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Unit 4
Matriculation Fixation
Teaching Plan
Learning Objectives
1) wait for vsyncRhetorical skill: narrative and descriptive writing
2) Key language & grammar points
3) Writing strategies: subtopics
4) Theme: the meaning of high education
Pre-class Activity: none.
Relationship to Current Unit:
Materials: Teacher’s Book (6), English-English Dictionary, Blackboard, PPT韩语发音词典
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Estimated Time of Lesson: 270m, 6 ssions
Time Allocation:
P 1-2
1. Pre-reading: playing games / word puzzle / picture activation / short stories 10m
2. Global Reading: text introduction, culture notes, author, structure 15m
3. Detailed Reading (a): Text I: Paragraph 1-6 65m
P 3-4
4. 考博英语Detailed Reading (b): Text I: Paragraph 7-15 90m
P 5-6
5. Consolidation Activities (a): Text Comprehension; Writing Strategies 20m
6. Consolidation Activities (b): Language work; Oral Activities; Writing 70m
7. Further Enhancement (Optional): Text II / Other Comprehensive Practices
Section One Pre-reading Activities
I. Picture Activation
Why do some people have an obssive interest in attending elite colleges?
II. Pre- reading Questions
1. Admission to a good university has always been an important goal for many teenagers.
There is a great chance that you have experienced all the pains and joys of fighting for this goal. Now in a different stage of life, would you like to rethink the importance of this goal that has framed and is still framing many young lives?hunband
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2. It is undeniable that education enlightens the educated and offers them a greater chance for success. Yet, we know there are many high-achievers who do not have a brilliant educational record and also many mediocrities who have attended prestigious universities. What do you think is the most important element for one to live a successful life?
Open to discussion.
Section Two Global Reading
I. Text Introduction
In the essay the author offers his advice to tho parents who have college-bound children. He first criticizes tho parents who boast of having got their children into lect universities. He points out that a good university does not necessarily guarantee a successful career. This is supported by the example of his high school friends. Then he tells tho disillusioned parents who children are unlikely to enter prestigious universities that many people achieve huge success in this society without a degree from a prestigious university. This is supported by his own experience. Finally he reminds tho parents that “... life doesn’t have just one act. There is often Act Two. And Act Five.”
II. Culture Notes
Prussian (Paragraph 9) the adjective form of “Prussia.” Prussia was a former kingdom of Germany. Originally a small country on the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea, it became a major European power, covering much of modern northeastern Germany and Poland, under Frederick the Great. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, it became the center of Bismarck’s new German Empire.
Amherst (Paragraph 11) Amherst is a town in Hampshire County, Massachutts, United States in the Connecticut River valley. The town is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachutts Amherst, three of the Five Colleges.
Vanity Fair (Paragraph 12) Vanity Fair is an American magazine of pop culture, fashion, and politics published by Condé Nast Publications. The prent Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. The current editor is Graydon Carter.
Bill Gates动画片蓝精灵下载 (Paragraph 12) US entrepreneur; full name William Henry Gates (1955– ). He co-founded Microsoft, a computer software company. He is one of the richest men in the world today.
David Geffen (Paragraph 12) (1943– ) a record executive, film and theatrical producer, and philanthropist. He has been dubbed “Hollywood’s first crossover business star.” Born to a Jewish family in New York, Geffen attended the University of Texas at Austin but soon dropped out.
Michael Dell (Paragraph 12) (1965– ) the chairman of the Board of Directors of Dell, the company he founded in 1984 with $1,000 and an unprecedented idea — to build relationships directly with customers. In 1992, Mr. Dell became the youngest CEO ever to earn a ranking on the Fortune 500.
Graydon Carter (Paragraph 12) (1949– ) Canadian-born American journalist and author. He is editor of Vanity Fair. He also co-founded, with Kurt Andern, the satirical monthly magazine Spy in 1986.
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Madonna (Paragraph 12) (1958– ) US pop singer and actress. Albums such as Like a Virgin (1984) and her image as a x symbol brought her international stardom in the mid-1980s.
Ronald Reagan (Paragraph 12) (1911–2004) 40th president of the US (1981–1989). He was a movie actor before entering politics and then rved as the governor of California (1967–1974).
