大学英语精读第三版第二册教案_Unit2

1.Warm-upQuestions2.Listen–Retell–Discuss3.ThomasJeffersonBeforeReading_MainBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingABriefIntroductiontoThomasJeffersonJefferson’sChronologyTheDeclarationofIndependenceJeffersonandtheFrenchRevolutionBeforeReading_1.1BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingWarm-upQuestions1.Doyouadmireanygreatpoliticalfiguresorstatesmenbothathomeandabroad?Whoarethey?Andwhy?BeforeReading_1.1BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingZhouEnlaiwasoneofthemajorleadersoftheChineseCommunistmovement.HewasthefirstpremierofthePeople'sRepublicofChina,aposthehelduntilhisdeathin1976.HewaseducatedinJapanandEuropeandachievedhighrankintheCommunistmovementatanearlyage.Hewaswellknownasaskilledinternationalnegotiator.■BeforeReading_1.2BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingTheChineserevolutionaryleaderSunYat-senhadatremendousimpactonthedevelopmentofmodernChina.SunwasthecatalystintheoverthrowofManchurule.■BeforeReading_1.2BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingAsprimeministerofBritainduringWorldWarII,ChurchillrousedtheBritishtostandagainstNaziGermany.ThesightofChurchill,withhiscigarandtwofingersraisedinaVforvictorysalute,inspiredBritonstorisetowhathecalledtheirfinesthour.■BeforeReading_2BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingNapoleonBonapartewasthegreatestmilitarygeniusofthe19thcentury.HeconqueredmostofWesternEuropeandEgyptforFrance,whileinstitutingreformsinthesenewterritoriesaimedatguaranteeingcivillibertiesandimprovingthequalityoflife.HecrownedhimselfemperorofFrancein1804andintroducedreformsintendedtounifytherevolution-fracturednation.ManyofNapoleon'sreformsarestillineffecttoday.■BeforeReading_3.1BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReading2.OftheAmericanpresidents,howmanydoyouknow?Canyourecognizethepeopleinthefollowingpicturesandsaysomethingaboutthem?BeforeReading_3.1BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingGeorgeWashington(1732-1799):Commander-in-ChiefoftheContinentalArmyduringtheAmericanRevolution,statesmanandfirstPresidentoftheUnitedStates,borninWestmorelandCounty,VirginiaonFebruary22,1732.■BeforeReading_3.11BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingAbrahamLincoln(1809-1865):the16thPresidentoftheUnitedStates,bornonFebruary12,1809inabackwoodscabinthreemilessouthofHodgenville,Kentucky,preservedtheUnionduringtheCivilWarandbroughtabouttheemancipationoftheslaves.■BeforeReading_3.12BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingFranklinD.Roosevelt(1882-1945):the32ndPresidentoftheUnitedStates;electedfourtimes;institutedNewDealtocounterthegreatdepressionandledcountryduringWorldWarII.■BeforeReading_3.13BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingBillClinton(1946-):the42ndPresidentoftheUnitedStates(1993-1996)andthefirstpresidentbornafterWorldWarII,electedtoasecondtermin1996.■DirtyFarmer?WhileservingasAmerica'svicepresident,ThomasJefferson,dressedindirtyworkingclothes,enteredBaltimore'sfinesthoteloneeveningandaskedforaroom.Theowner,acertainMr.Boyden,turnedhimaway.SoonthereafterBoyden,informedoftheidentityofhisdistinguishedvisitor,promptlydispatchedseveralservantstofindhimandofferasmanyroomsashisheartdesired.Jefferson,havingfoundaroominanotherhotel,sentBoyden'srepresentativeawaywiththefollowingmessage:TellBoydenthatIvaluehisgoodintentionshighly,butifhehasnoroomforadirtyfarmer,heshallhavenoneforthevicepresident.BeforeReading_3.14BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingListen–Retell–DiscussDirections:HowmuchdoyouknowaboutThomasJefferson'spersonality?Nowlistentoashortstoryabouthimandthenretellanddiscussitinsmallgroups.■BeforeReading_3.15ABriefIntroductiontoThomasJeffersonBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingThomasJefferson(1743-1826)isbestrememberedasagreatPresidentandastheauthoroftheDeclarationofIndependence.Healsowonlastingfameasadiplomat,apoliticalthinker,andafounderoftheDemocraticParty.Jefferson'sinterestsandtalentscoveredanamazingrange.HebecameoneoftheleadingAmericanarchitectsofhistimeanddesignedtheVirginiaCapitol,theUniversityofVirginia,andhisownhome,Monticello.HegreatlyappreciatedartandmusicandtriedtoencouragetheiradvancementintheUnitedStates.Jeffersoninventedadecodingdevice,alapdesk,andanimprovedtypeofmoldboardplow.Hiscollectionofmorethan6400booksbecameamajorpartoftheLibraryofCongress.JeffersonrevisedVirginia'slawsandfoundeditsstateuniversity.HedevelopedthedecimalsystemofcoinagethatallowsAmericanstokeepaccountsindollarsandcents.■BeforeReading_3.15BeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingJeffersondidnotconsiderhimselfaprofessionalpolitician.Instead,heregardedhimselfasapublic-spiritedcitizenandabroadminded,practicalthinker.Hepreferredhisfamily,hisbooks,andhisfarmstopubliclife.Buthespentmostofhiscareerinpublicofficeandmadehisgreatestcontributiontohiscountryinthefieldofpolitics.BeforeReading_3.16Jefferson'sChronologyBeforeReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingDateEventApril13,1743BornatShadwell,GoochlandCounty(nowAlbemarleCounty),Virginia.1762At