Unit1-现代大学英语精读2课件PPT

1、Unit OneAnother School Year- What For?Topic discussion:Why did you come to universities?What do you expect to learn in universities?Do you now have new visions of the purpose of university? Suggested answers:1.To give Ss sufficient training for a career.2. To expose Ss to the essence of human civili

2、zation3. To cultivate the qualities of being a human4. To gather useful information and knowledge5. To encourage intellectual curiosity and cultural appreciationMemorable Quotes 1. In education we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life. - William White 2. The foundation

3、 of every state is the education of the youth. - Diogenes 3. I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. - Mark Twain Preview WorkNew words & ExpressionsAccomplishmentAcquireAssumeAvailableCertifyEmployExposeQualifiedBe fresh out of/ fromMean to do sth.Specialize in12. Average out13.

4、See to it that14. Preside over15. Suffice it (to say) that16. Be out to do sth./for sth.17. Be stuck for18. The chances are that19. Have no business doing sth./ to do sth.20. Be true of21. In essenceAnother School Year- What For?Content:-Background Information-Author- New words & phrases- Text Analy

5、sisBackground Information Do you know anything about the famous historic literary figures below? Match the related information.NameNationalityMasterpieceWilliam ShakespeareItalianRelativityAlighier DanteGermanMaximsBachSwiss-American OdysseyHomerFrenchCanterbury TalesEinsteinEnglish Church CantatasC

6、haucerGreekThe Divine Comedy La RochefoucauldEnglishHamletNameNationalityMasterpieceWilliam ShakespeareItalianTheory of RelativityAlighieri DanteGermanMaximsBachSwiss-American OdysseyHomerFrenchCanterbury TalesEinsteinEnglish Church CantatasChaucerGreekThe Divine Comedy La RochefoucauldEnglishHamlet

7、More detailed background information Work in group of 7 to translate the notes given after the text and then choose a representative to report the translation to the class.“We seldom find such sensible men as those who agree with us.”“Virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea.”

8、“The surest way to be deceived is to think oneself cleverer than the others.”“We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.” - by La Rochefoucauld PronunciationMeaning(s) & usageCollocationsderivatives synonyms & antonymsSimilar wordsCultural informationWord StudyCh

9、eck-on PreviewWrite down the words according to the corresponding explanations. f_a_p_s_l_e_c _e _s _s _all the teachers of a university or collegebehaving in a proud and self-important wayshowing the ability to understand things clearly and deeplyan uncivilized human beingin a basic meaning of a wo

10、rdto officially arrange to join a universityEducated and refined; having an advanced cultureThe most important quality or feature of sth.One of the two periods into which the year is divided in American high schools and universitiesAble to understand or appreciate art, music or literatureacultyrroga

11、ntlyenetratingavageiteralnrollivilizedssenceemesterensitiveCheck-on PreviewAcquireAverageContainEmployshudderexpertiseGenerateImplicitlyInevitablemaintainTo gain; to get for oneself by ones own workTo calculate the average of sth.To have sth. inside or as part of itTo spend time doing sthTo shake un

12、controllably for a momentSkill in a particular fieldTo produceIn an implied wayCertain to happen and impossible to avoidTo continue to have as beforeWord study1. Among her _were sewing, cooking, playing the piano and dancing. He advocates building more schools. 2. Of course, there aremanybooksthatwe

13、all havetoread,eithertopassexaminationsorto _information,from which it is impossible to extract enjoyment. 3. Therefore, the government will have to _responsibility if bad assets grows rapidly.4. Mr. Leach is on holiday and was not _for comment.accomplishmentsacquireassumeavailable5. Her days are _i

14、n gardening and voluntary work.6. The corrupt official bought off those who might _him.7. He is the only one_ to work on his code.8. It was well worthy to strive arduously in _of our own happiness and dream!9. We can _for his competence as an editor .employedexposequalifiedcertifypursuitWrite a para

