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新世纪大学英语读写教程
（第二册）
New Century College English
（Book）
教 案
Teaching Plan
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Ｃontent
Unit One-- Text A: The Kindness of Strangers ....................................................................3
Unit Two-- Text A: Choose Optimism .................................................................................... 17
Unit Three -- The Road to Success ........................................................................................ 31
Unit Four -- Being Creative ..................................................................................................... 47
Unit Five-- Text A: Three Days to See ................................................................................ 60
Unit Six-- Text A: What Does Teamwork Really Mean? .................................................. 76
Unit Seven-- Text A: Did You Have a Tough Childhood? ................................................. 90
Unit Eight-- Text A: Uncommon Decency .......................................................................... 103
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Unit One-- Text A: The Kindness of Strangers
I.Teaching Objectives
1. To make clear the writer?s purpose to write the text and the ideas that the writer desire to convey in the text.
2. To grasp the key words, phrases and structure.
3. To master the skills of writing and reading in this unit.
II. Teaching Content
1. Get Started
2. Discovering the Main Ideas
3. Key Words and Expressions for Text A 4.Voicing Your Views
5. Guided Practice (exercises, oral practice and group work) 6. Summary
7.After-Class Assignments
III. Teaching Process 1. Get Started
Discussion
▇Sit in groups of threes or fours and discuss the following questions.
1) You are now living on campus. How do you get along with your classmates? 2) Are you willing to help out a stranger? Why or why not?
3) Do you think it possible to be a true friend to someone whose name you don?t know?
▇ Answers for reference: 1) A possible answer:
I get along with my classmates pretty well. We help each other and take good care of each other. When anyone is in trouble or difficulty, we do all we can to lend a helping hand. I love campus life. I believe that the time spent in this university will be an unforgettable experience in my life.
2) Possible answers:
a. To be honest, with all the stories about how certain individuals take advantage of people?s kindness and how people set out to help out a stranger but end up getting into big trouble, I would think twice before helping out a stranger.
b. I am willing to help out a stranger, even if it means I would get myself into trouble, because I would feel bad if I passed by someone in need. After all, we?re not living on a one-man island. We need to rely on each other?s kindness. What?s more, I believe most
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people on earth are good and they do not take advantage of others? kindness. 3) A possible answer:
Yes, I think so. True friendship lies in the communication between souls, and you don?t have to know the person?s name in order to know the soul.
2. Discovering the Main Ideas
Exercise 1:Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text A.
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) Why didn?t the author stop for the hitchhiker? Did he feel guilty for not helping the young man?
Why did the author decide to start his journey across America pennilessly? What did he discover as he travelled?
What had happened to the trucker the author met on a rainy day?
What conclusion did the author draw from his experiences mentioned in Paragraphs 15-18? Why did Carol invite the author to talk to her class about his trip?
What conclusion did the author make about his trip when he talked to the students?
▇ Answers for reference:
1) He thought that someone else would stop for him. And he was afraid of a possible robbery. 2) No. He didn?t. But he was bothered by his easy and quick decision of leaving the young
man stranded in the desert.
3) He wanted to test if a person could still rely solely on the kindness of strangers or the good
will of his fellow Americans these days.
4) He found out that others shared his fear. Yet they still stubbornly helped strangers like him. 5) He was once robbed at knife-point by a hitchhiker.
6) He found that people were generally compassionate. And those who had the least to give
often gave the most.
7) She thought the children should be exposed to what else was out there — the good and the
bad.
8) He concluded that his faith in America had been renewed and that people could still depend
on the kindness of strangers.
Exercise 2:Text A can be divided into three parts. Now write down the paragraph number(s) of each part and then give the main idea of each in one or two sentences.
Part Paragraph(s) Main Idea
One
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Because of a past experience of neglecting a hitchhiker in
need of help, the author decided to travel across America without any money to find out if one could still rely on the kindness of strangers these days.
During his trip, he found out that people were generally compassionate and willing to help although they might have fears.
He talked to school children and concluded in a patriotic manner that in America people could still depend on the kindness of strangers.
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Two Three
8-28 29-31
3. Key Words and Expressions for Text A
flag down
cause (a vehicle or its driver) to stop by waving at the driver 挥手[打信号]使（车辆或驾驶者） 停下
e.g. 1. A policeman flagged down the car when he saw it speeding. 2. We have to flag down a passing car in order to ask for help.
为了求援我们不得不挥手让一辆过路车停下来。
risk vt.
put in danger; take the chance of losing; take the chance of (a possible unpleasant result) 使遭受危险；冒失去……之险；担……风险，冒……的危险
e.g. 1. When young students start smoking for fun, they don?t realize that they?re risking their health.
2. The captain was not willing to risk taking his ship through the straits in such bad weather.船长不愿意在这样恶劣的天气里冒险将船驶过海峡。 CF: venture, chance, risk
这些动词均含有“敢于冒险”之意。
venture指冒风险试一试，或指有礼貌的反抗或反对。例如： He enjoyed little success when he ventured into business. chance指碰运气、冒风险试试。例如：
Andy knew the risks. I cannot believe he would have chanced it. risk指不顾个人安危去干某事，侧重主动承担风险。例如：
Why should he have risked all that to become an agent of a foreign power? as much
the same 同样地
e.g. 1. He was greatly respected, and his brother as much despised.
2. A comparable house in the south of the city would cost twice as much. 一栋类似的房子位于城南部就要贵一倍的价钱。
rely on / upon sb. / sth. (for)
need or depend on sb. or sth.; trust or have faith in sb. or sth. 依靠，依赖；信任，信赖 e.g. 1. During the voyage we relied on the radio for news of the outside world.
2. It would be better to rely on ourselves than on others. 求人不如求己。
figure vt.
esp AmE consider; believe 〖尤美〗认为，以为 e.g. 1. I figured (that) you wouldn?t come.
2. She figured that both she and Ned had learned a lot from the experience. 她觉得自己和内德都从这一经历中学到了很多东西。
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