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1、新视野大学英语第二册第新视野大学英语第二册第二单元二单元section A课件课件pptThe humanities should constitute the core of any university worth the name.Terry Eagleton (British literary critic,writer)Ideally,we all want an integrated life.Your goal should be to find a way to do what you love,and make your education support that.Bruc

2、e B.Janz (American philosopher)22UNIT2UNITSection A 2The humanities:Out of date?ObjectivesObjectivesTo talk about significance of the humanitiesTo further understand the textTo apply the phrases and patternsTo master the essay writing skillCollege The ladder to success?College The ladder to success?

3、ContentsThe humanities:Out of date?Section AWarming-up activities Text study Language application SummaryWarming-up activitiesLead-inLead-inPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activitiesCultural backgroundCultural backgroundThe humanities:Out of date?Section A1.How do you think of your current major?I

4、f you were given a second chance to choose your major,what would you select and why?If I were given a second chance to choose my major,I would choose/I think being a is accounting,computer science,psychology,civil engineering,philosophy,medical technology popular,interesting,enjoyable,promising,prac

5、tical,meaningful,beneficial,well-paid Lead-inLead-inShort answer questions2.What liberal arts/humanities courses do you learn in college?Do you think they are necessary for your education?I learn Chinese,English,philosophy,psychology,history in college.I think they are an essential part of the colle

6、ge education and benefit me a lot.gain more insight in life and society better understand and predict human behavior realize different interpretations of life and history understand the past which has created the present be aware of cultural and religious differencesLead-inLead-inShort answer questi

7、ons1.What did the speaker compare his high school education to?Listen to a talk about a native English speakers learning experience in his high school years.Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.A Technical school.B Modern arts college.C Liberal arts college.Listen and talkPre-re

8、ading activitiesPre-reading activities2.What was the most beneficial part for the speaker to take history classes?A He learned more about history.B He learned how to write a good essay.C He gained more cultural awareness.3.How did the speaker benefit through learning the Spanish language?A He became

9、 a more competent communicator.B He satisfied the requirements of a foreign language.C He learned how to speak Spanish fluently.Listen and talkPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activities4.What else did the speaker learn in addition to the things he learned from history and Spanish classes?A He lear

10、ned how to read assigned textbooks.B He learned how to get meaning from texts.C He learned how to go over every single word in reading.5.For what purpose did the teacher give students red pens and their own compositions?A Ask them to learn how to improve communication skills.B Ask them to learn how

11、to memorize facts and formulas.C Ask them to learn how to evaluate their own writing critically.Listen and talkPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activities1.Do you think your high school education was very much like attending a liberal arts college?Why or why not?Yes,becausewetookmanyliberalartscour

12、sesinadditiontosciencecourses.No,becauseourhighschoollaidmoreemphasisonsciencesandweoftencompetedwithotherschoolsinsciencessuchasmathandphysics.Listen to the talk again and answer the two questionsListen and talkPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activities2.What are the most important skills you lea

13、rned in high school?Learnedhowtocommunicatewithmyteachersandclassmates.Improvedmycriticalthinkingandanalyticalskills.Boostedmyconfidenceindealingwithdifficultiesandchallenges.Listen to the talk again and answer the two questionsListen and talkPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activities The The just

14、ification justification for for a a university university is is that that it it preserves preserves the the connection connection between between knowledge knowledge and and the the zest zest of of life,life,byby 1 1 the the young young and and the the old old in in the the imaginative imaginative c

15、onsideration consideration of of learning.learning.The The university university imparts imparts information,information,but but it it imparts imparts it it imaginatively.imaginatively.At At least,least,this this is is the the 2 2 which which it it should should perform perform for for society.socie

16、ty.A A university university which which fails fails in in this this respect respect has no reason for has no reason for 3 3 .Listen to a short passage concerning the function of the university and fill in the missing information.unitingfunctionTobecontinuedexistenceCompound dictationPre-reading act

17、ivitiesPre-reading activities This atmosphere of excitement,arising from This atmosphere of excitement,arising from imaginative consideration,transforms imaginative consideration,transforms knowledge.A fact is no longer a bare fact:it is knowledge.A fact is no longer a bare fact:it is _4_ _4_ all it

18、s possibilities.It is no all its possibilities.It is no longer a burden on the memory:it is longer a burden on the memory:it is energising as the poet of our dreams,and as energising as the poet of our dreams,and as the architect of our purposes.Imagination is the architect of our purposes.Imaginati

19、on is not to be not to be _5_5_ the facts:it is a way _ the facts:it is a way of illuminating the facts.of illuminating the facts.Listen to a short passage concerning the function of the university and fill in the missing information.invested withdivoced fromTobecontinuedCompound dictationPre-readin

