Text The iola E Teaching Objectives: 1. Experience the art of the witty talk in the text 2. Grammatical points 1)Unreal conditional clauses 2) Participles and gerunds Time Distribution (6 hours) 1. The first 2 hours: introduction to background knowledge, key words and expressions 2. The next 2 hours: detailed study of the text, language points and Comprehension exercises 3. The last 2 hour will be devoted to work on the text. including all the rest exercises and oral s Teaching procedures: Step 1: Introduction to Background Knowledge Martin Armstrong was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Britain in 1882. after university studies he became a journalist and novelist. He published two novels, Lover 's Leap and snakes in the Grass, eight collections of short sorties and poems. He died in 1974 4 about the text In this story, the author describes two gentlemen who meet on the train. One of them does a ery unusual thing, which results in a strange conversation between them. The conversation is of fencing and rivalry, and in the end, it turns out that one that appears to be less smart at first is just as sharp as the other Its chief merit is the quick wit displayed by both parties, and the charm of the english language used in this verbal fencing Step 2: Words and Phrases learning 1. detachment Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it a doctor's professional detachment N-UNCOUNT a detachment is a group of soldiers who are sent away from the main group to do a special job N-COUNT: oft n ofr de*tach If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing1 Text A The Rivals  Teaching Objectives: 1. Experience the art of the witty talk in the text. 2. Grammatical points: 1) Unreal conditional clauses 2) Participles and gerunds Time Distribution (6 hours): 1. The first 2 hours: introduction to background knowledge, key words and expressions 2. The next 2 hours: detailed study of the text, language points and Comprehension exercises. 3. The last 2 hour will be devoted to work on the text, including all the rest Exercises and oral discussion when necessary.  Teaching Procedures: Step 1: Introduction to Background Knowledge About the author: Martin Armstrong was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Britain in 1882. after university studies he became a journalist and novelist. He published two novels, Lover’s Leap and Snakes in the Grass, eight collections of short sorties and poems. He died in 1974. About the text In this story, the author describes two gentlemen who meet on the train. One of them does a very unusual thing, which results in a strange conversation between them. The conversation is full of fencing and rivalry, and in the end, it turns out that one that appears to be less smart at first is just as sharp as the other. Its chief merit is the quick wit displayed by both parties, and the charm of the English language used in this verbal fencing. Step 2: Words and Phrases Learning 1. detachment 1) Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it. ...a doctor's professional detachment... N-UNCOUNT 2) A detachment is a group of soldiers who are sent away from the main group to do a special job. N-COUNT: oft N of n de*tach 1) If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing