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Unit 5 : Education Unit 5 : Education Education in Cyberspace

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Unit 5 : EducationUnit 5 : Education

Education in Cyberspace

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Unit 1: Part AUnit 1: Part A

• Pre-Reading Activities

• Intensive Study

• After-reading

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Unit 1: Part AUnit 1: Part A

• Warm-up Questions

• Wacth and Think

• Word Web

• Spot Dictation

• Background Information

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Pre-reading Activities: Warm-up QuestionsPre-reading Activities: Warm-up Questions

1. What is your idea of an ideal university life? 2. How does education improve your life?3. Can you feel the impact of modern technolo

gy on teaching and learning in your university?

4. How does cyber education benefit students?5. How do students behave in cyber classroo

ms and traditional classrooms respectively?

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Directions: Watch the following video and take notes. What’s the instructors’ opinion on online education? Do you agree that it has some advantages over the conventional/traditional education?

Pre-reading Activities: Pre-reading Activities: Watch and ThinkWatch and Think

schedule, twice amount of work, main differences, face-to-face

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Pre-reading Activities: Watch and ThinkPre-reading Activities: Watch and Think

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Pre-reading Activities: Pre-reading Activities: Word WebWord WebDirections: What words will occur to you when we mention “Education.”

Education

teacher classroom

knowledge

lecture

school

playground

homework

bachelor

master

doctor

undergraduate

graduation

freshman

degreediploma

discipline

semester

subject

study

student

university

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Virtual Global University

The Virtual Global University (VGU) is a private organization founded in 2001 by 17 professors of Business Informatics from 14 different universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The VGU brings together the ________________________ of people from different universities in one _______ organization. At the same time it is a ____ organization, according to German civil law ______________ "VGU Private Virtual Global University GmbH."

Pre-reading Activities: Spot DictationPre-reading Activities: Spot Dictation

knowledge and experiencevirtual

real

under the name

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The focus of VGU’s study _________ is information technology (IT) and management — or Business Informatics as it is called in Central Europe. Students of Business Informatics (BI) are taught how to use IT ___________ to develop business solutions for __________________ .

All courses offered by the VGU are based on the Internet as well as on commonly ___________________and communication technology. Courses are conducted in English and are given ________, or are substantially supported, by means of ________________.

offerings

effectivelyglobal challenges

available information

entirely

electronic media

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Pre-reading Activities: Background InformationPre-reading Activities: Background Information

a pioneer in adult education and distance learning, and founder and CEO of “Geteducated.com.” She is the author of the well-known book Never Too Late to Learn: The Adult Student’s Guide to College.

Vicky

Phillips:

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Pre-reading Activities: Background InformationPre-reading Activities: Background Information

English inventor of phonographic shorthand ( 留声速记 ). He set forth a shorthand system based on phonetic ( 语音的 ) rather than orthographic ( 拼写的 ) principles. It became one of the most-used systems in the world then. He published many manuals ( 手册 ), journals, and books about shorthand through his own publishing house.

Isaac Pitman (1813 ~189

3)

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Pre-reading Activities: Background InformationPre-reading Activities: Background Information

An ancient Greek philosopher. He had a very great influence on European philosophy. He explained his ideas in the form of written conversation. His teacher was Socrates ( 苏格拉底 ) and after Socrates’ death he established a school called the Academy, where Aristotle was one of his students. His most famous work is The Republic ( 《理想国》 ), which is about the perfect state and form of government.

Plato (427 ~ 347BC) :

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Intensive StudyIntensive Study

• Structure of the Text

• Main Idea

• Intensive Study

• Difficult sentencesDifficult sentences

• Key words, phrases & usagesKey words, phrases & usages

• Comprehension exercisesComprehension exercises

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Part I

Part II

Part III

1~3

4~9

10~17

I teach in cyberspace.As a virtual professor, I teach without personally meeting my students.