20、g activitiesPre-reading activities It works by drawing the general principles which It works by drawing the general principles which _6_ the facts,as they exist,and then by an _6_ the facts,as they exist,and then by an intellectual survey of alternative possibilities which intellectual survey of alt

21、ernative possibilities which are _7_ those principles.It enables are _7_ those principles.It enables men to construct an intellectual vision of a new men to construct an intellectual vision of a new world,and it preserves the zest of life by the world,and it preserves the zest of life by the suggest

22、ion of satisfying purposes.suggestion of satisfying purposes.Youth is Youth is imaginative,and if the imagination be _8_ imaginative,and if the imagination be _8_ by discipline this energy of imagination can in by discipline this energy of imagination can in great measure be preserved through life.g

23、reat measure be preserved through life.Listen to a short passage concerning the function of the university and fill in the missing information.apply toconsistent withTobecontinuedstrengthenedCompound dictationPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activities The tragedy of the world is that those who The

24、 tragedy of the world is that those who are _9 _ have but slight experience,are _9 _ have but slight experience,and those who are experienced have feeble and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations.Fools act on imagination without imaginations.Fools act on imagination without knowledge;pe

25、dants act on knowledge without knowledge;pedants act on knowledge without imagination.The task of a university is to imagination.The task of a university is to _10_ imagination and experience._10_ imagination and experience.Listen to a short passage concerning the function of the university and fill

26、 in the missing information.imaginativeweld togetherCompound dictationPre-reading activitiesPre-reading activitiesQuestions Previewing1.What are the humanities?2.Why are the humanities important?TipsTipsTipsTipsTipsTipsTipsTipsThe humanities Cultural backgroundCultural background1.What are the human

27、ities?Humanities Thehumanitiesareagroupofacademicdisciplinesthatstudythehumancondition,usingmethodsthatareprimarilyanalytical,critical,orspeculative.Therefore,theyaredistinguishedfromtheapproachesofthenaturalsciences.Thehumanities,calledsocialsciences,includehistory,anthropology,communicationstudies

28、,culturalstudies,law,language,literature,philosophy,religion,musicandtheater,etc.Cultural backgroundCultural background2.Why are the humanities important?Throughexplorationofthehumanities,studentslearnhowtothinkcreativelyandcritically,toreason,andtoaskquestions.Becausetheseskillsallowstudentstogainn

29、ewinsightsintoeverythingfrompoetryandpaintingstobusinessmodelsandpolitics,humanisticsubjectshavebeenattheheartofaliberalartseducation.Today,humanisticknowledgecontinuestoprovidetheidealfoundationforexploringandunderstandingthehumanexperience.Humanities Cultural backgroundCultural backgroundMain idea

30、&structureMain idea&structureLanguage focusLanguage focusCritical thinkingCritical thinking Text studyThe humanities:Out of date?Section Astudying the humanitiesland a future joblearning“hard skills”This essay argues against the current tendency that college students move away from _ to _ such as ac

31、counting to help them easily _.(Paras.1-2)TipsTipsTipsTipsMain ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureThis is a trend that is likely to persist and even accelerate.(Para.2)TipsTipsTipsTipstrendStudents have defected from and toward College education is more an

32、d more seen as rather than Main ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureTipsTipsTipsTipsdominant pillarsbit rolesWhat role did the humanities play in the past and what role does it play now in students university life?(Para.3)The inner forces that drive some pe

33、ople to greatness and others to self-destructionTipsTipsTipsTipsWhat is the“unconscious mind”according to Sigmund Freud?(Para.4)Main ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureWhat forms the basis of study of the humanities according to the author?(Para.5)TipsTips

34、TipsTipsthe fertile body of work about the mysterious inner drive by historians,architects,authors,philosophers and artists from the ancient timesMain ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structurePart I provides the background information of the argument.By moving a

35、way from the humanities and taking some“hard-skill”courses instead,students think it would improve _.Because of the economic downturn,this trend is likely to _.However,the humanities play a significant role in peoples lives and cant be ignored.Part I (Paras.1-_)5their chance of finding a jobpersist

36、and even accelerateMain ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureWhat are the advantages of studying the humanities according to the author?(Paras.6-8)TipsTipsTipsTips1.Toimprovesourabilitytoreadandwrite(Para.6);2.Tomakesusfamiliarwiththelanguageofemotionandthec

37、reativeprocess;3.Toinvestsuswithgreatinsightandself-awareness;4.Toreleasingourcreativeenergyandtalentinapositiveandconstructivemanner(Para.7);5.Toprovidealargescopeofpossibilities;6.Toprepareusformanydifferentcareersandjobswecanundertake(Para.8).Main ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain ide

38、a&structureMain idea&structureWhat is increasingly seen as the ideal in the establishment of a career?(Para.9)TipsTipsTipsTipsa pairing of technical knowledge and inner insight Main ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structurePart II Paras._-_Part II presents the a

