剑桥2册Unit8电子教案.doc

Unit Eight A Teaching Objectives a. Contents of the text Focus 1: Appreciate both the fidelity of the heroine in the story as a bride and her courage to stand up for gender equality as a woman. Focus 2: Appreciate the characterization of the stockbroker in the story, a workaholic who is too busy to love. b. Key language points in the text Focus 1: 1. Expand the students’ knowledge of conversion by dealing with sink, arm, storm, and port which may function both as nouns and as and, wise functions both as an adjective and as a verb. 2. Predicate verbs, such as decide, desire, request, suggest, etc. in subjunctive mood which appear in objective, appositive or predicative clauses. 3. Master the structure in spite of + non-finite verbs. c. Vocabulary Focus 1: 18 B-level words, 12 A-level words, 5 phrases and expressions listed under Vocabulary. Focus 2: 7 B-level words, 12 A-level words, 8 phrases and expressions listed under Vocabulary. d. Comprehensive skills Understand a passage at the intermediate level of difficulty and on this basis, be able to write a summary of the text. e. Functions Focus 1: Accepting or Declining an Offer of Help. Focus 2: Writing an Invitation.  B Procedures and Methods Eight teaching periods are needed to cover the present unit. 1. Period One and Period Two: Step One: a. Background information: According to the Bible, when God created our ancestor Adam, he also created the first woman on earth, Eve. It was God who united a man with a woman. For centuries, Christians have abided by the tenet that “what God has united let no one put asunder”. Hence fidelity is held as a virtue in the Christian world. But touching stories about fidelity are found in all cultures. While fidelity has been cherished and extolled, infidelity has been criticized and condemned throughout history. Infidelity by a spouse is a traumatic and devastating experience. Not only does it affect the person concerned but changes the marriage forever. Som