解放军文职招聘考试Honesty 诚信

 Honesty  诚信

We often hear about “the good old days” when people were better, happier, and more honest. But were they more honest than us today? Maybe yes, a long time ago when life was very different from what it is today.

School children used to know the story of how Abraham Lincoln walked five minutes to return a penny he’d overcharged a customer. It’s the kind of story we think of as myth. But in the case of Lincoln, the story is true…

A clue as to why people may have been more honest in the past lies in the Abe Lincoln story. Lincoln knew his customer. They both lived in a small town. Would a checkout person(收银员) at a large supermarket return money to a customer nowadays? It’s nearly impossible.

Most of us still believe that honesty is an important part of the human character. Although more and more signs of dishonesty in school, business, and government seem to happen in recent years than in the past, could it be that we are getting better at revealing such dishonesty? But not that people are getting more and more dishonest.

Honesty is believed to be a virtue of human beings forever. It does good not only to ourselves, but to others as well. In a word, honesty wins trust, respect and honor. So it is important that we should be honest. Honesty will never be out of style.

I Aims and Demands（教学目的和要求）

To learn a passage about honesty and let the students know the importance of this virtue.

ⅡKey Points and Special Difficulties（重点和难点）

Key points: to grasp some useful words and expressions

overcharge, clue, lie in, dishonesty, reveal, virtue, do good to, in a word, out of style

Special difficulties: to learn the importance of being honest

Ⅲ Teaching Aids and Approaches（教具及教学方法）

Multi-media, Task-based approach and the integrated approach

Ⅳ Brief Teaching Procedures（教学过程）

Step1 Lead-in（导入新课）

Do you think honesty is out of date? Why or why not?

Step2 Fast reading（快速阅读）  

   Read fast and answer（快速阅读并回答下列问题）:

1) What did Lincoln do when he found he overcharged a customer?

2) In the author’s opinion, why are there more signs of dishonesty in recent years than in the past?

Keys （参考答案）:

1) He walked five minutes to return the one penny he had overcharged.

2) The reason could be that people are getting better at revealing such dishonesty.

Step3 Careful reading（细读） 

1. Describe Lincoln.

2. Use the phrases from the passage to fill in the blanks.

used to   hear about    lie in    in the case of

1) Nancy is hardworking and good at all sorts of activities. But ________ Tom, things are quite different.

2) That’s where I ________ live when I was a child.

3) I’ve just ________ his success in the math contest.

4) His failure in passing the examination _________ his laziness.

(in the case of; used to; heard about; lay in)

3. Key sentences.

1) A clue as to why people may have been more honest in the past lies in the Abe Lincoln story.

lie in = result from 原因在于，缘于

The reason which can explain that people were more honest in the past is the Abe Lincoln story itself.

2) Honesty is believed to be a virtue of human beings forever.

People believe that honesty is forever a virtue of human beings.

3) Honesty will never be out of style.

out of style = out of date/ fashion 过时，过期

Step4 Classroom activities（课堂活动）    

Work in groups of four and discuss:

Who do you think are more honest, people in the past or people today? Give your reasons.

Step5 Homework（作业）

Recite the last two paragraphs.

Step6 Assessment（评价）

Words and expressions（词和短语）

1. overcharge  v. 过多收费                      2. clue  n. 线索

3. dishonesty  n. 不诚实                          4. reveal  v.  揭示

5. virtue  n. 美德                                    6. lie in  原因在于，缘于

7. do good to  对……有益                       8. in a word  总之一句话

9. out of style  过时，过期