新世界大学英语UNIT 1

Unit1SocialExperimentsUNIT1SocialExperimentsTextATheMoneylessManTextBAWhiteDisguisedasaBlackLEAD-INA.Readthedescriptionofasocialexperiment.Thencompletethechartbelowwiththenumberofthecorrespondingsolutiontoeachsocialproblem.Asocialexperimentisasmall-scaleexperimentperformedusingpeopletotestahypothesisabouthowpeoplewillrespondwhencertainstimuliareintroduced.Itaimstohelpsolveacertainsocialproblem.Unit1SocialExperimentsSocialProblemsKeysSocialExperiments1.trafficproblemsa.createaneventcalled“ANightforWomen”2.crime/streetsafetyb.makeaTVcommercialofthemayor’stakingshowertosetanexampleofhowtosavewater3.watershortagec.hire420performerstomakefunofdriverswhobreakthelawandpedestrianswhodon’tfollowcrosswalkrulesatdangerousintersectionscabkeysUnit1SocialExperimentsLEAD-INCameronCrowePaparazziCameronCrowe,bornin1957,isanAmericanscreenwriterandfilmdirector.Attheageof22,Crowecameupwiththeideatoposeasahighschoolstudentandwriteabouthisexperiences.HeenrolledasDaveCameronatClairemontHighSchoolinSanDiego,California.Hisbook,FastTimesatRidgemontHigh:ATrueStory,cameoutin1981.Beforethebookwasevenreleased,FastTimesatRidgemontHighwasoptionedforafilm.()Unit1SocialExperimentsREADINGANDSPEAKINGStanfordUniversityPaparazziStanfordUniversityisaprivateresearchuniversitylocatedinStanford,California,theUnitedStates.Itisrecognizedasoneoftheworld’sleadingresearchandteachinginstitutions.LelandStanford,aCalifornianrailroadtycoonandpolitician,foundedtheuniversityin1891.Unit1SocialExperimentsREADINGANDSPEAKINGA.Scanthearticleandanswerthequestionsbelow.1.Whatdidtheauthordisguiseasahighschoolstudentfor?__________________________________________2.WhatwerethetworulesthatIversenhadtosticktowhenheslippedintothehighschool?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________READINGANDSPEAKINGSkillFocusHewantedtowriteabouthighschoollife.Hewouldinitiatenoillegalactivityandhewouldnothaveintimatephysicalcontactwithanystudent.Unit1SocialExperimentskeysRecognizingformalversusinformallanguageSignsofformalwritingincludepassivevoice(be+pastparticiple),theimpersonalpronounone,andadverbslikemoreover,however,nevertheless,andtherefore.Signsofinformalwritingincludetheuseofactivevoice,contractions(he’s),andand,but,orsoatthestartofsentences.Onearticlecanusebothformalandinformallanguage.XASpyinHighSchoolTranslationIn2001,JeremyIversenwasasenioratStanfordUniversityinPaloAlto,California.Ambitiousandslightlybored,heproposedanideatoeditorsattheStanfordDaily,thestudentnewspaper.Hewantedtoattendalocalpublichighschoolfortwoweeksandwriteabouthighschoollife.Nothingcameoftheideathen,becausethepaperrefusedtohelphimsetupthedeception.ButIversenkeptatit,andby2004hewasproposingtolargeNewYorkpublishersanon-fictionbookaboutbeinganundercoverhighschoolstudent.HepointedoutthatCameronCrowehaddonethesamething25yearsearlierforthemovieFastTimesatRidgemontHigh.Iversenwantedtoexplorethenextgeneration.Unit1SocialExperimentsREADINGANDSPEAKINGNewWordsNopublisherwouldsignontotheprojectwithoutproofthataschoolwasgoingtoletthe24-year-oldthroughthedoor.Iversenwentfromprincipaltoprincipal,dressedinasuitandcarryingafolderfullofpapersandgraphs,toconvincesomeonehisplanhadsociologicalmerit.Thirtyschoolsrejectedhimbeforeonesaidyes.Heenrolledas“JeremyHughes”andcalledtheschool“MiradorHigh”inhisensuingbook,HighSchoolConfidential:SecretsofanUndercoverStudent(Atria).TranslationUnit1SocialExperimentsREADINGANDSPEAKINGSlippinga24-year-oldadultamongteenagerscouldeasilycausealotoftrouble.Ifhehandedabeertoastudent,hewouldbeguiltyofprovidingalcoholtoaminor.Ifhekissedayoungerstudent,hecouldbechargedwithsexualassault.Iversenbidedbytworules:hewouldinitiatenoillegalactivityandhewouldnothaveintimatephysicalcontactwithanystudent.Healsohadtobecarefultoshieldstudentsfrompublicityoncehisreportcameout.Inhisbook,hechangednamesandaltereddetailstodisguisetheidentityoftheschoolanditsstudents.TranslationUnit1SocialExperimentsREADINGANDSPEAKINGNevertheless,studentjournalistsatClaremontHighSchoolinCaliforniarecognizedMiradorastheirschool.OneClaremontclassmate(nowoneofIverson’sfriends)wassurprised,butaccepting,whenhelearnedoftheundercoveract.“Ijustthoughthewasanotherprecociousteenager.”Noteveryonewassounderstanding.ParentsandteacherswereshockedthattheschooladmittedIversenandlethimwritetheprojectforpersonalgain.TranslationUnit1SocialExperimentsREADINGANDSPEAKINGB.Readagain.Findandwritesentencesinthearticlewiththesamemeaningasthesentencesbelow.WriteFbytheformalsentencesandIbytheinformalsentences.1.a.___However,Iversenkeptatit.What’smore,by2004hewasproposingtolargeNewYorkpublishersanon-fictionbookaboutbeinganundercoverhighschoolstudent.b._______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________FIButIversenkeptatit,andby2004hewasproposing,tolargeNewYorkpublishers,anon-fictionbookaboutbeinganundercoverhighschoolstudent.keysUnit1SocialExperimentsRE