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Unit 5 一、授课时间：第11—12周 二．授课类型：课文分析10课时；习题讲解2课时 三．授课题目：For Want of a Drink 四．授课时数：12 五．教学目的和要求： 通过讲授课文使学生了解人类正在面临水资源严重匮乏的事实，给每一个人敲响了警钟，学会用英语解释句子以达到学以致用的目的。要求学生主动地预习课文，课前准备练习，学会分析文章体裁和进行段落划分。 六．教学重点和难点： 1）背景知识的传授：The Earthquake in Port-au-Prince; Noah’s Ark; The Byzantine emperor Justinian; Osiris; the Jordan; the Ganges; 2）文章的体裁分析及段落划分； 3）语言点的理解： Word study: apparatus; aquifer; arid; breed; capacious; category; chronically; deity; delta; desalination; diminish; distribute; diversion; endangered; equilibrium; ethanol; evaporate; extinct; extract; famine; finite; flush; girder; glacier Grammar Focus: Learn to use how to denote implied condition. 七．教学基本内容和纲要 Part One Warm – up 1.1 Warm-up Questions 1. What is the author trying to tell people in this essay? Is he addressing any particular target audience? 2. How does the author explain the importance of water to human beings? Do you agree with the author that water is at least as important to us as oil? 3. Do you agree that humanity is now facing a serious water crisis? Why does the author say “Everyone must use less water if famine, pestilence and mass migration are not to sweep the globe”? How do those countries with abundant water resources affect global water shortage? 4. Has the author said anything new to you in this essay? Are there any lines in this essay that you find particularly thought-provoking and feel particularly deserve our attention? Underline them and share with your classmates. 5. Have you found anything important that the author has left untouched on this topic? How would you improve upon this essay if you are to write a similar piece? 6. Do you find the essay hard to follow because it is technical and scientific? Are you bored with these endless discussions of environmental problems? Can you explain why you feel the way you do when you read this essay? Part Two Background Information 2.1 Author 2.2 Noah’s Ark; Port-au-Prince; The Byzantine emperor Justinian; Osiris; the Jordan; the Ganges Part Thre