《新大学英语综合教程11》课件-B1U3 Making use of libraries

MaKingUseofLibrariesMaKingUseofLibrariesMaKingUseofLibrariesUnit3CONTENTSLearningObjectivesAbouttheTextsPre-readingDiscussionTextATextBLearningObjectivesStudentsaresupposedtoUnderstandthefunctionsofinfinitivesandgerundswithpassivevoice,andbeabletousethemcorrectly;understandthebasicelementsofasurveyreport;learnthefunctionsofacademiclibrariesandbeabletousethemforstudyandresearch.AbouttheTextsCollegestudentsneedtogetfamiliarwiththeusesoftheacademiclibrary.Theacademiclibraryshouldnotonlybeaplacewheretheycanstudyalonebutalsoapublicspacewheretheycancheckoutbooks,carryoutgroupstudy,andhaveaccesstomanuscriptsandelectronicresources.ReadingAinformsstudentsoftheusesofanacademiclibrary.ReadingBaimstoinspirestudentstodevelopthehabitofusingtheiracademiclibrarybypresentingtheauthor’spersonalexperienceswiththelibraryfromchildhoodtocollege.Uponfinishingthisunitstudentsshouldbeexpectedtounderstandthesignificanceoftheacademiclibraryandofusingit.Pre-readingDiscussionHowdoyoulikeyourcollegelibrary?Herearetheword’smostexquisitelibrairesreportedbyCNN.Let’swatchavideoclipandmatchthelibrariesinColumnAwiththecorrespondinginformationinColumnB.Pre-readingDiscussionHerearetheword’smostexquisitelibrairesreportedbyCNN.Let’swatchavideoclipandmatchthelibrariesinColumnAwiththecorrespondinginformationinColumnB.

ColumnA1TheHaeinsaTemple2TheTianyiChamber3ThePeabodyLibrary4TheMertonCollegeLibrary5TheBibliotecaMarciana6TheAdmontAbbeyLibrary7ThePhilipsExeterAcademy8TheEscorialLibrary9TheMafraPalaceLibraryColumnBAthelargesthighschoollibraryBoneofthelargestmonasticlibrariesbuiltin1776ChometoacolonyofbatsDdecoratesthewallsofthelibrarywithbooksEcontainsbooksandprintingblocksfrom1251Foneoftheoldestacademiclibrariescompletedin1373GhousestheGrimanicollectionofsculpturesHmadeofironItheoldestsurvivingChineseprivatelibraryReadingATopFourReasonsStudentsUseTheirCollegeLibrary

TamiStangCulturalBackgroundTextAnalysisLanguageFocusFurtherEnhancementSupplementaryResourcesReadingA1.Theword“library”derivesfromtheLatinlibermeaning“book”.Theoriginoflibrariesliesinthekeepingofwrittenrecords,apracticethatdatesatleasttothe3rdmillenniumBCinBabylonia.ThefirstlibrariesasrepositoriesofbookswerethoseoftheGreektemplesandthoseestablishedinconjunctionwiththeGreekschoolsofphilosophyinthe4thcenturyBC.InChina,theearliest“library”wastheimperialrepositorycalled“盟府”oftheZhouDynasty(1046BC.256BC)wheretreaties,maps,andotherrecordsrelatedtotheimperialfamilywerekept.ThefirstmodernpubliclibraryinChinaiscalled“JiangnanLibrary”(江南图书馆

)builtinthe33rdyear(1907)oftheGuangxuReignofQingDynasty(1636.1912).CulturalBackgroundReadingA2.Librariesnowadaysadoptasystemofarrangementscalledlibraryclassificationtoenablereaderstolocatetheirmaterialsquicklyandeasily.Classificationsmaybenatural(e.g.bysubjects),artificial(e.g.,byalphabet,form,ornumericalorder),oraccidental(e.g.chronologicalorgeographical).CulturalBackgroundReadingAPartI

(Paragraphs1-3)Abriefintroductiontothecollegelibraryandthesurvey1)Purposeofthesurvey:howstudentsareusingthecollegelibrary2)Timeofthesurvey:thespringof20153)Respondents:nearly3,000collegestudentsInthistext,TamiStangstatesfourreasonswhystudentsusetheircollegelibrarybasedonasurveyreport.TextAnalysisStructureoftheTextReadingAPartII

