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高等院校研究生英语系列教材综合教程(上)INTEGRATEDCOURSEUnit10TheRoleofEducationContentStartingoutReadingFocusReadingMorePracticalTranslationFocusedWritingFinalProjectTask1Thefollowingisalistofthecorecoursesofferedbycollegesoruniversities.Selectwhatyouthinkarethethreemostimportantcorecoursesfromthelistbelow.Compareyourchoiceswiththoseofyourpartner’sandgivereasonsforyourchoices.(P276)StartingoutEconomicsGeographyHistoryPhysiologyPsychologyEnglish,dancing,etc)Arts(music,paintingMathPhilosophyChineseP.E.ComputerManagementReligionLawTask2Inthemid1980s,China’scollegeenrollmentratestoodatabout3%ofthepopulation,lowerthanthatofmanyotherdevelopingcountries.Intheearly1990s,thenumberroseto5%.In1999,universitiesenrolled1.59millionstudents,whichwasa41.2percentrisefromthepreviousyear.Sincethen,thenumbershavejustkeptclimbing.In2002,thecollegeenrollmentratereached15%percent.Itroseto19%in2005.Somepeoplethinktheexpansionpolicyisnecessarytoimprovethequalityofthenation’seducationwhileothersbelievethattheexpansionisresponsibleforadeclineinthequalityofteachingaswellastheintensecompetitioninthejobmarket.Whatisyouropiniononthisissue?Useexamples,factsorfigurestosupportyourideas.(P276)Startingout—Task2Task2Usefulwordsandexpressions:Startingout—Task2•ajust,equitableandproductivesociety•qualityofeducation•skilledworkforce•low-incomeareas•minoritystudents•risingtuitionfees•heavyfinancialburden•meetthedemandsoftheworkplace•incapableoftacklingpracticalproblems•boosteconomicdevelopment•increasetheskillbaseofthecountryTask3InmostpartsofChina,whenstudentsreachthesecondgradeatseniorhighschool,theyarerequiredtospecializeineitherscienceorartscourses.Thetwocoursesareverydifferentandsomepeopledislikebeingstreamlinedsoearlyintheireducationalcareer.Whatdoyouthinkofthispractice?Talktoyourpartnerandtellthemaboutyourexperience.(P277)Startingout—Task3StartingoutNowwatchavideoaboutPrincetonUniversity.Listencarefullyandcompletetheblank-fillingexercise.1.PrincetonUniversityislocatedinPrinceton,NewJerseyinthesuburbanhistorictownof___________________includingfarmlandsandforests.2.Oneofthethingsthatwe’veseeninthelastyearsis__________________intheclass.3.Princetonoffersoneofthestrongestfinancialaidprogramsinthecountry.That’swhy58%ofundergraduatesreceivefinancialaidthat’snotneeded______________.4.SomeofthemostpopularmajorsinPrincetonarepolitics,history,_______________________________.5.Ourfacultiesareleadersintheirfieldsandthey’repushingback_________________intermsoftheirresearch.StartingoutdiversesurroundingsthegenderbalancetobepaidbackmolecularbiologyandengineeringintellectuallimitsTheRoleoftheAcademyinTimesofCrisisReadingFocusGlobalUnderstanding2DetailedInformation3CriticalThinking4LanguagePoints5ReadingFocusVocabularyinAction6BackgroundInformation1Listentoatalkoneducationandeducationalsystem,andanswerthefollowingquestions.1)What’sthepurposeofeducation?2)What’sthoughttobefashionableinmanymoderncountries?3)Whydosomepeoplerefusetodowhattheythinkofaslowjobs?4)Whyistheworkofacompletelyuneducatedfarmerfarmoreimportantthanthatofaprofessor?5)Whatkindofeducationisvaluabletothesociety?BackgroundInformationReadingFocus–GlobalUnderstandingTask1It’simportanttobeabletofindthemainideainaparagraph.Themainideatellsthereaderwhattheparagraphismostlyabout.Alloftheothersentencesinaparagrapharedetailsthattellthereadermoreaboutthemainidea.Themainideaisusuallystatedinatopicsentence.Thetopicsentenceisoftenthefirstsentenceoritmaycomealittlelaterintheparagraphorevenattheend.It’simportanttobeabletodistinguishthemainideafromthesupportingdetailsinreadingmaterials.Sometimesthemainideaisnotwrittenexplicitlybutrathersuggested.Sometimesitmaybeexpressedinmorethanonesentence.Therearesevenparagraphsinthistext.Writedownthemainideaofeachparagraph.(P283)Para1:Para2:Para3:Para4:ReadingFocus–GlobalUnderstandingOursociety’sconfidenceinitsinstitutionsofhighereducationisclearfromthegenerosityofgovernmentinvestmentinresearchbutitcomeswithexpectation.Modernacademicstudyrelatestotheworld;itisnotapartfromitasinthepast.Americansocietyhasalong-standingconsensusaboutthevalueofeducation.Wehaveanobligationtosearchfornewideasandknowledge.Para5:Para6:Para7:ReadingFocus–GlobalUnderstandingWehaveanobligationtodisseminatenewideaandknowledge.Wehavethethirdobligationtoeducatethenextgenerationofcitizensandleaders.Weshouldcultivatethequalitiesofthoughtanddiscernmentinourstudents.Task2Choosethesentencethatbestexpressesthemeaningofthesentencefromthetext.(P284)Key:12345678910BCBBCCACCCReadingFocus–DetailedInformationCriticalThinkingReadingFocusStepOneReadthefollowingsentencesfromthetextanddecidewhetheryouagreewiththeauthor.Workingroupstoprovideexamplestosupportorargueagainsttheauthor’sopinions.ReadingFocus—CriticalThinkingThesearchfornewideasandknowledgeisnotandcannotbemotivatedbyutilitarianconcern.Weshouldfirstandforemostcultivatethequalitiesofthoughtanddiscernmentinourstudents.StepTwoDiscusswithyourpartnerthefollowingquestions.Whatdoyouthinkisthepurposeofeducation?Doyouthinktheideaofaliberalartseducationaspreparationforaprofessionisa
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