《大学综合英语8》.pptVIP

Unit 8  Coping with an Educational Problem;;Preview Questions;Background Information;He graduated from Columbia University in 1966 with honors in economics, and in 1970 he graduated from Yale Law School where he was elected valedictorian of his class by his classmates. Stein has worked as a poverty lawyer and a trial lawyer in the field of trade regulation at the Federal Trade Commission. In 1973 and 1974, he was a speech writer and lawyer for Richard Nixon and then for Gerald Ford. ;Stein has also been a columnist and writer for many news publications including The Wall Street Journal, Barrons, and The Washington Post among others. Stein is also credited for having written and published over 16 books. Despite having a resume that boasts a gamut of lofty professions and part-time endeavors, Stein didnt achieve his official celebrity status until his part as the boring teacher in the 1986 movie Ferris Buellers Day Off. Since 1997 he has been a popular fixture on cable tvs Comedy Central as the host of the game show Win Ben Steins Money.;His works: ;Fable is a tale often featuring animal characters, told to illustrate a specific moral point, and it often ends with a proverb reinforcing that point。The Elements of a Fable include animal characters with human qualities, setting and situation, problem, resolution and moral or lesson.;The Fox and the GoatIllustrated by Jeremy Hollister;The Goat thought well of this advice, and jumped down into the well. But the Fox immediately jumped on her back, and by putting his foot on her long horns managed to jump up to the edge of the well. Good-bye, friend, said the Fox. Remember next time... ;The Dove and the Ant ;UCLA;School colors ;Mascot ;; UCLA’s earliest mascots were live bears. During the late 1930s, the animals entertained the home crowd at the football stadium. A variety of names were given to the bears, but Joe Bruin is the one that stuck. In 1961, alumni presented UCLA with the first Josephine Bruin, a littl