1、unit5forwantofadrink教案综英二Unit 5一、授课时间：第1112周二授课类型：课文分析10课时；习题讲解2课时三授课题目：For Want of a Drink四授课时数：12五教学目的和要求：通过讲授课文使学生了解人类正在面临水资源严重匮乏的事实，给每一个人敲响了警钟，学会用英语解释句子以达到学以致用的目的。要求学生主动地预习课文，课前准备练习，学会分析文章体裁和进行段落划分。六教学重点和难点：1）背景知识的传授：The Earthquake in Port-au-Prince; Noahs Ark; The Byzantine emperor Justinian; O
2、siris; the Jordan; the Ganges; 2）文章的体裁分析及段落划分；3）语言点的理解：Word study: apparatus; aquifer; arid; breed; capacious; category; chronically; deity; delta; desalination; diminish; distribute; diversion; endangered; equilibrium; ethanol; evaporate; extinct; extract; famine; finite; flush; girder; glacierGram
3、mar Focus: Learn to use how to denote implied condition.七教学基本内容和纲要Part One Warm up Warm-up Questions1. What is the author trying to tell people in this essay Is he addressing any particular target audience2. How does the author explain the importance of water to human beings Do you agree with the au
4、thor that water is at least as important to us as oil3. Do you agree that humanity is now facing a serious water crisis Why does the author say “Everyone must use less water if famine, pestilence and mass migration are not to sweep the globe” How do those countries with abundant water resources affe
5、ct global water shortage4. Has the author said anything new to you in this essay Are there any lines in this essay that you find particularly thought-provoking and feel particularly deserve our attention Underline them and share with your classmates.5. Have you found anything important that the auth
6、or has left untouched on this topic How would you improve upon this essay if you are to write a similar piece6. Do you find the essay hard to follow because it is technical and scientific Are you bored with these endless discussions of environmental problems Can you explain why you feel the way you
7、do when you read this essayPart Two Background Information Author Noahs Ark; Port-au-Prince; The Byzantine emperor Justinian; Osiris; the Jordan; the GangesPart Three Text Appreciation Text Analysis3.1.1 Theme of the text 3.1.2 Structure of the text| Writing Devices3.2.1 The development of this essa
8、y by giving some figures Sentence ParaphrasePart Four Language Study Phrases and Expressions 4.1.1 Word list:4.1.2 Phrases and expressions list: 4.1.3 Word Building Grammar 4.2.1 Object /Part Five Extension Group discussion Debating 八、教学方法和措施本单元将运用黑板、粉笔、多媒体网络辅助教学设备等教学手段，主要采用以学生为主体、教师为主导的任务型、合作型等教学模式
9、，具体运用教师讲授法、师生讨论、生生讨论等方法进行教学。九作业，讨论题，思考题完成课后练习；多看英语报刊杂志及英语经典小说，扩大阅读量；精听与泛听相结合，逐步提高自己的听力水平；积极参加英语角等有助于提高英语口语的活动；-坚持用英语写日记；做一些专四相关练习；十参考资料：1)杨立民主编,现代大学英语精读（4）第二版，学生用书。北京：外语教学与研究出版社,2012。2)杨立民主编,现代大学英语精读（4）第二版，教师用书。北京：外语教学与研究出版社,2012。3)李观仪主编，新编英语教程（第三、四册）。上海:上海外语教学研究出版, 1999。4)黄源深，虞苏美等主编，综合英语教程（1-4册）。北京
10、：高等教育出版社，1998。 5)高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲，北京：外语教学研究出版社，2000。6)Judy Pearsall主编，新牛津英语词典。上海：上海外语教育出版社，1998。7)丁往道、吴冰等编著，英语写作手册。北京：外语教学与研究出版社。8)!9)张道真，现代英语用法词典（重排本）。北京：外语教学与研究出版社，1994。10)张道真，温志达, 英语语法大全上、下卷。北京：外语教学与研究出版社，1998。十一、课后小结;！（，Unit 5 For Want of a DrinkPart One Warm up Warm-up Questions1.Do you think wat
11、er is importantYes, water is the source of all life and we need it every day. No matter who we are, where we are, or what we do, we are dependent on water.2.What is the situation of water resources on the earth70 percent of the earth is covered with water but % of our water resources are salty-its s
12、ea water. 90 percent of all fresh water is ice and snow, located in polar areas or on high mountains.3.、4.Do we Chinese need to worry about waterYes, because of huge population, China has less than a quarter of the worlds average per capita water capacity.5.What should we do to save water resources1
13、). When we wash hands and face we shouldnt leave the water running, wed better use a basin. When we leave, we should turn off the taps.2). When we take a bath, dont have the water running all the time.3). The water we used can be used to water the flowers or sweep the floor.Part Two Background Infor
14、mation As is known to all, the yellow river is our mother river, without her, we cant live a happy life. But she has been polluted by us .when you look at this picture, what would you think ofThrough history, water is in peoples body and soul.When we get back to our history, there is a classic story
15、 about water conservancy that is Da YuS Successful Regulating of Floodwaters.Yu the Great was the chieftain of the legendary Xiahou clan. He was originally called Yu or Xiayu. According to legend, the Yellow River flooded during the reign of Empe ror Yao, and the people were forced to abandon their
16、villages, and go to live in trees or on mountaintops. The flood brought great misery to the people. Emperor Yao, the chieftain of the Yan-Huang tribal alliance, appointed Gun to harness the flood. Gun built dikes to keep back the water, but failed. shun, who succeeded Yao, killed Gun, and appointed
