新视野大学英语读写教程第四册教案B4U3Unit 3Being Entrepreneur*Teaching Objectives： Students will learn to use English to1. To talk about the entrepreneurial spirit 2. To understand the text fully3. To apply the phrases and patterns4. To master the essay writing skill*Time Allotment: each unit 8 classes1st-2nd classes: Part I Warming up1. Lead-in : Guessing activity and short answer questions2. Pre-reading activities: compound dictation3. Cultural background: Proper names3rd-4th classes: Part II Text Study4. Reading in Depth: Structure Analysis, Summary, Difficult sentences analysis5. Language Focus: More practice in Language Points (language points explanation, Sentence Patterns, Useful Expressions)5th6th classes: Part III Reflection6. Critical thinking: More speaking practice in discussion related to being entrepreneur. 7. Writing Practice: Essay writing Write a narrative with biographical information.7th8th classes: Part IV Assignment7. Post-reading activities: summary of useful expressions, watching and discussing, speaking task, etc.8. Section B: Focus on fast reading and practice in reading skillUNIT 3Section A Fred Smith and FedEx:The vision that changed the worldPart I Warming up 1. Lead-in:1) Guess: Who is he/she? a. He was an American businessman, marketer and inventor. He revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing(平板电脑应用), and digital publishing. He died of cancer at the age of 56 in 2011. b. He is an American business magnate(巨头), philanthropist(慈善家), investor, computer programmer, and inventor. He has been top of the Forbes American rich list for consecutive(连续的) 20 years. He was chairman of Microsoft company. c. He is an American programmer. He is best known as one of five co-founders of the worlds largest social networking website. He is the chairman and chief executive of Facebook, Inc. d. He is a Chinese business magnate(大亨). He is the founder and Executive Chairman of a family of highly successful Internet-based businesses. His product is popular all around China. Tips: Steve Jobs; Bill Gates; Mark Zuckerberg; Jack Ma 2) Discussion question 1: Do you often use their products? Do their products make your life more convenient? Tips: Yes, I use their products quite often. I use various Apple electronics to work, play and socialize. I dont have to go to the library to search for information or gether materials 3) Discussion question 2: What is an entrepreneur? Tips: Anentrepreneuris a person who makes money by starting or running businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risks. 4) Discussion question 3: What personal traits do successful entrepreneurs have in common? Tips: leadership, high motivation, great determination, willingness to fail, competitive spirit, budget-mindedness2. Pre-reading activities: 1) Compound dictation Listen to a short passage concerning entrepreneur and fill in the missing information. The _ definition of an entrepreneur is a person who organizes and accepts the risks of a new business. Entrepreneurs may have a new product or service to _. Or they may have ideas for new ways to do business. But an entrepreneurial spirit does not have to _ the business world. Lately we hear more and more about social entrepreneurs. What they do is _; they might even act like business entrepreneurs. They might _ money in projects or get others to support them. But social entrepreneurs say they are not _ by a desire for profits. Their most important goal, they say, is to create social value. They organize and support programs that _ improve conditions in communities. Social entrepreneurs say they look for solutions to needs without leaving them to government or industry to solve. And they say they try to _ the solution. In other words, to change the system, they try to get whole societies to change. There are many historical examples of people who might be called social entrepreneurs. Susan B. Anthony, for example, _ womens rights in the United States. Vinoba Bhave created the Land Gift Movement to help Indias poor and _. Keys: traditional, offer, be limited to, similar, invest, guided, aim to, spread, fought for, landless3. Cultural Background: 1) the Millionaires UnitIt is the nickname for the First Yale Unit, a naval air reserve unit considered to be the first in the United States. It was started by F. Trubee Davison, a Yale sophomore at the time, in 1915. The unit had 29 members who were all wealthy and fascinated by flying. Their intention was to learn to fly airplanes so as to develop Americas military aviation. 2) the Marines(海军陆战队)Formerly called the United States Marine Corps, it is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power proje