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1 教案
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2 课前预习清单
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3 课程学习
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4 课后学习清单
教案：
Unit 4 The Art of Living
Unit Project (单元产出任务)
Write an essay about sharing things instead of owning things in China
Scenario: You are attending an English writing class this term. Your foreign language teacher is new to China and interested in the popularity of shared power banks in Chinese cities. He asks you to write an essay on this phenomenon based on a picture and explain your view on sharing things instead of owning things in China.
Have you ever used shared power bank? What's your attitude toward sharing things with others? How will you present the two sides of an argument and state your own opinion clearly in the essay?
I. Learning Objectives (学习目标)
Upon the completion of this unit, students will beable to:
知识
1. talk about lifestyle using new vocabulary
2. identify and achieve cohesion with repetition
3. analyze the advantages and disadvantages of sharing things
4. explain what kind oflifestyle you prefer and why
素质（思政）
Core Values of Socialism
1. grasp the core values of socialism: integrity and the rule of law
2. understand the way of living a life of mental wealth
3. learn to think dialectically and critically
能力
learn how to write a picture-based essay
II. Key and Difficult Points (重点、难点)
重点
1. words /expressions/sentences related to lifestyle
2. identify and achieve cohesion with repetition
难点
1. analyze the advantages and disadvantages of sharing things
2. learn to write a picture-based essay
III.Teaching Contents and Procedures 教学步骤与内容
u i Explore 1 Living the Millennial Way
第一、二学时
| 教学步骤 | 内容 | 教学设计理念 | 思政设计理念 | |
| 课前 | 1. 教师发布单元产出任务及学习目标； 2. 学生依据教师发布的任务清单进行预习。 | 明晰学习目标，激发学生学习动机，并做好课前准备。（驱动） | 培养自学意识， 养成预习习惯 | |
| 课中 | 第1学时 | ² 导入：阅读主题文章，回答问题 Do you think“wardrobe sharing” is environmentally friendly or not? Why? | 口头表达选择出门旅行的动机，为完成单元产出任务做准备。（促成） | 批判性看待“共享衣橱”现象，培养学生思辨能力。 |
| 2. 问题解答: 处理viewing、diagram及预习中遇到的问题，理解课文结构与内容；讨论如何规范共享经济？ |
积累课文中的目标词汇及句型；通过讨论，为单元产出任务的辩证写作开拓思路。（促成）
| 通过课前任务、课文内容、课后作业，走进共享生活，了解共享经济，以诚信促共赢，提高学生法制意识。
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| 3. 课文梳理（Paras. 1-3） 解决重难点词汇表达及句型 | ||||
| 第2学时 | 3. 课文梳理（Paras. 3-5） | |||
| 4. 小结与作业 | ||||
| 课后 | 复习、自学、完成作业 | 为学生完成单元产出任务提供脚手架 (促成) | 培养自学意识， 养成预习习惯 | |
一、课前（学生自学，约2小时）
教师通过学习通将提前制定的任务清单（见Unit 4课前预习清单）发布给学生，学生依据清单进行课前预习。教师在已有备课基础上，结合每个合堂班通过U校园投票、学习通讨论及作业完成情况，再次进行针对性补充式备课。
二、课中
第一学时（45 分钟）
课文标题 Sharing the Millennial Way
关键词: millennial: a. relating to a periodof 1,000 years
"mille-” means one thousand 千或千分之一，又如：
milligram: n. [C] 千分之一克, 毫克
millisecond: n. [C] 千分之一秒, 毫秒
It is added to nouns to indicate the number. The word “millennial” means “of orrelated to millennium (a period of one thousand years).” The other prefixesthat indicate numbers are “uni-”, “bi-”, “tri-”, etc.
Step 1. 导入（10）
1.针对课前布置的个人作业（子任务1），选取部分学生分享答案。
Do you think “wardrobe sharing” is environmentally friendly or not? Why? (Please explain your reasons in detail.)
2.将英语文章：《关于“共享衣橱”的二三事》全文分享给学生，通过阅读，培养学生批判性辩证思维，使其意识到共享衣橱在本质上并不利于环保。
3.如何规范共享经济? （诚信、立法。）
Step 2. 问题解答（15）
1.订正课本P78 Viewing 填空题答案，播放带字幕版视频，加深学生理解。（5）
In a new lifestyle trend, people choose to share instead of owning things. As a result, they sometimes make surprising decisions. Watch a video clip and find what is shared in this case.
Task 1
Decide ifthe following statements are True (T) or False (F) with what you hear from thevideo clip.
