book6：Unit_04_A_(第六册_英语综合教程_外教社).ppt

Unit 6 Matriculation Fixation By Joe Queenan Joe Queenan (November 3, 1950 humorist, critic and author Saint Josephs University publications as Spy Magazine, TV Guide, Movieline, The Guardian the New York Times Book Review. Major Books Balsamic Dreams Red Lobster White Trash, The Blue Lagoon Imperial Caddy Ivy League Private college/university Public college/university Brown: In deo speramus (我们信赖上帝) Columbia: In lumine Tuo videbimus lume（In Thy light shall we see light; 借汝之光，得见光明） Cornell: I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study. (我将建立一座任何人在此都能找到所有学科教育的机构) Dartmouth: Vox clamantis in deserto (A Voice Crying in the Wilderness; 广漠大地上（对知识）的呼唤) Harvard: Veritas（Truth 真理） Penn: Leges sine moribus vanae （Laws without morals are useless;法无德不立; 忽视道德的律法毫无价值) Princeton: Dei sub numine viget（Under Gods power she flourishes;让她以上帝的名义繁荣） Yale: Lux et veritas（Light and truth光明与真知;光明与真理） Caltech CIT: The truth shall make you free （真理赐你自由） MIT: Mens et Manus Mind and Hand 手脑并重 Warm-up Activities Why do some people in modern time have an obsessive interest in attending elite colleges? the association with great success; the association of failing to win admission to an elite school with a big life setback Is it true? A good university does not necessarily guarantee a successful life. Life does not have just one cut. There is often Act Two. And Act Five. Bill Gates William Henry Bill Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, philanthropist, author, and is chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. consistently ranked among the worlds wealthiest people 1995 to 2009, excluding 2008, when he was ranked third. CEO and chief software architect enrolled at Harvard College , but didn’t finish his education Michael Saul Dell (born February 23, 1965) American business magnate and the founder chief executive officer