北师大版高中英语课文Unit15Learning.docx

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北师大版高中英语课文Unit15Learning

Unit15Learning

Warm-up

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Dave:

Iwritedownnewwordsseveraltimesonpaper.Thishelpsmyspelling,too.Oh,andIalsodrawlittlepicturesinmyvocabularybook,youknow,for“fur”I'dmaybedrawafurcoat.AndIalsoimaginethepagesofthetextbookinmyhead,youknow,photosmighthelpmerememberafewwords,orevengrammarstructures.

Luning:

Ican'tremembervocabularyverywell.IfIhavetolearnalotofwords,Ijustrepeatthemaloudtomyself,againandagain,tillIcanrememberthemwellenoughtospellthembackwardseven.Sometimesonewordmakesmethinkofanother,inthelist.Ialsogooverthecorrectionsthatmyteachermakesinmyschoolwork.

Tonghuan:

Mm,it'shardtosay.Itdependsonthewords,butIoftensortofsimplifyawordbybreakingitupintodifferentparts,youknow,like“entertain-ment”,andthishelpsmeunderstandhowtheyfittogether.SometimesawordsoundssimilartoanotherwordinChinese,whichhelpsmerememberit.

Xiaofang:

Thismaysoundsilly,butIhaveajarinmyroom.Iwritetranslationsofnewwordsonbitsofpaperandputtheminthejar.Afteraweek,IopenthejarandseeifIcanrememberthewordsinEnglish.AndIwritetranslationsinmyvocabularybookandaskmymumtotestme.AndsometimesItestmyselfonmywaytoschool.Youknow,IsaythingsinEnglishtomyself!

Lesson1Life-longLearning

TheImportanceofLifelongLearning

Nowadays,moreandmorepeopleofvariousagesandbackgroundsarecontinuingtostudytoimprovethemselves.Here'swhattheyhavetosayabouttheirlife-longlearningexperience.

SunWen–28yearsold“It'snevertoolatetolearn.”ThatwastheadviceIgotafterIfailedmycollegeentranceexam.NowI'mabouttograduatefromtheSchoolofContinuingEducationatQinghuaUniversitywithaBachelor'sDegreeinComputerEngineeringbydistancelearning.Becauseofmynewqualification,I'mgettingpromotedatwork.

Inthepast,ifsomeonelikemehadfailedtogetintouniversitythroughthecollegeexam,hewouldhavehadnochanceofgettingadegree.Butit'sdifferentnow.Idecidedtogivemyselfasecondchancebystudyingforadegreeintheeveningsandonweekendswhilekeepingasecurefull-timejob.Franklyspeaking,thelastfouryearshavebeenhardwork,butit'sbeenworthit!

MsTang–45yearsold

Threemonthsago,whenmymanagertoldmethatIwouldbelaidoff,mymindwentblankandmyheartswelledwithanger.Inthepast,ifsomeonehadworkedforacompanyforover20years,theywouldhavestayedthereuntilretirement!

Isuspectthattheylaidmeoffbecausethecompanywasnotdoingthatwellbutitstillbroughtalumptomythroatandmademewanttocry.IfeltasifIhaddonesomethingwrong!

Iknowthisisn'ttruethough.It'sjustthestatusofthejobmarketatthemoment.

Atfirst,Ienjoyedbeingafull-timehousewifeandcalledmyself“CHO”or“chiefhomeofficer”.ButsoonIgotboredanddecidedtodoabusinesscourse.Ihavealwaysdreamedofstartingmyowncompany.

Ihavenearlyfinishedthecoursenowandithasbeenveryhelpful.Ihavelearntsomanynewskillsandhavealreadypreparedabusinessplanforsettingupmyownexportcompany!

Ithinkthatgettinglaidoffwillprovetobethebestthingthateverhappenedtome.

GrandpaChen–75yearsold

I'msureyouallknowthesaying,“Youcan'tteachanolddognewtricks.”Well,it'scertainlynottrue!

I'manolddog,andI'mteachingmyselfnewtrickseveryday!

Itallstartedafewmonthsagowhenpostagewentup.I'dbeensendinglettersbyairmailtomydaughterintheUSonceaweek,but,suddenly,itwastooexpensive.IdecidedthatitwastimeIbecameanInternetuser.IgotmygrandsontoinstructmeonhowtoemailandusetheInternetandIreallyenjoythespeedatwhichmymessagesgetsentandanswered.Andasidefromemailing,it'sfuntoseeandtalktomygrandchildrenintheUSonthei-Cam.Inthepast,ifI'dwantedtoseethem,Iwouldhavehadtovisittheminperson.

Somanypeoplethinkthatafteryouretire,allyoucandoisswitchoffyourbrainandburyeverythingyou'veeverlearnt.Thisissowrong!

Anyway,it'stimeformetogonow.Ihavetopractisethealphabet!

I'mdoinganEnglishcourseontheInternet.

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Onemorning,Billwasstandinginhiscornfieldshoutingangrilyathisneighbour'scattle.Somehow,thecattlehadbrokenthroughthefenceandwerenowhappilyeatinghiscorn.Billtriedtogetthemawaybutitwasnouse.Whatdifferencediditmake?

Ifthefrostdidn'truintheharvest,thenitwasdisease.

Andifitwasn'tdisease,thenitwashisneighbour'scattle.Whydidhechoosetobeafarmer?

HecouldhavebeenabankerlikehisfriendJack!

