新编大学英语2Unit6教案

UnitSixNatureandNurtureI.Theoreticalbasis:CollegeEnglishSyllabus(1999);CollegeEnglishCurriculumRequirements(2004)II.TeachingAims:Inthisunitstudentsarerequiredto:1)gettoknowsomeusefulinformationconcerningthetopicofthereadingpassagesinthisunitandtoknowmoreaboutEnglishculture;2)dosomepreparationactivitiessuchasdiscussion,groupwork,etc.topracticetheirspokenskillandcommunicativeskills;3)graspsomenewwordsandtrytousethesewordswhichhelpthemtoenrichtheirvocabulary(alike,exceptfor,adopt,respondto,maintain,likeness,polish,foster,considerable,considerable,beliableto,nomorethan,bringup,beresponsiblefor,makethemostof);4)readthein-classreadingpassageinalimitedtimeandgraspsomeexpressionsandgrammaticalpointsinthein-classreadingpassagetoimprovetheirreadingcomprehension;5)dosomepost-readingexercisesandsomeafter-classreadingtopracticewhattheyhavegottoknowinclasstoimprovetheirEnglishcomprehensiveskills.;6)translatesometypicalsentencesintoChineseorEnglishbyusingsomeexpressionslearnedinthereadingpassagestoacquiresometranslatingskillsandbettertheirtranslatingabilities.III.TeachingMethodologyMainlyapplyingtask-basedapproachandcommunicativeonetoconstructastudent–centeredclassroomThewholelearningandteachingproceedistendedtofollowthemodelofpre-task------taskcycle------post-taskIV.TimeDistributionAccordingtoSs’Englishlearningtraitsandregulations,thefocusofthelearningstrategies,andtheEnglishlevelofcurrentstudents;wearegoingtofinishthisunitin10periods:Listening&Speaking(2periods);In-classReading(5periods);Exercise&After-classReading(2periods);FurtherDevelopment&Writing(1periods).Period1&2listeningandspeakingI、TeachingContent1)T’sbackgroundknowledgeintroductionasrecruitmentandSs’discussiononthetopicoflearningskills,andenlargetheirvocabularyonthisunit.2)Listeningof2passagesII、TeachingdesignPartOne:PreparationDiscussthefollowingquestions.Keywords:dressalike,personality,curious,resemble,beproud,lonely,makefriends,makefriends,bored,discouraged,mirrorimageCommonsense:Commonsenseandpersonalexperiencetendtosuggestthatnatureandnurturearebothimportant,eachhavingagreaterorlessereffect,dependingbothonthecomplexityofthegeneandtheconditionsoftheenvironment.Nature:everythingapersoninheritsgeneticallyNurture:homeenvironmentandtheinfluencesparentshadontheirchildren;thegeneralsocialenvironmentwhichincludessuchthingsasfamilyinfluences,peerinfluences,andeducationalexperiences.Inheritedtraits:big/smalleyes,doubleeyelids,curlyhair,colorofskin,poor/goodeyesight,goodbrains,left-handedness,bigfeet,logicalmind,height,fatgene,artisticgene,facialfeature,bloodtype,tastetofood,hobby…Spottingoutthetruth!Directions:Decidewhichofthestatementsarescientificallycorrect.Youreatinghabitsaregovernedbyyourgenes.Itwouldbeaseasytochangeyourdininghabitsasitwouldtochangeyourbreathing!Backgroundknowledgeabouttwins:Twinsarethemostfrequentformofmultiplebirthinhumans,andidenticaltwinsoccuronlyone-fourthasfrequentlyasfraternaltwins.IntheU.S.onebirthinapproximately87isatwinbirth.Tripletsareabout87timesrarerthantwins,andquadrupletsabout87timesrarerthantriplets.Quintupletsoccurinabout1outof8millionpregnancies.Thesefiguresareforspontaneouslyoccurringpregnancies.TwinstudiesInthelate1970's,thebehavioralstudyoftwinsreceivedanewimpetuswiththediscoveryofseveralespeciallystrikingpairsofidenticaltwins—childrenseparatedbyfamilycircumstanceatbirthandraisedintotallydifferentenvironments.AresearchteamheadedbyThomasJ.Bouchard,Jr.,apsychologistattheUniversityofMinnesota,collectedcasehistoriesandgavelengthy,detailedquestionnairesto15suchsetsoftwins.Workingontheassumptionthatthepsychologicalfeaturessharedbyeachpairoftwinscouldbeattributedtoacommonheredity,Bouchardsuggestedthatdifferencesbetweenthemwouldbeattributabletodifferencesinupbringing.OneofthemostdramaticcaseswasthatofJackYufeandOscarStohr,twinsseparatedbythedivorceoftheirparentsin1932,whiletheywerestillinfants.YufewasraisedinTrinidadasaJew,studiedHebrew,andlivedinIsraelforfiveyears;StohrwasraisedasaRomanCatholicinCzechoslovakia,underwentaNazi-dominatededucationduringtheGermanoccupation,andwasstronglyanti-Semitic.Notsurprisingly,manyaspectsoftheirpersonalitiesdiffersharply.Yufeisarelativelyflexibleindividual,generallyliberalinhispoliticalandsocialattitudes;Stohrisfairlyrigidandauthoritarian.Thereare,however,startlingandoftenbizarreparallels,asrevealedbythe15,000-itemquestionnaire.Bothmenlikeanddislikealmostthesamefoods;bothareweakinmathematics;bothselectedthesameshadeofgreenastheirfavoritecolor.Othertwinsinthestudyalsoprovedtohaveinterestingsimilarities;thereweretwinswhonevermetandyetwhoeachhadthreechildrenwiththesamenames;twinswhomarriedmenwiththesamehaircolorandhairstyle;twinswhohadappendectomiesthesameyear;twinswholikedexactlythesamepiecesofmusicandthesametelevisionprograms.Thedatahavenotbeencompletelyanalyzed,butitisevidentthatwhileupbringingisindeedamajorfactorineveryindividual'spersonalmakeup,thereareunexplored,extremelypowerfulhereditaryfactorsinvolved.A.Doyouknowanytwins?Whatcanyousayaboutthem?SampleAnswer:Iknewtwotwinsinmyclassinmiddlesch