Unit4NevertoooldtolearnReading课件高中英语译林版（2020）选择性

Unit4ReadingCheckyourhomeworkPhrasesP43-47nevertoooldtolearnintellectualgrowthcommenceatbirthceaseatdeathauditorylearnersvisuallearnersphysicallearnersinaverbalmannerinawrittenformatthroughphysicalactivitysortinformationvisualizeobjectsinteractwithactualobjectstoughandfrustratingasIjourneythroughmylifebecomeawarethat…acquireknowledgebetterunderstandtheworldbeperceivedasaweaknessastilllifePhrasesP43-47itisimpresseduponsbthattheblankspacesbetweentheobjectsbevitaltothesuccessofthecompositionWhenyouknowathing,torecognizethatyouknowit;andwhenyoudonotknowathing,torecognizethatyoudonotknowitthatiswisdom.inarapidlychangingworldasyouprogressthroughlifebeexposedtosthbeboundtodoNewknowledgeisconstantlybeinggenerated.bebeingrevisedallthetimetotheextentthat…keeppacewithresolveproblemsrefreshyourknowledgethroughlifelonglearningbeessentialandbeneficialhaveanopenmindBeobjectiveandmakeyourselfopentonewknowledgeandideas.criticizethemorrejectthemdifferfromPhrasesP43-47developcriticalthinkingskillsblindlyacceptnewideasinquirefurthertoassessthetruthtakeadvantageofopportunitiesregisteronlinesubscribetoe-learningcoursesbecomeincreasinglypopularrichanddiverseitisnotsufficienttodohaveconcretevalueareviewprocessofanalysis，evaluationandimprovementyourcomprehensionoftheworldbecomesacontinuousprocessinaworldofconstantchangeceasetodofurtherone’scareerboostyoursenseofself-worthkeepyourmindactiveKnowwhatyouknowanduseit;knowwhatyoudonotknowandembraceit;knowthatyouwillneverknowallthereistoknowandwonderatit.bebasedoninductivereasoninginotherwordsPhrasesP43-47awaytoproceedfromtheparticulartothegeneral,fromthespecifictotheabstractinthenatureofscientistsinquireintoeverypossibilitygeneralizedtheoriesblackswantheorysuggesttheirexistencearemotepossibilityinalldomainsofknowledgePre-readingAnswerthetwoquestionsonPage44.1.WhydoyouthinklearningisimportantLearningisimportanttooursurvivalanddevelopment.Wearebornwithbasicsurvivalinstincts,buttocontinuesurvivinginourworldwemustlearnavarietyofthingssuchassocialbehaviourandintellectualknowledge.Wemustalsolearntoadapttotheever-changingworldandwhatwelearnthroughoutourlivesinfluencesourphysical,mental,intellectualandsocialdevelopment.Besides,acquiringnewknowledgeandskillscanbefunbecauseitopensupopportunitiestodifferentexperiences.2.WhatwouldyoudowhenlearningistoughandfrustratingFacedwiththissituation,Iwouldtrytobepatientwithmyselffirst.ThemorepatientIam,themoreconfidentIwouldbetoachievecertainobjectives.Ifbeingpatientdoesnothelp,Iwouldchangemymethodoflearning.Forexample,insteadofreadingaboutatopic,Icouldlookforavideoonthetopictowatch.Finally,IwouldmakesureIammaintainingagoodbalancebetweenmystudiesandmyfreetimeactivities.Byapplyingvariousstrategies,IwillensurethatIimprovemylearningefficiencyandfaceanychallengespositively.While-readingPara.3:(3)____________________________•(4)__________________________________•Takingadvantageofopportunitiesforlifelonglearning•(5)________________________________________________________________________Para.4:Oneshouldneverceasetolearn.

