Unit10学英语.ppt

高等院校研究生英语系列教材;;;Unit 10 ; Content;Task 1 The following is a list of the core courses offered by colleges or universities. Select what you think are the three most important core courses from the list below. Compare your choices with those of your partner’s and give reasons for your choices. (P276); In the mid 1980s, China’s college enrollment rate stood at about 3% of the population, lower than that of many other developing countries. In the early 1990s, the number rose to 5%. In 1999, universities enrolled 1.59 million students, which was a 41.2 percent rise from the previous year. Since then, the numbers have just kept climbing. In 2002, the college enrollment rate reached 15% percent. It rose to 19% in 2005. Some people think the expansion policy is necessary to improve the quality of the nation’s education while others believe that the expansion is responsible for a decline in the quality of teaching as well as the intense competition in the job market. What is your opinion on this issue? Use examples, facts or figures to support your ideas. (P276);In most parts of China, when students reach the second grade at senior high school, they are required to specialize in either science or arts courses. The two courses are very different and some people dislike being streamlined so early in their educational career. What do you think of this practice? Talk to your partner and tell them about your experience. (P277); The Role of the Academy in Times of Crisis; ;Listen to a talk on education and educational system, and answer the following questions. 1) What’s the purpose of education? 2) What’s thought to be fashionable in many modern countries? 3) Why do some people refuse to do what they think of as low jobs? 4) Why is the work of a completely uneducated farmer far more important than that of a professor? 5) What kind of education is valuable to the society?;Princeton university;;Reading Focus – Global Understanding; Para 1: Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: ; Para 5: Para 6