Unit-12--Why-People-Work教案

1、Teaching Plan for Extensive ReadingUnit 12 Why People WorkI .Teaching Aim1. Students will be able to know what does work mean to them2. Learn the value of work3. Help the students grasp the main idea4. To develop the students awareness of loving workII. Time Allotment The first class:1st period: Pre

2、-reading The second class:2nd period: While-reading The third class:3rd period; While-reading The forth class:4th period: Post-readingIII. Tasks and ProcedureThe first class: pre-reading tasksStep One: Lead-inAbout the Author: Leonard R. SaylesCORPOWE INNCWQN STR 聞 EGV RUCTUK, AND M ANA&aglAL 5i

3、aLL5INSIDETHE RISE OF THE ROGUE EXEC UTIVE也Q*T 91E1 t單Lf ! ； » Mt畢. Hflf iHt Hill 14=1 HIRobert A Su期創(chuàng)man& Leona rd R,SoylesIn而for Odtiourcia? I而耐iQnhilUk IrAuMS.lrtr-. k?'i, beidiif正"HIM I?！盜ftuii I.1佃Dr. Leonard R. Sayles received his doctorate from MIT in Industrial Economics. H

4、e has been a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business for four decades; now Emeritus.In a series of research projects and books, he helped transform conventional views of business leadership. His widely-cited leadership studies won a number of national awards in America, and

5、many were republished in Europe, Latin America, and Asia.He advised the head of NASA in its formative years and published a major study of its management methods sponsored by the National Academy of Science. He also has been aconsultant to major American corporations.He lives with his wife in Dobbs

6、Ferry, New York, andNaples, Florida.Step Two: Warming up1)Show two pictures to students in order to bing up the topic2)Tell the students some famous people s attitudes toward workinga.It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do. - Winston Churchill, British prime minister b. I

7、 do not like work - no man does - but I like what is in the work - the chance to find yourself.-Conrad Joseph, British novelistc. When work is a pleasure, life is joy! When work is duty, life is slavery.- Maxim Gorky, Russian writerd. Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty

8、.- Voltaire, French philosophere. Work is worth doing if worth doing well.- Thomas Carlyle, British historian Attention: Let the students understand the meaning of these sentences.Step Three: DiscussionEach group of four for a discussion of these ideas, and summarized the views .After 10 minutes cho

9、ose a representative tell the other students the results of the discussions(2) The second class:|While-reading tasksAbout the passage:Part one: The Development of Work1) Ancient GreekAt that time work was restricted to slaves and to those few free citizens who had not yet accumulated adequate indepe

10、ndent resources. The "real" citizens of Greece 一 whom Plato and others talked about expected to spend their time in free discussion and contemplation.First show the students pictures about that timeSlaves in ancient timesPlato and his students are discussing and contemplatingThen tell the

11、students some interesting stories about that time.2) The Middle Ageswork was thought of as a punishment for the sins of man.3) Historically, work has been associated with slavery and sin,compulsion and punishment.4) NowadaysWork is the opportunity to realize one's potential.Instance: Many psychi

12、atrists heading mental health clinics have observed its therapeutic effect.(3) The third class: While-reading tasksAbout the passage:Part two: Why Work Be Important to human satisfaction1) Pride in AccomplishmentThe human being craves a sense of being accomplished, of being able to do things, with h

13、is hand, with his mind, with his will.e.g.a. craftsman(carpenter or bricklayer or die-maker)They stand aside and admire the product of his personal skill.b. engineersThey received a substantial personal payoff from their efforts in the knowledge that they could tackle tough, almost insurmountable pr

14、oblems, yet overcome them.c. simple jobs(Cleaning men and janitors)Their job looks uncomplicated, there are countless subtleties one needs to know.Tips:d. We're often misled by the gripes and complaints surrounding difficult work.(wrong )Grousing is just part of working.(correct)e. People should

15、 to store up energy, to rest and save themselves as much as possible.(wrong )Energy expenditure is satisfying.(correct)2) Esprit de corpsAspect one:The sense of belonging to an accomplished work group that both outsiders and insiders recognize can handle itself with extreme virtuosity is one of the

16、distinctive satisfactions of the world of work.e.g.a. militaryThe men will make enormous sacrifices to help their buddies and they have developed strong loyalties.b. athletePeople can congratulate each other. In a sense success breeds success; the successful group becomes more unified.Aspect two:Rel

17、ationships among people at work tend to be simple .a. Human relations at work are easier, they are more regular and predictable and thus simpler to adjust to .b. The work group also gently pressures its members to learn how to adjust to one another(4) The forth class: Post-reading taskStep One: Tran

18、slateAsk some students to translate the following sentances.Step Two: Explain Important Wordsa. It's not difficult to understand the tarnished reputation. Historically, work has been associated with slavery and sin, compulsion and punishment.(因此工作受到貶低這一點就不難理解。歷史上，工作 一直同奴役、罪孽、強制和懲罰聯系在一起。)Tarnish:

19、 make or become less valuable or respected. e.g. His reputation was tarnished.b. We've watched programmers and engineers work fifteen and eighteen hours at a stretch, seven days a week, when a job really got tough and they knew that a crucial deadline had to be met, or when a major project would

20、 fall unless some tough problems were solved.（ 我們還觀察到，有時程序設計師和工程師會在工作中遇到很大困難，而工作必須如期完成，而有時一項大的工程面臨著流產，除非他們能解決某個棘手的問題，這時他們就會連續(xù)工作15 到 18 個小時， 每周工作7 天。 ）At a stretch: in one continuous period.e.g. I often had to work for over twenty hours at one stretch.c. They enjoyed " making it ," - winnin

21、g despite difficult odds; proving their capacities against the outsiders: nature, a competitor, a complex problem; mastering something new every day.（他們喜歡“成功 ”的感覺 克服巨大的困難而勝利；證明自己應付外界（自然、競爭對手、或一個復雜的問題）的能力；每天都掌握新的東西。）Make it : succeed in something, become successful.e.g. He waited confidently for his band to make it.d. And this sense of belonging to an accomplished work group that bot