新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第二册Unit课件.ppt

2 2The humanities:Out of date?Unit Unit 2 2 Section ASection AFOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITYThe humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.Terry Eagleton (British literary critic,writer)Ideally,we all want an integrated life.Your goal should be to find a way to do what you love,and make your education support that.Bruce B.Janz (American philosopher)2 22UNIT2UNITSection A 2 2The humanities:Out of date?ObjectivesObjectivesTo talk about significance of the humanitiesTo further understand the textTo apply the phrases and patternsTo master the essay writing skillCollege The ladder to success?College The ladder to success?ContentsThe humanities:Out of date?Section AWarming-up activities Text study Language application SummaryWarming-up activitiesLead-inLead-inPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activitiesCultural backgroundCultural backgroundThe humanities:Out of date?Section A1.How do you think of your current major?If you were given a second chance to choose your major,what would you select and why?If I were given a second chance to choose my major,I would choose/I think being a is accounting,computer science,psychology,civil engineering,philosophy,medical technology popular,interesting,enjoyable,promising,practical,meaningful,beneficial,well-paid Lead-inLead-inShort answer questions2.What liberal arts/humanities courses do you learn in college?Do you think they are necessary for your education?I learn Chinese,English,philosophy,psychology,history in college.I think they are an essential part of the college education and benefit me a lot.gain more insight in life and society better understand and predict human behavior realize different interpretations of life and history understand the past which has created the present be aware of cultural and religious differencesLead-inLead-inShort answer questions1.What did the speaker compare his high school education to?Listen to a talk about a native English speakers learning experience in his high school years.Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.A Technical school.B Modern arts college.C Liberal arts college.Listen and talkPre-reading Pre-reading activitiesactivities2.What was the most beneficial part for the speaker to take history classes?A He learned more about history.B He learned how to write a good essay.C He gained more cultural awareness.3.How did the speaker benefit through learning the Spanish language?A He became a more competent communicator.B He satisfied the requirements of a foreign language.C He learned how to speak Spanish fluently.Listen and talkPre-reading Pre-reading activitiesactivities4.What else did the speaker learn in addition to the things he learned from history and Spanish classes?A He learned how to read assigned textbooks.B He learned how to get meaning from texts.C He learned how to go over every single word in reading.5.For what purpose did the teacher give students red pens and their own compositions?A Ask them to learn how to improve communication skills.B Ask them to learn how to memorize facts and formulas.C Ask them to learn how to evaluate their own writing critically.Listen and talkPre-reading Pre-reading activitiesactivities1.Do you think your high school education was very much like attending a liberal arts college?Why or why not?Yes,becausewetookmanyliberalartscoursesinadditiontosciencecourses.No,becauseourhighschoollaidmoreemphasisonsciencesandweoftencompetedwithotherschoolsinsciencessuchasmathandphysics.Listen to the talk again and answer the two questionsListen and talkPre-reading Pre-reading activitiesactivities2.What are the most important skills you learned in high school?Learnedhowtocommunicatewithmyteachersandclassmates.Improvedmycriticalthinkingandanalyticalskills.Boostedmyconfidenceindealingwithdifficultiesandchallenges.Listen to the talk again and answer the two questionsListen and talkPre-reading Pre-reading activitiesactivitiesThe justification for a university is that it preserves the connection between knowledge and the zest of life,by 1 the young and the old in the imaginative consideration of learning.The university imparts information,but it imparts it imaginatively.At least,this is the 2 which it should perform for society.A university which fails in this respect has no reason for 3 .Listen to a short passage concerning the function of the university and fill in the missing information.unitingfunctionTobecontinuedTobecontinuedexistenceCompound dictationPre-reading Pre-reading activitiesactivitiesThis atmosphere of excitement,arising from imaginative consideration,transforms knowledge.A fact is no longer a bare fact:it is _4_ all its possibilities.It is no longer a burden on the memory:it is energising as the poet of our dreams,and as the architect of our purposes.Imagination is not to be _5_ the facts:it is a way of illuminating the