The Fun They Had 大学英语精读 教学课件.pptVIP

Unit 7 The Fun They Had Purposes To get students compare the advantages and disadvantages to have a mechanical teacher. To understand the purpose of writing and organization of the text. To reinforce some basic linguistic knowledge by doing various types of exercises. 1.What does the narrative text tell us? 2. How is it organized? II. Structural analysis of the text Main idea of each part: Part One 1 --- serving as the background of the story, telling us the date, the leading characters and the real book Part Two (2-31) --- Margie hates school and through the conversation with Tommy Margie gets to know about the kind of school where human beings served as teachers centuries ago. Part Three (31-35) --- telling us something about the schoolroom and the mechanical teacher. III. some difficult sentences, words or phrases 1. Her mother sent for the County Inspector. Explain: Her mother asked the County Inspector to come over. 2. The mechanical teacher calculated the mark in no time. Explain: The mechanical teacher finished the calculation of the mark very quickly. 3. Tommy looked at her with very superior eyes. Explain: Tommy looked at Margie with an air which suggested he knew far better about school than others. 4. A teacher has to be adjusted to fit the minds of each boy and girl it teaches. Explain: A teacher, a computerized teacher on net, has to be changed slightly so as to be suitable for each boy and girl to learn from. 5.head Sally headed the class in the examination. He was chosen to head the firm. We saw him heading for us, so we stopped aside. He lost his head completely and behaved like a child. The boy kept his head in this accident. 6.send for He sent the waiter for a packet of cigarettes. One of our water pipes has burst. We must send for the plumber. 7.superior They occupy a very superior position on local society. It is superior in speed to any other machine. This carpet is superior to ( be inferior to) that one in quality. The sup