1、Department of College EnglishExperiencing EnglishBook ThreeDepartment of College English Department of College English ProcedureLead-inlWatch a video clip and summarize itlGroup DiscussionPassage AlWarm-up ActivitieslCulture NoteslText UnderstandinglLanguage PointslDifficult SentenceslSummarylFollow
2、-up ActivitylAssignmentDepartment of College English Watch a video clip about a certain strange way of learning English created by some Japanese girls and then summarize what you have seen and heard.Lead-inDepartment of College English This is a famous etching(铜版画）by Goya,a Spanish painter and etche
3、r.The title of the etching is“Im still learning.”Look at the following picture and read the following words to have a group discussion.Department of College English“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.”-Albert EinsteinDepartment of College English Group discussionWha
4、t message do you think the etching conveys?How do you understand this remark of Einsteins?Whats the significance of lifelong education?Department of College EnglishPassage A Tongue-tiedDepartment of College English Warm-up Activities1.In what way do you usually learn English words?2.How do you under
5、stand the German proverb“Whoever cares to learn will always find a teacher”?Department of College English Culture NotesThe English Language:English is the chief medium of communication in the United Kingdom,the United States,Canada,Australia,New Zealand,South Africa,and some other countries.It is sp
6、oken in more parts of the world than any other language and by more people than any other tongue except Chinese.For quite a long time,the English language has become the linga franca for international communication.Department of College English Culture Notes Idiom/Idiomatic Expression:A phrase which
7、 means something different from the meanings of the separate words from which it is formed.lwhite elephant lkick the bucket llions sharelfollow(ones)nosel(out)on a limbDepartment of College English Culture Notes Proverb:A short well-known(wise)saying,usu.in simple language.lAll is not gold that glit
8、ters.lDont put all your eggs in one basket.lA friend to all is a friend to none.lA closed mouth catches no flies.Department of College English Text Understanding Read the passage and answer the following questions 1.What was the authors immediate response when the driver passed her a slip of paper?2
9、.What did the author mean by saying“clever is not clever if it doesnt communicate”?3.Why did the author hope that the driver owned a dictionary?Department of College English Language Points1.rear:a.of,at or located in the backIs the puncture in the front or rear wheel?She doesnt like sitting in the
10、rear seat.Department of College English Language Points2.version:n.a particular form of sth.which varies slightly from other forms of the same thingThe two witnesses gave contradictory versions of what had happened that night.The latest version of the film is more like the book.Department of College
11、 English Language Points3.escape:v.to elude the memory or comprehension ofIm afraid your name escapes me/has escaped me(=I have forgotten your name).Nothing important escapes her notice/attention.The books significance escaped him.Department of College English 4.resort to:to use(something)for help,b
12、ecause you cannot find any other way of acting The electric lamps went out so we had to resort to candles to light the room.The mother resorted to punishment to make the child obey.Language PointsDepartment of College English Language Points5.jot down:to write down quickly,to make a quick short note
13、 of(something)I always carry a pen and a notebook with me for jotting down my ideas.Department of College English Language Points6.add up to:to combine to produce a particular result or effect Your long answer just adds up to a refusal.Their actions added up to a deliberate flouting of the rules.The
14、se new measures do not add up to genuine reform.Department of College English Language Points7.hang on:to depend on(something)His whole career hangs on his passing the exam.The survival of the government hangs on tonights crucial vote.The safety of air travel hangs partly on the thoroughness of bagg
15、age checking.Department of College English Language Points8.indulge:v.to allow(yourself or someone else)to have esp.a lot of something enjoyableThe rich father indulged his son with plenty of pocket money.I indulged my interest in flowers by planting a large flower garden.indulge in:to allow oneself
16、 the pleasure of He occasionally indulges in the luxury of a good cigar.Department of College English Difficult Sentences1.He looked confused,reminder that clevers not clever if it doesnt communicate.He looked confused,and his puzzled look reminded me that my answer was not clever at all because it
17、couldnt be understood.Department of College English Difficult Sentences2.so enthralled by the chance to indulge my curiosity about words with another curious soul,that I didnt fully grasp the potential for linguistic fraud committed in this mans cab.(Id been)so absorbed in the chance to satisfy the
18、mans curiosity with my(poor)knowledge of English that I didnt fully realize how misleading and confusing my and other native speakers interpretation might be.Department of College English Difficult Sentences3.And that he figures out that,no matter what his passengers may say,haste doesnt always make
19、 waste at the gapers block.And that he finds out that,no matter what his passengers may say,things may not mean as they say.Department of College English SummaryThis is an amusing short story that illustrates how little people sometimes know about their mother tongue.The narrator is a woman,the pass
20、enger in a taxi whose driver is a Pakistani man _ to learn English by _._ to explain the meanings of a proverb and an idiom,she realizes how little she really knows about the vocabulary of her _ and also _ what kind of answers other,Department of College English Summaryprobably equally ignorant,nati
21、ve passengers might give.In the end she is left hoping the driver has a dictionary and that he will use it to teach himself rather than _ the native speakers for explanations.Department of College English Keyeager asking his passengers about new wordsStrugglingnative languagewondersdepend onDepartme
22、nt of College English Follow-up ActivityDepartment of College English You are a sophomore at college and not very successful in the study of English,especially in building up your vocabulary.No matter how hard you try,some peculiar English words just wont stay in your mind.So you come to your teache
