新編英語(yǔ)教程unit1教案

1、Unit OneI. Lead-inMovie ClipWatch the following video and then do the exercise. You can find the interpretation of some words and phrases in "Word Bank".Book 6 Unit (00:00 02:33)Script- See- So this is where the tree went.- What- Interesting.- What's so interesting- These branches don&

2、#39;t have a single leaf.- You know, I noticed that, too.- Jack. Look at the tree and say something.- Say what What's so funny- This is amazing. Don't you see- Hey, you know, it almost seems like every time I say something, some of the .Hello Hel . lo! I want my baby back, baby back, baby ba

3、ck. I want my baby back, baby back ribs. Shit! Hey, how are you doing this- Me I'm doing nothing. You and this tree are now connected.- Connected- It seems like all your talking is making you sick.Hey, my talking is not making me sick.Oh, really What happens when a tree loses all its leaves, Jac

4、k- So what are you trying to say, Sinja- It's obvious to me. The more you talk, the more leaves fall, the sicker you get.- The sicker I get So what happens if all the leaves fall off the tree- That usually means the tree is dead.- Hey, wait a second. Hold on a second. You're telling me that

5、you think whatever happens to the tree happens to me- Yes.- So I could die.- Yes, but you would die in the most amazing way possible.- I could die- Or someone could turn you into a coffee table.- Hey, Sinja, you know, you're a real funnydude to stand here making jokes whenmy life is being contro

6、lled by this magic tree. How many leaves do you think are left on this tree- A thousand.- So what I got A thousand words left- Now you have 993. One word, one leaf.(From A Thousand Words)Word Bankdude:an informal form of address for a man伙計(jì)、哥們Exercise1. It is interesting that Jack and the tree .A. c

7、an communicateB. are of the same ageD. are connectedC. come from the same place2. At the end of the conversation, Jack has words to say before he dies.A. 993B. 995C. 997D. 1,000Key: 1. D 2. AInspirational QuotesWhen ideas fail, words come in very handy.-Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDiscussionIf you are

8、 to describe your campus life in only one word, what is it Then tell us why you choose that particular word.II. Text IPre-reading Questions1. You may have kept in your memory some words, phrases or even whole sentencesthat are of great wisdom and can serve as guidelines in your life. Share themwith

9、your classmates and discuss their value.2. The two words that, as the author of the text suggests, should be avoided are"if only", and the two be remembered are "next time". Can you guess, before you read the text, what message the author intends to convey to the reader with such

10、 a suggestionGeneral ReadingI. Judge which of the following best states the purpose of the article.A. To explain how Freud's psychotherapy works.B. To demonstrate the power of positive thinking.C. To call attention to the importance of the choice of words.Key: BII. Judge whether the following st

11、atements are true or false.1. That wintry afternoon, the author was in a bad mood and he happened to meet an old friend of his in a French restaurant in Manhattan.2. The Old Man asked the author to go to his office because he thought that the office was a better place than the restaurant for their t

12、alk.3. The three speakers on the tape had all been unfavorably affected by what had happened to them.4. In the Old Man's opinion, it was a bad way of thinking always to regret what one had done or had not done.Key: 1. F 2. F 3. T 4. TBackground Notes1. Manhattan , an island near the mouth of the

13、 Hudson River, is a borough of NewYork City, in southeastern New York State, Commercial and cultural heart ofthe city, Manhattan is the site of the Metropolitan Opera House, Carnegie Hall, the City Center of Music and Drama, and numerous other music institutions.2. Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939) is an

14、Austrian physician and the founder ofpsychoanalysis. Freud explored the workings of the human mind and developedpsychoanalysis as a therapeutic technique to treat neurosis or mentaldisturbances.Text StudyTextTwo Words to Avoid, Two to RememberArthur Gordon1 Nothing in life is more exciting and rewar

15、ding than the sudden flash of insight that leaves you a changed person not only changed, but changed for the better.Such moments are rare, certainly, but they come to all of us. Sometimes from a book, a sermon, a line of poetry. Sometimes from a friend .2 That wintry afternoon in Manhattan, waiting

16、in the little French restaurant, I was feeling frustrated and depressed. Because of several miscalculations on my part, a project of considerable importance in my life had fallen through. Even the prospect of seeing a dear friend (the Old Man, as I privately and affectionately thought of him) failed

17、 to cheer me as it usually did. I sat there frowning at the checkered tablecloth, chewing the bitter cud of hindsight.3 He came across the street, finally, muffled in his ancient overcoat, shapeless felt hat pulled down over his bald head, looking more like an energetic gnome than an eminent psychia

18、trist. His offices were nearby; I knew he had just left his lastpatient of the day. He was close to 80, but he still carried a fullcase load, stillacted as director of a large foundation, still loved to escape to the golf course whenever he could.4 By the time he came over and sat beside me, the wai

19、ter had brought his invariable bottle of ale. I had not seen him for several months, but he seemed as indestructible as ever. "Well, young man," he said without preliminary, "what's troubling you"5 I had 10ng since ceased to be surprised at his perceptiveness. So I proceeded

