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1、LessonEight“We’reOnlyHuman”I.TeachingObjectives:Afterlearningthisunit,studentsaresupposedto:1.getfamiliarwiththerulesofwordformation;2.getfamiliarwithsomegrammaticalpoints;3.getfamiliarwithsomepropernoun;4.haveathoroughunderstandingofthewholetext:“We’reOnlyHuman”5.getalist
2、ofthenewwordsandexpressionsandbeabletousethemfreelyinwritinganddailyconversation;II.Listeningandspeakingactivities1.Listentotherecordingofthetextandfillintheblanksaboutthemainideasofthearticle.2.Whatconstitutesmoralactions?III.ReadingComprehensionandLanguageActivities1.Pre
3、-readingdiscussions:1)Whensomepeoplesaythattheyareonlyhuman,whatdotheymean?2)Ishumanbehaviorbiologicallydetermined(orgenes-determined)?2.Backgroundknowledge:﹡TheauthorDr.LauraC.SchlessingerwasborninBrooklyn,NewYorkin1947.shehasaPh.D.inphysiologyfromColumbiaUniversityandapo
4、st-doctoralcertificationinmarriage,familyandchildcounselingfromtheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia,where,upongraduation,shebecameafacultymemberandtaughtforfiveyears.Dr.LauraSchlessingeristherecipientofmanynationalawardsandtheauthorofmanyNewYorkTimesbest-sellers,including:Par
5、enthoodbyProxy:Don’tHaveThemifYouWon’tRaiseThem(2000);TenStupidThingsMenDotoMessupTheirLives(1994);andHowCouldYouDoThat?!TheAbdicationofCharacter,CourageandConscience(1996),abookbasedonSchlessinger’sconversationswithherradiocallers.Thepresenttextisanexcerpttakenfromthelast
6、booklistedhere,withsomeadaptations.﹡EverydayintheUnitedStatesofAmerica:•4,219teenagerscontractsexuallytransmitteddiseases•2,329teenagersunintentionallybecomepregnant•908teenagerswhodidn'tintendonbecomingpregnantobtainabortions•1,000adolescentsbegindrinkingalcohol•500adoles
7、centsbeginusingillicitdrugs•16,000crimesarecommittedonschool•Thereare600,000drugaddictedchildrenintheUnitedStates.•6%ofboysbetween16and18carrygunsoutsidethehomefor"protection."•Whileonlyfourpercent(4%)ofinner-cityschoolstudentsreportuseofharddrugs,13percent(13%)reporteithe
8、rdealingdrugsorworkingforadrugdealer.•51%ofgraduatinghighschoolseniorsadmithavingusedilli