Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo

Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo

一、教学目的

1、了解与课文相关的背景知识：Elbert Einstein, yo-yo, the Nobel Prize,

Woolworth’s ;了解英文描写人物的记叙文书写方式。

2、理解文章的写作意图和深层教育意义。

3、掌握文章的语篇结构。

4、熟练掌握文章中涉及到的重点词汇、词组、语法和句型。

二、教学重点

1、了解：

1）与课文相关的文化背景知识，如“Elbert Einstein”, “The Nobel Prize”等。

2）英文描写人物的记叙文的写作方式：

本记叙文作者为爱因斯坦一位密友之子。作者采用第一人称的叙述手法，通过丰富的事例，对作为一个伟大科学家的爱因斯坦的日常生活进行了细致的描写。说明了爱因斯坦在作为一个伟大的物理学家的同时，也是一个具有开朗、诚实、不追求物质享受等个性的朴实的平常人。

2、理解文章的主题思想。

The essay written by the son of a friend of Einstein shows us a unique Einstein, who is simple, honest, open and easy to get along with. He is so interested in pure theory that he tries to explain everything by theories and he doesn’t concern practical work. Though Einstein has made a great success and has a great fame, he remains a simple man and immune from ambition and vanity.

3、掌握文章的语篇结构。

1) The text may be divided into THREE parts:

Part I: Line 1-40: Einstein was a plain and simple man in his daily life.

Part II: Line 41-52: Though he was world famous, Einstein remained purely and exclusively a theorist.

Part III: Line 53-72: Einstein never understood his fame.

2) 文章中人物性格分析：

A. Einstein had no personal ambition.

B. Einstein believed in simplicity.

4、通过本课程的学习，学生应熟练掌握并运用以下词汇、短语、句型：

词汇部分要注意学生对词汇搭配的掌握。

1）A类词汇：（四级高频词汇，要求学生准确掌握拼写、文章中的词义、用法及其相关的词性转换、词义或用法的补充）

1. approach【教材】n. 方式，方法

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词汇approach v. 接近，走近

辨析：approach, method, means

Approach: 指用于处理或完成的方法，通常有系统的理论为指导。

Method：指做某件事的具体步骤或程序。

Means：（单复数同形）可以指人或物，“手段”或“工具”，既可以用

于指抽象概念，也可用于抽象的意念。

2. application【教材】n. 应用

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词汇: apply vt. 应用; 申请

短语: apply…to 把…应用于

apply for 申请

3. bewilder 【教材】vt. 迷惑，使糊涂

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词汇：（同义词）puzzle, confuse

bewildered adj. 感到迷惑的

bewildering. adj. 使人迷惑的

4. correspond 【教材】vi. 通信

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词汇：correspondence n. 对应，相符；通信

correspondent adj. 对应的，符合的

corresponding adj. 对应的，相当的

短语：in correspondence with 与……通信；与……相符

5. display 【教材】vt. 展示

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短语：on display 正在展览中

辨析：display, show

Display: 强调“摆出来给人家看，或者把要给人家看的东西精心陈列出

来，以期收到好的展示效果”;

Show:使用范围很广，它所表示的“展示”可以是有意的，也可以是

无意的，甚至是由于疏忽而露出的。

6. frustrate 【教材】vt. 使沮丧；挫败

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词汇：frustration n. 挫败，失败，失望

frustrated adj. 挫败的

frustrating adj. 令人沮丧的

7. immune 【教材】adj. 有免疫力的，不受影响的

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词汇：immunity n. 免疫力

短语：be immune to （virus, diseases, etc.）免疫的，免受（伤害的）be immune from (charge, punishment, etc.)被豁免的

搭配：be immune from punishment 免受处罚

immune from taxation 免税

8. impress 【教材】vt. 给…深刻的印象

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词汇：impression n. 印象

impressive adj. 给人以深刻印象的

用法：impress…on/upon 把某事铭刻在某人心中

impress sb. with…给某人留下……印象

搭配：leave a deep/strong/favorable/big/good/bad on sb.

General/overall/first/initial/lasting impression

9. pursue 【教材】vt. 从事；忙于；继续

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词汇：pursuit n. 追赶，追求in pursuit of

pursuer n. 追捕者

搭配: pursue pleasure 寻欢作乐

10. puzzle 【教材】n. 迷

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词汇：puzzle v. 使……迷惑

puzzled adj. 迷惑不解的

puzzling adj. 令人迷惑的

11. at ease 【教材】安逸、舒适、自由自在

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搭配：with ease 容易地

ease off/up 减轻，缓和

短语：be/feel at ease 感到不拘束

be ill at ease 心神不宁

put/set…at one’s ease 使…….不拘束

12. off balance 【教材】失去平衡的

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搭配：throw sb.(sth.) off balance 使……失去平衡13. come to terms with 【教材】达成妥协

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搭配：be on good terms with sb. 同某人关系好14. take apart 【教材】拆开，卸下