Being a Guide on the Side, I have succeeded in getting my students to communicate their ideas actively and think critically, which is something I find hard to achieve in traditional campus education.

Part IV

18~20

Cyber-teaching reflects the nature of a true liberal education as is defined by Plato, and it is well received by the participants.

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Mankind hopes for a better world to live in. T_ t___ e__, man has to confront the inevitable conflicts that the future holds i_ s____. Since education lays an i____________ role in managing those conflicts, the following four pillars of education are proposed. Learning to live together c____ f__ an understanding of others and the awareness of the d________, similarities and interdependence of all people so that people can i________ joint projects. I_ a_________ w___ the global changes brought about by scientific

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progress, the e_______ in learning to know should be put on c________ a broad general education and the opportunity to study a small number of subjects i_ d____. Associated with the issue of occupational training, learning to do aims to e____ people to cope with various situations and work in teams. The fourth pillar is learning to be, which focuses on the complete development of one’s potentials when he g___ a____ an independent, critical way of thinking and judgement. Given the comventient a_____ to knowledge in the information era, everyone

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longs for a way to g__ the most o__ o_ their own specific educational environment. These four interrelated pillars can help us make the best out of education and attain our future ideals.

Main ideaMain idea

et ut f

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Campus teaching is the conventional styl

e of education that has been practiced for

centuries. Vicky Phillips, however, does n

ot think highly of this form of teaching. As a

cyber professor, she talks about the decli

ne of the American campus and the rise of

the American educational mind.

Intensive StudyIntensive Study

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1 On a recent business trip a man asked me what I did for a living. I replied that I wrote and taught college courses. 2. “Oh?” he said. “Where do you teach?”3. A peculiarly honest answer came out of my mouth before I could think. “Nowhere,” I said.

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Education in Cyberspace

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4 It’s true. Since 1990 I have taught and counseled for what a friend of mine calls “keyboard colleges” —distance-learning degree programs. Where I teach is inside that electrically charged space that lies between my phone jack and the home computers of a group of generally older-than-average college students.

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5 In 1990, I designed America’s first online counseling center for distance learners. Since then I’ve worked with more than 7,000 learners online. I’ve flunked a few of them. I’ve never personally met any of them. 6 For want of a clearer explanation of my career situation, I told the man who inquired that I teach in cyberspace. “I’m a virtual professor,” I tried explaining. “Distance learning ... online degree programs ... virtual universities.”

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7 The man’s face remained as blank as a clear summer sky. I couldn’t tell whether he was silent out of respect or keen confusion. I imagined both to be the case, so I settled in to explain what I have to explain frequently these days: the decline of the American college campus and the rise of the American educational mind — as I see it.

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8 Distance learning, or educational programs where pupil and professor never meet face-to-face, are nothing new. Sir Isaac Pitman of Bath, England, hit upon the idea of having rural residents learn secretarial skills by translating the Bible into shorthand, then mailing these translations back to him for grading. He began doing this in 1840. And he made mounds of money doing it.

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9 I don’t teach shorthand; I teach psychology and career development. I write many of my own lessons, though, just as Sir Isaac had to do. My post is the World Wide Web. I post assignments to electronic bulletin boards and send graded papers across the international phone lines in tariff-free e-mail packets. I convene classes and give lectures in online chat rooms when need be.

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10 Is this any way to dispense with a real college education? Can people learn without sitting in neat rows in a lecture room listening to the professor — the Sage on the Stage? 11 Yes, absolutely. Why not? In fact, while many people find it hard to imagine a college with no campus, I nowadays find it hard to imagine teaching anywhere other than in the liberal freedom that is cyberspace.

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12 In cyberspace, I listen, read, comment and reflect on what my students have to say — each of them in turn. What they know, they must communicate to me in words. They cannot sit passively in the back row twiddling their mental thumbs as the clock ticks away. They must think; and horror of horrors, they must write. Thinking and writing: Aren’t these the hallmarks of a classically educated mind?

