现代大学英语精读4 第二版 unit1 Thinking as a Hobby.pptVIP

;;;Warming up;Check-on Preview (1);Paraphrase: If either happened to be prominent in current affairs, no argument could make Mr. Houghton think well of it. (Para. 21) Grade-two thinking, though it filled life with fun and excitement, did not make for content. (Para. 29) ;Objectives;;Background;Background;Background;Some other works;Learning without thought?is labor lost. -- Confucius Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed (一株会思考的芦苇). -- Blaise Pascal Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. -- John Locke Education is the methodical creation of the habit of thinking. -- Ernest Dimne;;Text Analysis;Text Analysis;Text Analysis;Text Analysis;Text Analysis;Don’t you ever think at all?;Why was he a frequent visitor to the headmaster’s study? What would he do when he found himself in a penal position before the headmaster’s desk? What would he see when he was demanded to look up? How did he describe the three statuettes? ;Did he change his idea later? Why couldn’t he communicate with the headmaster? What was the conclusion he came to in the end? Can you briefly introduce the two characters: the headmaster the boy? ;For Further ThoughtIn the original essay, Golding mentioned he later changed the positions of the three statuettes and also told us if he had had chance again, he would rearranged them in a different way. Besides the humorous effect, does it imply anything else? How would you arrange the three statuettes?;Statuette (para. 2) Nothing but: only (para. 2) Lest (subjunctive mood in its clause) (para. 2) In a position to: to be able to do (para. 2) Next to (para. 2) Being natural (para. 3) If anything: on the contrary (para. 4) endow…with…(para. 15) “there + be” pattern ;Part I Exercise Fill in the blanks: He did not tell his father about the exam ______ he get mad at him. The two tall buildings used to stand right ___________