1、New Progressive College English Book IIIUNIT 4 Emerging Adulthood课程名称 大学英语（三） 使用教材全新版大学进阶英语综合教程（3）授课内容Text: Is 30 the New 20 for Young Adults? (精读)Reading: When Are You Really an Adult? (泛读） 授课学时 6教学目的1. Have a thorough understanding of the text contextually and linguistically;2. Build up an active
2、vocabulary to talk about growing up and adulthood and know how to use the key words and expressions in context properly;3. Discuss the important aspects of becoming an adult;4. Compare American and Chinese views on emerging adulthood;5. Talk about changes in expectations of young adults and changes
3、in the degree of independence from their parents young adults are able to achieve in todays world;6. Write an essay about their views on emerging adulthood.教学重点与难点1. Analyze the structure and grasp the main idea of Text 2. Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text3. Learn
4、 some techniques in writing4. Critical thinking教学方法与手段1. Audio-visual method and audio-lingual method.2. Task-based language teaching method3. Communicative approach4. Using CAI, PPT5. Smart teaching (using online tools or materials)教学过程1. Lead-in ActivitiesStep 1. Warm-up activitiesStep 2. Discussi
5、on about adulthood2. Global ReadingStep 1. Approaching the themeStep 2. Analyzing the text organization3. Detailed ReadingStep 1. Understanding the text in a deeper levelStep 2. Learning useful expressions Step 3. Learning difficult sentences structuresStep 4. Learning new words 4. Comprehending Rea
6、ding 1Step 1: Skimming the textStep 2: Explaining the difficult sentences of the textStep 3: Doing sentence translation5. After ReadingStep 1. Viewing and Listening Step 2. Speaking Step 3. Assignment作业Assignment：1. Read the text in Reading 2 and finish the exercises.2. Write a composition about you
7、r views on emerging adulthood. 3. Preview the next unit.Unit 4 Emerging Adulthood1. Teaching Objectives:Students will be able toA. have a thorough understanding of the text contextually and linguistically;B. build up an active vocabulary to talk about growing up and adulthood and know how to use the
8、 key words and expressions in context properly;C. discuss the important aspects of becoming an adult;D. compare American and Chinese views on emerging adulthood;E. talk about changes in expectations of young adults and changes in the degree of independence from their parents young adults are able to
9、 achieve in todays world;F. write an essay about their views on emerging adulthood.2. Time Allotment:1stPeriod: Lead-in Activities (Warm-up activities; Discussion about adulthood)2nd Period: Global Reading (Text: Approaching the theme; Analyzing the text organization)3rd Period: Detailed Reading (Un
10、derstanding the text in a deeper level; Analyzing difficult sentence structures)4th Period: Detailed Reading Continued (Learning new words; Summarizing good usage)5th Period: Comprehending Reading 1 (Skimming the text; Explaining the difficult sentences of the text; Doing sentence translation)6th Pe
11、riod: After Reading (Viewing and listening; Speaking; Assignment)3. Teaching Procedures:3.1 Lead-in ActivitiesStep 1. Warm-up activitiesThe teacher leads students to figure out the five stages of life (infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age) and tells them a new life stage “emerging
12、adulthood” has been proposed by psychologists to describe the period of time between adolescence and adulthood.Method: PPT, communicative approach.Step 2: Discussion about adulthood The teacher has students work in pairs and discuss the questions in Opener about their own criteria for reaching adult
13、hood. The teacher reminds students to refer to the helpful words and expressions given below the pictures.Method: Using task-based language teaching method, communicative approach.3.2 Global ReadingStep 1. Approaching the themeThe teacher has students know the background information about the term “
14、emerging adulthood” in Culture Notes.Emerging Adulthood: Starting in 1995, psychologist Jeffrey Jensen Arnett interviewed 300 young people aged 18 to 29 in cities around the nation over five years, asking them questions about what they wanted out of life. Working from those interviews and examining
15、broad demographic indicators, Arnett proposed a new period of life-span development he calls “emerging adulthood”.从 1995 年开始，历时 5 年，心理学家杰弗里阿内特在美国许多城市访谈了 300 位18-29 岁的年轻人，就他们想从生活中得到什么进行提问。基于研究结果，阿内特提出了人生发展的一个新阶段，即“成年形成期” 。Method: PPT; communicative approach.Step.2 Analyzing the text organizationThe t
16、eacher tells students that the text can be divided into four parts which have been given in the Text Organization. Then students should summarize the main idea of each part and compare notes with each other.Parts Paragraphs Main IdeasPart One Para. 1 Todays twenty-somethings seem like a whole new br
