1、book four text learning（10 units altogether） learning to write english composition integral training: trying to improve students proficiency in reading, listening, and speaking. teaching plan this terms teaching content covers 10 units. basically, every two units will be finished within 3 weeks. exc

2、ept the one-week holidays of the national day and the oral english test, there are 15 weeks left for teaching, so at least 9 unit should be finished at the end of this term. roughly the teaching of one unit covers 6 periods. general goals or objectives try to improve studentsreading speed and the ab

3、ility to get information from reading materials correctly. students acquisition of the skills involved through supplementary materials and texts. more attention will be given to the understanding of discourse: focus on global understanding. enlarge students vocabulary (key words and structure) learn

4、 the features of english composition and learn to write. go over the preview, the pre-reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read. read the sentences carefully and guess the meaning of the italicized term in each s

5、entence according to the context and your own experiences. i know i shouldnt eat chocolate cake when im dieting, but i find it hard to resist the temptation. a rubber plantation plantations of fir and pine i dont know why i asked just idle curiosity. there are few idle people in their department. th

6、e new financial supervisor intends to make full use of the companys idle capital. 誘惑誘惑種植園種植園樹林樹林無意義的無意義的閑散的閑散的閑置的閑置的 the rain penetrated through to his skin. they claimed that the noise from the concert was causing a public nuisance. youd better roll your sleeves up or youll get them dirty. the trou

7、sers are a bit tight around my waist. 濕透濕透反感反感袖子袖子腰部腰部 they think the governments new ideas are nonsense. the document must be signed in the presence of a witness. sheer nylon tights it would be sheer folly to buy such a large car - we wouldnt be able to afford to run it. 一派胡言一派胡言當著當著的面的面透明的透明的compl

8、ete oscar wilde was a famous wit. a conversation full of wit he made some interesting observations on the current economic situation. 機敏風趣的機敏風趣的機智風趣的機智風趣的評論評論 some species of bats are on the edge of dying out. just because i had a bat and had played at school, they assumed i was some kind of expert.

9、 the crowd of demonstrators melted away when the police arrived. the spring sun usually melts the snow by mid march. 蝙蝠蝙蝠球拍球拍逐漸散去逐漸散去融化融化 she behaved as any upright citizen would have done under the circumstances. stand upright when youre being spoken to! we tipped the porter for each box. the hotel

10、 porter will call a taxi for you. 正直的正直的站直站直搬運工搬運工門衛門衛 he packed his trunk and sent it to china by sea. i sawed through the tree trunk. she was overcome with emotion. he deserves our special thanks for all his efforts. 旅行箱旅行箱樹干樹干她激動得不能自持。她激動得不能自持。應得到應得到 she gave him a tender look. my steak was juicy

11、 and beautifully tender. if your stomach feels tender and you have a slight temperature the best remedy is to go to bed and have a good rest. gentleeasy to bite throughpainful their remarks are for the most part correct. dont impose your company on them. they are busy with their work. i dont know wh

12、at he wants to do, but for my part, i would be glad to go. mostly; usually纏著他們纏著他們personally im counting on my teacher to help me. please dont make a fuss about such a small thing. he is run down because hes been working too hard. weve all objected to this proposal. expect; depend on大驚小怪大驚小怪把身體搞垮把身體

13、搞垮oppose; express opposition to they stopped for a moment to drink in the beauty of the scenery. they drank in the delicious music. he said he would give up smoking, but he ended up yielding to the temptation and took a cigarette. 欣賞欣賞如癡如醉地傾聽如癡如醉地傾聽經不起誘惑經不起誘惑 mill manufactory factory merry happy joy

14、ous cheerful pleasant delightful agreeable fabric cloth textile stuff tissue material lap thigh limb leg knee hip wind breeze gust blast squall gale typhoon hurricane tornado cyclone gaze stare gaze peer contemplate view observe survey peek peep glance skim scan glimpse glare keen extreme strong act

15、ive sharp acute keen eager ardent earnest intense farewells goodbye honorable respectable respective wholly completely entirely fully totally utterly now and then from time to time occasionally a succession of a series of homework learn the new words and expressions of the text by heart. go over the

16、 text and try to get the main idea of the text. analyze the structure of the text. 1. global reading task s reading skills: reading between lines text structure analysis:to make inferences about the authors ideas you have to do the following:1. make use of context clues, your common sense and your k

17、nowledge of the world.2. connect ideas and draw conclusions from the reading passage.3. form and test what you have understood between the lines. example 3 there was some talk of having him back during the summer that followed. that is, gaston greatly desired it; but this desire yielded to his honor

18、able wifes vigorous opposition. (para. 21, passage a, unit 1) question: why did the wife strongly oppose to gouvernails coming to visit them again? possible answer: she was afraid that she would yield to her passion. example 4 “oh,” she told him, laughingly, after pressing a long, tender kiss upon h

19、is lips, “i have overcome everything! you will see. this time i shall be very nice to him.” (para. 24, passage a, unit 1) question: what do you think the wife had overcome? possible answer: she had overcome her affectionate passion for gouvernail and she was ready to accept him as a friend and as a

20、guest. text structure analysis:what kind of writing does this passage belong to? description, narration, exposition or argumentation?what kind of order is this story related in? in chronological (or time) order how is the story structured according to time sequence as a whole? how many parts can the

21、 whole passage be divided into?6 partsgeneral situation of the storymrs. barodas impressions of her guestwhat happened that night what happened the day after that nightpart 1: part 2:part 6: part 4:part 5: part 3: what happened laterwhat happened still later the first part of the passage is _, which

22、 is the general situation of the story and also the starting point of the story. what is the general situation ?paragraph 1mrs. baroda was a little annoyed that her husbands friend, gouvernail, was to spend a week or two on their plantation. the second part consists of _ paragraphs, from paragraph 2

23、 to paragraph 10, telling us what happened and informing us about mrs. barodas impressions of her guest gouvernail. 9chronologicalafter a few daysthenone dayin the morninguntil the descriptions are presented in _order. can you find any time markers to certify it? para. 2 deals with mrs. barodas impr

24、ession of her guest ：she was feeling puzzled, not being able to penetrate her silent guestmrs. baroda was troubled to find gouvernail _ not a man of wit, but _ difficult to understand. paras. 3 to 10 are about a conversation between mr. and mrs. baroda concerning their guest gouvernail:a terrible nu

25、isancea dull man the third part is made up of _ paragraphs, from paragraphs 11 to 19, concentrating on what happened “that night”. 9 the author uses a succession of verbs and adverbs to describe _that night in chronological order. in this part, the author also describes some sort of _in mrs. baroda but all this came along with a succession of _.what happenedemotional changeactions the time markers:that night, the next morning, then, when the fourth part is paragraph_. 20 only paragraph 20 is about _ the day after “that night”. what happened the next morning,