1、Unit OneExercises and WritingStep One: Getting the students ready for the class (1)Step Two: Revision (8)1. Ask the students to read the words and expressions they learnt last time.2. Ask the students to translate the following sentences:1) 老师建议学生利用大学的优势学习各种课程。The teacher advised the students to tak
2、e advantage of college to learn a wide range of subjects.2) 最近,相当多的学生集中精力准备期末考试。These days, quite a few students are focused on preparing for the final exam.3) 当你像一个饥饿的人渴望一顿美餐那样渴望学习时,你就能成为一个优秀的学生了。When you want to study as eagerly as a hungry man wants to have a nice meal, you will make yourself a g
3、ood student.4) What counts is how you feel about yourself.重要的是你对自己的评价。5) She wanted to discourage him from trying out his new idea.她想阻止他尝试自己的新想法。6) The monkey reached out a “hand” for the banana.猴子伸“手”去摘香蕉。Step Three: Presentation of the new material (75). Text B1. Ask the students to answer the fol
4、lowing questions according to the text:1) Who was Socrates? (He was an old man and knew many many things.)2) Why did a student go to Socrates?(Because he wanted to ask Socrates how he could become wise and learned.)3) Did Socrates want to kill the student?(No.)4) What did Socrates say?(When you want
5、 wisdom and knowledge as badly as you wanted to breathe, then you will have them.)2. Check the answers to the follow-up exercises.3. Ask the students to summarize the main idea of aaatext B. A student who was eager to be wise and learned went to Socrates for advice since Socrates was known as the wi
6、sest man of the town. Socrates, however, was a man of few words and liked to do strange things to prove his point. He took the student to the beach and led him into the water. Unexpectedly, he pushed the students head under the water and did not free him until he was on the point of death. Despite t
7、he young mans anger, Socrates smiled and showed him the answer: one will have wisdom and knowledge when he wants it as badly as he wants his life. Comprehensive ExercisesTask 1: Ask the students to fill in the blanks of the following passage according to what they have heard.Task 2: Guide the studen
8、ts to choose the best answer for each blank.Task 3: Ask the students to fill in the blanks with the words given below.Task 4: Lead the students to translate the following sentences into English by using the given words or phrases. Practical WritingIntroducing Yourself1. Guide the students to read th
9、e samples. 2. Task 1: Guide the students to write a short passage to introduce themselves according to the samples.Focus on practical writing:In general, self-introduction should include a persons name, sex, date of birth, date of place, education, work experience, hobbies, etc. If the person wants
10、to make friends with others, he can describe his or her appearance.Expressions for description of a person:1) Forehead: A persons forehead can be large, high, low, broad, narrow, flat, etc.2) Face: A persons face can be round, square, oval, thin, long, big, etc.3) Eyes: A person may have dark eyes,
11、deep-set eyes, clear and bright eyes, watery eyes, etc.4) Hair: Hair may be short, long, thin, thick, straight, curly, wavy, unkempt, etc. And hair may have the colors of black, red, brown, grey, silver, white, fair, blond, golden, etc.5) Height: A person may be tall, short, of medium / average heig
12、ht, etc.A sample writing for the writing task:My name is Will and I am from Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. I am a girl but I am strong. Im tall and thin, with rather short hair. But I have a sweet smile and am willing to help others, which makes me quite popular among my friends. In my spare time I like to
13、 read books, especially detective stories and cartoons. Also, I like sports, including volleyball, basketball, tennis, and table tennis. I like to make friends and I hope all my new classmates will be my friends in the future. Classroom ActivityTask 1: Ask the students to write a passage talking abo
14、ut a picture of a students dormitory.Task 2: Ask the students to write a passage talking about a cartoon showing a student upset about various kinds of over-charged fees from schools. The passage should include the following points:a) What do they think of the general situation of education fees?b) What bad effects will excessive education fees have on students?Step Four: Summary (2)How to introduce yourselfStep Five: Assignment (4)1. Ex B on page 132. Review Unit 1.2