facts.Listen to a short passage concerning the function of the university and fill in the missing information.invested withdivoced fromTobecontinuedTobecontinuedCompound dictationPre-reading Pre-reading activitiesactivitiesIt works by drawing the general principles which _6_ the facts,as they exist,and then by an intellectual survey of alternative possibilities which are _7_ those principles.It enables men to construct an intellectual vision of a new world,and it preserves the zest of life by the suggestion of satisfying purposes.Youth is imaginative,and if the imagination be _8_ by discipline this energy of imagination can in great measure be preserved through life.Listen to a short passage concerning the function of the university and fill in the missing information.apply toconsistent withTobecontinuedTobecontinuedstrengthenedCompound dictationPre-reading Pre-reading activitiesactivities The tragedy of the world is that those who are _9 _ have but slight experience,and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations.Fools act on imagination without knowledge;pedants act on knowledge without imagination.The task of a university is to _10_ imagination and experience.Listen to a short passage concerning the function of the university and fill in the missing information.imaginativeweld togetherCompound dictationPre-reading Pre-reading activitiesactivitiesQuestions Previewing1.What are the humanities?2.Why are the humanities important?TipsTipsTipsTipsTipsTipsTipsTipsThe humanities Cultural Cultural backgroundbackground1.What are the humanities?Humanities Thehumanitiesareagroupofacademicdisciplinesthatstudythehumancondition,usingmethodsthatareprimarilyanalytical,critical,orspeculative.Therefore,theyaredistinguishedfromtheapproachesofthenaturalsciences.Thehumanities,calledsocialsciences,includehistory,anthropology,communicationstudies,culturalstudies,law,language,literature,philosophy,religion,musicandtheater,etc.Cultural Cultural backgroundbackground2.Why are the humanities important?Throughexplorationofthehumanities,studentslearnhowtothinkcreativelyandcritically,toreason,andtoaskquestions.Becausetheseskillsallowstudentstogainnewinsightsintoeverythingfrompoetryandpaintingstobusinessmodelsandpolitics,humanisticsubjectshavebeenattheheartofaliberalartseducation.Today,humanisticknowledgecontinuestoprovidetheidealfoundationforexploringandunderstandingthehumanexperience.Humanities Cultural Cultural backgroundbackgroundMain idea&structureMain idea&structureLanguage Language focusfocusCritical thinkingCritical thinking Text studyThe humanities:Out of date?Section Astudying the humanitiesland a future joblearning“hard skills”This essay argues against the current tendency that college students move away from _ to _ such as accounting to help them easily _.(Paras.1-2)TipsTipsTipsTipsMain ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureThis is a trend that is likely to persist and even accelerate.(Para.2)TipsTipsTipsTipstrendStudents have defected from and toward College education is more and more seen as rather than Main ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureTipsTipsTipsTipsdominant pillarsbit rolesWhat role did the humanities play in the past and what role does it play now in students university life?(Para.3)The inner forces that drive some people to greatness and others to self-destructionTipsTipsTipsTipsWhat is the“unconscious mind”according to Sigmund Freud?(Para.4)Main ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureWhat forms the basis of study of the humanities according to the author?(Para.5)TipsTipsTipsTipsthe fertile body of work about the mysterious inner drive by historians,architects,authors,philosophers and artists from the ancient timesMain ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structurePart I provides the background information of the argument.By moving away from the humanities and taking some“hard-skill”courses instead,students think it would improve _.Because of the economic downturn,this trend is likely to _.However,the humanities play a significant role in peoples lives and cant be ignored.Part I (Paras.1-_)5their chance of finding a jobpersist and even accelerateMain ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureWhat are the advantages of studying the humanities according to the author?(Paras.6-8)TipsTipsTipsTips1.Toimprovesourabilitytoreadandwrite(Para.6);2.Tomakesusfamiliarwiththelanguageofemotionandthecreativeprocess;3.Toinvestsuswithgreatinsightandself-awareness;4.Toreleasingourcreativeenergyandtalentinapositiveandconstructivemanner(Para.7);5.Toprovidealargescopeofpossibilities;6.Toprepareusformanydifferentcareersandjobswecanundertake(Para.8).Main ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureWhat is increasingly seen as the ideal in the establishment of a career?