学术英语人文Unit-5

Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?学术英语人文AcademicEnglishforHumanitiesUnit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?•Lead-in•TextA•TextB•TextC•AcademicLanguageandDiscourse•Listening•Speaking•WritingUnitContentsUnit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?•Lead-in–Lead-inactivitiesUnit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?Discussion:Doyouloveyourhistoryclasses?Whyorwhynot?Howdoyoustudyhistory?Lead-inActivitiesUnit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?读历史的意义•读历史有用吗？•估计很多人心中会有这个问题，中国几千年的封建社会，从秦汉到明清，在形式上表现为朝代的更替，一个王朝在建国的初期一般会有几十年的励精图治，但随着后续统治者越来越昏庸奢靡，国家就会逐渐衰落，直到被别的王朝所取代，在这个不断循环的过程中，其政治组织形式没有什么变化，并且后代的统治者并没有吸取前朝兴亡的经验和教训，依旧是该灭亡时就灭亡，所以历史对于部分统治者来讲没有起到什么作用。Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?读历史的意义•历史是重要的，这是大家的共识。我们的教育体系中也重视历史知识的普及，那时我们热爱民族的情感源泉•对于一般读者，读历史的意义在于满足自己的兴趣，有助于自己的内心修养，做一个内在思想比较丰富的人Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?历史初体验•我们从小就读历史，那时没有个人的目的，但于父母，老师，整个民族是有目的的，那就是：要下一代了解过去，了解民族灿烂的文化。这无论对民族对个人都是有益的，培养了我们善恶美丑的辨识力。•当我们都中学，大学以后，有些人会主动地读历史书，有些人读中国历史，也读世界历史，这时是有个人目的的，历史知识有利于增加人生厚度，增长人的见识，可以陶冶性情。至少和别人谈话时也是一种资本。Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?历史专家•再深入地读历史该是研究者了。他们开始注重故事与故事的联系，注重书，表，志中的记录，注重读书方法，开始探寻历史事件偶然性背后的必然性，开始总结历史经验教训，开始著书立说，让更多的人去深刻自己的历史知识，让更多的人去利用历史经验“前事不忘后事之师”，避免历史教训。Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?读历史的意义•读历史的最大意义在于现实，满足今人的需求，让历史为今人服务。•有人读历史，是想学习一些名人的精神，有人是想挖掘到民族的精神，还有人是想通过社会的演变来思考今日。•读史可以明智，可以促进思考，思考就是力量。•缜密的分析，明确的历史态度以及深度的思考才能获得对历史的真正意义。Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?–Classroomactivities–Supplementaryinformation–SuggestedanswerkeyUnit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?•TextAWhyStudyHistory?Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?WhyStudyHistory?TextAClassroomactivitiesDiscussthequestion:Whyshouldpeoplelearnaboutthingsthathappenedfarawayandlongago?RetellthemajorviewsofTextA,assummarizedinTask1/Criticalreadingandthinking/TextA.PairuptodiscussthequestionsinTask2/CriticalReadingandThinking/TextA.Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?MorereasonsforstudyinghistoryTextASupplementaryinformationBesidesthereasonsdiscussedinTextA,therearemanyotherreasonsforstudyinghistory,forexample,Cultivatecreativeandcriticalthinking;Offeranextensivebodyofinformationandrichdatabaseforeconomics,politicalscienceandsociology;Offerflexibilityinthepursuitofjobs.Historymajorsmaylandjobsinjournalism,publishing,museums,stateandfederalgovernmentalagencies,publicrelations…WhyStudyHistory?Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?TextASupplementaryinformationTheNormanconquestofEngland(1066)wasapivotaleventinEnglishhistory.ItbeganwiththeinvasionofEnglandbyWilliam,DukeofNormandy.TheNormanconquestlargelyremovedthenativerulingclass,replacingitwithaforeign,French-speakingmonarchy,aristocracyandclericalhierarchy.ItlinkedEnglandmorecloselywithContinentalEuropeandcreatedoneofthemostpowerfulmonarchiesinEurope.ItalsochangedtheEnglishlanguageandculture.TheNormanConquestofEnglandWhyStudyHistory?Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?TextASupplementaryinformationCharlesDarwin(1809–1882)wasanEnglishnaturalistandwriter,bestknownastheoriginatorofthetheoryofbiologicalevolutionbynaturalselection.In1831,hejoinedafiveyearscientificexpeditiononthesurveyshipHMSBeagle.WhenhereturnedtoEnglandin1936,hetriedtosolvetheriddlesofhisobservation,proposingatheoryofevolution.Heworkedonhistheoryfor20years.AfterlearningthatAlfredRusselWallacehaddevelopedsimilarideas,hemadeajointannouncementwithWallaceoftheirdiscoveryin1858.In1859DarwinpublishedOntheOriginofSpeciesbyMeansofNaturalSelection.CharlesDarwinWhyStudyHistory?Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?Task1/OverviewP88TextASuggestedanswerkeySuggestedanswer:1.people;societies;2.change;society;3.art;aesthetic;4.moral;5.identity;6.citizenshipUnit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?Task2/PointsfordiscussionP89TextASuggestedanswerkeySuggestedanswertoQ1:“Pastnessofthepast”referstothewayspeopleinthepastconstructedtheirlives,orthestateandqualityofbeingpast.Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?TextASuggestedanswerkeySuggestedanswertoQ2:Thephrase“historyteachingbyexample”indicatesthatgreatandordinarypeopleofthepastcanprovideinspirationinhowsuccessfullytheyworkedthroughmoraldilemmasorlessonsincourage,diligenceandmanyothervirtues.Task2/PointsfordiscussionP89Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?TextASuggestedanswerkeyPossiblereasonsforastrongdesiretoknowyourfamilyhistory:•apassionforhistory•aninterestinmigrationpatterns•aninterestinethnicorigin•adesiretoachieveasenseofidentity•adesiretosolvecongenitalhealthproblems•apassiontotrackdownafamilytradition…SuggestedanswertoQ3:Task2/PointsfordiscussionP89Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?–Classroomactivities–Supplementaryinformation–SuggestedanswerkeyUnit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?•TextBTheProperAttitudeUnit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?TheProperAttitudeTextBClassroomactivities1.TextBAnalysis1)SummarizethelearningtipsofferedinTextBonthebasisofyouranswerstoTask1/Criticalreadingandthinking/TextB.2)HaveagroupdiscussionofthequestionsinTask2/Criticalreadingandthinking/TextB.Unit5StudyingHistory:WhyandHow?TheProperAttitudeTextBClassroomactivities1.TextBAnalysis3)PayattentiontothefollowinglinesfromTextB:Youmustbeabletoeventuallyimageatimeli