UnitOne—SectionANever,NevergiveupTeachingProcedures:Pre-readingActivitiesStep1.GreetingsGreetthewholeclasswarmly.Step2.Lead-inandpreparationforreadingQuotes:Geniusis1%inspiration,99%perspiration.Accordingly,a“genius”isoftenmerelyatalentedpersonwhohasdoneallofhisorherhomework.—ThomasEdison(Americaninventor)Dothebestyoucanineverytask,nomatterhowunimportantitmayseematthetime.—SandraDayO’Connor(Americanjurist)Letthemtalktoeachotheraboutthefollowingquestions:1.Whatissuccess?2.Whatdoyouthinkarethesecretsofsuccess?CulturalbackgroundPublicschoolsintheUK&US1.WhatdoyouknowaboutpublicschoolsintheUK?Eton,Harrow,Winchester,etc.;Independentofthestatesystem;Educatesecondary-levelstudentsforafee;EvolvedfromaninstitutionofthelateEuropeanMiddleAgesorRenaissance;CurriculumplacedheavyemphasisontheGreekandRomanclassics.2.WhatdoyouknowaboutpublicschoolsintheUS?Elementaryorsecondaryschoolsmandatedforallchildrenbythegovernment;Paid,inpartorinwhole,bypublicfundingfromtaxation;Institutionsofpost-secondaryeducationoverseenbygovernment.Step3.FastreadingAsktheStudentstoreadthepassageasquicklyastheycanandthenanswerthequestionsonthescreen.Letthemgetthemainideaofeachparagraphandmakeclearaboutthetextstructure.Textstructure:(structuredwriting)Thepassagecanbedividedinto3parts.PartI—Paras.1–2ByusingWinstonChurchill’sstoryandhisspeechatHarrowasanintroductiontothetopic,thetextmakesclearitsstatement:thesecretofsuccessis“Nevergiveup”.PartII—Paras.3–7Throughtheexamplesofworldfamousscientists,statesman,andjurist,thetextbringsforwardthestatementthatonlythosewithastrongwill,thosewho“keeptheireyesontheprize”,andthosewhoexpendthesubstantialefforttokeepgoing,willfinallysucceed.PartIII—Para.8ByreinforcingthestatementgiveninpartII,thetextdrawstheconclusionthatwithhardwork,determination,dedicationandpreparation,youcantranscendanyhandicap,accomplishanyfeat,andachievesuccess.StructureofthetextPurpose:Improvethestudents’readingandwritingabilityandunderstandthegeneralideaofIntroductionChurchillmanagedtobeasuccessfulmanalthoughhewasnotagoodstudentwhenhewasyoung.(Para.1)“Nevergiveup”isthespeechgivenbyChurchilltoyoungboysinhisoldschool.(Para.2)IllustrationTheexamplesofEinstein,Edison,andLincolncanwellillustratethatnothingcaninhibitastrongspiritcommittedtosuccess.(Paras.3-4)TheexampleofSandraDayO’Connorshowsthatonlythosewho“keeptheireyesontheprize”willfindtheirendeavorssuccessful.(Paras.5-6)Withoutsubstantialeffort,onlysayingthattheywantsomethingwillnotbringsuccesstopeople.(Para.7)ConclusionWithhardwork,determination,dedicationandpreparation,youcantranscendanyhandicap,accomplishanyfeat,andachievesuccess.(Para.8)IntroductionIllustrationConclusioneachparagraph.Method:Readthetextindividuallyandtalkingroups;Usetask-basedlanguageteachingmethod,readingapproach,communicativeapproachandtotalphysicalresponsemethod.Step4:While-readingActivitiesStudentsarerequiredtolookattheWordsandPhrasesonthescreenandgiveabriefpresentationinclass.WordsandPhrases:Purpose:TraintheStudents’abilityofunderstandingandusingforeignlanguage.Method:Talkingroups,Usetask-basedlanguageteachingmethod,communicativeapproachandtotalphysicalresponsemethod.Practicalphrases1.deviatefrom…偏离，背离……有人生目标的人是永远不会偏离正确航向的。Thosewhohavealifecompassintheirmindwillneverdeviatefromthecorrectcourse.2.precludesb.fromdoing…阻止某人做……...
