Unit 5 Opinions L Teaching Aims 1.Improve the student's speaking ability related to showing opinions and sharing opinions: 2.Train the students'listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp the 3.Master the and expressions in this unit II.Teaching Points 1.Students are required to understand the opinions in Micro-listening and Macro-listening. 2.Train the students'speaking abilities in showing opinions,sharing opinions, retelling and discussion 3.Useful ex ression e.intelligent,emotional overmmale.preudice,profession,dominate,interfere,handgunou sew, III.Teaching Methods 1.Listening and speaking activities 2.Individual,pair,or group work Speaking activites 4 Explanation IV.Teaching Periods Iwo teaching hours V.Teaching procedures Step one Warm-up Question What'syour opinion on the ofhomework? 2. Do you appreciate the final oral English examination? 3.Do you want to be an active student in class,and how to? 4.How to show your politeness while contradicting other's idea? Step Two Micro-listening Play the tape recorder for the students. 2.Check the answers. 3.Emphasize some language points and sentence structures: Step Three Macro-listening 1. the w words expr Suitable n适 on 当的，适宜的 恰当的Suitable for eating:edible (2 Intelligent adj1.聪明的；理解力强的 i have not arrived at a very intelligent opinion on that matter All human beings are much more intelligent than animal. 2.有智力的：有理解和学习能力的 3.智能的 (3)emotional adj1..表现强烈情感的，令人动情的 This is an emotional scene in the play. 2.易动感情的，情绪激动的
Unit 5 Opinions I. Teaching Aims 1. Improve the student’s speaking ability related to showing opinions and sharing opinions; 2. Train the students’ listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp the important details of a passage; 3. Master the useful words and expressions in this unit. II. Teaching Points 1. Students are required to understand the opinions in Micro-listening and Macro-listening. 2. Train the students’ speaking abilities in showing opinions, sharing opinions, retelling and discussion. 3. Useful expressions and words: lecturer, suitable, intelligent, emotional, sew, overcome, male, prejudice, profession, dominate, interfere, handgun, outlaw, violent III. Teaching Methods 1. Listening and speaking activities 2. Individual, pair, or group work 3. Speaking activities 4. Explanation IV. Teaching Periods Two teaching hours Ⅴ. Teaching procedures Step one Warm-up Questions 1. What’s your opinion on the existence of homework? 2. Do you appreciate the final oral English examination? 3. Do you want to be an active student in class, and how to? 4. How to show your politeness while contradicting other’s idea? Step Two Micro-listening 1. Play the tape recorder for the students. 2. Check the answers. 3. Emphasize some language points and sentence structures: Step Three Macro-listening 1. Explain the new words and expressions （ 1 ） Suitable n 适 当的 , 适宜 的 , 恰当 的 Suitable for eating; edible (2)Intelligent adj 1.聪明的; 理解力强的 I have not arrived at a very intelligent opinion on that matter. All human beings are much more intelligent than animal. 2.有智力的；有理解和学习能力的 3.智能的 （3）emotional adj 1.表现强烈情感的, 令人动情的 This is an emotional scene in the play. 2.易动感情的, 情绪激动的
3.感情的，情绪的 (4overcome v He believed the faith that truth would overcome They overcame the enemy easily. He has enough courage to overcome the difficulty. 及物动词t.1被（烟、感情等）熏[压]倒，使受不了 They were overcome with sadness. 不及物动词i受到的极y smoke. (5)prejudice名词n.l.成见，偏见，歧视 They accused him of having a prejudice against his women employees. 及物动词t.1.使有偏见 His voice and ma 2不利心 dice his audience against him Your bad spelling may prejudice your chances of getting this job (⑥)profession.I职业，自由职业Medicine is her destined profession. 2.同业，同行The legal profession has[have]always resisted change, 3(需要专门技能，尤指需要较高教育水平的某一)行业，职业 4.(某)职业界：业内人士：同业：同行：同人 5.(统称，指需要较高教育水平的)职业 6.声明：宣称：表白 (7)dominate及物动词vt.&不及物动词vi 1控制，支配，统治，左右，影响 dominates the weaker Sports,and not learing.seem to dominate in the school. 3.在中拥有最重要的位置，俯视，高耸于 (8)interfere不及物动词vil.干预；调停 I have the right to interfere 全访siterfring.Itold him to mind his wnbusines If you had not interfered,I should have finished my work by now 3.干涉：干预：介入 (9)outlaw名词nL.歹徒，亡命之徒The outlaw has been caught. 及物动词t.1宜布…为不合法 states ave ou t marij (10)violent形容词adj.L.暴力引起的，粗暴的，暴力的：强暴的 They laid violent hands on him. 2剧烈的，强烈的猛烈地 The violent winds buried the village in sand. The an was ntand had to be locked up. 3感情强烈的：激情的：由 情起的 4.颜色强烈的：羊艳夺目的 2.Explain language and culture notes (1)A law student:The Frugal Law Student is for anyone trying to mitigate their
