【正文】 t___________________Ben Franklin said that the only sure things in life are death and taxes. He left something out, however: disappointment. No one gets through life without experiencing many disappointments. Strangely, though, most people seem unprepared for disappointment and react to it in negative ways. They feel depressed or try to escape their troubles instead of using disappointments asan opportunity for growth. 2. Title: ____Annoying People_____________________President Richard Nixon used to keep “enemies list” of all the people he didn’t especially like. Iam ashamed to confess it, butI, too, have an enemies list—a mental one. On this list are the people I would gladly live without , the ones who cause my blood pressure to rise to the boiling point. The top three places on the list go to people with annoying nervous habits, people who talk in movie theatres, and people who talk on car phones while driving.3. Title: ___The Meaning of Maturity______________________Being a mature student does not mean being an oldtimer. Maturity is not measured by the number of years a person have lived. Instead, the yardstick of maturity is marked by the qualities of selfdenial, determination, and dependability.4. Title: _____College Stress____________________Jack’s heart pounds as he casts panicky looks around the classroom. He doesn’t recognize the professor, he doesn’t know any of the students, and he can’t even figure out what the subject is. In front of him is a test. At the last minute his roommate awakens him. It’s only another anxiety dream. The very fact that dreams like Jack’s are mon suggests that college is a stressful situation for young people. The cause of this stress can be academic, financial, and personal.5. Title: __How to Complain_______________________I’m not just a consumer—I’m a victim. If I order a product, it is sure to arrive in the wrong color, sixe, or quantity. If I hire people to do repairs, they never arrive on the day scheduled. If I owe a bill, the puter is bound to overcharge me. Therefore, in selfdefense, I have developed the following consumer’s guide to plaining affectively授課題目：Unit Seven The Insight I Gained 一、教學(xué)目的、要求：（一）掌握：To learn the basics of Analogy→ Definition→ Uses→ Methods of OrganizationTo learn to use transitions→ What is analogy→ The difference between analogy and parison知識點： → The field analogy is used → The difference between analogy and parison → The patterns of analogy （二）熟悉: → The functions and areas analogy is usually used., to learn to use transition知識點: → Functions and patterns of analogy: → A parison explains two obviously similar things and considers both their differences and similarities→ An analogy pares two apparently unlike things, and focus only on their major similarities → An analogy is thus an extended metaphor—the figure of speech that declares one thing to be another （三）了解： How to organize an analogy by the way subject by subject How to organize an analogy by the way—point by point二、教學(xué)重點及難點：重點：Functions and patterns of definition The differences between parison and analogy How to learn to use transition How to organize an analogy by the way subject by subject How to organize an analogy by the way—point by point 難點：How to learn to use transition How to organize an analogy by the way subject by subject How to organize an analogy by the way—point by point三、課時安排：共4課時四、授課方式：講授、課堂快速閱讀練習(xí)、課堂提問、寫作實踐講解 五、教學(xué)基本內(nèi)容第六課 definition 第六課　 Parts of the essay: The Title六、參考書目：《英語寫作手冊》，《美國大學(xué)英語寫作》七、作業(yè)和思考題：第一次： Read on the subject and write a definition essay on any of the given topics 第二次：Write an essay of 200250 words on any of the given topics. 第三次：Ask students to practise writing the title of the essay 八、課后小結(jié)：Emphasis on the writing procedure→ Prewritingchossing a topic and exploring ideas → Drafting: getting your ideas on paper → Revising: strengthening your essay → Editing and proofreading: eliminating technical errors