1、 Lesson 1 Another School YearWhat For?Aims: 1.Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the structures of the patterns;2.Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3.Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4.Help them finish off
2、all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I. Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar
3、with the new words in the lesson. Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist. II. Detailed study of the text.1. to be fresh out of: be having recently finished2. body: a group of people who work together 3. to reach for: try
4、 to obtainTo read: to have written on it4. Question: Whats the difference between training and education?5. be around long enough for it to matter.Paraphrase: stay at college very long to understand my words, so it would not be important whether or not I told him all this.6. to average out to/at: (i
5、nformal) to result in an average amount 7. to hold: to remain the same8. to see to it that: to make sure that9. doesnt go to the electric chairParaphrase: is sentenced to death not because you are not a competent lawyer.To go to the electric chair: to be punished or killed on the electric chair.10.
6、along with: in addition to; as well as Sentence meaning: In addition to all other things the professional skills offer.11. may it always suffice.I hope your income will always be enough.12. reasonably: to a degree that is fairly good 还好的，尚可的13. to maintain some contact with: to keep in touch with14.
7、 Will there be a painting a reasonably sensitive man can look at without shuddering?Paraphrase: Will you have a painting in your house that shows your taste?15. to be out to do/be out for : be trying to do16. to be stuck for sth. : not knowing what to do17. signing checks: paying for what youve boug
8、ht by signing checks. 18. the best human minds: the best philosophers, scientists and writer.19. If you have no time forhave no business in college.Paraphrase: If you dont want to study a little literature, philosophy and the fine arts and history, you shouldnt be here at college.20. You are on your
9、 way button Neanderthal.Youll soon become a new type of humans who are uneducated and can only operate machines by pushing the buttons.21. rather the college went through themwithout making contact.Paraphrase: Its more accurate to say that they pass through the college without learning anything.22.
10、being unaided: without the help of others23. There is not time enough in order to be a civilized human.Paraphrase: One lifetime is too short to create an environment for a person to become civilized.24. there cut into the stones are the names of the scientists. Paraphrase: The names of the scientist
11、s are carved into the stone there as memorials.25. the chances are: it is likelyIII. Assignment: Exercises after the text.IV. Checking the exercises.V. Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 2 Maheegun My BrotherAims: 1. Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master
12、the structures of the patterns;2. Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3. Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4. Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words an
13、d grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I. Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson. Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they c
14、an get the main idea and write the gist.II. Detailed study of the text.1. spring was late in coming.Paraphrase: it was so cold that it seemed that it were the weather of winter. In fact, it was spring.2. to get: to put into a place or state3. not that: although it is not true that 4. ever: that I ha
15、d ever known of. 5. upset: (v.) knock over, knock down 6. waiting for things to quiet down.Paraphrase: waiting until my grandma wasnt angry7. half grown: on the way of becoming an adult wolf.8. Gone was the puppy-wool black mantle.Paraphrase: His fur changed from the puppy-wool to beautiful and blac
16、k hair. (Here the author uses metaphor. He compares the wolfs skin to a coat and mantle.)9. after: (adv.) later 10. It all served to fog my mind with pleasure one night Maheegun unchained.Paraphrase: I was so happy with Maheegun that my alertness slacked and forgot to chain him one night. 11. The fo
17、llowing morning in sailed Mrs. Yesno, wild with angerWild with anger: very angry12. start: (n.) a sudden uncontrolled movement 13. wild cry: natural and strong cry14. for life: all ones life15. (all) for the best: best for the long run 16. I was as busy as for the winter.Paraphrase: I was busy with
18、preparing myself for a future career. (The author uses simile here.)17. It was not long after that I found the answer.Paraphrase: Soon I found Maheegun still remembered me.18. to slip into: to put on19. I circled to my right creek bed.Paraphrase: I move around to the right and fell into a creek bed
19、that was filled with snow.20. the snow had made a blank have been no creek there.Paraphrase: it was snowing heavily, and the air was so thick with big snow flakes that I couldnt see through them. But I realized that I had taken the wrong direction, because there was no creek where I should have move
20、d to.21. to blow itself out: to lose force and stop entirely22. A great white stillness had taken over and with it, biting cold.Paraphrase: The storm had stopped. The white world was quiet and very cold.23. freeze the world with fear.Paraphrase: seemed to terrify all the living creatures and make th
21、em become still.24. Suddenly the world exploded in snarls.Paraphrase: Suddenly with terrible snarls, the wolves began to attack.25. to work ones way: to move difficultly and gradually26. reached out: stretch out his tongue.27. Maybe it was relief or weakness or both.Paraphrase: Maybe I cried because
22、 I was now out of danger, or maybe because I was weak, or because of both of the two reasons.28. fanned it into life.Paraphrase: caused it to burn by blowing the fire.29. my eyes came by my bed.Paraphrase: my eyes adjusted themselves to be able to see clearly my grandfather sitting by my bed.30. He
23、is with his own kind.Paraphrase: He is living among his fellow wolves.III. Assignment: Exercises after the text.IV. Checking the exercises.V. Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 3 More Crime and Less PunishmentAims: 1. Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master
24、 the structures of the patterns;2. Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3. Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4. Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words a
25、nd grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I. Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson. Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they
26、can get the main idea and write the gist.II. Detailed study of the text.1. households: people living together2. to amount to: to add up to; to be equal to3. have arrest records for nontraffic offence.Paraphrase: have been arrested because of illegal actions which dont include breaking traffic rules.