23、rs office for help.Work in pairs and complete the following task.As an experienced teacher of English,you know the trouble your students have and are ready to help.Department of College English AssignmentWrite a short essay about how to be a good learner of English language in your opinion.Departmen
24、t of College EnglishPassage B Returning to CollegeDepartment of College English ProcedureWarm-up ActivitiesCulture NotesText UnderstandingLanguage PointsDifficult SentencesSummaryFollow-up ActivityAssignmentDepartment of College English Warm-up Activities1.For what purposes would an adult return to
25、college?2.Do you think most of the college students appreciate their college life?Department of College English Culture NotesPlato:(428-347?B.C.)Greek philosopher.A follower of Socrates,he founded the Academy(386 B.C.),where he taught and wrote for much of the rest of his life.Plato presented his id
26、eas in the form of dramatic dialogues,as in The Republic.Department of College English Culture NotesAristotle:(384-322 B.C.)Greek philosopher.As a pupil of Plato,the tutor of Alexander the Great,and the author of works on logic,metaphysics,ethics,natural sciences,politics,and poetics,he profoundly i
27、nfluenced Western thought.Department of College English Culture Notes David Hume:(1711 1776)British philosopher and historian who argued that human knowledge arises only from sense experience.His works include A Treatise of Human Nature(1739-1740)and Political Discourses(1752).Department of College
28、English Culture NotesBaruch Spinoza:(1632 1677)Dutch philosopher and theologian whose controversial pantheistic doctrine advocated an intellectual love of God.His best-known work is Ethics(1677).Department of College English Culture NotesJohn Locke:(1632 1704)English philosopher.In An Essay Concerni
29、ng Human Understanding(1690)he set out the principles of empiricism,and his Two Treatises on Government(1690)influenced the Declaration of Independence.Department of College English Culture NotesJohn Dewey:(1859 1952)American philosopher and educator who was a leading exponent of philosophical pragm
30、atism and rejected traditional methods of teaching by rote in favor of broad-based system of practical experience.Department of College English Culture NotesGeorge Gordon Byron:(1788 1824)English poet,who was one of the most important and versatile writers of the romantic movement.His works include
31、Childe Harold,The Prisoner of Chillon,and Don Juan.Department of College English Text Understanding Read the passage and answer the following questions.1.Why didnt the author go back to college after his military service in the Army?2.Why does the author want to go back to college now?3.What does th
32、e author think of young students on campus?4.What courses does the author want to take and why?Department of College English Language Points1.draft:v.to select from a group for some usually compulsory serviceEvery Christmas thousands of people are drafted in to help with the post.Forrest Gump was dr
33、afted into the army after his college graduation.Department of College English Language Points2.inclination:n.a preference or tendency;a feeling that makes a person want to do somethingPrices have an inclination to go up.Ive no inclination to follow my mother into accountancy.Department of College E
34、nglish Language Points3.turn out:take place in the specified way in the end;prove to beThe newcomer turned out to be one of my old acquaintances.The job turned out to be harder than we had thought.Department of College English Language Points4.pick up:1)to start again after an interruptionThe author
35、 picks up the theme again on page ten.After lunch shall we pick up where we left off yesterday?Department of College English 2)learn or acquire easily without making much effort He picked up a few Japanese phrases when he was on a business trip to Tokyo.Language PointsDepartment of College English L
36、anguage Points5.appeal to:to interest or attract someoneIve never been skiing-it doesnt really appeal to me.Its a program designed to appeal mainly to 16 to 25 year olds.I think what appeals to me about his painting is the colors he uses.Department of College English Language Points 6.stink:v.(infor
37、mal disapproving)to be extremely bad or unpleasantI think her whole attitude stinks.His acting stinks,but he looks good,so hes offered lots of movie roles.Department of College English Language Points7.refresh:v.to give new energy and strength to(someone)A rest and a cool drink will refresh you.Havi
38、ng had a good sleep and a substantial meal,he felt thoroughly refreshed.I looked the word up in the dictionary to refresh my memory of(=help me to remember)its exact meaning.Department of College English Difficult Sentences1.I wouldnt want to pick up where I left off.I didnt mean to resume my educat
39、ion by taking the subjects I had once missed at college.Department of College English Difficult Sentences2.Too much of what I know of the great philosophers comes secondhand or from condensations.My knowledge of the great philosophers came indirectly or from some simplified works.Department of Colle
40、ge English Difficult Sentences3.This is just a little conversational conceit,but thats life.This is like a trick employed in conversation to show off,but I think we all naturally do so.Department of College English SummaryIn this passage,the writer,a newspaper columnist and TV commentator,praises th
41、e idea of education for educations sake and regrets the fact that most college students,motivated only by the idea of future professional success,do not realize what a wonderful opportunity they are missing.Department of College English SummaryWhile at college and not burdened by the responsibilitie
42、s that come later in life,they focus their attention only on those courses that they think will help make them rich.The author himself would go right back to being a freshman and study philosophy,calculus,literature,history and grammar.He does recognize that if he were studying for the knowledge and
43、 not for earning grades,education would probably become less stressful and more fun.Department of College English Listen to a short passage about a continuing education program and answer some questions.Continuing Education ProgramFollow-up ActivitiesDepartment of College English Questions:1.When di
44、d the continuing education program begin?2.How many courses does the program offer?3.Who are the study group leaders?4.Are the teachers in the program paid?Why do they teach?5.What do members in this program enjoy?Follow-up ActivitiesDepartment of College English Further discussion:What are the different ways people continue their learning after graduation from school?Assignment