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13 I know my students not by their faces or their seat position in a vast lecture auditorium; I know them by the words and ideas they express in their weekly assignments, which everyone reads online. 14 I am not a Sage on the Stage — I am more a Guide on the Side. Often what the students “say” or write to one another, or the way they incorporate their work and career ideas into their papers and debates with each other, is more practically inspiring than any help I could provide them with.

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15 My average college “kid” is 40 years old. More than a few are in their 50s or 60s. They are telecommuting to campus because they could not, or would not, uproot their careers and kids or grandkids to move to a college campus — an entity modeled after the learning monasteries of medieval times.

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16 Many of them know what they are talking about. Even more so, they know why they came back to college to learn. A cyber-education suits them because it respects their abilities to define for themselves what knowledge is and to go after it. It encourages them to argue their points and their perspectives without the interference of a professor, who might be tempted to step in to “calm down” or “refocus” an otherwise wonderfully enlightening classroom debate.

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17 They are experiencing something very different from the traditional factory model of American education, in which everyone on the assembly line is delivered the same standardized units of information (lectures and textbooks) and then must pass the same quality inspection (objective exams).

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This factory model — where students sit in neat rows, holding up their hands for permission to speak, clock-watching their way through textbooks and lectures that are broken into discrete bits of knowledge — has never been shown to be an effective way to learn. It has, however, been proven to be a convenient way for colleges to record on transcripts that a standard body of knowledge has been duly delivered.

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18 Maybe teaching a liberal arts curriculum via a virtual environment makes more sense to me because it brings me back to what I learned to be a true liberal arts education. Studying philosophy in Athens, Greece, I was taught that to learn anything, one had to throw away textbooks and notebooks — mere memory tools — and instead rely on one’s native ability to think critically.

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19 While my cyber-students do have textbooks, the books are learning aids; they are not the only pool of knowledge the students will drink from. Instead, they will learn also from the collaborative efforts of online debates, conferences and papers. They will think about what they have to say, and they will come to class each week amazingly prepared to argue and type their way toward insight.

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20 The virtual university: Oddly enough, it’s just what a classical philosopher like Plato would have practiced — had there been an Internet way back then. Me? I’m in favor of less learning taking place on a campus and more that happens in the minds of the participants.

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A peculiarly honest answer came out of my mouth before I could think.

1. Paraphrase this sentence.

Without thinking, I answered him frankly.

2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.

我不假思索,老老实实地答道。

peculiarly

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Where I teach is inside that electrically charged space that lies between my phone jack and the home computers of a group of generally older-than-average college students.

1. Paraphrase this sentence.

My students are generally older than the average college students. I teach them not in the traditional lecture rooms, but on the Internet where I am linked with them via their home phone lines and modems.

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Where I teach is inside that electrically charged space that lies between my phone jack and the home computers of a group of generally older-than-average college students.

2. Translate this part into Chinese.

我的课堂是在充满电荷的空间里,一端连着我的电话插座,另一端连着一群年龄偏大的大学生家里的电脑。

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The man’s face remained as blank as a clear summer sky.

2. Translate this part into Chinese.

那人的脸上仍旧一片茫然。

1. What figure of speech is used here?

Simile.More examples:…sing like an angel…sleep as sound as a log…be as brave as a lion

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1. What does “the Sage on the Stage” mean?

…the Sage on the Stage…

This is a term commonly used in the teaching research field to refer to the teacher who plays a dominant role in the classroom. Its opposite term is “the Guide on the Side,” which suggests a learner-centred teaching approach.

2. Translate this part into Chinese.

讲坛上的圣人。 / 课堂教学的支配者。

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What they know, they must communicate to me in words.

What’s the grammatical function of “What they know” ?

“What they know,” which serves as the object of the verb “communicate,” is put at the beginning of the sentence to achieve emphasis.

