新视野大学英语第三版读写教程第二册Unit2 (2).ppt

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1、新新视野大学英野大学英语第三版第三版读写教程写教程第二册第二册Unit2The 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

2、 (American philosopher)22UNIT2UNITSection A 2The humanities:Out of date?ObjectivesObjectivesTo talk about significance of the humanitiesTo further understand the textTo apply the phrases and patternsTo master the essay writing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?Contents

3、The humanities:Out of date?Section AWarming-up activities Text study Language application SummaryWarming-up activitiesLead-inLead-inPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activitiesCultural backgroundCultural backgroundThe humanities:Out of date?Section A1.How do you think of your current major?If you we

4、re 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,me

5、aningful,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 educa

6、tion 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.Wha

7、t 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 ac

8、tivitiesPre-reading activities2.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

9、competent communicator.B He satisfied the requirements of a foreign language.C He learned how to speak Spanish fluently.Listen and talkPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activities4.What else did the speaker learn in addition to the things he learned from history and Spanish classes?A He learned how

10、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 memor

11、ize facts and formulas.C Ask them to learn how to evaluate their own writing critically.Listen and talkPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activities1.Do you think your high school education was very much like attending a liberal arts college?Why or why not?Yes,becausewetookmanyliberalartscoursesinadd

12、itiontosciencecourses.No,becauseourhighschoollaidmoreemphasisonsciencesandweoftencompetedwithotherschoolsinsciencessuchasmathandphysics.Listen to the talk again and answer the two questionsListen and talkPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activities2.What are the most important skills you learned in

13、high school?Learnedhowtocommunicatewithmyteachersandclassmates.Improvedmycriticalthinkingandanalyticalskills.Boostedmyconfidenceindealingwithdifficultiesandchallenges.Listen to the talk again and answer the two questionsListen and talkPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activities The The justificatio

14、n justification for for a a university university is is that that it it preserves preserves the the connection connection between between knowledge knowledge and and the the zest zest of of life,life,byby 1 1 the the young young and and the the old old in in the the imaginative imaginative considera

15、tion consideration of of learning.learning.The The university university imparts imparts information,information,but but it it imparts imparts it it imaginatively.imaginatively.At At least,least,this this is is the the 2 2 which which it it should should perform perform for for society.society.A A u

16、niversity university which which fails fails in in this this respect respect has no reason for has no reason for 3 3 .Listen to a short passage concerning the function of the university and fill in the missing information.unitingfunctionTobecontinuedexistenceCompound dictationPre-reading activitiesP

17、re-reading activities This atmosphere of excitement,arising from This atmosphere of excitement,arising from imaginative consideration,transforms imaginative consideration,transforms knowledge.A fact is no longer a bare fact:it is knowledge.A fact is no longer a bare fact:it is _4_ _4_ all its possib

18、ilities.It is no all its possibilities.It is no longer a burden on the memory:it is longer a burden on the memory:it is energising as the poet of our dreams,and as energising as the poet of our dreams,and as the architect of our purposes.Imagination is the architect of our purposes.Imagination is no

19、t to be not to be _5_5_ the facts:it is a way _ the facts:it is a way of illuminating the facts.of illuminating the facts.Listen to a short passage concerning the function of the university and fill in the missing information.invested withdivoced fromTobecontinuedCompound dictationPre-reading activi

20、tiesPre-reading activities It works by drawing the general principles which It works by drawing the general principles which _6_ the facts,as they exist,and then by an _6_ the facts,as they exist,and then by an intellectual survey of alternative possibilities which intellectual survey of alternative

21、 possibilities which are _7_ those principles.It enables are _7_ those principles.It enables men to construct an intellectual vision of a new men to construct an intellectual vision of a new world,and it preserves the zest of life by the world,and it preserves the zest of life by the suggestion of s

22、atisfying purposes.suggestion of satisfying purposes.Youth is Youth is imaginative,and if the imagination be _8_ imaginative,and if the imagination be _8_ by discipline this energy of imagination can in by discipline this energy of imagination can in great measure be preserved through life.great mea

