If some of the goals of education in modern times are to open up possibilities for discovery and expand learning and the chance for mutual acceptance and recognition in a wider world, it may be important to offer students a perspective on their own immediate center of the world by enabling them to participate sensitively as cross-cultural sojourners to the center of someone elses world 3. Quoted sentences from text to think over the excerpts 1)The occasion called for some show of recognition on my part.(para. 3)Wha does this sentence mean? 2)... trying to show interest if not complete acceptance.( para. 3)Does the author agree with the villagers? 3).. its time had come to meet my need.. It was my own time that had come, all in relation to it, (para. 5)It was my own time" to do what? Why is it, in the authors opinion, that many useful things remain unknown to us? Who is to 4) But once a conscious breakthrough to a second center is made, a life-long perspective and collection can begin, (para. 7)What does he mean by the"second center"? Which is the first center? How can we make a conscious breakthrough to a second center? What does he mean by perspective and collection"? 5). a green banana is waiting for all of us if we would leave our own centers of the world.. (para. 8)What does a green banana" here stand for? When the author says we should leave our own centers of the world, doe he mean we should travel to other countries more often? Language Understanding 1. consist of… include. as its main parts or aspects包括, 相似结构:由….组成 构成 be composed of constitute be made up of fall into eg这本书是有八个章节构成的。 The book consists of eight chapters The book is composed of eight chapter The book is made up of eight chapters The book falls into eight chapters Eight chapters constitute the book 2. sure 1)adj. (predicative only) be sure to do sth.务必,一定要 make sure that..确信 be/feel sure of( about)sth/that.确信 said itd happen, and sure enough it did.(确实事实上) Idon' t know it for sure(的确,确实地) 22 “If some of the goals of education in modern times are to open up possibilities for discovery and expand learning and the chance for mutual acceptance and recognition in a wider world, it may be important to offer students a perspective on their own immediate center of the world by enabling them to participate sensitively as cross-cultural sojourners to the center of someone else’s world. 3. Quoted sentences from text to think over the excerpts. 1) The occasion called for some show of recognition on my part. (para.3) What does this sentence mean? 2) … trying to show interest if not complete acceptance. (para.3) Does the author agree with the villagers? 3) …its time had come to meet my need. …It was my own time that had come, all in relation to it, (para.5) “It was my own time” to do what? Why is it, in the author’s opinion, that many useful things remain unknown to us? Who is to blame? 4) But once a conscious breakthrough to a second center is made, a life-long perspective and collection can begin, (para.7) What does he mean by the “second center”? Which is the first center? How can we make a conscious breakthrough to a second center? What does he mean by “perspective” and “collection”? 5) …a green banana is waiting for all of us if we would leave our own centers of the world…” (para.8) What does “a green banana” here stand for? When the author says we should leave our own centers of the world, doe he mean we should travel to other countries more often? Language Understanding 1. consist of ...: include .. as its main parts or aspects 包括, 相似结构：由 … 组成 构成 be composed of … … constitute be made up of … fall into… e.g. 这本书是有八个章节构成的。 The book consists of eight chapters. The book is composed of eight chapters. The book is made up of eight chapters. The book falls into eight chapters. Eight chapters constitute the book. 2. sure 1) adj. (predicative only) be sure to do sth. 务必，一定要 make sure that… 确信 be/feel sure of (about) sth./ that…确信 2)adv. I said it’d happen, and sure enough it did. (确实事实上) I don’t know it for sure.(的确，确实地) Compare: