现代大学英语精读2第9课

1、,Confessions of a Miseducated Man,Norman Cousins,Confessions of a Miseducated Man,Unit 9,Questions / Activities,Check-on Preview,Objectives,W,B,T,R,Half a Day,Unit 1,Warming up,Warming up,What is a confession? -a formal statement that youve done sth.wrong or illegal; -a private statement to a priest

2、 about the bad things youve done;,miseducated Awareness of my education being inadequate for a new time ,Detailed Analysis,part II In pairs, work on the questions for comprehension What kind of test does the author suggest? What marks the differences between the world in 1850 and the world now? Why

3、is Asia and Africa the best place to apply the test? What does the authors education teach him? Give examples. Why does he say that his education protected me against surprise? What does the education fail to teach him? Do you agree with him on that? What time doe it possibly refer to in at a time a

4、t the end of para.4? What is the idea in the first sentence of para.5? What are the things I had to forget in para.5 ? When was possibly only a few years ago? What does an education in differences of references possibly mean?,Detailed Analysis,paraphrasing,In short, my education protected me against

5、 surprise. (para.3) In a word, the education I had had taught me enough about the differences among peoples so that I wouldnt feel surprised at what I saw however different they might be.,Detailed Analysis,paraphrasing,But what my education failed to do was to teach me that the principal significanc

6、e of such differences was that they were largely without significance. (para.4) The education I had did not teach me to see the fact that the main meaning of recognizing such differences was that they were not meaningful in a great measure (if compared with the meaning of understanding the similarit

7、ies).,paraphrasing,My education had by-passed the similarities. (para.4) The education I had had did not teach me/avoided dealing with the similarities among peoples.,paraphrasing,It was the mark of a rounded man to be well traveled. One sign/indication of a person who has had a well-rounded (not on

8、e-sided), complete education is that s/he has been to many places or countries.,Detailed Analysis,Words the one making no distinctions of good and evil, acting on no principles She is acting on the advice of her lawyers. Police say they acted on information received 他凡事都凭自愿。 He acted on his own init

9、iative all the time.,Key words and expressions,to turn out (that)(para. 5, Lesson 7) to happen in a particular way (p.170)to see if they had any decent wines in that country. As it turned out, they hadnt. I was a bit doubtful at first, but it turned out to be a really good idea.,Key words and expres

10、sions,Part III In groups of four or five, work on the questions about paras 7, 8, 9, 10 in liberation from; to persist; refined forms; to give way to; to take a form; to take in; to count; notbut;,be capable of; to respond to; to seek to do sth.; to threaten to do sth.; to alter the balance; to conc

11、ern; to come forward; thundering propaganda; human destiny ,to give way to to give its place to sth.better, to be replaced by The traditional extended family has now given way to the nuclear family. Coal is dirty and will have to give way to gas or other cleaner energy. Cf. Ex-3-9, 14, p. 322,Key wo

12、rds and expressions,to take in to understand and remember; I told Grandpa we were going away, but I dont think he took it in. 小孩子很难理解社会责任的全部意义。 It is hard for children to take in the full meaning of social responsibility. Cf. Ex-3-3, p.322,Key words and expressions,to respond to,Observe Clive respon

13、ded to my suggestion with a laugh. The US responded to the challenge by sending troops into Iraq. 至今还没有人对我们的抱怨作出回应。 No one has yet responded to our complaints. *Her cancer failed to respond to treatment. ( to improve as a result of a particular kind of treatment) Cf. Ex-3-1,13, p.322,Key words and e

14、xpressions,to concern,If sth.concerns you, it affects/involves you; The price of water will concern many people. (not in passive)to make sb.feel worried/upset; That Bess did not work to save for her old age really concerned Lottie. to be continued,cont.,If a story/book/report concerns sb./sth., it i

15、s about them; This essay concerns (is about) how the author thinks of his education in the past years. to be continued,Observe Notice: this concerned with should never be used before a noun),to come forward(with/as/to do sth.) to offer yourself for a job, election,etc. More women are coming forward

16、as candidates than even before. 我们需要更多的志愿者提供帮助。 We need more volunteers to come forward to help. (cf. to pitch in, L5) A girl has come forward with (offer help to sb.who needs or has asked for it) a description of the murderer. Cf. to rise to the occasion in Lesson 6 (ppt. 41),Key words and expressi

17、ons,to rise to the occasion /challenge(para. 2, Lesson 6 The Man in the Water) to deal successfully with a difficult situation or problem, （成功地）应对，得体地）应付，e.g., *We are calling on all our employees to rise to the occasion and become more efficient and productive. *The team rose to the challenge and f

18、ought back to produce another goal. *我们应该教会孩子如何应付紧急情况。,Key words and expressions,R,W,B,T,Unit 9,Reinforcement,Retelling,Discussion,Confessions of a Miseducated Man,Topics for Discussion,Is it true that there are more similarities among people? Or just vice versa? What do you think is the proper attitude towards the differences and similarities a