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Unit2TextATheHumanities:OutofDate?2.Tohaveageneralunderstandingofthetext1.Tohaveknowledgeoftheimportanceofthehumanities4.Tomasterthewritingskillusedinthetext3.TounderstandtheadvantagesofthehumanitiesbyanalyzingthepassageandbefamiliarwiththetextstructureaswellLead-inTextcomprehension&StructureanalysisCriticalthinkingWriting:focusonanadvantage/disadvantageessayCulturalnotesthehumanitiesCulturalnotesmusicpaintinghistoryphilosophyThehumanities,calledsocialscience,studythehumancondition,usingthemethodsthatareprimarilyanalytical(分析的),critical,orspeculative（思索性的).CulturalnotesWhoarethesefamouspeople?Lead-inConfuciusBruceLeeSallyRideJamesCameron苏绣suxiuWhatdotheyshareincommonaccordingtotheireducationalbackground?Allofthemoncestudiedthehumanities.Theyeithermajoredinthehumanitiesorlearnedoneormorehumanisticsubjects.Lead-in苏州市花-桂花suzhoushihuaLead-inowTheHumanities:OutofDate?I.Introduction:thebackgroundinformationII.Body:theauthor’sargumentIII.ConclusionWhydoestheauthorproposethisquestion?Whatdoestheauthorthinkofthehumanities?Accordingtotheauthor,willthehumanitiesbeoutofdate?ReadingComprehensionlibrarieslabs苏州市花-桂花suzhoushihuaScanthepassageanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalseManystudentshavetostudysomethingthatbooststheirprospectsoffindingajobasthejobmarketworsens.Nowadays,acollegeeducationisonlyregardedasameansforeconomicbettermentinsteadofameansforhumanbetterment.Currently,studentsaremorelikelytogotolibrariesratherthanlabs.Studyingthehumanitiescanprepareusformanydifferentcareers.TheDeanofAdmissionsatamedicalschoolpreferapre-medstudentinsteadofaphilosophymajorevenifbothofthemhavetherequiredbasicScientificcourses.()()()ReadingComprehension√××√()×()suzhouyinxianga.Collegestudentshavedefectedfrom___________________to________orhardskills_suchasaccountingtohelpthemeasily___________.(Paras.1-2)Whatisthecurrenttendencyincollegeeducationasjobmarketworsens?(paras.1-2)Readingskill:scanning句型提炼sth.is/aremoreandmoreseenas…ratherthan…(用于表达“人们对某一事物的看法的变化”。)thehumanitiesappliedsciencelandajobb.Acollegeeducationismoreandmoreseenas_ratherthan______.(Para.2)ameansforeconomicbettermentameansforhumanbetterment昆曲kunqu如今，书法越来越被视为一种艺术而非仅仅是一门技能。典型例句Nowadays,thecalligraphyisakindofartsjustaskill.moreandmoreseenasratherthancalligraphy苏绣suxiuWhoarethesefamouspeople？Inadditiontolandingajob,doyouthinkwhatotherreasonscanexplainthetrendthatmoreandmorecollegestudentstendtochooseappliedscienceastheirmajor?Whatroledidthehumanitiesplayinthepastandwhatroledotheyplaynowinstudents’universitylife?dominantpillarsbitroles(para.3)Readingskill:scanningWhatisthe“unconsciousmind”accordingtoSigmundFreud?theinstinctittheinnerforcesthatdrivesomepeopletogreatnessandotherstoself-destructiontheinnerdriveThefamouspsychologist,SigmundFreud,calleditthe“unconsciousmind”or,morefamiliarly,the“instinct”.(para.4)Readingskill:scanningWhatformsthebasisofstudyofthehumanitiesaccordingtotheauthor?Thefertilebodyofworkaboutthemysteriousinnerdrivebyhistorians,architects,authors,philosophersandartistsfromtheancienttimes(para.5)Readingskill:scanningAccordingtotheauthor,whataretheadvantagesofstudyingthehumanities?Toimprovesourabilitytoreadandwrite(Para.6);Tomakesusfamiliarwiththelanguageofemotionandthecreativeprocess(Para.7);Toinvestsuswithgreatinsightandself-awareness(Para.7);Toreleaseourcreativeenergyandtalentinapositiveandconstructivemanner(Para.7);Toprovidealargescopeofpossibilitiesandprepareusformanydifferentcareersandjobswecanundertake(Para.8);Tobeseenastheidealintheestablishmentofacareerwhencombinedwithtechnicalknowledge(Para.9);(paras.6-9)Readingskill:skimmingwell-roundedadj.多才多艺的；全方位的全面教育awell-roundededucation组词:adv.+pastparticiplewell-prepared/well-known/so-called/newly-invented…词汇应用Accordingtotheauthor,willthehumanitiesbeoutofdate?Anddoyouagreewiththeauthor?(para.10)Readingskill:scanning苏州市花-桂花suzhoushihuaSPartI(paras.1-5):Studyingthehumanitiescanbringusalotofadvantages.(Paras.6-9)thetrend(Para.1-2)thebasisofthehumanities(Paras.4-5)Itsummarizesthemainideasstatedintheargumentthatthe….(Para.10)TextStructurethepositionofthehumanitiesintheuniversityinthepastandnow.(Para.3)PartII(paras.6-9):PartIII(paras.10):IntroductionBody:theauthor’sargumenttosupportthehumanitiesConclusiona)Introduction：thetopicofanessay/athesisstatementWritingb)Body:addresstheadvantagesordisadvantagesrespectively.c)Conclusion:restatethethesisstatement,orsummarizethemainideas,addyourownopinionattheendasyourfinalcommentonthetopic.Transitionalwords:attheverybeginning/firstly/itmeansthat…/inotherwords/inadditionthen/furthermore/anotheradvantageis…/finally/tosumup/inconclusioninsummary/inshort…PleaseexaminehowTextAdevelopsthispassage,thenlearnhowtowriteanadvantage/disadvantageessay提出观点论证观点重申论点，给出自己的看法CriticalThinkingWhatcanbedonetoenhancetherolesofthehumanitiesinuniversity?Directions:Writeanessayofnolessthan150wordsonthefollowingtopic,followingtheoutlineinthebox.Topic:AdvantagesoftakinghistorycourseIntroduction:Thesisstatement:Takinghistorycoursecanbeadvantageoustoallcollegestudents.Body:A