大学英语教学课件：Unit8 Theres a Lot More to Life

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Unit8SectionAThere’saLotMoretoLifethanaJobWhatisajobtoyou?FancyhousesLuxurycarsTravel

QualityofLifeMoneyHealthFamilyLoveFriendshipOthercomponentsforameaningfullifeSocialandfamilyresponsibilitiesDevotiontotheworkweareengagedinLoyaltytothemotherlandMoralsense

Whatismoralsense?

Itisasenserelatingtothestandardsofgoodorbadbehavior,fairness,honesty,etc.inwhicheachpersonbelieves,ratherthantolaws,orotherstandards.Forexample,wehonorpromises,playgamesbytherules,waitforourturninline,cooperatewithotherstoachieveacommongoal,arecourteoustostrangers,helppeopleindistress,andjoincampaignsthatbenefitothersbutnotourselves,outofasenseofduty,abeliefinfairness,andsympathy.Whatsubjectdoyoupreferforhighereducationandwhy?EngineeringandTechnologyPhysicalorChemicalScienceMedicinesLawyerBusinessManagementAccountingArchitectureReasonsEnsureaprosperouscareerBoastofwideapplicabilityPromiseadecentandlucrativejobGuaranteeafinanciallycomfortablelifeEnjoyahighsocialstatusInterests

MoneyMoneyisn’teverything.

金钱并非一切。Richesdonotalwaysbringhappiness.

财富不一定给人带来幸福。

Health&SpiritualWell-being

Goodhealthisabovewealth.

健康胜过财富。Historiesmakemenwise;poets,witty;themathematics,subtile;naturalphilosophy,deep;moral,grave;logicandrhetoric,abletocontend.--Bacon

历史使人明智，诗歌使人灵秀，数学使人周密，自然哲学使人深刻，伦理使人庄重，逻辑，修辞使人善辩。

Education

Educationhasforitsobjecttheformationofcharacter.---Spencer

教育的目的是培养人的品质。AForeignLanguageisaweaponinthestruggleoflife.---Marx

外语是人生斗争的一种武器。GroupDiscussion1.Whatis“qualityoflife”andhowcanit

beimproved?2.Inwhatwaysdoyouthinkeducationshouldbenefitstudentsfortheirfuturelife?TipsTipsForsome,qualityoflifemeanshavingajob,afamilyandfriends.Toothers,theirmeasureofqualitycentersontheabilitytoaffordtravel,luxurycars,orafancyhouse.more1.Whatis“qualityoflife”andhowcanit

beimproved?goodhealth,Otherfactors:economiccondition,leisureactivitiescontroloverone’slife,socialroles,friendship,lovespiritualwell-being,caringfortheenvironment,…

2.Inwhatwaysdoyouthinkeducation

shouldbenefitstudentsfortheir

futurelife?

●Acquireadequateknowledge●Enhancetheabilitytoworkindependently●Pavethewayforasuccessfulcareer●Developapositivephilosophyoflife●Improvemoralsense●Gainaninsightonthelifeandworld●Formtherightoutlookonlife●Seebeyondimmediateneeds

TextAnalysis--MainIdeaWhatisthetextmainlyabout?Shouldschoolssimplypreparestudentsforajob,oristheremoretolife?

Thisisthecentralissuebeingdiscussedinthepassage.Asurveyrevealingyoungpeople’sattitudestoliferemindstheauthorofhisregret,andmakeshimreflectuponthewholeeducationalsystem.Infact,educatorsshouldnotonlysatisfystudents’desireforcareersuccess,butalsohelpthemformrightoutlookonlifeandseebeyondtheirimmediateneeds.BackHowisthetextorganized?Thepassage,whichisatypicalargumentation,consistsofthreeparts:PartI:servingasanintroduction,posesthequestionofwhethereducationcanpreparestudentsbothforajobandforcareersuccess;PartII:withfactsandreasons,illustrateswhatisthemostimportantthinginlife,thusclarifyingtheprincipleofeducation;PartIII:byquotingfromOscarWilde,suggeststherightattitudeweshouldholdtowardslifeandjobs.TextAnalysis--Structure

TextAnalysis--Structure(Paras.1-9)

Thelong-standingmistakenideaonlife(Paras.10-17)

Thetruemeaningoflife(Paras.18-19)