15、graph by using at least 5 words below.Acquire, available, contain, expose, graduate, incompetence, maintain, nevertheless, qualified, professional, skill, specialize, unaidedAaccomplishment1. Cutting the budget was an impressive accomplishment. ( achievement) 2. Our efforts were directed towards the

16、 accomplishment of the work. ( the act of finishing or achieving sth. good)V. accomplishAdj. accomplishedCompare: accomplish & completeassume1. You assume his innocence before hearing the evidence against him. ( to suppose; to think that sth. is true )2. As a male, he assumed all his duties he shoul

17、d assume. ( to take or begin to have power or responsibility)3. She assumed an air of indifference, even though she was eager to see him. (to pretend to have a particular feeling or quality)N. assumptionConj. Assuming (that)CertifyThe driver was certified dead at the scene. ( to state that sth. is t

18、rue or correct, 证明，证实）She was certified as a teacher in 1990. （authorize officially, 给颁发合格证书）N. certificate 证书，执照，文凭 eg: birth/death/ marriage N. certification 证明，保证expose1) In 1971, the people in East Africa were exposed to every kind of danger- flood, famine, disease and war. （ to put sb. in a sit

19、uation where they are not protected from sth. dangerous or unpleasant)2) He threatened to expose her to the police. ( to show the truth about sb. or sth.)N. exposition9. Be fresh out of/ from10. Mean to do sth.11. Specialize in12. Average out13. See to it that14. Preside overto have just come from a

20、 particular place; to have just had a particular experience 刚to intend to do 打算做to become an expert in a particular area of study, work or business 专门研究to come to an average or ordinary level or standard, esp. after being higher or lower 其平均数为 to make sure that 确保to be in charge or to control a meet

21、ing or an event, here used humorously主持A15. Suffice it to say that16. Be out to do sth./for sth.17. Be stuck for18. The chances are that19. Have no business doing sth./ to do sth.20. Be true of21. In essence22. Be exposed to sth.23. Be employed in doing sth.it is enough to sayto be trying to get or

22、do sth.打算做not knowing what to do in a particular situation因而不知所措it is possible that; it is likely很可能to have no right to do sth.无权做to apply to适用于by nature; essentially 本质上；实质的 To be introduced to sth. to get familiar with sth. 使能接触到To spend time doing sth. 忙于做 1. 刚从学校毕业，他们遇到了一系列的问题，也有很多机遇。 Fresh out

23、of college, they were exposed to a series of problems as well as plenty of opportunities. 2. 不管学习何种专业，大学生都应该接受人文通识教育。College students should have humanistic liberal education, whatever they specialize in. 3. 请确保所有同学都收到了考试延期的通知。Please see to it that all students have been notified of the delay of the

24、 exam.Translation work4. 人的财富各有多少，但幸福感都是差不多的。People may differ greatly in wealth, but their sense of happiness tends to average out. 5. 没有什么语言能表达我的悲伤。No words will suffice to convey my grief. 6. 年轻人倾向于向前看，而老人更喜欢回忆旧时光。任何一个国 家的人都如此。 The young tend to look ahead while the old like to look back on the p

25、ast. This is true of all nations. 7. 如果你喜欢某个人，就让他知道，很可能他也喜欢你呢。 If you have someone on your mind, let him know. The chances are that you are on his as well.Text AnalysisGenreStyleThemeStructureDetailed analysisFigures of SpeechBackgroundGenreOrientation speechperiod of time at the beginning of the ac

26、ademic year at a university during which a variety of events are held to orient and welcome newstudents. The orientation helps new students to organize their classes, acclimate to student life, and introduce themselves to other new students. Speeches are often given at orientation by presidents or a

27、cclaimed professors of the university. AudienceCollege freshmenText AnalysisStructureStylecolloquial, familiar;E.g. use the direct speech to recreate the scene of his encounter with the tall boy in his officefirst humorous, mildly sarcastic; E.g. “a beanpole with hair on top”, “this specimen” and “t