(Paragraphs4-12)Detailedexplanationofthetopfourreasonswhyandhowstudentsareusingthecollegelibrary1)(Paragraphs4-5)Reason1:tostudyalone2)(Paragraphs6-7)Reason2:tousetheonlinedatabases3)(Paragraphs8-10)Reason3:tousereferencematerials4)(Paragraphs11-12)Reason4:tomeettheirstudygroupsPartIII

(Paragraph13)BriefexplanationofotherreasonsforusingthelibraryStructureoftheTextTextAnalysisReadingATextComprehension

(1)ReadingforgistThetextprovides4topreasonsforstudentstogototheircollegelibrary.Choosethecorrectonesfromthe6reasons(AtoF)listedbelow,andfillinthecorrespondingblanksonthenotepad.FCAETextAnalysisReadingATextComprehension(2)ReadingforstructureReadthetextcarefullyandfillintheBlanksinthefollowingdiagram.Topic:WhyandHowCollegeStudentsUseTheirSchoolLibraries?tounderstandcollegestudents’studyhabitsnearly3000collegestudents77%51%39%Morethan34%Manystudentsoftenfindthemselvesinfrontofaloomingdeadlineandaclosedlibrary.Manystudentsdonotknowtheexistenceofreferencematerialsinthelibrary,ordonotknowthevaluablerolethatthematerialscanplayintheirresearchprocess.ReadingATextComprehension(3)ReadingfordetailsAnswerthequestions.Whydomoststudentschoosetostudyintheircollegelibraries?2.Whycan’tsomestudentsgototheircampuslibraries,accordingtothesurvey?

3.Whatdoes“thefinalsweek”referto?TheycanfocusontheirstudiesthereTheyhavetolookaftertheirchildren,ortheyhavetotravelawayfromhome,ortheylacktransportationoptions.Itreferstothelastweekbeforetheendofthesemesterwhenthereisnoclassbutmanyfinalexams.TextAnalysisReadingATextComprehension(3)ReadingfordetailsAnswerthequestions.4.Howmanyreasonsareprovidedinthetexttoexplainwhyfewerthanhalfofthestudentsusethereferencematerialsinthelibrary?Whatarethey?Tworeasons.1)Manystudentsmaynotknowthatthereferencematerialsareavailableinthelibrary.2)Somestudentsmaynotknowthatthereferencematerialsavailableinthelibraryarevaluableintheirresearchprocess.TextAnalysisReadingATextComprehension(3)ReadingfordetailsAnswerthequestions.5.Whatshouldtheteacherdotoencouragestudentstousethereferencematerialsinthelibrary?First,theteachershouldremindstudentstoaskforhelpfromthelibrarianabouthowtousethereferencetools.Second,theteachercanmakeabibliographyofthemostusefulreferencematerials.TextAnalysisReadingATextComprehension(3)ReadingfordetailsAnswerthequestions.6.Whatisthemeaningof“thesimplicityofhavingacentralplacetomeetthat’snottheirownhomes”?7.Ofallthereasonsprovidedinthereport,whichisthemostimportantreasonforyoutogotoyourcampuslibrary?Stateyourreasonifitisnotmentionedinthereport.Studentschoosetogotothelibrarysimplybecauseitisthepublicplacewherethegroupmemberscangatherconveniently.Openfordiscussion.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin1There,youcancheckoutbooks,conductyourresearch,findaquietplacetostudy,andmaybeevenflipthroughamagazine.(Para1)checkout:toregistersomethingashavingbeenborrowede.g.Wedon’tthinkthegovernmentshouldbeabletoseewhatcitizenscheckoutfrompubliclibraries.Ifusedinahoteloraclinic,“checkout”canmean“toleaveahoteloraclinicafterpaying.”e.g.Pleaseremembertoleaveyourroomkeysatreceptionwhenyoucheckout.conduct:toorganize;tocarryoute.g.1)Weareconductingasurveytofindoutwhatourcustomersthinkoftheirlocalbusservice.2)TheexperimentswereconductedbyscientistsinNewYork.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin2.What’smore,today’scollegelibrariesextendtheirreachoutintotheInternet,makingmanyservicesandresourcesaccessiblerightfromtheirwebsites.(Para1)extendthereach:enlargethescopeaccessible:abletobereachedoreasilygote.g.Theresortiseasilyaccessiblebyroad,rail,andair.Paraphrase:Inaddition,today’scollegelibrariesexpandtotheInternetbymakingtheirservicesandresourcesavailabletopeoplethroughtheirwebsites.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin3.So,inastudentengagementsurveyweconductedinthespringof2015,weasked...(Para3)engagementsurvey:asetofsurveyquestionsdirectedtowardsatargetedgroupofpeople,seekingtounderstandthelevelofinvolvementoftheseparticipantswiththeirorganizationatlargeHere,inthetext,the“engagementsurvey”meansthesurveywhichaimsatinvestigatingthestudents’involvementincollegelibraryusing.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin4.Byfarthemostpopularresponseat77%,theclearmajorityofoursurveyedstudentsheadtothelibrarytofocusontheirstudiesbythemselves.(Para4)Inthissentence,“themostpopularresponseat77%”isanabbreviatedabsoluteconstruction,andthefullformis“byfarthemostpopularresponsebeingat77%”.Thisconstructionfunctionsasanadverbial,indicatingthereasonforthefollowingstatement.

