新視野大學(xué)英語(yǔ)4unit7

授課學(xué)時(shí)：4學(xué)時(shí)

章節(jié)名稱Unit7備注

1.graspthemainidea(thispassagediscussesthepracticeof

briberyinbusinessandliststhecategoriesofbriberythatexist.)

andthestructureofthetext(thepassageisorganizedin

problem-solutionpattern);

2.appreciatethewritingtechniquesdemonstratedinthetext

教學(xué)目的

(listing,exemplification,deduction);

和要求

3.masterthekeylanguagepoints,sentencepatterns,and

grammaticalstructuresinthetext;

4.learnsometranslationskills

5.conductaseriousofreading,listening,speakingand

writingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit.

課文重點(diǎn)及難點(diǎn)：

1.“Morethan”和“notonly”了解此二結(jié)構(gòu)的用法，掌握在當(dāng)

重點(diǎn)其后接名詞短語(yǔ)或形容詞短語(yǔ)時(shí)，此二結(jié)構(gòu)可以互換

難點(diǎn)2.nothinglessthan

3.theacademicwordsofPopulationGenetic.

4.whatisPopulationGenetic.

(1)教學(xué)方法：課堂講授為主，師生互動(dòng)學(xué)生為主進(jìn)行討論、

對(duì)話、回答問(wèn)題等。課堂講解以舉例、對(duì)比，學(xué)生參與拓展來(lái)

教學(xué)方法

突出重點(diǎn)，解決難點(diǎn)。

教學(xué)手段

(2)教學(xué)手段：讀寫教程以口述、板書為主，師生互動(dòng)；聽

力材料、背景知識(shí)等采用多媒體輔助手段.

1.Pre-reading20'

2.Textanalysis

2.1Mainidea35'

2.2Textstructure40'

教學(xué)進(jìn)程設(shè)計(jì)

3.Wordsandphrases

(含教學(xué)內(nèi)容、

4.Sentencepatterns

教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì)、時(shí)

5.Summary

間分配等)

SectionA

LPre-reading

Questions

1)Howdidtheresearchersobtaintheinformationtowritetheirbook?

Theresearcherstookthebloodofhundredsofthousandsofindividuals,fromallaroundtheworld,andthen

analyzedtheirbloodproteins.Theyexaminedthegeneticsimilaritiesbetweenthepopulationsoftheworld.

Inthisway,theyobtainedtheinformationfortheirbook.

2)Whattwoscientificaimsdoesthebookhave?

Thisbookhastwoscientificaims.Oneistodiscovertheroutestakenbyearlypeoplemigratingaroundthe

world;anotheristoshowthatundertheskinweareallverysimilaronageneticlevel.

3)Whatistheultimateaimofthebook?

Thebookiswrittenforscientificpurposesaswellasinhopesthatitwouldhaveasocialeffectbyproving

thatthereisnobiologicalbasisforracialprejudice,thusdisprovingtheideathatoneraceisgenetically

superiortoanyotherrace.

2.Textanalysis

2.1Mainidea

Asthemostextensivesurveytodateonhowhumansvaryattheleveloftheirgenes,thebookTheHistory

andGeographyofHumanGenesmadetworemarkablecontributionstoscience:Thereisnoscientificbasis

fbrthegeneticsuperiorityofoneraceoveranyotherone;anditcreatesthefirstgeneticmapoftheworld.

Intheprocessofcollectinginformationforthebook,however,scientistsencounteredgreatdifficulties.The

ultimategoaloftheirworkistoremoveracialprejudice.

2.2Textstructure

Thepassagefallsintofourparts.Itevolvesfromthetwooutstandingscientificcontributionsofthebook

throughinduction.Next,itmovesbacktotheillustrations,asaninsertedpart,ofhardworkincollecting

theinformationneededforthebook.Then,thepassagecomestothescientists,remark-ablediscoveries,as

listedinparas.5to9.Itisconcludedwiththesocialeffect,theultimateaim,oftheirresearch.

PartI(Paras.1-2)

ThebookTheHistoryandGeographyofHumanGenesprovesthatthe“races"arealikeundertheskinand

createsthefirstgeneticmapoftheworld,theclosestthingwehavetoaglobalfamilytree.

PartII(Para.3-4)

Ittookdecadesandpainsforscientiststocollecttheinformationneededtodrawthefamilytree.

