In June 1983 Cousins told the graduating class of Harvard Medical School that the conquest of war and the pursuit of social justice.. must become our grand preoccupation and magnificent obsession. " These certainly were the concerns that obsessed him throughout his life and over the years he battled through his writings and actions to make them matters of more general concern. Driven by the shock and portent of Hiroshima, he worked to combat unchecked nationalism, promote federalism, and build a sense of world citizenship, in the belief that people as a whole might yet construct a new world order of peace and justice. His optimism, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to the preservation of human life were equally unquenchable W p question Today everybody agrees that the world is getting smaller and smaller. International community, world village, global integration globalization, world market, etc have become some of the most frequently used words in the English language. What kind of impact will all this have on us? What must we do to adapt ourselves to these changed cond itions? Ask the students to give their opinions Theme of the text: The author's central idea is that, to prepares ourselves for this new world, we must all be re-educated so that we will be able to understand that there are more similarities than differences among peoples. The differences are superficial and insignificant whereas the similarities are essential and fundamental. These similarities enable all of us to be members in this global village and to live happily with mutual respect writing technique: Repetition Normally to make a piece of writing neat, we don' t repeat the main verb or other parts of a sentence. But repetition is a technique frequently used by writers and speakers for emphasis. In Paragraphs 3, 4 and 9 of the text, not only the structure but the key words are repeated while in Paragraph 10, only the structure of "how to do"is repeated eg. 1. And the simplest reality of all was that the human community was one greater than any of its parts, greater than the separateness imposed by the nations greater than the different faiths and loyalties or the depth and color of varying cultures. (para. 4 2. Geography had instructed me in differences of terrain, resources, and productivity. Comparative culture had instructed me in the differences of background and group interests. Anthropology had instructed me in the differences of facial bone structure, skin color and general physical aspect ara Ask the students to pick out all the other repetitions in the text Discussion 1. What's the d ifference between a miseducated and an uneducated person? 2. What is your understand ing of tribalism? Dictation4 "In June 1983 Cousins told the graduating class of Harvard Medical School that the "conquest of war and the pursuit of social justice... must become our grand preoccupation and magnificent obsession." These certainly were the concerns that obsessed him throughout his life, and over the years he battled through his writings and actions to make them matters of more general concern. Driven by the shock and portent of Hiroshima, he worked to combat unchecked nationalism, promote federalism, and build a sense of world citizenship, in the belief that people as a whole might yet construct a new world order of peace and justice. His optimism, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to the preservation of human life were equally unquenchable." Warming-up questions Today everybody agrees that the world is getting smaller and smaller. International community, world village, global integration globalization, world market, etc. have become some of the most frequently used words in the English language. What kind of impact will all this have on us? What must we do to adapt ourselves to these changed conditions? Ask the students to give their opinions. Theme of the Text: The author’s central idea is that , to prepares ourselves for this new world, we must all be re-educated so that we will be able to understand that there are more similarities than differences among peoples. The differences are superficial and insignificant whereas the similarities are essential and fundamental. These similarities enable all of us to be members in this global village and to live happily with mutual respect. Writing technique: Repetition. Normally to make a piece of writing neat, we don’t repeat the main verb or other parts of a sentence. But repetition is a technique frequently used by writers and speakers for emphasis. In Paragraphs 3, 4 and 9 of the text, not only the structure but the key words are repeated while in Paragraph 10 , only the structure of “how to do” is repeated. eg. 1. And the simplest reality of all was that the human community was one --- greater than any of its parts, greater than the separateness imposed by the nations, greater than the different faiths and loyalties or the depth and color of varying cultures.(para.4) 2. Geography had instructed me in differences of terrain, resources, and productivity. Comparative culture had instructed me in the differences of background and group interests. Anthropology had instructed me in the differences of facial bone structure, skin color and general physical aspect. (para.3) Ask the students to pick out all the other repetitions in the text. Discussion 1. What’s the difference between a miseducated and an uneducated person? 2. What is your understanding of tribalism? Dictation