1、 Unit 1 Changes in the Way We LiveIntegrated Course 3 Teaching objectives Grasp the main idea and the structure of the text;Understand in detail and study the vocabulary;Appreciate the writing techniques-comparison and contrast,topic sentences followed by detail sentences;Discuss and write about the
2、 differences between living in the city and the country.Teaching procedures 1)Warm-up activities 2)Global reading 3)Detailed reading 4)Reading in depth 5)Writing techniques 6)Writing assignment Warm-up activity 1.Look at the pictures and tell what they are about.Warm-up activity 2.Listen to the audi
3、o clip and tell whats the countryside life is like in the British/American peoples eyes.The CountrysideAdvantages:Peace and relaxation,better,healthy;safe,clean,attractive environmentDisadvantages:difficult,inconvenient Warm-up activity In America,many people have a romantic idea of life in the coun
4、tryside.Many living in towns dream of starting up their own farm,of living off the land.Few get round to putting their dreams into practice.This is perhaps just as well,as the life of a farmer is far from easy,as Jim Doherty discovered when he set out to combine being a writer with running a farm.Ne
5、vertheless,as he explains,he has no regrets and remains enthusiastic about his decision to change his way of life.Global Reading 1.Read the first sentence from Para.1-3,and summarize the main idea of this part.The writer views his life in the country as a self-reliant and satisfying one.2.Read the f
6、irst sentence and guess what the author will talk about in the next paragraphs(para.4-7).Life in the country is good yet sometimes very hard.3.Read the first sentences from Para.8-11,and summarize the main idea of this part.The author and his family managed to get by.4.Go over para.12-15 and figure
7、out what are the special qualities that have made it possible for the family to enjoy their life in the country.A tolerance for solitude and a lot of energy.Part Division of the TextParts Paras Main Ideas 1 2 3 1347811The writer views his life in the country as a self-reliant and satisfying one.Life
8、 in the country is good yet sometimes very hard.After quitting his job,the writers income was reduced,but he and his family can manage to get by.41215A tolerance for solitude and a lot of energy have made it possible for the family to enjoy their life in the country.Detailed reading All through the
9、text,the writer tells about both the happiness and hardships the family have experienced in the country.Make a list of the happy moments and events as well as a list of the hardships in the columns on Page 11.Detailed readingHappy Moments and eventsHardshipsgrowing nearly all their fruits and vegeta
10、blesworking hard both in winter and in summercanoeing,picnicking,long bicyle rides,etc.harsh environment and weather conditionkeeping warm inside the house in winteranxious moments after the writer quit his jobwriting feelance articlescutting back on daily expenseearning enough money while maintaini
11、ng a happy family lifesolitude Group work:An interview Suppose one of your classmates is the writer of this unit and you and another classmate are the college students in the near city.When you learn that the writer has moved to the countryside from the city,you are very interested in it and ask for
12、 an interview with him.The following tips may give you some help in the interview.Sample Interview questions 1)How long have you been here since you left your city?2)Just now you mentioned that the country life is self-reliant and satisfying.But can you tell us something about the tough side of the
13、country life?3)Besides what you mentioned just now,what do you and your wife usually do?4)We were told that the first winter has left a deep impression on you.Could you please say something about that?5)What did you do when spring came?3 yearsfirewood;corn;strawberries;chickens;outdoor toiletfreelan
14、ce articles;household routine;garden;beehives;bread;music lessons;flower beds;wood;eggs;old sayingsnow;storm;wood;applestwo floods;growing season;wave of produce;freezer;cupboards;basement;barn Reading in depth The authors reasoning 1.About his dream There are two things I have always wanted to do w
15、rite and live on a farm.The major point is that one should have a dream(or something new in his life)not realized yet,then“Change”will be naturally necessary and possible.Reading in depth I am not in E.B.Whites class as a writer or in my neighbors league as a farmer,but Im getting by.(Para.1)Elwyn B
16、rooks White(July 11,1899 October 1,1985),usually known as E.B.White,was an American writer.Would you please paraphrase this sentence?He was a long-time contributor to The New Yorker(纽约客)magazine and a co-author of the widely used English language style guide,The Elements of Style(文体的要素),which is commonly known as“Strunk&White.”He also wrote famous books for children,including Charlottes Web(夏洛的网)and Stuart Little(小老鼠斯图尔特).get by:be considered good enough,but not very good;manage to live,survive,