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短语：take after 与某人相像

take back 使回想起

take down 拆除

take in 欺骗，吸收

take over 接管

15. work out 【教材】算出，做出，答出；解决

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近义短语辨析：figure out 领会到

16. single out 【教材】挑选，选出予以特殊对待

2）B类词汇：（四级词汇，要求学生准确掌握拼写、文章中的词义、用法）

1. ambition【教材】n. 野心、抱负

2. curiosity 【教材】n. 好奇心

3. exclusively 【教材】adv. 专门地

4. fame 【教材】n. 名声，名望

5. function 【教材】vi.起作用

6. household【教材】adj. 家庭的，家常的

7. profound 【教材】adj. 深奥的，深刻地

8. believe in 【教材】phr. 信任, 坚信

9. so much so that 【教材】如此……以至于……

3）重点掌握的结构和句型：

1、被动语态:

【教材】As a shy young visitor to Einstein’s home, I was made to feel at ease…( Line2)

2、虚拟语气：-that 从句

【教材】When I suggested that he try shaving cream, …( Line 24)

4)、掌握构词法：复合名词的构成

n.+n., adj.+n.

5、掌握阅读技巧：Reading beyond the lines

6、掌握写作技巧：Rearranging sentences in logical order

三、教学难点

复杂、疑难句子：

1. Einstein nodded, properly impressed by my skill and knowledge. (Line6-7)

2. As a boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. (Line 9-10)

3. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. (Line 11-13)

4. I never knew him to carry money because he never had any use for it. (Line 22)

5. He won the Nobel Prize for his Photoelectric Theory, a series of equations that he considered relatively minor in importance, but he didn’t have any curiosity in observing how his theory made TV possible. (Line 36-39)

6. My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water and repeatedly dunked its head in the water. (Line 40-41)

7. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to deduce the operating principle. (Line 41-42)

四、作业

1、课后练习

1）课下要求学生完成：Ex III V ocabulary Activities; Ex IV. Enriching Your Word Power; Ex V. Usage; Ex VI. Structure; Ex VII. Cloze; Ex IX. Translation; Ex X. Reading Activity-Exercise B。

2）课上重点分析讲解：Ex III V ocabulary Activities; Ex V. Usage; Ex Vi. Structure; Ex IX. Translation。

2、补充练习

Vocabulary and Structure

1. I’m very sorry to have you with so many questions on such an occasion.

A. offended

B. impressed

C. bothered

D. interfered

2. My father seemed to be in no to look at my school report.

A. mood

B. emotion

C. attitude

D. feeling

3. The suggestion that the mayor the prizes was accepted by everyone.

A. would present

B. present

C. presents

D. ought to present

4. These areas rely on agriculture almost , having few mineral resources and

a minimum of industrial development.

A. respectively

B. extraordinarily

C. incredibly

D. exclusively

5. All individuals are required to to the laws made by their governments.

A. obey

B. conform

C. concede

D. observe

6. Companies are struggling to find the right between supply and demand, but it is no easy task.

A. equation

B. formula

C. balance

D. pattern

7. A season ticket the holder to make as many journeys as he wishes within the stated period of time.

A. grants

B. promises

C. entitles

D. presents

8. He is quite sure that it’s impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days.

A. roughly

B. exclusively

C. fully

D. absolutely

9. How much of your country’s electrical supply is from water power?

A. deduced

B. derived

C. detached

D. declined

10. This movie is not for children to see: it contains too much violence and too many love scenes.

A. profound

B. valid

C. upright

D. decent

11. As as I am , I don’t care what you do.

A. long…concerned

B. long…concerning

C. far…concerned

D. far…concerning

12. The medicine can make people fever.

A. immune with

B. immune to

C. motionless

D. inactive to

13. He was severely ill, he had to lie in bed.

A. as much as that

B. so many so that

C. so serious so that

D. so much so that

14. It is easy to a machine but difficult to put it together.

A. tear…apart

B. take…away

C. take…apart

D. bring…away

15. We rarely meet though we each other regularly.

A. cooperate

B. respond

C. despond

D. correspond

16. The bad weather our hopes of going out.

A. frustrated

B. lost

C. fulfilled

D. dispirited

17. Hearing that he had the first prize, he with delight.

A. seamed

B. filled

C. beamed

D. joined

18. The growth of economy should not at the expense of environmental pollution.

A. be followed

B. pursue

C. be perused

D. be pursued

19. A of lectures on Asian economy will be held recently.

A. various

B. collection

C. series

D. bunch

20. This shop has rights to sell this brand of clothes.

A. exclusive

B. inclusive

C. decisive

D. excessive

21. About the recent affair, the minister gave a highly remark.

A. personal

B. person

C. personnel

D. personality

22. Finding a job in such a big company has always been his widest dreams.

A. under

B. over

C. above

D. beyond

23. Without guidance, we could not with the chapter, so we had to pause for the teacher.

A. pursue

B. pursuit

C. persist

D. push

24. The government is striving to improve the .

A. house

B. housewife

C. household

D. housing

25. Linda is 35 years old and, after two close relationships, the prospect of staying single her.

A. impresses

B. depresses

C. threatens

D. stuns ANSWER KEYS

1-5 CABDB 6-10 CCDBD 11-15 CBDCD

16-20 ACDCA 21-25 ADADB

3、写作

1）文体：论说文

2）题目：On a Harmonious Dormitory Life

1. 宿舍生活有时会出现不和谐的情况

2. 一个和谐宿舍生活的必要性

3. 如何创造和谐的宿舍生活

3）字数：100个单词以内