Theeducators’dutytotheirstudentsStartingwithasayingandasurvey,theauthorintroducesthephenomenonconcerningtoday’syoungpeople:Theirmajorobjectiveistobefinanciallywelloff,thusnaturallyleadingthereaderstothequestion:Isthereanymoretolifethanajob?Basedonadequatefactsandreasons,theauthorstrengthenshisargument:Weshouldeducatepeopleforlifeaswellasforacareer.(Thisisacommonlyusedwritingtechniquetosupportanargument.)ByquotingfromOscarWilde,theauthorpointsoutthewayoureducationshouldbeconductedandthenputsforwardthesolution:Weshouldpreparethestudentsbothforajobandforcareersuccess,forthere’slotmoretolifethanajob.Back1.Ithasoftenbeenremarkedthatthesaddestthingaboutyouthisthatit

iswastedon

theyoung.(L1)Ithasoftenbeensaidthat…Peopleoftensaythat…人们常说：对于青春来说，最令人悲伤的事情莫过于青春在年轻时被浪费掉了。1.Itissaidthattheoriginalpaintinghas

beendestroyed.据说原画已经毁掉了。2.Itisexpectedthatpriceswillgodown.预计物价将会下降。

3.Itisfearedthattheplanecrashed

somewhereoffthecoast.人们担心飞机在近海某处坠毁了。Examples“…itiswastedontheyoung.”bewastedonsb.:e.g.Herwordsofadvicewerewastedonme.2.Readingasurveyreportonfirst-yearcollegestudents,Irecalledtheregret,"IfonlyIknewthenwhatIknownow.”recall:bringapasteventbackintoyourmind.e.g.Ican’trecallhavingmetherbefore.Ifonly:usedtoexpressastrongwish在阅读一份对大学一年级新生作的调查报告时，这种惋惜之情又涌上心头：“要是当初我懂得我到现在才领悟到的东西该有多好!”

ifonly:

usedtoexpressastrongwishIfonlylifeweremorelikethemovies.IfonlyIhadacluewheretolookforher.Youth–wasted,notcherishedorappreciated

Alotofpeoplehaveexpressedtheirregretatthelossofyouth…ProverbsComments:makethemostoutofyourcollegeyearsProverbs:Alazyyouth,alousyage.Anidleyouth,aneedyage.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。Recklessyouthmakesruefulage.虚度青春，悔恨无已。Readthenextthreeparagraphs(3~5)andfindout--1.Whatwasthesurveyreportabout?2.Whyhasreadingthisreportmadetheauthorrecalltheregret?1.Whatwasthesurveyreportabout?

(showthattheobsessionwithmaterialthingsamongtheyouthisgrowingand

thatbeingrichismoreimportanttotoday'syoungpeoplethanitwasinthepast.)2.Whyhasreadingthisreportmadetheauthorrecalltheregret?(There'salotmoretolifethanmaterialpossessions)Itwon’tcompute…(Para.3)Heretheverb“compute”isusedinnotionalpassive,thatis,itisactiveinformbutpassiveinmeaning.Moreexamplesofnotionalpassive:Thematerialwasheseasily.（这种衣料容易洗涤。）Theclockwindsattheback.（这只钟在背面上弦。）Paras.4-5thesurvey“moreconsumeristicandlessidealistic”“istobefinanciallywelloff.Lessimportantthaneverisdevelopingameaningfulphilosophyoflife.”…“moreconsumeristicandlessidealistic”…

Collegebeginnersnowadaysthinkofconsuminggoodsmorethanever,andbelieveinidealismlessthanever“更主张消费，但少了点理想”…majorobjective“istobefinanciallywelloff.Lessimportantthaneverisdevelopingameaningfulphilosophyoflife.”

objective:purpose,aimwelloff:有钱，宽裕e.g.Mostpeoplearebetteroffthantheywerefiveyearsago.well-offsociety小康社会主要目标是“在经济上富裕一点。而培养一种有意义的人生观则比以往任何时候更显得不那么重要。”welloffSimilarexpressions:financiallycomfortable(L37,Para12)financiallysecurewealthyaffluentthriveonmaterialgainLessimportantthaneverisdevelopingameaningfulphilosophyoflife倒装含有否定意义的副词less放在句首，句子要用倒装语序NeverhaveIfoundhiminsuchagoodmood.NotforoneminutedoIthinkIhaveanyhopeofgettingpromoted.Exercise–VII7P.214

V.Exercises—

Structure下一页《读写教程2》:

Ex.VII,p.214VII.Rewritethefollowingsentencesafterthemodel,emphasizingtheitalicizedpartsbyputtingthematbeginningofthesentence.Model:Developingameaningfulphilosophyoflifeislessimportantthanever.