3.感情的, 情绪的 (4)overcome v He believed the faith that truth would overcome. They overcame the enemy easily. He has enough courage to overcome the difficulty. 及物动词 vt. 1.被(烟、感情等)熏[压]倒, 使受不了 They were overcome with sadness. She was overcome by smoke. 不及物动词 vi. 1.受到…的极大影响 (5)prejudice 名词 n. 1.成见, 偏见, 歧视 They accused him of having a prejudice against his women employees. 及物动词 vt. 1.使有偏见 His voice and manner prejudice his audience against him. 2.不利于, 损害 Your bad spelling may prejudice your chances of getting this job (6) profession 1.职业, 自由职业 Medicine is her destined profession. 2.同业, 同行 The legal profession has[have] always resisted change. 3.（需要专门技能，尤指需要较高教育水平的某一）行业，职业 4.（某）职业界；业内人士；同业；同行；同人 5.（统称，指需要较高教育水平的）职业 6.声明；宣称；表白 (7)dominate 及物动词 vt. & 不及物动词 vi. 1.控制, 支配, 统治,左右,影响 The stronger man dominates the weaker. 2.在…中占首要地位 Sports, and not learning, seem to dominate in the school. 3.在…中拥有最重要的位置，俯视，高耸于 (8)interfere 不及物动词 vi. 1.干预; 调停 I have the right to interfere. As he is always interfering, I told him to mind his own business. 2.妨碍 If you had not interfered, I should have finished my work by now. 3.干涉；干预；介入 (9)outlaw 名词 n. 1.歹徒, 亡命之徒 The outlaw has been caught. 及物动词 vt. 1.宣布…为不合法 Most states have outlawed the use of marijuana. (10)violent 形容词 adj. 1.暴力引起的, 粗暴的,暴力的；强暴的 They laid violent hands on him. 2.剧烈的, 强烈的,猛烈地 The violent winds buried the village in sand. The madman was violent and had to be locked up. 3.感情强烈的；激情的；由激情引起的 4.颜色 强烈的；鲜艳夺目的 2. Explain language and culture notes (1)A law student: The Frugal Law Student is for anyone trying to mitigate their
crippling debt.Me?I'm trying to mitigate the tens of thousands of dollars I've ak en on in student loa in me on my quest to avoid taking on mor e deb ol while doing it Read more about The Frugal Law Student,check out some of the best articles,or become a subscriber via RSS feed or via email (2)sexual discrimination:As the carrier of culture.language mirrors the process of devel pment of human beings.Sexual discrimination in English embodies and reveals the inequality between the sexes and it meanwhile unveils the sexu phenomena in English from different cultural points of views,which makes for the improvement of our sensitivity of sexism in English.Sexism refers to the ideologies and practices which devalues members of one sex,almost invariably women,and thus fosters gender inequality.It discriminates against women by rendering th n invisible or t ivializing them at th ame time that it t perpetuate notions of male chauvinism.This system of sexual beliefs and practices shapes the sexual asymmetries in language that affirms the dominance of men over women.A landmark in the history of women's movement is the feminist movement (3)Gun control:The problem,as I see it,is that current gun control laws aren't effective in preventing repeat offenders from obtaining firearms.There was a study published back around 2000 that found something like 1/3 of violent offenders were able to obtain a gun illegally within a week of being put on probation(sorry for the fuzzy details but I read this a long time ago). That being said,I think it would be a mistake to prohibit gun ownership entirely.I'm a liberal,and I'm not particularly paranoid,but I had toagree with a conservative friend of mine who pointed out government-sanctioned genocide usually begins by disarming the public 3.Play the tape recorder for the students. 4.Ask the students some questions about the conversations. 5.Ask the students to answer the questions in the book.Lead them to get the right answers and teach them some tips for the listening exercises Step Four Oral Practice 1.Explain the sentence structures of making announcements and ask the students to dothe exercise 2.Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give pers (1)Is gun control reasonable? (2)How to eliminate the sexual discrimination? (3)Which career do you want to pursue in the society in the future? Step Five Homework Composition entitled"How toavoid the varic ous foolish opinions To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind is prone,no superhuman genius is required.If the matter is one that can be settled by observation,make the observation yourself. Many matters,however,are less easily brought to the test of experience.If,like most of mankind,you have passionate convictions on many such matters,there are
crippling debt. Me? I'm trying to mitigate the tens of thousands of dollars I've taken on in student loans. Join me on my quest to avoid taking on more debt, paying off some of the debt I have, and trying to survive law school while doing it. Read more about The Frugal Law Student, check out some of the best articles, or become a subscriber via RSS feed or via email (2)sexual discrimination: As the carrier of culture, language mirrors the process of development of human beings. Sexual discrimination in English embodies and reveals the inequality between the sexes, and it meanwhile unveils the sexual phenomena in English from different cultural points of views, which makes for the improvement of our sensitivity of sexism in English. Sexism refers to the ideologies and practices which devalues members of one sex, almost invariably women, and thus fosters gender inequality. It discriminates against