新世界大学英语读写教程3教学全套课件教学资源包05 Unit 5 Transformation .docxVIP

Unit 5 Transformation 【基本要求】 本单元的主题涉及城市转型，生活方式的转变以及如何将消极的心态转换成积极的决心。学生将练习句子改写的阅读技巧。语法主要学习定语从句。在写作技巧方面，学生将学习动词时态的变化。 【重点难点】 句子改写的练习。 定语从句规则的掌握与使用，以及在写作中关注动词时态的变化。 【讲授学时】 4课时。 【课程内容】 Lead in Background Information Frank Gehry Frank Owen Gehry (1929-) is a Canadian-American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles, California. A number of his buildings, including his private residence, have become world-renowned attractions. Vanity Fair labeled him as “the most important architect of our age”. His best-known works include the titanium-covered Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Guggenheim Museum Bilbao The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Frank Gehry, built by Ferrovial and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. The curves on the building were designed to appear random. When it was opened to the public in 1997, it was immediately hailed as “the greatest building of our time”. Reading Skill Focus Paraphrasing When we paraphrase, we restate information using our own words, rather than copying a writer’s exact words. It can be useful to change sentence structure, as well. Text A Background Information Regius Professor Regius Professorships are “royal” professorships at the ancient universities of the United Kingdom and Ireland—namely Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dublin. Each of the chairs was created by a monarch, and each appointment, save those at Dublin, is approved by the Crown. Glasgow currently has the highest number of extant Regius chairs, at twelve. Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Yale has produced many notable alumni, including five U.S. presidents, seventeen U.S. Supreme Court Justices, and s