英语专业听力教程4Unit10.ppt

Unit Ten,Zou ili,Outline,1. Dictation & News report 2. New contents Section 1 Listening and Translation Section 2 Insulating Your Home The University in the Knowledge Society Section 3 News 3. Summary & Assignments,Dictation & News report,1. Dictation 2. News report,Listening Tactics,Section One,Some of Americas best universities have accepted an unusually low percentage of students for admission this fall. 今年秋季，美国一些最好的大学的新生录取率反常的低。 2. College admissions officials say the main reason is that high school seniors are applying to more schools than in the past. 大学的招生官员说，主要原因是高三学生申请报考的大学数量比往年多。,Listening and Translation,3. Many students who apply to top schools are placed on a waiting list. 很多报考顶尖学校的学生被列入等候批准的申请人名单。 4. They do not get a decision until the school knows how many applicants who are offered admission will accept the offer. 他们的申请结果要等学校知道有多少已经被录取的申请人同意前来报到后才能知道。,5. Admissions officers say they use wait-listing because it is difficult to know which applicants really want to attend their school. 招生官员说引入等候批准的申请人名单及只是因为很难知道究竟哪些审请人真的希望进入他们的学校。,Discussion,Do you want to study abroad? Why or why not? What should you prepare for further education abroad?,Dialogue,Insulating Your Home,Passage,Part 2 The University in the Knowledge Society,Vocational training accreditation,kredtenn. 鉴定合格 Intellectual inquiry and critique知识探究和批判 Intellectualization of society int,lektjulaizein n. 智能化；理智化,Pre-listening Discussion,What do you think education is for?,The purpose of education is to diffuse knowledge and civilize people, just as the writer of Another School Year-What For? Pointed out: “The business of the college is not only to train you but to put you in touch with what the best human minds have thought. If you have no time for Shakespeare, for a basic look at philosophy, for the fine arts, for that lesson of mans development we call history-then you have no business being in college. You are on the way to being the mechanized savage, the push-button savage.”,Exercise 1,The democratic & progressive values the university articulated,Racial equality,Human rights,Feminism,Social democracy,Exercise 2,Exercise 3,1. What is this passage mainly about? Its mainly about the task of the university in the age of technological and cultural citizenship. 2. What are the two kinds of citizenship? One is called cultural citizenship, which related to the domains of education and intellectual inquiry and critique; the other is technological citizenship, which concerns the domains of research and professional training.,3. In what way is the university related to the two kinds of citizenship? The fulfillment of the two citizenship is the social responsibiltiy of the university. 4. What is the main task of the university in the 21st century? The main task of the university in the 21st century is to become a key actor in the public sphere and thereby enhance the democratization of knowledge.,5. What is the “ universalism” of the university? The university shoulders the responsibility of fulfilling the cultural and technological citizenship; Although the university may be losing its traditional monopoly on knowledge, it is still the only institution in society where these functions can be found together. It is in this limited sense that we can speak of the “universalism” of the university.,News Item 1,abuse bju:z n. 滥用；虐待； torture t:t vt. & n.折磨拷问 mistreatment mstritmntn. 虐待 hold to account使承担责任 condone kndun vt. 宽恕；赦免 Lobby detainee ,dteni n. 未判决囚犯；被扣押者,Exercise A,This news item is about the reaction of the US to prisoner abuse allegations.,Exercise B,Washington has been swift to respond to the latest reports of prisoner abuse. The State Department spokesman said that America did not practice torture and did not believe that others should practice it either and that it supports the investigation.,While the US administration insists that it does not condone torture and believes that those responsible for mistreatment should be held to account, it has lobbied against legislation that would ban all inhuman treatment of detainees. People also believe that the CIA is operating secret prisons abroad.,The agency was established in 1947. The CIA is tasked with collecting, evaluating, and disseminating foreign intelligence to the President and senior US policymakers to assist them in making decisions relating to national security. The CIA may also engage in covert actions at the direction of the President and in accordance with applicable law.,FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation, the police department in the USA that is controlled by the central (federal) government, and is particularly concerned with matters of national security.,News Item 2,Metropolitan Police Commissioner 伦敦警察厅官员 heir n. 继承人 heir to the British throne Royal Coroner 皇家验尸官 conspiracy knspirsi n. 阴谋,Exercise A,This news item is about the investigation into the death of Princess Diana.,Investigator: Lord Stevens, the former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Interviewee: Prince charles, the heir to the British throne Cause: The death of Princess Diana eight years ago Time: Earlier this month Purpose: To try to settle continuing conspiracy theories