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Unit 6 Women, Half the Sky
Text A I’m Going to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge
Teaching Subjects:
Teaching Objectives:
Ss will be able to
1. grasp the main idea (the belief in superwoman encourages average women to achieve their goals) and structur
2、e of the text;
2. appreciate how the author achieve coherence for her essay;
3. masker key language points and grammatical structures in the text;
4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit.
Teaching Procedure:
1. Lead-in activi
3、ties;
2. Text comprehension;
3. Language points;
4. Exercise after Text A;
5. Text B along with questions for discussion;
6. Do quiz and fast reading.
Step I: Lead-in activities.
1. Do you think society still discriminates against women? Give facts to support your conclusion. (What is your
4、 impression of the female Doctor?)
2. Do you know any superwomen at home and abroad? (China: Wu Zetian – the first Chinese empress; The three sisters of The Songs: Song Ailing & Kong Xianxi / Song Qingling & Sun Yat-sen / Song Meiling & Chiang Kai-shek; Hillary Rodham & Bill Clinton)
5、 (Song Qingling) (Hillary Rodham) (Song Meiling)
(Notes: Teachers may introduce the above superwomen to students, creating the impression of the importance of women in the society.)
Step II. Text comprehension:
(Teachers draws students attentions to the
6、 Text Organization Exercise 1. Students will notice that the appearance of the new word “bridge” coincides with a new part of the text. )
1. Part One (Paras 1-3): Despite her friend’s advices, the author, unable to resist the temptation, believes superwomen stories again.
l T invites some student
7、s to give alternative terms for “a bridge in Brooklyn” (an incredible story, something impossible)
l Students scan the text and underline sentences containing the world “bridge”
2. Part Two (Paras 4-7): Her encounter with a superwoman and its influence on her.
3. Part Three (Paras 8-11): She te
8、lls about what prevents her from becoming a superwoman.
l Do the exercise if only (P.191)
4. Part four (Paras 12-14): She analyzes and explains why she is still fascinated by modern superwomen tales.
l Despite my friend’s warning against being taken in, despite everything I have learned, I find
9、that I am not only willing, but positively eager to buy that bridge she mentioned. (Although my friend had warned me not to believe in the stories about any incredibly successful woman, I am still willing to believe that they are true.)
l Do the exercise on “Too +adj. + for …” (P.191)
5. Part
10、Five (Paras 15): She draws the conclusion that to her, admiring a heroine is something worth doing.
l Then I’ll tell her a story: the tale of a woman who bought her own version of that bridge in Brooklyn and found that it was a wise investment after all. (Then I will tell her about myself: how I
11、believe in superwomen tales and how this belief had encouraged me to attain my own goal.)
Step III. Language points:
1. Bulletin: a short printed newspaper or leaflet, esp. One produced regularly by
group or organization.
l BBS：Bulletin Board System公告牌系統(tǒng)或電子公告板
l Bullet子彈 Bullet-proof glass 防彈
12、玻璃
E.g. I learned from the BBS in moon-ship that there would be an English corner this evening.
2. Item: 1) a single piece of news
E.g. I heard an interesting news item on radio this morning.
2) a single article or unit on a list or among a set
E.g. There are at least 26 items in my E-mail box
13、.
3. Draft: a rough outline or version
E.g. You should hand in your first draft of the essay with 1,000 words on next Friday.
4. Hit / strike home : (of remarks, ete.) have the intended effect
E.g. The teachers words hit home. I really lacked confidence in learning English.
5. Incredible: that
14、 cannot be believed
E.g. It seems incredible that I could get No. 1 in the vocabulary contest.
6. Skeptical: (in the habit of) doubting that sth. is true, right, etc. (followed by about/ of; spelled skeptical in British English)
l Be skeptical about sth.
E.g. Sometimes I am skeptical about my ab
15、ility of passing CET-4. But now I have realized that process is more important than result.
7. Consume: 1) eat or drink
E.g. Every day people consume a lot of food and drinks.
