基础英语D 综合教程Book4Uni14 Unit 14 The idiocy of Urban Life Teaching Aims: In this unit studentsarerequired to: 1.Practice reading strategies such as predicting,skimming,guessing, etc 2.Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student's vocabulary; 3.Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions,role play and interaction activities to help to develop the students'oral communicative abilities: 4.Appreciate and learn some writing skills in the retelling of Text I and practice it along with translation; 5.Get to know some informationabout Jeans; 6.Do some other after-class exercise including listening and reading to improve students'comprehensive skills
基础英语 D 综合教程 Book 4 Unit 14 1 Unit 14 The idiocy of Urban Life Teaching Aims: In this unit students are required to: 1. Practice reading strategies such as predicting, skimming, guessing, etc. 2. Grasp some new words and expressions to enrich student’s vocabulary; 3. Do some oral work such as pre-reading questions, role play and interaction activities to help to develop the students’ oral communicative abilities; 4. Appreciate and learn some writing skills in the retelling of Text I and practice it along with translation; 5. Get to know some information about Jeans; 6. Do some other after-class exercise including listening and reading to improve students’ comprehensive skills
基础英语D 综合教程Book4Uni14 Unit 14 The idiocy of Urban Life-1 Time table 100 minutes Stages Contents Objectives Activities Time Morning report News report Get to know the world 5 mins around them Recitation Unit 13 text 1 Consolidate the wordsand Chain work 10 mins practice speaking HW checking Show their ideas and GW 25 understandings Comments On exercises in each unit 10 mins the exam Break Reading 1 Lead-in discussion Prepare the students for the Question 10 mins Pre-stage coming topic and answ Gist of text I Summariz the mainidea While-stage Scanning the text Get to know the jeans Individua 30mins &PB Homework Work on the vocab For better comprehending 5 mins by themselves f the texton linguistic leve) Morning report(5 mins) Recitation of text 1 of Unit 13(10 mins) Text1 following passage aloud.making a pause between sense If by "suburb"is meant an urban margin/that grows more rapidly than its already developed cesof suburbanization began/during the emr nce of the industrial city in the century./Befor erio the cty small highly ompa cluster/in which people moved about on foot and goods were conveyed by horse and cart./But the early factories built in the 1840s were located along waterways/and near railheads at the edges of cities,/and housing was needed for the thousands of people drawn by the prospect of emplovment/In time/the factories were surrounded/by proliferating mill towns of apartments and row houses that abutted the older,/main cities./Asa defense against this ent and to enarge their tax their industrial/example the city of Philadelphia annexed most of Philadelphia County.Similar municipal maneuvers took place in Chicago and in New York/Indeed./most great cities of the United States achieved such 2
基础英语 D 综合教程 Book 4 Unit 14 2 Unit 14 The idiocy of Urban Life - 1 Time table - 100 minutes Stages Contents Objectives Activities Time Morning report News report Get to know the world around them 5 mins Recitation Unit 13 text 1 Consolidate the words and practice speaking Chain work 10 mins HW checking Show their ideas and understandings GW 25 Comments on the exam On exercises in each unit 10 mins Break Reading 1 Pre-stage Lead-in discussion Prepare the students for the coming topic Question and answer 10 mins Gist of text 1 Summarize the main idea 5 mins While-stage Scanning the text Get to know the jeans Individual & PB 30mins Homework Work on the vocab by themselves For better comprehending of the text on linguistic level 5 mins Morning report (5 mins) Recitation of text 1 of Unit 13 (10 mins) Text 1 I. Lead-in: Read the following passage aloud, making a pause between sense groups. If by “suburb” is meant an urban margin/ that grows more rapidly than its already developed interior,/ the process of suburbanization began/ during the emergence of the industrial city in the second quarter of the nineteenth century./ Before that period/ the city was a small highly compact cluster/ in which people moved about on foot and goods were conveyed by horse and cart./ But the early factories built in the 1840s were located along waterways/ and near railheads at the edges of cities,/ and housing was needed for the thousands of people drawn by the prospect of employment./ In time,/ the factories were surrounded/ by proliferating mill towns of apartments and row houses that abutted the older,/ main cities./ As a defense against this encroachment and to enlarge their tax bases,/ the cities appropriated their industrial neighbors./ In 1854,/ for example,/ the city of Philadelphia annexed most of Philadelphia County./ Similar municipal maneuvers took place in Chicago and in New York./ Indeed,/ most great cities of the United States achieved such
基础英语D 综合教程Book4Uni14 status/only by incorporating the communities along their borders./ II.Text introduction This is a piece of investigative writing which explores the history of the blue jeans,one of American symbols today.The author provides some important information concerning who the inventor was.when and how the pants came into being.why they have become popular and what they ymbolize
基础英语 D 综合教程 Book 4 Unit 14 3 status/ only by incorporating the communities along their borders./ II. Text introduction This is a piece of investigative writing which explores the history of the blue jeans, one of American symbols today. The author provides some important information concerning who the inventor was, when and how the pants came into being, why they have become popular and what they symbolize
基础英语D 综合教程Book4Uni14 Unit14 The idiocy of Urban Life-2 Time table 100 minutes Stages Contents Objectives Activities Time Morning report News report Get to the world around 5 mins them Lead-in Students are supposed to GW 15 mins understand the differences concerning jeans Culture background To get students 5 mins motionally involved in the topis Post-reading Structure analysis Understand the 5 mins construction of the text Text 1 GW 20 mins Break Text Comprehension Checking students' individual 25 mins Text 1 understanding of the text pair work Use the newly learnt 10 mins expressions to talk about their own life debate Practice their thinking GW 15 mins Homework Suplemetary reading materials Morning report HW Checking The representatives of each group are supposed to report the different jeans I.Cultural background Highlights This text falls in the generic category of argumentation.The author first presents to us that the ishThen he provides evidences for the idioy of urban life such as the pretense of city dwellers when they try to live outside the city boundaries,insignificant city work.an unreal environment in which live the city dwellers,and the damage done by the office work to the physical conditions of the workers.Finally,the author reiterates his point. II.Structural analysis Structural Analysis of the Text This text can be divided into three parts
