Unit_11_Letter_to_a_B_student＂.ppt

Debate Shall we attach more importance to extra-curricular activities than to academic achievements? Some useful words and phrases: degree学位 basic course基础课 specialized course专业课 diploma毕业证 credit system学分制 mark/score/grade 学分 individual study自习 school discipline 校纪 drop out辍学 cut a class旷课 expel sb. from school开除 tuition学费 ? Educational?system?学制? Academic?year?学年 Term/?semester?学期 ?Diploma?文凭 ? Tuition?学费 Major?主修课? Minor?辅修课? Specialized?course?专业课 Compulsory?course?必修课 Optional?course?选修课 ? Useful sentence structures Vocabulary quiz n___ level of achievement most students are expected to reach; what is considered as standard s___ to move or change from one position or direction to another e___ the qualifications or abilities required for doing something o___ to counterbalance or compensate for p___ a way of regarding a situations, facts, etc. Vocabulary quiz _____ to accept something for what it appears to be _____ to have the tendency to t____ an official record of a student’s school progress and achievements p____ skill; ability _____ to match; to be similar or equal to r____ to keep; to continue to have a____ what is thought to be true or will happen, without any real proof Vocabulary quiz f____ not clear h___ disposition, temperament r____ fixed ways of doing things f____ to visit frequently r____ to feel bitter or indignant at g____ the machinery in a vehicle that turns power from the engine into movement c____ using force to persuade people to do what they are unwilling to do Vocabulary quiz h___ to shape or carve from some material k___ to make things such as clothes by using two long needless to connect wool or other kinds of thread into joined rows c___ one of a pair of numbers and/or letters that show the exact position of a point on a map or graph 2-1 2-2-1 Questions for Paragraph 1 What change about grades has the writer mentioned briefly? And what, according to the writer, has caused the cha