arestarting to sell other types of flowers so as to make up for lost rose sales.)16.U.S.growers got a break this Valentines Day;a recent frost killed 25%of Colombias rose crop.(Para.12)Meaning:U.S.growers had some good luck this Valentines Day;a recent frost destroyed 25%ofColombias rose crop.17.But next year,the weather may not be on their side.Its hard to operate a business on someoneelses disaster,Johnson says.(Para.12)Meaning:But next year,the weather may not be in their favor.Its hard to run a business bytaking advantage of someone elses disaster,Johnson says.18.All the changes are making some in the rose business long for the good old days,whenneighborhood flower shops arranged and
