Unit10大学英语

高等院校研究生英语系列教材综合教程（上）INTEGRATEDCOURSEUnit10TheRoleofEducationContentStartingoutReadingFocusReadingMorePracticalTranslationFocusedWritingFinalProjectTask1Thefollowingisalistofthecorecoursesofferedbycollegesoruniversities.Selectwhatyouthinkarethethreemostimportantcorecoursesfromthelistbelow.Compareyourchoiceswiththoseofyourpartner’sandgivereasonsforyourchoices.(P276)StartingoutEconomicsGeographyHistoryPhysiologyPsychologyEnglish,dancing,etc)Arts(music,paintingMathPhilosophyChineseP.E.ComputerManagementReligionLawInthemid1980s,China’scollegeenrollmentratestoodatabout3%ofthepopulation,lowerthanthatofmanyotherdevelopingcountries.Intheearly1990s,thenumberroseto5%.In1999,universitiesenrolled1.59millionstudents,whichwasa41.2percentrisefromthepreviousyear.Sincethen,thenumbershavejustkeptclimbing.In2002,thecollegeenrollmentratereached15%percent.Itroseto19%in2005.Somepeoplethinktheexpansionpolicyisnecessarytoimprovethequalityofthenation’seducationwhileothersbelievethattheexpansionisresponsibleforadeclineinthequalityofteachingaswellastheintensecompetitioninthejobmarket.Whatisyouropiniononthisissue?Useexamples,factsorfigurestosupportyourideas.(P276)Startingout—Task2InmostpartsofChina,whenstudentsreachthesecondgradeatseniorhighschool,theyarerequiredtospecializeineitherscienceorartscourses.Thetwocoursesareverydifferentandsomepeopledislikebeingstreamlinedsoearlyintheireducationalcareer.Whatdoyouthinkofthispractice?Talktoyourpartnerandtellthemaboutyourexperience.(P277)Startingout—Task3TheRoleoftheAcademyinTimesofCrisisReadingFocusGlobalUnderstanding2DetailedInformation3CriticalThinking4LanguagePoints5ReadingFocusVocabularyinAction6BackgroundInformation1Listentoatalkoneducationandeducationalsystem,andanswerthefollowingquestions.1)What’sthepurposeofeducation?2)What’sthoughttobefashionableinmanymoderncountries?3)Whydosomepeoplerefusetodowhattheythinkofaslowjobs?4)Whyistheworkofacompletelyuneducatedfarmerfarmoreimportantthanthatofaprofessor?5)Whatkindofeducationisvaluabletothesociety?Princetonuniversity•PrincetonUniversityisaprivateuniversitylocatedinPrinceton,NewJersey,UnitedStates.Charteredin1746,Princetonisthefourth-oldestcollegeintheUnitedStates.Princetonisanindependent,coeducational,nondenominational(不限于一宗教宗派的；与宗教宗派无关的)institutionthatprovidesundergraduateandgraduateinstructioninthehumanities,socialsciences,naturalsciencesandengineering.•Asaworld-renownedresearchuniversity,Princetonseekstoachievethehighestlevelsofdistinctioninthediscoveryandtransmissionofknowledgeandunderstanding.•Atthesametime,Princetonisdistinctiveamongresearchuniversitiesinitscommitmenttoundergraduateteaching.•Today,morethan1,100facultymembersinstructapproximately5,000undergraduatestudentsand2,500graduatestudents.TheUniversity'sgenerousfinancialaidprogramensuresthattalentedstudentsfromalleconomicbackgroundscanaffordaPrincetoneducation.ReadingFocus–GlobalUnderstandingIt’simportanttobeabletofindthemainideainaparagraph.Themainideatellsthereaderwhattheparagraphismostlyabout.Alloftheothersentencesinaparagrapharedetailsthattellthereadermoreaboutthemainidea.Themainideaisusuallystatedinatopicsentence.Thetopicsentenceisoftenthefirstsentenceoritmaycomealittlelaterintheparagraphorevenattheend.It’simportanttobeabletodistinguishthemainideafromthesupportingdetailsinreadingmaterials.Sometimesthemainideaisnotwrittenexplicitlybutrathersuggested.Sometimesitmaybeexpressedinmorethanonesentence.Therearesevenparagraphsinthistext.Writedownthemainideaofeachparagraph.(P283)Para1:Para2:Para3:Para4:ReadingFocus–GlobalUnderstandingOursociety’sconfidenceinitsinstitutionsofhighereducationisclearfromthegenerosityofgovernmentinvestmentinresearchbutitcomeswithexpectation.Modernacademicstudyrelatestotheworld;itisnotapartfromitasinthepast.Americansocietyhasalong-standingconsensusaboutthevalueofeducation.Wehaveanobligationtosearchfornewideasandknowledge.Para5:Para6:Para7:ReadingFocus–GlobalUnderstandingWehaveanobligationtodisseminatenewideaandknowledge.Wehavethethirdobligationtoeducatethenextgenerationofcitizensandleaders.Weshouldcultivatethequalitiesofthoughtanddiscernmentinourstudents.Task2Choosethesentencethatbestexpressesthemeaningofthesentencefromthetext.(P284)Key:12345678910BCBBCCACCCReadingFocus–DetailedInformationCriticalThinkingReadingFocusStepOneReadthefollowingsentencesfromthetextanddecidewhetheryouagreewiththeauthor.Workingroupstoprovideexamplestosupportorargueagainsttheauthor’sopinions.ReadingFocus—CriticalThinkingThesearchfornewideasandknowledgeisnotandcannotbemotivatedbyutilitarianconcern.Weshouldfirstandforemostcultivatethequalitiesofthoughtanddiscernmentinourstudents.StepTwoDiscusswithyourpartnerthefollowingquestions.Whatdoyouthinkisthepurposeofeducation?Doyouthinktheideaofaliberalartseducationaspreparationforaprofessionisanarrowone?Whyorwhynot?ReadingFocus—CriticalThinkingPara.1Americansocietyhasalong-standingconsensusaboutthevalueofeducation.•1.consensus:generalagreement;anopinionthateveryoneinagroupagreeswithoraccept(意见等)一致,一致同意;一致的意见;共识•(amongsb)|~(aboutsth)|~(that)