____ 1 Some people decide to share their home when they are away during day time.
____ 2 People share their home in order to protect the environment.
____ 3 Thosewho decide to share are rather worried about safety.
____ 4 This video clip is a report about renting private houses as a workplace.
Questions for discussion: （5）
1) Would you like to rent out your home during the day when you are at work? Why or why not?
2) Would you like to work in a stranger's home? Why or why not?
备选补充：Further discussion:
1) What is the current situation of sharing economy in China?
2) Do you think sharing economy is absolutely good? Why or why not?
2.订正课本P81 task1&2 表格，了解学生课文整体理解情况。（5）
Task 1
The change in the American Dream
The classic American Dream is to 1) ________________.
Millennials’ American Dream is to 2) _______________.
Reasons:
• For millennials 3) __________is more important than 4) _____________.
• Sharing alleviates them ofthe 5) ____________________ of owning something.
• Experience tells them owning things might not be the smartest 6) ___________.
The implications for businesses
Businesses try to stay 7)___________________ with the millennial generation.
Examples:
• GoDrive offers customers 8)_________________________________ access to a fleet of cars.
• Airbnb provides access to properties ranging from
9) _________________ all around the world.
• Rent the Runway gives women access to 10) __________ statement pieces.
Task 2
The results of the poll indicate that young millennials believe that the greatest advantage of the sharing economy is 1) ___________.Sharing is also a way of making 2) _____________ and gives them the opportunity to try out 3) _______________ or access to 4) _______________ of a product.Young Americans are most willing to share 5) ________, followed by 6) ________.
3. 针对学生在单词（发音可能是学生面临的最大问题，重点讲解U校园投票选出的单词）、课文（难句、复杂句可能是学生最有疑惑的地方）方面存在的问题进行解答。（5）
Step 3. 课文梳理（Paras. 1-3）（15）
随机点名阅读课文段落，纠正错误发音，点拨重点词汇、表达及句子结构。
Background information— The writer
The text is adapted from an article of Shannah L.Compton. She is a personal financial strategist and has offered Financial Literacy classes for college students and relevant curriculum for high school students. She is also a freelance writer, focusing on money, travel, food, and lifestyle.
词汇与表达：
1. “For some of these millennials, access ismore important than ownership – and that's why the“No Strings Economy,”also referred to as the Sharing Economy holds so much appeal.” (Para. 2)
1) access
n. [U] the right or opportunity to use or benefitfrom sth. 使用权
e.g.
They were worth 180 billion yuan six years ago,before the launch of a program in 2015 to bolster internet access in some 130,000 rural villages across the nation, said Yang Xiaowei, deputy head of the Cyberspace Administration of China.
（来源：https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202011/07/WS5fa5e2b8a31024ad0ba83aba.html）
2) ownership: n. [U] the fact or state ofowning sth. 所有权
e.g.
Xi stressed the need to unwaveringly uphold farmers' collective ownership of rural land while continuing the fundamental practice of rural families exercising their right to contract and manage land in rural areas.
（来源：https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202011/03/WS5fa09171a31024ad0ba82a31.html）
3) refer to: if you refer to sb. or sth.as a particular thing, you use a particular word, expression, or name tomention or describe them. 称…（为）
e.g.
Would you like to make a living from the activitythat you now refer to as a hobby?
你愿意靠现在自己当做业余爱好的活动生活吗？
2. “It gives them access to things they may not have the financial resources to afford otherwise, alternatively it alleviates them of the burden and responsibility of owning something completely,” exclaims Sheryl Connelly, Global Trends and Futuring Manager at Ford Motor Company.(Para. 2)
1) alternatively: ad. used for making another suggestion 或；或者；要不
e.g.
The tradition involves hiding the pickle ornament among the branches, and rewarding the child who finds it with the chance toopen gifts first — or, alternatively, that person simply gets good luckfor the year.
（来源：http://www.kekenet.com/read/201812/574596.shtml）
2) alleviate: vt. to make sth. less bad,painful, severe, or difficult 减轻，缓和（痛苦或困难）
e.g.
Xinhua—Ethnic embroidery helps alleviate poverty in villages of Guangxi, China
(http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-09/24/c_139394259.htm)
Collocations:
alleviate pain/pressure/suffering/distress/problem/symptoms/misery/poverty/hunger/
concern
减轻疼痛/缓解压力/减轻痛苦/减轻悲痛/缓解问题/缓解症状/减轻苦难/减少贫困/减少饥饿/减轻忧虑
3) exclaim: v. to say sth. suddenly because you are surprised, excited, or angry （因惊讶、兴奋或气愤而）呼喊，惊叫
e.g.
