大学综合教程第一册Unit 2.pptVIP

Unit 2The Fun They Had Text Comprehension Language Work Note-writing Dictation Text Comprehension Pre-reading Main idea / Theme Structural analysis Questions Extension Pre-reading What do you think schools in the future would be like? 1. place — where schools are located? 2. time — when to go to school ? 3. teachers — mechanical teachers / men teachers? 4. students — alone or together / taught the same thing or differently? 5. teaching and learning methods — getting information / questions and answers / communicative activities 6. homework and tests — the way of doing and handing in Main idea / Theme This is a narrative story / fiction about Margie, a girl who is aged 11 in 2157. She hates school because her teacher is _______________ and she has to learn at regular hours and put her homework and test papers _________. She is envious of kids who _____________ , experienced great fun, and had _____________ hundreds of years ago. Through the story the writer indirectly predicts the education in the distant future — children learn _______ alone from _________________ and they feel it is ___________ . Structural analysis The story is mostly arranged in a chronological order, with the exception of the beginning, where the last event of that eventful day is recorded, and with a flashback unfolding in the near middle of the story. Para. 1: the background of the story — the exact date on which the story occurs, the name of the leading character Para. 2 – 31: a long conversation between the two leading characters — about the mechanical teacher and the man teacher Para. 31 – 35: the schoolroom and the mechanical teacher Questions Para. 1: 1. When did the story happen? 2. What did Margie write in her diary on the night of May 17, 2157? Para. 2 – 31: 3. What is the conversation concerned with? 4. Why does Margie hate school? Para. 31 – 35: 5. What do you know about the schoolroom and the mechanical teacher? 6. What was Margie thin