Jane proved (to be)a talented actress. Before I could protest,he got to his feet His study,judging by the crumbs on the carpet,was also his dining-room. 3.Language study and practice;Writing skills:Reading and listening skills. Unit4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo(8学时) I.Teaching Aims and Requirements: 1.Grasp the main idea (It explains the personalities/characteristics of the great scientist Albert Einstein.and the structure of the text. 2.Appreciate the narrative skills (using details to bring out a character:a surprising ending:use of puns). 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text. 4.Conduct a series of reading,listening,speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. II.Teaching Contents and Requirements: Teaching Emphasis: 1.Text:Listening comprehension:Writing Skills:Contraction:Reducing Clauses to Phrases or Words;Oral and Reading Practice. 2.Language study: Passive structures What the professor said made me feel at ease. I was made to feel at ease. Subjunctive in a that clause I suggested taking the toy apart. I suggested that we take the toy apart. Teaching Difficulties: 1.Language study and practice:Writing skills:Reading and listening skills. Key words and phrases:Modesty,arrogant,ill at ease,show,demonstrate,cycle,balanced,impressive, personification,universal,logical,simplify,complicate,functional,intellectual property,frustrating, envious,enterprising,vulnerable,emotional,showy,affected,corresponding,eventually,grin,giggle, chuckle,mustache,divert,avert, inclusive,practitioner,indifferent,observer, observation, observatory,observant,repetitive,soak,induce,deductive,inductive,principal,flawless,work out/come up with,puzzlement,reputation,incapable,civilian,spokesman,politician 3.Reading beyond the lines A good reader is one who can read beyond the lines,seeing ideas implied through the words,and one who can bridge the gap between the obvious and the suggested,thus obtaining much more information. 4.Guided writing Logic organization of paragraphs There are many ways to organize a paragraph in a logical order:general-specific,known-unknown, temporal,spatial,concept-example,problem-solution,data-conclusion. Unit5 The Villain in the Atmosphere(8学时) I.Teaching Aims and Requirements: 1.Grasp the main idea (It explains the green house effect.)and the structure of the text.Develop optimistic attitude towards life: 2.Get to know what the atmosphere like.Realize the serious situation of our atmosphere. 3.Learn some terms on environment pollution. 4.Enlarge vocabulary. 5.improve their reading,listening,writing and speaking skills as well as their abilities of learning by themselves. 1I.Teaching Contents and Requirements: Teaching Emphasis: 1.Allow the students to examine the title,go over the text and obtain main ideas of the text 2.Help the students build up their word power through a variety of drilling practices. 3.Set aside some time for a group discussion on the topic of "carbon and dioxide" 4.Writing Practice ----combination Contraction Subordination Teaching Difficulties: 1.Let the students keep in mind and make proper use of following words and phrases: Bad egg,wicked,toxin,inessential,essence,conversion,exchange,substance,release,seeming,self-evident, hidden,latent,possibility,high land,proportion,portion,unsteady,instable,outland,spill,epidemic, fashionable,structural,fall down,stress,gasoline,radiant,ultraviolet,invisible,visibility,extension, distinctive,crawl,calculate,square meter,displace,placement,bushes,consumer,nucleus,exterior,lunar, competent,militant,etc. 2.grammar and structure a.Florida will disappear beneath the waves,as will much of the British Isles,the crowded Nile valley,and the low-lying areas of China,India,and Russia. b.It is estimated that by 2020 the concentration will be nearly twice what it is now. 3.Looking for the thesis statement A thesis statement is a single sentence that states the central idea of an essay and conveys the writer's attitude or purpose.Some writers include a thesis statement in introduction:others prefer to omit this explicit statement and just to give a general sense of the topic or thesis.Jane proved (to be) a talented actress. Before I could protest, he got to his feet. His study, judging by the crumbs on the carpet, was also his dining-room. 3. Language study and practice; Writing skills; Reading and listening skills. Unit 4 The Professor and the Yo-Yo （8学时） I. Teaching Aims and Requirements： 1. Grasp the main idea (It explains the personalities/characteristics of the great scientist Albert Einstein.) and the structure of the text. 2. Appreciate the narrative skills (using details to bring out a character; a surprising ending; use of puns). 3. Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text. 4. Conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. II. Teaching Contents and Requirements： Teaching Emphasis： 1. Text; Listening comprehension; Writing Skills: Contraction: Reducing Clauses to Phrases or Words; Oral and Reading Practice. 2. Language study; Passive structures What the professor said made me feel at ease. I was made to feel at ease. Subjunctive in a that clause I suggested taking the toy apart. I suggested that we take the toy apart. Teaching Difficulties： 1. Language study and practice; Writing skills; Reading and listening skills. Key words and phrases: Modesty, arrogant, ill at ease, show, demonstrate, cycle, balanced, impressive, personification, universal, logical, simplify, complicate, functional, intellectual property, frustrating, envious, enterprising, vulnerable, emotional, showy, affected, corresponding, eventually, grin, giggle, chuckle, mustache, divert, avert, inclusive, practitioner, indifferent, observer, observation, observatory, observant, repetitive, soak, induce, deductive, inductive, principal, flawless, work out/come up with, puzzlement, reputation, incapable, civilian, spokesman, politician 3. Reading beyond the lines A good reader is one who can read beyond the lines, seeing ideas implied through the words, and one who can bridge the gap between the obvious and the suggested, thus obtaining much more information. 4. Guided writing Logic organization of paragraphs There are many ways to organize a paragraph in a logical order: general-specific, known-unknown, temporal, spatial, concept-example, problem-solution, data-conclusion. Unit 5 The Villain in the Atmosphere （8学时） I. Teaching Aims and Requirements： 1. Grasp the main idea (It explains the green house effect.) and the structure of the text. Develop optimistic attitude towards life; 2. Get to know what the atmosphere like. Realize the serious situation of our atmosphere. 3. Learn some terms on environment pollution. 4. Enlarge vocabulary. 5. improve their reading, listening, writing and speaking skills as well as their abilities of learning by themselves. II. Teaching Contents and Requirements： Teaching Emphasis： 1. Allow the students to examine the title, go over the text and obtain main ideas of the text 2. Help the students build up their word power through a variety of drilling practices. 3. Set aside some time for a group discussion on the topic of “carbon and dioxide” 4. Writing Practice ----combination & Contraction & Subordination Teaching Difficulties： 1. Let the students keep in mind and make proper use of following words and phrases: Bad egg, wicked, toxin, inessential, essence, conversion, exchange, substance, release, seeming, self-evident, hidden, latent, possibility, high land, proportion, portion, unsteady, instable, outland, spill, epidemic, fashionable, structural, fall down, stress, gasoline, radiant, ultraviolet, invisible, visibility, extension, distinctive, crawl, calculate, square meter, displace, placement, bushes, consumer, nucleus, exterior, lunar, competent, militant, etc. 2. grammar and structure a. Florida will disappear beneath the waves, as will much of the British Isles, the crowded Nile valley, and the low-lying areas of China, India, and Russia. b. It is estimated that by 2020 the concentration will be nearly twice what it is now. 3. Looking for the thesis statement A thesis statement is a single sentence that states the central idea of an essay and conveys the writer’s attitude or purpose. Some writers include a thesis statement in introduction; others prefer to omit this explicit statement and just to give a general sense of the topic or thesis