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- Text A Learning, Chinese-Style
- Text B Children and Money
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- 1. Lead-in Activities
1) A practical experiment
2) Warm-up questions
- 2. Global Reading – Text Organization
- 3. Detailed reading of Text A
- 4. After-Reading:
1) Useful expressions
2) Spot dictation
3) Comparison and contrast in writing
- 5. After-text exercises and Text B
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- Students will be able to:
- grasp the main idea (that it would be ideal if we can strike a balan=
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between the Chinese and the Western learning styles) and structure of
the text(introduction of topic by an anecdote elaboration by compari=
son
and contrast-conclusion by a suggestion);
- appreciate the difference between comparison and contrast, as well as
different ways to compare and contrast(point-by-point method or
one-side-at-a-time method);
- master the key language points and grammatical structures in the tex=
t;
- conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activit=
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related to the theme of the unit.
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- 1. If you find a two-year-old boy is trying to put a key into a box,
will you help him immediately?
- 2. Can you recall how your parents taught you in your childhood? Did
they like to teach you by holding your hand?
- 3. Which way did you prefer when you were in trouble with one of your
toys in your childhood, turning to your parents for help, or explori=
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by yourselves?
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- Read paragraphs 1~5 and answer the following questions:
- 1. Where and when did the incident take place?
- 2. Who are the main characters in the incident?
- 3. How does the author introduce the topic?
- 4. Sum up the contrast between the attitude of the couple and that of
the hotel staff toward Benjamin’s efforts in inserting the key
into the slot.
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- How does the author introduce the topic?
- In this text, the author introduces the topic by the key-slot anecdo=
te (轶事).
- There are several ways to introduce a theme.
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- Sum up the contrast between the attitude of the couple and that of t=
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hotel staff toward Benjamin’s efforts in inserting the key into
the slot.
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- attach
- The gadget can be atta=
ched
to any vertical surface.
- It is possible to atta=
ch
executable program files to e-mail.
- Attached (ie Attached =
to
this letter) you will find.... 随信附上....<=
/li>
- attachment
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- throw light on: make something easier to understand by providing new
information
使某事清楚明白ß=
20;显示出来
- Recent investigations have thrown new light on how the two men died.=
- also shed/cast light on
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- Question for paragraphs 6~7
What method of comparison and contrast?
- One side at a time
first Chinese way and attitude
then the American way
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- It's been cold, but today's an exception.
- This is an apparent exception to the rule.
- Make sentences with “exception”
- Collation
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- Further details will be announced in due course.
- I look forward to hearing from you in due course.
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- thinking back to a time in the past, especially with the advantage of
knowing more now than you did then
- In retrospect, I wonder if we should have done more.
- It was never our intention to hurt anyone and it occurs to us in
retrospect that the ad was insensitive.
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- ability to do sth. easily and well
- play the piano with facility
- 有学习语言的天赋
- have great facility in learning languages
- 设备、设施
sports facilities
entertainment facilities
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- mold (AmE); mould (BrE)
- Mould the sausage meat into little balls.
- I try to take young athletes and mold them into team players.
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- Summarize paragraphs 6~10
- The Chinese show a child how to do something, or teach by holding his
hand; Westerners teach a child to rely on himself for solutions to
problems.
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- Qs for Paras 11~13:
What method of comparison and contrast?
- Point by point.
1. reversal of priority
2. skills first, or creativity first?
(This can be seen in the text that “we (American, west)=
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appear together with “Chinese”; and the transitional
expressions like “on the other hand” )
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- over time
- if something happens over time, it happens gradually during a long
period 随着时间的过去
- The research project will be assessed over time.
- Students are encouraged to consider the way language changes over ti=
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- Fish evolved from prehistoric sea creatures
- The school has evolved its own style of teaching. (develop)
- The idea evolved out of work done by British scientists.
- The group gradually evolved into a political party.
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- keep bad thoughts, fears, or hopes in your mind for a long time
- I think he's harbouring some sort of grudge (忌恨,=
;怨恨)
against me.
- She began to harbour doubts over the wisdom of their journey.
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- Para. 14 conclus=
ion
(method of conclusion?)
- The writer makes a suggestion in the form of a question
- There are other ways of concluding an essay
1. restatement of the main points previously mentioned.
2. a proposed solution
3. a prediction of further developments
4. a suggestion of further study.
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- What to choose for comparison
most significant points for comparison that would support the
central idea.
- How to organize your essay
Two major ways:
1. examine one subject thoroughly and ten start the other,
2. examine two subjects at the same time, discussing them poi=
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by point.
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- Write an essay, comparing your life at college and in high school.=
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