Unit 1 The fun they had 

第一次课

I. Lead-in

II. Global reading tasks：

1. Workout the structure of the text by completing the table.

               

2.What was the school life like 200 years ago? Let’scompare the school life in the 2157 and that in the 1950’s.

                                               

 

2. Preview study questions:

Paragraph 1

1.Why did Margie put adjective “real” before “book”?What is emphasized here?

2.What writing skill hasbeen used in the text?

Paragraphs 2-30

3. What is the function of the first sentence-- “It was a very old book”--in Paragraph 2?

4. What is the conversation concerned with?

5. What is Tommy’s attitude towards the “real book”? DoesMargie agree with him? (Para. 4)

6. How many times “hate” is used in thepassage? List them.

7. Why does Margie hate school? (Paragraph 13)

8. What makes Margie be disappointed? (Paragraph 13)

9. What makes Tommy look at Margie with superioreyes and call her stupid? (Para. 14) 

10. Why does Margie think it is impossible for a manto be a teacher? (Para. 17)

11. Why does Tommy scream with laughter? (Para. 22)

Paragraphs 31-35

12. What do you knowabout the schoolroom and the mechanical teacher? (Para. 31)

13. Whydid Margie sigh? (Para. 33)

14. What was Margiethinking about? (Para. 33)

15. According to thetext, what is the fun of the school in the old days? (Paras. 33&34)

 

 

第二次课

I. Words and Expressions

Ssare required to figure out meanings, collocations, and synonyms of thefollowing words before class)

adjust   

calculate/number/figure(V.)

crinkly

dispute/argue

head/entitle/tag/label(V.)

insert

mechanical/mechanic/practical/technical

nonchalantly

scornful

superior

tuck

inno time

sendfor

 

第三次课

I.  Sentences (paraphrase, explanation, and translation)

1. Theyturned the pages, whichwere yellow and crinkly,and it was awfully funny to read words that stood still instead of moving the way they were supposed to –ona screen, you know. (Paragraph 3)

Paraphrase:

Translation:

比较：Margie’s grandfather once said that whenhe was a little boy his grandfather told him that there was a time when all stories were printed onpaper.( Paragraph 2)

…there it was again, large and black and ugly, witha big screen on which allthe lessons were shown and the questions were asked. (Paragraph12)

The part Margie hated most was the slot where she had to put homeworkand test papers. (Paragraph 12)

 

2. …itwas awfully funny to read words that stood still… (Para. 3)

 

3. Hesmiled at Margie and gave her an apple, then took the teacher apart.(Paragraph 12)

Paraphrase:

Translation:

 

4. Shehad been hoping they would take the teacher away altogether. (Para.13)

Paraphrase:

Translation:

 

5. Sure they had a teacher, but it wasn’t aregular teacher. It was a man. (Para. 16)

Translation:

 

6. They had a special building and all thekids went there. (Para.22)

Explanation:

 

7. Hewalked away whistling, the dusty old book tucked beneath his arm. (Para.30)

Paraphrase: Hewalked away while whistling, with the dusty old book held under his arm.

Translation: 他腋下夹着那本沾满灰尘的旧书，吹着口哨踱步而去。

 

8. …themechanical teacher was on and waiting for her. (Para. 31)

Paraphrase:the mechanical teacher had been turned on and waiting for her.

 

9. Andthe teachers were people. (Para. 34)

II．GrammarFocus

 

 

 

第四次课

I．Exercise checking

Ssare required to finish exercises in the textbook before class. T answersquestions and explains difficult points.

Affixes:

-less

re-

-tion

-ly

-ity

II．Quiz

III. Reciting

Margie did so with a sigh. She was thinking aboutthe old school they had when her grandfather’s grandfather was a little boy.All the kids from the whole neighborhood came, laughing and shouting in theschoolyard, sitting together in the schoolroom, going home together at the endof the day. They learned the same things, so they could help one another on thehomework and talk about it.