新编实用英语电子教案Unit 4(9)

e.g. Please give her a hand because she is new to the job.

4 Teaching suggestions for understanding the passage in detail: 1. Paragraphs 1 and 2:

1) The students read these two paragraphs loudly together.

2) Group work: Have a discussion to translate these two paragraphs into Chinese. There will be

a group presentation in class.

2. Paragraph 3:

1) Ask the students to read this paragraph individually for two times. 2) Group work: Have a discussion to answer the following questions: (1) Whom was the author going to meet that day? (A team from India.)

(2) Why did he forget the appointment?

(Because he forgot to log the appointment into his schedule.) (3) When did he get to the meeting room?

(More than 30 minutes later than the appointed time.)

(4) What was the attitude of the Indian people toward the author’s coming late? (They did not care about his coming late.)

3. Paragraphs 4 and 5:

1) Read these two paragraphs after the teacher.

2) Pair work: One student asks 4 or 5 questions about these two paragraphs, and the other one gives the answers. Then the students exchange their roles to do the same work again.

(For example: What would Americans do if someone is very late for the appointment?

How long would Americans wait for the late comers?)

4. Paragraphs 6, 7, 8 and 9:

1) The students read these four paragraphs loudly by themselves.

2) Meanwhile, the teacher writes down the following sentences with some words missing on the

blackboard or shows them with PPT. The students are asked to complete the sentences.

Tips for etiquette about appointments and punctuality: A. Make your appointment ________________. (in advance)

B. Don’t just ________ for in-person meeting without any appointment. (show up) C. Inform the other party if you are ___________. (more than a few minutes late) D. Don’t change ________ at the last minute. (plans)

5 Summary of the passage:

1. Point out the words or phrases related to being punctual in the passage. Related words :

punctual, schedule, appointment, re-schedule, punctuality, plan, … Related phrases:

understanding of punctuality, on time, well-kept schedules, in advance, run late, changing a plan

2. Group work: Have a discussion to prepare a short study report about how to be punctual. A

group presentation in class is required.

6 Suggestions for doing exercises:

1. Group work for Exercises 2 and 3: Underline the useful expressions in each sentence.

2. Pair work for Exercises 4 and 5: Each student writes out the sentence patterns they are going to use and then write out their translation. Afterwards they check up each other’s work, correcting the mistakes. At last, the whole class repeat the English translation of the sentences together.

7 Assignments for this section:

1. Group work: Search online to find cultural differences in making or keeping an appointment. There will be a group presentation in the next class period. 2. Preview Passage II.

PASSAGE II Are you punctual? 1 Warm-up questions:

1. What’s your attitude toward keeping an appointment: being late, punctual or early? And Why? 2. What do you think of people who are always being late?

2 Guided reading aloud of the passage:

The students read the passage after the teacher for the first time, trying to imitate the teacher’ pronunciation and intonation, and then read it in class individually. The teacher should pay attention to correcting the students’ pronunciation.

3 Explanation of difficult words and expressions:

The students are required to have a discussion in groups to pick out the difficult words and expressions in the passage which they don’t understand and then report them to the class. The teacher will demonstrate the usage of those chosen points, and ask the students to make up at least two sentences with them in groups. In this passage, apart from what may have been chosen in Language Points in Teacher’s Book, the following points are encouraged to be chosen and practiced on.

1. by … standards: according to the judgments of quality e.g. The system was clearly primitive by later standards. 2. get on one’s nerves: make somebody annoyed

e.g. Lately he hasn’t done anything and it is getting on my nerves. 3. get lost: unable to find the way

e.g. I got lost on the first day when I visited London last year. 4. make sure: find out for certain

e.g. He looked in the bathroom to make sure that he was alone. 5. shut down: stop working

e.g. The crisis has caused several car factories to shut down.

4 Teaching suggestions for understanding the passage in detail: 1. Part I (Answer 1):