39、uthors argument to stand up for the true value of the humanities:studying the humanities can improve our ability to read and write,_ great insight and self-awareness,thereby releasing our creative energy and talent,and provide the _ that are widely open to us.It also suggests that inner insight,comb

40、ined with technical knowledge,is _ for the establishment of a good career.invest us withscope of possibilities69idealMain ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureParas.6-9 In summary,the humanities help to create _ with insight and understanding of the passions

41、,hopes and dreams common to all humanity.The humanities,the ancient timeless_,teach us to see differently and _ which is as useful and relevant in our modern age as it has always been.Doesnt it make sense to spend some time _ the humanities,our outstanding and remarkable treasure of knowledge?Who kn

42、ows how famous YOU might become!well-rounded human beingsreservoir of knowledgebroaden our horizonsin the company ofMain ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structurePart III (Para.10)Part III summaries the main ideas stated in the argument:_.The humanities help to

43、create well-rounded human beings with inner insight and understanding of the passions,hopes and dreams common to all humanityMain ideas of the partsMain ideas of the partsMain idea&structureMain idea&structureThe trend of students _ is likely to persist and even acclerate.However,studying the humani

44、ties brings a lot of _ to peoples lives and helps to create well-rounded human beings.The humanities are as _ in the modern age as they have always been.benefits moving away from the humanities and taking“hard-skill”coursesuseful and relevantMain idea&structureMain idea&structureMain idea of the tex

45、tStudentsaremovingawayfromthehumanitiesto“hardskills”toimprovetheirfuturechanceoflandingajob.(Paras.1-2)Aslabormarketscontinuetoshrink,thehumanitieswillcontinuetobeinbadshape.(Para.3)Itspeculatesontheinnerpowerofhumanbeingsthathasdriventhemtoeithergreatnessordestruction,thusformingthebasisofstudyoft

46、hehumanities.(Paras.4-5)Structure of the textStructure of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureStudyingthehumanitiescanimproveourabilitytoreadandwriteandtounderstandcomplexideas.(Para.6)Studyingthehumanitiescaninvestuswithgreatinsightandself-awareness.(Para.7)Thehumanitiesprovidethescopeofp

47、ossibilitiesthatarewidelyopentous.(Para.8)Innerinsight,combinedwithtechnicalknowledge,isidealfortheestablishmentofagoodcareer.(Para.9)Structure of the textStructure of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureThe humanities help to create well-rounded human beings with inner insight and underst

48、anding of the passions,hopes and dreams common to all humanity.(Para.10)Structure of the textStructure of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureStructure of the textStructure of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureRetell the text according to the following tips.(Part I)When the job

49、 market worsens,many students calculate.Probably,the humanities will continue.Once,the humanities now TobecontinuedSummary of the textSummary of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structureRetell the text according to the following tips.(Part II)Here,please allow me to that the humanities add to p

50、eoples lives.Studying the humanities improves Most importantly,studying the humanities invests us with,thereby Perhaps the best argument in favor of the humanities is In fact,increasingly is seen as the ideal inTobecontinuedSummary of the textSummary of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structure

51、Retell the text according to the following tips.(Part III)In summary,the humanities help to create,teach us to and It makes sense to,our outstanding and remarkable Summary of the textSummary of the textMain idea&structureMain idea&structurePractical PhrasesPractical Phrases Specific Specific Meaning

52、s Meanings1.major in 主修（某一）科目2.in succession连续发生 3.be bound to肯定会，注定4.stand up for支持，维护5.speculate about推测，猜测6.invest sb.with sth.赋予(某人/某物)以某种性质7.be liable to可能/易于做某事Language focusLanguage focusPractical phrases主修（某一）科目主修（某一）科目(thehighdemandfor/computerscience)The high demand for persons with knowle

53、dge about computers is why I chose to major in computer science at the university.major in短语逆译短语应用对具有电脑知识人才的高需求是我选择在大学主修计算机科学的原因。意群提示Language focusLanguage focusPractical phrases连续发生；接连发生连续发生；接连发生(anaccomplishedathlete/championship)She is an accomplished athlete and won the championship four times i

54、n succession.in succession短语逆译短语应用她是一个颇有成就的运动员，连续四次获得冠军。意群提示Language focusLanguage focusPractical phrases肯定会肯定会(tryourbest/gainsomethingpositive)As long as we try our best we are bound to gain something positive from the experience whether we win or lose.be bound to短语逆译短语应用只要我们尽力而为，不管结果是输是赢，我们必定可以从这

