大學體驗英語第三冊UNIT5課件

1、Experiencing EnglishBook ThreeDepartment of College EnglishUnit 5Lifelong EducationDepartment of College English ProcedureLead-inWatch a video clip and summarize itGroup DiscussionPassage AWarm-up ActivitiesCulture NotesText UnderstandingLanguage PointsDifficult SentencesSummaryFollow-up ActivityAss

2、ignmentDepartment of College English Watch a video clip about a certain strange way of learning English created by some Japanese girls and then summarize what you have seen and heard. Lead-inDepartment of College English This is a famous etching (銅版畫） by Goya, a Spanish painter and etcher. The title

3、 of the etching is “Im still learning.”Look at the following picture and read the following words to have a group discussion.Department of College English “ Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” Albert EinsteinDepartment of College English Group discussionWhat messag

4、e do you think the etching conveys?How do you understand this remark of Einsteins?Whats the significance of lifelong education?Department of College English Passage A Tongue-tiedDepartment of College EnglishWarm-up Activities1. In what way do you usually learn English words?2. How do you understand

5、the German proverb “Whoever cares to learn will always find a teacher”?Department of College English Culture NotesThe English Language: English is the chief medium of communication in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and some other countries. It is

6、 spoken in more parts of the world than any other language and by more people than any other tongue except Chinese. For quite a long time, the English language has become the linga franca for international communication.Department of College English Culture Notes Idiom/Idiomatic Expression: A phrase

7、 which means something different from the meanings of the separate words from which it is formed.white elephant kick the bucket lions sharefollow (ones) nose(out) on a limbDepartment of College English Culture Notes Proverb : A short well-known (wise) saying, usu. in simple language.All is not gold

8、that glitters.Dont put all your eggs in one basket.A friend to all is a friend to none.A closed mouth catches no flies.Department of College English Text Understanding Read the passage and answer the following questions 1. What was the authors immediate response when the driver passed her a slip of

9、paper? 2. What did the author mean by saying “clever is not clever if it doesnt communicate”? 3. Why did the author hope that the driver owned a dictionary?Department of College English Language Points1. rear: a. of, at or located in the backIs the puncture in the front or rear wheel?She doesnt like

10、 sitting in the rear seat. Department of College English Language Points2. version: n. a particular form of sth. which varies slightly from other forms of the same thingThe two witnesses gave contradictory versions of what had happened that night.The latest version of the film is more like the book.

11、Department of College English Language Points3. escape: v. to elude the memory or comprehension ofIm afraid your name escapes me/ has escaped me (= I have forgotten your name). Nothing important escapes her notice /attention.The books significance escaped him.Department of College English 4. resort

12、to: to use (something) for help, because you cannot find any other way of acting The electric lamps went out so we had to resort to candles to light the room.The mother resorted to punishment to make the child obey.Language PointsDepartment of College English Language Points5. jot down: to write dow

13、n quickly, to make a quick short note of (something)I always carry a pen and a notebook with me for jotting down my ideas.Department of College English Language Points6. add up to: to combine to produce a particular result or effect Your long answer just adds up to a refusal.Their actions added up t

14、o a deliberate flouting of the rules.These new measures do not add up to genuine reform.Department of College English Language Points7. hang on: to depend on (something)His whole career hangs on his passing the exam.The survival of the government hangs on tonights crucial vote.The safety of air trav

15、el hangs partly on the thoroughness of baggage checking. Department of College English Language Points8. indulge: v. to allow (yourself or someone else) to have esp. a lot of something enjoyableThe rich father indulged his son with plenty of pocket money.I indulged my interest in flowers by planting

16、 a large flower garden.indulge in: to allow oneself the pleasure of He occasionally indulges in the luxury of a good cigar.Department of College English Difficult Sentences1. He looked confused, reminder that clevers not clever if it doesnt communicate.He looked confused, and his puzzled look remind

17、ed me that my answer was not clever at all because it couldnt be understood.Department of College English Difficult Sentences2. so enthralled by the chance to indulge my curiosity about words with another curious soul, that I didnt fully grasp the potential for linguistic fraud committed in this man

18、s cab.(Id been) so absorbed in the chance to satisfy the mans curiosity with my (poor) knowledge of English that I didnt fully realize how misleading and confusing my and other native speakers interpretation might be.Department of College English Difficult Sentences3. And that he figures out that, n

19、o matter what his passengers may say, haste doesnt always make waste at the gapers block.And that he finds out that, no matter what his passengers may say, things may not mean as they say.Department of College English SummaryThis is an amusing short story that illustrates how little people sometimes

20、 know about their mother tongue. The narrator is a woman, the passenger in a taxi whose driver is a Pakistani man _ to learn English by _. _ to explain the meanings of a proverb and an idiom, she realizes how little she really knows about the vocabulary of her _ and also _ what kind of answers other

21、, Department of College English Summaryprobably equally ignorant, native passengers might give. In the end she is left hoping the driver has a dictionary and that he will use it to teach himself rather than _ the native speakers for explanations.Department of College English Keyeager asking his pass

