B1U6 Section A新视野大学英语读写第三版 第一册第6单元

1、.1Unit 6 Earn as you learn?FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS HEBEI UNIVERSITY.2apply the reading skill understanding signal words3write a simple research report with paragraphs of listing4translate postpositive attributives5develop an awareness of keeping a balance between study and part-

2、time jobsuse the key language to talk about positive and negative effects of taking part-time jobs1 Objectives. Section A To work or not to work That is the questionProject of the unitInspiring your thoughtsEnhancing your skillsPresenting your project.Project forecastingInspiring your thoughtsEnhanc

3、ing your skillsPresenting your project Project of the unitLead-in.Watch the video clip and discuss the following questions in pairs.Step 1What work did Paige and Eddie do? Why did Eddie want to get the job? Project of the unitLead-inTalking about part-time jobsTaskThey took a part-time job as waiter

4、 and waitress. Eddie wanted to get the job because he had no money.Work in groups and discuss the following questions.Step 2If you are going to work part-time, what job would you like to take? Why?Do you think taking part-time jobs while learning is good or bad? Explain your reasons. Project of the

5、unitLead-in.If you are going to work part-time, what job would you like to take? Why?I would like to work as a teaching assistant in kindergarten, because I really enjoy spending time with children.I would like to work in a company, because in the future I plan to establish my own business. The part

6、-time job would give me some ideas of how to run a company, and what job a boss should do, etc.1. Project of the unitLead-inReference answers： .Advantages Disadvantages Acquire communicative skillsBe too busy with work and neglect other responsibilitiesGain work experienceEndanger health because of

7、less time to restBuild connections for future careerNot have much time to spend with family and friendsLearn to manage timeMake pocket money Project of the unitLead-in2. Do you think taking part-time jobs while learning is good or bad? Explain your reasons.Lead-inInspiring your thoughtsEnhancing you

8、r skillsPresenting your project Project of the unitProject forecasting.Please get prepared by doing the following activities. You have had a basic understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of taking part-time jobs in college. But how does working affect your school performance in a real sens

9、e? Thats what you are expected to learn and talk about in this unit. By the end of this unit, you will conduct a survey on how part-time jobs affect university students performance based on a questionnaire. Then summarize your findings and write a report. Project of the unit.Enhancing your skillsPre

10、senting your projectProject of the unitGlobal understandingDetailed understanding Inspiring your thoughts.Its a reference to a quote from Shakespeares Hamlet: “To be, or not to be, that is the question.” For Hamlet it is a life-or-death question. Here the author means “to work or not to work” is an

11、important question, which requires careful consideration. Look at the title of Text A and think about its meaning.Inspiring your thoughtsGlobal understandingTask Global understanding of the text Step 1.1) What type of writing is the text? How do you know that? Its a report of research. Tips: researc

12、h, data, result 2) What parts are included in the text? Objective, methods, findings, explanations, and conclusion.Skim the text and answer the following questions.Step 2Inspiring your thoughtsGlobal understanding.Global understandingEnhancing your skillsPresenting your projectProject of the unitDet

13、ailed understanding Inspiring your thoughts.Read the text again and answer the following questions.1) What is the objective of the research?2) What methods are used to do the research?3) What are the findings of the research?4) How does the author explain the findings?5) Whats the conclusion?Task 1D

14、etailed understanding of the textInspiring your thoughtsDetailed understanding.1) What is the objective of the research?To measure the impact of employment on student achievement.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingReference answers： to be continued.2) What methods are used to do the resear

15、ch?Comparing the grades of studentsContrasting students commitment to studyFollowing students over timeAssessing the effects of different employment patternsInspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued.3) What are the findings of the research? Working students have less time to do sc

16、hool assignments.get less rest and eat less healthy meals and are often too tired from work to study.lose interest in school.use drugs and alcohol more often than non-working students.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued.4) How does the author explain the findings?Working lon

17、g hours seriously affects school performance and commitment.Working for about 10 hours per week or less does not seem to affect school performance much.Normally more disengaged students are more likely to work long hours, and working makes them even less devoted to study.Inspiring your thoughtsDetai

18、led understandingto be continued.5) Whats the conclusion?Students should work no more than 10 hours per week if they want to succeed in school. We should get rid of the wrong idea that early employment builds character.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understanding.Think over the following questions

19、and share your ideas with your classmates. Do you agree with the author on all the negative impacts of working while studying? Why or why not?How to strike a balance between work and study?Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingTask 2Critical thinking.Do you agree with the author on all the ne

20、gative impacts of working while studying? Why or why not?Yes, I agree with the author on the negative impacts, such as not getting enough rest, decreased school performance, abuse of drugs and alcohol. As ones time and energy are limited, working, even part-time, will affect ones study. No, I dont.