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They cannot sit passively in the back row twiddling their mental thumbs as the clock ticks away.

1. What does “twiddling their mental thumbs” mean?

to do little or nothing; be idle

2. What can we infer from the sentence?

Studying online is different from that in the conventional classroom. Students should do something actively instead of sitting in the back idling.

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They cannot sit passively in the back row twiddling their mental thumbs as the clock ticks away.

3. Translate this part into Chinese.

他们不能坐在后排座位上,无所事事地打发时光。

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…who might be tempted to step in to “calm down” or “refocus” an otherwise wonderfully enlightening classroom debate.

1. Paraphrase this sentence.

…who might feel like interfering with the students’ debate to make them calm down or to change the focus of the debate. In that case, the classroom debate might no longer be so enlightening as it should be.

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…who might be tempted to step in to “calm down” or “refocus” an otherwise wonderfully enlightening classroom debate.

2. Translate this part into Chinese.

…… 可能会情不自禁地介入他们的争论,把原本很有启发性的课堂讨论“平息”或者“引到别的话题上去”。

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She thinks very highly of her boss.

think highly of: to have a good opinion of someone or sth.

我们极其欣赏王教授的意见。 ?

We think very highly of Professor Wang’s opinion .

think highly of 对……极其赞赏speak highly of 对……极为称 颂,非常赞同

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peculiarly: adv. especially; strangely

He looked at me most peculiarly.

The streets were peculiarly quiet for the time of day.

他奇怪地看着我 . ?

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counsel: v. to give advice, especially on social or personal problems

The police have provided experts to counsel local people affected by the tragedy.

听从长辈的劝告吧。 ?Listen to the counsel of your elders.

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CF: counsel, advise, caution, warn

counsel

advise

这些动词均有“劝告”,“忠告”,“警告”之意。 正式用词,语气比 advise 强一些,侧重指对重要问题提出的劝告、建议或咨询。 普通用词,泛指劝告,不涉及对方是否听从劝告。 主要指针对潜在危险而提出的警告,含告诫别人小心从事的意味。 含义与 caution 相同,但语气较重,尤指就某个严重的后果给人警告。

caution

warn

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warningadvising

counseling

advisecautioned

warned

1. Put that ball down and come over here, Laura — I’m _______ you. 2. They’re _________ that children be kept out of the sun altogether. 3. My job involves __________ unemployed people on/about how to find work. 4. I’d ______ waiting until tomorrow. 5. The newspaper _________ its readers against buying shares without getting good advice first. 6. We were ______ not to eat the fish which might give us a slight stomach upset.

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flunk: v. (infml) especially AmE to give someone low marks on a test so that they fail it; fail (an examination or study course)

I flunked my second year exams and was lucky not to be thrown out of college.Her not following the instructions flunked her.

flunk out 除名,退学

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If we fail it won’t be for want of trying (= We have tried even if we fail).

因无事可做,我只好待在家里看电视。 ?

For want of anything better to do I watched television at home.

for want of: for lack of, because of a lack of

fill / meet / satisfy a want 满足需要minister to sb’s want 满足某人的需要in want of ……需要

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virtual adj. made, done, seen etc. on the Internet or a computer, rather than in the real world

He has made some friends in the virtual world through the Internet.

网络购物 /银行 ?

virtual shopping/banking

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be the case: to be the actual state of affairs; to be true

He said he’d been cheated out of all his money, but that’s not the case.

If that is the case then I will be very disappointed.

a case in point 有关的实例, 例证in any case 无论如何,不管怎样in case of 假如,如果发生in no case 无论如何不,决不

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decline: 1. n. a period or process of going from a better to a worse position

Our business has gone into a decline this year and we have to dismiss some employees.She seemed to be recovering and then she went into a decline.

2. v. to gradually become less, worse, or lower

His interest in the project declined after his wife died.

我谢绝了他们提出的帮助。 ?

I declined their offer of help.

