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mericans believe no one stands still. Time is treated as if it were something almost real.A foreigner’s first impression of the US…Many new arrivals in the States…Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time.Electronic munication…The US is definitely a telephone country.Some new arrivals will… Purpose: To know if the students understand the whole text. At the same time, To show the text structure on the screen, so that they can retell it easily.Method: Read the text structure together。 Use taskbased language teaching method, reading approach, municative approach and total physical response method.2. Text structure: The passage can be divided into 3 parts. Part I: (Para1) Americans save time carefully. Part II: (Para 27) Americans’ attitude towards time and how they try to save time in daily life and in business. Part III: (Para 8) It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being petent to solve a problem or fulfill a job successfully with speed in the US. Purpose: Improve the students’ reading and writing ability and understand the general idea of each paragraph.Method: Read the text individually and talk in groups。 Use taskbased language teaching method, reading approach, municative approach and total physical response method.VI. AssignmentReview the key points of Section A。Finish the exercises after class。Preview Section B.Section B (omit) Exercise (Checking your vocabulary, checking your prehension)教學方法:√□講授法 √□討論法 √□自學指導法 √ □其他教學手段:√□多媒體 √ □實物 □模型 □掛圖 □音像 √ □其他板書設計: 1. Title2. Main pointsExampleConclusion討論、思考題、作業(yè):Write a position of a general statement supported by details. Teacher checks if Students have done the aftertext exercises in their spare time and discuss some mon errors that crop up.Writing: Topic: Computer problems General Statement: Computers have a negative side.Details: 1. putercontrolled machines making many people lose their jobs2. puter crimes3. health problems參考資料(含參考書目、文獻等):1. New Horizon College English (Teacher’s Manual)2. A Practical English Grammar3. Oxford Advanced Learner’s EnglishChinese Dictionary, etc.7