1、地理专业英语教案许昌学院城市与环境学院教 案课程名称： 地理专业英语 课程类型：理论课 理论、实践课 实践课 学 时： 32 学 分： 2 授课教师： 李中轩 授课班级： 08级地理科学 授课学期： 2010 至2011 学年 第 2学期教材名称： 地理专业英语 参考资料： 1 地质学基础 2 自然地理学 3 地理学专业英语 2011年 2 月 20 日地理专业英语教材分析本课程以培养学生地理科学专业英语文献阅读和翻译能力为主要目的，以岩石圈、大气圈、水圈、生物圈、土壤圈、人类社会圈系统和地理信息系统理论为主要内容，分为三大部共16个单元，其中技术地理部分涉及较多的3S技术方面内容，因而将其作
2、为自学内容。第一部分为自然地理学的基本原理，第二部分为人文地理学的基本理论，第三部分为地理信息系统的基础知识和应用。每单元分为四个部分内容：基础知识文献、专业单词表、课后习题和补充阅读材料。基础知识文献部分属于必学内容，涉及的地理学知识大多已经在专业课中学过，对于大三同学而言并不陌生。关键是文献中使用大量专业词汇，这对学生而言需要花费更多的力气去过单词关，对于一个将来需要进一步深造的本科生来说是必须的和必要的知识储备。文献部分需要认真阅读，并能复述出文献的主要观点，同时在课堂讨论中有自己的认识和独到观点，并且能够进行口语表达。课后作业内容可以提前在预习时完成，将疑难问题放到课堂上经过讨论后解决
3、。每个课时都安排约30分钟作为学生的讨论和回答问题时间，也可以按照单元进度开展对应的口语交流，以提高对专业英语文献的理解和应用技能。专业英语是地理科学专业的一门必修课。本课程的目的是使学生在进行了两年的公共英语学习后，在巩固已有知识的基础上，掌握科技英语的特点，具备教好的英语资料查阅及专业英语交流的能力。也就是说，开设本课程，主要是让学生具备“以英语为工具通过阅读获取专业所需信息的能力”。通过本课程的学习，学生应在科技词汇、专业英语文献阅读速度、准确理解和翻译专业文献、摘要写作上有较大的提高。地理专业英语 课程教案授课题目：Unit 1 The Earth and the Universe教学
4、时数： 2授课类型： 理论课 实践课教学目的、要求： 1.Vocabulary：Jupiter，Saturn，Uranus，Neptune，Pluto，comet，asteroid， meteoroid, interplatary medium, electromagnetic, dwarf star, Proxima Centauri,2. Sentences：Solar system consists of an average star we call the Sun, the planets Mercury, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
5、Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The Sun is the richest source of electromagnetic energy (mostly in the form of heat and light) in the solar system. 教学重点：1. Oral depicting the difference between terrestrial planets and jovian planets.2. Talking about the reason why people are interested in the moon explo
6、ring.教学难点：1. Using of lots of new specialized words2. Oral communication about the orbits and periodicals of planets in solar system. 教学方法和手段：1.讲授法2. 分组讨论法教具安排：1. 八大行星示意图2. 关于行星运动的视频资料教学条件：多媒体教室参考资料：1. BBC公司的太阳系视频2. 霍金著时间简史其它：第 1 页地理专业英语 课程教案教学内容及过程： 旁批教学引入：1. play video of solar system for 10 minut
7、es2. Individual talking about the story happened in the solar system.3. Leading students to focusing the text at Page 2.教学内容与教学设计：I. Solar SystemKey Point: the difference between terrestrial planets and Jovian planets in Solar system; Try to describe the world on the Moon orally. II. Evolution of th
8、e UniverseKey Point: Big Bang Theory of the Universe; Early history of the Earth.III. Assort the class into four groups to discuss the origin of the solar system, 8 planets and their volume, revolution and periodicals.IV. Answer corresponding questions at Page 7 in pair V. Talking about composition
9、of the features of the terrestrial planets and the Jovian planetsVI. Reading the supplementary material at Page 9Answer:1. Why do most scientists accept the big Bang theory?2. How will the Universe end?3. What about the early history of the Earth?4. Talking about the Moon exploring.作业布置：I. Vocabular
10、y:the Andromeda Galaxy, intergalactic space, ecliptic, the Jovian Planet, Milk Way, counter-clockwise, light year, innermost;II. Comprehension: 1. Retell the solar system and evolution story of the Earth. 2. Knowing well the composition of the Universe.课后小结：Most students have a poor state of graspin
11、g the words followed the text and so pre-study before class is very important.第 2 页地理专业英语 课程教案授课题目：Unit 2 The Movement of the Earth教学时数： 2授课类型： 理论课 实践课教学目的、要求：1.Vocabulary： mean solar day, the North Pole, earth revolution, celestial motion, perihelion, aphelion, tilt of the Earths Axis, perpendicula
12、r, summer solstice, winter solstice, the autumnal equinox, plane of the ecliptic;2. Sentences：The term Earth rotation refers to the spinning of the Earth on its axis. One rotation takes exactly twenty-four hours and is called a mean solar day. This circumstance is responsible for the annual changes
13、in the height of the Sun above the horizon.教学重点：1. Describe the mechanism of the revolution of the Earth.2. Describe the variation of day length and the driving factors.教学难点：1. How depict the seasonal change and the earth revolution.2. Calculating the height angle of the Sun in light of different la
14、titudes. 教学方法和手段：1.自学提问法2. 分组讨论法教具安排：1. 地球自转和公转示意图2. 自制的四季许昌的太阳高度表教学条件：多媒体教室参考资料：1. 自然地理学其它：第 3 页地理专业英语 课程教案教学内容及过程： 旁批教学引入：1. A brief review of the story of the Earth and the Evolution of the Universe2. talking about the seasonal change and variations of the Sun Height.3. Reading the text at Page 1
15、7.教学内容与教学设计：I. Earth rotation and revolutionKey Points: the characteristics of the Earths Rotation and Revolution; Retell the process of the Earths Revolution in a year.II. Axis Tilt and Solar AltitudeKey Points: narrate the principle of measuring Solar noon angle; relationship of maximum Sun height
16、 to latitude for equinox and summer solstice.III. Assort the class into four groups to discuss the differences of the Earth rotation and revolution.IV. Answer corresponding questions at Page 21 in pair V. Discussing the location and direction of the earth axis, and its direct results for the earths