WhyremainlifelonglearnersinarapidlychangingworldPara.1:Itisimportanttoacquireknowledgethroughoutlifeandunderstandhowmuchyoudonotknow.Para.2:(1)______________________________________________________________•Changesinstudyandworkenvironments•(2)_______________________________RapidlygrowingproductionofknowledgeHowtoproceedwithlifelonglearningHavinganopenmindApplyingknowledgeandhavingareviewprocessofanalysis,evaluationandimprovement1.ReadthemagazinearticleandcompleteA1onPage46.IntroductionReasonsWays/SuggestionsConclusion2.ReadthemagazinearticleagainandanswerthequestionsinA2onPage46.Itmeansappreciatinghowmuch,asanindividual,youdon’tknow.(2)WhatwillyoubeexposedtoasyouprogressthroughlifeYouwillbeexposedtomanynewideas,beliefs,practicesandlearningexperiences.(1)Whatdoes“this”inLine5refertoTheypreventyoufromblindlyacceptingnewideas.(4)HowcanwetakeadvantageofopportunitiesforlifelonglearningWecouldregisteronlineandsubscribetoe-learningcourses.Wecouldalsovisitthelocallibrary,whereresourcesarerichanddiverse.(3)Whyarecriticalthinkingskillsimportantaccordingtotheauthor.Onlywhenyourealizeyourlackofknowledgecanyoutrulyunderstandyourstrengthsandweaknesses,andthusyouwilltrytolearnwhatyoudon’tknow,whichfinallymakesyouachievegreaterprogress.Whatdoesthewritermeanbysaying“Theabilitytoadmitthisshouldnotbeperceivedasaweakness,butasastrength”3.ReadParagraph1andanswerthefollowingquestion.AnalysethesentencesThemoreIlearn,thebetterIknowhowmuchthereisstilllefttolearn.AsI

journeythroughmylife,Ihavebecomeawarethatacquiringknowledgeis

not

onlyameansbywhichyoucanbetterunderstandtheworld,butalsoawayof

appreciatinghowmuch,asanindividual,youdonotknow.The

abilitytoadmit

thisshouldnotbeperceivedasaweakness,butasa

strength.Ioncehadanart

teacher,pointingoutthatitisnotonlywhatyoucanseethatisimportant,but

alsowhatyoucannotsee.

WhenIdrewastilllife,itwasimpresseduponme

thattheblankspacesbetweentheobjectswerejustasvitaltothesuccessofthe

compositionastheactualobjectsthemselves.

Also,asthegreateducatorConfucius

stated,“Whenyouknowathing,torecognizethatyouknowit;andwhenyoudo

notknowathing,torecognizethatyoudonotknowit—thatiswisdom.”Itisvitaltoremainlifelonglearnersinarapidlychangingworld.Asyouprogress

throughlife,youmaystudyandworkinnewenvironments.Consequently,you

willbeexposedtomanynewideas,beliefs,practicesandlearningexperiences.

Furthermore,theproductionofknowledgeisboundtogrowrapidly.New

knowledgeisconstantlybeinggeneratedandwhatyoualreadyknowisbeingrevisedallthetime,totheextentthatitcanbedifficulttokeeppacewiththelatestdevelopments.

Indeed,youmayonedaydojobsthatdonotyetexist,usetechnologiesthatarenotyetdevelopedandresolveproblemsthatarenotyetproblems!

Thisisnottosuggestthatthereisnoneedforyoutostudyinschoolbuttoacknowledgethatrefreshingyourknowledgethroughlifelonglearningisbothessentialandbeneficial.So,howcanyouproceedFirstly,lifelonglearningisanattitude.Lifelonglearnersarethosewhohaveanopenmind.Beobjectiveandmakeyourselfopentonewknowledgeandideas.Donotcriticizethemorrejectthemsimplybecausetheydifferfromwhatyouknoworbelieve.Atthesametime,youneedtodevelopcriticalthinkingskillssothatyoudonotblindlyacceptnewideas.Instead,youshouldinquirefurthertoassessthetruthofwhatyouarebeingtold.Secondly,take

advantageofopportunitiesforlifelonglearning—forexample,youcouldregister

onlineandsubscribetoe-learningcourses,whichhavebecomeincreasingly

popularinrecentyears.Youcouldalsovisitthelocallibrary,whereresources

arerichanddiverse.Finally,understandthatitisnotsufficienttosimplyknow

somethingortounderstandwhatyouknow,becauseforknowledgetohave

concretevalue,itmustbeapplied.Importantly,afteritsapplication,theremust

thenfollowareviewprocessofanalysis,evaluationandimprovementsothatyour

comprehensionoftheworldbecomesacontinuousprocess.Insummary,inaworldofconstantchange,oneshouldneverceasetolearn.