(Para.9)TipsTipsTipsTipsa pairing of technical knowledge and inner insight Main ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structurePart II Paras._-_Part II presents the authors argument to stand up for the true value of the humanities:studying the humanities can improve our ability to read and write,_ great insight and self-awareness,thereby releasing our creative energy and talent,and provide the _ that are widely open to us.It also suggests that inner insight,combined with technical knowledge,is _ for the establishment of a good career.invest us withscope of possibilities69idealMain ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureParas.6-9 In summary,the humanities help to create _ with insight and understanding of the passions,hopes and dreams common to all humanity.The humanities,the ancient timeless_,teach us to see differently and _ which is as useful and relevant in our modern age as it has always been.Doesnt it make sense to spend some time _ the humanities,our outstanding and remarkable treasure of knowledge?Who knows how famous YOU might become!well-rounded human beingsreservoir of knowledgebroaden our horizonsin the company ofMain ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structurePart III (Para.10)Part III summaries the main ideas stated in the argument:_.The humanities help to create well-rounded human beings with inner insight and understanding of the passions,hopes and dreams common to all humanityMain ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureThe trend of students _ is likely to persist and even acclerate.However,studying the humanities brings a lot of _ to peoples lives and helps to create well-rounded human beings.The humanities are as _ in the modern age as they have always been.benefits moving away from the humanities and taking“hard-skill”coursesuseful and relevantMain idea&structureMain idea&structureMain idea of the textStudentsaremovingawayfromthehumanitiesto“hardskills”toimprovetheirfuturechanceoflandingajob.(Paras.1-2)Aslabormarketscontinuetoshrink,thehumanitieswillcontinuetobeinbadshape.(Para.3)Itspeculatesontheinnerpowerofhumanbeingsthathasdriventhemtoeithergreatnessordestruction,thusformingthebasisofstudyofthehumanities.(Paras.4-5)BackgroundinformationStructure of the textStructure of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureStudyingthehumanitiescanimproveourabilitytoreadandwriteandtounderstandcomplexideas.(Para.6)Studyingthehumanitiescaninvestuswithgreatinsightandself-awareness.(Para.7)Thehumanitiesprovidethescopeofpossibilitiesthatarewidelyopentous.(Para.8)Innerinsight,combinedwithtechnicalknowledge,isidealfortheestablishmentofagoodcareer.(Para.9)AuthorsargumentBackgroundinformationStructure of the textStructure of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureThe humanities help to create well-rounded human beings with inner insight and understanding of the passions,hopes and dreams common to all humanity.(Para.10)BackgroundinformationAuthorsargumentStructure of the textStructure of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureConclusionBackgroundinformationAuthorsargumentStructure of the textStructure of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureRetell the text according to the following tips.(Part I)When the job market worsens,many students calculate.Probably,the humanities will continue.Once,the humanities now TobecontinuedTobecontinuedSummary of the textSummary of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureRetell the text according to the following tips.(Part II)Here,please allow me to that the humanities add to peoples lives.Studying the humanities improves Most importantly,studying the humanities invests us with,thereby Perhaps the best argument in favor of the humanities is In fact,increasingly is seen as the ideal inTobecontinuedTobecontinuedSummary of the textSummary of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureRetell the text according to the following tips.(Part III)In summary,the humanities help to create,teach us to and It makes sense to,our outstanding and remarkable Summary of the textSummary of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structurePractical PhrasesPractical Phrases Specific Specific Meanings Meanings1.major in 主修（某一）科目2.in succession连续发生 3.be bound to肯定会，注定4.stand up for支持，维护5.speculate about推测，猜测6.invest sb.with sth.赋予(某人/某物)以某种性质7.be liable to可能/易于做某事Language Language focusfocusPractical phrases主修（某一）科目主修（某一）科目(thehighdemandfor/computerscience)The high demand for persons with knowledge about computers is why I chose to major in computer science at the university.major in短语逆译短语应用对具有电脑知识人才的高需求是我选择在大学主修计算机科学的原因。意群提示Language Language focusfocusPractical phrases连续发生；接连发生连续发生；接连发生(anaccomplishedathlete/championship)She is an accomplished athlete and won the championship four times in succession.in succession短语逆译短语应用她是一个颇有成就的运动员，连续四次获得冠军。意群提示Language Language focusfocusPractical phrases肯定会肯定会(tryourbest/gain somethingpositive)As long as we try our best we are bound to gain something positive from the experience whether we win or lose