27、 4. correctional supervision: (a euphemism) a kind of punishment, such as reform school 5. to lock sb. away: to put sb. in prison6. This is why the certainty and the crime rate goes up.Paraphrase: This is why not all crimes are punished and the punishment is less severe although the crime rate incre
28、ases. 7. to give out: to announce, to enforce 8. property crimes: crimes of stealing, mugging (打劫 ) or robbery9. but it just might be the other way around. the other way around/round: the opposite situation Paraphrase: but the opposite might be true: crime prevents punishment.10. Our current crop wh
29、o were once imprisoned in Alcatraz.Paraphrase: The present prisoners are much more serious law-breakers than the prisoners of the country in the years between 1930s and 1960s.11. it makes little/no sense : it is not sensible or reasonable.12. answer the TV message: Its 10 oclock! Do you know where y
30、our children are?”Paraphrase: make sure they are all home at 10 oclock in the evening.13. The other are rejected or dismissed instead of punishment.Paraphrase: The other three arrested criminals cases are refused or stopped because there isnt sufficient evidence or no witness can be found. Or instea
31、d of being put into prison, these criminals are sent elsewhere for medical treatment (when they can produce proof for illness of some kind.)14. the select few: the few criminals who are carefully chosen15. to be easy on: to treat in a gentle way and not too severe16. Yet when measured against the lo
32、wer crime rates To measure sth./sb. against sth./sb. : to judge sb./sth. by comparing them with another person or thingParaphrase: But when longer prison sentences are compared with the lower crime rates. 17. are not worth the cost to state and local governments.Paraphrase: are not worthwhile becaus
33、e state and local governments have to pay much money for this.18. given: specific19. we do know the extent major crime convictions.Paraphrase: We do know how many of those people under parole are convicted and put into jail again for serious crime.20. only 15000 crimes prevented.Paraphrase: If those
34、 prisoners were kept in prison for another year, only 15000 crimes would be prevented.21. a drop in the bucket: an amount of sth. that is too small to be important.22. This works out to more than $100, 000 per crime prevented.Paraphrase: This means that it costs more than $100, 000 to prevent one cr
35、ime.III. Assignment: Exercises after the text.IV. Checking the exercises.V. Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 4 The Nightingale and the RoseAims: 1. Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the structures of the patterns;2. Get the students to master the wo
36、rds and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3. Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4. Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.Difficult Points: The structures of difficult sentences.T
37、eaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I. Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson. Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main idea and write the gist.II. Detailed study of the t
38、ext.1. for want of: because of a lack of2. lover: a person who loves3. ball: a large party with dancing4. to: according to; while sth. else is happening 伴随着5. something of: to some degree6. plot: a small piece of land used for a special purpose 7. nipped my buds.Paraphrase: stopped the growth of the
39、 buds8. and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?Paraphrase: The heart of a bird is nothing compared to the heart of a man. (The sentence is a rhetorical question.)9. to ask of sb. : to ask sb. for 10. he could not understand what the Nightingale was saying to him.Question: Why
40、 couldnt he understand?11. to sing of: (formal) to mention sth in a song or a poem, especially to praise it 12. spray: (n.) a small branch having buds or flowers 13. girdle: a band of red color round the middle of the petals 14. a film came over her eyes.Film: a thin layer or covering of sth. 15. to
41、 choke: to make sb. unable to breathe 16. all over: all parts of ones bodyIII. Assignment: Exercises after the text.IV. Checking the exercises.V. Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 5 Say YesAims: 1. Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the structures of
42、the patterns;2. Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3. Help them master the grammatical rules presented;4. Help them finish off all the exercises both in vocabulary and in grammar.Main Points: Understanding the text and learning the words and grammar.Difficul
43、t Points: The structures of difficult sentences.Teaching Methods: Discussion, interpretation and explanation.Teaching Course:I. Pre-class Task: To read and get familiar with the new words in the lesson. Previewing the text. Every student should go over the whole text so that they can get the main id
44、ea and write the gist.II. Detailed study of the text. 1. to pitch in: (Here in is an adverb.) to start to work eagerly 2. somehow: (adv.) in some way not yet know3. to get onto: begin to talk about4. “Oh boy” is used to show annoyance5. to take my word for it: to believe what I say6. She was piling
45、dishes on the draining-board at a terrific rate.Question: Why at a great speed?7. “Not the same, like us.”Paraphrase: They dont have the same background, and they are not like us.8. to resort to : to adopt, useTrick: method9. Hed acted out of concern for her,Paraphrase: He had done so because of con
46、cern for her.10. he thought that it would be a nice gesture on her part not to start up that conversation again,Paraphrase: he hoped his wife would show her concern in return by not continuing the unpleasant conversation.11. For Christs sake: The expression is often used to show annoyance, like “Oh
47、boy”.12. Lets say: Lets suppose13. cornered: forced into a difficult position14. Lets not move too fast on this.Paraphrase: Lets not rush to a decision.15. “Thank you.”Question: Thank you for what?16. snap through the pages: turn the pages suddenly and quickly17. While he was at it,Paraphrase: While
48、 he was cleaning dishes. 18. In another thirty yearsQuestion: What does the word “another” suggest?19. What would all that stuff matter then?Paraphrase: What is the sense of arguing about these problems?20. Ill make it up to you.Paraphrase: Ill do something good for you.21. “Well see” is used when y
49、ou dont want to make a decision right now. 22. His heart pounded the way the house, a stranger.Question: What does the sentence show?III. Assignment: Exercises after the text.III. Checking the exercises.IV. Dictation of the new words in the lesson.Lesson 6 The Man in the WaterAims: 1. Get the students to read and understand the text and help them master the structures of the patterns;2. Get the students to master the words and the prefixes and suffixes presented;3. He
