lesson-1-现代大学英语精读5-第二版.ppt

陈伟彬 手机QQ: 381808506 Who are you and what are you doing here? Mark Edmundson Warm up What do you expect of the title? What would you like to write about if you are given this title to write an essay? Structure of the text Part I (Paras. 1-2) Part II (Paras. 3-4) Part III (Paras. 5-7) Part IV (Paras. 8-18) Part V (Paras. 19-23) Part VI (Paras. 24-29) Part VII (Paras. 30-34) Part VIII (Paras. 35-38) Part IX (Paras. 39-40) Part I (Paras. 1-2) Q 1: “You are to be commended”? Q 2: Raising a child effectively takes a village? How about in China? Q 3: To win a place in the entering class has taken a lot of grit on your part? Q 4: what is the author’s tone in this part? Part II (Paras. 3-4) Q 1: Is the author disappointed with all American universities? Q 2: So why can’t the students just go on as before, work hard, listen to the teachers, and so on? Q 3: The speaker asks the students to fight, but fight what? Fight who? Part III (Paras. 5-7) What is his father’s reaction to the author’s plan to major in law in college? How about your parents’ opinions towards your major? What a university education should be? Part IV (Paras. 8-18) Students’ problems? Faculty’s problems? Administrators’ problems? Students want the credentials that will help them get ahead? How about Chinese students? To be poor in America is to be a failure? How about in China? Do you find the problems mentioned in para.9 existing in Jimei University? The faculty aim to get on? Do you know the evaluating system of faculty in a university? What do you think a university teacher should focus on? Teaching the students or publishing academic works? Do you find the problems mentioned in para.12 existing in Jimei University? Any solution to the problems? Why do the administrators fear the students? Cheating is common? Why do students cheat? Any solution to the problem? Part V (Paras. 19-23) What is Brodhead’s idea about the aim of university education? What is the author’s opinion? How do you