Unit-3-Why-Do-We-Believe-That-The-Earth-Is-Round-T

Unit3WhyDoWeBelieveThattheEarthIsRound?TeachingTime:4hoursStudents’level:Sophomoresofnon-Englishmajorsinthe2ndsemester.TeachingObjectives:1.GetSstoknowtheauthor’spurposeistoteachSstohaveacorrectattitudetowardsknowledgeandacceptingofknowledgebytakingtheexamplesofother’sargumentsoftheshapeofEarth.2.Aboutthetext,Ssshouldgraspthetextcontent,textstructure,basicvocabulariesandrequiredgrammarpointsofthesection.Words:preface,remark,cite,exaggerate,mast,appeal,analogy,cast,precarious,produce,burden,botherPhrases&Expressions:appealto,followup,forthesakeof,throwlighton,shapedlike,caston,fallbackon,strayawayfrom,Grammar:3.Aboutthereading,Ssshouldknowthereadingskillsoftellingdifferencebwteenfactsandopinionsentences.4.Aboutthewriting,Ssshouldgettoknowthewritingskill—coherence.5.Aboutthelistening,SsfinishtheUnit3directedbyteacher.TeachingProcedures:I.Pre-readingActivities1.Backgroundinformation1)GeorgeOrwell2)GeorgeBernardShaw3)TheFlatEarthTheoryandtheRoundEarthTheory4)Eclipses5)PlayingCards6)ComradeMaoTse-tungonknowledge,onDirectExperienceandIndirectExperience2.warm-upquestionsandintroductoryremarks1)Doyoubelievethattheearthisround?Why?Yes,Ido,becausescienceprovesthatitistrue.2)Haveyouheardofotherconclusionsabouttheshapeoftheearth?Whatarethey?Whydon’tyoubelievethem?Yes.Theearthwassaidtobeflatoroval.Idon’tbelievethembecausethephotosfromsatellitesorthescenesofeclipsesshowthatit’sround.2)whyis“theearthisround”putinaquestion?3.Keywordsandexpressions:StudyofthewordsandphrasesNewwordsandoldwordsteacherstudents(oldwordsorexpressions)(newones)forwardprefacesay,argueremarkquotecitesimplymerelyacceptwithoutquestionswallowoverstateexaggerateattractappealtoforthegoodofforthesakeofpoleonashipmastbendcurvecomparisonanalogyquicklypromptlyroundplatediscthrowcastgotoaimatinsecureprecariousturntoforhelpfallbackoninanotherwayotherwisemovefromstrayawayfromshowproduceloadburdentaketroublebotherEnglishandChinesePhrasesTeacher(Chinese)students(English)在某处somewhereorother序言theprefaceto中世纪themiddleages普遍认为thewidespreadbeliefthat普通人theordinarycitizen迎合口味appealto我的…完蛋了banggoesmy…求助于fallbackon不屑一顾wouldnotevenbotherto反驳say…against天体heavenlybody由此可见itwillbeseenthat靠不住的理由precariousreasons知识面therangeofknowledge无力的论据weakargumentII.While-readingActivities1.Sshavethesilentreadingonthetext(10mins)2.Texplainsthetextindetails.Appealto1.dodetectivefilmsappealtoyou?Yes,….No,….2.whatkindsofbooksappealmosttoyouth?Bookson…3.whyarechildren’sclothescolorful?Brightandcolorfulclothesusuallyappealtochildren.Followup1.whatdothepolicedoifacaseisreportedtothem?Theyfollowupthecase.2.whatdoyoudoifyoureadaninterestingstoryseriesonanewspaper?Ifollowitup.Forthesakeof1.whatdopeopleusuallydoforthesakeofhealth?Theyeathealthyfood,doexercisesanddon’tsmoke,don’t…2.whyisitnecessarytowidenthestreets?It’snecessarytowidenthestreetsforthesakeofasmootherflowoftraffic.Throwlighton1.whatistheuseofthebackgroundknowledgeofastory?Itthrowslightonit.2.whyareillustrations,dataandchartsortablesnecessaryinscientificreportsorbusinesspresentations?Theythrowlightonthereportsandpresentations.Shapedlike1.WhyisaUFOalsocalledaflyingsaucer?Itisshapedlikeasaucer.2.whatisaspaceshuttlelike?Itisshapedlikeahugeplane.Caston1.whatcanyouseeonamoon-litnightintheopen?Icanseemyshadowcastontheground.Icanseetheshadowsofthetreescastonthewall/window.Fallbackon1.whydoyousetasidesomemoneyeverymonth?IsetasidesomemoneyeverymonthsothatIcanfallbackonitifIgetsickorbecomeunemployed.2.whatdoyoudowhenyougetlostinanewcity?Ifellbackonthepolice.Strayawayfrom1.whatmustyoubearinmindwhenyouwalkalongapathinanareaofswamp?Imustnotstrayawayfromthepath.2.whatkindofpeopledon’tyouliketotalkto?Idon’tliketotalktothosewhooftenstrayawayfromthetopic.TextandquestionsfordiscussionLines1-71.whyis“SaintJoan”initalics?Itisthenameofaplay.Seenote3inyourtextbook.2.whoisBernardShaw?SeeNote4inyourtextbook.HeiswidelyconsideredthetreatestBritishdramatistsinceShakespeare.HewasawardedtheNobelPrizeforliteraturein1925.Formoredetails,refertoNote1,2.inTeacher’sbook.3.whatdo“gullibleandsuperstitious”mean?Gulliblemeanswillingtobelieveanythingoranyone,easilydeceived.“superstitious”meanswillingtobelievesomethingthatcannotbeexplainedbyreasonorscienceorthatbringsgoodorbadluck.4.canyouparaphrase“swallowsthistheory”?acceptingthetheroyblindlywithoutquestioningandsuspicions.Lines8-131.whatdoes“it”refertointhesentence“thelightitthrowsonmodernknowledge”?Itrefersto“thequestion”2.whatisthequestionthatisworthfollowingup?Arewetoogullibleandsuperstitioustoday?3.whydoestheauthoronlytendtospeakofordinarymenwhenansweringwhywebelievethattheearthisround?Ordinarymendon’thavetheespertisetoproveitscientifically.Lines14-191.whyisadistantshipinvisiblebutitsmastandfunnelcanbeseenfromtheseashore?Lookatthepictureonthenextpage.2.canyouparaphrase“whatcanIsayagainstit?”IcanrefutetheFlatEarththeorybutIneedmoreproofstorefutetheOvalEarththeory.Lines20-261.doestheauthorreally“playcards”?no.thisisafigureofspeechusedtomeanpreentinganargumentpointbypoint.“thefirstcardIcanplay”meansthefirstpointicanmaketo