17、eed.Part Two Paras. 2-7 Five typical features of emerging adulthood Part Three Paras. 8-10 Advantages and disadvantages of the rise of emerging adulthood Part Four Paras. 11-12 Suggestions for parents on how to deal with emerging adults Method: skimming and scanning, communicative approach3.3 Detail
18、ed Reading3.3.1 Procedure1) Students are asked to read the passage carefully again and for each paragraph (sometimes two-three paragraphs), invite students to answer questions related to the details of the text and the difficult sentences.2) Help Students find out the good usage in the text and unde
19、rlined them.3) Learn new words in details.Purpose: Further understand the text and train scanning ability to learn difficult sentence structures as well as new words and expressions.Method: Reading the text together; Using task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach
20、, grammar-translation approach.Step 1. Questions related to the details of the textPara. 1Q: What is the average age of entering marriage now in the U.S.?A: Today the average age of getting married is 26 for women and 28 for men.Para. 1Q: Why do young Americans change jobs much more frequently than
21、their parents did?A: Because they expect a lot more out of work. They want to find that work is personally fulfilling and is itself an adventure.Para. 2Q: What do the authors refer to by “emerging adulthood”?A: By emerging adulthood, they refer to a new life period which runs typically from age 18 t
22、o 25.Paras.3 -7Q: What are the five features typical of emerging adulthood?A: Identity explorations, instability, self-focus, feeling in-between and a sense of possibilities.Para. 9Q: Why do the authors say the rise of this new life stage is a good thing? A: Because they think that young people can
23、make use of the freedom of emerging adulthood to have experiences, otherwise they couldnt have no matter when they were younger or older.Para. 10Q: What is the disadvantage of this new life stage according to the authors?A: Some emerging adults feel overwhelmed by the challenges of this life stage.P
24、ara. 11Q: What do the authors suggest parents do?A: Be patient with emerging adults.Para. 12Q: What is the benefit of seeing emerging adulthood as a normal stage of life?A: It can help ease our anxiety and may allow us to appreciate their energy, optimism and appetite for life.3.3.2 Language Focus3.
25、3.2.1 Difficult sentences:1) as they search for work that is personally fulfilling, not just a job but an adventure. (Para. 1)Paraphrase the sentence: as they look for work that can satisfy themselves and be viewed as not only a job, but also an adventure.Translate the sentence:他们寻找的是能使自身满足的工作，是一种带有
26、风险的探索，而不单单是一份工作。2) Your 18-year-old may head for college with pre-med in mind . (Para. 3)Paraphrase the sentence:Your child may consider majoring in medicine when he/she goes to college at 18 .Translate the sentence:你那 18 岁的孩子上大学时，想的是念医学预科3) Its important to them to carve out a space where they can
27、make their own decisions. (Para. 5)Paraphrase the sentence: Its important to the young people to strive to free themselves from adult control in certain areas of their lives where they wish to make their own decisions.Translate the sentence: 重要的是要开拓能够由自己做决定的空间。4) And most are in no particular hurry,
28、 although nearly all get there eventually. (Para. 6)Paraphrase the sentence:And most often emerging adults are not very anxious to become an adult, though they will certainly grow into adulthood one day, whether they like it or not.Translate the sentence:并且，多数人并不特别着急，尽管几乎所有的人最终都要进入成人期。5) something t
29、hey regard with mixed feelings. (Para. 6)Paraphrase the sentence: something about which they feel uncertain because they see both the good and bad in it.Translate the sentence:而在这一点上他们的心情很矛盾。6) But theres a downside as well. (Para. 10)Paraphrase the sentence: But we can also see the disadvantage bro
30、ught on by this new life stage.Translate the sentence: 但也有不那么理想的一面。7) Sometimes parents are surprised and dismayed to find that the emotional and financial responsibilities of parenting last for many years longer than they had anticipated. (Para. 10)Paraphrase the sentence: Sometimes parents are sur
31、prised and alarmed to find that they have to support their children emotionally and financially for more years than they had expected.Translate the sentence:有时候，他们的父母亲发现其养育责任无论在情感上还是在经济上都比他们预期的要多持续很多年，这让他们感到吃惊乃至沮丧。8) Encourage them and provide support when they seem open to it, but learn when to ste
