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1、新视野高校英语读写教程第四册教案B4U1Unit 1Life and Logic*Teaching Objectives： Students will learn to use English to1. To practice the skimming and scanning reading skills2. To apply the phrases and patterns3. To master the writing pattern of a narrative essay4. To write an essay creatively based on the understandin

2、g of the text *Time Allotment: each unit 8 classes1st-2nd classes: Part I Warming up1. Lead-in : Background introduction and theme-related questions for warming up2. Understanding of the text: Detailed understanding focus on Reading Strategy including Topic Sentence, Key Words, Logic Words, Reading

3、Clues etc. in order to help students have a better understanding about the passage by asking some questions about it.3rd-4th classes: Part II Text Study3. Reading in Depth: Structure Analysis, Summary, Difficult sentences analysis4. Language Focus: More practice in Language Points (language points e

4、xplanation, Sentence Patterns, Useful Expressions)5th6th classes: Part III Reflection5. Critical thinking: More speaking practice in discussion related to love and logic 6. Writing Practice: Text writing My first meeting with my roommate My most embarrassing experience A time I felt most proud of my

5、self7th8th classes: Part IV Assignment7. Post-reading activities: review words and expressions, role-play, exercises, etc8. Section B: Focus on fast reading and Practice in reading skillUNIT 1Section A Love and Logic: The Story of a FallacyPart I Warming up 1. Lead-in:1) What do you know about logic

6、Tips:It is the use and study of valid reasoning;Most prominent in the subjects of philosophy, mathematics, and computer science;Established as a formal discipline by Aristotle;One of the classical trivium (三学科), the other two being grammar and rhetoric（修辞）;Divided into three parts: inductive reasoni

7、ng（归纳推理）, abductive reasoning（反绎推理）, and deductive reasoning（演绎推理）. 2) Do you think it is possible to deal with life in a completely rational and logical wayTips:When it comes to making a choice, many people tend to use rational and logical reasoning;Rational world is not necessarily a wonderful one

8、;Rational individuals can make choices that are bad news for others;It is ridiculous to deal with love in a logical way.3) The following are some statements to test your reasoning ability. Tell whether the conclusions after the word “Therefore” are true (T), false (F), or uncertain (U). Write your a

9、nswer on the line before each statement. 1. All odd numbers are integers (整数). All even numbers are integers. Therefore, all odd numbers are even numbers. 2. There are no dancers that arent slim and no singers that arent dancers. Therefore, all singers are slim. 3. A toothpick (牙签) is useful. Useful

10、 things are valuable. Therefore, a toothpick is valuable. 4. Three pencils cost the same as two erasers. Four erasers cost the same as one ruler. Therefore, pencils are more expensive than rulers. 5. Class A has a higher enrollment than Class B. Class C has a lower enrollment than Class B. Therefore

11、, Class A has a lower enrollment than Class C.2. Cultural Background: 1) What is a fallacy And how is it usedTips:An error in reasoning that renders an argument logically invalid;By accident or design, logical fallacies are often used in debate or propaganda; To mislead people;To distract people fro

12、m the real issue for the purpose of winning an argument. 2) How many types of fallacy do you knowTips:Part II Text Study1. Global Reading:Tips for Reading: A Good Reader should 1) Try to become an active reader.2) Learn to ask more questions. ( what, why, how)3) Do the efficient reading. (key points

13、, topic sentence, key words, locating words, necessary and sufficient )4) Develop a habit of marking during reading.1.1 Answer Questions1) Why does the narrator want to have a beautiful and well-spoken girlfriendTips: He thinks a beautiful and well-spoken girlfriend will assist him to land a job and

14、 achieve success in an elite law company.2) Why does the narrator decide to teach Polly logicTips: Because he believes logic is essential to critical thinking. By teaching Polly logic, he can make her intelligent and well-spoken. 3) Is the narrator successful in teaching Polly logic How do you knowT

