高级英语教案 Book1 Unit2.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 11 Unit Two Hiroshima the Liveliest City in Japan Teaching Object: English majors of junior year Teaching Periods: 8 Teaching Aims: ·To acquaint students with the historical fact of the atomic bombardment in Hiroshima and with its impact upon people’s lives. ·To acquaint students with Japanese traditions revealed in the text. ·To enable students to recognize the facts and the author’s opinions. ·To enable students to appreciate the reportorial writing. Teaching Focus: ·Cultural Information ·Language points and expressions ·The theme of the story ·Figures of speech ·Writing practice Teaching Difficulties: ·Appreciation of narrative writing style ·Paraphrasing some sentences ·Identifying figures of speech ·Probing the theme of the story Teaching Procedures: ·Background information ·Structural analysis ·Detailed study of the text ·Rhetorical devices ·Writing skills·Assignment Time Allocation：8 periods, 360minutes ·Background information (45 minutes) ·Intensive study of the text (225 minutes) ·Exercise (90 minutes) I. Background information l. Hiroshima: first build in 1593, meaning broad island, made up of 6 delta islands; more than 80 bridges connecting them with one another and with the mainland; capital of Hiroshima prefecture important position on the key land and water routes Chief industrial and population center of the Chugoku region; industries including iron and steel, shipbuilding, cars and trucks, machinery, textiles and paper; before World War II, 7th largest city in Japan, with a population of 350,000; during the war, regional army headquarters, major rail center and producer of war materials; the atomic explosion: struck by the first atomic bomb at 8:15 a.m. on August 6,1945; explosion near the center of the city, destroying almost everything within a radius of 2 km; over 71,000 people killed instantly, many more later died of injuries and the effect of radiation; survivors still dying of leukemia, pernicious anemia and