Paraphrase:Themostpopularreasonforcollegestudentstogotothelibraryistoconcentrateontheirstudiesthere,since77%ofthestudentsinthesurveyrespondedso.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin5.Italsomeansthat,duringpeakstudyperiods(suchasthefinalsweek),studentswoulddowelltogettothelibraryearlytosecurethestudyspotoftheirchoice!(Para5)Paraphrase:Whenitcomestothebusystudyperiodslikethefinalsweek,studentswouldtrytogettothelibraryquiteearlysoastomakesuretheycanfindadesirableplaceforstudyinthelibrary.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin6.Unfortunately,manystudentswilloftenfindthemselvesinfrontofaloomingdeadlineandaclosedlibrary.(Para7)looming:(ofsomethingunwantedorunpleasant)abouttohappensoonandcausingworrye.g.Wehavelivedundertheloomingthreatofaninfluenzapandemicforfouryears.Paraphrase:Whenfacedupwiththeterribledeadlineofsometask,manystudentswanttousethelibrary,butunfortunately,theyfindthatthelibraryisclosed.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin7.Orperhapstheycan’tmakeittothecampuslibraryforotherreasons(suchasparentingresponsibilities,alackoftransportationoptions,oraneedtotravelawayfromhome).(Para7)Paraphrase:Sometimesstudentsareunabletogotothecampuslibrary,maybebecausetheyhavetolookaftertheirbabyathome,orbecausethetransportationtothelibraryisnotveryconvenient,orbecausetheyhavetobeonatrip.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin8.Theycanaccesstheircollege’sdatabasesfromtheirowncomputer.Typically,allthey’llneedisInternetaccessandausernameandpassword.(Para7)access:Thewordcanbeusedasaverb,meaning“tobeabletouseorobtainsomething”,orasanoun,meaning“themethodorwayofapproachingaplaceorperson,ortherighttouseorlookatsomething”.e.g.1)Thenewpolicyhasmadeiteasierforsmallbusinessestoaccessgovernmentresourcesandadvice.2)Withoutanofficialpass,theguardswilldenyyouaccesstothecourthouse.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin9....studentsvisitthelibrarytoaccessnon-circulatingmaterialsthattheyneedtocompletetheirprojects.(Para8)non-circulatingmaterials:booksorreferencematerialsthatcanbeusedinthelibrarybutcannotbelentout.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin10.Evenso,giventhatonly39%ofstudentsstatingthattheyusethereferencematerials,werecognizethat...(Para9)given:knowingaboutorconsideringaparticularthinge.g.Givenhisage,he’saremarkablyfastrunner.Seemoredetailsin“Task3StudyofWordsandStructures”TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin11.Tofurtherguideyourstudents,youmayevenwishtomakeabibliographythatliststhereferencematerialsthatwouldbeofmostusetothem.(Para10)beofmostuse:bemostusefulIfwewanttoemployanadjectivetomodifythenoun,the“beof+adj.+n”structureisused.Similarexamplesare:beofgreatimportance=beimportant

beofmuchhelp=behelpfulTextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin12.Whetherit’sfortheluxuryofhavingabigtable,theconvenienceofaccessingnearbyscholarlyandreferencematerials,orthesimplicityofhavingacentralplacetomeetthat’snottheirownhomes,thelibraryisapopularplaceforstudentstogatherforstudyandgroupprojects.(Para11)Paraphrase:Thereasonsforstudentstogotothelibrarymayvaryfrompersontoperson:itmaybethebigtableinthelibrary,ormaybeitisconvenientforstudentstoobtainsomereferencebooksthere,oritissimplybecausestudentsjustwanttofindameetingplaceinthelibrary.Nomatterwhatthereasonsare,itisobviousthatthelibraryisapopularplaceforstudentstostudytogetherandconductgroupprojects.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin13.Areyouassigninggroupprojectsforyourcourse,ordoyourecommendthatstudentsgettogetheringroupstostudy?(Para12)assign:togiveaparticularjoborpieceofworktosomeone

