全新版大学英语(第二版)听说教程3电子教案unit11

UNIT11Left-handednessUnit11Left-handednessPartA_1_aLanguageFocusQuestionsforDiscussion1.Whatdoesbeingleft-handedmean?2.Doyouhaveanyfriendswhoareleft-handed?Doyoufindthemspecialinanyway?3.Howdidpeopleinthepastviewthosewhowereleft-handed?Doyouthinkitwasunfair?4.Whatthingsdoleft-handedpeoplefinddifficulttodoinalargelyright-handedworld?5.Doyouthinkleft-handedpeoplearemoreintelligentthanright-handedpeople?Whyorwhynot?6.Doyouknowanyfamouspeoplewhoareleft-handed?Namesomeofthem.Pre-listeningTaskUnit11Left-handednessPartA_1_bAdditionalQuestionforDiscussion1.Whatadvantagesanddisadvantagesdoleft-handedpeoplehave?LanguageFocusPre-listeningTaskUnit11Left-handednessPartA_1_demo_aLanguageFocusPre-listeningTask5.Doyouthinkleft-handedpeoplearemoreintelligentthanright-handedpeople?Whyorwhynot?There'snoscientificevidenceforsayingleft-handedpeoplearemoreintelligent.Butaccordingtosomeunofficialreports,left-handedpeoplearemorecreative.Thestudyshowsthatthelefthandiscontrolledbytherightsideofthebrain;therighthandiscontrolledbytheleftsideofthebrain.Therightsideofthebrainiswherecreativityismostlybased,soleft-handerstendtobemorecreativeandgetnoticed.That'swhyquiteafewleft-handedUnit11Left-handednessPartA_1_demo_bLanguageFocusPre-listeningTask1.Whatadvantagesanddisadvantagesdoleft-handedpeoplehave?Inaright-handedworld,Iwouldsayleft-handedpeoplehavemoredisadvantagesthanadvantages.Theyhavetocopewithmanyinconvenienceseverydaysimplybecausesomanythingsaredesignedfortheconvenienceofright-handedpeople.Theirleft-handednessisevenconsideredabnormalanddiscriminatedagainstincertaincultures.Astoadvantages,left-handedpeopleseemtohaveanadvantageinmanyareasofsports.Forexample,thereUnit11Left-handednessPartA_2Pre-listeningTaskLanguageFocusHerearesomesentencesandstructuresthatyoumayfindusefulindiscussingthepreviousquestions.Beingleft-handedmeansusingthelefthandmorereadilythantherightone.Peoplewhousetheirlefthandstowrite,toholdthings,etc.areleft-handedwhilepeoplewhousetheirrighthandstodothesethingsarecalledright-handed.Inthepastsocietywasnotsympathetictoleft-handedpeople/consideredleft-handednessabnormal.Unit11Left-handednessPartA_2LanguageFocusSomeleft-handedpeoplefeeltheysufferfromprejudiceinaright-handedworld/finditdifficulttoadjustthemselvestoaright-handedworld.Left-handedchildrenwereforcedtobecomeright-handedinsomesocietiesinthepast.Parentsandteachersusedtoforceleft-handedchildrentowritewiththeirrighthands/aremoreunderstandingandacceptingnowadays.Right-handedpeopleoftenfailtoseewhatproblemstheleft-handedfaceinday-to-daylife.Pre-listeningTaskUnit11Left-handednessPartA_2LanguageFocusLeft-handedpeoplefinditdifficulttousescissors/handletrouserzipsbecauseallofthemaredesignedforright-handedpeople.Left-handedpeopleareoftenbaffledbytoolsthataredesignedforright-handedpeople.Accordingtoscientificstudiesleft-handedpeoplecanbegoodatsports/solvingproblems.Quiteafewleft-handedpeopleseemtodowellincreativeprofessions,suchasmusic,artandwriting/makegoodinventors,artists,andauthors.Pre-listeningTaskUnit11Left-handednessPartA_2•Someofthegreatestmindsoftheworldhavebeenthoseoftheleft-handed.•Tonamebutafew,AlbertEinstein,LudwigvanBeethoven,LeonardodaVinci,PabloPicasso,MarkTwainandCharlesChaplinwereamongtheleft-handed.SoareformerUSpresidentsGeorgeH.W.BushandBillClinton.LanguageFocusPre-listeningTaskUnit11Left-handednessPartB_1_a_1mentaladoptinvolvementidenticalbirthparentsadoptedparentsListeningTasksExercise1Exercise2WordBankLanguageandCulturalNotesPassage1Passage2a.relatingtotheactivityofthemindorbrain精神的；脑力的v.totakesomeoneelse’schildintoone’sfamilyandmakeitlegallyone’sownchild收养n.participation卷入；牵连a.exactlythesame完全相同的one’sbiologicalparents亲生父母one’snon-biologicalparents养父母SpeakingTasksUnit11Left-handednessPartB_1_a_1identicaltwinsPrinceCharlesPrinceWilliamListeningTasksPassage1twinsdevelopedfromthesameeggandthereforealmostalwaysofthesamesexandverymuchalikeinappearance同卵双生子（英）查尔斯王子（英）威廉王子Exercise1Exercise2WordBankLanguageandCulturalNotesPassage2SpeakingTasksUnit11Left-handedness1.BackgroundinformationHandednessmeansapreferencefortheuseofeithertherighthandorthelefthand.Accordingtostatisticsapproximately75%ofthehumanpopulationisstronglyright-handed,andapproximately90%ispredominantlyright-handed.Amongtheremaining10%,somepeoplearestronglyleft-handed,andothersareleft-handedforsomeactivitiesandright-handedforothers.Sinceoursislargelyaright-handedworld,peopleinmanyculturesusedtoregardleft-handednessasPartB_1_a_2ListeningTasksExercise1Exercise2WordBankLanguageandCulturalNotesPassage1Passage2SpeakingTasksUnit11Left-handednessPartB_1_a_2abnormal.Andleft-handedpeopleoftenhadatoughtimetryingtoadapttothewaythingswere.Atpresent,however,peoplearemoreunderstandingandalmostallleft-handedchildrenareallowedtowritewiththeirlefthands.Whysomepeopleareleft-handedhasbeenpuzzlingscientistsforalongtime.However,uptonownoonehascomeupwithadefinitiveanswer,becausenogeneforleft-handednesshasbeenidentified.Butitdoesseemtorunstronglywithinafamily.Thereareover500well-knownpersonalitiesintheLis