1、外國語學院中級閱讀 1教學大綱一、課程的性質與目標中級閱讀 1是英語專業本科二年級學生第一學期開設的一門專業必修課。 是為培養學生的英語閱讀能力， 為本專業其他課程和高年級專業課的學習奠定語 言基礎的一門課程。二、課程教學目標和任務：閱讀（泛讀）是英語專業學生的基礎學科，它使學生在閱讀中，既能比較系統的掌握基本的快速閱讀技能， 又能通過閱讀題材及風格各異的篇章， 開闊視野、 擴大知識面，豐富語言知識、增強語感，積累一定的詞匯量，增加一定的英美文 化背景知識， 加深對英語語言特點的理解， 提高其閱讀的速度、 理解能力及綜合 運用語言的能力，以培養具有綜合素質的英語專業人才。三、課程教學的基本要求

2、英語閱讀課列入學校的教學計劃， 成績記入學生的檔案， 按照高等學校英語 專業基礎階段英語教學大綱及本學院對大學生的教學， 考核的有關規定， 嚴格考 核制度。英語閱讀課教學時數為 36學時。在完成規定學時的基礎上， 對學生的學習方 法進行指導，有組織的開展第二課堂活動（如英語辯論賽）。造成生動活潑的語 言環境，豐富學生的業余文化生活，提高他們的學習興趣和運用語言的能力。在英語閱讀課的教學中， 要根據學生的具體情況采取相應的教學方法。 教英 語閱讀課課的教師應有高度的事業心和責任感，充分發揮自己的主動性和創造 性，針對不同教學對象，充分調動學生的學習積極性和主動性，培養學生的獨立 工作能力。四、課

3、程教學內容Reading Course (Book 3)Unit 1 Reading Strategies(2 hours) 知 識 點1Why read faster2. Suggestions for Improving Speed 重 點The relationship between reading and understanding 難 點1. Rate adjustment: overall rate adjustment and internal rate adjustment2 As their basic rate improves, their rates for othe

4、r material will also improve. 基本要求Get the students to read unit one and learn reading strategies. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 2 Education (2 hours) 知 識 點：1. It s never too late for success.2. The education of Benjamin Franklin. 重 點1. People can success at

5、any age only if they try their best.2. Some famous personseducation 難 點1.So who s to say what about youth2.daydreaming indecision3.become fired with4.If you don t think time counts, look at Grandma Moses.5.He who has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another than he for whom you

6、yourself have done a favor.基本要求Get the students to read unit two and learn something about all kinds of education. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 3 Body Language(2 hours) 知 識 點：1. Signals without words2. The Secret language of barrier signals. 重 點1. The infor

7、mation that different signals of language convey.2. The differences between the barrier signals of children, teenagers and adults. 難 點1. snap judgement2. barrier signals for adults3. Each social occasion involves us, once again, in encounters similar to the ones which made us hide as scared infants

8、and, as then each encounter is slightly threatening.基本要求Get the students to read unit three and learn something about all kinds of education. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 4 Aniamals (2 hours) 知 識 點：1. Little brother of the wolf 2. Bird Brains 重 點1. Who is t

9、he little brother of the wolf and why they would have to be clever.2. Birds are more intelligent than people think. 難 點Some new words that have something to do with animals: coyote, predator, ingenuity, urine, curator, trout, corvine, woodpecker, consummate, cactus, mimic, tutelage, roost, solicit.基

10、本要求Get the students to read unit four and learn something about animals. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 5 History（ 2 hours） 知 識 點：1. Models for Understanding History2. History as Conspiracy 重 點is mostly a1. In truth, history is complicated. It is more complic

11、ated than the simple lines in Model A and Model B. It more closely resembles Model C. Periods of accomplishment are followed by periods of decay. In fact,“ progressmyth.2. History is by no means a remote abstraction. From it we derive a sense of collectivity, shared experiences, and points of refere

12、nce those important events that punctuate the intersection of our lives with the wider world. 難 點The implication of history基本要求Get the students to read unit five and learn some knowledge and vocabulary abouthistory.實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面，為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 6 Language（ 2

13、hours）知識點：1. Vocabulary change2. Some notes on Gender-Neutral Language重點1. The borrowing , narrowing and widening of words2. The changes of genders and numbers of“man” and “he”難點1. Vocabulary change: borrowing , narrowing and widening2. Gender-Neutral Language: The change of word genders, the proble

14、m resulted from it and how to solve the problem.基本要求Get the students to read six two and learn something about language.實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面，為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 7 Space（ 2 hours）知識點：1. Has the bright future of the space program faded 2. Probing the universe. 重點難點基本要求Get

15、 the students to read unit seven and learn something about space. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 8 Women（ 2 hours） 知 識 點：1.Women in education, sports and media2. Women in science 重 點1. Different explanations about why women are excluded from science.2. The in

16、equality of women in education, sports and media.3. Reading skill: scanning 難 點The author s idea about women s social status in science: Scientific knowledge was a key factor in economic power. Women are discriminated as a class. So women are excluded from science.基本要求Get the students to read unit e