e.g.UNtroopswereassignedthetaskofrebuildingthehospital.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin13.Areyouassigninggroupprojectsforyourcourse,ordoyourecommendthatstudentsgettogetheringroupstostudy?(Para12)recommend:Thisisanimperativeverbwhichmeans“togiveanorder,acommand,adesireorsuggestion”.Intheobjectiveclausethatfollowssuchkindofverbs(advice,demand,desire,insist,request,etc.),thesubjunctivemood“should+do”isused,andsometimes“should”canbeomitted.

e.g.Theexpertrecommendedthatstudents(should)gettogetheringroupstostudy.Iinsistthatheshouldresign.Iwouldliketorequestthathebeexcusedfromschoolduetoillness.TextAnalysisReadingAZoomingin14.Theycanaccessdatabasesfromhome,requestbooksthroughinterlibraryloan...(Para13)interlibraryloan:asysteminwhichonelibraryborrowsabookfromanotherlibraryfortheuseofanindividual.TextAnalysisReadingALanguageFocusFillintheblankswiththemostappropriatewordfromthefourchoicesmarkedwithA,B,CandD.1.Thegoodswillbedeliveredatyour___________.engagementB.indexC.convenienceD.hub2Thehospitalisunabletoprovidethehighly_________careneededbyverysickbabies.A.seriousB.parentingC.generalD.specialized3Nomatterwhatstepsgovernmentstaketoprovidewatermore_____,theymustchangetheirinstitutionalandlegalapproachestowateruse.efficientlyB.elegantlyC.luxuriouslyD.tightlyTask1CDAReadingALanguageFocusFillintheblankswiththemostappropriatewordfromthefourchoicesmarkedwithA,B,CandD.4Youwillbeexpectedto_______theeditorwiththeselectionofillustrationsforthebook.A.suitB.assistC.accessD.flip5Talk______problems.Don’tbottlethemupinside.A.upB.overC.withD.back6.Shesaidthatshedidn’twantalawyerandwasgoingto______herowndefense.A.checkB.protectC.announceD.conductTask1BBDReadingALanguageFocusFillintheblankswiththemostappropriatewordfromthefourchoicesmarkedwithA,B,CandD.7.Computersshouldbemadereadily_______toteachersandpupils.A.acceptedB.accessedC.assessableD.accessible8.Theclothestheymodelforthismail-ordercatalogueareallwithineasy__ofeverywoman.handB.reachC.indexD.portion9.CashiersaretoldtheymustsmileastheycheckCeachitemandpresentthebill.___inB.overC.outD.off10.Ifshedoesnotworkhard,LaureisAfordisaster.____A.headingB.loomingC.transportingD.doingTask1DBCAReadingALanguageFocusCompletethefollowingsummarywithwordschosenfromReadingA.Theinitialletterofeachwordisgiven.Task2Inordertounderstandcollegestudents’studyhabits,theauthorc_________asurveyonwhystudentsusetheircollegelibraryandconcludedwith4topreasons.First,themajorityofthestudentsinthesurveyclaimedthattheyusethelibrarybecausetheyregarditasagreatlearningspacetogets______abouttheirassignments.Second,abouthalfofthestudentsstatedthattheyvisitthelibrarytoa______theonlinedatabasessoastocompleteap______oftheirresearchwork.Third,39%ofthesurveyedstudentshaverealizedthegreatvalueofthereferencematerialsinthelibrarywheree_____________,specializedp___________andnon-circulatingmaterialsareavailablefortheirprojects.

onductederiousccessortionncyclopediasublicationsReadingALanguageFocusCompletethefollowingsummarywithwordschosenfromReadingA.Theinitialletterofeachwordisgiven.Task2Finally,onethirdofthestudentsconsideredthelibraryapopularplaceforthemtomeettheirgroupstotalko______thedetailsoftheirprojects.Nomatterwhatthereasonsare,theauthorbelievedthatthecollegelibraryisanimportanthubofcampuslifeanda______thestudentstostudymoreefficientlyande___________.

