新视野大学英语新版第三册Unit 7

Unit 7, Book Three

I. Section A: Bill Gates

1. Teaching Objectives:

To know the meaning and usage of some important words, phrases and patterns

To be familiar with the writing skills of the text and make use of it in writing

To respond and cooperate with classmates willingly

To participate actively

To read sentences and texts with proper intonation

To write smoothly and legibly

2.Time Allotment: Section A (3 periods):

1st---2nd period: Pre-reading activities ( theme-related questions for warming up;)

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While-reading activities (cultural notes; useful words and expressions;

difficult sentences)

3rdperiod: While-reading activities (text structure; main ideas)

Post-reading activities (comprehension questions; exercises)

3.Teaching Procedures:

3.1 Words and Expressions

Step 1. Word Using

3.1 Pre-reading Activities

Step 1 Greetings

Greet the whole class as usual.

Step 2. Review

1. Ask students some questions to review the last lesson（show them on the screen）.

2. Check the homework（made a list of celebrities whose achievements have

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great impact on the world by surfing the Internet or asking for help from other people）;

Topics

1. The definition of a role model

2. The extraordinary personality about Bill Gates

Purposes

1. To develop Ss’ online learning ability

2. To improve Ss’ ability to retrieve the relevant information

3. To stimulate Ss’ psychomotor thinking

4. To arouse Ss’ interest in learning the unit

Method: Talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, communicative approach, and audiolingual method.

Step 3. Lead-in and preparation for reading

Show the Ss some pictures and let them talk to each other about the topic on the

screen.

http://www.eduglobal.com/zt/school/index.html;

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http://www.zzu.edu.cn/peiyang.htm;

1. Where does Gates’ success come from?

His personality : intelligent , energetic and competitive

2. What distinguishes the Gates’ style ?

His time management skills.

3. What are the three major methods that Gates uses to run his company?

Sends out a hundred e-mail messages or more a day (and night); meets with the top managers about every month; holds two or three small review meetings a day with teams of people who work hard creating the company’s various products

4. Who is the co-founder of microsoft? How does the writer describe him?

Paul Allen , a dreamy visionary

5. What does Gates plan for the future?

He hopes to be running Microsoft for another 10 years and then promises to focus intensely on his family and give his money away.

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Purpose: Arouse the students’ interest of study. Bring in new subject: Study Abroad.

Method: Use the CAI, PPT software and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching

method, communicative approach, audio-visual method and audiolingual method.

Step 4. Fast reading

Ask the Ss to read the passage as quickly as they can and to answer the questions on the screen. Let them get the main idea of each paragraph and make clear about the text structure.

Text structure: ( structured writing )

Purpose: Improve the students’ reading and writing ability and understand the general idea of each paragraph.

Method: Read the text individually and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach and total physical response method.

Step 5. Preparation for details of the text on the screen

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Ss are required to look at the words and Phrases on the screen and give a brief presentation in class.

Words and Phrases:

Purpose: Train the Ss’ ability of understanding and using foreign language.

Method: Talk in groups, Use task-based language teaching method, communicative approach and total physical response method.

1) turn out : happen to be , or prove to be

The enemy’s proposal turned out to be a fraud.

敌人的建议原来是个。

As it turned out, it is not necessary for us to worry about them to such a terrible degree.

后来证明让我们担心到那种地步是没有必要的。

2）understate: say that something is less important ,serious than it really is

In the report , the lecturer understates the seriousness of environmental pollution.

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在报告中，演讲者并没有充分体现环境污染的严重性。

To our surprise, the once famous actor’s performance is understated in the film.

令人惊讶的是，这位曾经很知名的演员在这部戏中的表演大打折扣。

3）on the subject of : in talking about

Now that you are on the subject of love , don’t you think that you are too pessimistic about the true love ?

既然你谈到了爱情，难道你不觉得你对爱情的看法太悲观了吗？

He is not insterested in anything except on the subject of music.

他对任何东西都不感兴趣，除了对音乐。

4）in high gear: do something with great effort or energy

Our manager is a preson who is in high gear all the time.

