Teaching Plan Lecturer Liu Jia Course Telecommunications English Lesson Number 4 (Unit 4)  Time  Grade  Teaching Mode Lecturing  Content Internet Class Hours 2 Periods  Teaching Objectives to know the origin and development of Internet 2. to understand the main idea and organization of the text; 3.to master some important new words, phrases and their usages, especially the theme-related telecom terms and expressions in the text;  Focal & Difficult Points Focal Points：1. Important new words, phrases and their usages, especially the theme-related telecom terms and expressions in the text;. 2. Organization of the text; 3. Translation training Difficult Points：1. Detailed analysis of difficult sentences in the text; 2. Suffix: -al, or –tion. 3. attributive clause  Teaching Methods Applied Ways of lecturing, multimedia demonstration and speech interacting are applied to achieve the most understanding of the text intended.  Discussion, Exercises and Assignments Discussion：the main idea and organization of the text Exercises in class：Exercises 1-2 of Page 31 Assignments： 1. to collect the materials related to Internet 2. Exercises3-5 between 3. to preview Unit 5  Bibliography Zhang Daozhen,ed.Practical English Grammar (the 3rd Revision).Shanghai: the Commercial Press,1992 Shanghai Translation Publishing House,ed.New English-Chinese Dictionary. Shanghai:Shanghai Translation Publishing House,1988. Posts and Telecom Press,ed. English-Chinese Telecommunications Technology Dictionary.Beijing: Posts and Telecom Press,1997 Zhang Xiaohua and Shi Fangwen,ed.English for Telecommunications (the 4th Version).Beijing: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Press,2004 Xu Xiulan.English for Computers and Telecommunications (the 3rd Revision) .Beijing: Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications Press,2004   Teaching Content Contents Time Teaching Apparatuses  I. Revision Teacher can use the following questions to help the students to revise what they studied in the last unit. 1. What have we studied in the Unit 3? Possible answers: Communicating with data. 2. How do data signals are transmitted? Let the Ss speak out several types . II. Pre-reading Activities 1. Ask the Ss the following two questions related to the theme of the text: What is Internet？ Possible answers: The Internet is a giant network of computers located all over the world that communicate with each other. What are the usages of Internet? Possible answers: The most commonly used network service is electronic mail (E-mail), or simply as mail. 2. Teacher leads into the text by saying: From the explanation you gave about Internet, and also you’ve studied Internet before, based on your knowledge about them, I’m sure you can achieve a good understanding of the new text, Now, let’s have a careful study of the text. III. While-reading Activities i. New words and phrases collection ［(((((((((］n. 收集，收成 backbone ［'(((((((］n. 支柱，骨干，主干 complex ［'((((((((］n. 合成物，综合企业 repository ［(((((((((((］n. 仓库，资料丰富的地方 resource ［(((((((］n. 资源 facilities ［(((((((((］n. 设备，工具 hypertext ［(((((((((((］n. 超级文本 interface ［'((((((((］n. 接口，界面 本单元主要涉及到上述列出的几个重要词汇，请大家认真牢记。 读音 拼写 含义 在专业上的使用 Students read the new words and phrases aloud one by one after teacher.( 3 minutes) ii. Text organization 1. Ss read the text and point out the main idea of the text. The main idea: The text mainly discusses the origin and development of Internet. 2. Ss make an analysis of the organization of the text . The text may be divided into three major sections. Section 1 (Lines1-20): the origin of the Internet. Section 2 (Lines21-73): the usages of Internet. Section 3 (Lines74-85): the prospect of Internet. iii. Key language points 1.The definition of Internet: The Internet is a giant network of computers located all over the world that communicate with each other. 