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CF: refuse, decline, reject

refuse

decline

reject

这三个动词均含“拒绝”之意。

语气较重,指态度坚决,肯定无疑地拒绝。

指婉言谢绝他人的帮助或邀请等。

多指由于某物、某事、某行为不能让人满意而被当面直截了当地拒绝。

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1. The appeal was ________ by the High Court. 2. We asked them to come to our party,

but they _________. 3. I applied for a job as a mechanic in a local garage, but I was _________. 4. He asked her to marry him but she _______ . 5. He’s in trouble but he’s _______ all (my offers of) help.

rejected

declined

rejected

refusedrefused

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hit on/upon sth: find by lucky chance or have a good idea about

I tried several methods before I hit on this way of solving the problem.

When we first hit on the idea, everyone told us it would never work.

hit it off 相处得好hit out 猛打,乱击

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rural adj. of or like the countryside; concerning country or village life

Rural things always appeal to me. I like the fresh air, the country roads, even the smells of the land.

The area is still very rural and undeveloped.

rural 的含义是“(像)乡村的” ,“ 有乡村(生活)特点的”。其反义词为 urban“ 城市的”,“市内的”。

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resident n. a person who lives in a place or a particular area all the time or just while working, studying, or visiting

Are you a permanent resident of the United States or are you just traveling around?

CF: resident , citizen, native

resident

citizen

native

具有某国国籍或有某地区合法身份的人,即公民。

长期居住或暂时居住的居民,有时也指旅居者。

这三个名词均含有“居民”,“公民”之意

本地居民。

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1. The local _________ were angry at the lack of parking spaces. 2. He is a ______ of New York City but lives mostly in California. 3. He applied to become an American _______. 4. He reassured people that law-abiding ________ would have nothing to fear from the enquiries. 5. The hotel bar was only open to _________. 6. Before coming to this pacific country he was not certain whether the ________ are friendly to the foreigners like him.

residents

native

citizen

citizens

residents

natives

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comment: 1. v. to give an opinion; make a comment

My mum always comments on what I’m wearing.He commented that the two essays were rather similar.

2. n. sth. that you say or write that expresses your opinion

I don’t want any comments on/about my new haircut, thank you!

你对最近的事态发展有什么评论吗 ?

Do you have any comment(s) to make on the recent developments?

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make a comment 作评论an appropriate/fitting comment 恰当的评论a favorite comment 好评a vicious comment 恶毒的抨击

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in turn: one after the other

He asked each of us in turn what we had been doing when the robbery took place.

他们依次进入教室。 ?They entered the classroom in turn.

in turn 依次地;转而,反过来at every turn 每次;事事;处处by turns 轮流地;交替地in one’s turn 轮到时,接着

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passively: adv.

He tends to wait passively for his boss to tell him what to do.

passively 的形容词是 passive 意为 “被动的”,“消极的”。Men have always played an active part in leading worship while women have been confined to more passive roles.

他的反应是被动的。 ?His response was passive.

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tick away: (of time) go by

As we were waiting for the green light at the crossroads, the taxi’s meter kept ticking away.

With the final seconds ticking away, Milan scored a goal.

tick off 给……作标记tick over (工作、活动等)维持原状, 进展缓慢

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practically: ad. in a practical way; very nearly; almost

对我来说,在不到一个小时内到家几乎是不可能的。 ?

Theoretically, it’s a good idea to live without a car, but practically speaking, it would be difficult to manage without one.

It’s practically impossible for me to get home in less than an hour.

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uproot: vt. to make someone leave their home for a new place, especially when this is difficult or upsetting

The war has uprooted nearly two-thirds of the country’s population.

她背井离乡从农场搬到伦敦。 ?

She uprooted herself from the farm and moved to London.

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go after: try to obtain or win; chase

Tom and I were going after the same job, so one of us had to choose something else to do.

The police went after him but he got away.

