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章节名称 | Unit 2? Going Home | ||
教学目的与要求： 1. Attract students’ attention to traditional values, such as sympathy, understanding, love, and trust. 2. Help the students to realize that life is not always rosy. It is full of failures and setbacks. | |||
教学重点和难点： 1. Learn the usage of new words and expressions in context. 2. Master the usage of “nominative absolute constructions”. 3. Mater the usage of “link verb+ adj”. 4. Master the usage of noun suffix”-ment” and adjective suffix”-y”. | |||
教学组织（含课堂教学内容、教学方法、 辅助手段、师生互动、时间分配、板书设计等）： 教学方法： 讨论式教学法、情境教学法和激疑教学法相结合。
时间分配 (6 periods): 1. The first 1 period: questions for discussion; introduction to the text; 2. The next 2 periods: detailed study of the text, language points and Comprehension exercises. 3. The last 3 hour will be devoted to work on the text, including all the rest Exercises and oral discussion. 教学内容： Step 1. Questions for discussion 1. What do you think Vingo had done that got him in prison? 2. How do you think Vingo behaved in prison? What do you think he wanted to do after his release? 3. What kind of person do you think his wife was? Why didn’t she write to Vingo? 4. Do you agree the yellow ribbon is a symbol? What does it symbolize? What did it mean to Vingo? 5. What lesson do you think young people can learn from Vingo’s story? 6. Do you think the ability to forgive and forget is important in human relationships? Step 2. Background knowledge of the text 1. About the author ?? The text is based on “Yellow Ribbon”, a story written in the 1960’s by Pete Hamill, a successful American journalist and author. The story was made into a Japanese movie in 1977 in which the song “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree” became quite popular in the United States. ?? The 1960’s-70’s was a very trying ime for the American people, as the country was deeply troubled by its involvement in Vietnam War”. It was a time when such traditional values as human sympathy, understanding, trust and love seemed to be losing out. Through the experience of a former prisoner and his journey with a group of young people, the story seems to express a strong desire for “going home”, where such good old values are to be found again.? 2. Introduction to the text ?? This is a moving story. Yellow ribbons are still sometimes used to welcome someone home. Ribbons are also sometimes worn to symbolize support for a cause. ?? The plot follows three stages. Paragraphs 1 to 4 for the introduction in which the setting is made clear (time: spring; place: a bus from New York to Florida) and the characters are introduced ( protagonist: Vingo; minor characters: six young people, three boys and three girls). In the next 5 paragraphs, as the plot develops, we learn where Vingo is going and what for, and how the young people get interested in what is going to happen. The last part of the story (para.10-12) is the conclusion: Vingo is forgiven and welcomed home. Step 3. Detailed discussion of the text?????????????????????????????? 1. They were dreaming of golden beaches and tides of the sea as the grey, cold spring of New York vanished behind them. Paraphrase: It was a grey, cold day in spring. As the bus left New York City, these young people were thinking about what they were going to enjoy in Florida—the beaches and the sea. ★ to dream of/about (doing sth): to imagine and think about sth. that you would like to happen, e.g. On the way to school the boy dreamed about that afternoon’s football match. The girl dreamed of becoming a movie star. 2. to pass through (a place): to go through a town, etc., perhaps stopping there for a short time, but not staying. ?? to pass (a place): to go past a place without entering, e.g. ?? As they passed through the flooded areas, they felt bad. ?? On her way to work she passed a supermarket. 3. He sat in front of the young people, his dusty face masking his age, dressed in a plain brown suit that did not fit him. Paraphrase: He sat in front of the young people. You could hardly tell how old he was because his complexion had a grayish color. ★ his dusty face masking his age→nominative absolute construction e.g. The old man stood up, tears running down his face. ??? She gave Bob a letter, her hands trembling. ★ dressed in a plain brown suit that did not fit him: past participle phrase is used to tell more about the subject of the sentence “he”. ★ to fit(sb):to be the right shape or size for sb, e.g. Cinderella’s sisters tried on the shoes, but they didn’t fit. 4. His fingers were stained from cigarettes…? →His fingers were yellow because he smoked a lot. 5. … and he chewed the inside of his lip a lot．→ … he repeatedly bit the inside of his lower lip, which showed his nervousness. 6. He sat in complete silence and seemed completely unaware of the existence of the others.→He sat without saying anything as if he did not know there were other people around. ★Unaware of sth: not knowing or realizing that sth. is happening or that sth. exists, e.g. ? He worked at his computer for hours, unaware of the noises outside. 7. Deep into the night, the bus pulled into a Howard Johnson’s restaurant and everybody got off the bus except Vingo. → Late at night the bus stopped at one of the Howard Johnson fast food chain restaurants. Every passenger on the bus got off to eat, but Vingo didn’t. ★ to pull in (to sth): (of a train or bus) to enter a station and stop. 8. … one of the girls became so curious that she decided to engage him in conversation. → …one of the girls became very interested in Vingo, and she decided to get him to talk. ★ to engage sb. in conversation: to start talking to sb. and involve him/her in a conversation ★ to engage sb. in sth. : to make sb. take part in sth., e.g. She tried to engage her roommate in a philosophical discussion. 