PartIII(Para.5-9)

Thebook'sfourremarkablediscoveries:AcolormapofgeneticvariationhasAfricaatoneendoftherange

andAustraliaattheother;Africawasthebirthplaceofhumanity;thegeneticmapsshowtheoriginsof

populations;andgeneticinformationisalsothelatestrawmaterialofthemedicalindustry.

PartIV(Para.10)

Apartfromscientificpurposesoftheresearch,itssocialobjectiveistoweakenconventionalnotionsofrace

thatcauseracialprejudice.

3.Wordsandphrases

1)atopsellingbook:abookthatalotofpeoplebuy

Ofthetentopsellingbooksthisyear,sixarenon-fictionones.今年10本最暢銷的書中,有6本是

非小說(shuō)類的書籍。

2)todate:untilnow至今，直到現(xiàn)在

Todate,researchhasfocusedonthemostobviousfeatureoflivingthings:cellmultiplication.迄今

為止研究已集中到生物最明顯的特性，即細(xì)胞繁殖上。

3)morethan:"havinggreatervalueorimportancethansth.else"or"notonly...,notjust...”Please

notehere“morethan"isusedinasentencewithoutanadverbialclauseofcomparison.

“Morethan"followedbyanounphrase:

He'smorethanacoach;he*safriend.他不只是一個(gè)教練，他更是一位朋友。

“Morethan”followedbyaverbalphrase:

Shemorethansufferedfromthedisease;shewaspenniless.她不僅僅是飽受疾病之苦，而目.窮得

身無(wú)分文。

Hemorethanscoldedme:hetoldmewhattodonext.他不只是責(zé)怪我，還告訴我以后該怎么做。

“Morethan“followedbyanadjectivephrase:

Shewasmorethangladtohearthenews.聽至I」這個(gè)消息她非常高興。

Hishouseismorethanlargeandbeautiful.他的房子非常大也非常漂亮。

4)nothinglessthan:exactlythesameas簡(jiǎn)直是，同...一點(diǎn)也不差

Pleasenotethat"nothinglessthan^^isoftenusedtoemphasizehowimportantorundesirable

somethingis."Nothinglessthan”isoftenusedinasentencewithoutanadverbialclauseof

comparison.

“Nothinglessthan“followedbyanounphrase:

YouYenothinglessthanamurderer!你簡(jiǎn)直是一個(gè)殺人犯！

Thesettingupofthisplantinthreemonthsisnothinglessthanamiracle.三個(gè)月就建成了這個(gè)工廠

簡(jiǎn)直就是個(gè)奇跡。

“Nothinglessthan”followedbyanadjectivephrase:

Thepresenttrendisnothinglessthanalarming.當(dāng)前的這種趨勢(shì)確實(shí)令人擔(dān)心。

Hisexperienceisnothinglessthanmagical.他的經(jīng)歷簡(jiǎn)直太具魔幻色彩。

5)serveas:fulfilthepurposeof(sth.)起...作用，當(dāng)成

Thejudgesaidthatthefinewouldserveasawarningtothemotorist.法官說(shuō)罰款會(huì)是對(duì)這個(gè)駕駛

者的一種警告。

6)beconfinedto:berestrictedorkeptwithincertainlimitsortime限制于，局限于

Sofar,fightinghasbeenconfinedtothecapitalcity.到目前為止，戰(zhàn)斗仍沒有超出首都的范圍。

7)asof/from:(usedwhenanewrule,system)startingfrom從...時(shí)候起

ThenewtimetablewillcomeintoeffectasofJanuary2003.新的時(shí)間表將從2003年1月起生效。

8)ineffect:infact事實(shí)上，實(shí)際上

Whatthemanagementissaying,ineffect,isthattheyaregoingtostopprovidingcompanycars.管

理層的實(shí)際意思是，他們將停止提供公司公用車子。

9)resemble:v.looklikeorbesimilartoanotherpersonorthing

Whatshesawwasthefaceofastrangerwhoresembledher.她看見一張很像她的陌生人的臉。

10)Compare:bearresemblanceto;takeafter

Paul'sfeaturesboreastrongresemblancetohisfather's.保羅的五官非常像他的父親。

I'mafraidthatyou'llfindithardtoadapt,asthesituationofthecountrybearslittleresemblanceto

thatofourcountry.該國(guó)的國(guó)情與我國(guó)相差懸殊，恐怕你不容易適應(yīng)。

Theboytakesafterhisfather:hehasthesameredhair,bigfeet,andquicktemper.這男孩長(zhǎng)得像他