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step in: to become involved in an activity, discussion, or disagreement, sometimes in order to stop trouble

When the leading actress broke her leg, Isobel stepped in and took over.

他们自己能够解决纠纷,你最好不要干预。 ?They can settle the argument by themselves; you’d better not step in.

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enlighten: vt. to explain sth. to someone

Should the function of children’s television be to entertain or to enlighten?

I don’t understand this. Could you enlighten me?

enlighten about/on …… ……就 对 作启发

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inspection: n. (an act of) inspecting

I gave the mobile phone a thorough inspection before I bought it.

经进一步检查,发现这些钞票是伪造的。 ?

On closer inspectation the notes proved to be forgeries.

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inspect: vt. to look at sth or someone carefully in order to discover information, especially about their quality or condition

CF: inspect, examine, investigate这些动词都有“调查”,“检查”之意检查,审视。意在找出不足或不同之处。

inspect

examine

investigate

检查。可指粗略地查看,也可指仔细观察或调查以确定事物的性质、功能、特点等 调查。指为发现事实真相或了解掌握情况而进行深入细致的观察或查询。

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1. She held the bank note up to the light and _________ it carefully. 2. The doctor __________ her carefully.

3. We are of course ____________ how

an error like this could have occurred.

4. After the crash both drivers got out and __________ their cars for damage.

5. My bags were ____________ when I entered the country.

inspectedexamined

investigating

inspected

examined

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• carry out an inspection 进行视察• conduct inspection 执行检查• a close inspection 严格地检查• a technical inspection 技术检验

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bring back: cause to return to the mind

The photo taken twenty years ago brings back many fond memories of my stay in London.

The whole scene brought back the days of my childhood.

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After readingAfter reading

• Useful Expressions

• Listening Comprehension

• Optional Classroom Activities

• Vocabulary Exercise

• Translation

• Discussion & Writing

• Proverbs and Quotations

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1. 编写和教授大学课程

2. 远程学位教育课程

3.年龄偏大的大学生

4.在线辅导中心

5. 远程教学

6.大笔的金钱

7. 职业拓展

8.电子布告栏

9. 免交关税

write and teach college courses

distance-learning degree programsolder-than-average college students

online counseling center

distance learning

mounds of money

career development

electronic bulletin boards

tariff-free

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10. 摒弃现实中的大学教育

11.讲坛上的圣人

12. 接受传统教育的思想

13.身边的向导

14. 返回大学学习

15. 抒发…的观点和见解

16.相同标准单位的信息

17.通过同一质量检查

18.有效的学习途径

dispense with a real college education

the Sage on the Stage

classically educated mind

a Guide on the Sidecome back to college to learn

argue one’s points and perspectivesthe same standardized units of informationpass the same quality inspection

an effective way to learn

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19.大学文科课程

20. 依赖我们与生俱来的本领

21.学习的辅助材料

22.奇怪的是

After reading-- After reading-- Useful Expressions

a liberal arts curriculum

rely on one’s native ability

learning aids

oddly enough

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Online education provides us with a new approach of learning and teaching. As a more ____________________ form of learning, online education gives us excellent

____________________, saves our time and money, and it is extremely __________. We can __________ any educational materials we need and ________ for any classes we like. With education spreading out more and more online, students will have ____________ on how and when to take their courses and classes. Online education will make education ______________ to the public and will make our life more _________.

effective and efficient

sources of informationconvenient

search forregister

more choices

more accessible

enjoyable

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After reading-- After reading-- activities

Cyber education is highly recommended in Text A. However, as every coin has two sides, cyber education also has its disadvantages or limitations.

Now work in groups of three or four and have a group discussion on the topic: Advantages and Disadvantages of Cyber Education.

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1. Cyber education may satisfy the demand of a countless number of people who wish to further their education because it sets no limit on the size of the online classroom.

1. Students of a virtual university cannot have face-to-face interactions with their teachers or supervisors, which is something that goes against the humanistic approach to education.

