大学英语课件reading book1 unit8 wang hongquan.pptVIP

Unit Eight Fable of the Lazy Teenager About the title: What is a fable? Fables are short tales not based on facts and intended to give moral guidance, which readers need to deduce(推论). (Fables do not state the moral lessons) Leading to the text: In the first part of the text, the author brings up a problem: idleness and ignorance among a great many U.S. teenagers. In the second part he offers a fable trying to teach a lesson. What can we learn from the unit? Through the fable (the main part of Unit 8), the author tries to convey(传达) the message that education is vital to both the individual and society. Read text A and then think over the following questions: 1.?To awaken teenagers to the consequences of their intellectual laziness, what does the author suggest? The authors suggestion is: a movie, or TV series, dramatizing just how difficult it was for this country to get where it is--and how easily it could all be lost. 3. Why does Kevin 1990 decided to study instead of going shopping? Because in his dream a visiting Japanese anthropologist studying the decline of America explains to Kevin that when a man has no money, education can supply the human capital necessary to start to acquire financial capital. Hard work, education, saving and discipline can do anything. Cultural Notes Grade schools in the U.S.: It is necessary to have some knowledge of grade schools in the U.S. Because you have to realize that the third year in high school (Para. 1) equals the eleventh grade (Para. 9). U.S. students generally go through elementary schools (kindergarten to 5th or 6th grade), middle schools (grades 6-8) or junior high schools (grades 7-9), and high schools (grades 9-12 or 10-12). What American teachers wear in school: Nowadays, people in the U.S. love to dress casually. Even among those companies with a rigid dress code some now allow employees not to wear suits on Fridays. U.S. teachers wear fairly formal clothes to school, but not necessarily suits a