新世纪综合教程(英专)第二版 unit 7 Letter to a B Student

Unit7Unit7Unit7Watchthevideoandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Whatdoyouthinkoftheboythattheteachersweretalkingabout?Whatattitudesdidtheteachershavetowardstheboy?2.Doyouhaveanystudyproblem?What’syourteachers’attitude?Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationTheboyhadsomestudyproblems.Mostoftheteachersdidnotbelievethattheboycouldmakeanyprogress,buttheyoungladythoughtthathecould.Open.Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationTeacher1:Teacher2:Teacher3:Teacher1:Teacher3:Teacher4:Teacher2:Teacher4:Thebigkid’sbeenherefor,what,amonth?He’sstillnotcuttingitinmyclass.WhydoesAdmissionsdothis?Imean,it’snotfairtousortheboy.They’rejustsettinghimuptofail.Idon’tthinkhehasanyideaofwhatI’mteaching.Andhowwouldyouknowifhedid?Hewon’teventalk.Hewrites.Hisname.Barely.Hethrewthisinthetrashcan.“IlookandIseewhiteeverywhere:whitewalls,whitefloors,andalotofwhitepeople.TheteachersdonotknowIVideoScript1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationVideoScript2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationTeacher1:havenoideaofanythingtheyaretalkingabout.Idonotwannalistentoanyone,especiallytheteachers.Theyaregivinghomeworkandexpectingmetodotheproblemsonmyown.Ihaveneverdonehomeworkinmylife.Igotothebathroom,lookinthemirrorandsay:‘ThisisnotMichaelOher.’”Heentitledit“WhiteWalls.”How’sthespelling?1.QuoteHistoriesmakemenwise;poemswitty;themathematicssubtle;naturalphilosophydeep;moralgrave;logicandrhetoricabletocontend.—FrancisBaconCulturalinformation1AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationimprovement),inpercentages,or,asiscommoninsomepost-secondaryinstitutionsinsomecountries,asaGradePointAverage(GPA).TheGPAcanbeusedbypotentialemployersorfurtherpost-secondaryinstitutionstoassessCulturalinformation2AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformation2.GradesGradesarestandardizedmeasurementsofvaryinglevelsofcomprehensionwithinasubjectarea.Gradescanbeassignedinletters(forexample,A,B,C,D,orF),asarange(forexample4.0–1.0),asdescriptors(excellent,great,satisfactory,needsCulturalinformation7AudiovisualsupplementCulturalinformationandcompareapplicants.ACumulativeGradePointAverageisthemeanGPAfromallacademictermswithinagivenacademicyear,whereastheGPAmayonlyrefertooneterm.GlobalReading-TextanalysisStructuralanalysisTextanalysis1.Whatissuesdoesthewriteroftheletterintendtodealwith?Howshouldstudentsregardgrades,bothgoodandbad?Aregradesasimportantastheyareassumedtobe?Dogoodgradesnecessarilyleadtoachievementsandbadgradesresultinfailureinastudent’slaterlife?StructuralanalysisTextanalysis2.What’sthethemeofthispieceofwriting?Itisexplicitlystatedinthefirstsentenceofthethirdparagraph:toputaBstudent’sdisappointmentinperspectivebyconsideringexactlywhatthegradeBmeansanddoesn’tmean.GlobalReading-TextanalysisStructuralanalysis1ParagraphsMainidea12-56-8Itintroducesthetopicoftheletter.Gradesdonotmeaneverything.GettingaBinclassdoesnotmeanonewillalwaysbeaBperformerinlife.1.Dividethetextintopartsbycompletingthetable.TextanalysisStructuralanalysisParagraphsMainidea9-10Inacomplexsocietylikeours,labelsarenecessarybuttheyshouldbekeptinperspective.Structuralanalysis2StructuralanalysisTextanalysisStructuralanalysis32.Apartfromthefirstparagraph,therestofthetextfallsclearlyintothreeparts,eachofwhichismarkedatthebeginningbyakeywordorwords.Trytofindthesekeywords.Paragraphs2–5:DisappointmentParagraphs6-8:Thestudentasperformer;thestudentashumanbeing.Paragraphs9-10:PerspectiveMainideaStructuralanalysisYourfinalgradeforthecourseisB.Arespectablegrade.Farsuperiortothe“Gentleman’sC”thatservedasthenormacoupleofgenerationsago.ButinthosedaysA’swererare:onlytwooutoftwenty-five,asIrecall.Whateverournormis,ithasshiftedupward,withtheresultthatyouareprobablydisappointedatnotdoingbetter.I’mcertainthatnothingIcansaywillremovethatfeelingofdisappointment,particularlyinaclimatewheregradesdetermineeligibilityforgraduateschoolandspecialprograms.LettertoaBStudentDetailedreading1DetailedreadingRobertOliphant1Disappointment.It’sthestuffbaddreamsaremadeof:dreamsoffailure,inadequacy,lossofpositionandgoodrepute.Theessenceofsuccessisthatthere’sneverenoughofittogoroundinazero-sumgamewhereoneperson’swinningmustbeoffsetbyanother’slosing,oneperson’sjoyoffsetbyanother’sdisappointment.You’vegrownupinasocietywherewinningisnotthemostimportantthing—it’stheonlything.Tolose,tofail,togounder,togobroke—thesearedeadlysinsinaworldwhereprosperityinthepresentisseenasasuresignofsalvationinthefuture.Inadifferentsociety,yourdisappointmentmightbesomethingyoucouldshrugaway.Butnotinours.Detailedreading2Detailedreading2Detailedreading3Mypurposeinwritingyouistoputyourdisappointmentinperspectivebyconsideringexactlywhatyourgrademeansanddoesn’tmean.Idonotproposetoargueherethatgradesareunimportant.Rather,Ihopetoshowyouthatyourgrade,takenatfacevalue,isapttobedangerouslymisleading,bothtoyouandtoothers.Detailedreading3Asasymbolonyourcollegetranscript,yourgradesimplymeansthatyouhavesuccessfullycompletedaspecificcourseofstudy,doingsoatacertainlevelofproficiency.Thelevelofyourproficiencyha