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1、 大学英语（二） 课程教案主页 第 5 次课授 课 章 节题 目Unit 2 Lessons from Jefferson学时2课 型 讲 授 上机 实验课 习题课 讨论 其他教 具 多媒体 模型 实 物 挂 图 音像 其他教学目的、要求：1. Get Ss acquainted with the background information related to the text.2. Familiarize Ss with the structure and the main idea of the text.3. Finish general reading and related ta
2、sks.教学主要内容（注明：重点*、难点#）：1. The background information related to the text: Thomas Jefferson, Jeffersons Chronology, the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson and the French Revolution.2. Warm-up questions.3. Part Division of the Text. *4. Comprehension of the text. *作业、思考题：1. Go over the new words a
3、nd expressions.2. Preview the text.3. Do the vocabulary activities. 参 考 资 料：1. College English Intensive Reading Teachers Book 22. College English Intensive Reading Second Classroom 23.大学英语精读 教师用书 董亚芬 上海外语教育出版社4.实用英语语法 张道真 外语教学与研究出版社5.大学英语精读指南 沈逢桂 华东理工大学出版社6. Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary 闽南理工
4、学院备课笔记 第 5 次课 Unit 2 Lessons from Jefferson I. Teaching Purposes1. Be acquainted with the background information related to the text- Thomas Jefferson, Jeffersons Chronology, the Declaration of Independence.2. Familiarize the students with the main idea of the text.3. Master the new words and expres
5、sions.II. Teaching Procedures1. Lead-in (5 mins)2. Before Reading (40 mins)1) Warm-up questions2) Background information3) New words and Phrases3. Global Reading (45 mins)1) Introductory Remarks2) Part Division of the Text 3) Comprehension of the Text III. Teaching ContentsI) Lead-in (5 mins)II) Bef
6、ore Reading (40 mins)1. Warm-up questions1) Of the American presidents, how many do you know?2) Can you recognize the people in the following pictures and say something about them?2. Background information1) Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson (1743-1826) is best remembered as a great President and as
7、the author of the Declaration of Independence. He also won lasting fame as a diplomat, a political thinker, and a founder of the Democratic Party. (民主党) Jeffersons interests and talents covered an amazing range. He became one of the leading American architects of his time and designed the Virginia C
8、apitol, the University of Virginia, and his own home, Monticello. He greatly appreciated art and music and tried to encourage their advancement in the United States. Jefferson invented a decoding device, a lap desk, and an improved type of moldboard plow. His collection of more than 6400 books becam
9、e a major part of the Library of Congress. Jefferson revised Virginias laws and founded its state university. He developed the decimal system of coinage that allows Americans to keep accounts in dollars and cents. Jefferson did not consider himself a professional politician. Instead, he regarded him
10、self as a public-spirited citizen and a broadminded, practical thinker. He preferred his family, his books, and his farms to public life. But he spent most of his career in public office and made his greatest contribution to his country in the field of politics.2) The Declaration of IndependenceIn A
11、pril 1775, colonists in Massachusetts took up arms against British troops. The American Revolution had begun. The following year, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia asked Jefferson to write a document declaring Americas independence from Britain. The Continental Congress approved Jeffersons wo
12、rk with few changes. The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. The bonds that tied the colonies to Britain were broken. Jefferson wanted the reasons for Americas independence stated clearly so the world would 第 1 页闽南理工学院备课笔记 第 5 次课 understand. He wrote all men are created equal, w
13、ith rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Governments are created to secure peoples rights. The people could change a government that no longer protected their rights.3) Jefferson and the French RevolutionJefferson served as minister to France from 1785 to 1789 when revolution was i
14、mminent in France. He sympathized with the revolution, feeling it was similar in purpose to the American. 3. New words and PhrasesMake the students read the new words and phrases, and then ask some students read the words and phrases, correct the pronunciation.III) Global Reading (45 mins)1. Introdu
15、ctory RemarksThomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States and the author of the Declaration of Independence. He was a versatile man, with interests ranged widely. Here are some of his ideas and examples as mentioned in the text: “go and see”; “you can learn from everyone”; “Judge for yourself”; “Do what you believe is right”; “Trust the future, trust the young”. These are still of great benefit to us now. 2. Part Division of the Text Part1 (Para.1): A brief introduction to Thomas Jefferson.Part2 (Para.2-8): Some ideas and principles given by Thomas Jefferson.