23、sure be preserved through life.Listen to a short passage concerning the function of the university and fill in the missing information.apply toconsistent withTobecontinuedstrengthenedCompound dictationPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activities The tragedy of the world is that those who The tragedy

24、 of the world is that those who are _9 _ have but slight experience,are _9 _ have but slight experience,and those who are experienced have feeble and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations.Fools act on imagination without imaginations.Fools act on imagination without knowledge;pedants ac

25、t on knowledge without knowledge;pedants act on knowledge without imagination.The task of a university is to imagination.The task of a university is to _10_ imagination and experience._10_ imagination and experience.Listen to a short passage concerning the function of the university and fill in the

26、missing information.imaginativeweld togetherCompound dictationPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activitiesQuestions Previewing1.What are the humanities?2.Why are the humanities important?TipsTipsTipsTipsTipsTipsTipsTipsThe humanities Cultural backgroundCultural background1.What are the humanities?Hu

27、manities Thehumanitiesareagroupofacademicdisciplinesthatstudythehumancondition,usingmethodsthatareprimarilyanalytical,critical,orspeculative.Therefore,theyaredistinguishedfromtheapproachesofthenaturalsciences.Thehumanities,calledsocialsciences,includehistory,anthropology,communicationstudies,cultura

28、lstudies,law,language,literature,philosophy,religion,musicandtheater,etc.Cultural backgroundCultural background2.Why are the humanities important?Throughexplorationofthehumanities,studentslearnhowtothinkcreativelyandcritically,toreason,andtoaskquestions.Becausetheseskillsallowstudentstogainnewinsigh

29、tsintoeverythingfrompoetryandpaintingstobusinessmodelsandpolitics,humanisticsubjectshavebeenattheheartofaliberalartseducation.Today,humanisticknowledgecontinuestoprovidetheidealfoundationforexploringandunderstandingthehumanexperience.Humanities Cultural backgroundCultural backgroundMain idea&structu

30、reMain idea&structureLanguage focusLanguage focusCritical 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

31、 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 s

32、een 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

33、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)TipsTipsTipsTips

34、the 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

35、 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

36、 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.Tomakesusfamiliarwiththelanguageofemotionandthecreativep

37、rocess;3.Toinvestsuswithgreatinsightandself-awareness;4.Toreleasingourcreativeenergyandtalentinapositiveandconstructivemanner(Para.7);5.Toprovidealargescopeofpossibilities;6.Toprepareusformanydifferentcareersandjobswecanundertake(Para.8).Main ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&struct

38、ureMain 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 a

39、rgument 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 wit

40、h 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 a

41、nd 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

42、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 w

43、ell-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 bri

44、ngs 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 textStudent

45、saremovingawayfromthehumanitiesto“hardskills”toimprovetheirfuturechanceoflandingajob.(Paras.1-2)Aslabormarketscontinuetoshrink,thehumanitieswillcontinuetobeinbadshape.(Para.3)Itspeculatesontheinnerpowerofhumanbeingsthathasdriventhemtoeithergreatnessordestruction,thusformingthebasisofstudyofthehumani

46、ties.(Paras.4-5)Structure of the textStructure of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureStudyingthehumanitiescanimproveourabilitytoreadandwriteandtounderstandcomplexideas.(Para.6)Studyingthehumanitiescaninvestuswithgreatinsightandself-awareness.(Para.7)Thehumanitiesprovidethescopeofpossibili

47、tiesthatarewidelyopentous.(Para.8)Innerinsight,combinedwithtechnicalknowledge,isidealfortheestablishmentofagoodcareer.(Para.9)Structure of the textStructure of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureThe humanities help to create well-rounded human beings with inner insight and understanding o

48、f the passions,hopes and dreams common to all humanity.(Para.10)Structure of the textStructure of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureStructure of the textStructure of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureRetell the text according to the following tips.(Part I)When the job market

49、worsens,many students calculate.Probably,the humanities will continue.Once,the humanities now TobecontinuedSummary 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 l

50、ives.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 inTobecontinuedSummary of the textSummary of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureRetell t