Unit 7
The Fun They Had
Purposes
? To get students compare the advantages
and disadvantages to have a mechanical
teacher,
? To understand the purpose of writing and
organization of the text.
? To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
1.What does the narrative text tell us?
2,How is it organized?
II,Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One 1 --- serving as the background of
the story,telling us the date,the leading
characters and the real book
? Part Two (2-31) --- Margie hates school and
through the conversation with Tommy Margie
gets to know about the kind of school where
human beings served as teachers centuries ago.
? Part Three (31-35) --- telling us something about
the schoolroom and the mechanical teacher.
III,some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
? 1,Her mother sent for the County Inspector.
? Explain,Her mother asked the County Inspector to come
over.
? 2,The mechanical teacher calculated the mark in no time.
? Explain,The mechanical teacher finished the calculation of
the mark very quickly,
? 3,Tommy looked at her with very superior eyes.
? Explain,Tommy looked at Margie with an air which
suggested he knew far better about school than others.
? 4,A teacher has to be adjusted to fit the minds of each boy
and girl it teaches.
? Explain,A teacher,a computerized teacher on net,has to
be changed slightly so as to be suitable for each boy and
girl to learn from.
5.head
? Sally headed the class in the examination.
? He was chosen to head the firm.
? We saw him heading for us,so we
stopped aside.
? He lost his head completely and behaved
like a child.
? The boy kept his head in this accident.
6.send for
? He sent the waiter for a packet of
cigarettes.
? One of our water pipes has burst,We
must send for the plumber.
7.superior
? They occupy a very superior position on
local society.
? It is superior in speed to any other
machine.
? This carpet is superior to ( be inferior to)
that one in quality,
? The superiority of these goods is easy to
see.
8,adjust to
? She must learn to adjust herself to new life.
? Astronauts in flight must adjust to
weightlessness.
? An adjustable lamp can be placed in
various position.
? They have made a most satisfactory
adjustment to their environment.
Translation exercises
1,Yesterday a government delegation headed by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs arrived in South Africa and
began a three-day friendly visit to the country.
2,It is awfully funny and splits your ideas with laughter to
observe these caricatures which satirize social ills.
3,Computers are one of the most useful teaching aids,
for all your lessons as well as all the questions asked
and all the answers provided can be shown on a
screen.
4,As soon as his mother fell ill suddenly the day before
yesterday,Xiao Zhang sent for a doctor,who came and
diagnosed and treated his mother.
5,He failed in the college entrance examination last year,
but he did not feel disappointed,Instead,he continued to
study hard,passed the examination successfully and
became a student in a famous university this year.
Translation exercises
? 6) There are many English words that this middle school student
can not pronounce correctly,Therefore,he has to make great
effort to learn the phonetic symbols well and acquire standard
English pronunciation.
? 7) In this new era marked by knowledge explosion and
information explosion,we have to pursue constant study and take
particular care to renew our knowledge,Only thus,can we become
adjusted to the requirements of our specialized work.
? 8) With his shirt tucked into the top of his trousers and a leather
bag tucked under his arm,the boy looked just like a boss.
? 9) Although she is only eight years old,the little girl is already very
good at calculating fractions,No wonder her parents feel very
proud of her.
? 10) All the neighbourhood have heard about the news,but you
haven’t,Don’t you think it is very strange?
Dictation
? Children learn almost nothing from television,and the
more they watch,the less they remember,They regard
television purely as entertainment,resent programs that
make demands on them and are surprised that anybody
should take the medium seriously,Far from being over-
excited by programs,they are mildly bored with the
whole thing,These are the main conclusions from a new
study of children and television,Its author confirms that
the modern child is a dedicated viewer,The study
suggests that there is little point in the television
company’s attempts to isolate adult viewing in the later
hours,More than a third of the children regularly
watched their programs after 9 a.m,All 11 year-olds had
watched programs after midnight.
Task
? 1,Students are divided into groups to discuss 1)
The mechanical teacher of the future world’s
school must be great fun,2) The advantages
and disadvantages of the fact that people are
getting more and more dependent on computers.
? 2,Detailed study of the text mainly based on
students’ group discussion.
? 3,Exercises and comment.
? 4,Assignment,Write a passage with the title My
future House.