The spectacular sunrise made us exclaim in surprise.
3. They stand to inherit large amounts of wealth and will control the spending power in the US for quite some time. (Para. 3)
1) stand to do sth.:to be likely to do sth. 很可能做某事
e.g.
You will stand to lose if you do business with him.
跟他作生意你是要吃亏的。
2) inherit: vt. to receive money,property, etc. from sb. after they have died 继承（遗产）；成为…的继承人
e.g.
She inherits her mother's looks.
她继承了她母亲的相貌。
Background information— 2008-2009 stock market catastrophe
It is the second worst economic disaster which hit the United States in history. It began in 2007 with a crisis in the subprime mortgage market in the United States, and developed into a full-blown international banking crisis with the collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008. Excessive risk-taking by banks such as Lehman Brothers helped to magnify the financial impact globally.
第二学时（45分钟）
Step 3. 梳理课文（Paras. 4-6）（40）
4. Penn Schoen Berland (PSB), an independent research company, conducted a poll on behalf of Ford Motor Company among 1,000 Generation Z and Generation Y respondents in the US. (Para. 5)
1) on behalf of: as are presentative of sb.; instead of sb., or as their representative
代表某人
e.g.
"There are many people across the country who admire General Yang Jingyu. I am guarding his cemetery not only for myself, but also on behalf of my comrades who sacrificed. When I stay in the cemetery, I feel like I am still with my comrades," he told Xinhua.
（来源：https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202010/24/WS5f93b057a31024ad0ba80b1a.html）
2) respondent: n. [C] (fml.) sb. who answers questions 回答者；答复者
e.g.
One job-seeker attached a shoe to a resume as “a way to get my foot in the door,” a respondent told the survey.
一个求职者把一只鞋与简历绑在一起，他告诉调查人员，这也是“让自己迈入公司第一步的方式”。
5. Respondents share because it gives them the opportunity to try out new products (40%) and have access to more options (33%). (Para. 5)
try out: to test sth. such as a method or a piece of equipment to see if it is effective or works well 试用；试验；检验
表示测试一下某物运转情况怎么样，也可以用在选拔大会或面试中，有时也可以用 try out for。
e.g.
1) She is trying out different cookie recipes.
她正在测试各种曲奇饼干的配方。
2) You're trying out for the cheerleading squad?
你要参加拉拉队员选拔大会？
3) She tried out for the movie.
她参加了电影选秀。
6. “Rides in a Car” takes No. 2 spot in list of items young Americans are most open to sharing following books. (Para.5)
be open tosth.: to be ready for a particular activity or willing to accept it 对…开放；愿意接受…
e.g.
"I am open to all ideas and suggestions onthe war in Iraq.
（来源：http://www.kekenet.com/word/30454.shtml）
Paraphrase: Young Americans welcome sharing books most, and sharing a car is the second most popular among them.
Background information— Generation Y
In the US and other Western nations, Generation Y (GenY), also Millennial Generation, refers to the people born in the late 20th century, especially the 1980s and early 1990s. It directly follows Generation X. Because members of Generation Y have had convenient access to technology (computers, cell phones) in their youth, they are also called internet generation, iGen, net generation.
Background information— Generation Z
Generation Z (Gen Z) refers to the people born from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. Gen Z kids grow up with a highly sophisticated media and computer environment, thus they are generally more comfortable with technology and with interacting on social media.
7. What does this mean for corporations likeFord? (Para. 6)
corporation: n. [C] a big company, or a group of companies acting together as a single organization 公司；企业
辨析：
1) company
多指生产、销售产品或服务的公司。
e.g.
He works for a bus company.
2) corporation
多指综合型大公司，也指在其他地区或国家拥有分公司的大集团。
e.g.
It takes brains to run a multinational corporation.
3) firm
公司，商行，事务所, 尤指小型公司或商行。
e.g.
He has set up an electronics firm of his own.
Step 4. 小结与作业（5）
课程小结：
1. 辩证性的讨论了导入话题“wardrobe sharing”的相关问题；
2. 复习了viewing、diagram, 回答了有关共享生活的相关问题；
4. 梳理了课文结构、段落1-6，解决了重难点，学习了目标词汇及句型。
作业（见课后任务清单）
教师通过学习通将课后学习任务清单（见Unit 4 课后学习清单—第一二学时）发布给学生，学生依据清单进行课后学习，为下一周上课做准备。
