15-16学年第27期总第625期高二教案
2015-2016学年第27期总第625期

Beating my stress (P3)
南昌市铁路第一中学  李欣荣
I. Word Bank
 dreaded                    adj. 可怕的；令人畏惧的
 application                  n. 申请;应用
 on the contrary               正相反
 enroll                      v. 报名;参加;登记；注册
 AP courses                   大学选修课程
 extracurricular              adj. 课外的;业余的
 inevitably                   adv. 不可避免地；必然地
 utterly                     adv. 完全地；绝对地
 melancholy                 adj. 忧郁的；悲伤的
 senioritis                    高年级倦怠症

II. Pre-reading      Discussion
1. As a middle school student, do you have any pressures?
2. How do you beat them?

III. Fast Reading
What are the author’s pressures?

IV.  Careful Reading
1.According to the author, which year is the most stressful one? 
Senior year.
2. How many things have put pressure on the author?
Five.
3.Which adjective best describes the way the author feels about senior year?
A. Happy.              B. Bittersweet.
C. Optimistic.          D. Excited.
答案：B。

V. Language Study
1. ...which friends will stick with us...
句中的stick with意思为：“支持；继续支持；保持联系；缠住，萦绕”。
例如：Some of his childhood fears have stuck with him.
童年时代的一些恐惧至今使他心有余悸。
He has stuck with his old friends.
他仍然忠于老朋友们。
2. … until my senioritis can finally kick in.句中的kick in意思为：“踢坏；踢掉；支付；开始生效”。
例如：The firefighter kicked the windows in to enter the house.
他把门踢开，冲进屋子里去。
How long will it take to kick in?
需要多久才可以奏效？
The new rules will kick in at the end of June next year.
新规定将在明年六月底开始实施。

Showering Helps Brain (P5)
南昌市外国语学校  朱庆鹏

I. Word bank
Psychologist     n.心理学家
dopamine        n.多巴胺
hormone        n.荷尔蒙
Neuroscientist   n.神经系统科学家
incubation       n.孵化
couch           n.沙发

II. Know your root
---Spir   breathe,呼吸
inspiration n.吸气，灵感 expire v.逝世 aspiration n.吸气，抱负  perspire v.流汗 conspire v. 共同密谋  dispirit v. 使气馁
---View  see，opinion 看，观点
preview v.简要介绍，预告   review v.回顾  overview n.概况  viewpoint n.观点

III. Lead-in
Why do people take showers?
To clean off the products of their metabolism and to strengthen blood circulation.
What do you like to do during your showers?
Sing songs? Reflect and think about the origins of life and the universe? Play with digital devices?

IV. Skimming
What is the article about?
Researchers have found that taking showers benefits the brain.

V. Scanning
In which ways does showering affect humans?
In both chemical and psychological ways.

VI. Detailed reading
1. How many people experienced new ideas in the research by Scott Barry Kaufman?
Nearly two-thirds of the 3000 interviewees.
2. How does a warm shower help to raise our creativity?
It can make us feel relaxed and therefore make the dopamine level rise.
3. How does a shower help us when we are stuck with a problem?
It keeps us from the outside world so that we can focus on our inner feelings and memories.
4. According to the text, what can lead to positive changes in thinking?
New and unexpected experiences.
5. Do people only get inspiration in the bathroom?
No, people can create their own ways to free their minds.

VII. Usage tip
1. Showering can help to raise our level of dopamine.
Raise和rise都有“上升”的意思
Raise是及物动词，后面必须有宾语，即“某人把某物举起来”。
Rise是不及物动词，后面不能加宾语，即“某人、某物自己升起来”
2. People vary in terms of their level of creativity according to the activity of dopamine.
in terms of 意思较多，可译为“在...方面，关于…”，“依据、按照……”， “从……角度来说”

Animal Helps Out (P6)
南昌市外国语学校  朱庆鹏

I. Word bank
stove               n.火炉
scratching           n.刮擦声
squirrel            v.松鼠
curtain             n.窗帘
crashing          n.碰撞
evacuate          v.疏散
pile                v.堆放 n.（一）摞
mow down          摧毁
plead with            恳求
dawn on              开始理解
odds and ends        零碎东西

II. Know your root
---Vac  empty  空
vacuum  n. 真空；空虚vacuous adj.空虚的  vacate  v. 搬出；空出vacation   n. 假期，休假

III. Lead-in
1. How often do you clean your room and why?
2. What do you often do with your pets?
Play games or take them for a walk. Share important life moments with them. Help each other as partners.

IV. Skimming
What is the article about?
How the author finished two jobs with the help of an animal.

V. Scanning
Did the animal mean to help the author to clean the room?
No, the animal just came to his house by accident.

VI. Detailed reading
1. According to the passage, what did the author do with the TV room?
For the author, it was a place to put the things he didn’t need at the time.
2. When the author first heard the scratching sound, did he find out what it was straight away?
No. He went out to have a look, but there was no sound when he got there.
3. What was the animal in the stovepipe?
It was a squirrel.
4. Did the animal leave immediately when the author gave it a path?
No. The squirrel leaped out of the stove, but it didn’t head outside. Instead, it made a mess in the author’s room.
5. What was the animal actually afraid of?
The squirrel was actually afraid of the author.
6. Why did the author clean the TV room in the end?
Because the squirrel had made the TV room into even more of a mess than it was, to the point where he could stand it no longer.

VII. Usage tip
1. The scratching continued even as I entered the room...
1) as可用作连词引导时间状语从句。含义为"当……的时候"，且主句和从句的动作同时发生，具有延续的含义。例如：You will grow wiser as you grow older. 你会随着年龄的增长而越来越聪明。
2) as用作连词引导原因状语从句时，一般放在句首，语气较弱，较口语化。 例如：As rain has fallen, the air is cooler. 因为下过雨，空气比较清爽。
3) as还可作连词引导让步状语从句，含义是“虽然，尽管”；表示的语气较强，同时引导的让步状语从句用倒装语序。例如：Strange as it may seem, nobody was injured in the accident.这次意外虽然显得令人不可思议，却没有人受伤。

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