2. The Internet is a giant network of computers located all over the world that communicate with each other. 此句中that引出定语从句修饰computers， located分词短语也修饰computers.可译为“设在全世界的计算机”， all over the world：遍及全世界， communicate with：和…..交流, 通信; 传达 eg: ～ news to comrades communication: n. 通讯， 交换（意见） eg: air-to- air ～ communicator: n. 通信员；发信机 3．---al: 形容词后缀，用于名词之后，“……的” eg: international , original, internal, digital ,terminal . 4. The original idea was to increase computing capacity that could be shared by users in many locations and to find out what it would take for computer networks to survive a nuclear war or other disaster by providing multiple path between users. 此句较长，其主干为:…idea was to increase … and to find out. by …引出介词短语，表示方式.。 find out： 找到 5. People on the ARPNET quickly discovered that they could exchange messages and conduct electronic "conferences" with distant colleagues for purposes that had nothing to do with the military industrial complex. 第一个that引出宾语从句，此宾语从句有两个谓语:exchange and conduct. 第二个that引出定语从句。 exchange sth .with sb.：和….交换； exchange sth for sth eg: ① ～ a horse for a cow ② I’ll ～ my ideas with you later. have nothing to do with 与…没有任何关系. 6. something interesting: 1）此词组中，形容词修饰不定代词，一定要位于其后。 2） interesting: 现在分词做形容词，是物做主语，表主动，“有趣的” interested: 过去分词做形容词，是人做主语，表被动，“对什么感兴趣的” eg: ① This book is very interesting. ② I’m interested in music. 类似的词还有：exciting / excited boring/ bored 7.more and more : 比较级+ and+比较级，“越来越……”，表明程度的加深。 The +比较级……, the +比较级: “越……，就越……”，表明一方随着另一方的变化而变化。 eg: ① The weather is getting warmer and warmer . ② The more you work, the more you get. 8. It is growing so quickly that nobody can say exactly how many users "On the Net". So …that 如此…以至于…， 引导的是结果状语从句。 eg: The little girl is so cute that everybody likes her. 9. ---tion: 名词后缀，用于动词后面，构成相应的名词形式。 eg: connection / information / education / communication 10. ---ment: 名词后缀，用于动词后面，构成相应的名词形式. eg: entertainment / judgment / management / arrangement 11. What you need to know is that you can exchange message with other computers on the Internet and use your computer as a remote terminal on distant computers. 句中what引出的从句作主语.that引出表语从句，此从句有两个谓语:exchange … and use …. 12. so that communicating mail users do not have to handle details of delivery, so that 使得，以致， 引导目的状语从句。 eg: Tom got up early this morning so that he could catch the first bus. 13. It is only necessary to use the Unix command that sets up a remote terminal connection (Telnet), It 是形式主语，真实主语系to use …；类似的句型还有： It is important / impossible to do sth sets up： 建立 14. likely ：此词虽然是—ly 结尾，但是词性是形容词，类似的词还有： lonely / lovely / friendly 15. Not only should the users know where the resources locate, but also he should know some operating commands concerned. Not only 后面谓语倒置. Not only ….. but also: 不仅……而且，此词组要遵循就近原则。 16．与本单元课题有关的电信术语或用语： network resource网络资源 information services 信息服务 remote terminals 远程终端 interconnected systems 互连的系统 wireless channels无线信道 textual messages 文本信息 protocol协议 hypertext protocol超文本协议 IV. Post-reading Activities i. Review the important expressions , phrases or sentences which were learnt in the study of text by guiding the students through Exercises 1-2 in class . 需要掌握的几个基本问题： 互连网的定义； 网络资源可以分为哪两种？ 使用互连网的目的是为了什么？ 最常使用的网络服务是什么？ ii. Ask the students to summarize the translation skills touched upon in the study of the text. Possible answers: 构词法、定性定语从句的译法 V. Further Development of the Theme-related Specialized Knowledge 第四单元 http://www2.zzu.edu.cn/ Internet VI. Assignments： Preview Unit 5 2. Do Exercises3-5 as homework. 3 mins 2 mins 60 mins 2mins 4 mins 1 mins computer， projector， loud speaker， audio-visual language teaching system， blackboard， recorder， DVD， radio， hanging chart， model.