20、to tell him, at some length , just what was bothering me. With a kind of melancholy pride, I tried to be very honest. I blamed no one else for my disappointment, only myself. I analyzed the whole thing, all the bad judgments, thefalse moves . I wenton for perhaps 15 minutes, while the Old Man sipped

21、 his ale in silence.6 When I finished, he put down his glass. "Come on," he said. "Let's go back to my office."7 "Your office Did you forget something"8 "No," he said mildly. "I want your reaction to something. That's all.9 A chill rain was beginn

22、ing to fall outside, but his office was warm and comfortable and familiar: book-lined walls, long leather couch, signed photographof Sigmund Freud, tape recorder by the window. His secretary had gone home. Wewere alone.10 The Old Man took a tape from a flat cardboard box and fitted it onto the machi

23、ne. "On this tape," he said, "are three short recordings made by three persons who came to me for help. They are not identified, of course. I want you to listen to the recordings and see if you can pick out the two-word phrase that is the common denominator in all three cases." H

24、e smiled. "Don't look so puzzled. I have my reasons."11 What the owners of the voices on the tape had in common, it seemed to me, was unhappiness. The man who spoke first evidently had suffered some kind of business loss or failure; he berated himself for not having worked harder, for

25、not having looked ahead. The woman who spoke next had never married because of a sense of obligation to her widowed mother; she recalled bitterly all the marital chances she had let go by. The third voice belonged to a mother whose teen-age son was in trouble with the police; she blamed herself endl

26、essly.12 The Old Man switched off the machine and leaned back in his chair. "Six times in those recordings a phrase is used that's full of subtle poison. Did you spot it No Well, perhaps that's because you used it three times yourself down in the restaurant a little while ago." He

27、picked up the box that had held the tape and tossed it over to me. "There they are, right on the label. The two saddest words in any language."13 I looked down. Printed neatly in red ink were the words:If only .14 "You'd be amazed," said the Old Man, "if you knew how man

28、y thousands of times I've sat in this chair and listened to woeful sentences beginning with those two-or not done it atwords. 'If only,' they say to me, 'I had done it differentlyall. If only I hadn't lost my temper, said the cruel thing, made that dishonest move, told that fooli

29、sh lie. If only I had been wiser, or more unselfish, or more self-controlled.' They go on and on until I stop them. Sometimes I make them listen to the recordings you just heard. 'If only,' I say to them, 'you'd stop sayingifonly , we might begin to get somewhere!'"15 Th

30、e Old Man stretched out his legs. "The trouble with 'if only,'" he said, "isthat it doesn't change anything. It keeps the person facing the wrong way backward instead of forward. It wastes time. In the end, if you let it become a habit, it can become a real roadblock, an e

31、xcuse for not trying any more.16 "Now take your own case: your plans didn't work out. WhyBecause you made certain mistakes. Well, that's all right: everyone makes mistakes. Mistakes are what we learn from. But when you were telling meabout them, lamenting this, regretting that, you were

32、n't really learning from them."17 "How do you know" I said, a bit defensively.18 "Because," said the Old Man, "you never got out of the past tense. Not once did you mention the future. And in a way be honest, now! - you were enjoying it.There's a perverse streak

33、 in all of us that makes us like to hash over 01d mistakes. After all, when you relate the story of some disaster or disappointment that has happened to you, you're still the chief character, still in the center of the stage." 19 I shook my head ruefully . "Well, what's the remedy&

34、quot;20 "Shift the focus," said the Old Man promptly . "Change the key words and substitute a phrase that supplies lift instead of creating drag."21 "Do you have such a phrase to recommend"22 "Certainly. Strike out the words 'if only' substitute the phrase

35、'next time.'" 23 " Next time "24 "That's right. I've seen it work minor miracles right here in this room. As long as a patient keeps saying 'if only' to me, he's in trouble. But when he looks me in the eye and says 'next time,' I know he's

36、on his way to overcoming his problem.It means he has decided to apply the lessons he has learned from his experience, however grim or painful it may have been. It means he's going to push aside the roadblock of regret, move forward, take action, resume living. Try it yourself.You'll see.&quo

37、t;25 My old friend stopped speaking. Outside, I could hear the rain whispering against the windowpane. I tried sliding one phrase out of my mind and replacingit with theother. It was fanciful, of course, but I could hear the new words lock into place with an audible click.26 The Old Man stood up a b

38、it stiffly. "Well, class dismissed. It has been good to see you, young man. Always is. Now, if you will help me find a taxi, I probably should be getting on home."27 We came out of the building into the rainy night. I spotted a cruising cab and ran toward it, but another pedestrian was qui

39、cker.28 "My, my," said the Old Man slyly. "If only we had come down ten seconds sooner, we'd have caught that cab, wouldn't we"29 I laughed and picked up the cue. "Next time I'll run faster."30 "That's it," cried the Old Man, pulling his absurd

40、 hat down around his ears."That's it exactly!"31 Another taxi slowed. I opened the door for him. He smiled and waved as it moved away. I never saw him again. A month later, he died of a sudden heart attack, infull stride, so to speak.32 More than a year has passed since that rainy afte

