Book4
Unit 1 Big Bucks The Easy Way
Teaching Time: 4 hours
Students’ level: Sophomores of non-English majors in the 2nd semester. Teaching Objectives:
1. Help Ss get to know the lesson “No pains, no gains” and there is no “big bucks the easy way”.
2. About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section.
Words: cash, echo, competitive, leisurely, pain, sour, finance, marvelous, party,
stack, cram, harm, minimum, range, thoughtful, deadline, inform, normally, sale, trash, delivery, inquire, odd, shrink
Phrases & Expressions: pull up, a piece of cake, even as, know better than, be at,
make a dent, cut into, have no business, settle for, settle one’s account, quite awhile, draw attention to, for sale, for rent, be done with, may as well
Grammar: p14
3. About the reading, Ss should learn avoiding vocalization and inner speech. 4. About the writing, Ss should learn word choice..
5. About the listening, Ss finish the Unit 1 directed by teacher.
Teaching Procedures: I. Pre-reading Activities 1. Background information
1) Montgomery Ward 2) Sears, 3) Roebuck 2. Warm-up questions
1) Do you depend on your parents financially? 2) Is it easy to earn money by working part-time?
3) Are there any easy ways to make much money? 3. Key words and expressions:
New words and old word
Teacher students (old words or expressions) (new ones) U.S. dollar buck Door handle Unhurried Relaxed Profitable Sent out Endure Beg Tell Fill Tie Increase Extra money Part A path An easy job Pay Have no reason Come to terms with Strange Money Finish English and Chinese phrases
Teacher(Chinese) doorknob leisurely leisurely lucrative deliver live with panhandle inform cram band reproduce bonus section walk
a piece of cake settle
have no business settle for odd finance be done with Students( English)
考虑 look into 总是 all the time 可以容忍 live with 令我痛心 it pains me 易如反掌 a piece of cake 壮汉 a big guy 干快些 好几卡车的 百货商店 廉价商店 小杂货店 汽车行 外卖餐馆 提高嗓门 超过极限 恍然大悟 教会某人做人 经过调解 结账 劳务支出 相同数额 托某人做 II. While-reading Activities 1. Ss have the silent reading on the text (10 mins) 2. Text and questions for discussion
get busy truck loads of department store a dime store drug store auto store takeout restaurant voice rises out of the range of work a profound change in work a profound change in
one’s personality
in mediation settle the account labor cost a like amount enlist sb. To do
大学英语精读第四册教案