28、his particular pest”. later serious and earnesta few long and involved sentences in the second part of text, e.g. sentences in Para.12 &14 What is the purpose of university education? University education has a two-fold purposeTo provide students with technical & professional trainingTo educate stud

29、ents to become civilized human beingsThemeText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Main IdeaRetell the teachers encounter with the student. Occasion, students appearance & question, what the teacher has in mind and what he says, students responseWhat is the students attitude towards reading Shakespeare

30、 and towards the teacher? Find textual evidence.What is the teachers attitude towards the student? Find textual evidence.How does the teacher try to explain to the student the importance of reading literature? Language pointsLet me tell you one of the earliest disasters in my career as a teacher. Le

31、t me tell you one of the great failures happened when I first became a teacher/ in the first days of my teaching career. disaster: an unexpected event that kills a lot of people or causes a lot of damage”. Here it means “a complete failure”. Exaggeration for a humorous effect. I was fresh out of gra

32、duate school starting my first semester at the University of Kansas City. I had just completed my graduate studies and began teaching at the University of Kansas City. Adverbial phrasePart of the student body was a beanpole with hair on top who came into my class, sat down, folded his arms, and look

33、ed at me as if to say “All right, teach me something.”part of the student body: one of the studentsthe student body: all the students of the universitybody: a group of people who work or act together, often for an official purpose, or who are connected in some other way, e.g.a law-making body 立法机构th

34、e governing body of the university 大学管理机构beanpole: a pole famers use as a support for beans in vegetable gardens. here it means a tall and thin person what an unfavorable impression the student left on the writer: appearance & manner Usage of as if as if: with the appearance of; apparentlyas if + cl

35、auseShe looks as if she is going to cry. (fact)She always talks to me as if she were my sister. (not fact)as if + infinitiveHe opened his lips as if to say something.as if + present participleHe was standing by the window as if waiting for somebody.as if + past participleUpon hearing the news, she w

36、as completely dumbfounded as if struck by lightning.as if + adj.As if unsure of where she was, she hesitated and looked round.New as I was to the faculty, I could have told this specimen a number of things.Though I was a new teacher, I knew I could tell him what a university was for, but I didnt. (我

37、虽然经验不多)也讲得出这些道理（但我没有讲）。New as I was: though I was newStrange as it may seem, he never really wants to be rich.Fast as you read, you cant finish the book so soon.Object as you may, Ill go.new to sth.: not yet familiar with sth. because you have only just started, arrived, etc. Subjunctive moodAnimal

38、human being(humorous effect)I could have pointed out that he had enrolled, not in a drugstore-mechanics school, but in a college and that at the end of his course he meant to reach for a scroll that would read Bachelor of Science. I could have told him that he was now not getting training for a job

39、in a technical school but doing a B.S. at a university. Phrases:Point out; enroll in; mean to do sth.; reach for; Bachelor of Sciencea piece of paper which said Bachelor of Science it would certify that he had specialized in pharmacy, but it would further certify that he had been exposed to some of

40、the ideas( mankind has generated within its history). The B.S. certificate would be an official proof that the holder had special knowledge of pharmacy, but it would also be a proof that he had learned some profound ideas of the past. I could have told him all this, but it was fairly obvious he wasn

41、t going to be around long enough for it to matter. I didnt actually say all this to him, because I didnt think he would stay at college very long, so it wouldnt be important whether or not he knew what university education was for. be around: to be present in a place; availablematter (to sb.): to be

42、 important or have an important effect on sb./sth.It doesnt matter whether or not you agree. My mind is made up. Does it matter if I write in pencil?introductorywhether I told him all thisYou will see to it (that the cyanide stays out of the aspirin), (that the bull doesnt jump the fence), or (that

43、your client doesnt go to the electric chair as a result of your incompetence).You have to take responsibility for the work you do. If youre a pharmacist, you should make sure that aspirin is not mixed with poisonous chemicals. As an engineer, you shouldnt get things out of control. If you become a l