我们的经理一直以来都是一个很努力的人。

The student is always in high gear in both study and work.

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这个学生对工作和学习都十分努力和认真。

5）claw one’s way: try very hard to reach a place or position, using a lot of effort and determination

In the following years, he clawed his way up the ladder until he was promoted as a president of the chemisry department . 在接下来的几年中，他努力地往上爬，直到当上了院长。

6）bat out: produce or do something quickly

They would bat out these tasks in the whole day.

他们将要在一天之内完成这三个任务。

He has a high woring efficiency, and he can give a reply to many readers in a very short period of time.

他的工作效率很高，他可以在很短的时间内回复许多读者的来信。

3.2 While-reading Activities

Step 6. Intensive reading

Ss are asked to read the passage carefully again and answer some detailed questions on the screen. During the reading, there is an explanation for the

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following points:

Language Points:

1.Without a doubt, Bill Gates belongs in the same class as Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and other great minds who changed the world.

Meaning: undoubtedly, Bill Gates is one of greatest men , such as Thomas Edison and Elexander Graham Bell, who changed the world.

belong in : be in the proper position or place .

The old man’s attitude toward the money does’t belong in the modern world.

那个老人对金钱的看法和现代社会格格不入。

2.Gates success stems from his personality : unbelievable and at times frightening blend of high-voltage brilliance,drive and competitiveness.

Meaning: Gates’success mainly comes from his personality: his intelligence, his energy and his competition which make us feel incredible and shocking.

stem from: be caused by something or develop as a result of something

His failure in the exam stems from his poor health. 他考试不及格归咎于他的身

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体状况不好。

The writer says that the inspiration of the novel stems from his travel. 这位作家说这本小说的灵感来自旅行。

3．The schedule he keeps is one hint as to what he expects from his employees.

Meaning: Even from his schedule one can know that what he expects his worker to do.

As to: on ,concerning, in terms of ,about

I would like to say something more as to the plan.我想就这个计划再说一下。

We ‘d better make decisions as to whether to go for a trip or not when we get there .至于是否去郊游我们最好到那里以后再做决定。

expect from (of): believe something(usually good)will be finished by someone

Parents always expect too much from the future of their children.父母总是对孩子的将来抱很多的期望。

The wife expects great things of her husband. 妻子对她的丈夫寄予厚望。

4.”You had better just adjust to it because there is no use trying to beat

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him.”

Meaning: You had better get used to it because trying to beat him is useless.

Pay attention to the sentence pattern “There is no use doing something.” Similar patterns include : There/ It is no good /sense/point/doing something . For example:

It is no use talking to him.和他谈没有用。

There is no point debating with him.和他争论没有意义。

Typical patterns:

Purpose: Further understand the text （Train further reading ability） to find out some difficult sentences and details of the text.

Method: Read the text together; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach, grammar-translation approach and total physical response method.

3.3 Post-reading Activities

Step7. Consolidation

Retell the passage according to the topic sentences.

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the self-described “hacker”

stem from his personality

in high gear

time management

claw one’s way to

the operating system

focus intensely on his family

giving money away

Purpose: To know if the students understand the whole text. At the same time, To show the text structure on the screen, so that they can retell it easily.

Method: Read the text structure together; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach and total physical response method.

Step 8. Discussion

Show a movie clip about the life of Bill Gates and his family and ask the Ss the

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following questions:

Purpose: To present a real situation

To grasp the main idea

To consolidate language points

To fossilize the way of structured writing

Method: Use the CAI and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach, audiolingual method, Audio-visual Method and total physical response method.

Step 9. Assignment

Review the key points of Section A

Finish the exercises after class

Finish online homework

Preview Section B

Step 10. Assessment

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Write a composition of a general statement supported by reasons.

T checks if Ss have done the after-text exercises in their spare time and discuss some common errors that crop up.

Writing: Topic: computers work wonders

Outline: 1. 解决很多烦琐和危险的工作

2. 追踪罪犯

3. 不间歇的工作

4．使我们的生活更加轻松和便利

Pre-view Section B

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