新世纪大学英语第二版综合教程第4册Unit7.docx

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新世纪大学英语第二版综合教程第4册Unit7

新世纪大学英语（第二版）综合教程第4册Unit7

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BookFour

UnitSeven:

ReadingandReflection

PartIGetStarted

SectionADiscussion

▇Sitinpairsorgroupsanddiscussthefollowingquestions.

1Whydoyouthinkweneedtoread?

2Whatdoyouprefertoread—poems,novelsorplays?

3Whatroledoyouthinkliteraryworksplayinourlives?

▆Answersforreference:

1Hints:

●Readingbroadensourhorizons.

●Readingenrichesourknowledge.

●Readingputsusincontactwiththebestmindsofhumanhistory.

●Readingenrichesourexperience.

●Readingempowersuswithknowledge.

●Readingimprovesourcharacterandtaste.

●Readingisagoodpastime.

2Somehints:

hewedanddigested.

—FrancisBacon

Interpretation:

Therearedifferentwaysofreadingbooks.Totasteabook,onecanreaditinastateofrelaxation.Toswallowabookonecanglidehiseyesacrossthelinesofabook.Tochewordigestabookoneshouldreaditactively.Andwhenhehasfinishedreadingabook,thepagesarefilledwithhisnotes.Onlywhengoodbooksarechewedanddigestedcantheyhavealastinginfluenceonone’slife.

AboutFrancisBacon（1561-1626）:

anEnglishpolitician,philosopher,andwriter.FrancisBacongraduatedfromTrinityCollege,Cambridge.HewasthefounderofEnglishmaterialistphilosophy,aswellasofmodernscienceinEngland.HeisespeciallyfamousforhisEssays,inwhichhispracticalwisdomisshownthroughhisreflectionsandcommentsonratherabstractsubjects.

BenjaminFranklin

◎Readingmakesafullman,meditationaprofoundman,discourseaclearman.

—BenjaminFranklin

Interpretation:

Readingbroadensourhorizons,moldsourtemperamentandenlightensourminds.Readingprovidesuswiththepossibilityofopeningourselvesuptotheworld,whichhelpsustobecomelearnedandknowledgeablepersons.Thinkingdeeplyhelpsusgainaninsightintohumanlife.Havingscholarlyconversationswithothershelpsusbecomewiser.

AboutBenjaminFranklin（1706-1790）:

aUSpolitician,writer,andscientist.Hewasinvolvedinwritingtwohistoricallysignificantdocuments,theDeclarationofIndependence（《独立宣言》）andtheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates（《美国宪法》）.Heisfamousforprovingthatlightningisaformofelectricitybydoingascientifictestinwhichheflewakiteduringastorm,andheinventedthelightningconductor.HeisalsowellknownforhisliteraryworkssuchasPoorRichard’sAlmanac（《穷理查德年鉴》1732-1757；亦译作《格言历书》、《穷理查历书》）andAutobiography（《自传》1790）.

DenisParsonsBurkitt

◎Itisbettertoreadalittleandponderalotthantoreadalotandponderalittle.

—DenisParsonsBurkitt

Interpretation:

Whatreallycountsisnothowmanybookswehavereadbutwhetherwespendtimethinkingoverwhatwehaveread.Soweshouldreadselectivelyandreflectively.

AboutDenisParsonsBurkitt（1911–1993）:

anaccomplishedBritishsurgeon.Hismajorcontributiontomedicalsciencewasthedescription,distribution,andultimately,theetiology（病因学；病源论）ofapediatric（小儿科的）cancerthatbearshisnameBurkitt’slymphoma（伯基特氏淋巴瘤）.

LouisaMayAlcott

◎Goodbooks,likegoodfriends,arefewandchosen;themoreselect,themoreenjoyable.

—LouisaMayAlcott

Interpretation:

Booksandfriendsshouldbefewbutgood.Weshouldbehighlyselectiveinreadingbooks,andourgreatestpleasureinreadingcomesfromthebestbooks.

AboutLouisaMayAlcott（1832–1888）:

anAmericannovelistbestknownasauthorofthenovelLittleWomen（《小妇人》）.

SectionCWatchingandDiscussion

▇Watchthefollowingvideoclip“ReadingReallyMatters”anddothetasksthatfollow.

Introductionofthevideo:

DanaGioia,ChairmanoftheNationalEndowmentfortheArts,istalkingaboutartseducation.

FirsthementionsaproblemintheUnitedStates:

Peoplearereadinglessandemployersarefacingaseriousproblemthattheirnewemployeescan’treadandcan’twrite.

AccordingtoDanaGioia,thosepeoplewhoreaddoexercisemoreanddomorevolunteeringcharitywork.

Thenhecomestotalkabouthowreadingactuallymatterstoaperson.

1Nowfillinthenoteformaccordingtowhatyouhear.

Topic:

ReadingAwakensSomethinginsidetheReader

1）readingincreasesyoursenseofyourownpersonaldestiny.

2）readingmakesthelivesofotherpeoplemorerealtoyou.

Insummary,readingmakesyouunderstandthatotherpeoplehaveaninnerlifeascomplicatedasyourown.

Readingbuildsasocietywithnotonlyimaginativecapability,intellectualcapability,butcompassion,andhumanity.

2Discussthefollowingquestions.

DoyouagreethatChinesepeoplearereadingless?

Doyouthinkmoderntechnologyhasinfluencedthewaypeopleread?

Open.

▇Script：

Americansarereadingless.Becausetheyreadless,theyreadlesswell.Becausetheyreadlesswell,theydolesswellintheeducationalsystem.