instinct母親的天性

1、Unit 7Teaching Objective1. Master the important vocabulary and structure2. Master the writing technique of presenting the details of the story with a set of sequential actions3. Master the reading skill of reading between the lines4. Understand the audio materials of this unit5. Know how to make and

2、 respond to requests6. Be able to discuss about your own shopping habitsTeaching ContentSection A: Face to Face with Guns1. Important Points: u Understand the law of gun control in western country.u Key words & phrases: cautious, exception, instinct, slight, enlarge, polish, unexpected, criminal

3、, offend, detail, mercy, eternal, stiff, current, foundation, pull into, attach to, have mercy on someone, get to ones feet, look through, be out of control, eat atu Structure: have + object + v-ed, rather than Writing technique: presenting the details of the story with a set of sequential actions2.

4、 Difficult Points: u Students have little knowledge of the law of gun control in western country.u Some long and difficult sentencesSection B: Should I have a Gun?1. Reading Skills: Reading Between the Lines2. Key Words and Phrases: advocate, ignorance, statistics, previous, violence, transport, cap

5、able, intend, confront, dominate, reveal, automatic, guilt, be immune to, believe in, be capable of, at the sight ofListening & Speaking1. Identify prices2. Make and respond to requests3. Understand and talk about shoppingTime AllotmentSection A: 4 periodsSection B: 2 periodsListening Comprehens

6、ion: 2 periodsUnit 7 (8 periods)Section A: Face to Face with Guns (4 periods)u Period 1-2I. Warm-up Questions / Activities1. Ask two groups to have a performance of the scenery of victims confronted with robbers2. How many things did the thieves steal from the man? What were they?The thieves stole t

7、otally three things from the man: they are respectively the mans money, watch and KFC.3. What saved the mans life?Actually, it was the mans KFC that saved the mans life when the thieves found it. With the mans KFC, these thieves ran away. II. Comprehension of the Text Deal with the comprehension exe

8、rcise of the text on Page 154III. Text Structure (Combined with Text Structure Analysis and Structured Writing)Divide the text into 4 parts and find the topic sentence in every part.Topic: Gun is wrongly used by youngsters.Part I (para. 1): In spite of my caution, someone attacked me. Part II (para.

9、2-27): I was robbed by two young men, losing my money, watch and chicken. Part III (para.28-30): Back at home, I reported the robbery to the police and they inquired into the case. Part IV (para.31-34): When looking through the mug shots at the station, I began to reflect on the damages these young

10、people have done to our society. IV. Background Information1. KFCKentucky Fried Chicken, known as KFC in the US, is the world's most popular chicken restaurant chain. The company originated and still has its headquarters in the US. It now has more than 30,000 restaurants worldwide. 2. 911This is

11、 the emergency telephone number in the US and Canada for contacting the police department, the fire department or medical emergency services.3. Blake's ThamesBlake, William (1757 - 1827) was an English poet and artist whose best-known books of poems are Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

12、. The quotation used in Passage A comes from the first verse of a poem called "London." 4. The Thamesthe main river flowing through London, and England's most important river. V. Intensive Reading1. Face to Face with Guns (title)Meaning: Face guns in an encounterface to face: 1) close

13、to and looking at someone or something-We were in the downtown area when we came face to face with Jack. 2) no escape from sth. and have to deal with it-I was bit by bit brought face to face with the fact that I had very little success. 2. That night was no exception. (Para. 1)exception: n. a person

14、 or thing that is not included-Marketing is everywhere these days and books are no exception. -All fresh vegetables contain some vitamin C with no exception. 3. "Hey," I said, "just take it." As I spoke, I set the KFC box on the planter beside the pathway, contriving as I did so

15、to toss my house keys into a bush. (Para. 3)contrive: vi. manage to do or make something although there are difficulties-He contrived to make a mix-up of the whole thing. 4. Everything he said during our encounter was repeated; instinctively, I did the same. (Para. 4)instinctively: ad. without think

16、ing and without having been taught-When attacked, he instinctively fought back to defend himself. instinct: n. natural habit of behaving in a particular way, without thinking and without having been taught-mothering instinct母親的天性 -by instinct5. His dark eyes shone like polished glass; his arms and l

17、egs moved unexpectedly, as if attached to unseen wires. (Para. 13)Meaning: His dark eyes were very bright; he moved his arms and legs suddenly as if they were connected to hidden wires.polish: v. 1) make something smooth and shiny by rubbing-He polishes his new car every weekend.。2) improve潤色-He spe

18、nt much time polishing his article before having it printed. attach to: to fix something to something else-We attached a business card to the briefcase. 6. I've seen enough criminal trials to know victims of armed attacks are seldom able to identify their offenders because their attention focuse

19、s on the guns, rather than on their users. (Para. 15)victim: n. a person who suffers harm or death as a result of someone else's action or a terrible natural event, etc.-Many victims of the war lost their familieoffender: n. a person who offends against the lawoffend: v. 1) break a law, etc.-Wha

20、t he had done offended against the rules of proper behavior. 2) make someone feel upset or angry-When you visit another country and do not understand the customs, it is easy to offend people. 7. I lied as the big one ripped the watch from my wrist. (Para. 16)Meaning: I told a lie when the big young

21、man tore the watch from my wrist.rip: vt. remove something with speed and violence, using one's hands, tear-She ripped the paper in half and threw it away. -I ripped my dress when I was getting out of the car. 8. By then, I was flat on my face on the pathway, its dirt against my forehead. (Para.

