课程名称：New Horizon English Course 授课人： 课 题 教学目的 与 要 求 教学难点 与 重 点 教 学 过 程 Text A Room for the Future 课 时 Two hour To grasp the meaning of this passage To master the useful language points and the phrases and expressions the meaning of this passage the useful language points and the phrases and expressions 主 要 内 容 及 步 骤 Room for the Future ⅠLeading In 1. What types of jobs do your father and your mother do? 2. Besides book knowledge, what do you think is the most import practical knowledge for your future career? Ⅱ Useful phrases and expressions 1. result in 2. make all the difference 3. hold back 4. by nature 5. rat race 6. on one’s terms 7. you bet 8. make room for 授课效果 分析总结
Room for the Future
ⅠLeading In
1. What types of jobs do your father and your mother do?
2. Besides book knowledge, what do you think is the most import practical knowledge for your future career?
II Key points
1. Room for the Future
Meaning: possibility or scope for one's future development
2. After twenty-two years of working for a major bank, a downsizing wave resulted in the elimination of over one hundred jobs, mine being one of them.
Meaning: Having worked for a big bank for twenty-two years, I lost my job, together with more than one hundred of my colleagues because the bank wanted to reduce the number of its employees. 3. My once secure future now seemed insecure.
Meaning: I had always thought my future was safe, but it seemed unsafe now.
Please notice \(反义词).
secure: adj. a situation that is secure is one that you can depend on because it is not likely to change 稳固的；可靠的；稳定的 Estate in this city is a secure investment. 在这座城市，地产是可靠的投资。
insecure: adj. not giving one a feeling of safety; likely to be lost 令人无安全感的；无保障的 an insecure job 无保障的工作
Running a small business is a very insecure occupation. 做小买卖是一个没有什么保障的职业。
4. I was not a single parent, nor dependent solely on my income, but just like the other ex-bankers, I had become a disposable employee.
Meaning: I was neither divorced with children to raise alone, nor relied only on my income; but just like my former bank colleagues, I would be dismissed at any moment.
be dependent on: need the help or support of someone or something else 依靠；依赖
Health is largely dependent on good food, fresh air and enough sleep. 健康很大程度上靠的是营养的食品，新鲜的空气和充足的睡眠。
The success of the sports meet is dependent on whether it rains or not.
运动会能否成功取决于当天是否下雨。
5. My belief has always been \when it affected my life, I had to revise it to \the most of it\
Meaning: I have always believed in this saying \is progress\but when it affected my life, I had to change it into \change and get the best advantage from it\
make the most of: get the best advantage from 最大限度利用 We ought to make the most of this chance and make a fortune. 我们应该好好利用这次机会发笔大财。
Make the most of your free time and have a good rest. 充分利用空余时间好好休息。
6. From the beginning, I chose to look at this occurrence not as a misfortune, but as a welcome opportunity. I refused to become depressed or bitter; instead, I eagerly anticipated doing something new and different.
Meaning: After I got dismissed, at first I tried to regard this incident not as bad luck, but as a good chance; I didn't become sad or angry, but rather, I expected to do something new and different.
choose to do sth.: decide or prefer to do something 决定做；愿意做 We choose to ignore her rudeness. 我们决定不理会她的无礼。
He chose to learn German rather than French at school. 他上学时选择学习德语而非法语。
look at sth./sb. as...: regard...as... 把??当作；把??看成 Don't look at me as an expert. 别把我当作专家。
We always looked at him as our model. 我们总是把他看成我们的典范。
Please notice the \For example:
We anticipated meeting a certain amount of disagreement to our plan. 我们预料到我们的计划会遭到一些人的反对。 We anticipated spending two weeks here. 我们预料到将在这儿呆两个星期。7. Having a positive attitude made all the difference in the way I perceived the future.
Meaning: My optimism (乐观) changed my view of my future and increased my confidence.
Please notice the subject of this sentence is the gerund phrase \a positive attitude\to modify \
8. Not being a graduate had never held me back in my career with the bank, but now it was a personal goal I longed to achieve.
Meaning: Although I didn't have a college degree, so far this had never