my thought card.pptVIP

The Thought Card --Hanoch McCarty Theme of the Text An adolescent transformed his attitude to parents and philosophy of life with the help of a teacher’s unique education form. Structure of the Text Part I (para.1—2): the author’s puzzle of adolescence Part II (para. 3—22): how to transform Part III (para.23—26): benefits to the author Para. 1 Tossed around on seas of hormones, pushed and pulled by the winds of impulses, and drawn by the hope of hidden treasure in relationships with friends and others, adolescents can sometimes drown in all the confusion. Adolescents are really having a hard time. On the way of growth, they always seem restless and impulsive, unable to control themselves. Yet they also wish to get along with other people and enjoy good personal relationships. As a result, it is often difficult for them to understand what is happening around them as well as themselves. 在荷尔蒙变化的海洋里沉浮，在冲动之风中荡涤，以及在人际关系方面又受想见到心仪之人的期待的驱使，青少年或许会深陷于这所有困惑之中。 Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The term is most commonly used to refer to those eight schools considered as a group. The eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University. Para. 4 My mind raced with angry thoughts about my father. My mind worked faster than usual when I was thinking about my father because I was so angry and excited at that time. 我的大脑与对父亲的愤怒进行着激烈的斗争。 Para. 6 His policies and procedures were unique, his grading policy revolutionary, and his teaching methods unsettling. For brevity in English, the later word formations of “be” were omitted. 他的教学理念和教学安排独一无二，评分标准极具革命性，并且教学方法灵活多变。 Para. 9 The teachers I had in high school taught social studies, history, geography, economics and so on, as rote subjects, lists of facts