新视野大学英语读写教程第四册教案B4U1Unit1LifeandLogic*TeachingObjectives:StudentswilllearntouseEnglishto1.Topracticetheskimmingandscanningreadingskills2.Toapplythephrasesandpatterns3.Tomasterthewritingpatternofanarrativeessay4.Towriteanessaycreativelybasedontheunderstandingofthetext*TimeAllotment:eachunit8classes1st---2ndclasses:PartIWarmingup1.Lead-in:Backgroundintroductionandtheme-relatedquestionsforwarmingup2.Understandingofthetext:DetailedunderstandingfocusonReadingStrategyincludingTopicSentence,KeyWords,LogicWords,ReadingCluesetc.inordertohelpstudentshaveabetterunderstandingaboutthepassagebyaskingsomequestionsaboutit.3rd--4thclasses:PartIITextStudy3.ReadinginDepth:StructureAnalysis,Summary,Difficultsentencesanalysis4.LanguageFocus:MorepracticeinLanguagePoints(languagepointsexplanation,SentencePatterns,UsefulExpressions)5th—6thclasses:PartIIIReflection5.Criticalthinking:Morespeakingpracticeindiscussionrelatedtoloveandlogic6.WritingPractice:Textwriting•Myfirstmeetingwithmyroommate•Mymostembarrassingexperience•AtimeIfeltmostproudofmyself7th—8thclasses:PartIVAssignment7.Post-readingactivities:reviewwordsandexpressions,role-play,exercises,etc8.SectionB:FocusonfastreadingandPracticeinreadingskillUNIT1SectionALoveandLogic:TheStoryofaFallacyPartIWarmingup1.Lead-in:1)Whatdoyouknowaboutlogic?Tips:·Itistheuseandstudyofvalidreasoning;·Mostprominentinthesubjectsofphilosophy,mathematics,andcomputerscience;·EstablishedasaformaldisciplinebyAristotle;·Oneoftheclassicaltrivium(三学科),theothertwobeinggrammarandrhetoric(修辞);·Dividedintothreeparts:inductivereasoning(归纳推理),abductivereasoning(反绎推理),anddeductivereasoning(演绎推理).2)Doyouthinkitispossibletodealwithlifeinacompletelyrationalandlogicalway?Tips:·Whenitcomestomakingachoice,manypeopletendtouserationalandlogicalreasoning;·Rationalworldisnotnecessarilyawonderfulone;·Rationalindividualscanmakechoicesthatarebadnewsforothers;·Itisridiculoustodealwithloveinalogicalway.3)Thefollowingaresomestatementstotestyourreasoningability.Tellwhethertheconclusionsaftertheword“Therefore”aretrue(T),false(F),oruncertain(U).Writeyouransweronthelinebeforeeachstatement.1.Alloddnumbersareintegers(整数).Allevennumbersareintegers.Therefore,alloddnumbersareevennumbers.2.Therearenodancersthataren’tslimandnosingersthataren’tdancers.Therefore,allsingersareslim.3.Atoothpick(牙签)isuseful.Usefulthingsarevaluable.Therefore,atoothpickisvaluable.4.Threepencilscostthesameastwoerasers.Foureraserscostthesameasoneruler.Therefore,pencilsaremoreexpensivethanrulers.5.ClassAhasahigherenrollmentthanClassB.ClassChasalowerenrollmentthanClassB.Therefore,ClassAhasalowerenrollmentthanClassC.2.CulturalBackground:1)Whatisafallacy?Andhowisitused?Tips:·Anerrorinreasoningthatrendersanargumentlogicallyinvalid;·Byaccidentordesign,logicalfallaciesareoftenusedindebateorpropaganda;·Tomisleadpeople;·Todistractpeoplefromtherealissueforthepurposeofwinninganargument.2)Howmanytypesoffallacydoyouknow?Tips:PartIITextStudy1.GlobalReading:TipsforReading:AGoodReadershould1)Trytobecomeanactivereader.2)Learntoaskmorequestions.(what,why,how)3)Dotheefficientreading.(keypoints,topicsentence,keywords,locatingwords,necessaryandsufficient)4)Developahabitofmarkingduringreading.1.1AnswerQuestions1)Whydoesthenarratorwanttohaveabeautifulandwell-spokengirlfriend?Tips:Hethinksabeautifulandwell-spokengirlfriendwillassisthimtolandajobandachievesuccessinanelitelawcompany.2)WhydoesthenarratordecidetoteachPollylogic?Tips:Becausehebelieveslogicisessentialtocriticalthinking.ByteachingPollylogic,hecanmakeherintelligentandwell-spoken.3)IsthenarratorsuccessfulinteachingPollylogic?Howdoyouknow?Tips:Yes.HeisonlytoosuccessfulinteachingherbecauseintheendwhenheasksPollytobehisgirlfriend,Pollyrefuseshisrequestbyapplyingallthelogicalfallacieshehastaughther.1.2StructureAnalysis:Thetexttellsahumorousbutironicstory.Thenarrator,asmartandpromisingyoungstudentinalawschoolwhoseemstobeabletoattractbeautifulgirlseasily,endsupinfailureinhiseffortstowinagirl.TextAisanarrative,thefocusofwhichistheplot.ThestructureofanarrativeessayusuallyfollowstheIntroduction–Body–Conclusionformat.1.3SummaryMyroommateRobmadeapactwithmethathe’dgivemehisgirlfriendPollyinexchangeformyjacket.AndIagreed.Pollyhadtherightbackgroundtobethegirlfriendofadogged,brilliantlawyerlikemyself.Shewaspretty,well-off,andradiant.Still,Iwanttodispenseherenoughpearlsofwisdomtomakeher“well-spoken”.SoItriedmybesttoteachhersuchlogicalfallaciesasDictoSimpliciter,HastyGeneralization,AdMisericordiam,andFalseAnalogy.Afterfivenightsofdiligentwork,IactuallymadealogicianoutofPolly.Shewasananalyticalthinkeratlast.WhenIaskedhertodevelopourrelationshipintoaromanticone,however,sherefutedmyargumentsasthoselogicalfallaciesIhadtaughther!Andsherefusedmypropositionbymakingfullproposition:ShelikedRobinleather,therefore,shehadtoldhimtomakethepactwithmesothatRobcouldhavemyjacket.2.LanguageFocus:1)inexchangefor…作为对……的交换为了给后代换来一个和平的环境,我们的革命先烈们抛头颅、洒热血。Inexchangeforapeacefulenvironmentforthefuturegenerations,ourrevolutionarypredecessorsshedtheirbloodandevensacrificedt