32、p back and let them make their way on their own . (Para. 11)Paraphrase the sentence:Encourage them and provide support when they seem willing to accept it, but learn when to leave them alone and let them move forward by themselves .Translate the sentence:要鼓励他们，并在他们看起来愿意接受时，为他们提供援助和支持，但要学会择时放手，让他们走自己
33、的路9) Its a delicate balance. (Para. 11)Paraphrase the sentence:It is a balance that requires great care to achieve.Translate the sentence:这是一个微妙的平衡。3.3.2.2 Grammatical focusVerbs ending in -ing can be used as the subject, the object, the predicative (表语), the attributive (定语) or the adverbial (状语) i
34、n a sentence. Here are some examples from the text.As the subject:Seeing emerging adulthood as a normal stage of life today can help ease our anxiety (Para. 12)As the object:Adulthood means paying your own bills and taking on all sorts of responsibilities (Para. 6)Most of them make use of the freedo
35、m of emerging adulthood to have experiences , such as teaching in China for a year, perhaps, or taking a low-paid but fascinating internship with a nonprofit organization. (Para. 9)As the predicative: they search for work that is personally fulfilling, not just a job but an adventure. (Para. 1) As t
36、he attributive: youve created a list of Americas growing “necessities”. (Reading 1, Unit 2, Book 3)As the adverbial: Some emerging adults feel overwhelmed by the challenges of this life stage and drift along aimlessly, waiting for something to happen rather than making it happen. (Para. 10)3.3.2.3 D
37、ifficult words and phrases1) breed: n. a particular kind (of person) or type (of thing) 类型，种类e.g. It is believed that a new breed of entrepreneur is taking over Silicon Valley.据信一种新型企业家正在硅谷出现。2) positive: a. good or useful 好的，有用的e.g. The past decades have seen many positive developments in environme
38、ntal protection.几十年来环境保护有了积极的发展。3) independent: a. not subject to control by others 独立自主的；不受约束的e.g. It is important for anyone, whether man or woman, to become independent financially.无论男女，经济独立都非常重要。Voters are tired of their corrupted politicians and are trying to look for an independent leader to r
39、ule the country.选民受够了腐败的政客，他们试图寻找一位独立的领导人治理国家。4) option: n. choice; power or freedom of choosing 选择；选择权e.g. The restaurant offers a set menu that never changes, so we dont have many options.饭店菜单上的套餐固定不变，所以我们没多少选择。Many Chinese young people often have no option but to live with their parents.中国很多年轻人没办
40、法只能跟父母一起住。In return for the financial support, the VC acquired the option to buy 50% share of the company.作为对经济支助的回报，该风险投资决定购买这家公司 50%的股份。5) exceed: v. go beyond in quantity, degree, etc. 超过e.g. They set the speed limit at 40 miles an hour, and very often you exceed the limit before you know it.他们设定
41、限速 40 英里，于是你常常一不留神就超速了。6) enrollment: n. 入学（人数）e.g. I dont get it. Why are we building a new stadium when enrollment is down?我不明白，招生人数在下降，干嘛还要造新的体育场？7) be equal to: be the same in quantity, size, degree, or value 与相等的，与相同的e.g. The supply is equal to the demand.供需平衡。One unit of alcohol is equal to on
42、e small glass of wine.一个计量单位的酒精与一小杯葡萄酒相当。In the eyes of a young child, a mother is equal to anything (meaning she has the necessaryability, strength, or courage to deal successfully with anything).在小孩子的眼里妈妈无所不能（这意味着她有能力、有力量、有勇气成功应对一切） 。8) emerging: a. in an early state of development 发展初期的，新兴的e.g. C
43、hina has been widely considered a leader of the emerging economies.中国被广泛认为是新兴经济体的领军者。9) typical: a. having the usual qualities of a particular group or thing 典型的，有代表性的e.g. Being rebellious is typical teenager behavior.叛逆是典型的青少年行为表现。be typical of 是典型的 e.g. Hot and spicy food is typical of Sichuan cui
44、sine.川菜的特点是麻辣。10) interview: n. 采访；面谈，面试e.g. The young journalist was very excited when she got an opportunity to do an interview with the mayor.年轻的记者有机会采访市长非常兴奋。Getting into P solve or discover the cause of a problem 弄懂；找的原因e.g. His friends cant figure out why he quit a decent and well-paid job.他的朋
45、友们搞不懂他为什么辞掉既体面收入又高的工作。All senior managers are up there in the meeting room trying to figure out why our share prices dropped so suddenly.高管都在上面开会，试图弄明白为什么公司股价会暴跌。14) try out: test (sth.) new or different to see if it is effective 试验e.g. One popular marketing strategy is to encourage people to try ou
46、t new products.一种常用的营销策略是鼓励人们试用新产品。15) head for: start out for or toward 向进发，前往e.g. He headed straight for his dormitory after class.一下课他就前往寝室。16) move on to: leave ones present job, or activity and start doing another one 接着做，改做（别的事）e.g. Students have to take several exams in two days, so after the
47、y are done with one exam, they should forget about it and move on to the next one.学生两天内有多场考试，所以考完一场就不要多想，准备下一场考试。17) partner: n. 伙伴；合伙人；配偶e.g. The elderly lady collapsed when her partner of 20 years passed away.20 年的老伴去世后，老太太一下子就垮了。18) obligation: n. sth. that one must do because of a law, rule, promise, etc. 义务，责任
