综合英语Book III Unit 10 Keep Class 2 Under Your Thumb.pptVIP

Unit 10 Keep Class 2 Under Your Thumb Unit 10 Background Information About the Author Introduction of the Text Comprehensive Questions Language Points Discussion Homework Unit 10 Background Information (1)Education in Britain (1) Education in the United Kingdom is compulsory for everyone between the ages of five to sixteen. This is the absolute minimum length of time that students attend educational establishments. Increasingly, children attend nursery schools at the age of three or four, and more Britons every year are staying in education after the age of sixteen. Educational institutions are expanding fast to meet the increased demands. There are two parallel school systems in the UK: the state system, where education is provided free; the independent system, where parents normally pay fees. About one in thirteen of British school-age children goes through the independent system. Unit 10 Education in Britain(2) Britain has a National Curriculuma statement of the minimum learning requirement of all children at each stage in their education. This curriculum is compulsory in the state system. Independent schools are not bound by it, but in practice most of them teach what the National Curriculum demands. About forty percent go on to Further Education colleges from the state or independent sectors. Students who choose to continue their education want to go to a university or university sector college to do a degree. A-level and AS-levels in GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education )are still the most common entrance qualifications for students in the UK. Unit 10 Background Information(2)About Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) English poet, one of the most important figures in English literature. His masterpiece, in which he achieved his fullest artistic power, is The Canterbury Tales. This unfinished poem, about 17, 000 lines , is one of the most brilliant works in all literature. The poem introduces a group pf pilgrims journeying from London to Can