Billstaredatthesurroundingcountrysideforawhileandthenstartedupthesteephilltothefarmhouse.HecouldhavemadelotsofmoneylikeJackandlivedinagreatflatinthecity.Andhewouldneverhavehadtoworryaboutwhetherhisneighbours'cattlewereeatinghisgrainifhehadchosentobeabanker!

Billchewedhislipashewalkedintohiskitchenandwipedthemudoffhisshoes.

Suddenlyhenoticedsomeonesittingatthetable.ItwasJack!

“Whatareyoudoinghere?

”heasked.“What'sthematter?

”Jacksighedandputhisheadinhishands.“I'vequitmyjobandwanttostayherewithyouforawhile.I'mtiredofthepollutioninthecityandthestressofmyjob.Iworkallthetimeandnevergettoseetreesorgrass!

IwishI'dchosentobeafarmerlikeyou!

”Billsmiled.“Herearesomewordsofwisdomforyou,Jack.Doyouknowthisidiom?

Thegrassisalwaysgreenerontheotherside.”

Lesson2DifferentSchools

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MrsLiu:

MostofyouhavemetJackandNicholas–ourexchangestudentsfromtheUK.I'veaskedthemtotalktousthisafternoonabouttheirlearningexperiencesintheUK.Jack,let'sstartwithyou.Canyoutellusaboutthekindofeducationyouhad?

Jack:

Goodmorning,everyone.IguessIhadquiteatraditionaleducation.By“traditional”education,Imeanthattherewerelotsofrules.Itwasverystrict!

Theydidn'talloweventheslightestlooseconduct.Theschoolwasfoundedin1896andit'sveryproudofitsreputation.Theteacherswerealwaystellingustodosomething–evenlittlethings...‘Dothis!

Dothat!

Hurryup!

Slowdown!

'Thereweresomanyrulesatthatschoolandwehadtoobeythematalltimes!

MrsLiu:

Isee.Butwhatabouttheclassroomlearningitself?

Jack:

Oh,Iguessitwastraditional,too.However,Ithinkwehadexcellentteachers.Inclass,teacherswouldgivelecturesandwetookalotofnotes.Wehadtoreviewthenotesafterclassandremembersometexts.Wehadtoputupourhandsandstandupstraighttoanswertheteacher'squestions.Also,wehadalotofhomeworktodoafterschool.Everythingwestudiedwouldbetested.Evennow,Icanremembersomeofthetextsandpoemswelearned.

MrsLiu:

That'sveryinteresting,thanks,Jack.Nicholas,canyoudescribethekindofschoolingyouhad?

Nicholas:

Sure.MyschoolisverydifferentfromJack'sschool.Myschoolonlystartedin1967anditisn'ttraditional,youknow,orconservative.Theschoolmottois“makingourschoolfitforeverychild”—thatmeansitcaresforeverystudentanditrecognisesthatweallhavedifferentlearningneedsandlearningstyles.Ourteacherswereallverymildandkind-hearted.Theywereverypatientwitheachofusandtheywerenotverystrict.Theydidnotliketohandoutpunishmentatall.

MrsLiu:

Canyoutelluswhatlearningwaslikeintheclassroom?

Nicholas:

Well,wewerenevertreatedsimplyasreceiversofknowledgeandaskedtomemorisethetexts.Instead,wetookanactivepartinlearningandwereinvolvedinalotofreading,writingandproblem-solvingactivities.Wewereallowedtoworkatourownpace,andwecouldaskquestionswheneverwewanted.Wedidn'twearuniformsandtheteachersdidn'talwaystelluswhattodo.Theyuseddifferenttypesoflearningactivitiesandmadeeachsubjectasinterestingaspossible.Tocheckwhatwehadlearned,theyseldomgaveustestsbutencouragedustodolotsofprojectworkandinterestingassignments.Ithinkmyschooltookalearner-centredapproachtoteaching.

MrsLiu:

Isee.Whatdoyouthinkaboutyourschool?

Nicholas:

Forme,itwasgreat.Idon'tthinkIcouldhavestudiedatJack'sschool.

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MrsLiu:

Isthiskindoflearner-centredapproachpopularintheUK?

Nicholas:

Notreally.Idon'tthinkit'saspopularasitusedtobeinthe1970s.Nowthecompetitiontogetselectedforuniversityismuchgreaterandalotofparentsseetraditional,strictschools,likeJack's,asgivingstudentsthebestchance.ButIthinkthatthisapproachpreparesusbetterforuniversityandreal-lifebecausewelearnaboutourownlearningstyles.

MrsLiu:

Doyouagreewiththat,Jack?

Jack:

Well,toacertainextent,yes,butIcan'treallysaybecauseIonlyknowmytypeofschool.OneoftheproblemsI'veheardaboutthesortofalternativeschoolNicholasgoestoisthatstudentsdon'tpreparewellfortests.

Nicholas:

I'msorrytodisagree,Jack,butIdon'tacceptthatatall.Ithinkmanypeoplemisunderstandandbelievethatthelearner-centredapproachisn'tasgoodasthetraditionalmethod.Thatjustisn'ttrue.Weusedtopractisedoingexamsbutwewerealsotaughthowtostudymoreindependently.Researchshowsthatwedojustaswellasstudentsfromtraditionalschools.

Jack:

Well,maybeyou'reright.Ourlessonswereverystructured,andweweretestedonthecontent,thefacts–weweren'ttaughthowtoanalyseorthinkaboutsomethingonourown.IguessIwouldhavepreferredyourtypeofschool.

Nicholas:

Notnecessarily.Itdoesn'tsuitalls