The Decline of the Knowledge Factory.ppt

1、Unit 8 Text IIThe Decline of the Knowledge Factory:Why Our College Must Change,Group members: 吴开其，虞婷，秦薛凤,Brief introduction,John Tagg, is an associate professor of English at Palomar College in San Macros, California. For the past several years, he has conducted workshops and made presentations at m

2、any colleges and universities or organizational transformation and the Learning Paradigm.,Four parts,Content Organization,Para 1- Para 8 : Explain the reasons why colleges decline and how the instruction paradigm college controls the teachers and students.,Para 9- Para 13: The author states that the

3、 instructive paradigm college satisfies no one, whatever professors or students by examples and research outcomes.,Para 18- Para 23: By a tag question, the author calls on the shift of the traditional education system in America.,Para 14-Para 17: Clarify two reasons why entering the twenty-first cen

4、tury, the IPC system needs to be changed because of competition.,Key words, phrases and sentences,Para 1 1 assembly line (production line) 2 line 装配线，流水作业线 2 affix 3 line v. attach to 贴上；署名；把.固定 E.g. She affixes her real name to her writings. 她的著作都署上真名。,Para 1 chassis 英 s; -i 美 si 7 line n. 底盘，底架 复数

5、 chassis E.g. In the case of two blade chassis, each node group should be specified on each blade. 在存在两个刀片机箱的情况下，每个刀片上都应指定每个节点组。,Para 1,3 bolt 4 line n. 弩箭，矢; 闪电，雷电；霹雳; 意外事件，突发事件 v. 猛冲，突发，突然冲出，快跑，逃跑 E.g. 1 He tightened the bolt up slowly. 他慢慢拧紧螺钉。 2 I then quitted her again, and she drew the bolt in

6、 one of her worst, most peevish humours. 然后我又离开了她，她在一种最坏的、最乖张的心情中上了门闩。 3 The boy bolted (down) his lunch and ran to the playground. 男孩狼吞虎咽地吃完午饭，就跑到操场去了。,Para 2,fungible 英 fndbl 美 fndbl 2 line adj. vice , substitutive 代替的；可取代的 n. substitution 代替物 E.g. 1 Your daughter has discovered that money is fung

7、ible. 你的女儿发现钱是可以互换的。 2 But it cannot be traded to third parties, and it is not entirely fungible. 但它并不能交易给第三方，也就不完全是种可交换的资产。,Para 2,transcript 英 trnskrpt; trn- 美 trnskrpt 3 line n. report 成绩单；抄本，副本；文字记录 E.g. We should stop classifying degrees, now, and allow the transcript to do its job. 我们现在就应该停止对学

8、位的分级，让成绩单去代替它履行职责。,Para 2 fractured 英 frktd 3 line adj. regmetic, repturing 断裂的；挫伤的；折裂的 v. 断裂（fracture的过去式) E.g. The always fractured return to normal life is in fact the essence of a successful liberation. 事实上，一次成功的解放的本质是长期破碎的人生回归到正常生活。,Para 2,add up to 4 line 合计达，总计达 E.g. 1 These by no means add u

9、p to modernism. 这绝非是对现代主义的补充说明。 2 Does all of this add up to a doomsday scenario, with the threat having shifted from a US slowdown to food inflation? 是否所有这一切都添加到世界末日的情况，在这个征兆下，转向从美国放缓的食物通货膨胀？,They dont add up to a coherent whole. They add up to a transcript but not an education. How can we understa

10、nd this sentence? (Para 3, the last sentence) The expert describes the education of the postwar period is not a kind of complete education which students can really benefit from, but just in order to chase for the grades. This kind of education only pays attention on the quantity of the instruction

11、while ignore studentsearning outcomes.,Para 3,emeritus 英 merts; i- 4 line adj. retired, on the beach 退休的；名誉退休 复数 emeriti E.g. The emeritus professor of microbiology at Aberdeen University added: My view would be that is possibly a dangerous thing to do. 这位已退休的阿伯丁大学微生物学荣誉教授又说：“我的看法是，这样做可能很危险。”,Para 3