41、rnoon in Manhattan. But to this day, whenever I find myself thinking "if only", I change it to "next time". ThenI wait for that almost-perceptible mental click. And when I hear it, I think of the Old Man.33 A small fragment of immortality, to be sure. But it's the kind he wou

42、ld havewanted.Words and Phrases1. prospect n. sth. one expects to happen; a possibility or likelihood of sth. happening. I look forward to the prospect of being a volunteer doing social work in theGreat Northwest.There is a reasonable prospect of reaching the trapped miners within the next24 hours.p

43、rospects pl . opportunities. Most people are not quite optimistic about the prospects for/of employment.Don't think too much how the job pays now. What really matters is that it holds good prospects.2. eminent adj. famous and respected within a particular profession, . eminent doctor/surgeon/sci

44、entist, etc.3. invariable adj . never changing. The invariable question the mother asked her child after school every day was: "How did everything go today"4. proceed v. begin a course of action. After the preparations had been made, we proceeded to draft the plan.5. at some length : ( for

45、mal ) in some detail. She described to us her trip to New Zealand at some length.cf. at length after a long time; at last. He thought over the mathematical problem day and night and solved it at length.6. false move: an unwise action that turns out to be a mistake and brings one risks or failure. Be

46、 very careful with the designing of the plan; a false move and it will fall through.7. berate v. ( formal ) scold or criticize angrily because of a fault. Don't berate anyone just because he has made a mistake. Don't we all make mistakes from time to time8. lament v. feel or express deep sor

47、row (for or because of sth.). One should not lament the past mistakes, but should try to do better later.9. ruefully adv. regretfully. He faced his recent failure ruefully.10. promptly adv. quickly, at once. He always responded to the customers' requests promptly.11. grim adj . harsh, unpleasant

48、, dreadful. He was depressed when he heard the grim news that two-thirds of the workforce might be discharged.Notes1. the sudden flash of insight that leaves you a changed person: the quick andspontaneous understanding that makes you a different persona flash of insight an understanding that comes t

49、o one suddenly and quickly leave (with object and adverbial or complement) cause (object) to be or toremain in a particular state or positionBuying an expensive car has left the family penniless.The children were left in the care of the nanny.2. chewing the bitter cud of hindsight: thinking repeated

50、ly about the painfulrealization of what had happenedLiterallycud means "partly digested food returned from the first stomach ofruminants to the mouth for further chewing" ( 反芻的食物). Whenan animal chewsthe cud, it chews further the partly digested food. Whena person chews the cud, he thinks

51、about something reflectively. He chewed the cud for a long while before he set pen to paper.hindsight understanding the reasons for an event or situation only after it has happened. The accident could have been avoided with the wisdom of hindsight.With hindsight they should not have left their littl

52、e daughter alone in the country villa.3. he still carried a full case load: he still kept himself fully occupied in thetreatment of his patientscase load the number of patients a doctor has to deal with4. I had long since ceased to be surprised at his perceptiveness. : I had long before come to know

53、 that he was good at perceiving how others thought and felt; so I was not at all surprised when he noticed my troubled state.perceptiveness ( n.) unusual ability to notice and understand; awareness and understanding. We all admired his perceptiveness; he was always so quick to respond to a new situa

54、tion.5. With a kind of melancholy pride: Apparently the author was still proud of his"project of considerable importance", though he was sad because of "severalmiscalculations on his part".6. common denominator : This is a term used in mathematics, meaning "the common multip

55、le of the denominator of several fractions" (公分母 ). In this context,it means "the characteristic shared by the three persons", . the phrase if only was used by all three of them.7. all the marital chances she had let go by: all the chances for her to get married she had missedlet (sth

56、.) go by lose sth. The short course is a good opportunity for you to learn a skill. Don't let it go by.8. There's a perverse streak in all of us that makes us like to hash over oldmistakes. : There's an obstinately unreasonable quality in all of us which makes us enjoy bringing up old mi

57、stakes again for consideration.perverse (of a person or one's actions) showing an obstinate desire to behave in an unreasonable way. We just couldn't understand her perverse decision against the majority.streak an element of a specified kind in one's character(性格行為的)傾向 , an often unpleas

58、ant characteristic. Her streak of stubbornness makes her difficult to get along with.hash over ( slang ) bring up (sth.) again for consideration. What has been done cannot be undone. Don't hash over past mistakes. Cheer up and try to do better next time.9. substitute a phrase that supplies lift

59、instead of creating drag: use a phrase(in place of if only) that provides encouragement that pushes you forward instead of discouragement that pulls you backwardsubstitute ( v. ) use (sth.) in place of (sth. else). The old lady suffers from diabetes, so she substitutes saccharine for sugar/so shesub

60、stitutes sugar with saccharine.substitute ( n. ) a person or thing acting or used in place of another. The actress's substitute performed as well as the actress herself.10. when he looks me in the eye : when he looks directly at me without showing embarrassment, fear, or shame11. I could hear the new words lock into place with an audible click : I could sense the new words firmly fixed in my mind without any doubt12. that almost-perceptible mental click : the reminder provided by the