B2-U9-Confessions-of-a-Miseducated-Man.ppt

1 Unit9 2 Questions Activities Check onPreview Objectives Warmingup ConfessionsofaMiseducatedMan 3 Questions Activities Whatisaconfession aformalstatementthatyou vedonesth wrongorillegal aprivatestatementtoapriestaboutthebadthingsyou vedone 4 miseducated uneducated Anuneducatedpersonisonewhohasreceivednoformalschooleducationwhileamiseducatedpersonisonewhohasreceivedformaleducationbutiseducatedinawrongway 5 Questions Activities Didyouwellpredictthetopicoftheessay Whyorwhynot Whatwouldyouseeasthebiggestdifferenceamonghumanbeings language religion orpolitical ideologicalsystem Whatistheirmostimportantsimilarity Doyouagreeifsomepeoplesaythatglobalizationisthestrategyofculturaldifferences 6 Questions Activities Whatdoestheauthorwanttosayintheessay Canyoupickoutthesentence s youthinkbestexpress es hisidea Accordingtotheauthor whatisthemostimportantsimilarityamonghumanbeings Doyouagreewithhimonthat Whatarethose superficialdifferences Isittruethattherearemoresimilaritiesthandifferencesinhumanbeings 7 Questions Activities Whatarethebasiclessonsofaneweducation Andwhatistheimportanceofsuchaneweducation HowwouldyourelatetheissueofthisessaytothatofAnotherSchoolYear WhatFor andTheGreenBanana 8 Background CultureTips Author Genre Time ConfessionsofaMiseducatedMan 9 NormanCousins 1915 1990 Author 10 Someofhislifehistorypossiblyrelatedtotheessay BorninNewJersey 1915anddeceasedin1990 EducatedinandgraduatedfromColumbiaUniversityTeachersCollege EditorofSaturdayReviewfor35yrs Lifelongconcernsincludingworldpeace worldgovernance justice humanfreedom health etc Proponentofworldfederalismandworldgovernment TraveledextensivelyinEuropeandAsiaandthenpublishedWhoSpeaksforMan in1953 11 Whatisworldfederalism Thisistheessenceofworldfederalism toseektoinvestlegalandpoliticalauthorityinworldinstitutionstodealwithproblemswhichcanonlybetreatedatthegloballevel WorldFederalismmeanshavingdemocraticallyaccountablepoliticalinstitutionstodealwithissuesatthemostappropriatelevel accordingtotheprincipleofsubsidiarity e g Thuslocaldecisionsshouldbetakenatlocallevel nationaldecisionsatnationallevel andglobaldecisionsatgloballevel http www ucl ac uk ucfbiac World 20Federalism htm Background 12 世界联邦主义 世界联邦主义是理想主义学派的一种解决国际冲突的模式 这种模式认为 要促进国际社会的合作与和谐 就必须自愿地拆除国家主权的藩篱 按照联邦与民主的原则 实现政府权力的集中化 换言之 世界各国应通过法律程序 在全球层面上建立一个世界政府 这个政府可以降低乃至消除战争 促进人类的幸福 13 Inthebook Cousinsexpandedhisargumentsforworldfederalismandforaworldnolongerbasedonthesupremacyofnationalismandothersuperficialdifferencesasfollows Theneweducationmustbelessconcernedwithsophisticationthancompassion Itmustrecognizethehazardsoftribalism Itmustteachmanthemostdifficultlessonofall tolookatsomeoneanywhereintheworldandbeabletoseetheimageofhimself Theoldemphasisuponsuperficialdifferencesthatseparatepeoplesmustgivewaytoeducationforcitizenshipinthehumancommunity Cf Para 7 14 Andhecontinued Withsuchaneducationandwithsuchself understanding itispossiblethatsomenationorpeoplemaycomeforwardwiththevitalinspirationthatmenneednolessthanfood Leadershiponthishigherleveldoesnotrequiremountainsofgoldorthunderingpropaganda Itisconcernedwithhumandestiny Humandestinyistheissue Peoplewillrespond Cf Para 11 15 Heconcludedthebookwith Warisaninventionofthehumanmind Thehumanmindcaninventpeacewithjustice 16 TextAnalysis ConfessionsofaMiseducatedMan 17 Structure PartI para 1 4 InwhatwayIwasmiseducated Whythiseducationwasinadequate Whatkindofeducationweneed Whatthisneweducationmaybringabout PartII paras 5 7 PartIII paras 8 10 PartIV paras 11 18 PartI