women by rendering them invisible or trivializing them at the same time that it perpetuates notions of male chauvinism. This system of sexual beliefs and practices shapes the sexual asymmetries in language that affirms the dominance of men over women. A landmark in the history of women’s movement is the feminist movement (3)Gun control: The problem, as I see it, is that current gun control laws aren't effective in preventing repeat offenders from obtaining firearms. There was a study published back around 2000 that found something like 1/3 of violent offenders were able to obtain a gun illegally within a week of being put on probation (sorry for the fuzzy details but I read this a long time ago). That being said, I think it would be a mistake to prohibit gun ownership entirely. I'm a liberal, and I'm not particularly paranoid, but I had to agree with a conservative friend of mine who pointed out government-sanctioned genocide usually begins by disarming the public. 3. Play the tape recorder for the students. 4. Ask the students some questions about the conversations. 5. Ask the students to answer the questions in the book. Lead them to get the right answers and teach them some tips for the listening exercises. Step Four Oral Practice 1. Explain the sentence structures of making announcements and ask the students to do the Exercise. 2. Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal presentation. (1) Is gun control reasonable? (2) How to eliminate the sexual discrimination? (3) Which career do you want to pursue in the society in the future? Step Five Homework Composition entitled “How to avoid the various foolish opinions” To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind is prone, no superhuman genius is required. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Many matters, however, are less easily brought to the test of experience. If, like most of mankind, you have passionate convictions on many such matters, there are
ways in which you can make yourself aware of your own bias.If an opinion contrar to your own makes you angry,that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If someone maintains that two and two are five.or that Iceland is on the equator you feel pity rather than anger,unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction.The most savage controversies are thos abou matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.Persecuti is used in theology,not in arithmetic,because in theology there is only opinion.So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion,be on your guard;you will probably find,on examination,that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants. A good w urself of certain kinds of dogmatism is to becom f the people and th newspaper seem mad,perverse,and wicked,remind yourself that you seem so to them.In this opinion both parties may be right,but they cannot both be wrong.This reflection should generate a certain caution. For those who have enough psychological imagination,it is a good plan to imagine an argument with a pers n having a different bias.This has one adv antage and only one,as compared with actual conversation with opponents,this one advantage is that the method is not subject tothe same limitations of time and space. VI References 1.《大学英语听说V》(学生用书)，虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006 2.《大学英语听说IV》(教师用书)，虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 3.大学英语语法.薄冰主编.山西：山西教有出版社，2006. 4.大学英语实用语法讲解与练习.任福洪等主编.北京：国防工业出版社，2004 5.牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版）.牛津大学出版社，2004
ways in which you can make yourself aware of your own bias. If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If someone maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction. The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in theology there is only opinion. So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants. A good way of ridding yourself of certain kinds of dogmatism is to become aware of opinions held in social circles different from your own. If the people and the newspaper seem mad, perverse, and wicked, remind yourself that you seem so to them. In this opinion both parties may be right, but they cannot both be wrong. This reflection should generate a certain caution. For those who have enough psychological imagination, it is a good plan to imagine an argument with a person having a different bias. This has one advantage, and only one, as compared with actual conversation with opponents; this one advantage is that the method is not subject to the same limitations of time and space. VI. References 1.《大学英语听说 IV》（学生用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 2.《大学英语听说 IV》（教师用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 3.大学英语语法. 薄冰 主编. 山西：山西教育出版社，2006. 4. 大学英语实用语法讲解与练习. 任福洪等主编. 北京：国防工业出版社，2004. 5. 牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版）. 牛津大学出版社，2004