21、I have many classmates who are working part-time to cover their tuition. They are responsible as they want to share the financial burden with their parents. They also study very hard for scholarships. In fact, working may benefit their study because they can apply what is learned in class in practic

22、e.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingReference answers： .2) How to strike a balance between work and study?It is no easy task for a working student to strike a balance between work and study. The following tips may help.Good time management: Plan your time wisely and you can make the best

23、of it.Modest working hours: Working too long can weaken your health and affect your school performance.Efficiency in work and study: Learn to work and study more efficiently because higher efficiency saves your time and energy.Good health: Get good sleep and do some exercise. After all, you can neit

24、her work nor study well if you are sick.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understanding.Structure analysisPresenting your projectProject of the unitInspiring your thoughts Language highlighting Language learningLanguage focusParagraph(s) of listing Enhancing your skills.Enhancing your skillsLanguage f

25、ocusLanguage learning Find the words and phrases concerning the negative or positive influences of part-time jobs from the text and match them with their meanings.Step 1Task 1Learning words and phrases concerning influences of part-time jobs on school performance.Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusL

26、anguage learning Adjectives VerbsPhrases academicdecreaseinterfere withsignificantaltercut classcommittedunderminetake a toll onstrikingwithdrawat risk (of)permanenterodeburn the midnight oilintensivedepressdrop outcontroversialformative.decreasealterunderminewithdrawerodedepressinterfere withburn t

27、he midnight oildrop outchange, or make sb. or sth. changebecome less or go down to a lower levelno longer take part in sth. make sb. feel very unhappygradually make sb. or sth. less strong or effectivegradually reduce the strength or importance of sth.work or study until late at nightleave a school

28、or university before your course has finishedprevent sth. from succeeding or from happening in the way that was planned.1. The treatment is _ because it may have serious side-effects.2. Perhaps the most _ aspect of this computer is that it is so easy to use.3. Parents and our educational institution

29、s play a vital role during the _ years of the young. 4. Children with severe and _ learning difficulties should have the right to attend school, too. striking permanent controversial formativecontroversialstrikingformativepermanentEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Step 2Fill in th

30、e blanks with the words in the box.Step 3Choose some words or phrases from the above list to talk about the influences of part-time jobs on school performance.Some experts believe part-time employment has significant effect on students academic performance and undermines students commitment to schoo

31、l. They may have to work in the evening time, which can interfere with homework, sleep and diet. They may gradually lose interest in school and even drop out completely. Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning .Work in groups to add a list to your word bank that can be used in a researc

32、h report to show methods, findings, explanations and conclusion. Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Task 2Learning words and phrases that you can use in a research reportParts of reportWords or phrasesMethodscompare, contrast, assessFindingsindicate, overall, on the other hand, app

33、roximately, seemingly, whereasExplanationscontribute to, owing to, lead to, in other words, in turnConclusionconclude, to summarizeSignal words of listing to begin with, first, also, second, additionally, third, finally .1. contrast (Para. 1)In this article, we contrasted the academic performances o

34、f working students with non-working pare two things, ideas, people, etc. to show how different they are from each other 使成对比；使成对照Translation:在这篇文章中，我们对比了打工学生和不打工学生的学习表现。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting Task 3Detailed learning of key vocabulary.1. contrast (Para. 1)Over half o

35、f part-time students say their finances are in good shape. In contrast, many non-workers say their finances are in poor shape.n. C, U a difference between people, ideas, situations, things, etc. that are being compared 差异；差别Translation:一半以上的打工学生说他们的财政状况良好。相比之下，许多不打工的学生说自己的财政状况不佳。Enhancing your skill

36、sLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .2. assess (Para. 1)They are conducting a survey to assess the impact of part-time jobs on college students academic performance.vt.make a judgment about a person or situation after thinking carefully about it 评价；评定Translation:他们正在进行一项调查，测评兼职对大学生学业的影响。Enhancing y

37、our skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .3. overall (Para. 2)Overall, I am very pleased about this new turn in my career.ad. generally 一般地；总体上Translation:总的来说，我对自己职业生涯中这一新的转变感到很满意。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .3. overall (Para. 2)The overall result is that an increa

38、sing number of college students begin to take part-time jobs. a. (only before noun) considering or including everything 包括一切的；全部的Translation:总的结果是越来越多的大学生开始兼职。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .4. commit (Para. 4)Before you start a job, consider how much time you want to commi

39、t and plan accordingly.vt. 1. decide to use money, time, people, etc. for a particular purpose 投入（钱、时间、人力等）Translation:在开始一份工作前，你应该考虑一下你想投入多少时间，并制定相应的计划。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .4. commit (Para. 4)Because so many factors lead individuals to commit crimes, it is extre

40、mely difficult to predict the trends.vt.2. do sth. wrong or illegal 犯（错误或罪行）Translation:由于造成个人犯罪的因素实在太多，因此要预测犯罪趋势是极其困难的。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting commit a crime, commit suicide.4. commit (Para. 4)commitment n. the use of money, people or time for a particular purpose （

41、为某种目的）的投入committed a. willing to work very hard at sth. 坚定的；尽心尽力的Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .Theyll have to _ more time to the school work if they want to win the scholarship. Students who work long hours may become less _ to school. Working heavily may significantly af