9. Your live there? ?? When we think the answer is likely to be “yes”, we can turn a statement into a question by using the rising tone in speaking and a question mark in writing. e.g. You come from Beijing? You want to read this book? 10. … took a swig from the bottle. → … drank a large mouthful of wine from the bottle. 11. He thanked her and retreated again into his silence.→ After thanking her for the wine, he?? became silent again. 12. … as Vingo nodded in sleep.→ … as Vingo fell asleep. ?? “in” → It is often used to show a state or condition. ?? “into”→It is used to show a change in state. e.g. He sat in complete silence. But then some boys began to glance at me in curiosity. He thanked her and retreated into his silence. Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face into the ex-con’s mask… 13. The girl insisted that he join them. ★ to insist that sb. do sth. or sth. be done: to demand that sth. should happen and refuse to let anyone say no, e.g. The teacher insisted that the students (should) turn in their homework on time. 14. He… smoked nervously, as the young people chattered about sleeping on beaches. ? → Probably he started smoking because what the young people were talking about reminded him of sth. he had tried to forget, or because, as he got nearer and nearer to his home, he became more and more nervous. He was completely absorbed in his own thoughts. ★ to chatter (about sth): to talk quickly and continuously, especially about things that are not important. 15. I understand if you can’t stay married to me. → If you want to divorce me, I’ll understand 一 ?????????????????? (euphemism of “divorce me”) you have every reason to do so. 16. Get a new guy—she’s a wonderful woman, really something—and forget about me. ?????????????????????? (parenthesis) really something: (She is ) really a special woman. 17. I told her she didn’t have to write to me or anything, and she didn’t. Not for three-and-a-half years. →I told her she didn’t have to write to me or keep in touch with me in any other way. And she didn’t. I didn’t hear from her or about her for three and a half years when I was in jail. ★ or anything: or anything of the similar type . 18. And you’re going home now, not knowing? → And so you’re going home without knowing whether your wife has another man or whether she will accept you? 19. … when I was sure the parole was coming through I wrote her again. ?? … when I knew for sure that I would be released on parole I again wrote her a letter. ★ parole: permission for early release that is given to a prisoner before the end of his sentence on condition that he behaves well. ★ to come through: to arrive. 20. If she didn’t want me, forget it, no ribbon and I’d understand and keep going on through. →If she couldn’t forgive me, she shouldn’t bother about the ribbon and I would understand her feelings and wouldn’t get off the bus when it reached the town. 22. … soon all of them were caught up in the approach of Brunswick, looking at the pictures Vingo showed them of his wife and three children. →… all of the young people became excited and deeply interested in Vingo’s story and in what was going to happen at Brunswick. ★ to be caught up (in sth): to become involved, exicted and interested in. 23. … the young people took window seats on the right side, waiting for the approach of the great oak tree. →… the young people then moved to the seats by the windows on the right side where they would be able to see the oak tree; they waited there for the oak tree to come into view. 24. Vingo stopped looking, tightening his face into the ex-con’s mask, as if fortifying himself against still another disappointment. →Vingo moved his eyes away from the window, and his face again became expressionless as if he was trying to find the courage to face another possible blow, another disappointment in his life. ★ the ex-con’s mask: the expression of a former prisoner(ex-convict) trying to hide his true feelings. ★ to fortify oneself (against sb. / sth.) : to make oneself feel stronger or braver. 25. Then suddenly all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and shouting and crying, doing small dances, shaking clenched fists in triumph and exaltation. All except Vingo. →Then all of sudden, all the young people left their seats and began doing all sorts of things to express their happiness and excitement. Vingo alone remained still. 26. Vingo sat there stunned, looking at the oak tree through his misty eyes. →Vingo sat still; he was utterly surprised, looking at the oak tree through tear-filled eyes. 27. to make one’s way to : to move or get somewhere. Step 4 Oral activity Please turn the story into a play and act it out
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作业及课外训练： 1. Review the key points dealt with in class 2. Finish the exercises after the text 3. Writing Assignment(no less than 300 words): A Summary of Going Home
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参考资料（含参考书、文献等）： 霍恩比著，王玉章等译 牛津高阶英汉双解词典第7版[Z].北京：商务印书馆，2009. 朗文高阶英语词典（英语版）[Z].北京：外语教学与研究出版社，2003. 杨立民，《现代大学英语精读1（教师用书）》[M].北京：外语教学与研究出版社，2002. 章振邦. 新编英语语法教程(第三版) [C]. 上海:上海外语教育出版社, 2000. | |||
课后自我总结分析： 通过课堂的讲解及互动式活动，使学生及时理解并初步运用知识，利用课后作业及复习来达到巩固强化知识的目的，及时发现解决教学中和作业里出现的问题，提高学生听、说、读、写、译多方面的能力。
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