Unit3 Why I teach

UnitThreeWhyITeach?Contents•1.Warm-upQuestions•2.BackgroundInformation•3．GlobalAnalysis•4．TextPresentationBeforeReading_1.1DiscussionWorkinpairsandtrytofigureouttheoccupationsofthepeopleinthepictures.Whatdoyouwanttobe?doctorpilotscientistbutcherdirectorengineerbusinessmanteachersalesmanWarm-upQuestions1.Whatdoyouwanttodoaftergraduation?2.Wouldyouliketobeateacher?Whyorwhynot?Joys:pace,freedom,change,challenge,achievement,feelingyoungandfulfilled,respect,longvacations,etcFrustrations:lowpay,constantchallenges,heavyload,academicpressure,lackofunderstandingfromstudents,etc.ThereasonsIteach•Longvacation(opportunitytodowhatIenjoy,likereading,research)•Feelingyoungandfulfilled•Senseofachievementnthepaceoftheacademiccalendar校历的步调nvariety(teachingisbuiltonchange)丰富多彩（教学建立在“变”的基础上）nthefreedomtobehisownboss(thefreedomtodothingsonhisownway)自行做主的自由Gooverthetextquicklyandfindoutthereasonswhytheauthorteaches.ThereasonstheauthorteachesThereasonstheauthorchoosesteachingashiscareerntheopportunitytokeeponlearning不断学习的机会ntheopportunitytoteachhisstudentstoplaytheirrolesintherealworld教授学生在社会上施展才华的机会ntheopportunitytosharewithhisstudentsthehappinessoftheirsuccess享受学生成功的喜悦的机会Thereasonstheauthorchoosesteachingashiscareernthejoyofseeinghisstudentsgrowandchangeinfrontofhiseyes亲眼目睹学生在眼前长大、变化的喜悦nthepowertohelphisstudentsgrowandchange帮助学生成长和变化Thereasonstheauthorchoosesteachingashiscareerntheloveteachingoffers,theloveoflearning,ofbooksandideasandtheloveateacherfeelsforrarestudents教书带来的爱，爱学习、爱书本、爱思想，还有教师对出类拔萃的学生的爱nthefeelingofremainingyoungwhileteaching与学生朝夕相处感受到年轻，和学生一起成长3.Doyouthinkthatteachersarehighlyrespectedandvaluedinyoursociety?Listentothepassageandfillintheblankswiththemissingwords.Theteachingprofessionvariesfromcountrytocountry.Inmanycountriesteachingisahighlyandprestigiousprofession.InJapan,forexample,teachersreceivebettersalariesandbenefitsthanteachersintheUnitedStates.Indevelopingnations,teachersoftenhave,buttheirsalariesareoftenmeager(不足的)andtheirconditionsaregenerallypoor.Insomenations,suchasIrelandandSpain,theRomanCatholicChurchinallaspectsofeducation,includingteachers’training.Allofthecountries,particularlythedevelopingnations,losemanyoftheirmostteacherstomorelucrativepositionsinandindustry.respected_____working______much____BeforeReading_1.4prestige_______participates_________qualified_______commerce_________do__■BecomingateacherinChinaInthepast,becomingateacherwascomparativelyeasyforgraduates,because,atthattime,inthesocietywasverylowandtheirsalarywasverymeagerandtherefore,notmanygraduatesexceptthosegraduatingfromwouldchoosetobecometeachers.However,withtheoftheimportanceofeducationandalsoofteachers,teachers’statusandtheirtreatmenthavebeenimproved,andtheirvaluesaremorerecognized.Consequently,moreandmorewanttobecometeachers,especiallycollegeteachers.Therefore,thecompetitionbecomesmoreandmorefierce.Nowadays,theforteachersarealsorising.■teachers’statusnormaluniversitiesgrowingawarenessgraduatesrequirementsNewWords1.administrative:adj.Heholdsanadministrativepostinthecompany.Administerv.管理Administrationn.2.Professionn.Professionala.职业的byprofession以。。。为职业Heisalawyerbyprofession.teachingprofession3.Convincev.使确信，使信服；说服Convincesbofsth使某人确信ConvincesbthatConvincesbtodo说服某人做某事HowcanIconvinceyouofherhonesty?Hersmileconvincedhimthatshewashappy.I’vebeentryingtoconvincehimtocomewithme.convinced:adj.确信的，坚信的beconvincedof确信beconvincedthatIamconvincedofhisguilt.Iwasconvincedthatweweredoingtherightthing.convincing:adj.令人信服的，有说服力的aconvincingspeaker令人信服的演说家4.Reflectvt.,vi.（1）（指表面）反射（光、热、声）；（指镜）反映……之像•Thesunlightwasreflectedfromthewater日光由水面反射出来。•Lookatthetreesreflectedinthelake.看湖中倒映的树影。（2）深思，考虑reflecton/uponImustreflectuponhowtoanswerthatquestion.Reflectionn.thereflectionoflight光的反射Shewaslostinreflectiononherfuture.她为自己的未来而陷入深思之中。5.freshmann.大一学生sophomoren.大二学生juniorn.大三学生seniorn大四学生BeforeReading_1.5.4“Livinginanivorytower”usuallydepictstheintellectualswholiveonlyfortheirworkanddon’tcaremuchaboutsocialandpoliticalaffairs.Theyconcentratetheirentireeffortsonthequestforwhattheyperceivetobescientificorartistictruth.6.IvoryTower7.switch•switchfrom/to变换,转移•switchoff/on切断/接上（电流）•switchover(fromonetoanother)（从某方面）转变（到另一方面）8.urbana.城市的urbanlifeurbanenvironmenturbanizev.使都市化rurala.农村的；suburban[sə'bə:bən]a.郊区的，市郊的suburb['sʌbə:b]n.郊区，市郊；suburbanize[sə‘bə:bənaiz]v.使变成市郊outskirtsn.郊区9.fellowshipn.研究员职位；研究员薪金-ship:suffix后缀表示情况、状态、身份、资格、职位或职务•ownership所有权，所有制•professorship教授身份•leadership领导•authorship作者身份•scholarship奖学金10.intuitionbyintuition凭直觉haveaintuition有种感觉Ihadanintuitionthatwewouldfindthenthere.我突然有种直觉我们能在那里找到他们。Intuitiontoldmeyouarehere.我凭直觉知道你在这儿。11．analysis:n.analysis的复数形式是analyses动词形式为analyse或analyze与其有相似变化的词还有：basis—bases—baseparalysis[pə‘rælisis]麻痹—paralyses—paralyse/paralyze[’pærəlaiz]使麻痹RalphWaldoEmersonwasaleaderofthephilosophicalmovementoftranscendentalism(先验说,超越论).HisessayshadastronginfluenceonbothAmericanandEuropeanreadersandwritersintheirstudyofman’srelationtolife.Inaspeechentitled“theAmericanScholar,”hecalleduponAmericanstudentsto“KnowThys