Contemporary College EnglishBookIIUnit 1YearAnotherSchoolWhatFor?广By John Ciardi
Contemporary College English Book II Unit 1 Another School Year - What For? By John Ciardi
ContentsBackground Information2Vocabulary & Expressions3Critical Reading4Discussion & WritingSchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Contents Background Information Vocabulary & Expressions Discussion & Writing Critical Reading
Background InformationTextAuthorCelebritiesA"Celebrity"is afamous person. In this1. Say somethingWhat is thetext, the followingabout the originauthor famouscelebrities areof this text.mentioned,pleasefindfor?2. Is this textkeyinformation aboutformal orthem: Bach, Homer,colloquial inShakespeare, Virgil,Dante, Aristotle,style? Why?Chaucer, Einstein, LaDiscuss in groups.Rochefoucauld.You may DIVIDE this task among your group!BUT: Make sure to read their names correctly!SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Background Information What is the author famous for? 1. Say something about the origin of this text. 2. Is this text formal or colloquial in style? Why? Discuss in groups. A “Celebrity” is a famous person. In this text, the following celebrities are mentioned, please find key information about them: Bach, Homer, Shakespeare, Virgil, Dante, Aristotle, Chaucer, Einstein, La Rochefoucauld. You may DIVIDE this task among your group! BUT: Make sure to read their names correctly!
Vocabulary & Expressions？SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Vocabulary & Expressions
Read the glossaryand the textVocabulary&Expressbefore you start!Read and explainwords and expressionsin Glossary and the textStudy these wordsStudy these expessionsaccompliahsment, acquire,assume,specialze in,be true of,be stuck for.available, enroll, expose, graduate see to it, have no business doing,Imcompetence,preside,sensitivaverage out,succeed in, fold one's armsMeaningsUsageRalated family membersCollect their familyLook up in the dictionaryOffer example sentences.for their meaningsFinishExercises1-4onP14-16membersWriteyourresearch work down onYour Note-book!SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Vocabulary&Expressions words and expressions in Glossary and the text Study these words accompliahsment, acquire, assume, available, enroll, expose, graduate Imcompetence, preside, sensitive Study these expessions specialze in, be true of, be stuck for, see to it, have no business doing, average out, succeed in, fold one’s arms Related family members Collect their family members Meanings Look up in the dictionary for their meanings Usage Offer example sentences. Finish Exercises 1-4 on P14-16 Read and explain Read the glossary and the text before you start! Write your research work down on Your Note-book!
Critical ReadingSchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages Critical Reading
You are to READ theCritical ReadingTEXT in greatdetails!OOutlining: read theText Reading: read thetext, outline it andtext and circle thesummarize the maindifficult points.idea of each part.Text UnderstandingRetell the story that ismentioned at the beginningGrammar & Sentenceof the text and sum up thepatterns, on thequestion that the studentfollowing pages.launched.SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages CriticalReading Text Reading: read the text and circle the difficult points. Outlining: read the text, outline it and summarize the main idea of each part. Retell the story that is mentioned at the beginning of the text and sum up the question that the student launched. Grammar & Sentence patterns, on the following pages. You are to READ the TEXT in great details!
You are to READ theCritical ReadingTEXT in greatdetails!OStudy theMake up sentencesSentencefollowing sentenceof your own withand try to explainthe sentencePatternsthe meaning of thepatterns listedbolded part.below.New asI was to thefaculty,I could have told this specimenanumber of things.Read Homer and your mind includes a piece of Homer's mind.And as this is true ofthe techniques ofmankind, so it is true ofmankind's spiritualresourcesNo onegets to bea human unaidedSchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages CriticalReading New as I was to the faculty, I could have told this specimen a number of things. And as this is true of the techniques of mankind, so it is true of mankind’s spiritual resources. Study the following sentence and try to explain the meaning of the bolded part. Make up sentences of your own with the sentence patterns listed below. Read Homer and your mind includes a piece of Homer’s mind. No one gets to be a human unaided. You are to READ the TEXT in great details!
You are to READ theCritical ReadingTEXT in greatdetails!OStudy the sentencesComplexin the text and tryTranslate themto analyze theinto ChineseSentencesstructure of each.Sentence l: the 3rd sentence of Para.1 "Part of the student body..."Sentence 2: the 7th sentence of Para.12 “For a great book is ..."Sentence 3: the last sentence of Para.12 "If you are too much..."Sentence 4: the Ist sentence of Para.14 "I speak, I'm sure, for..."SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages CriticalReading Sentence 3: the last sentence of Para.12 “If you are too much.” Study the sentences in the text and try to analyze the structure of each. Translate them into Chinese Sentence 2: the 7th sentence of Para.12 “For a great book is .” Sentence 1: the 3rd sentence of Para.1 “ Part of the student body.” Sentence 4: the 1st sentence of Para.14 “ I speak, I’m sure, for.” You are to READ the TEXT in great details!
Critical Reading emphasizing coordinateing conjunctionspecialaWhat1.... and I am here to tell1. I could have pointed outyou that the business ofthat he had enrolled, not ineffect?5the college is not only toa drugstore-mechanicseyGrammartrain you, but to put youschool, but in a college...in touch with what the2.... he had not entered abest human minds havetechnical training schoil butthought.a university...Learnuse!toFinishExercise5onP18SchoolofForeignLanguage
School of Foreign Languages 1. I could have pointed out that he had enrolled, not in a drugstore-mechanics school, but in a college. 2. . he had not entered a technical training schoil but a university. 1. . and I am here to tell you that the business of the college is not only to train you, but to put you in touch with what the best human minds have thought. Finish Exercise 5 on P18. Critical Reading— emphasizing coordinateing conjunction