Lessimportantthaneverisdevelopingameaningfulphilosophyoflife.Back上一页V.Exercises—

Structure下一页上一页1. Theywillgiveuptheplanonnoaccount.Onnoaccountwilltheygiveuptheplan.Littledoesheknowhowmuchhisparentslovehim.2.Heknowslittlehowmuchhisparentslovehim.BackV.Exercises—

Structure下一页上一页4. Thepooroldmancouldhardlyfallasleepwithapaininhisleg.Hardlycouldthepooroldmanfallasleepwithapaininhisleg.Notuntilhereadthereportdidherealizewhataseriousmistakehehadmade.3.Hedidnotrealizewhataseriousmistakehehadmadeuntilhereadthereport.BackV.Exercises—

Structure上一页Undernoconditionswillwegiveintotheirdemands.5.Wewillgiveintotheirdemandsundernoconditions.Back下一页Para.5accordingly:asaresultof,therefore[sentenceadv]e.g.Hewastoosicktotakethefinalexam.Accordingly,wesenthimhome.popularcourse:compulsory~,selective~

在这些经济不景气的年代，这一情况并不让人感到惊奇。因此，当今最受欢迎的课程不是文学或历史、而是会计学。

Para.6Interestinteaching,socialserviceandthehumanitiesisatalow,alongwithethnicandwomen'sstudies.Ontheotherhand,enrollmentinbusinessprograms,engineeringandcomputerscienceiswayup.

人们对从事教育、社会服务和人文学科，还有种族和妇女研究的兴趣都处于低潮。另一方面，攻读商科、工程学及计算机科学的学生人数却在迅速增加。

atalow

尽管研究工作处于低谷，但大家都没有放弃，因为他们坚信通过共同的努力，他们一定会取得成功。Althoughtheresearchworkisatalow,theyhavenevergivenitup,fortheyfirmlybelievethatthroughjointeffortstheyaresuretosucceed.wayup汽油价格一路攀升。Thegaspriceshavebeenwayup.随着伦敦奥运的到来，全国人民对体育的的热情与日俱增。WiththeapproachingLondonOlympicGames,thewholenation’senthusiasmforsportsgameshasbeenwayup.

alongwith:togetherwith许多新鲜蔬菜和一些罐头食品在降价销售。Manyfreshvegetablesareonsalealongwithcannedfood.除了学费和生活费，你还必须考虑交通费用。Youmusttakeintoconsiderationthetravelingfeesalongwithtuitionsanddailylivingallowances.enrollmentn.enrollv.这所大学去年招收了大约一万名学生。Theuniversityenrolledabout10,000studentslastyear.图表说明近几年大学招生人数有了很大增长。ThechartshowsthattherehasbeenagreatincreaseinthestudentsenrolledintotheUniversitiesinrecentyears.That'snosurpriseeither.Afriendofmine(asalesrepresentativeforachemicalcompany)wasmakingtwicethesalaryofcollegeinstructorsduringherfirstyearonthejob--evenbeforeshecompletedhertwo-yearassociatedegree.

这也不是令人意外的事。我的一个朋友(一个化工公司的销售代表)在干这份工作的第一年所挣的钱就已是大学教师薪水的两倍了——这还是在她修完2年制的准学士学位课程之前的事。

EducationintheUnitedStates:dividedinto4levelsIngeneral,thesearekindergartenorpre-school,elementary,secondaryandhighereducation.Thefirstlevelisearlychildhoodeducation.Itspurposeistopreparechildrenforschool.Elementaryeducationisdividedinto6or8grades.Andstudentscanattendallkindsofcourses.

美国教育通常分为四个阶段，分别是幼儿园或学前教育、初级教育、中级教育和高等教育。第一阶段是早期儿童教育，其目的是为孩子入学做准备；初级教育可分六级或八级，学生可学习各种课程。EducationintheUnitedStates:Secondaryeducationisforjuniororseniorhighschoolstudents.Somestudentspreparethemselvestogotocollege,whileotherstakevocationalortechnicalcoursestoprepareforjobsaftergraduation.中级教育的对象是初中生和高中生。一些学生为上大学做准备，另一些人学习职业技术课程准备毕业后工作。TherearemanyinstitutionsofhighereducationintheU.S.A.Studentsattechnicalinstitutescanreceiveanassociatedegreeaftertheyfinisha2-yearprogram.Thentheycancontinuetheirstudyata4-yearcollege.美国有许多高等教育机构，技术学院的学生在读完两年课程后可以获得肄业证书，然后可以继续4年本科的学习。

specialize汤姆精通合同法。

Tomspecializedincontractlaw.1966年他进入伦敦大学学习历史。

In1966heenrolledattheUniversityofLondontospecializeinhistory.

这是一家日式餐厅。

TherestaurantspecializesinJapanes