河北大学《大学英语》课件-U2 Section A.pptxVIP

; Objectives; Section A The humanities: out of date? ;Inspiring your thoughts;;Work in groups and discuss the following questions.;my preference, parents’ expectations, own plan for future… accountant, engineer, artist, business administrator, doctor, teacher, investment advisor, psychologist…;The following pairs of pictures show liberal arts majors and science majors react differently when they are facing the same situations. Look at the pictures and describe how they react differently in these situations. ;Lead-in;;Lead-in; Project of the unit;Lead-in;Do you think it is appropriate to describe both science majors and liberal arts majors with these words and expressions?;Inspiring your thoughts;Please get prepared by doing the following tasks. ;Detailed understanding;Global understanding of the passage ;Read the passage in five minutes and divide the passage into three parts according to the outline given below.;Step 1;1. What phenomenon did the author describe in this part? More and more students choose to study science, the humanities now play little roles in university. 2. What are the causes of this phenomenon? Labor market worsens, ever-rising cost of tuition, the portion of liberal arts majors decline.;Step 2;Inspiring your thoughts;Step 3;Step 4;Global understanding;Read the passage again and get prepared to answer the following questions with the textbook closed, each within one minute. Work in pairs and A reads the question and B answers. Then change roles. ;1) Why do many students calculate they can’t major in English or history? 2) How do you understand “These days, labs are more vivid and compelling than libraries”? (Para. 3) 3) Why does the author say that the inner aspect of our being has captured our imagination from the very beginning? 4) According to the author, what are the advantages of studying the humanities? 5) What are “well-rounded human beings” according to the author (Para. 10)? 6) Why does the author say “Who knows how