17、ight and learn something about womentus. s social sta 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 9 Cities（ 2 hours） 知 識 點：1.The unforgettable Hong Kong2. London 重 點1. About Hong Kong-Heart and soul of a people, earthly treasures, the endless night, a taste of the extraor

18、dinary.2. About London-British museum, Buckingham Palace, Greenwhich, Houses ofParliament, Madame Tussaud s, St Paul s Cathedral, Tower of London, Westminister Abbey, Poet s Coner. 難 點The tomb to which poets Corner owes its origin is Gtheaotfofrfey Chaucer. 基本要求Get the students to read unit nine and

19、 learn something about the places of interest in Hong Kong and London. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 10 Cross-Culture Communication（ 2 hours） 知 識 點：1. A Cross-Culture Context: Americans, Germans, and English2. Customs重點The relationship between customs and cu

20、ltures; The different intrusions between Germans and Americans; The different ways to classify people and activities between English people and Americans.難點there is no such thi ng as being in side the room without being in side the zones of intrusion particularly if one looks at the other party, no

21、matter how far away.基本要求Get the students to read unit ten and learn something about the difference in culture and learn to communicate under a cross-culture context. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 11 Information Retrieval （ 2 hours） 知 識 點：1. Library2. Evaluat

22、ion information Found on the Internet 重 點1. The roles of computer and library in informatin retrieval.2. The criteria of information evaluation found on the internet.3. Something about library.4. The ways of looking for different books in the library. 難 點1. Referral to and /or knowledge of the liter

23、ature.2. The classification systems and the catalog.3. Reading skill practiced in this unit: skimming and scanning 基本要求Get the students to read unit eleven and learn something about the two means of information retrieval-library and computer. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后

24、練習一般在課上解決。Unit 12 Environment（ 2 hours） 知 識 點：1.Pollutin Scenario 2. Climate Change Scenario 重 點1. The causes that result in global warming, disease and wars-polution 2. Pollution influences climate, global warming is the result of pollution. 難 點Name the scenario of pollution and climate change基本要求G

25、et the students to read unit twelve and learn something about Pollutin Scenario and Climate Change Scenario and different kinds of pollutants and environment protection. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 13 Medicine（ 2 hours） 知 識 點：1.The interaction of body and

26、mind2. Will your drug work when you really need them 重 點1. The concept of psychosomatic illness2. The reality of psychosomatic illness.3. The rise of the resistant bug 難 點1. psychosomatic illness2. The result of antibiotics基本要求Get the students to read unit thirteen and learn something about illness

27、and medicine. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 14 Evolution（ 2 hours） 知 識 點：1. Charles Darwin and the evulutionary theory2. Darwin and the Beagle 重 點1. Darwin thseory of natural selection2. The relationship between Darwin and Beagle 難 點of Darwin tChristian s un

28、derstanding of evolutionary theory: It was“ the crimedemythologize man to let him down like every other thing, a creature of nature in nature s order rather than in Gods image.基本要求Get the students to read unit fourteen and learn something about Darwin and Dadrwin s evolutinary theory. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預

29、備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 15 Transportation（ 2 hours） 知 識 點：1. Frank Turner2. The future for American transportation 重 點1. It is Frank Turner who shaped the creation of the largest public-works project in the history of the world, the network of interstate highways th

30、at changed America subtly as much as the transcontinental railroad did overtly.2. The problems brought about by transportation vehicles and some solutions 難 點1. the n etwork of in terstate highways that cha nged America subtly as much as the transcontinental railroad did overtly.2. Tuener belong to

31、those people you likely never heard of but who in one way or another directly or indirectly, by intention or accident, changed the way you lead your daily life.基本要求Get the students to read unit fifteen and learn something about transportation, analyze the problems brought about by transportation and

32、 try to give some effective suggestions to solve these problems. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 16 Time（ 2 hours） 知 識 點：1.The Calendar2. The history of clock 重 點1. Different calendars -Babylonian, Egyptian, Crecian, Roman and the origins of thecurrent names o

33、f the days of the week.2. Different types of clocks in history-sun clocks, water clocks, mechanical clocks, quartz clocks and atomic clocks. 難 點Our concept of TIME and using it together with technology still has room for radical re-assessment in terms of man s evolutionary thinking regardign our vie

34、w of the past,our onward journey into the future and our concept of time in relation to universe. 基本要求Get the students to read unit sixteen and learn something about the history of calendar and the development of clocks. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 17 Tele

35、vision（ 2 hours） 知 識 點：1.The appeal of daytime TV talk shows2. Television: the cyclops that eats books 重 點1. The goal and show of TV talk shows2.The reasons why television is compared to cyclops that eat books 難 點The understanding of the cyclops and the appeal of daytime talk shows 基本要求Get the stude

36、nts to read unit seventeen and learn something about television. 實踐與練習 快速閱讀課采用預備性和預習性的作業， 以擴大學生知識面， 為課上閱讀打好基 礎，評判標準為十分制。課后練習一般在課上解決。Unit 18 Poetry（ 2 hours） 知 識 點：Some figure of speech in poetry 重 點Versification, rhythm, kinds of feet, variations in rhythm, kinds of verse, scansion, rime, alliteration,