55、次经历中有所收获。意群提示Language focusLanguage focusPractical phrases支持；维护支持；维护(spare/embarrasment)The boss stood up for me at the meeting,sparing me some embarrassment.stand up for短语逆译短语应用老板在会议上支持了我，使我免受了一些尴尬。意群提示Language focusLanguage focusPractical phrases猜测；推测猜测；推测(theworkersunion/thecompanysleadership)It

56、is too early to speculate about the outcome of the negotiations between the workers union and the companys leadership.speculate about/on短语逆译短语应用要推测工会和资方之间的谈判结果，还为时过早。意群提示Language focusLanguage focusPractical phrases赋予（某人或某物）赋予（某人或某物）以（某种性质）以（某种性质）(criticalthinking/thescopeofmanyopportunities)Studyin

57、g humanities invests you with critical thinking and provides you with the scope of many opportunities.invest sb/sth with sth.短语逆译短语应用学习人文学科赋予你批判思维的能力，为你提供无限的机遇。意群提示Language focusLanguage focusPractical phrases可能可能/易于做某事易于做某事(faceupto/repeat)If you cant face up to your mistake now,you are liable to r

58、epeat it in the future.短语逆译短语应用如果现在你不能勇于面对自己的错误，那么将来有可能会重蹈覆辙。意群提示be liable to do sth.Language focusLanguage focusPractical phrases与与一起一起(gothrough/abadphase)In company with the oil market,the US dollar went through a bad phase in 1986.短语逆译短语应用与石油市场一起，美元在1986年经历了一个艰难的时期。意群提示in company withLanguage fo

59、cusLanguage focusPractical phrases Functional Functional Patterns Patterns Functions&Usages Functions&Usages1.Sth.is/are more and more seen as rather than 用于表达“人们对某一事物的看法的变化”。2.Once+N.,sth.now 用于表达“今昔对比”。3.If sb.only do sth./If sb.do sth.alone,its likely that /sb.are liable to 用于表达“如果只做可能出现的后果”。Lang

60、uage focusLanguage focusFunctional patterns大学教育越来越被看成是改善经济而不是提升人类自身的手段。原句译文原句译文逆译练习逆译练习 a college education is more and more seen as a means for economic betterment rather than a means for human betterment.(Line 3,Para.2)句型提句型提炼Language focusLanguage focusFunctional patternsSth.is/are more and more

61、seen as rather than 句型提炼句型提炼应用提示应用提示用于表达“人们对某一事物的看法的变化”。句型句型应用用Language focusLanguage focusFunctional patterns(developingonesidentity/curriculum)典型例句大学的真正价值越来越被看作是发展学生的个人特质及社会技能，而非是大学课程本身。意群提示The true value of college is more and more seen as developing the students identity and practicing social sk

62、ills rather than learning the college curriculum.Language focusLanguage focusFunctional patterns人文学科曾是大学生活的重要支柱，而今在学生们的大学游中却只是一个小点缀。原句译文原句译文逆译练习逆译练习Once the dominant pillars of university life,the humanities now play bit roles when students take their college tours.(Line 4,Para.3)句型提句型提炼Language foc

63、usLanguage focusFunctional patternsOnce+N.,sth.now 句型提炼句型提炼应用提示应用提示 用于表达“今昔对比”。句型句型应用用Language focusLanguage focusFunctional patterns(stunningscenicbeauty/lieinruins)典型例句这个村子曾经是一个风景秀美的地方，现在却因为地震变成一片废墟。意群提示Once a place with stunning scenic beauty,the village now lay in ruins because of the earthquake

64、.Language focusLanguage focusFunctional patterns1.1.如果如果我们我们仅仅学习数学，我们学习数学，我们很可能很可能只能申请数学家之只能申请数学家之类的工作。类的工作。2.2.如果如果我们我们单单学人文，学人文，可能会可能会失去很多机会。失去很多机会。原句译文原句译文逆译练习逆译练习1.If we study only mathematics,its likely we will be a candidate only for jobs as a mathematician.(Line 9,Para.8)2.if we study the hum

65、anities alone,we are liable to miss many opportunities.(Line 1,Para.9)句型提句型提炼Language focusLanguage focusFunctional patternsIf sb.only do sth./If sb.do sth.alone,its likely that/sb.are liable to 句型提炼句型提炼应用提示应用提示 用于表达“如果只做可能出现的后果”。句型句型应用用Language focusLanguage focusFunctional patterns(theimmediatenee

66、dsandinterests/lose/gain)典型例句如果我们只是关注眼前利益而不考虑长远发展，那么很有可能我们会得不偿失。意群提示译文文1：If we only focus on the immediate needs and interests and fail to take the future development into consideration,its very likely that we will lose more than what we gain.译文2：If we focus on the immediate needs and interests alone and fail to take the future development into consideration,we are liable to lose more than what we gain.Language focusLanguage focusFunctional patterns a.Most importantly,studying the humanities inv