《跨文化英语报刊选读》课件 第十单元 Critical Thinking.pptx

Unit10CriticalThinking

Readthequotesinoriginallanguage;iftheyaredifficulttounderstand,pleaserefertotheirtranslatedversions.Sometimestranslatedversionscancontributetoourownunderstandingoftheoriginal.博学而笃志，切问而近思，仁在其中矣。——子夏（公元前507年—公元前400）Learningbroadlyandhavingafirmaspiration,inquiringearnestlyandreflectingonthethingsnearbyhumanheartednessisinsuchacourse.——Zixia（507--400BCE）?Ideasmustworkthroughthebrainsandthearmsofgoodandbravemen,ortheyarenobetterthandreams.——RalphWaldoEmerson（1803--1822）想法必须历经善良、勇敢人们的脑袋和胸怀，否则与妄想无异。——拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生（1803—1822）

TextA:StudyFindsChineseStudentsExcelinCriticalThinking1).Uponreadingthistitle,whatdoyouexpecttofindinthefollowingpassage?Takeawildguess!2).Whatdoes“Excel”mean?Tobegoodat,todistinguishoneselfe.g.excelothersinstrength;excelasanorator;excelinmathematics

1.ReadTextAandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.1).WhatisthetraditionalassumptionforChineseprimaryandsecondaryschools?(para.1)2).Whatdoesthenewstudyshow?(para.2)3).WhatdoesthenewstudyfromStanfordUniversityfind?(para.4)4).Accordingtoparagraph5,whatdocriticalthinkingskillsinclude?(para.5)5).DoyouagreewiththestatementfromPrashantLoyalka?WhyorWhynot?(para.7)

1.ReadTextAandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.6).Accordingtothewriter,whatmightbethereasonsleadingtothedecliningabilityofChinesestudentsincriticalthinking?(para.9-13)7).WhatisattitudefromObamaadministrationtowardstheperformanceofChinesehighschoolstudents?Andwhataboutthecritics?(para.14-15)8).WhatdoesthecomparisonbetweenChinesestudentsandtheRussiancounterpartsshow?(para.18-19)

1.ReadTextAandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.9).Whatmightbeoneofthemostimportantfactorsaccordingtoth