Advantages Disadvantages

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2. In cyber education, students need not “uproot their careers and kids and grandkids to move to a college campus.”

2. Students of a virtual university cannot enjoy a true campus life, which is always so colorful, interesting and beneficial to students’ character development.

Advantages Disadvantages

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3. Students who wish to continue studying in the cyberspace know clearly what knowledge or skills they need to acquire. So they are highly motivated.

3. Character building is an important objective in college education. Cyber education shows no advantage in this respect, for cyber-students are isolated from one another and they are divorced from society.

Advantages Disadvantages

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4. In cyber education, students enjoy the freedom to learn anytime and anywhere and they can learn at their own pace.

4. Cyber education or online courses may suit adult college graduates who wish to engage in professional training or continuing education. It may not be desirable for young students who wish to have a formal degree education.

Advantages Disadvantages

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5. In virtual classrooms, students “cannot sit passively in the back row twiddling their mental thumbs as the clock ticks away.” They must think; and they write a lot.

5. Cyber education as advocated by Vicky Phillips in her article is only but an alternative for students; it isn’t necessarily better than campus education.

Advantages Disadvantages

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6. Cyber students do not regard their textbooks as “the only pool of knowledge” that they will “drink from.” Instead, they are actively engaged in online debates, conferences and papers. Through such collaborative efforts, they can develop critical thinking and gain good insights.

6. It is true that the “traditional factory model” of education — straight lectures to and testing of unmotivated students — fails to meet the Platonic ideal, yet it is questionable that an Internet education as advocated by Vicky Phillips would meet that standard.

Advantages Disadvantages

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After reading-- After reading-- activities

According to the results of the discussion, form two groups. Group A

Group B

argues for the point that cyber education is better than the traditional campus education. argues against the point that cyber education is better than the traditional campus education.

Expressions for Debate

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Affirmative Side

Negative Side

1. We are going to argue for/against the idea that ...2. We believe that ... for three reasons. 3. The first reason is that …4. The second reason is that …5. And the final reason is that …

1. You said that…but we think…2. We agree/disagree with the opinion that… 3. We see your point, but…4. We think your idea/argument is wrong because…5. Your idea is not realistic in that…6. It is true that..., but...

Conclusions For these reasons our conclusion is that…

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Directions: Fill in the blanks with words given below. Change the form where necessary.

1. It’s not unusual to hear people complaining that educational standards are in _______ rather than on the rise. 2. A large supermarket has just opened on this street. ____________ customers, we’ll have to sell up our small store. 3. The local _________ were annoyed with the lack of parking space — that’s why

emphasis virtual hit on/upon try out turn one’s back on for want of decline oddly reflect on go after enough inspectionresident practically enlighten associate

decline

For want of

residents

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many of them sold their flats and moved to other places.

4. If you find something you really want, you have to ________ it. It’s pointless waiting for it to come to you.5. Theoretically, it’s a good idea to live without a car, but ___________ speaking, it would be difficult to manage without one.

emphasis virtual hit on/upon try out turn one’s back on for want of decline oddly reflect on go after enough inspectionresident practically enlighten associate

go after

practically

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6. The Internet has created a wonderland for us, but we should keep in mind the differences between the _______ world and the real world. 7. ____________, they have never met each other even though they’ve been living in the same street for ten years. 8. I see teaching as an opportunity to _________ students, not just to give them instructions.

emphasis virtual hit on/upon try out turn one’s back on for want of decline oddly reflect on go after enough inspectionresident practically enlighten associate

virtual

Oddly enough

enlighten

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9. He had a suspicion that the certificate was not genuine, but on close ____________, he realized that it was not forged. 10. Now that my father has retired, he has much time to __________ his successes and failures in the past.

emphasis virtual hit on/upon try out turn one’s back on for want of decline oddly reflect on go after enough inspectionresident practically enlighten associate

inspection

reflect on

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Picture Talking

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After reading– After reading– discussion & writing

1. In the past, a college education was enough to ensure a well-paid, much-respected job and a sense of achievement.

2. Today, with the increasing competition in our “knowledge society,” it is a must to renew one’s knowledge and upgrade one’s skills constantly. What’s more, a general college education serves only as a passport to lifetime education.

