Unit 2 Text A Humanities-out of date 教学课件.ppt

Text A The humanities: Out of date? Objectives Contents Contents What are humanities? Humanities?are?academic disciplines?that study human culture. They are often contrasted with natural, physical and sometimes social sciences. (From Wikipedia) What are humanities? Activity: chart reading and discussion Group work: Read the chart. Write a short paragraph by describing the following points of it. Source Content Statistics Change in number Implication Activity: report 2. Share your report. Critical thinking Contents Pre-reading Pre-reading: general idea Pre-reading: general idea Pre-reading Main structure Main structure Contents While-reading: Introduction While-reading: Introduction While-reading: Introduction Introduction Questions for group discussion: Why do many students calculate they can’t major in English or history (Para. 1)? Why does the author say that a college education is more and more seen as a means for economic betterment rather than a means for human betterment (Para. 2)? Introduction Questions for group discussion: How do you understand “These days, labs are more vivid and compelling than libraries” (Para. 3)? Why does the author say that the inner aspect of our being has captured our imagination from the very beginning? (Para. 5) Language focus: P1 When the going gets tough, the tough take accounting. When the going gets tough, the tough take accounting. When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Parody is a work created to imitate, make fun of, or comment on an?original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of?ironic imitation. (From Wikipedia) Parody To be, or not to be, that’s a question. e.g. To lie, or not to lie, that’s a question. To marry, or not to marry, that’s a question. Language focus: P1 When the job market worsens, many student calculate they can’t major in English or history. Language focus: P2 They have to study something that boost thei