Lifelonglearningwillhelpyoudevelopyourskillsandfurtheryourcareer,andwill

boostyoursenseofself-worthandkeepyourmindactive.Therefore,knowwhat

youknowanduseit;knowwhatyoudonotknowandembraceit;knowthatyou

willneverknowallthereistoknowandwonderatit.Post-readingManyofourbeliefsabouttheuniversearebasedoninductivereasoning,alsoknownasthescientificmodel.Thismeansofarrivingatthetruthrequirestheobservationof(1)________eventsfollowedbythedevelopmentofatheorytoexplainwhathasbeenobserved.Inotherwords,itisawaytoproceedfromtheparticulartothegeneral,fromthespecifictotheabstract.However,itisinthenatureofscientiststo(2)_______intoeverypossibility,andthismeanstheyoftendiscoverthingsnoonehaseverseenornoticedbefore.Ourgeneralizedtheoriesthereforenever(3)________tochange.concreteinquirecease1.FinishB1onPage47andthenanswertwoquestions.Infact,mostofournewknowledgeisgainedbytheobservationofthingswehaveneverseenbefore.Beforethefirstblackswanwasseen,theassumptionwasthatallswanswerewhite.Thisisknownasthe“blackswantheory”.HowcouldwehaveknownotherwiseTherewillalwaysbe“unknownunknowns”suchasblackswans,butsomepeople(4)________thosewhodaretosuggesttheirexistence.Weshouldalwaysbe(5)________andquestionwhatwethinkweknow.criticizeobjectiveTheworldinthefuture(6)_________bedifferentfromnow.Howevermuchweunderstand,therewillalwaysbearemotepossibilityofdiscovering“ablackswan”.Accordingly,our(7)____________oftheworldwillchange.Therefore,weshould(8)____________newdevelopmentsinalldomainsofknowledge—“blackswans”canchangehistory.isboundtocomprehensionkeeppacewith(1)Accordingtothepassage,howisknowledgeproducedAlmostallknowledgeisproducedbypeople’sobservingthings.Sometimes,evenifsomethingisnotobserved,peoplewillguessthroughresearchandthenproveitinpractice.Thesearecommonwaysofproducingknowledge.(2)Whatisthe“blackswantheory”Ablackswanisanimportant,rareeventthatisunpredictable.Mostpeopledon’tbelieveitsexistencebutitcanchangeeverything.Sotheblackswantheoryreferstothephenomenonthatpeopletendtoturnablindeyetosomethingandinterprettheseunexpectedshocksintermsoftheirlimitedlifeexperience.SynonymsAntonymsimportant—vital;recognize—acknowledge;state—remark;assess—evaluate;apply—useweakness—strength;reject—accept;general—specific;essential—unimportant2.FinishB2onPage47andanswerthefollowingquestions.(1)TheauthormentionsanexampleofdrawingastilllifeandaquotefromConfuciusintheopeningparagraphofthemagazinearticle.WhydoyouthinktheauthorusestheexampleandthequoteHowdoyouunderstandthemTheauthorusestheexampleandthequotetoprovethatitisimportanttorecognizewhatwedonotknowandthatbydoingthis,wecanlearnmore.Theauthorusestheexampletoillustratethatwhenwearelearning,weshouldnotonlypayattentiontowhatwealreadyknow,butalsotowhatwedonotknow.Followingthatexample,thequoteseemstodefine“wisdom”differently.Weusuallyconsiderwisdomaswhatwealreadyknow,butrecognizingwhatwedonotknowisactuallytruewisdom.(2)Itissaidthatpeopleusuallyexperiencefourstagesoflearning:notknowingthattheydonotknow,knowingthattheydonotknow,knowingthattheyknow,andnotknowingthattheyknow.HowdoyouunderstandthisItdescribesthelogicalorderofhowmostofourlearningoccurs.Atstageone,peopledonotknowtheylacksomeknowledge,fortheyhaveneverencounteredit,forexample,whenexperiencinganothercultureforthefirsttime.Stagetwoiswhenpeopleareawarethatcertainknowledgeexists,buthavenotyetlearntit,probablybecausetheydon’tneedtolearnit,ortheymaybelearningitforfutureuse.Nextisstagethreewhenpeopleknowtheyhaveacquiredtheknowledgeanditisfamiliartothembecausetheyuseitregularly.Atthefinalstage,peoplehavegatheredawidevarietyofknowledgefrompreviousencounters,andevenifth