文档介绍：课题
Unit 1 Text A Attitude is Everything
课时
2
教学目的
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要求
Aims: 1. master the basic language and skills to use attitude words and phrases;
2. Help students to have a clear idea about text A
Requirements: 1. Enable students to know the structure of the text.
2. Master the usages of the important words and phrases
教学重点
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难点
Main points: 1. Structure of the text.
2. Usages of the important words and phrases
Difficulties: Understanding plex sentences and words
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主要内容及步骤
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Teaching steps
I. Lead-in exercise: Everyone had times of darkness and unhappiness. When you find yourself faced with difficulty or troubled by something, what do you usually do? Talk to your classmates and exchange your solutions to such problems.
II. Understanding and learning of the text:
Detailed study of Para. 1-2
Questions About This Paragraph
How would you describe Jerry according to the text?
Why did some waiters follow Jerry around from restaurant to restaurant?
Language Points
1. be/mean everything (to somebody): be the most important thing in someone’s life 是某人最重要的东西或事情
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Money isn’t everything. 钱不是最重要的。
I love him. He means everything to me. 我爱他。他对我最重要。
2. … he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant.
……他从一家餐馆跳槽到另一家餐馆时,有几个服务员一直跟随着他
本句中的restaurant应当理解为杰里受聘担任经理的餐馆, follow (sb.) around 解释为“到处跟随(某人)”。
又如:
follow (sb.) around 到处跟随(某人)
3. Seeing this style really made me curious.
Detailed study of Para 4-10
Questions About This Paragraph
What was Jerry’s answer to the writer’s question about how he managed to keep a positive attitude all the time?
How did Jerry sum up his attitude about life?
What made the writer about his reaction at the time of the robbery?
Language Points
4. on top of the world: very happy or proud, esp. because of ess or good fortune (尤指因成功或好运而)非常高兴,非常幸福;心满意足
positive: 积极的话语或东西。英语中 something, anything, nothing 等代词被形容词修饰时,该形容词应后置。
6. get it: understand 懂,理解