discussion with the aid of multi-media (一)目的与要求(Course Objectives&Requirements) 1.To acquaint the students with the type of writing--argumentation and the essential elements of argumentation. 2.To let the students master the usage of several key words and key expressions. 3.To review the principal use of the historic present in photographic captions--conveying something of the dramatic immediacy of an eye-witness account 4.To let the students master such effective ways of emphasizing some information as“A but B”structure and“A yet B”structure. 5.To acquaint the students with the grave consequences of nuclear weapons and of launching nuclear wars (二)教学内容(Teaching Contents) 第一节Text I A View of Mountains L.主要内容(Main Idea)) This argumentative essay comprises three parts: Part I(Para.1)The writer puts forward his thesis:a view of mountains in the background suggests the real extent to which the city was destroyed by the atomic bombing. Part II (Para.2-3)The author argues that the bombing of Nagasaki is more representative of the nuclear peril threatening the world than that of Hiroshima and that we need to take actions to dispel nuclear threat from the Earth. Part III(Para.4)He restates his main idea,i.e.we should not just worry about the Text Comprehension Vocabulary 1)Words and expressions 2)Word derivations 3)Synonyms and antonyms Grammar 1)The present tense referring to the past or the future 2)Comparison10 discussion with the aid of multi-media. Unit 4 （一） 目的与要求 (Course Objectives & Requirements) 1. To acquaint the students with the type of writing---argumentation and the essential elements of argumentation. 2. To let the students master the usage of several key words and key expressions. 3. To review the principal use of the historic present in photographic captions---conveying something of the dramatic immediacy of an eye-witness account. 4. To let the students master such effective ways of emphasizing some information as “A but B” structure and “A yet B” structure. 5. To acquaint the students with the grave consequences of nuclear weapons and of launching nuclear wars （二） 教学内容 (Teaching Contents) 第一节 Text I A View of Mountains 1. 主要内容 (Main Idea) This argumentative essay comprises three parts： Part I (Para. 1) The writer puts forward his thesis: a view of mountains in the background suggests the real extent to which the city was destroyed by the atomic bombing. Part II (Para.2-3) The author argues that the bombing of Nagasaki is more representative of the nuclear peril threatening the world than that of Hiroshima and that we need to take actions to dispel nuclear threat from the Earth. Part III (Para. 4) He restates his main idea, i. e. we should not just worry about the nuclear peril but take actions to eliminate it to create a safer world. 3. 基本概念和知识点(Basic Knowledge & Target Training) Text Comprehension Vocabulary 1) Words and expressions 2) Word derivations 3) Synonyms and antonyms Grammar 1) The present tense referring to the past or the future 2) Comparison