蒙大综合英语课件Unit1-3_text appreciation

Unit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEPart ThreePart ThreeENTERUnit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEText AppreciationText AppreciationI. Text Analysis 1. Theme 2. Structure 3. DiscussionII. Writing Devices 1. Language Style & Tone 2. MetaphorIII. Sentence ParaphraseUnit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEI. Text AnalysisI. Text AnalysisThe author tries to clarify the purpose of a university: to put the students in touch with the best civilization that human race has created.Theme The end of Theme. Unit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEPart 1 (Paras. 1 ): Part 2 (Paras. ):I. Text AnalysisI. Text AnalysisStructure8914The writer describes his encounter with one of his students.The author restates what he still believes to be the purpose of a university: putting its students in touch with the best civilizations the human race has created. The end of Structure. Unit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEI. Text AnalysisI. Text Analysis DiscussionAs a college student, what do you think of the question put forward by the author? Give your own answer to the question, and compare it with the authors.After finishing reading the whole text, how do you evaluate the authors answer? To be continued on the next page.Unit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEI. Text AnalysisI. Text Analysis To be continued on the next page.IntroductionHe introduces the topic with his encounter with a student and with two questions: Why should we go to university? Why should we learn literature, arts, philosophy, politics, etc.?Then he proceeds to give evidence to support his view:Evidence A: distinction between technical training and universityEvidence B: How to spend the 8 hours of leisure time will decide whether you are capable of penetrating insight, whether you can be democratic, tasteful and above all, whether you can raise a civilized family. How does the writer present his argument?Unit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEI. Text AnalysisI. Text Analysis The end of Discussion.Answer/topic sentence: the business of the college is to put you in touch with what the best human minds have thought. Evidence C: Nobody gets to be a human being unaided, and books can aid us in becoming a civilized human, both in terms of techniques of mankind, and in terms of spiritual resources.Conclusion Reiteration and summary: the function of university and its faculty.Unit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEII. Writing DevicesII. Writing DevicesLanguage Style & ToneThe end of Language Style & Tone.Style: Colloquial, familiar style Tone: Humorous and mildly sarcasticBy way of using direct speechBy way of using metaphorsUnit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEII. Writing DevicesII. Writing DevicesMetaphorMetaphor: A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison.Part of the student body was a beanpole with hair on top who came into my class, sat down (Para. 1)New as I was to the faculty, I could have told this specimen a number of things. (Para. 2)That is about what I said, but this particular pest was not interested. (Para. 7)The end of Metaphor. Unit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEIII. Sentence Paraphrase 1III. Sentence Paraphrase 1 I was fresh out of graduate school starting my first semester at the University of Kansas City. (Para. 1) I had just completed my graduate studies and began teaching at the University of Kansas City.go to 2to have just come from a particular place, to have just had a particular experience, e.g. students fresh from collegeUnit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEIII. Sentence Paraphrase 2III. Sentence Paraphrase 2I could have pointed out that he had enrolled, not in a drugstore-mechanics school, but in a college and that at the end of his course meant to reach for a scroll that read Bachelor of Science. (Para. 2)Subjunctive mood: I didnt point it out in fact. go to 3I could have told him that he was now not getting training for a job in a technical school but doing a B.Sc. at a university.to intend to do sth.to indicate, register, or showUnit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEIII. Sentence Paraphrase 3III. Sentence Paraphrase 3Here the word education is used in a broad sense, which involves not only the process of acquiring knowledge and developing skills, but also that of improving the mind.go to 4That is to say, he had not entered a technical training school but a university and in universities students enroll for both training and education. (Para. 2)What is the difference between training and education, according to the writer? Training is preparation for a job, or a career, such as the training in a certain skill. Education, on the other hand, is learning to develop ones mental and moral powers.Unit 1 Another School YearWhat For? BTLWEIII. Sentence Paraphrase 4III. Sentence Paraphrase 4“For the rest of your life,” I said, “your days are going to average out to about twenty-four hours.” (Para. 4)to come to a