新視野大學英語第四冊教案

1、 Go over the preview, the pre-reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read. Charlie Chaplin: Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on 16th April 1889 in Walworth, London, and lived a Dickensian childhood, shared with his

2、 brother, Sydney, that included extreme poverty, workhouses and seeing his mothers mental decline put her into an institution. Both his parents, though separated when he was very young, were music hall artists, his father quite famously so. But it was his mother that Charlie idolised and was inspire

3、d by during his visit of the backstage while she performed, to take up such a career for himself. Dickens: Charles Dickens, 18121870, an English novelist, considered by many to be the greatest one of all. His many famous books describe life in Victorian England and show how hard it was, especially f

4、or the poor and for children. They include The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities. Hollywood: an area of Los Angeles which is known as the center of the American film industry. In terms of geography, Hollywood refers to an

5、 area consisting of the City of West Hollywood and its vicinity that form part of the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is generally thought that everyone living in Hollywood is extremely rich, famous, and concerned with appearances but in fact many parts of Hollywood today are poor, dirty a

6、nd badly cared for. Mack Sennett: (18801960) US film producer, born in Richmond, Quebec. He worked in the theatre as a comic in burlesque companies, and from 1908 in silent films. He later formed his own company and hundreds of shorts, establishing a whole generation of players and a tradition of kn

7、ockabout slapstick under the name of Keystone Komics (1912), and later the Sennett Bathing Beauties (1920). He received a Special Academy Award in 1937. Read the sentences carefully and guess the meaning of the italicized term in each sentence according to the context and your own experiences. The s

8、peech is rich in comic sensitivity. The children received a greeting card and a comic for Christmas. If youre a comic and people recognize you, it means a lot of people are watching your show. A lot of Shakespeares plays are comedies. At last he saw the comedy of the situation and laughed. 喜劇性喜劇性連環(huán)漫

9、畫冊連環(huán)漫畫冊喜劇演員喜劇演員喜劇喜劇滑稽之處滑稽之處 He used to be a tramp when he was young. Ive tramped the whole town looking for work. The elderly woman must have thought I was a beggar, because she refused to let me speak to the young ladies. The poor child was dressed in rags. I used a piece of rag to dust the wooden

10、furniture.乞丐乞丐走遍全城走遍全城叫花子叫花子衣衫襤褸衣衫襤褸 抹布抹布 speech met with loud applause. The audience clapped and cheered when she stood up to speak. He was spotted by a scout at the age of 13. He sent four scouts ahead to take a look at the bridge. 掌聲掌聲鼓掌歡呼鼓掌歡呼獵頭獵頭偵察員偵察員 The people in the north have revolted again

11、st the foreign rule and established their own government. Troops were called in to put down the revolt. Shoes with high heels are no longer in fashion. She had developed a blister on one heel. 造反造反叛亂叛亂鞋跟鞋跟腳后跟腳后跟 You must behave (yourself) at the party! How does your new car behave? Hes applied for C

12、hinese nationality. There are many minority nationalities in China. Now that we have made the decision, we may execute the scheme as previously agreed. It now seems certain that the prisoner will be executed tomorrow. 規(guī)規(guī)矩矩規(guī)規(guī)矩矩性能性能國籍國籍民族民族實行實行處死處死 The money corresponds roughly to the amount I need fo

13、r my course. Who have you been corresponding with in China? There has been a decline in the value of the pound and a corresponding increase in the strength of the dollar. He was accused of betraying his country during the war. He tried to seem angry, but his smile betrayed him. 大致夠大致夠通信通信相應相應背叛背叛露了馬

14、腳露了馬腳 It was such a relief to hear Glen had been found safe and well. For relief of headaches take aspirin. The rumours being spread about him are totally untrue. This proposal will almost certainly spark another countrywide debate. The church service is a memorial to those killed in the war. 寬慰寬慰減輕

15、減輕傳言傳言引起引起紀念紀念 We need to cut the article down to 1,000 words. The days of happiness had gone for good. careful you dont trip up on the step. He made up some excuse about his daughter being sick. He was once wealthy, but now he has come down in the world. 縮短縮短永遠永遠絆倒絆倒編造編造落魄落魄 Most pop music is influ

16、enced, to a greater or lesser degree, by the blues. You may have difficulty with this book at first, but youll find it much easier as you go along. Its cheaper if you book the tickets in advance. He eventually found his way into acting. 多少多少進行下去進行下去提前提前進入進入 stockings hose sock ankle foot toe heel ho

17、of paw nail crude rude coarse offensive crude raw uncooked moustache beard pants trousers levis jeans panskirt postpone delay suspend put off d o u b t f u l s k e p t i c a l d u b i o u s undecided uncertain questionable immense huge colossal vast enormous gigantic tremendous titanic monstrous lar

18、ge immensely very much extremely extraordinary unusual special unexpected strange abnormal extra incident event occurrence accident rouse wake waken awaken rouse animate kindle excite provoke stir stimulate script playscript tapescript draft manuscript pepper cayenne chili paprika collision clash cr

19、ash conflict sunset sunrise clumsy awkward cop police policemanHomework Learn the new words and expressions of the text by heart. Go over the text and try to get the main idea of the text. Analyze the structure of the text. 1. Global Reading Task Reading Skills: Text structure analysis:2. Detailed R

20、eading Task Language pointsSimulated writingSummary of the text Understand the reading skills: mixture of fact and opinion What are facts? And what are opinions?Facts are statements that tell what really happened or really is the case whereas opinions are statements of beliefs, judgments, or feeling

21、s. Some tips for distinguishing facts from opinions: 1. Test the writers opinion by asking whether a different opinion is possible. 2. Look for words that interpret ones opinions such as pretty, ugly, handsome, dangerous, evil, attractive, well-dressed, good, etc. Other words say clearly that an opi

22、nion will follow; these are words like I believe, I think, in my opinion, I feel, I suggest, etc. Text structure analysis: In this reading passage the author introduces us a famous figure Charlie Chaplin from different aspects: 1. the introduction 2. his professional success 3. his emotional life 4.

23、 the end of his life story. Divide the text into 4 parts according to the main idea given:Part 1: the introduction Part 2: his professional successPart 3: his emotional life Part 4: the end of his life story Paragraphs 1 and 2from Paragraph 3 to Paragraph 6Paragraphs 7 and 8Paragraph 91. Introduction Chaplin was from _ but a man that created _ of lasting fame. He won _ in many countries and he was spotted by _ of Hollywood.a poor familycomic charactersreputationtalent scouts Charlie Chaplins professional success:Charlie Chaplins huge success with his _.(Para. 3