21世纪大学英语读写教程(第一册)Unit6.docVIP

Unit 6 Text A = 2 \* ROMAN II. “nerd” is someone who does well in school,but is socially unpopular.“Geek” literally means a street performer who bites the heads off from ,it is often used by teens to describe a person who is “uncool” or not popular. shows that such students,and academic skills in general ,are not valued or respected. phrase means that the author feels it is now time to reverse the trend and to start respecting intelligent,hardworking students. good students are not respected in school as children,they do not have any opportunity to develop the social skills that would mak