综合英语第二册Unit7讲义.docx

Unit7QuoteHistories make men wise; poems witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.— Francis Bacon历史使人睿智，诗歌使人智慧，数学使人细致，自然哲学使人深邃，道德使人严肃;逻辑与修辞使人善辩。读史使人明智,读诗使人聪慧,演算使人精密,哲理使人深刻,伦理学使人有修养,逻辑修辞使人善辩。史鉴使人明智；诗歌使人巧慧；数学使人精细；博物使人深沉；伦理之学使人庄重；逻辑与修辞使人善辩。4. Questions about the text ---What issues does the writer of the letter intend to deal with? ---What is the main idea? ----What’s the author’s purpose of writing? ---How is the text arranged?What issues does the writer of the letter intend to deal with?---- How should students regard grades, both good and bad? Are grades as important as they are assumed to be? Do good grades necessarily lead to achievements and bad grades result in failure in a student’s later life?What is the text mainly about?------.The text is mainly about grades , disappointment and attitudes towards them by considering exactly what the grade B means and doesn’t mean.What’s the author’s purpose of writing?----to tell his student that he should view his grades and his disappointment correctly. What type of writing is this essay? -----argumentation. Apart from the first paragraph, the rest of the text falls clearly into three parts, each of which is marked at the beginning by a key word or words. Try to find these key words.----Paragraphs 2–5: Disappointment-----Paragraphs 6-8: The student as performer; the student as human being.-----Paragraphs 9-10: PerspectivePart 1 （paragraph 1）Understanding the paragraph: 1) What does this part mainly talk about? 2) What change about grades has the author mentioned briefly?3)What, according to the author, has caused the feeling of disappointment? 4) Has the author stated his purpose of writing in this paragraph? If yes, what is it? If not, where is it stated in the text?Main idea of this part: It introduces the topic of the letter: grade B for the course and the feeling of disappointment.What change about grades has the author mentioned briefly?----The author h