3)Writing strategies:introduce a number of subtopics 3.Text comprehension 1)Gist questions 2)Detailed reading III.After-reading Activities 1.Writing strategies:Written in a personal and informal style,this essay has a number of subtopics that are carefully introduced.The essay begins with the author's unexpected encounter with a stranger in a hospital.and ends with his tour of MIT campus 2.Exercises about vocabulary,paraphrase,error correction,translation,writing practice. 3.Text II comprehension The article presents a look at the pressure on high school students to be admitted to prestigious colleges and universities in the U.S.and misconceptions about the benefits of elite schools.The author offers a look at a study which revealed that students,not schools,are responsible for financial and professional success.To conclude that it is the student himself not the university decides how excellent he will be in future. 2.基本概念和知识点 1)Key words and expressions 2)Writing strategies:how to use an anecdote as a starting point of the essay how to echo subtopics to a theme of an essay 3)Joe Queenan's writing style,esp.a personal and informal style 4) Theme:people's obsessive interest in attending elite colleges 3.问题与应用（能力要求） 1)What is the meaning ofhigher education 2)To finish exercises about vocabulary,paraphrase,error correction,translation,writing practice 3)Text lI comprehension 4)To understand the main idea of the text and be able to talk about the topic (三)思若与实 1.Do elite colleges really matter? 2.How do universities influence your life? 3.What's the merit of your college? 4.What's your advice for your college? (四)教学方法与手段 课堂讲授、多媒体教学、分组讨论、课堂讨论 1010 3) Writing strategies: introduce a number of subtopics 3. Text comprehension 1) Gist questions 2) Detailed reading III. After-reading Activities 1. Writing strategies: Written in a personal and informal style, this essay has a number of subtopics that are carefully introduced. The essay begins with the author’s unexpected encounter with a stranger in a hospital, and ends with his tour of MIT campus. 2. Exercises about vocabulary, paraphrase, error correction, translation, writing practice. 3. Text II comprehension The article presents a look at the pressure on high school students to be admitted to prestigious colleges and universities in the U.S. and misconceptions about the benefits of elite schools. The author offers a look at a study which revealed that students, not schools, are responsible for financial and professional success. To conclude that it is the student himself not the university decides how excellent he will be in future. 2．基本概念和知识点 1) Key words and expressions 2) Writing strategies: how to use an anecdote as a starting point of the essay & how to echo subtopics to a theme of an essay 3) Joe Queenan’s writing style, esp. a personal and informal style 4) Theme: people’s obsessive interest in attending elite colleges 3．问题与应用（能力要求） 1) What is the meaning of higher education? 2) To finish exercises about vocabulary, paraphrase, error correction, translation, writing practice. 3) Text II comprehension 4) To understand the main idea of the text and be able to talk about the topic （三）思考与实践 1． Do elite colleges really matter? 2． How do universities influence your life? 3． What’s the merit of your college? 4． What’s your advice for your college? （四）教学方法与手段 课堂讲授、多媒体教学、分组讨论、课堂讨论