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Unit One Education Should teachers be strict with students? Why? What kind of teachers can you benefit from most? What is the essence of EDUCATION? Text A In the Praise of F Word Lead- in It’s from the 6 May 1991 edition of Newsweek. 1. What do you think the title means? 2. What might be the topic of this essay? 3. What is the author’s opinion on the topic? Understanding the Content 1. The F word discussed in the essay is flunking. 2. Sherry’s attitude toward the F word is positive. 3. What reasons does the author give for believing that the threat of flunking students is a positive teaching tool? Flunking is a healthy threat to students and can ensure the education quality. Para.7 (Line 2) 4. What choice does the author want to give to students? Why is she particularly interested in the subject? The choice for students is whether to succeed through hard work or to fail. The author is particularly interested in the subject because she herself teaches an adult-literacy class and her own son improved greatly after being threatened with flunking by a strict teacher. 5. In what sense does the author think that the educational system cheats the students and the employers? The present educational system is not strict enough with students so that they can easily graduate with diplomas. However, many of them find that they are incompetent for their jobs because of their semi-literacy. 6. Why have students at night school decided to make education a priority? Because they are motivated by the desire for a better job or the need to hang on to the one they’ve got. 7. What is the point of this essay? What does it have to do with the subject of learning? The essay aims at urging students to take a positive attitude towards flunking because working hard at school will eventually help students to be qualified for their future jobs. Language points 1. award vt. 1) to grant as merited or due 授予,给予 Phil was awarded the top prize. 菲尔获得头奖。 2) to give as legally du