Unit 6  To be or not to be

I Content

Ø Get prepared for this unit

---Learning objectives

---Main idea of the two texts

Ø Warm-up

Ø Understanding the text- iExplore 1

Ø Language Building

 

II   Feedback about your tasks

 

III  Introduction of unit 6

Learning objectives:

 

•  talk about making choices using new vocabulary

•  infer the meaning of real and unreal conditional structures

•     explain with examples the value of interest in making choices

•  explain what factors to consider when choosing a major

 

Main idea of the two texts

iExplore 1  How an economics professor taught me a life-changing lesson – in literature

Your interest is a worthwhile pursuit.

 

iExplore 2   Follow a career passion? Let it follow you

Let passion follow you rather than doubting yourself.

 

IV  Warm up

Viewing and speaking

Task 1  (U校园）Text book Page124

Watch a video clip, and then fill in the blanks with what you hear from it.

 

 Task 2  (U校园）

Discuss the following questions and share your ideas.

 

1.  What degree or major is the most desirable?

2.  What factors should we take into account when choosing a degree?

3.  Is money important when we choose a degree?

Further discussion

Do you agree that “your career options are determined by the skills that you learn rather than the name of the degree”?

What skills are you going to learn to help with your future job hunting?

 

V Understanding the text   

iExpolre 1  How an economics professor taught me a life-changing lesson – in literature

 

 

The main idea, 
课文大意

 With his real interest in literature, he may pursue it as his career, because it is as much as or even more important than economics

Structure 结构

The text can be divided into 4 parts:

Part 1. Introduce the topic: one of his professors changed the course of his life.(Para.1)

Part 2. His experience in an Economics class(Paras. 2-9)

Part 3. Reflection and decision  (Paras.10-11)

Part 4. A telephone conversation with the professor (Paras. 12-18)

 

VI Language Building

convince

if it wasn’t/weren't for sb/sth

slip     leaf     through    pursuit

translate          enrich

 

 

VII Share Students' Works

Travel in Suzhou

VIII Preview

 

Try your best to finish the exercises of Textbook P135

Task 1 and Task 2

Read the text Para.3, Para,7 and Para.10 to answer the questions of Textbook P136

Reading in detail  

How an economics professor taught me a life-changing lesson – in literature

Vocabulary