2016高职高专英语第一册（校编）教案：Unit 7 The First Chinese.docVIP

Unit 7 The First Chinese I. Teaching Objectives: After the learning of this text, the students will be able to 1. understand the main idea of the text; 2. learn to analyse long difficult sentence patterns; 3. grasp the key words, language points and grammatical structures in the text; 4. conduct a series of reading, speaking and translation exercises related to the text. II. Time Allotment: Eight periods (six for intensive reading and two for Exercises) III. Text Analysis 1. China is the oldest living civilization in the world. living : existing; alive now活着的 e.g. Wages were sixpence a week within living memory. 周工资为六便士的年代, 人们记忆犹新. He is believed to be one of the best living painters. 他被认为是在世的最好的画家之一。 2. People in China were living civilized lives… 英语中，动宾词组中，宾语全部或部分地重复动词意思，这个宾语被称作是同根宾语。 e.g. sing a song dream a dream think some unkind thoughts fight a good fight die a miserable death 一些动词，通常是不及物动词可以加同根宾语，并且该宾语常有定语来修饰。 e.g. He lived a bitter life as a child laborer in a factory. Old as he is, he lives the life of a young man. She told me she had dreamed a sweat dream. I have never spoken a word to him, but every time he sees me he smiles a strange smile. 3. No one is sure...—a useful expression e.g. No one is sure what to do next. No one is sure when his seemingly endless speech will come to an end. 4. We do know that the bones of some of the first people to exist have been unearthed near Beijing, the capital of China, near the Yellow River valley. In colloquial English, “do” is sometimes used simply to strengthen a statement, and this demands special intonation. e.g. I do hope you’ll stay here for another two or three days. He does speak English well! unearth: 1) to find out the truth about something 揭露；发现 e.g. The reporter had unearthed some important secrets about her. 记者已发现了有关她的一些重要秘密。 2）to find something after searching for it, especially something that has been buried under the ground 发掘，掘出（尤指埋藏于地下的东西） e.g. Many unearthed cultural relics were exhibited a