3. The concept of lifelong education finds expression in the slogan “Live and Learn.”

Directions: Write an essay entitled “The Significance of Lifelong Education.” The following outline may be of some help:

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The Significance of Lifelong Education

Decades ago, due to the low standard of living in China, only a small percentage of the nation’s population could receive college education. Once given the opportunity, one would surely secure a well-paid and much-respected job, which he or she would probably do for a lifetime. Therefore, to secure a college degree used to be the ultimate goal of a person’s education.

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Today, however, we are living in what is called a “knowledge society,” where creative ideas and innovations are generated at a fantastic speed. One must constantly renew one’s knowledge and upgrade one’s skills so as to meet the needs of the changing world. Moreover, at the stage of general education, it is pointless for a person to attempt to know everything.

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When one is required to settle down to be a specialist in a specific field, one has to make an in-depth study of the subject one is supposed to know. In this sense, general education can provide students with only a passport to lifelong

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After reading– After reading– discussion & writing

education. As Robert Maynard Hutchins once said, the object of education is to prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.

In my opinion, life in modern society is not only a process of “learning to live” but also a process of “living to learn.” The slogan “Live and Learn” can best reflect the concept of lifelong education.

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After reading– After reading– quotations and proverbs

1. Learning without thought is useless; thought without learning is dangerous.

2. Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

3. Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。

知识是宝库,而实践是开启宝库的钥匙。

读书使人充实,讨论使人机敏,写作使人严谨。

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4. Something attempted, something done. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet

5. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stop.

— Henry Brooks Adams, American historian

6. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

— Durant, American historian

有所尝试,就等于有所作为。 ——美国诗人亨利•沃兹沃斯•朗费罗

教师的影响是永恒的;无法估计他的影响会有多深远。 ——美国历史学家 H. B.亚当斯

教育是一个逐步发现自己无知的过程。

——美国历史学家 杜兰特

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After reading– After reading– translation

1. 培养正确的感情是必要的,因为它可为一个人将来学习和工作的成功奠定基础。

Cultivating the right emotions is indispensable in that/because it lays the foundation for the successes of one’s future work and studies.

lay the foundation forindispensable

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2. 中国西部发展急需人才,政府为此制定了优惠政策,号召更多大学毕业生去西部工作。

West China is crying out for talented people for its development. To this end, the government has laid down/made favorable policies, calling for more college graduates to go and work there.

try out for to this end

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After reading– After reading– translation

3. 你怎么可以再我这样艰难的时候对我置之不理呢?我们患难与共差不多半个世纪了。

How can you turn your back on me when I am in such difficulty? We have gone through trials and tribulations for practically half a century.

practicallyturn one’s back on

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4. 网虫们很多时间都泡在网上,以至于他们无法分辨虚拟世界与现实世界。

Web addicts spend so much time on the Internet that they are unable to draw a distinction between the virtual world and the real world.

draw a distinctionWeb addicts

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After reading– After reading– translation

5. 生活在城市的人常常有这样的幻想:乡村生活是闲适安逸的,其实不一定是这回事儿。

Urban / City residents often have the illusion that rural life is always leisurely and comfortable. In fact, that may not be the case .

be the caseleisurely and comfortable

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After reading– After reading– translation

6. 远程学习是个全球化的趋势。随着它的迅速发展,人们无论身处何地都能有同样方便的途径享受教育资源。

Distance learning is a global trend. With its quick growth/development, people are given / can enjoy an equally convenient access to educational resources, no matter where they are.

trend

global access