12、,chancellor 英 tns()l 美 tnsl 5 line n. president, premier, principle, secertary 总理（德、奥等的）；（英）大臣；校长（美国某些大学的）；（英）大法官；（美）首席法官 E.g. She said she wanted to be a chancellor for all Germans, so Germany does better, particularly in a crisis. 她说她想成为“所有德国人的总理，这样德国做得更好，尤其是在危机时刻”。,Para 3,conglomeration 英 k,glmre

13、()n 美 knglmren 6 line n. clustering, mixture, collection 聚集（物）；团块；凝聚；混合物 E.g. The picture that emerged is a motley conglomeration of people with widely varying goals - and some with no clear-cut goals at all other than to denounce greed. 由此看到是形形色色的人们聚合在一块，彼此的目标相去甚远，有些人除了谴责贪婪以外完全没有清晰的目标。,A conglomera

14、tion of unrelated courses dedicated to the proposition that one reach should never exceed ones grasp. What does this sentence mean? The instruction paradigm college of the postwar period is so detrimental to the students that conduct of many useless courses even make people believe that what a perso

15、n achieves should be within what they have learned.,Para 4,allegiance 英 lid()ns 美 lidns 4 line n. loyalty, devotion 效忠，忠诚；忠贞 E.g. 1 His attendance at the rally declared his political allegiance. 他们出席大会显示了他政治上的忠诚。 2 You have seen duty and allegiance in the determined faces of our soldiers. 你们从美军士兵坚毅的

16、表情中看到了责任和忠诚。,Para 4,insular 英 nsjl 美 nsl 8 line adj. enclosed, hermitic 孤立的；与世隔绝的；海岛的；岛民的 E.g. 1 It was very insular, a walled garden. 它很孤立，像一座有围墙的花园。 2 It is a nationalism that is cosmopolitan rather than insular and xenophobic. 这是一种国际性的民族主义，而不是孤立仇外的民族主义。,Para 5,distinctive 英 dst(k)tv 美 dstktv 1 li

17、ne adj. unusual, different 有特色的，与众不同的 E.g. 1 During the festival and celebration, you can appreciate the music and dance with distinctive features. 在过节和庆祝日期间，你可以欣赏到这些与众不同的地方特色。 2 What made this interdependence distinctive was not that it was totally new but that the scale and speed of the potential

18、conflict arising from interdependence were so enormous. 让这个相互依存与众不同的原因并不是因为它是全新的，而是由于相互依存而引起的潜在冲突的规模和速度是巨大的。,Para 5,bread-and-butter 2 line used as an adjective, meaning basic garner 英 gn 美 rn 3 line vt. acquire, earn 获得；储存；把储入谷仓 n. barn 谷仓 E.g. He gradually garnered a reputation as a financial expe

19、rt. 他逐渐地赢得了金融专家的名声。,Para 6,pawn 英 pn 美 pn 3 line n. hostage 典当；抵押物；兵，卒；人质 vt. 当掉；以担保 E.g. He had no way to redeem his furniture out of pawn. 他无法赎回典当的家具。,Para 7,ostensible 英 stensb()l 美 stnsbl 1 line adj. facial, external 表面的；假装的 E.g. The ostensible reason was to set a good example, but I knew White

20、was hoping I wouldnt do it. 表面的理由是树立一个好榜样，但我知道怀特其实希望我不敢接受测试。,Para 7,configuration 美 kn,fjren 4 line n. form; structure 配置；结构；外形 E.g. 1 You do this work in configuration, rather than in code. 您在配置中完成这些工作，而不是通过编写代码。 2 In this article, however, we deal with only one such configuration. 然而在本文中，我们只涉及其中的一

21、种配置。,Para 7,trajectory 美 trdktri 5 line n. track, orbit 物 轨道，轨线；航军 弹道 E.g. 1 But most of all it was the extraordinary trajectory of his life . 但是最最重要的因素是其一路行来独特的生活轨迹。 2 When we throw up an object in a gravitational field, you have the trajectory in a plane. 当我们把一个物体,放到引力场中，我们会得到在一个平面上的轨迹。,Para 7,incentive 英 nsentv 美 nsntv 8 line n. motivation 动机；刺激 adj. stimulat