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天水师范学院外国语学院 2005-2006学年第二学期 教案 课程名称:大学英语 使用教材: 大学英语（全新版）第四册(综合教程) 主编: 李荫华 上海外语教育出版社 授课班级:2004级中文丁班 授课时间: 2006年 2 月 20 日2006 年 6 月25 日 Unit One Fighting with the forces of nature Text A The Icy Defender Learning Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. grasp the main idea and structure of the text; do a comparison and contrast between Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union; master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. Pre-reading Tasks: Ss answer the following questions on the recording: 1) Where and when did the storm occur? 2) Why did the crew fear the worst would happen to them? Discussion: Man or nature, which is more powerful? 1) Ss are divided into two groups. One group lists instances where man conquers nature; the other group comes up with cases where the forces of nature are too powerful to be resisted. 2) Several Ss from both groups report their respective lists to class; 3) T solicits opinions from other Ss: man or nature, which do think more powerful? T may move on to Text A by saying: Man changes nature in order to live. However, man must also be careful not to disregard the laws of nature. When Napoleon and Hitler finally realized their arrogance, it was too late. 3. While-reading Tasks: 1. T asks Ss to survey the text within three minutes and find out the main idea: - Man changes nature in order to live. However, man must also be careful not to disregard the laws of nature. In this text, Napoleon and Hitler launched military campaigns against Russia (the Soviet Union), but they both ignored the raw, bitter, bleak Russian winter — the Icy Defender. As a result, they both failed. 2. T draws Ss’ attention to the subtitles in the text, then leads them through Text Organization Exercise 1. In this way Ss will have a better understanding of the text structure. - The text can be divided