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“infinitivephrasesasadverbials.”StudythefollowingsentencesfromReadingA.Payattentiontothewordsinboldred.Tobetterunderstandcollegestudents’studyhabits,wewantedtoexplorehowandwhytheyusetheirschool’slibrary.2.Tofurtherguideyourstudents,youmayevenwishtomakeabibliographythatliststhereferencematerialsthatwouldbeofmostusetothem.Task3ReadingALanguageFocusTask3Thewordsinboldredinthetwosentencesareinfinitivephrases,andbothcontaincomparatives(比较级).Theyareusedasadverbialsthatindicatepurposeinthesentences.Sometimes,infinitivephrasescanalsoindicateresultwhenusedasadverbials.ReadingALanguageFocusTask3

“infinitivephrasesasadverbials.”FillintheblankswiththeinfinitivephrasesbasedontheChineseexpressionsgiveninthebrackets.1.(为了让学生在课堂上扮演更积极的角色)，necessaryadjustmentsshouldbemadetotheteachingmethods.2.(为了更好地为顾客服务),theshophasinstalledamobilepaymentsystem.TomakethestudentsplayamoreactiveroleinclassTobetterservethecustomersReadingALanguageFocus

“infinitivephrasesasadverbials.”FillintheblankswiththeinfinitivephrasesbasedontheChineseexpressionsgiveninthebrackets.3.(为了进一步增进两国间的互信),communicationandexchangeatalllevelsshouldbeencouraged.4.(更糟的是),herefusedtoapologize.TofurtherstrengthenthemutualtrustbetweenourtwocountriesTomakethematterworseTask3ReadingALanguageFocus

“given”asaprepositionStudythefollowingsentencefromReadingA.Payattentiontotheword“given”.Whatisitsmeaningandfunctioninthesentence?Evenso,giventhatonly39%ofstudentsstatethattheyusethereferencematerials,werecognizethatmanystudentsmaynotevenbeawareofthesematerials’existence.Task3ReadingALanguageFocus

“given”asaprepositionComparethesentenceabovewiththeonebelow,andseehowtheyaredifferentintheuseoftheword“given”:Evenso,giventheproportion(39%)ofthestudentswhostatethattheyusethereferencematerials,werecognizethatmanystudentsmaynotevenbeawareofthesematerials’existence.Task3ReadingALanguageFocus

“given”asaprepositionStudythefollowingsentencefromReadingA.Payattentiontotheword“given”.Whatisitsmeaningandfunctioninthesentence?InthesentencefromReadingA,theword“given”isusedasapreposition,whichmeans“considering”or“takingintoaccount”,andcanbetranslatedas“考虑到”.Whenusedinthissense,itisusuallyfollowedbya“that-clause”,asinthesentencefromthetext;orbyanounphrase,asinthesecondsentence.Task3ReadingALanguageFocus

“given”asaprepositionCompletethefollowingsentenceswitheither“given”or“giventhat”.1.Usually,Iamsensiblewithmoney,asIhavetobe,_______________Idon’tearnthatmuch.2.__________sheisinterestedinchildren,Iamsureteachingistherightcareerforher.3._______theconditionoftheengine,itisawonderthatitevenstarts.4.________hisage,he’saremarkablyfastrunner.5._____________thepatientshavesomedisabilities,westilltrytoenablethemtobeasindependentaspossible.6.________thegovernment’srecordonunemployment,theirchancesofwinningtheelectionlookpoor.giventhatGiventhatGivenGivenGiventhatGivenTask3ReadingALanguageFocusgerundswithpassivevoiceStudythesentencesfromReadingAandReadingB.Payattentiontothewordsinboldred.1.Studentsmayalsoappreciatebeingremindedthat,iftheyaren’tsurehowtousethesehelpfulreferencetools,theircampuslibrarianwillbeabletoassistthem.2.Therewerealsosometravelguides,somecoffee-tablebooks,afewofmyfather’slawbooks,andadozenorsonovelsthatwereeithergiftsorsomehowmanagedtojustifybeingownedoutright.Task3ReadingALanguageFocusThe

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Shegotthroughasetofunfortunates,includingtheflyingemergency,thedilemmaofawiretapscandal,andeventhedangeroflayingoff.Analysis:“Unfortunate”isanadjectiveandnotanoun,andshouldbefollowedbyanoun.“Layingoff”shouldbereplacedby“beinglaidoff”sincethepassivevoiceisimplied.Asuggestedversion:Shegotthroughasetofunfortunateevents,includingtheflightemergency,thedilemmaofawiretapscandal,andeventhedangerofbeinglaidoff.ReadingA

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