基础英语 D 综合教程 Book 4 Unit 14 4 Unit14 The idiocy of Urban Life - 2 Time table - 100 minutes Stages Contents Objectives Activities Time Morning report News report Get to the world around them 5 mins Lead-in Students are supposed to understand the differences concerning jeans GW 15 mins Culture background To get students emotionally involved in the topis 5 mins Post-reading Structure analysis Understand the construction of the text 5 mins Text 1 GW 20 mins Break Text 1 Text Comprehension Checking students’ understanding of the text individual & pair work 25 mins Use the newly learnt expressions to talk about their own life 10 mins debate Practice their thinking GW 15 mins Homework Suplemetary reading materials Morning report HW Checking The representatives of each group are supposed to report the different jeans I. Cultural background Highlights This text falls in the generic category of argumentation. The author first presents to us that the aggressively individualistic and atomized urban life today goes against both the purpose of the city and the human nature, and thus is foolish. Then he provides evidences for the idiocy of urban life, such as the pretense of city dwellers when they try to live outside the city boundaries, insignificant city work, an unreal environment in which live the city dwellers, and the damage done by the office work to the physical conditions of the workers. Finally, the author reiterates his point. II. Structural analysis Structural Analysis of the Text This text can be divided into three parts
基础英语D 综合教程Book4Uni14 Part One (Paragraphs 1-2):In this part the author contrasts human beings with rats in terms of their urban lives It starts withadescription ife at night,when rats are active in th city.Then it is contrasted with the urban life of human beings.Finally the writer presents the thesis of his argument:aggressively individualistic and atomized urban life today goes against both the purpose of the city and the human nature,and thus is foolish. Part Two(Paragraphs3):In this part.providesevidences for the idioy of urban life Para.3-4:discussing the pretense of city dwellers when they try tolive outside the city boundaries Para.5-6:putting forward the point that city work is an unreal environment Para.7:proving that the city dwellers live and work in an unreal environment Para.8-9:showing the damage done by the office work to the physical conditions of the workers Part3(Paragraph 10):n this pat the idiocy of uban life and theutima reasons for this phenomenon.On the one hand,city dwellers try to simulate rural life,and on th other hand.they disdain and mock this life III Comprehension questions e.g.His manner was civil,though not particularly friendly. cruises easily through blinking traffic lights:moves easily through traffic lights and turn red and e.g.1)The plane is cruising at an altitude of ,000 feet. 2)We are planning to spend our retirement cruising on luxury liners around the world. The word"insomniac"here is used as a transferred epithet to modify something inanimate. More examples of transferred epithet: Even so.the risk of discovery was beginning to cause Pettit sleepless nights He threw a reassring arm around my shoulder. rat race:fierce competition rubs to some:rubs as called by some people g)Theoer musiciansdisdain the new,rock-infuenced musi 2)Our new neighbors seem to be disdaining to speak to us simulation:imitation of the conditions of (a situation etc.)resemblance e.g.I was quite deceived by her simulation of sorrow
基础英语 D 综合教程 Book 4 Unit 14 5 Part One (Paragraphs 1-2): In this part, the author contrasts human beings with rats in terms of their urban lives. It starts with a description of a civil urban life at night, when rats are active in the city. Then it is contrasted with the urban life of human beings. Finally the writer presents the thesis of his argument: aggressively individualistic and atomized urban life today goes against both the purpose of the city and the human nature, and thus is foolish. Part Two (Paragraphs 3-9): In this part, the author provides evidences for the idiocy of urban life. Para. 3-4: discussing the pretense of city dwellers when they try to live outside the city boundaries Para. 5-6: putting forward the point that city work is an unreal environment Para. 7: proving that the city dwellers live and work in an unreal environment Para. 8-9: showing the damage done by the office work to the physical conditions of the workers Part 3 (Paragraph 10): In this part, the writer summarizes the idiocy of urban life and the ultimate reasons for this phenomenon. On the one hand, city dwellers try to simulate rural life, and on the other hand, they disdain and mock this life. III Comprehension questions Language Points and Difficult Sentences Comprehension civil: polite and formal e.g. His manner was civil, though not particularly friendly. cruises easily through blinking traffic lights: moves easily through traffic lights and turn red and green alternately cruise: (of a vehicle or its driver) travel (at an efficient speed) e.g.1) The plane is cruising at an altitude of 35,000 feet. 2) We are planning to spend our retirement cruising on luxury liners around the world. during an insomniac night: during a sleepless night The word “insomniac” here is used as a transferred epithet to modify something inanimate. More examples of transferred epithet: Even so, the risk of discovery was beginning to cause Pettit sleepless nights. He threw a reassuring arm around my shoulder. rat race: fierce competition rubs to some: rubs as called by some people disdain: think oneself superior to; reject e.g.1) The older musicians disdain the new, rock-influenced music. 2) Our new neighbors seem to be disdaining to speak to us. simulation: imitation of the conditions of (a situation etc.); resemblance e.g. I was quite deceived by her simulation of sorrow