新世纪大学英语第二版综合教程第4册Unit7.docx

1、新世纪大学英语第二版综合教程第4册Unit7新世纪大学英语(第二版)综合教程第4册Unit7Electronic Teaching Portfolio Book FourUnit Seven: Reading and ReflectionPart I Get StartedSection A Discussion Sit in pairs or groups and discuss the following questions.1Why do you think we need to read?2What do you prefer to read poems, novels or play

2、s?3What role do you think literary works play in our lives? Answers for reference:1Hints:Reading broadens our horizons.Reading enriches our knowledge.Reading puts us in contact with the best minds of human history.Reading enriches our experience.Reading empowers us with knowledge.Reading improves ou

3、r character and taste.Reading is a good pastime.2Some hints: hewed and digested. Francis BaconInterpretation:There are different ways of reading books. To taste a book, one can read it in a state of relaxation. To swallow a book one can glide his eyes across the lines of a book. To chew or digest a

4、book one should read it actively. And when he has finished reading a book, the pages are filled with his notes. Only when good books are chewed and digested can they have a lasting influence on ones life.About Francis Bacon (1561-1626): an English politician, philosopher, and writer. Francis Bacon g

5、raduated from Trinity College, Cambridge. He was the founder of English materialist philosophy, as well as of modern science in England. He is especially famous for his Essays, in which his practical wisdom is shown through his reflections and comments on rather abstract subjects. Benjamin FranklinR

6、eading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. Benjamin Franklin Interpretation:Reading broadens our horizons, molds our temperament and enlightens our minds. Reading provides us with the possibility of opening ourselves up to the world, which helps us to become learned a

7、nd knowledgeable persons. Thinking deeply helps us gain an insight into human life. Having scholarly conversations with others helps us become wiser.About Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790): a US politician, writer, and scientist. He was involved in writing two historically significant documents, the Dec

8、laration of Independence (独立宣言) and the Constitution of the United States (美国宪法). He is famous for proving that lightning is a form of electricity by doing a scientific test in which he flew a kite during a storm, and he invented the lightning conductor. He is also well known for his literary works

9、such as Poor Richards Almanac (穷理查德年鉴1732-1757；亦译作格言历书、穷理查历书) and Autobiography (自传1790). Denis Parsons BurkittIt is better to read a little and ponder a lot than to read a lot and ponder a little. Denis Parsons BurkittInterpretation:What really counts is not how many books we have read but whether

10、we spend time thinking over what we have read. So we should read selectively and reflectively. About Denis Parsons Burkitt (19111993): an accomplished British surgeon. His major contribution to medical science was the description, distribution, and ultimately, the etiology (病因学；病源论) of a pediatric (

11、小儿科的) cancer that bears his name Burkitts lymphoma (伯基特氏淋巴瘤). Louisa May AlcottGood books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable. Louisa May Alcott Interpretation:Books and friends should be few but good. We should be highly selective in reading books, and our gr

12、eatest pleasure in reading comes from the best books.About Louisa May Alcott (18321888): an American novelist best known as author of the novel Little Women (小妇人）.Section C Watching and Discussion Watch the following video clip “Reading Really Matters” and do the tasks that follow.Introduction of th

13、e video: Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, is talking about arts education. First he mentions a problem in the United States: People are reading less and employers are facing a serious problem that their new employees cant read and cant write. According to Dana Gioia, thos

14、e people who read do exercise more and do more volunteering charity work. Then he comes to talk about how reading actually matters to a person. 1 Now fill in the note form according to what you hear. Topic: Reading Awakens Something inside the Reader1) reading increases your sense of your own person

15、al destiny. 2) reading makes the lives of other people more real to you.In summary, reading makes you understand that other people have an inner life as complicated as your own.Reading builds a society with not only imaginative capability, intellectual capability, but compassion, and humanity.2Discu

16、ss the following questions.Do you agree that Chinese people are reading less?Do you think modern technology has influenced the way people read?Open. Script： Americans are reading less. Because they read less, they read less well. Because they read less well, they do less well in the educational system.