父親：同樣的一頭紅發(fā)，大大的腳，脾氣暴躁。

11)adaptto:changeone'sbehaviortodealwithanewsituation(改變..)使適應(yīng)

Oldbuildingsandstreets,wellcaredforandadaptedtotoday'sneeds,vastlyenhancethequalityof

life.古老的建筑和街道被很好地維護(hù)和調(diào)整以適應(yīng)今天的需要，這大大地提高了我們的生活質(zhì)

量。

12)incombinationwith:togetherwith,inconjunctionwith與..合作，共同

Byusingpersuasionincombinationwiththreats,sheachievedgreatpoliticalsuccess.她采取利誘

和威脅并用的方式，獲得了政治上的巨大成功。

Theartistusesphotographsincombinationwithsolidobjectstoproducethisstrangeeffect,這位藝

術(shù)家用圖片加實(shí)體的方法，創(chuàng)造出了這種奇異的效果。

13)shed/throwlighton:makesth.easiertounderstand(某事)更為清楚，闡明

Scientistshaveshednewlightonthelifeofdinosaurs.科學(xué)家們對(duì)恐龍的生活有了新的認(rèn)識(shí)。

14)bedescendedfrom:havesb.asanancestor為..的后裔,是....的后人

CharlesDarwinpointedoutthathumanbeingsaredescendedfromanimals.查爾斯?達(dá)爾文指出人

類是動(dòng)物的后裔。

15)distinctive:a.havingaqualitythatmakessth.differentandeasilynoticed

Thebuilding'smostdistinctivefeatureisitsenormousdome-shapedroof.這幢建筑的最大特色是

它那巨大的圓形屋頂。

Compare:distinct:a.clearlynoticeable;thatcertainlyexists

Thereisadistinctsmellofcigaretteseverytimehecomesintotheroom.他每次進(jìn)房間，就明顯有

一股香煙味。

Thereisadistinctivesmellintheroom.房間里有一種特殊的氣味。

16)unknown:notknown;notfamousinfamous:shameful,notorious

Theshowwassuchasuccessthatshewentfromanunknownactresstoastarovernight.演出非常

成功，使她從一個(gè)默默無(wú)聞的女演員轉(zhuǎn)眼成了一位明星。

Hisactionincheatingelderlypeopleoftheirsavingswasdescribedbythejudgeasinfamous.法官

把他這種欺詐老人的存款的做法稱為無(wú)恥。

17)notjust...but...aswell:notonly...butalso

Thegovernmentradionotonlyreportedthedemonstration,butannounceditinadvanceaswell.政

府電臺(tái)不僅報(bào)道了這次示威游行，而且事先做了預(yù)告。

18)conventional:a.followingwhatistraditionalorconsideredtobenormal

Thehousewasbuiltwithconventionalmaterialsbutinatotallynewstyle.這房子是用傳統(tǒng)的材料

建造的，但風(fēng)格卻是全新的。

They'reaconventionalfamily.他們是一?個(gè)很傳統(tǒng)的家庭。

4.SentencePatterns

1)Sth./Sb.iswidelyassumed/be1ieved/thoughtto…Butsth./sb.elsetellsadifferentstory.

人們普遍認(rèn)為.....然而......表明并非如此。

應(yīng)用：a.人們普遍認(rèn)為誠(chéng)信已從我們的社會(huì)生活中消失。然而發(fā)生在某高校的飯卡事件表明并非如

此。

Honestyiswidelyassumedtohavegoneoutofoursociallife.Buttheincidentofmesscardsinacertain

universitytoldadifferentstory.

2)Sth.superficialhaspersuadedsb.that---Butsth.elsebegstodiffer.

表面現(xiàn)象使得某人認(rèn)為.....然而......說(shuō)明了不同的結(jié)果。

a.五花八門的作弊手段使得一些教育者認(rèn)為考場(chǎng)作弊防不勝防。然而誠(chéng)信協(xié)定說(shuō)明了不同的結(jié)果。

Thediversityoftricksincheatinghaspersuadedsomeeducatorsthatcheatinginexaminationsishardto

guardagainst.Butatreatyoftrustbegstodiffer.

b.追求財(cái)富的不良傾向使得一些人認(rèn)為人都是金錢的奴隸。然而他拾金不昧的做法說(shuō)明了不同的結(jié)

果。

Theundesirabletrendinseekingforwealthhaspersuadedsomepeoplethatthemortalareallslavesto

money.Buthiswayofnotpocketing