新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第二册

FOREIGNLANGUAGETEACHINGANDRESEARCHPRESSAIRFORCEENGINEERINGUNIVERSITY,2,UNIT,SectionA,2,Thehumanities:Outofdate?,Objectives,CollegeTheladdertosuccess?,Contents,Warming-upactivities,Textstudy,Languageapplication,Summary,Warming-upactivities,Lead-in,Pre-readingactivities,Culturalbackground,1.Howdoyouthinkofyourcurrentmajor?Ifyouweregivenasecondchancetochooseyourmajor,whatwouldyouselectandwhy?,IfIweregivenasecondchancetochoosemymajor,Iwouldchoose/Ithinkbeingaisaccounting,computerscience,psychology,civilengineering,philosophy,medicaltechnologypopular,interesting,enjoyable,promising,practical,meaningful,beneficial,well-paid,2.Whatliberalarts/humanitiescoursesdoyoulearnincollege?Doyouthinktheyarenecessaryforyoureducation?,IlearnChinese,English,philosophy,psychology,historyincollege.Ithinktheyareanessentialpartofthecollegeeducationandbenefitmealot.,gainmoreinsightinlifeandsocietybetterunderstandandpredicthumanbehaviorrealizedifferentinterpretationsoflifeandhistoryunderstandthepastwhichhascreatedthepresentbeawareofculturalandreligiousdifferences,ATechnicalschool.BModernartscollege.CLiberalartscollege.,3.HowdidthespeakerbenefitthroughlearningtheSpanishlanguage?AHebecameamorecompetentcommunicator.BHesatisfiedtherequirementsofaforeignlanguage.CHelearnedhowtospeakSpanishfluently.,1.Doyouthinkyourhighschooleducationwasverymuchlikeattendingaliberalartscollege?Whyorwhynot?,Yes,becausewetookmanyliberalartscoursesinadditiontosciencecourses.No,becauseourhighschoollaidmoreemphasisonsciencesandweoftencompetedwithotherschoolsinsciencessuchasmathandphysics.,Listentothetalkagainandanswerthetwoquestions,2.Whatarethemostimportantskillsyoulearnedinhighschool?,Learnedhowtocommunicatewithmyteachersandclassmates.Improvedmycriticalthinkingandanalyticalskills.Boostedmyconfidenceindealingwithdifficultiesandchallenges.,Listentothetalkagainandanswerthetwoquestions,Thejustificationforauniversityisthatitpreservestheconnectionbetweenknowledgeandthezestoflife,by1theyoungandtheoldintheimaginativeconsiderationoflearning.Theuniversityimpartsinformation,butitimpartsitimaginatively.Atleast,thisisthe2whichitshouldperformforsociety.Auniversitywhichfailsinthisrespecthasnoreasonfor3.,Listentoashortpassageconcerningthefunctionoftheuniversityandfillinthemissinginformation.,uniting,function,Tobecontinued,existence,Thisatmosphereofexcitement,arisingfromimaginativeconsideration,transformsknowledge.Afactisnolongerabarefact:itis_4_allitspossibilities.Itisnolongeraburdenonthememory:itisenergisingasthepoetofourdreams,andasthearchitectofourpurposes.Imaginationisnottobe_5_thefacts:itisawayofilluminatingthefacts.,Listentoashortpassageconcerningthefunctionoftheuniversityandfillinthemissinginformation.,investedwith,divocedfrom,Tobecontinued,Itworksbydrawingthegeneralprincipleswhich_6_thefacts,astheyexist,andthenbyanintellectualsurveyofalternativepossibilitieswhichare_7_thoseprinciples.Itenablesmentoconstructanintellectualvisionofanewworld,anditpreservesthezestoflifebythesuggestionofsatisfyingpurposes.Youthisimaginative,andiftheimaginationbe_8_bydisciplinethisenergyofimaginationcaningreatmeasurebepreservedthroughlife.,Listentoashortpassageconcerningthefunctionoftheuniversityandfillinthemissinginformation.,applyto,consistentwith,Tobecontinued,strengthened,Thetragedyoftheworldisthatthosewhoare_9_havebutslightexperience,andthosewhoareexperiencedhavefeebleimaginations.Foolsactonimaginationwithoutknowledge;pedantsactonknowledgewithoutimagination.Thetaskofauniversityisto_10_imaginationandexperience.,Listentoashortpassageconcerningthefunctionoftheuniversityandfillinthemissinginformation.,imaginative,weldtogether,Thehumanities,Culturalbackground,1.Whatarethehumanities?,Humanities,Thehumanitiesareagroupofacademicdisciplinesthatstudythehumancondition,usingmethodsthatareprimarilyanalytical,critical,orspeculative.Therefore,theyaredistinguishedfromtheapproachesofthenaturalsciences.Thehumanities,calledsocialsciences,includehistory,anthropology,communicationstudies,culturalstudies,law,language,literature,philosophy,religion,musicandtheater,etc.,Culturalbackground,2.Whyarethehumanitiesimportant?,Throughexplorationofthehumanities,studentslearnhowtothinkcreativelyandcritically,toreason,andtoaskquestions.Becausetheseskillsallowstudentstogainnewinsightsintoeverythingfrompoetryandpaintingstobusinessmodelsandpolitics,humanisticsubjectshavebeenattheheartofaliberalartseducation.Today,humanisticknowledgecontinuestoprovidetheidealfoundationforexploringandunderstandingthehumanexperience.,Humanities,Culturalbackground,Mainidea2.Tomakesusfamiliarwiththelanguageofemotionandthecreativeprocess;3.Toinvestsuswithgreatinsightandself-awareness;4.Toreleasingourcreativeenergyandtalentinapositiveandconstructivemanner(Para.7);5.Toprovidealargescopeofpossibilities;6.Toprepareusformanydifferentcareersandjobswecanundertake(Para.8).,Whatisincreasinglyseenastheidealintheestablishmentofacareer?(Para.9),PartIIParas._-_,PartIIpresentstheauthorsargumenttostandupforthetruevalueofthehumanities:studyingthehumanitiescanimproveourabilitytoreadandwrite,_greatinsightandself-awareness,therebyreleasingourcreativeenergyandtalent,andprovidethe_thatarewidelyopentous.Italsosuggeststhatinnerinsight,combinedwithtechnicalknowledge,is_fortheestablishmentofagoodcareer.,investuswith,scopeofpossibilities,6,9,ideal,Paras.6-9,Insummary,thehumanitieshelptocreate_withinsightandunderstandingofthepassions,hopesanddreamscommontoallhumanity.Thehumanities,theancienttimeless_,teachustoseedifferentlyand_whichisasusefulandrelevantinourmodernageasithasalwaysbeen.Doesntitmakesensetospendsometime_thehumanities,ouroutstandingandremarkabletreasureofknowledge?WhoknowshowfamousYOUmightbecome!,well-roundedhumanbeings,reservoirofknowledge,broadenourhorizons,inthecompanyof,PartIII(Para.10),PartIIIsummariesthemainideasstatedintheargument:_.,Thehumanitieshelptocreatewell-roundedhumanbeingswithinnerinsightandunderstandingofthepassions,hopesanddreamscommontoallhumanity,Thetrendofstudents_islikelytopersistandevenacclerate.However,studyingthehumanitiesbringsalotof_topeopleslivesandhelpstocreatewell-roundedhumanbeings.Thehumanitiesareas_inthemodernageastheyhavealwaysbeen.,benefits,movingawayfromthehumanitiesandtaking“hard-skill”courses,usefulandrelevant,MainideaTeachstudentstothinkcreativelyandcritically;Equipstudentswithasoundstructureofknowledge;Helpgainmoreinsightinlifeandsociety;Betterunderstandandpredicthumanbehavior;Understandthepastwhichhascreatedthepresent;Beawareofculturalandreligiousdifferences;,Criticalthinking,HowaretheChineseeducationalinstitutionsdifferentfromthatoftheUSasismentionedinthevideo?,IntheUS,liberalartseducationlaythegroundworkforthetertiaryeducation.Studentsareexpectedtocultivatetheirintellelctualcapacitiesingeneralbeforetheychoosetheirmajorsinthethirdorfourthyearofthecollege.,WhileinmanyChineseinstitutionsofhigherlearning,naturalsciencesareseperatedfromthesocialsciencesandhumanities.ItsquitelikelythatChineseengineersorscientistsdonothaveasoundknowledgestructuredespitetheiracademicexcellence.,Howtowriteanadvantage/disadvantageessayGenerallyspeaking,theoutlineofwritinganadvantage/disadvantageessayfallsinoneofthesethreeformats:1)advantagesanddisadvantages;2)advantagesonly;3)disadvantagesonly.Whenyouwritesuchanessay,rememberthatyouaregivinginformation,amethodthatiscalledexpositionorexpositorywriting.,tobecontinued,Writingdevices,Howtowriteanadvantage/disadvantageessayBeginyouressaybyintroducingyourtopicandexplainingthatyouareexploringtheadvantagesordisadvantagesofthetopic.Mentioninyourthesisstatementtheadvantagesordisadvantagesyouwilldiscussintheessay.Usetransitionstomakeyourideasflowsmoothly.Thefollowingtransitionalwordsareverycommonwhenwritinganadvantage/disadvantageessay:,tobecontinued,Writingdevices,tobecontinued,Transitionalwords,Firstly,Thismeansthat,Anotheradvantageisthat,Inotherwords,Finally,Inconclusion,Itisalso,Tosumup,Writingdevices,Howtowriteanadvantage/disadvantageessayCloseyouressaywiththesummaryoftheadvantagesand/ordisadvantages.Eventhoughyouarenotpersuadingyourreaderswhenyouwritethistypeofwriting,youarerequiredtoaddyouropinionattheendasyourfinalcommentonthetopic.Forexample,ifyouretalkingabouttheadvantagesoftakingcoursesofthehumanities,youmaysayinyourconclusion:,tobecontinued,Writingdevices,Howtowriteanadvantage/disadvantageessayTosumup,bytakingcoursesinthehumanities,studentsgainmoreanalyticalability,acquiremorecriticalthinkingskills,anddealwiththingsmorerationally.Studentsshouldbeawareofthesignificanceoftakingthesecourses.,tobecontinued,Writingdevices,Howtowriteanadvantage/disadvantageessayYoucanalwayschooseapositionwhenyouwriteaboutanadvantage/disadvantageessay.Forinstance,youdonthavetotalkaboutbothadvantagesanddisadvantagesoftakingnaturalsciencecourses.Instead,youcanonlyfocusonone,theadvantagesoftakingthesecoursesorthedisadvantagesofdoingthat.,tobecontinued,Writingdevices,Now,examinehowthismethodofwritingisreflectedinTextA,specificallyParagraphs4-10.,Writingdevices,tobecontinued,Theinnerdrivethatmovespeopleeithertogreatnessortoselfdestructionwascapturedbyhistoriansandmanyothersinvariousforms.Theirfertileworkfromancienttimeshelpsusunderstandtheaspirationsofhumanbeings,anditalsoformstheveryfoundationofcivilizationandthebasisofthestudyofthehumanities.(Paras.4-5),Introduction,Thetruevaluethatthehumanitiesaddtopeopleslives,Writingdevices,tobecontinued,Studyingthehumanitiesimprovesourabilitytoreadandunderstandcomplexideasandwriteaclearandelegantanalysisofthoseideas.(Para.6),Body:Advantagesofstudyingthehumanities,Studyingthehumanitiesinvestsuswithgreatinsightandselfawareness,therebyreleasingourcreativeenergyandtalentinapositiveandconstructivemanner.(Para.7),Studyingthehumanitiesprovidesuswithawidescopeofpossibilitiesandprepareusforourfuturecareer.(Para.8),Nowadays,apairingoftechnicalknowledgeandinnerinsightistheidealfortheestablishmentofacareer.