MainIdea Whatkindoftestdoestheauthorsuggest Whatmarksthedifferencesbetweentheworldin1850andtheworldnow Whyis AsiaandAfrica thebestplacetoapplythetest Whatdoestheauthor seducationteachhim Giveexamples Whydoeshesaythathiseducation protectedmeagainstsurprise Whatdoestheeducationfailtoteachhim Doyouagreewithhim Whattimedoeitpossiblyrefertoin atatime attheendofpara 4 19 Notthat para 3 We vebeenhappytogetherforhalfacentury notthatweneverquarreled Istoppedandpickedyouup notthatIwasnotafraid Wewillnotincludethechapteronconstitutionallawinthistextbook Notthatitisirrelevant It sjusttoodifficultforthestudentstounderstand 她没买那件外套 并不是不喜欢 而是觉得太贵了 Shedidnotbuythecoat notthatshedidnotlikeit Shejustfeltthatitwastooexpensive 20 PartI SentenceParaphrase1 Inshort myeducationprotectedmeagainstsurprise para 3 Paraphrasing Inaword theeducationIhadhadtaughtmeenoughaboutthedifferencesamongpeoplesothatIwouldn tfeelsurprisedatwhatIsaw nomatterhowdifferenttheymightbe 21 toprotect against para 3 tokeepsb sth safeagainst fromKidsshouldbeprotectedfromallthatviolence Itsskinprotectsitagainstpredators Takethesevitaminstoprotectagainstminorinfections 我们已做好了一切准备以防营地被偷袭 We vedoneallthepreparationstoprotectthebaseagainstsurpriseattacks 22 PartI SentenceParaphrase2 Butwhatmyeducationfailedtodowastoteachmethattheprincipalsignificanceofsuchdifferenceswasthattheywerelargelywithoutsignificance para 4 Paraphrasing TheeducationIhaddidnotteachmetoseethefactthatthemainmeaningofrecognizingsuchdifferenceswasthattheywerenotmeaningfulinagreatmeasure ifcomparedwiththemeaningofunderstandingthesimilarities 23 allbut para 4 almostcompletelyTheirscreamsallbutdrownedoutthemusic IallbutgotattackedbythetwotimberwolveswhenMaheeguncametomyrescue 我们差一点儿就输掉了比赛 Weallbutlostthegame 24 towipeout para 4 todestroy remove getridofsth CompletelyHalfthepopulationwaswipedoutbyplague Theheathaswipedmeout informal tomakesb feelextremelytired exhausted Compare Thepricewillwipethesmileoffhisface Inafewyearsthisspeciescouldbewipedoffthefaceoftheearth 25 PartI SentenceParaphrase3 Myeducationhadby passedthesimilarities para 4 Paraphrasing TheeducationIhadhaddidnotteachme avoideddealingwiththesimilaritiesamongpeoples 26 PartI Words expressions toputittothetestadequate enough sufficientabird s eyeviewtoprotectsb againststh allbut beathometowipeouttobuildontogetthrough 27 KeyWordsandExpressions Fillinthefollowingblankswithenough sufficientandadequate Hewasnottall tocarryarifle Welacked fundstofinishtheproject Idon tthinksheis astheteamleader enough sufficient adequate 28 Whatis theidea inthefirstsentenceofpara 5 Whatarethethings Ihadtoforget inpara 5 Whenwaspossibly onlyafewyearsago Whatdoes aneducationindifferencesofreferences possiblymean PartII MainIdea 29 PartII MainIdea Para 7Whatis thegreatcompression that cameovernight Whatcanwegettoknowabouttheevolutionoftribalismininterculturalcommunicationin tribalismhadpersistedfromearliesttimes thoughithadtakenrefinedforms Whatarethose refinedforms ComparedwiththeeducationmentionedinPara 6 whatcanbeexpectedfrom aneducationinself recognition 30 toacton para 5 todosth becauseof theonemakingnodistinctionsofgoodandevil actingonnoprinciples Sheisactingontheadviceofherlawyers Policesaytheyactedoninformationreceived 他凡事都凭自愿 Heactedonhisowninitiativeallthetime 31 toturnout that para 5 tohappeninaparticularway toseeiftheyhadanydecentwinesinthatcountry Asitturnedout theyhadn t Iwasabitdoubtfulatfirst butitturnedouttobeareallygoodidea 32 PartII SentenceParaphrase4 Itturnedoutthatmyabilitytogetalongwithotherpeoples