15、ips: Yes. He is only too successful in teaching her because in the end when he asks Polly to be his girlfriend, Polly refuses his request by applying all the logical fallacies he has taught her.1.2 Structure Analysis: The text tells a humorous but ironic story. The narrator, a smart and promising yo

16、ung student in a law school who seems to be able to attract beautiful girls easily, ends up in failure in his efforts to win a girl. Text A is a narrative, the focus of which is the plot. The structure of a narrative essay usually follows the Introduction Body Conclusion format. 1.3 Summary My roomm

17、ate Rob made a pact with me that hed give me his girlfriend Polly in exchange for my jacket. And I agreed. Polly had the right background to be the girlfriend of a dogged, brilliant lawyer like myself. She was pretty, well-off, and radiant. Still, I want to dispense her enough pearls of wisdom to ma

18、ke her “well-spoken”. So I tried my best to teach her such logical fallacies as Dicto Simpliciter, Hasty Generalization, Ad Misericordiam, and False Analogy. After five nights of diligent work, I actually made a logician out of Polly. She was an analytical thinker at last. When I asked her to develo

19、p our relationship into a romantic one, however, she refuted my arguments as those logical fallacies I had taught her! And she refused my proposition by making full proposition: She liked Rob in leather, therefore, she had told him to make the pact with me so that Rob could have my jacket.2. Languag

20、e Focus:1) in exchange for 作为对的交换为了给后代换来一个与平的环境，我们的革命先烈们抛头颅、洒热血。In exchange for a peaceful environment for the future generations, our revolutionary predecessors shed their blood and even sacrificed their precious lives. 2) set a date for 为定日期要想获得胜利，最好立刻开场努力，不要推三推四。In order to achieve success, one h

21、ad better start immediately rather than set dates for his/her efforts.3) appeal to 唤起；吸引这所高校拥有很多世界知名的专家、教授以及世界上最好的探讨图书馆，因此吸引了来自世界各地的学子与探讨人员。This university boasts many world-famous experts, professors, and the worlds best research library, therefore, it appeals to students and researchers from all o

22、ver the world.4) make/draw an analogy between 在之间作类比我们常常把学习与登山进展类比：两者在你到达巅峰之前都须要付出宏大的努力。We often make an analogy between studying and climbing a mountain: both of them require great efforts before you can reach the top.5) make sth. out of sb./sth. 使变成这所军校的目的是经过四年的学习与训练将这些年轻的军校生变成合格的军官。The aim of the

23、 military academy is to make qualified officers out of the young cadets after four years study and training.6) give sb. the axe 抛弃（恋人）；辞退假如你接着奢侈珍贵的高校时间，毕业时你将一事无成。If you continue playing your precious college years away, success will give you the axe upon graduation.7) be dripping with 满是这位美丽的女士尽管浑身珠

24、光宝气，言行却低俗无礼。Though the beautiful lady is dripping with jewels, her words and actions are dripping with vulgarity and rudeness.3. Language Application:1) Sentence writing a) If sb. could do , sb. just might do 用于表达 “假设”。假如你能好好利用现有的一切而不是梦想你所没有的，你很可能已经获得宏大的胜利了。If you could make the best of what you hav

25、e instead of dreaming of what you dont have, you just might have already achieved great success. b) Sb. never/seldom do . Instead, sb. do 用于表达“强调”。 一些人民公仆从不为人民效劳，而只是利用手中的特权、职权最大程度地为自己谋取私利。Some of our public servants never serve the people, instead they take advantage of their privileges and authorit

26、ies to seek personal interests to the maximum extent. c) Look at , look at . Can you do 用于表达“比照”。看看我们，住着高楼大厦，穿着耐克、阿迪，吃着麦当劳、肯德基，喝着百事与可乐。再看看那些战乱地区的难民们，躲在破烂不堪的草棚里，没穿、没吃、没喝。我们怎么还能埋怨我们的生活呢？Look at us, living in tall buildings, wearing Nike and Adidas, eating McDonalds and KFCs, drinking Pepsis and Colas.