17、motion.VI. Reading the supplementary material at Page 25Answer:1. whats the results in different solar altitude?2. whats the change of the solar altitude if obliquity of the ecliptic is upright?3. Talking about the vernal equinox and summer solstice.作业布置：I. Vocabulary:tilt of the Earths Axis, perpen
18、dicular, summer solstice, winter solstice, the autumnal equinox, plane of the ecliptic;II. Comprehension: 1. Retell the solar system and evolution story of the Earth. 2. Knowing well the composition of the Universe.课后小结：Help students use proper specialized words and expressions, meanwhile encourage
19、them using English on class as possible.第 4 页地理专业英语 课程教案授课题目：Unit 3 The Structure of the Earth教学时数： 2授课类型： 理论课 实践课教学目的、要求：1.Vocabulary：seismic, mantle, crust, basalt, granitic, oceanic crust, peridotite, olivine, pyroxene, asthenosphere, lithosphere, mountain building,2. Sentences：The core is a laye
20、r rich in iron and nickel that is composed of two layers: the inner and outer cores. Both of these crust types are composed of numerous tectonic plates that float on top of the mantle. Convection currents within the mantle cause these plates to move slowly across the asthenosphere.教学重点：1. Grasp the
21、structure of the lithosphere of the Earth.2. Retell the Plate tectonic theory and features of the ocean crust and continental crust.教学难点：1. Understanding of the influencing factors of continental building and volcanoes.2. Comparison and analysis of the composites of the mantle and crust. 教学方法和手段：1.自
22、学探讨法2. 分组讨论法教具安排：1. 地球的内部结构图2. 海陆构造结构示意图教学条件：多媒体教室参考资料：1. 自然地理学2. 地质学基础其它：第 5 页地理专业英语 课程教案教学内容及过程： 旁批教学引入：1. A review of the solar altitude and its influences on regional climate2. playing video of evolution of ocean and continent.3. Carefully Read the text at Page 31.教学内容与教学设计：I. Layers of the Eart
23、h Key Points:grasp detailed layers of the earth; understand the structure of the Earths crust and top most layer of the upper mantle.II. Plate TectonicsKey Points: understand the creation of oceanic crust on the ocean floor. Know the basic knowledge about convection currents in the Earths mantle and
24、 their role in oceanic crust formation and destruction.III. The rock cycleKey Points: understand mechanism of how rocks are formed and destroyed. Primarily grasp classified method of igneous rocks.IV. Assort the class into four groups to discuss the differences of the mantle and crust of the earth.V
25、. Answer corresponding questions at Page 42 in pair VI. Discussing the location and direction of the earth axis, and its direct results for the earths motion.VII. Reading the supplementary material at Page 43Answer:1. How many layers are there of the earth, their feature and composites?2. whats the
26、differences of the ocean crust and continental crust?3. why is the continent crust thick in the mountain ranges?作业布置：I. Ex. 1, 2 on Page 37II. Comprehension: 1. translate the 3rd paragraph at Page 41. 2. Describing the three episodes on the border of the two plate .课后小结：Putting forward a good questi
27、on is the key to organize class discussion .第 6 页地理专业英语 课程教案授课题目：Unit 4 Soils and Plants教学时数： 2授课类型： 理论课 实践课教学目的、要求：1.Vocabulary：pedogenesis, evapotranspiration, precipitation, organic matter, decomposition, living organism, biogeochemical, litterfall, humus, residual, soil texture,2. Sentences：This
28、 idea was based on the observation that comparable soils developed in spatially separate areas when their climate and vegetation were similar.Surface vegetation binds the soils surface and reduces the speed of moving wind and water across the ground surface protecting the upper layers of a soil from
29、 erosion.教学重点：1. Understand the genesis elements of soil.2. Principle pedogenic processes in space.教学难点：1. series of chemical processes in pedogenesis.2. Explain the spatial distribution of soil under different chemical climate condition. 教学方法和手段：1.讲授法启发2. 分组讨论法教具安排：1. 土壤圈层图2. 自绘土壤形成的影响因子示意图教学条件：多媒体
30、教室参考资料：1. 自然地理学2. 土壤地理学其它：第 7页地理专业英语 课程教案教学内容及过程： 旁批教学引入：1. Review of plate tectonic theory and its application.2. Let students talk the soil kinds of his native town.教学内容与教学设计：I. Soil PedogenesisKey points: understand the factors that effect the soil pedogenesis; retell fluently the processes of ro
31、ck erosion and the role of climate.II. Characteristics of the Earths Terrestrial BiomesKey points: in English retell the different biomes from the Tropical zone to the Arctic or Antarctic areas as well as its correspondent mechanism. At least narrate one of paragraphs about description of biomes in mid- or low-altitude areas.III. Classify the class into four groups to discuss the different effecting factors of