asmycomprehensionofthethingswehadincommon para 5 Paraphrasing IfinallyrealizedthatwhetherIcangetalongwithotherpeoplesisnotdeterminedbythedifferencesIhavebeentaught butbywhatwehaveincommon TextAnalysis 33 PartII SentenceParaphrase5 Itwasthemarkofaroundedmantobewelltraveled para 6 Paraphrasing Onesign indicationofapersonwhohashadawell rounded notone sided completeeducationisthats hehasbeentomanyplacesorcountries TextAnalysis 34 PartII SentenceParaphrase6 Far flungareaswhichhadbeensecureintheirremotenesssuddenlybecamecrowdedtogetherinasinglearena para 7 Paraphrasing Remoteareaswhichhadmaintainedtheirseparatenesssuddenlybecamecloselyconnectedasiftheyallcamecrowdingintoasingleplaceofactivity 35 PartII SentenceParaphrase7 Theoldemphasisuponsuperficialdifferenceshadtogivewaytoeducationformutualityandforcitizenshipinthehumancommunity para 7 Paraphrasing Thetraditionaleducationwiththeemphasisonthesuperficialdifferencesbetweendifferentpeoples differentcultures etc shouldbereplacedbyanewtypeofeducationfocusingonmutualrespect mutualunderstanding equalityinterdependenceandhowtobeacitizeninthewholehumancommunity 36 togivewayto para 7 togiveitsplacetosth better tobereplacedbyThetraditionalextendedfamilyhasnowgivenwaytothenuclearfamily Coalisdirtyandwillhavetogivewaytogasorothercleanerenergy 37 PartII Words Expressions allatonceinliberationfromtopersistrefinedformstogivewaytototakeaformtotakeintocountnot but becapableoftorespondtotoseektodosth tothreatentodosth toalterthebalancetoconcerntocomeforwardthunderingpropagandahumandestiny 38 PartIII MainIdea Para 8Whatisthefactexactlyin webeginwiththefactthatuniverseitselfdoesnotholdlifecheaply Whatsortoffacultyorgiftis acreativeintelligence Whatdoesitenablemantodointheauthor sview Canyouexplain toreflectandforesee totakeinpastexperience andalsotovisualizefutureneeds 39 PartIII MainIdea Para 10Howwouldyouunderstand Nextinorderwouldbeinstructionintheunityofhumanneeds Whydoestheauthorsay Howeverfriendlytheuniversemaybe ithaslefttheconditionsofhumanexistenceprecariouslybalanced Whatare theconditionsofhumanexistence Howcanweuse self understandinginthecauseofhumanwelfare Whatare theengineswehavecreatedthatthreatentoaltertheprecariousbalanceonwhichlifedepends Canyougivesomeexamples 40 PartIII SentenceParaphrase8 Lifeisarareoccurrenceamongthemillionsofgalaxiesandsolarsystemsthatoccupyspace para 8 Paraphrasing Sofarwe venotyetfoundanysignoflifeinouterspace Humanlifemaywellbetheonlylifeformintheuniverse soitismorethanprecious Itthusimpliesthattherespectfortheonlyandpreciouslifeistheverybasisonwhichwebuildthefutureworldcommunity 41 totakein para 8 tounderstandandrememberItoldGrandpaweweregoingaway butIdon tthinkhetookitin 小孩子很难理解社会责任的全部意义 Itishardforchildrentotakeinthefullmeaningofsocialresponsibility 42 torespondto para 9 toreacttosth thathasbeensaidordoneCliverespondedtomysuggestionwithalaugh TheUSrespondedtothechallengebysendingtroopsintoIraq 至今还没有人对我们的抱怨作出回应 Noonehasyetrespondedtoourcomplaints Hercancerfailedtorespondtotreatment toimproveasaresultofaparticularkindoftreatment 43 toconcern para 10 1 Ifsth concernsyou itaffects involvesyouThepriceofwaterwillconcernmanypeople notinpassive tomakesb feelworried upset ThatBessdidnotworktosaveforheroldagereallyconcernedLottie 2 Ifastory book reportconcernssb sth itisaboutthemThisessayconcerns isabout howtheauthorthinksofhiseducationinthepastyears 44 Manypeopleareconcerningthemselveswithenvironmentalproblems becominginvolved Rossisneverparticularlyconcernedaboutwhatotherpeoplethinkofhim worried Theoff