Unit 1Education 新理念交互英语教程课件.ppt

Highlights Section A Wake Up Your Ears Short Conversation Short Conversation Short Conversation Short Conversation Short Conversation Short Conversation Short Conversation Long Conversation Long Conversation Long Conversation Long Conversation Short Passage Short Passage Short Passage Short Passage Long Passage Long Passage Long Passage Long Passage Section B Open Your Mouth Section C Enrich Your Mind Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text A Text B Text B Text B Text B Text B Text B Text B Text B Text B Section E Try Your Hand Section F Lighten Your Brain Thank You！ Exam: the Poison of Education? 1 We might marvel at the progress made in every field of study, but the methods of testing a person’s knowledge and ability remain as primitive as ever. It is extraordinary that after all these years, educators have still failed to invent anything more efficient and reliable than exams. For all the claim that exams test what you know, it is common knowledge that they more often do just the opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory, or the skill of working rapidly under pressure, but they can tell you nothing about a person’s true ability. Back Notes Vocabulary Structure 2 As anxiety-makers, exams are second to none. This is because so much depends on them. They are the mark of success or failure in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. No one can do his best when he is in terror, or after a sleepless night, yet this is just what the exam system expects him to do. The moment a child begins school, he enters a world of competition where success and failure are clearly defined and measured. Can we wonder at the increasing number of drop-outs—young people who are regarded as failures even before they have started a career? Can we be surprised at the suicide rate among students? Notes Vocabulary Structure Back 3 A good