学术英语（社科）_Unit 8.pptx

Unit8LiberalArtsEducation

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TextALead-intaskWhilereadingAfterreadingtasksTheValueofaLiberalArtsEducationinToday’sGlobalMarketplace

Lead-intask1Whatisyourmajor?Whydidyouchooseit?CriticalthinkingReferenceanswers:MymajorisEnglishlanguageandliterature.IchoseitbecauseIamverypassionateaboutmasteringforeignlanguages.TaskWorkingroupsof4-5anddiscussthefollowingquestions.

Lead-intask2Supposeyouaregivenachancetochooseyourmajoragain.Whichonewillyouchoose,liberalarts,orSTEM(Science,Technology,EngineeringandMath)?Why?CriticalthinkingReferenceanswers:IwouldstillchooseliberalartsbecauseI’mmoreinterestedinculturesandpeoplethannatureandobjects.

Languagesupportpresent:ifasituation,opportunityetc.presentsitself,itsuddenlyhappensorexists（情况、机会等）出现，发生 e.g.I’lltellherassoonastheopportunitypresentsitself.Whilereading…anopportunitytoreflectonthenatureofhighereducationpresentsitself…(Para.1)

LanguagesupportParaphrase:Theinformationwereceivefrommanysourcesistailoredbythesesourcestosuitwhattheypresumeareourinterests.Whilereading…theinformationwereceivefrommanysources—including140-characterTwitterfeeds,videosandothersocialmedia—istailoredtoourpresumedinterests.(Para.7)

LanguagesupportTheexpression“no-pun-intended”isusedwhensomeonemakesapunorsomethingthatcouldbeconsideredapun.注意这个短语的涵义是“这里有双关”，用这个短语往往有一些幽默的意味，仿佛开玩笑时说：“我没有开玩笑”。文中“stemfrom”这个短语里面的“stem”正好和“STEM”一样的拼写，表面看可以理解成双关，但这里其实没有双关，作者用了这个短语的字面意思，在这里调侃：“这里真的没有双关。”WhilereadingTheabilitiestoquicklyassimilateinformation,analyzewhat’sneeded,andaggregatecontentforpersonalorprofessionaluseareskillsthatstem—nopunintended—fromliberalartstrainingandarecriticalinallaspectsoflifetoday.(Para.7)

Whilereading?Thefocusedissue－liberalarts