(Para.9),Thetruevaluethatthehumanitiesaddtopeopleslives,Writingdevices,tobecontinued,Thehumanitieshelptocreatehumanbeingswithinsightandunderstandingofthepassions,hopesanddreamscommontoallhumanity.Thehumanitieswillneverbeoutofdate.Theyareasusefulandrelevantinourmodernageastheyhavealwaysbeen.(Para.10),Conclusion,Thetruevaluethatthehumanitiesaddtopeopleslives,Writingdevices,Howtowriteanadvantage/disadvantageessayFromwhatislistedinthechart,wecanseethatwritinganessayabouttheadvantagesordisadvantagesofanissuerequiressupportingpoints.Ifyouressayfocusesonadvantagesofstudyingthehumanities,thenseveraladvantagesshouldbeprovidedtosupportyourpoint.,tobecontinued,Writingdevices,Readthesampleessayandseehowtheadvantagesareintroduced.,Writingdevices,Topic:TheadvantagesoftakingnaturalsciencecoursesIntroduction:Thesisstatement:Takingnaturalsciencecoursesbenefitsstudentsinseveralwaysbuttwostandout.,tobecontinued,Writingdevices,Body:Advantage1:BeinvolvedinmoreactivelearningAdvantage2:Bemoremotivatedtolearn,tobecontinued,Conclusion:Beingmoreactiveandmoremotivatedarethetwomajoradvantagesforstudentswhotakenaturalsciencecourses.,Writingdevices,Sample:Atourschool,allstudentsarerequiredtotakeaminimumofsixcoursesinthenaturalsciences.Studentsmajoringinthehumanitiesoftenhavetostruggletogetthroughthesedemandingcourses,soithasbeensuggestedthattherequirementsbemodified.Inmyopinion,takingnaturalsciencecoursesbenefitsstudentsinseveralwaysbuttwostandout.,tobecontinued,Writingdevices,Sample:First,studentswillbeinvolvedinmoreactivelearningiftheytakenaturalsciencecourses.Obviously,learningnaturalsciencesenablesstudentstoquestionandsolveproblemswithoutexpectingsomeonetogivethemspecificanswers.Inthisway,theydeveloptheirconfidenceintheirownability.Also,figuringouttheprocessratherthanjustfollowingdirectionsresultsinasolutionuniquetothelearners,whichwillsurelyhelpthemtogofurther.,tobecontinued,Writingdevices,Sample:Anotherimportantadvantageisthatstudentstakingnaturalsciencecoursescanbemoremotivated.Thatisbecausenaturalsciencecoursesaremoremeaningfulandpractical.Takingnaturalsciencecoursesnotonlypreparesstudentsfortheirfuturecareerbutalsoenablesthemtomakeuseoftheirownpersonalconceptsasabasisforunderstanding.Therefore,thevalueofstudyingscienceisclearer.Simplybecausestudentsareabletoseeprinciplesatwork,theyaremoremotivatedtograspthenewlydiscoveredideas.,tobecontinued,Writingdevices,Sample:Inbrief,beingmoreactiveandmoremotivatedarethetwomajoradvantagesforstudentswhotakenaturalsciencecourses.Moreover,byconnectingthenewinformationtotherealworld,studentscanacquiretheskillsthatarehighlyvaluedbytheirfutureemployers.,Writingdevices,Writingpractice,Directions:Writeanessayofnolessthan150wordsononeofthefollowingtopics.Onetopichasanoutlinethatyoucanfollow.,Moretopics:AdvantagesoftakingliberalartscoursesDisadvantagesofmajoringinliberalarts,Youmayadoptthefollowingexpressions.,boostonesprospectsofbeboundtodominantpillar/playbitrolesstandupforinvestuswithinapositiveandconstructivemannermakebreakthroughsonmanybarriersbeliable/likelytowell-roundedhumanbeingsinthecompanyof,Translateaparagraphbasedonasummaryofthetextbyusingtheexpressionsfromthetext.,Paragraphtranslation,未来几年里，人文学科可能会继续其长期低迷的态势。这里我想为人文学科的真实价值进行维护和宣传。首先，学习人文学科会提高我们的阅读和写作能力。更重要的是，学习人文学科使我们具有伟大的洞察力和自我意识，从而以积极和建设性的方式来施展我们的才能。,continuetheirslideinsuccession,releaseourcreativeenergyandtalent,standupfor,promote,investuswith,Tobecontinued,Paragraphtranslation,也许支持人文学科的最好论点是，它为我们从事许