22、engers about new wordsStrugglingnative languagewondersdepend onDepartment of College English Work in pairs and complete the following task. RoleARoleBFollow-up ActivityDepartment of College English You are a sophomore at college and not very successful in the study of English, especially in building

23、 up your vocabulary. No matter how hard you try, some peculiar English words just wont stay in your mind. So you come to your teachers office for help. RoleARoleBWork in pairs and complete the following task. As an experienced teacher of English, you know the trouble your students have and are ready

24、 to help. Department of College English AssignmentWrite a short essay about how to be a good learner of English language in your opinion.Department of College English Passage B Returning to CollegeDepartment of College EnglishProcedureWarm-up ActivitiesCulture NotesText UnderstandingLanguage PointsD

25、ifficult SentencesSummaryFollow-up ActivityAssignmentDepartment of College English Warm-up Activities1. For what purposes would an adult return to college?2. Do you think most of the college students appreciate their college life?Department of College English Culture NotesPlato: (428 - 347? B.C.) Gr

26、eek philosopher. A follower of Socrates, he founded the Academy (386 B.C.), where he taught and wrote for much of the rest of his life. Plato presented his ideas in the form of dramatic dialogues, as in The Republic. Department of College English Culture NotesAristotle: (384 - 322 B.C.) Greek philos

27、opher. As a pupil of Plato, the tutor of Alexander the Great, and the author of works on logic, metaphysics, ethics, natural sciences, politics, and poetics, he profoundly influenced Western thought. Department of College English Culture Notes David Hume: (1711 1776) British philosopher and historia

28、n who argued that human knowledge arises only from sense experience. His works include A Treatise of Human Nature (1739- 1740) and Political Discourses (1752). Department of College English Culture NotesBaruch Spinoza: (1632 1677) Dutch philosopher and theologian whose controversial pantheistic doct

29、rine advocated an intellectual love of God. His best-known work is Ethics (1677). Department of College English Culture NotesJohn Locke: (1632 1704) English philosopher. In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690) he set out the principles of empiricism, and his Two Treatises on Government (16

30、90) influenced the Declaration of Independence. Department of College English Culture NotesJohn Dewey: (1859 1952) American philosopher and educator who was a leading exponent of philosophical pragmatism and rejected traditional methods of teaching by rote in favor of broad-based system of practical

31、 experience. Department of College English Culture NotesGeorge Gordon Byron: (1788 1824) English poet, who was one of the most important and versatile writers of the romantic movement. His works include Childe Harold, The Prisoner of Chillon, and Don Juan. Department of College English Text Understa

32、nding Read the passage and answer the following questions.1. Why didnt the author go back to college after his military service in the Army? 2. Why does the author want to go back to college now?3. What does the author think of young students on campus?4. What courses does the author want to take an

33、d why?Department of College English Language Points1. draft: v. to select from a group for some usually compulsory serviceEvery Christmas thousands of people are drafted in to help with the post.Forrest Gump was drafted into the army after his college graduation.Department of College English Languag

34、e Points2. inclination: n. a preference or tendency; a feeling that makes a person want to do somethingPrices have an inclination to go up.Ive no inclination to follow my mother into accountancy.Department of College English Language Points3. turn out: take place in the specified way in the end; pro

35、ve to beThe newcomer turned out to be one of my old acquaintances.The job turned out to be harder than we had thought.Department of College English Language Points4. pick up: 1) to start again after an interruptionThe author picks up the theme again on page ten. After lunch shall we pick up where we

36、 left off yesterday? Department of College English 2) learn or acquire easily without making much effort He picked up a few Japanese phrases when he was on a business trip to Tokyo.Language PointsDepartment of College English Language Points5. appeal to: to interest or attract someoneIve never been

37、skiing it doesnt really appeal to me.Its a program designed to appeal mainly to 16 to 25 year olds.I think what appeals to me about his painting is the colors he uses.Department of College English Language Points 6. stink: v. (informal disapproving) to be extremely bad or unpleasantI think her whole

38、 attitude stinks.His acting stinks, but he looks good, so hes offered lots of movie roles.Department of College English Language Points7. refresh: v. to give new energy and strength to (someone) A rest and a cool drink will refresh you.Having had a good sleep and a substantial meal, he felt thorough

39、ly refreshed.I looked the word up in the dictionary to refresh my memory of (= help me to remember) its exact meaning.Department of College English Difficult Sentences1. I wouldnt want to pick up where I left off. I didnt mean to resume my education by taking the subjects I had once missed at colleg

40、e.Department of College English Difficult Sentences2. Too much of what I know of the great philosophers comes secondhand or from condensations. My knowledge of the great philosophers came indirectly or from some simplified works.Department of College English Difficult Sentences3. This is just a little conversational conceit, but thats life.This is like a trick employed in conversation to show off, but I think we all naturally do so.Department of College English SummaryIn this passage, the writer, a newspaper columnist