1、C) when the course starts and who will teach youD) what type of course delivery format will work best for you3) You are ready to start online learning once you feel confident about your _.A) course delivery methods B) reading comprehensionC) writing techniques D) technical skills4) You can search fo
2、r course providers on the Internet by _.A) using search engines B) typing your questionsC) entering the right password D) making Internet phone calls5) The passage is mainly about _.A) the benefits of online learningB) the importance of online learningC) the ways of conducting online learningD) the
3、reasons why online learning is convenientTask Two Zooming In on the DetailsListen to the recording again and fill in the blanks according to what you have heard.1) Online learning is a new way to earn your degree or master new skills .2) You must have the basic computer skills. At the very minimum ,
4、 you should be able to send and receive email comfortably, search the Internet, and type reasonably fast and accurately .3) Perhaps the best way to find the right online course format is to consider your education needs and learning style .4) Type into the search engines the key words and you can ea
5、sily get what you want. Before you know it, your fingers will be flying and your online learning adventure will have begun.Read and ExploreTask One Discovering the Main Ideas1 Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text A.1) What disaster did the author encounter earlier in
6、 his careerHe encountered a student who challenged the curriculum which required a pharmacy student to study literature.2) What are the differences between the certificate that reads Qualified Pill-Grinding Technician and the one that reads Bachelor of ScienceThe former means that the graduate has c
7、ompleted the training of professional skills in pharmacy while the latter, besides professional training, also involves education in the ideas mankind has generated within its history.3) How did the author communicate the significance of studying the literal arts in college to the pharmacy studentHe
8、 explained to the student that the time of a persons life could be divided into three parts: one is for sleep, the second is for work which involves professional skills, and the third part is for life after work in which education in liberal arts philosophy, arts, music, literature, history, etc. pl
9、ays a vital part.4) What is the business of college education according to the authorThe business of college education is not merely to train students, but to civilize them with the best human thoughts in history. In other words the author draws a clear distinction between training and education. Th
10、e former provides one with skills for a job or career while the latter enables one to become a civilized person by coming into contact with the best minds in history.5) How can a person become civilized according to the textA person has to enter the past and familiarize himself/herself with both the
11、 technical and spiritual resources created by mankind, so that he/she could become civilized and play his/her role in civilization.6) What does the author think of the mission undertaken by the faculties of a university How can they accomplish this missionThe faculties of liberal arts colleges as we
12、ll as of specialized schools are entrusted with the mission to put students in close contact with the best human minds in history. They should turn themselves into some sort of storehouse of human experience and try their best to communicate that experience to their students, so that their students
13、will become civilized humans instead of savages who only know how to operate machines or push buttons.2 Text A can be divided into three parts with the paragraph number(s) of each part provided as follows. Write down the main idea of each part.Part Paragraph(s) Main IdeaOne 17 In response to the cha
14、llenge posed by a particular student who merely intends to pursue skills at college and takes no interest in literature, the author draws a distinction between professional training and college education. The former can only provide students with professional skills while the latter enables students
15、 to become civilized humans. Hence the importance of liberal arts education at college.Two 810 College education must enable students to come into contact with the best minds in history, so that they can become civilized and useful human beings instead of new species of savages who only know how to
16、operate machines or push buttons. Three 11 College education must target at enabling students to become both specialists and civilized humans. All college teachers must make themselves some sort of storehouse of human experience and try their best to communicate that experience to their students.Tas
17、k Two Reading Between the LinesRead the following sentences carefully and discuss in pairs what the author intends to say by the italicised parts.1) Will there be a book in the house Will there be a painting a reasonably sensitive man can look at without shuddering (Para. 5)Do you have a cultivated
18、mind to know what books your family should read And do you know what kind of paintings you should put up on the wall that would not offend a cultured eye2) “I hope you make a lot of it,” I told him, “because youre going to be badly stuck for something to do when youre not signing checks.” (Para. 7)I
19、 hope you will make a lot of money, but Im sure youll be at a loss what to do when you are not signing checks. In other words, you can have a lot of money, but you may not live a meaningful and fulfilling life.3) You are on the way to being new species of mechanized savage, the Pushbutton Neandertha
20、l. (Para. 8)Not getting in touch with what the best human minds have thought, you are going to be uncivilized humans or a new type of savages who can only operate machines by pushing buttons.4) Our colleges inevitably graduate a number of such life forms, but it cannot be said that they went to coll
21、ege; rather, the college went through them without making contact. (Para. 8)A number of our college graduates have indeed turned out to be “new species of mechanized savage”. This only means that they have not received a college education though they have spent some time there, for they have failed
22、to make contact with the best human minds in history.5) If you are too much in a hurry, or too arrogantly proud of your own limitations, to accept as a gift to your humanity some pieces of the minds of Sophocles, of Aristotle, of Chaucer and right down the scale and down the ages to Yeats, Einstein,
23、 . White, and Ogden Nash then you may be protected by the laws governing manslaughter, and you may be a voting entity, but you are neither a developed human being nor a useful citizen of a democracy. (Para. 10)Even if you are too busy or feel complacent and, therefore, refuse to come into contact wi
24、th the best human minds within history, you can still be protected by law and enjoy the right to democratic voting. But you can never be considered as an educated, civilized person; nor can you be accepted by society as a useful citizen in a democratic nation.Checking Your VocabularyWord Detective1
25、Put down the right word from Text B in the space provided according to the given definition. The first letter of each word is already given.Example: global: of or concerning the whole world1) combine: join together; unite2) implement: carry out or put into practice3) illusion: a false idea, esp. abo
26、ut oneself4) indispensable: too important or too useful to be without5) intelligence: (good) ability to learn, reason, and understand6) emphasis: special force or attention given to sth. to show that it is particularly important7) reconcile: find agreement between (two ideas, situations, etc., that
27、seem to be in opposition)8) negotiate: talk with another person or group in order to try to come to an agreement or settle an argument2 Fill in each blank with a word or phrase from Text B. Both the explanation and the number of the paragraph in which the target word or phrase appears are given in b
28、rackets. Be sure to use the proper form. The whole region is crying out for rain it has been dry for three months.(be in great need of; demand urgently: Para. 2)1) There was a big surprise in store for Paul when he got to his office: he got promoted!(about to happen: Para. 1)2) He wants to buy a DVD
29、 player, and has been saving money to this end for these two months.(to help achieve this aim or purpose:3) His grandma died last month. And in accordance with her will (遗嘱), she was buried in France.(in a way that fulfils or agrees with:4) The details of this programme are dealt with in depth elsew
30、here in this book.(done with great thoroughness: Para. 5)5) Before this road was built, the only access to the village was by boat. (means or right of using, reaching, or obtaining: Para. 8)6) Dont worry about your sons shyness; its just a phase hes going through.(a stage of development: Para. 10)Checking Your Comprehension1 Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text B.1) On what should the role of ed
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