? 5,Means of classroom instruction,Multi-media
The Fun They Had
Purposes
? To get students compare the advantages
and disadvantages to have a mechanical
teacher,
? To understand the purpose of writing and
organization of the text.
? To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
1.What does the narrative text tell us?
2,How is it organized?
II,Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One 1 --- serving as the background of
the story,telling us the date,the leading
characters and the real book
? Part Two (2-31) --- Margie hates school and
through the conversation with Tommy Margie
gets to know about the kind of school where
human beings served as teachers centuries ago.
? Part Three (31-35) --- telling us something about
the schoolroom and the mechanical teacher.
III,some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
? 1,Her mother sent for the County Inspector.
? Explain,Her mother asked the County Inspector to come
over.
? 2,The mechanical teacher calculated the mark in no time.
? Explain,The mechanical teacher finished the calculation of
the mark very quickly,
? 3,Tommy looked at her with very superior eyes.
? Explain,Tommy looked at Margie with an air which
suggested he knew far better about school than others.
? 4,A teacher has to be adjusted to fit the minds of each boy
and girl it teaches.
? Explain,A teacher,a computerized teacher on net,has to
be changed slightly so as to be suitable for each boy and
girl to learn from.
5.head
? Sally headed the class in the examination.
? He was chosen to head the firm.
? We saw him heading for us,so we
stopped aside.
? He lost his head completely and behaved
like a child.
? The boy kept his head in this accident.
6.send for
? He sent the waiter for a packet of
cigarettes.
? One of our water pipes has burst,We
must send for the plumber.
7.superior
? They occupy a very superior position on
local society.
? It is superior in speed to any other
machine.
? This carpet is superior to ( be inferior to)
that one in quality,
? The superiority of these goods is easy to
see.
8,adjust to
? She must learn to adjust herself to new life.
? Astronauts in flight must adjust to
weightlessness.
? An adjustable lamp can be placed in
various position.
? They have made a most satisfactory
adjustment to their environment.
Translation exercises
1,Yesterday a government delegation headed by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs arrived in South Africa and
began a three-day friendly visit to the country.
2,It is awfully funny and splits your ideas with laughter to
observe these caricatures which satirize social ills.
3,Computers are one of the most useful teaching aids,
for all your lessons as well as all the questions asked
and all the answers provided can be shown on a
screen.
4,As soon as his mother fell ill suddenly the day before
yesterday,Xiao Zhang sent for a doctor,who came and
diagnosed and treated his mother.
5,He failed in the college entrance examination last year,
but he did not feel disappointed,Instead,he continued to
study hard,passed the examination successfully and
became a student in a famous university this year.
Translation exercises
? 6) There are many English words that this middle school student
can not pronounce correctly,Therefore,he has to make great
effort to learn the phonetic symbols well and acquire standard
English pronunciation.
? 7) In this new era marked by knowledge explosion and
information explosion,we have to pursue constant study and take
particular care to renew our knowledge,Only thus,can we become
adjusted to the requirements of our specialized work.
? 8) With his shirt tucked into the top of his trousers and a leather
bag tucked under his arm,the boy looked just like a boss.
? 9) Although she is only eight years old,the little girl is already very
good at calculating fractions,No wonder her parents feel very
proud of her.
? 10) All the neighbourhood have heard about the news,but you
haven’t,Don’t you think it is very strange?
Dictation
? Children learn almost nothing from television,and the
more they watch,the less they remember,They regard
television purely as entertainment,resent programs that
make demands on them and are surprised that anybody
should take the medium seriously,Far from being over-
excited by programs,they are mildly bored with the
whole thing,These are the main conclusions from a new
study of children and television,Its author confirms that
the modern child is a dedicated viewer,The study
suggests that there is little point in the television
company’s attempts to isolate adult viewing in the later
hours,More than a third of the children regularly
watched their programs after 9 a.m,All 11 year-olds had
watched programs after midnight.
Task
? 1,Students are divided into groups to discuss 1)
The mechanical teacher of the future world’s
school must be great fun,2) The advantages
and disadvantages of the fact that people are
getting more and more dependent on computers.
? 2,Detailed study of the text mainly based on
students’ group discussion.
? 3,Exercises and comment.
? 4,Assignment,Write a passage with the title My
future House.
? 5,Means of classroom instruction,Multi-media
