,大学英语, 课程教案
课程名称,大学英语(第四册)
学时数,64
本章名称,Electronic Communications
学时数,6
授课对象,全院 03级非英语专业学生
授课学期,第四学期
授课教研室,外语系第一教研室
授课教师,外语系第一教研室全体教师
Unit Four Electronic Communications
本章主要内容,Electronic communications
教学目的及要求,Learn some important new words and phrases.
Appreciate the passage in section A
教学重点,Comprehension of the material in section A
教学方法及手段,1,Communicative method
2,Audio-lingual method
3,Cognitive method
教学时间,6 学时
时间分配,1、开始部分,10-- 20 分钟
2、教授课程,200 分钟
3、内容小结,20分钟
Unit 4
Electronic Communications
制作人:何广惠
Helpful Information
? Telecommunications
? Optical fiber( the medium and the
technology associated with the transmission
of information as light pulses along a glass
or plastic wire or fiber.
? Information age
? Information superhighway
Think about the following questions
Q1, What does electronic communications
bring us?
Q2, Can you pick out one word from Para 1
to reflect telecommunications revolution?
Q3, In what way can the transformation be
achieved?
Q4, Can you list some advantages of
telecommunications revolution?
Para 3 Transitional paragraph
A question for consideration,
How fast to develop telecommunications
technologies in developing countries?
Para 4 ~ 10
? What are the problems and solutions in
six different countries?
a parade of, a series of things
? Each generation passes through a similar
parade of events.
1,march on parade
2,make a parade of sth,show off
I hate the way he makes a parade of his
knowledge.
a spider’s web of, 蜘蛛网般的
? A beast of a temper 野兽般的脾气
? A mountain of a wave 高山般的巨浪
? A treasure of a son 宝贝儿子
? A flower of a girl 美貌如花的姑娘
? My angel of a wife 我那天使般的妻子
? The hell of a mistake 大错特错
? A fool of a man 呆子般的男人
leap over,
make a large or sudden movement
? The thief leapt over the wall and disappeared.
leap at,
He leapt at the chance of a trip to Europe.
leap out
His name leapt out at me from the newspaper.
Access to,opportunity to use
? Access to the resort is quite easy.
? The system had been designed to
give the user quick and easy access
to the required information.
be stuck with,
have no choice about dealing with
1,We were stuck with relatives who came to
stay unexpectedly.
2,Why am I always stuck with the dirty
work?
far
? go too far
? by far
? so far
? far and wide
period,
used at the end of a statement to show that
you are not going to discuss it any more
? There will be no more shouting,period.
? I don’t want to do it,period.
weigh, carefully consider 权衡
? Only when we have weighed all the
factors involved can we decide when
would be the best time to start.
? He weighed the ideas in his mind.
There’s little dispute that ~~~
-pute, comes from Latin,where it has the
meaning, to clean; consider; think”
compute,deputy,dispute,impute,repute
be stuck in,
remain fixed in situation,unable to move
? The poor cat has been stuck in the
top branches all morning.
? The bus is stuck in the mud.
peak performance
attain the highest level
? peak condition
? peak periods for business
log on to, 登录
? Anyone can log on to this computer.
log out, 退出系统
? Log out before switching the
computer off.
tag
? a name tag
? an identification tag
price tag, a label on goods,that shows how
much one must pay
? There is a 2 million price tag on the
team’s star player.
at one’s disposal,
供某人使用,由某人支配
-pos-, comes from Latin,where it has the
meaning,put,place”
compose,deposit,expose,impose,
oppose
During their visit I put my car at their
disposal.
Rage,
an object of current popularity or fashion
? the latest rage
? I remember when long hair was all the rage.
? Dresses like this used to be all the rage.
Group discussion
? Students share dormitory
telephones at college and some
have mobile phones with them,
Discuss the advantages &
disadvantages of using these
modern telecommunication
devices on campus.
advantages
? Time-saving
? Information-booming
? Keep in touch with their families and friends
? convenient
Disadvantages,
? Disturbing others’ sleep or study
? Distraction
? Taking care if you have the audience when
talking on the phone
? Easier to tell lies when the listener can’t
observe the speaker’s facial expressions and
be with eye-contact
? Cost of using them
? Unrealistic comparison with each other