大学英语第一册第二单元 教学目的： 1. 在学习课文的过程中了解一些动物的习性，知道动物是有一定 智力水平的。 2. 掌握一些语言知识。 3. 帮助学尘纠正语音和语调。 语言要点： 1.本课词汇部分可参看课本“Words and Expressions'”(Pl7-l8)。 2.本课短语及应该注意的句型可参看课本Notes'”(P18-20)。 3.对课文的理解可参看课本“Understanding the Text'”(P2O)。 4.crucial adj. eg.the crucial test at the crucial moment 5.converse vi. eg.converse with sb. converse on (about )sth. conversation n. 6.to evoke eg.to evoke memories of the past evocative adj evocation n. 7.elaborate vt. eg.Please elaborate your proposals a little. elaboration n. elaborate adj. eg.an elaborate design elaborate plans elaborately adv. elaborateness n. 8.to attribute to eg.He attributes his success to hard work. He attributes wisdom to his teachers. 9.assertion n. eg.make an assertion assert v. eg.assert sth.to be true assert one's innocence 10.facility n. eg.have great facility in learning languages play the piano with facility facilities for travel facilitate v. eg.Modern inventions have facilitated housework. 11.appropriate adj. eg.Thick woolen clothes are not appropriate for hot summer days. appropriate vt