综合英语6 unit4.pptVIP

Unit 4 Disney World: Cities of Simulation as Postmodern Utopias PART I: CLASS PLANNING 1. Teaching Materials Textbook: An Integrated English Book 6; Teacher’s Book Dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary (Fourth edition); A New English-Chinese Dictionary. 2. Teaching Objectives To know about the shift of addressing forms and the specific functions. To understand the author’s purpose of writing this essay. To grasp the new words and expressions; 3. Time Allocation Periods 1-2: Analysis of Text I; Part I of the text (Paras 1-4) Periods 3-4 : Part II Part III of the text (Paras 5-11) Periods 5-6: Comprehension questions; Exercises; Oral Activities; Text II 4. Teaching Methods 1) Interactive teaching 2) Communicative teaching PART II: TEACHING LECTURESPeriods 1-2 ( 80 min ) ◆ Warm-up Questions: 1. What does Disney World evoke in you? 2. What can we learn from Disney World? Contents:★ About the Lesson The author gives his critical view on Disney World from two perspectives: Why does this park have such a great appeal to its visitors? And how does modern technology plays its paradoxical roles in Disney? Structural Analysis of Text I:  This expository essay may be divided into 4 parts as follows: 1. Part I (Para. 1-4) : the author explains the illusion, idealized reality and fantasies created by Disney. 2. Part II (Paras 5-7 ) : the author probes the implications of modern technology in Disney World. 3. Part III (Paras 8 – 9): the author moves on to discuss the difference between the perfect world as desired by humanity and that of Disney World. 4. Part IV (Paras. 10-11): the author raises the question about our relationship with technology and cautioned us against the greatest negative aspects of Disney World. ★ Detailed Study of Part I (paras. 1-4) of Text I: Text Analysis Paragraph 1 The first paragraph is part of the section in which the author explains the illusion (Paragraph 1), idealized reality (Paragraphs 2 and 3 ) and fa