2). Use up
E.g. If consumers don’t consume, then workers don’t work.
l consume consumer consumption
16、
l presume/ presumption; assume / assumption; amuse / amusement
8. corporation: a large business or company
l cooperate cooperation cooperator
E.g. I would like to work with a well-known multi-national corporation to improve my overall abilities.
9. Rarely: not happening very often
E
17、.g. I am rarely late for the class.
I rarely went to the English Zoon last semester, but I often do there this term for I can practice my oral-English there.
10. Decorate: add (sth.) in order to make a thing more attractive to look at
E.g. Whenever I go home, I would decorate my room with s
18、mall items to make it nicer.
11. Client: a person who buys goods or service.
l Customer / consumer
12. Reproach: criticize (sb) for failing to do sth. (used in the pattern: reproach sb. For
sth.
E.g. She loved her boyfriend so much that she didn’t reproach him for brea
19、king his promise.
13. Harmony: 1). Pleasant combination of different notes of music played at the same
time
E.g. The girls are singing in harmony.
2). A state or condition of agreement, cooperation, or peacefulness
E.g. I live in harmony with my roommates.
14. By na
20、ture: as a result of inborn or inherent qualities; innately
E.g. I am by nature an English learner.
15. Get one’s act together: organize oneself and one’s activities so that one does things in an effective way.
E.g. You must get his act together if he is going to pass the exam. You cannot just
21、
sit about doing nothing all day.
15. Put pencil to paper: start to write
E.g. I put pencil to paper after a short thing.
16. At intervals: 1) sth. that happens at intervals happens occasionally; sth. that exists at intervals exists here and there
E.g. Trees have been planted at interva
22、ls along the waterfront.
2). Used to state the precise gap in time or distance between things
E.g. Mother woke me for my medicines at intervals throughout the night.
16. Set aside: put (time or money) away for a special purpose.
E.g. Every day I set aside one hour to do sports.
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17. Race the clock: do sth. quickly in order to finish it in the available time.
E.g. The CET-4 is coming near and near. We must race the clock every day to prepare for finial exams.
18. Bide one’s time: wait patiently for a chance
E.g. I am biding my time to do some part-time jobs.
19. Achie
24、ve / have one’s heart’s desire(s): get sb./ sth. you want very much
E.g. We should male great efforts to achieve our heart’s desires.
20. A piece of cake: sth. that is very easy to do.
E.g. Passing CET-4 is a piece of cake as long as you put your heart into it.
21. Move on to: stop doing one
25、 thing and begin dealing with the next.
E.g. We are about to move on to the Text A in Unit 6.
Step IV: Exercise after Text A.
Step V. Discussion along with Text B.
1. What is your mother’s main task in daily life? Is she a housewife or career woman?
2. What so you think of Mao Zedong’s famous
26、saying that women hold up half the sky?
3. Why is it more difficult for women for women to move up in society? What are their problem s?
4. In your view, how could we achieve the goal that men and women become true equals?
Step VII: Do quiz and fast reading.
For reference: Cultural Notes.
1. F
27、eminism: In the 1960s feminism (= the belief that women and men are equal in abilities and should have equal rights and opportunities) became the subject of intense debate when the women’s liberation movement encouraged women to reject their traditional supporting roles and do demand equal status an
28、d equal rights with men in areas such as employment and pay.
Since then the gender gap between the sexes has been reduced. However the battle between feminist and traditional views of a woman’s role continues. It is widely accepted by younger people that women should, if they wish, be allowed to de
29、velop their careers and not give work when they have a family.
Feminism has brought about many changes in the English language. Many words for job titles that included “man” have replaced, for example “police officer” is used instead of “Miss” or “Mrs.”, since it does show whether a woman is marrie
30、d or not. (chairperson / chairman / chairwoman)
2. Oklahoma: a southern central state of the US. The capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. It produces oil, gas, coal, wheat and cotton.
3. the Brooklyn Bridge: the bridge over the East River in New York City that connects Manhattan with Brooklyn. It was opened in 1883 and has a length of 1995 feet(486 meters).The expression selling the bridge to somebody means tricking them in a deal.
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