17、Guns son Yu to continue with the flood-harnessing work. Yu adopted the dredging method to lead the flood waters to flow along river courses into the sea. Yu worked very hard. It was said that during the 13 years he spent taming the floods, he passed his home three times, but did not enter until his
18、task was completed. As a result of his successful efforts, the people bestowed on him the title “Yu the Great” and Shun chose Yu as his successor, with the approval of the tribal chieftains. the Jordan River and the GangesChristians, Jews, and Muslims all considered consider the Jordan River holy.Ev
19、ery year many people from all over the world go to the Jordan River for receiving baptism. The Earthquake in Port-au-PrincePort-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the caribbean country of Haiti, and is one of the nations largest centers of economy and finance. It was catastrophically affec
20、ted by an earthquake on january 12,2010,with large numbers of structures damaged or destroyed. Haitis government has estimated the death toll at 230,000 and says more bodies remain uncounted. Aid has been delivered to Port-au-Prince by numerous nations and voluntary groups as part of a global relief
21、 effort.Part Three Text Appreciation( Text Analysis3.1.1 Theme of the text 1) In this article, the author introduces a warning about the water crisis and then gives a causal analysis of water shortage: population explosion since the second half of the last century, soaring agricultural demands for b
22、etter tasting food and growing industrial and domestic demands for water.3.1.2 Structure of the textPart 1. Introduction: A warning about a water crisis (paras. 1-2)Part 2. Causal analysis of water shortage (paras. 3-5)Para. 3: Population explosion since the second half of the last century Para. 4:
23、Soaring agricultural demands for better tasting foodPara. 5: Growing industrial and domestic demands consuming 30% of the withdrawalPart 3. Difficulty in satisfying these demands (paras. 6-8)Para. 6: The supply of water being finitePara. 7: 97% of the worlds water being salty Para. 8: Fresh water av
24、ailable for living things being scarcePart 4. Characteristics of water as natural resource (paras. 9-15)Paras. 9-10: Water being not evenly distributedParas. 11-12: Water being local and heavy to moveParas. 13-15: Underground water being almost used as a free resourcePart 5. Reiteration of the value
25、 of water (Paras. 16-17) Part 6. Conclusion: Difficulty in using the resource sensibly (paras. 18-19)Para. 18: The belief that water is a free resourcePara. 19: The holy quality water is invested withRelevant questions:Q1: Do we have a water problem or not Q2: How serious is the problemQ3: Where doe
26、s our country stand in the world in terms of its share of water resourcesQ4: What are the main causes of our water problemQ5: What do you think we can do to solve this problem Writing Devices3.2.1 Comparison Sentence Paraphrase1. When the word water appears in print nowadays, crisis is rarely far be
27、hind. (para. 1)Today, whenever people mention the word “water” in books or newspapers, you know they are going to talk about water crisis.The opening paragraph summarizes what books and newspaper articles say about the present water problem.；in print: printed in a book, newspaper, etc.rarely far beh
28、ind: very near2. Water, it is said, is the new oil: a resource long squandered, now growing expensive and soon to be overwhelmed by insatiable demand. (par1)Like oil, water, a natural resource, which has for a long time been stupidly wasted, is becoming an expensive commodity, and will soon be exhau
29、sted by the excessive consumption of humanity.Here the writer is reminding people of the Mideast Oil Crisis in the 1970s. In October 1973, Arab petroleum exporting countries cut off exports of petroleum to many Western nations, including the United States, in response to their involvement in the Ara
30、b-Israeli conflicts. The embargo 禁运，贸易禁令 led to rising oil prices in the early 1970s, bringing widespread panic to Western countries. Many people believe that high oil consumption in these countries was the root cause of the oil crisis. The Mideast Oil Crisis enhanced public environmental awareness
31、and heightened public concern over natural resource scarcity.3. Aquifers 地下蓄水层 are falling, glaciers vanishing, reservoirs drying up and rivers no longer flowing to the sea. (para. 1)This sentence explains why the author believes that water is “soon to be exhausted” by describing what is happening t
32、o major water-holding parts of Earth including aquifers, glaciers, rivers (all naturally formed), and man-made reservoirs. The author uses accurate and specific verbs to show they are disappearing from our planet: (aquifers) falling: becoming lower (glaciers) vanishing: melting (reservoirs) drying up: becoming dry (rivers) no longe