42、fect school achievement and _. commit committed commitmentFill in the blanks with the words in the box, and translate the sentences into Cmitcommittedcommitment如果想要获得奖学金，他们必须把更多的时间投入到学业上。长时间打工的学生对学习的投入可能会越来越少。长时间打工可能会严重影响学习成绩和学习的投入程度。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .5. inter

43、fere with (Para. 2)Anxiety can interfere with childrens performance at school.prevent sth. from succeeding or from happening in the way that was planned 妨碍；阻止Translation:忧虑紧张会影响孩子在学校的表现。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .6. owing to (Para. 5)Owing to the poor financial situati

44、on of his family, he had to do a part-time job as a freshman.prep. (fml.) because of sth. 因为；由于Translation:由于家庭贫困，他不得不在大一时就开始打工。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting Synonyms: due to, because of, thanks to.Owing to, due to, because of, thanks to：The four phrases are prepositions (

45、they come immediately before a noun). They are not conjunctions (they cannot connect two parts of a sentence).Owing to and due to are slightly formal. They are often used in official notices and public statements. In spoken English, it is more usual to use because of than owing to or due to.Thanks t

46、o is used to explain why sth. good has happened.Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .7. contribute to (Para. 9)Part-time work contributes to the improvement of students communicative ability.help to make sth. happen 促成，造成（某事发生）Translation:兼职促进了学生交际能力的提高。Tips:Whats the difference

47、 between “contribute to” and “attribute to”?contribute to 表示“促成，造成（某事发生）”attribute to 表示“把归因于”Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .Fill in the blanks with the two phrases, and translate the sentences into Chinese.Everyone on the team _ winning the game.队里的每一个人都为赢得这场比赛出了力。One sho

48、uld not _ ones error _ objective conditions.一个人不应该把自己的错误归咎于客观条件。contributed toattributetoEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .1. We have simplified and classified the data and the results are clear: The stakes are high. (Para. 2)stakes: 赌注；风险They finally rejected the idea of bui

49、lding a shopping center in the small town because the stakes were high.Translation:他们最终还是放弃了在小镇上建一座购物中心的想法，因为风险太大了。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting Task 4Sentence analysis.2. Nevertheless, given that (Para. 3) given that: taking sth. into account 考虑到；鉴于一般用在句首，后面接表示原因的句子。Given

50、 that I dont earn that much from the part-time job, I have to be sensible with money to relieve my parents of the financial burden.Translation:由于我打工赚不了那么多钱，所以我必须省着点花以减轻父母的经济负担。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .3. Whereas it is true (Para. 4) whereas: although sth. is true of

51、one thing, it is not true of another 但是；尽管；却Whereas taking part-time jobs may be beneficial, its undeniable that college students have to learn how to keep a balance between work and study.Translation:大学生兼职是有益的，但是不可否认的是，大学生必须学会在工作和学习中保持平衡。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting .4.

52、To summarize, convention has long held that early employment builds character. (Para. 9) to summarize: (usually used at the beginning of a sentence) 总之To summarize, it is science and technology that decide the development of a nation.Translation:总之，是科学技术决定了一个国家的发展。Enhancing your skillsLanguage focus

53、Language highlighting .In other words, over time, the more students work, the less committed to school they become. (Para. 4) the more ., the more / less .: used to say that if a particular activity increases, another change happens as a resultExample:The more I learn, the more I realize how much I

54、dont know. Albert EinsteinEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting Task 4Language appreciation. Language focusPresenting your projectProject of the unitInspiring your thoughts Language highlighting Language learningStructure analysis Paragraph(s) of listing Enhancing your skills.What

55、 parts are included in a research report?Enhancing your skillsStructure analysisParagraph(s) of listingTask 1Identifying the organization of a research reportResearch objective, research methods, research findings, explanations, and conclusion.How are the different parts organized in the text?.Resea

56、rch reportPart 1: Research objective/purpose + methods (Para. 1)Part 2: Research findings (Paras. 2-4)Part 3: Explanations (Paras. 5-8 ) Part 4: Conclusion (Paras. 9) Enhancing your skillsStructure analysisParagraph(s) of listing.Read Para. 1 and Paras. 5-8, and answer the question: How does the aut

57、hor introduce different methods and explanations?Step 1Listing with signal words!Listing is one of the common ways to organize ones ideas, reasons, causes, or even possibilities. Before listing information, the author often starts with a topic sentence, in which expressions such as some causes, in m

58、any ways, different attitudes are used as signals for a listing pattern. Then the author goes on to list different pieces of information with the use of signal words like first, second, also, finally, etc.Enhancing your skillsStructure analysisParagraph(s) of listingTask 2Identifying the listing pat

59、tern.Analyze Para. 1 and figure out the listing pattern.Step 2There are numerous and reliable ways by which one can measure the impact of employment on student achievement, and we used several in our research. We compared the grades of students who work a great deal with those who work in limited am

60、ounts or not at all. We also contrasted workers with non-workers, on different indicators of their commitment to education. Additionally, we followed students over time as they increased or decreased their work hours, and we assessed how different patterns of employment altered school performance an