新视野大学英语读写教程第一册第三版Unit6TextA分析.docVIP

PAGE17 / NUMPAGES18 Unit 6 Text A To work or not to work - That is the question 打工还是不打工——这是个问题 Pre-reading activities 1 Look at the pictures and answer the following questions. 1.(1)A teaching assistant in kindergarten or a tutor. (2) A cashier in a store. (3)A waiter in a restaurant. (4)A car cleaner. 2. I would like to work as a teaching assistant in kindergarten. I really enjoy spending time with small children and I am thinking of working as a teacher in kindergarten in the future. So working as a teaching assistant would definitely be a great experience for me. 2 The following are some advantages of doing part-time jobs. Work in groups and discuss which three advantages are most important, Compare your choices with your group members. In my opinion, the most important advantages of doing part-time jobs are: gaining work acquiring communicative skills, and building connections for future career. In doing part-time jobs, especially those jobs which are related to my field of study, I can build up my work experience and enrich my resume. Besides, in working, I may have to communicate with different kinds of people so it can help develop my communicative skills, which are essential to success. And in getting to know some important people in the workplace, I can build some contacts for my future career. (一)内容介绍 本文是一篇调查研究报告—打工对学生的学习带来的影响。文章题目即点明主题：打工还是 不打工这是个问题。这是模仿了莎士比亚的名作《哈姆雷特》中的经典对白“生存还是毁灭，这是个问题。”的句子结构，从而引出作者的观点：对大学生而言，大学期间是否应该去打工是个值得深思的问题。文章首段介绍了调查研究的目标及方法：打工经历对学生成就的影响；采用比较、对比、长期跟踪、评估等方法。然后介绍了调查研究的结果：花费过多的时间精力去打工会影响和严重干扰学生的学习。接着详细分析了打工对学生学习参与度产生负面影响的多种原因：首先，由于紧张的打工日程，打工的学生用来完成学校作业的时间就减少了；第二，为了每周能打工20个小时或更长时间，许多学生必须要在晚上工作；第三，挣到数量可观的零花钱所带来的兴奋感似乎让上学显得没意义和乏味；最后，长时间打工与饮酒和吸毒的增多有关。最后，末段是结论：学生可以去打工，但是要想学业成功，就应该下决心做到每周打工不超过10个小时。 (二)背景知识 TO BE OR NOT TO BE, THAT IS THE QUESTION TO BE OR NOT TO BE， THAT IS THE QUEST0N.(意为“生存还是毁灭，这是一个值得考虑 的问题。”)是《哈姆雷特》( Hamlet)中的经典独白。《哈姆雷特》是由威廉·莎士比亚( Will Shakespeare，,1564~1616)创作于1599年至1602年间的一部悲剧作品。戏剧讲述了叔叔克劳狄斯谋害了哈姆雷特的父亲，篡取了王位，并娶了国王的遗媚乔特鲁