Unit 6 How to Mark a Book I.Teaching Aims 1.Help Students get to know the technique of marking a book 2.About the text.Students should grasp the text content,text structure.basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the sectio Words:persuade,property,prelude,possession,transfer,absorb,dip,loosen, preserve,manufacture,indispensable,conscious,invariably,resume,etc Phrases Expressions:mark up a book,do good,dip into,so to speak,leave off, pick up.be relevant to.etc 3.About the reading.Ss should lea n avoiding vocalization and inner speech. 4.About the writing.Ss should leamn word choice and write a composition assigned by the teacher. 5.About the listening,Ss finish the Unit 6 directed by teacher. II.Key and Difficult Points III.Teaching Methods Discussion,explanation,ask and answer IV.Time:4 periods V.Teaching procedures: Step one Introduction th ents the follwing topics to disuss and then ask them to anwer these questions (1)What kind of books do you like? (2)How do you read a book? (3)Doyou have any suggestions on how to become an efficient reader? nd Info (1)About the author M.J.Adler(1902-2001)is an American educator and writer.Born in New York City and graduated from Columbia University (Ph.D.,1928),he taught philosophy and philosophy of law at the University of Chicago from 1930 until 1952 when he founded and bec director of the Institute for Philc ch in San P Francisco.With Robert Hutchins,Adler organized in 196an adult discussio program centered on the "Great Books of the past and edited Great Books of the Western World(54 volumes,1952).Adler also edited the two-volume index and guide to the ideas in Great Books.In 1969 he became director of planning for the 15th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica which was published in 1974.Unit 6 How to Mark a Book I. Teaching Aims 1. Help Students get to know the technique of marking a book 2. About the text, Students should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section. Words: persuade, property, prelude, possession, transfer, absorb, dip, loosen, preserve, manufacture, indispensable, conscious, invariably, resume, etc Phrases & Expressions: mark up a book, do good, dip into, so to speak, leave off, pick up, be relevant to, etc 3. About the reading, Ss should learn avoiding vocalization and inner speech. 4. About the writing, Ss should learn word choice and write a composition assigned by the teacher. 5. About the listening, Ss finish the Unit 6 directed by teacher. II. Key and Difficult Points 1. New Words and Phrases 2. Complex Sentences III. Teaching Methods Discussion, explanation, ask and answer IV. Time: 4 periods V. Teaching procedures: Step one Introduction 1. Warm-up questions: Give the students the following topics to discuss and then ask them to answer these questions. (1) What kind of books do you like? (2) How do you read a book? (3) Do you have any suggestions on how to become an efficient reader? 2. Background Information (1) About the author M. J. Adler (1902~2001) is an American educator and writer. Born in New York City and graduated from Columbia University (Ph. D., 1928), he taught philosophy and philosophy of law at the University of Chicago from 1930 until 1952, when he founded and became director of the Institute for Philosophical Research in San Francisco. With Robert Hutchins, Adler organized in 1946 an adult discussion group program centered on the “Great Books” of the past and edited Great Books of the Western World (54 volumes, 1952). Adler also edited the two-volume index and guide to the ideas in Great Books. In 1969 he became director of planning for the 15th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica which was published in 1974