22、 18)Meaning: By that time, I was lying on the pathway with my face touching it and its dirt against my forehead.9. Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner. (Para. 19)Meaning: I prayed to God to have pity on me and help me even though I am not perfect.have mercy on: show kindness or pity towards sb.-The sei

23、zed soldier appealed to his enemy to have mercy on him. 10. I had been spared, but by what? Mercy? A short attention span? Hunger? (Para. 26)Meaning: My life had been saved, but what save my life? Was it mercy? Was their attention span too short? Or was it their hunger that saved my life?spare: 1) k

24、eep from punishing, harming or attacking-We have lost everything, but thank God, our lives have been spared. 2)afford to give".-I forgot to bring any money for lunch. Can you spare three dollars? span: n. the full time for which anything lasts-over a span of 5 years-With the improving of living

25、 conditions, life span has been considerably extended. 11. "How peculiar," I thought, "to have your life saved by fried chicken. I saw eternity; they saw food." (Para. 26)Meaning: I thought it was very strange that fried chicken had saved my life. I thought I had seen the state o

26、f time after my death and they had seen something to take care of their hunger: my fried chicken.12. He said the pair's methods suggested they might be the same men who had committed a number of robberies in the area over the past few months. (Para. 30)commit: vt. do sth., usually a bad thing-Th

27、at fellow committed a crime when he stole the library books and sold them. 13. Turning those pages and studying their photographs is like flowing on a sad current that, like Blake's Thames, seems to "mark in every face, marks of weakness, marks of woe." (Para. 32)Meaning: Moving those

28、pages one by one and studying their photographs is something similar to moving on a sad current. The current, like the English poet William Blake's Thames, seems to leave marks of weakness and marks of great sadness in every human's face.current: 1) n. a continuous flowing movement of water,

29、 air, etc.-Be careful as this wire carries electrical current. -Strong water currents can be dangerous to swimmers. 2) a. from or about the present time-Because of developments in international communication, current news is at hand almost everywhere. 14. Together, these young men are a kind of rive

30、r-one that is out of control, eating at the foundations of things we hold dear: our freedom to move about; the fruits of labor; our own lives and those of people we value. (Para. 32)Meaning: These young men joined to form a kind of river, the river that is impossible to manage, and that is bit by bi

31、t damaging the ideas that are beyond value to us: our freedom to move about, the fruits of labor, our own lives and lives of people we have high a opinion of.out of control: impossible to manage-The fire is burning out of control. -I'm dealing with customers all the time who have let their bills

32、 get out of control. eat (away) at: to damage or destroy something bit by bit-The river is eating away at the bank. foundation: n. 1. the idea, law, or fact on which something is based-My physics book is called Foundation of Physics; it covers all the basic theories. -The foundation of that building

33、 is weak; it may fall down.-lay a good foundation for2. an organization established with money so that it may continue into the future-Her university study is paid for by a scholarship from a private foundation.Compare: foundation, base & basishold dear: to value a great deal; care greatly.-Thes

34、e are the ideas we hold dear. 15. Some day, we will have to face this river and seek the depths of its discontent. (Para. 32)Meaning: Some day, we will have to deal with these young men and try to find out the causes of their discontent.16. Presently, all we can do is look at mug shots and stick our

35、 fingers in the dam. (Para. 33)Meaning: Now, what we can do is to look at these photos and try to stop the destroying of our values by catching one or two criminals at a time.presently: ad. now, soon-Please just wait for a while for he is coming presently.Cf: at presentu Period 3-4VI. Language Point

36、s 1. cautious: a. taking great care to escape possible danger-I'm very cautious about expressing my opinions in public.-My brother, intensely cautious, never makes a decision lightly. 2. shave: v. remove hair from the face or another part of the body with a razor -I was shaving when the doorbell

37、 rang. 門鈴響時我正在刮胡子。 3.toss: vt. throw into or through the air -She tossed the ball into the air. 她把球拋到了空中。 4. bark v. 1)speak to someone in a loud voice with an angry or aggressive tone -The boss came in, barked some orders and left again. 2) (used about dogs) make a loud, short noise or noises -His

38、dog always barks at anyone who rings the doorbell.他家的狗沖任何按門鈴的人都要叫。 5. slight a. 1) thin and light -He looked too slight to be a boxer.2. small; not great; not very bad -We have a slight problem. -She has a slight cold.-There has been a slight change in your work. 6. enlarge vt. make something larger

39、 -They enlarged their house.-She had the photograph enlarged.她把這張照片放大了。 7. polish v. 1) make something smooth and shiny by rubbing -She polished her shoes. 她擦了擦自己的鞋。 2) improve -I need to polish up my Chinese before we go on vacation. 8. criminal 1) a. against law -Stealing is a criminal wrong. 偷竊是刑

40、事犯罪。 2) n. a person who is at fault in a crime 罪犯 9. detail n. (often pl.)a small part or piece -She paid close attention to the details. -She insisted on telling me every single detail of what theydid to her in hospital. 她執(zhí)意要告訴我他們在醫(yī)院里對她所做的每個細節(jié)。-I recalled every detail of the party. 10. stiff a. 1) (used about alcoholic drink) strong -He poured himself a stiff whisky. 他給自己倒了一杯烈性威士忌酒。2) very firm; not easily bent or folded; rigid -He has walked with a stiff leg since he hurt his knee. 他自從膝關(guān)節(jié)受傷后走起路來一條腿一直伸不直。 11. face to face (with) 1) close to and