大学英语一系2009级 (上外)全新版大学英语综合教程教案 第四册 liuyan & Geng xiaoyunUnit 5 Cruelty I. Suggested Teaching Plan (4 periods)ObjectivesStudents will be able to:1. Develop reading skillsgrasp the main idea (Edward Burton, who appeared kind and gentle turned out to be cold-blooded enough to send a friend to certain death.) and structure; learn to predict the plot by asking some “wh” questions. 2. Develop writing skillslearn to give an impressive conclusion to an essay;3. Learn the languagemaster the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;4. Integrate the four skillsconduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.Time Allotment1st period2nd period3rd period4th periodPre-reading;While-reading(Paras. 1-3)While-reading(Paras 4-51)Post-reading(Debate; Exercises)Check on students home reading (Text B); Fast reading重点内容提示一. 重点词语 Key words and phrasesText A: for sb.s (own) part / the part of, in accordance with, instinct, in a way, current, vacancy,definite, with a bad / good grace, commit , drive at , turn upText Bat the mercy of bank up, revenge, 二 重点句型(Key Sentence Patterns)1. Unless.2. It happens thator One happens to do课文讲解教学步骤(Teaching Steps)一 内容提要Text AA Friend in NeedMaugham, W. SomersetCultural Background1. Maugham, William Somerset (1874-1965):English author, whose novels and short stories are characterized by great narrative facility, simplicity of style, and a disillusioned and ironic point of view. Maugham was born in Paris and studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg and at Saint Thomass Hospital, London. His partially autobiographical novel Of Human Bondage (1915) is generally acknowledged as his masterpiece and is one of the best realistic English novels of the early 20th century. The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a story of the conflict between the artist and conventional society, based on the life of the French painter Paul Gauguin; other novels are The Painted Veil (1925), Cakes and Ale (1930), Christmas Holiday (1939), The Hour Before the Dawn (1942), The Razors Edge (1944), and Cataline: A Romance (1948). Among the collections of his short stories are The Trembling of a Leaf (1921), which includes “Miss Thompson,” later dramatized as Rain; Ashenden: or The British Agent (1928); First Person Singular (1931); Ah King (1933); and Quartet (1948). He also wrote satiric comedies The Circle (1921) and Our Betters (1923) the melodrama East of Suez (1922), essays, and two autobiographies.2. Kobe City （神户）(1990 pop. 1,477,410), capital of Hyogo（兵库） prefecture（辖区）, Honshu（本州）, Japan, on Osaka（大阪） Bay. One of the leading Japanese ports, it is also a major industrial center and railway hub. It is part of a transportation network, which includes express trains and highways, that links it to Osaka, Kyoto, and Nagoya(名古屋）. It has shipbuilding yards, vehicle factories, iron and steel mills, sugar refineries, and chemical, rubber, and food-processing plants. A cultural center, Kobe has several colleges and universities and many temples and shrines. Since 1878 the city has included Hyogo (formerly Hiogo), an ancient port that was prominent during the Ashikaga period (14th-16th cent.) and regained importance after it was reopened to foreign trade in 1868. Kobe was heavily bombed during World War II but was rebuilt and enlarged, with much commercial building taking place on landfill in Osaka Bay. In Jan., 1995, Kobe suffered a devastating earthquake that killed more than 6,000 people. Much of the port was destroyed; total damages were estimated at over $100 billion.3. Bridge Its a card game derived from whist, played with 52 cards by four players in two partnerships. Bridge probably originated in the Middle East in the 19th century. The cards in contract bridge rank from ace down to two; in bidding, suits rank spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. After all cards are dealt, so that each player holds 13 cards, the dealer begins the auction, which proceeds in rotation to the left. Each player must bid, pass, double (increase the value of the previously stated contract), or redouble (only after a double, further increasing the point value of the contract). A bid is an offer to win a stated number (over six) of tricks with a named suit as trump or with no trump. The lowest bid is one, the highest seven. The object of the game for both partnerships is to win as many tricks as possible, a trick being the three cards played in rotation after the lead. Suits must be followed, but a player who has no cards in the suit led may play any card. Highest trump or, if no trump card is played, highest card of the suit led wins. Points are awarded for the number of tricks won. Numerous conventions -generally accepted forms of bidding - are used in bridge, but the four standard ones are Blackwood, Gerber, Stayman, and grand-slam force.