44、awyer, you should make sure an innocent person is not sentenced to death because you lack adequate legal knowledge and skill to defend your client. go to the electric chair (= electrocute): to be punished by being killed on the electric chair, that is, by passing electricity through bodyAppositive c

45、lauseAlong with everything else, they will probably be what puts food on your table, supports your wife, and rears your children. In addition to all other things (such as satisfaction) these professions offer, they provide you with a living so that you can support a family wife and children. along w

46、ith: in addition to sb./sth.; together with sb./sth.She keeps her pills in her bag, along with her money and her comb and lipstick and the usual junk. noun clause (predictive)Will the children ever be exposed to a reasonably penetrating idea at home?Will your children ever hear you talk about someth

47、ing profound at home?She wants to find a place reasonably close (= not far from) to her university. Our university is not one of the top ten, but reasonably well known both at home and abroad. to a degree that is fairly good but not very good, An idea that requires the ability of understanding clear

48、ly and deeplyWill you be presiding over a family that maintains some contact with the great democratic intellect?Will you be head of a family who brings up the kids in a democratic spirit?maintain contact with: to keep in touch with, here used figurativelythe great democratic thinkingWill there be a

49、 painting a reasonably sensitive man can look at without shuddering?Will you have a painting in your house that shows good taste?“I hope you make a lot of it,” I told him, “because youre going to be badly stuck for something to do when youre not signing checks.”signing checks: paying for what youve

50、bought by signing checksWhat does the sentence mean?Note the sarcastic tone of the writer. In spite of what he had said, the student didnt seem to be convinced. If you dont have any goal in life apart from making money to satisfy your desire for material riches, go ahead and make a lot of it. Otherw

51、ise you wouldnt know what to do with all your idle time.Part II: Main IdeaHow does the writer present his argument in the 2nd part? Education is an essential part of the purpose of university & the consequence of refusing to be educated.In order to be educated, one needs to learn from the past (exam

52、ple: MIT)Books are an important carrier of the past, and provide people with a variety of lives.The mission of university is to educate the students. If you have no time for Shakespeare, for a basic look at philosophy, for the continuity of the fine arts, for that lesson of mans development we call

53、history then you have no business being in college. If you dont want to improve your mind and broaden your horizon by studying a little literature, philosophy and the fine arts and history, you shouldnt be studying here at college. . 4 for Parallel structureYou are on your way to being that new spec

54、ies of mechanized savage, the push-button Neanderthal. You will soon become an uneducated, ignorant person who can only work machines and operate mechanical equipment (one who doesnt know anything about literature, music, the fine arts, culture in general, etc.)on the/ones way to: on the point of ex

55、periencing or achieving, e.g.She is on the way to becoming a full professor. Mary is well on her way to a nervous breakdown.an uneducated, ignorant person who can only use/operate machines by pushing the buttonsnew type of humans who are intellectually simple and not developed and who can only work

56、machinesOur colleges inevitably graduate a number of such life forms, but it cannot be said that they went to college; rather the college went through them without making contact. A number of such push-button savages get college degrees. We cannot help that. But even with their degrees, we cant say

57、that these people have received a proper college education. It is more accurate to say that they come through college without learning anything. go through (a person) (like a dose of salts): (of food, etc.) to pass through the body as waste matter without being digested; here, used figuratively and

58、sarcastically( used sarcastically) meaning these people are living creatures, but cant think and reasonThere is not time enough in a single lifetime to invent for oneself everything one needs to know in order to be a civilized human. To become a civilized person, you need to acquire the knowledge an

59、d develop the culture a civilized society needs. Ones lifetime is too short to create an environment for him to become civilized. a person who is pleasant, charming and without roughness of manner the time during which a person is alive You pass the great stone halls of, , M.I.T., and there cut into

60、 the stone are the names of the scientists. If you pass the great stone halls of a university, M.I.T. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for example, youll see the names of the scientists cut into the stone. say: for exampleMassachusetts Institute of Technologythe names of scientists are carved