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授课题目：
College
—
The
Ladder to Success?
授课时间：
第
____
周
第
____
周
授课类型：
理论课
授课时数：
4
教学目的：
After finishing this unit, students
will be able to:
1.
To talk about the significance of
humanities;
2.
Get deeper insights into the text;
3.
Make creative
use of words, phrases and sentence patterns;
4.
To master the
essay writing skill: focus on an
advantagedisadvantage;
5.
To read with the skill
“
reading for major
details
”.
教学重点和难点：
1.
To further
understand the text;
2.
To apply the words, phrases and
sentence patterns;
3.
To read with the skill
“reading for major details”;
4.
To write an
essay
with the skill “focus
on an
advantagedisadvantage
”
.
教学方法和手段：
Various kinds of teaching methods are
used:
1.
Teaching
in class. Explain the profound theoretical
knowledge in class;
2.
Case
study.
Provide
case
study
during
teaching,
and
make
the
students
to
discuss about the case;
3.
Bilingual and
full English teaching;
4.
Applying modern multimedia teaching
technologies;
5.
Taking advantage of abundant network
teaching resources.
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教学内容和过程：
Section
A
The humanities: Out of
date?
Step One
Warming-up
Activities
30
minutes
I.
Lead-in:
Discuss the
following questions:
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-
pa
id …
2. 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
a
nd religious differences
II.
Cultural
background
1. What are the humanities?
The
humanities
are
a
group
of
academic
disciplines
that
study
the
human
condition,
using
methods
that
are
primarily
analytical,
critical,
or
speculative.
Therefore,
they
are
distinguished
from
the
approaches
of
natural
sciences.
The
humanities,
called
social
sciences,
include
history,
anthropology,
communication
studies,
cultural studies, law, linguistics, etc.
2. Why are the
humanities important?
Through
exploration
of
the
humanities,
students
learn
how
to
think
creatively
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and
critically, to reason, and to ask questions.
Because these skills allow students to
gain new insights into everything from
poetry and paintings to business models and
politics, humanistic subjects have been
at the heart of a liberal arts education. Today,
humanistic
knowledge
continues
to
provide
the
ideal
foundation
for
exploring
and
understanding the human experience.
Step Two
Text Study
80
minutes
I.
Interactive reading of the text
1)
Why do many
students calculate they can’t major in English or
history?
2)
Why does the author say that a college
education is more and more seen as a
means for economic betterment rather
than a means for human betterment?
3)
How
do
you
understand
“These
days,
labs
are
more
vivid
and
compelling
than libraries” (Para. 3)?
4)
Why does the
author say that the inner aspect of our being has
captured our
imagination from the very
beginning?
5)
According to the author, what are the
advantages of studying the humanities?
6)
What
are “well
-
rounded
human beings” (Para. 10) according to the
author?
2.
Structure of the text
Part 1 (Para,
1-5) Introduction
To
improve
their
future
chances
of
finding
a
job,
college
students
are
now
moving
away
from
the
humanities
and
taking
accounting
or
some
“hard
-
skill”
courses.
The
humanities
will
continue
to
be
in
bad
shape
due
to
the
economic
downturn.
Nevertheless, the humanities can bring
true value to people’s lives, and the basis of
study of the humanities is formed by
the inner power that has driven human beings to
either greatness or destruction.
Part 2 (Para. 6-9) Body: Why the
humanities?
This
part
presents
the
author’s
argument
to
stand
up
for
the
true
value
that
the
humanities bring to people’s
lives.
Part 3 (Para 10)
Concluding part
The
humanities
help
to
create
human
beings
with
insight
and
understanding
of
the
passions, hopes and
dreams
common to
all
humanity. The humanities will never be
out of date. They are as useful and
relevant in our modern age as they have always
1. Reading comprehension
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been.
3. Summary
of the Text
Retell the text according
to the following tips.
