应用型大学英语2讲义unit1.doc

应用型大学英语系列教程 Book 2 13 - 1 - Unit One A. Objectives of this unit a. Content 1. A hotel incident: helping students understand the ridiculousness of racial stereotypes. 2. Dialogue: Acquainting students with hotel reservation skills. 3. A hotel layout: Acquainting students with hotel facilities. b. Key language points 1. Patterns such as take a break, be about to do sth., not be about to do sth., etc. 2. Inanimate nouns as the subject. 3. How to avoid writing sentence fragments. c. Vocabulary Basic requirements: 37 new words. Intermediate requirements: 8 new words. Advanced requirements: 4 new words. d. Comprehensive skills 1. Understanding a passage of about 800 words at the pre-intermediate level of difficulty. 2. Writing a 150-word summary of the text. 3. Learning to book hotel rooms via telephone. 4. Research project: learning to search for information about a particular hotel. e. Functions 1. Getting to know about stereotypes. 2. Reserving via telephone. B. Procedures and Methods Eight teaching periods are needed to cover the present unit, among which four periods are for the module of Language Skills Development, three periods for the module of Language in Use and one mainly for the module of Enhancement of Language Abilities. The first two periods: Text: Thanks for the Best Laugh We’ve Had in Years 1. Presentation (10 mins) -- Introducing Eddie Murphy and Michael Joardan 2. Leading in: Do you have any stereotypes to certain persons or things? Background: ? Eddie Murphy 艾迪?墨菲 ? Michael Jordan 迈克尔?乔丹 3. Text organization (Fast Reading) Part I (Paras. _1-2__)A woman’s winning lots of money. Part II (Paras. _3-5_)The woman’s fear of two strange men she met in elevator. Part III (Paras. _6-9_)The woman’s stereotypical reaction to the two strangers. Part IV (Paras. _10-12_) The ending of the story . on or into a vehicle freeze one’s blood a fixed idea(discrimination) on a