备课纸1授课题目:College—TheLaddertoSuccess?授课时间:第____周第____周授课类型:理论课授课时数:4教学目的:Afterfinishingthisunit,studentswillbeableto:1.Totalkaboutthesignificanceofhumanities;2.Getdeeperinsightsintothetext;3.Makecreativeuseofwords,phrasesandsentencepatterns;4.Tomastertheessaywritingskill:focusonanadvantage\disadvantage;5.Toreadwiththeskill“readingformajordetails”.教学重点和难点:1.Tofurtherunderstandthetext;2.Toapplythewords,phrasesandsentencepatterns;3.Toreadwiththeskill“readingformajordetails”;4.Towriteanessaywiththeskill“focusonanadvantage\disadvantage”.教学方法和手段:Variouskindsofteachingmethodsareused:1.Teachinginclass.Explaintheprofoundtheoreticalknowledgeinclass;2.Casestudy.Providecasestudyduringteaching,andmakethestudentstodiscussaboutthecase;3.BilingualandfullEnglishteaching;4.Applyingmodernmultimediateachingtechnologies;5.Takingadvantageofabundantnetworkteachingresources.备课纸2教学内容和过程:SectionAThehumanities:Outofdate?StepOneWarming-upActivities30minutesI.Lead-in:Discussthefollowingquestions:1.Howdoyouthinkofyourcurrentmajor?Ifyouweregivenasecondchancetochooseyourmajor,whatwouldyouselectandwhy?—IfIweregivenasecondchancetochoosemymajor,Iwouldchoose…/Ithinkbeinga…is…—accounting,computerscience,psychology,—civilengineering,philosophy,medicaltechnology…—popular,interesting,enjoyable,promising,practical,meaningful,beneficial,well-paid…2.Whatliberalarts/humanitiescoursesdoyoulearnincollege?Doyouthinktheyarenecessaryforyoureducation?—IlearnChinese,English,philosophy,psychology,history…incollege.Ithinktheyareanessentialpartofthecollegeeducationandbenefitmealot.•gainmoreinsightinlifeandsociety•betterunderstandandpredicthumanbehavior•realizedifferentinterpretationsoflifeandhistory•understandthepastwhichhascreatedthepresent•beawareofculturalandreligiousdifferencesII.Culturalbackground1.Whatarethehumanities?Thehumanitiesareagroupofacademicdisciplinesthatstudythehumancondition,usingmethodsthatareprimarilyanalytical,critical,orspeculative.Therefore,theyaredistinguishedfromtheapproachesofnaturalsciences.Thehumanities,calledsocialsciences,includehistory,anthropology,communicationstudies,culturalstudies,law,linguistics,etc.2.Whyarethehumanitiesimportant?Throughexplorationofthehumanities,studentslearnhowtothinkcreatively备课纸3andcritically,toreason,andtoaskquestions.Becausetheseskillsallowstudentstogainnewinsightsintoeverythingfrompoetryandpaintingstobusinessmodelsandpolitics,humanisticsubjectshavebeenattheheartofaliberalartseducation.Today,humanisticknowledgecontinuestoprovidetheidealfoundationforexploringandunderstandingthehumanexperience.StepTwoTextStudy80minutesI.Interactivereadingofthetext1.Readingcomprehension1)Whydomanystudentscalculatetheycan’tmajorinEnglishorhistory?2)Whydoestheauthorsaythatacollegeeducationismoreandmoreseenasameansforeconomicbettermentratherthanameansforhumanbetterment?3)Howdoyouunderstand“Thesedays,labsaremorevividandcompellingthanlibraries”(Para.3)?4)Whydoestheauthorsaythattheinneraspectofourbeinghascapturedourimaginationfromtheverybeginning?5)Accordingtotheauthor,whataretheadvantagesofstudyingthehumanities?6)Whatare“well-roundedhumanbeings”(Para.10)accordingtotheauthor?2.StructureofthetextPart1(Para,1-5)IntroductionToimprovetheirfuturechancesoffindingajob,collegestudentsarenowmovingawayfromthehumanitiesandtakingaccountingorsome“hard-skill”courses.Thehumanitieswillcontinuetobeinbadshapeduetotheeconomicdownturn.Nevertheless,thehumanitiescanbringtruevaluetopeople’slives,andthebasisofstudyofthehumanitiesisformedbytheinnerpowerthathasdrivenhumanbeingstoeithergreatnessordestruction.Part2(Para.6-9)Body:Whythehumanities?Thispartpresentstheauthor’sargumenttostandupforthetruevaluethatthehumanitiesbringtopeople’slives.Part3(Para10)ConcludingpartThehumanitieshelptocreatehumanbeingswithinsightandunderstandingofthepassions,hopesanddreamscommontoallhumanity.Thehumanitieswillneverbeoutofdate.Theyareasusefulandrelevantinourmodernageastheyhavealways备课纸4been.3.SummaryoftheTextRetellthetextaccordingtothefollowingtips.1)(PartI)Whenthejobmarketworsens,manystudentscalculate...Probably,thehumanitieswillcontinue….Once…,thehumanitiesnow…2)(PartII)Here,pleaseallowmeto…thatthehumanitiesaddtopeople’slives.Studyingthehumanitiesimproves…Mostimportantly,studyingthehumanitiesinvestsuswith…,thereby…Perhapsthebestargumentinfavorofthehumanitiesis…Infact,increasingly…isseenastheidealin…3)(PartIII)Insummary,thehumanitieshelptocreate…,teachusto…and…Itmakessenseto…,ouroutstandingandremarkable…II.LanguageFocusWordsandexpressions1.whenthegoinggetstough:whenthesituationbecomesdifficultWhenthegoinggetstough,womencangetastoughasmen.当形势变得严峻时,女人可以变得跟男人一样坚强。2.calculate:vt.1)makeajudgmentaboutwhatislikelytohappenusingtheavailableinformation估计,预测,推测Itisdifficulttocalculatethelong-termeffectsofthesechangesinthelaw.这些法律上的变化带来的长期影响是难以预测的。2)findouthowmuchsth.willcost,howlongsth.Willtake计算,核算Letmecalculatethecostofthejourney.让我计算一下旅途的用费。3.boost:increaseorimprovesth.tomakeitmoresuccessful促进,推动,使兴旺Thesechangeswillhelptoboostshareprices.这些变化将有助于提高股票价格。4.prospect:n.sth.thatispossi