27、 Look at the refugees in the war stricken areas, sheltering in poor straw sheds, having almost nothing to wear, to eat and to drink. How can we complain about our lives2) Text writingWrite a narrative essay Narrative writing can be broadly defined as story writing. It is a piece of writing character

28、ized by a main character who encounters a problem or engages in an interesting, significant or entertaining activity/experience in a particular setting. What happens to this main character is called the “plot”. The plot follows a “beginning, middle, end” sequence. The middle of the story is the larg

29、est and most significant part, which we call “the main event”. The main event is what the story is all about and involves either a problem to be solved or a significant life experience for the main character.Example:Part III Reflection1. Critical Thinking:1) What logical fallacy is included in the s

30、tory itself Why do you think so The story itself includes the fallacy “Dicto Simpliciter”. The narrator assumes that all girls would be happy to date a boy whose future is somewhat guaranteed. Therefore, Polly, a beautiful and wealthy young girl, would certainly fall in love with him “an ingenious s

31、tudent” and “a man with an assured future”, rather than Rob “a muscular idiot”. However, to the narrators surprise and disappointment, Polly chooses Rob in the end because Rob is fashionable and cool.2) What does the story tell us about love And what does it tell us about smart people Love is blind.

32、 It is ridiculous to use logic to deal with love; Smart people sometimes can make wrong judgments; Smart people are sometimes too arrogant and overconfident; Smart people may fall victims to their own smartness.3) Can you think of a logical fallacy you have committed Why is it a fallacy and what cau

33、sed it Yes, certainly. Actually, logical fallacies are very common in our everyday life. I myself commit logical fallacies very often, too. For example, when I first met my roommate in college, I felt very surprised when he told me he didnt like noodles. I asked, “People in the north of China like e

34、ating noodles. You are from the north, why dont you like noodles” Here I committed the logical fallacy “Dicto Simpliciter”. I falsely asserted that all people in the north should like noodles, and there should be no exception to this premise.4) What do you know about the difference between Chinese a

35、nd western patterns of thinking Western analytical pattern of thinking: man and nature are separate;Man against nature, separation between subjective world and objective world;Viewing the objective world with objective and sober scientific attitudes;Exploring nature by means of logic and reason;Gras

36、ping the nature of a thing through its phenomena;Use of logical concepts.Western pattern of thinking tends to be more logical than the Chinese one;Chinese integral pattern of thinking: man and nature are regarded as an integral whole;Nature-man Oneness, the unity of Heaven and Earth, Nature and Man,

37、 Male and Female, Yin and Yang; Instead of using logical argumentation of conception-judgment-reasoning, Chinese are used to forming a picture in the mind by imagination and use of intuitive experiences;2. Review:1 作为对的交换in exchange for 2 为定日期set a date for3 唤起；吸引appeal to4 在之间作类比make an analogy bet

38、ween 5 使变成make sth. out of sb./sth.6 抛弃（恋人）；辞退give sb. the axe7 满是Be dripping with8 签订协定make a pact9 化装wear makeup10 坚韧而睿智的律师a dogged, brilliant lawyer 11 施予某人才智之珠dispense sb. pearls of wisdom 12 使心情放轻松lighten the mood 13 刹车踏板brake pedal 14 扭曲事实distort the truth 15 忍住泪水keep back ones tears 16 超越某人的期

39、望surpass ones expectations 17 一下跳了起来leap to ones feet 18 怒火中烧(temper) flare up 19 不同凡响的学者A tremendous intellectual 20 四肢兴旺的蠢材a muscular idiot21 用于表达“假设”If sb. could do , sb. just might do 22 用于表达“强调”Sb. never/seldom do . Instead, sb. do 23 用于表达“比照”Look at , look at . Can you do Part IV Assignment1. Words & Phrases:Review all the words and practice translation and make at least 2 sentences with useful expressions.2. Reading and Writing Practice:Abbreviate the whole text following the Introduction Body Conclusion pattern.