现代大学英语精读第二版book2unit1

英语专业精读课本ppt

Another School Year – What For? Another School Year – What For?John Ciardi

John Ciardi

英语专业精读课本ppt

Another School Year

Unit 1

Warming up

B ackgroundT ext Analysis R einforcement

英语专业精读课本ppt

Another School Year

Unit 1

Questions / Activities Check-on Preview Objectives

Warming up

英语专业精读课本ppt

Warming up

Questions / Activities

Do you remember the orientation sessions you had when you first came to university? Let’s do something similar. Divide into four groups:– Group A: President of the University – Group B: Registrar of the University – Group C: Senior student – Group D: Freshman Now choose your group!

英语专业精读课本ppt

Warming up

Questions / Activities Group Tasks

Group A: Work out a 3-minute welcome speech to the freshmen at the orientation. Group B: Work out 10 reasons why students should go to this university. Group C: Work out 10 reasons why students should stay at this university. Group D: Work out 5 questions for the President, Registrar, and senior student respectively. You can cooperate in a group, but you will be assigned to different groups later.

英语专业精读课本ppt

Warming up

Questions / ActivitiesOrientation Scenario

One student from each of groups A-D will form new groups (1-6). Role-play in each group.– The President gives a welcome speech. – The Registrar talks about the advantages of the university. – The senior student talks about his/her experiences at the university and gives advice to the freshman. – The freshman asks questions and the others answer.

英语专业精读课本ppt

Warming up

Questions / Activities Re-Grouping

The teacher will pick up one student from role groups A-C and ask them to present to the class. The rest of the class will all be freshmen present at the orientation. Fire on!

英语专业精读课本ppt

Warming up

Questions / Activities Sum Up

What do you go to college for? How has your first semester in university changed you? Do you now have new visions of the purpose of university?

英语专业精读课本ppt

Warming up

Check-on Preview

Write down the words according to the corresponding explanations.f_________ all the teachers of a university or college s_________ to be enough p_________ showing the ability to understand things clearly and deeply s_________ an uncivilized human being l_________ in a basic meaning of a word c_________ to state something is correct e_________ to officially arrange to join a university

英语专业精读课本ppt

Warming up

Objectives

Understand the occasion and stylistic features of the speech Think about the question of the purpose of university education Know something about the author Solve your own questions about the text

英语专业精读课本ppt

Another School YearAuthor

Unit 1

Background

Genre

英语专业精读课本ppt

Background

His Life

John Ciardi 1916-1986 a child of Italian immigrants Began his career teaching English at the University of Kansas City Joined the US Air Force in 1942, served as a gunner in fighter planes went on to teach at Harvard University in 1946 in 1953 accepted a position at Rutgers University in 1961, gav

e up teaching and devoted himself to his own literary endeavors.

英语专业精读课本ppt

Background

His Influence

Poet, translator, etymologist Major works: First book of poems, Homeward to America, 1940 Other Skies, focusing on his war-time experience, 1947 How Does a Poem Mean, a standard textbook for high school and college poetry courses Translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy (The Inferno, 1954; The Purgatorio, 1961; The Paradiso, 1970)

Influence: A very popular poet Poetry editor of Saturday Review from 1956 to 1972 Fellow of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member and former president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters

英语专业精读课本ppt

Background

Genre

Orientation speechperiod of time at the beginning of the academic year at a university during which a variety of events are held to orient and welcome new students. The orientation helps new students to organize their classes, acclimate to student life, and introduce themselves to other new students. Speeches are often given at orientation by presidents or acclaimed professors of the university.

AudienceCollege freshmen

Stylecolloquial, familiar; first humorous, mildly sarcastic; later serious and earnest

英语专业精读课本ppt

Another School YearTheme

Unit 1

Text AnalysisStructure

Detailed Analysis

英语专业精读课本ppt

Text Analysis

Theme

What is the purpose of university education? University education has a two-fold purpose To provide students with technical & professional training To educate students to become civilized human beings