1
）
(Part
I) When the job
market
worsens, many students
calculate ... Probably, the
humanities will continue …. Once …, the
humanities now …
2
）
(Part
II)
Here,
please
allow
me
to
…
that
the
humanities
add
to
people’s
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
in…
3
）
(Part
III)
In summ
ary,
the humanities
help
to
create …, teach us
to
… and…
It
makes sense to …, our
outstanding and remarkable …
II.
Language Focus
Words and
expressions
1. when the going gets
tough:
when the situation becomes
difficult
When the going
gets tough, women can get as tough as men.
< br>当形势变得严峻时，女
人可以变得跟男人一样坚强。
2. calculate: vt.
1)make a
judgment about what is likely to happen using the
available information
估
计，预测，推测
It is difficult to calculate the long-
term effects of these changes in the law.
这些法律上的变化带来的长期影响是难以预测的。
2
）
find out how
much sth. will cost, how long sth. Will
take
计算，核算
Let me
calculate the cost of the journey.
让我计算一下旅途的用费。
3.
boost
：
increase or improve
sth. to make it more successful
促进，推动，使兴旺
These
changes will help to boost share prices.
这些变化将有助于提高股票价格。
4. prospect
：
n.
sth. that is possible or likely to happen in the
future, or the possibility
itself
可能的事情，前景
The
prospect for East Asia’s economic development is
promising.
东亚经济发展的前景是光明的。
5.
persist
1
）
continue to
exist
继续存在，持续
If
the bad weather persists, the farmers will suffer
great losses this year.
如果恶劣天
气持续，农民今年将遭遇巨大的损失。
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2
）
continue to do
sth., although this is difficult, or other people
oppose it
坚持，
执意
Students must persist in their efforts
if they wish to do well.
学生如果想取得好成绩
就必须坚持努力。
persist,
insist
1 persist
可用于表示
“
继续存在；
持续
”,
尤其用于不好的事情，
而
insist
没有此意。
Contact your
doctor if the cough
persists.
如果咳嗽持续，请联系您的医生。
2 persist
和
insist
容易混淆主要是当两者均表示
“
坚持
”
时。
persist
用于表示
“
< br>坚持
”
时，表示
“
坚持反复做同一件事
”
，后接介词
in
，多用于
褒义，指
“
坚持继续做某事
”
，有时用于贬义，指
“
不听劝告；顽固坚持
< br>”
。
Her
mother
tried
to
persuade
her
to
go
to
bed
early,
but
she
persisted
in
working
until the
small
hours.
她的母亲劝她早点睡，但她仍坚持工作到凌晨。
insist
用于表示
“
坚持
”
时，表示
“
坚持做某件事（尤指麻烦或令人讨厌的事）
”
，
后接介词
on
。
She insisted on washing her hair just
when I wanted to have a
bat
h.
当我想泡个澡
时，她
还在那洗头。
3
< br>insist
还可用于表示
“
对
意见、主张等的坚持
”
。
insist
用于此意时，后可接介词
on
，也可以
接
that
引导的从句（是否用虚拟
语气，视情况而定，即看从句内容
是否为事实），而
persi
st
无此意。
The
doctor insisted that she (should) take the
medicine, but she insisted that
she was
not
ill.<
/p>
医生坚持让她服此药，但她坚持自己没病。
6.
succession
：
一连串，一系列
After
graduation, he took a succession of low-paid jobs.
In succession:
持续发生地，接连发生地
She
is an accomplished athlete and won the
championship four times in succession.
7.
liberal: a.
1)
~ arts
文科
The liberal
arts are college or university subjects such as
history, languages and
literature but
not sciences.
文科是学院或大学的如历史、
语
言和文学之类的学习科
目，而不是理科学科。
2
）心胸开朗的，开明的
She is known to have liberal views on
divorce.
人们知道她对离婚持有开明的观
点。
8.
compel:
vt. force sb. To do
sth,
As a school boy, he was compelled
to wear shorts even in winter.
当他还是一个在校的小男孩时，即使在冬天他也被迫穿短裤。
compelling
：
intere
sting or exciting enough to keep your attention
completely
有吸引
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