UNIT 3 WHY I TEACH Group Discussion

UNIT 3 WHY I TEACH

Group Discussion What do you want to be? Directions: Work in pairs and try to figure out the occupations of the people in the pictures. carpenter engineer director programmer teacher butcher pilot salesman

Word Web Directions: What words will occur to you whenever we mention the word “work”? Write down as many words as possible, then fill in the blanks with them. business career trade task work job profession labor occupation

business career job labor work occupation profession task trade job ___ 1. Finally, Mary got a as a waitress. 2. He tries not to let his interfere with his ____ business family life. 3. In those days people would leave school at fourteen trade _____ to learn a . labor 4. Building still involves a lot of manual . ____ 5. The report notes that forty percent of the lawyers ____ profession entering the are women. 6. She didn’t return to until her children began work ____ school. 7. When he retires he will be able to look back over a _____ career brilliant . task ____ 8. Our main is to improve the economy.

Warm-up Questions 1. What do you want to do after graduation? 2. All of you have been taught by teachers for more than ten years. How much do you know about teachers and teaching? (advantages or disadvantages) 3. What qualities does a good teacher need?

Blank Filling Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words. The teaching profession varies from country to ______ respected country. In many countries teaching is a highly and prestigious profession. In Japan, for example, much ____ teachers receive better salaries and benefits than teachers in the United States. In developing nations, __ do prestige _______ teachers often have , but their salaries are often ______ meager (不足的 ) and their working conditions are generally poor. In some nations, such as Ireland participates _____ Spain, the Roman Catholic Church in all aspects of education, including teachers’ training. All of the countries, particularly the developing nations, _______ lose many of their most qualified teachers to more lucrative positions in and industry. commerce _____ ■ Directions:

Ralph Waldo Emerson American philosopher and writer (1830 -1882) Ralph Waldo Emerson was a leader of the philosophical movement of transcendentalism (先 验 说 , 超越论 ). His essays had a strong influence on both American and European readers and writers in their study of man’s relation to life. In a speech entitled “the American Scholar, ” he called upon American students to “Know Thyself” and “Study Nature. ” In the essay “Self-Reliance”《 自 立 》 he stresses the importance of sturdy independence in thought and action. ■

相信你自己： 每颗心都会随那根弦震颤。

Henry David Thoreau American writer, philosopher, and naturalist (1817 -1862) Born in Concord, Thoreau was educated at Harvard University. In the late 1830 s and early 1840 s, he taught school and tutored in Concord and on Staten Island, New York. After graduation from Harvard University in 1837, Thoreau started a school that was perhaps the first in America to introduce field trips(实 地考察旅行) for nature study. ■

What is his masterpiece/ representative work? In 1845 he built a small cabin at Walden Pond with his own hands and lived there until 1847, spending 27 cents a week for food to supplement the vegetables he raised. In 1854, he published his masterpiece Walden or, Life in the Woods. In Walden, Thoreau records his life in the woods and describes freshly and vividly the changing seasons and other natural events and scenes that he observed. Thoreau had kept a journal since 1837, and this journal formed the basis for several books published after his death.

Aldous Huxley English novelist, essayist, critic, and poet (1893 -1963) ■ In his later works he expressed concern that the pursuit of material possessions was taking place at the expense of individual freedom and a respect or nature. He satirized such trends in Brave New World 《 美 丽 新 世 界 》 (1932), a novel set in a future world where individuality is deliberately stifled. In Island (1962), on the other hand, he presents his utopia, a libertarian community living in close harmony with its natural environment.

Text Analysis

Global Analysis Question Para. 1 Question Indirect Answers Why I Teach Para. 2 Not easy Para. 3 Not expert Para. 4 Question Answers Direct Answers Paras. 5 -11 Some Rs Paras. 12 -17 Major Rs Paras. 18 -20 Love Para. 21 My Growth

Part Division of the Text Parts Paras Main Ideas While all Americans are taught to want money & power, 1 1 I want to teach and this greatly puzzles my friends. 2 2~3 I teach neither because teaching is easy for me, nor because I have so much knowledge that I must share with my students. 3 I love the teaching profession because teaching offers me 4~11 a great number of rewards, such as pace, variety, intellectual challenge and the chance to keep on learning. 4 Being a teacher, I can help and see my students grow 12~19 and change in front of me. 5 Teaching offers something besides money and power: 20~21 love. In addition, seeing students growing, I find myself growing and changing with them too.

Every teacher probably asks himself time and again: Why am I a teacher? Do the rewards of teaching outweigh the trying moments? Answering these questions is not a simple task. Let’s see what the author says.

Questions and Answers (Para. 1) 1. According to the author, what is the goal most Americans are taught to achieve in life? Most Americans are taught to manage to achieve money and power when they grow up. 2. Do you think an administrative position has anything to do with money and power? Yes, it involves the management of the staff and affairs of a university, which tends to offer a higher pay than teaching. 3. Give Examples for administrative positions in a university. President of a university, faculty director, dean of studies, director of teaching and discipline etc.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Why I Teach 　 Why do you teach? My friend asked the question when I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “step up” toward what all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power. 　 Certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, Peter G. Beidler writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.

Blank Filling (Paras. 2 -3) Directions: Read the second part of the text carefully, then fill in the blanks. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter ____ , writer. For me, teaching is a , red-eye sweaty-palm sinking-stomach , _________ profession. Red-eye, because I never feel to ready ________ preparing teach no matter how late I stay up . Sweaty_______ nervous palm, because I’m always before I enter the classroom , sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. ____ Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an ____ convinced hour later that I was even more than usual. boring _____.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Why I Teach Peter G. Beidler 　 Why do you teach? My friend asked the question when I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “step up” toward what all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power. 　 Certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.

Red Chinese Culture English-speaking Culture ① festive, jubilant e. g. 红娘，红火 ② revolutionary e. g. 红军，红色政权 ③ successful, smooth e. g. 红人，走红 ④ beautiful, nice e. g. 红颜，红装 ⑤ envious, jealous e. g. 眼红 ① violent, cruel e. g. red revenge; a red battle ② armed revolution e. g. a red revolution ③ danger, tension e. g. red alert; a red flag ④ profligate, immoral e. g. a red waste of his youth

红 旗 red flag 红 糖 brown sugar 红 茶 black tea honor roll love pea good luck 红 榜 红 豆 红 运 红 利 红 事 dividend wedding

Green Chinese Culture English-speaking Culture ① young e. g. 绿窗(指少女闺阁)；红 男绿女 ② knightly, chivalrous, feral e. g. 绿林好汉；绿林大盗 ③ low-classified, shameful e. g. 戴绿帽子 ① young e. g. in the green; a green age ② fresh, new e. g. a green wound ③ lack of experience e. g. a green hand ④ wealth, money e. g. green power ⑤ envious, jealous e. g. green-eyed

green with envy 羡慕极了 in a green rage 怒气冲天 In American political elections the candidates that win are usually the ones who have green power backing them. 在美国政治竞选中获胜的候选人通常都是些有财团支持 的人物。 The new typist is green at her job. 刚来的打字员是个生手。 You cannot expect Mary to do business with such people. She is only eighteen and as green as grass. 你不能指望玛丽同这样的人做生意，她只有十八岁，还 毫无经验。

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Why I Teach Peter G. Beidler 　 Why do you teach? My friend asked the question when I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “step up” toward what all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power. 　 Certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Nor do I teach because I think I know answers, or because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share. Sometimes I am amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in class! Why, then, do I teach? I teach because I like the pace of the academic calendar. June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, research, and writing. I teach because teaching is a profession built on change. When the material is the same, I change — and, more important, my students change. I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. As a teacher, I’m my own boss. If I want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I can’t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures.

Scanning — Reasons to Teach (Paras. 4 -11) Directions: Go over the text quickly and find out the reasons why the author teaches. the pace of the academic calendar 1. ______________________ the variety (Teaching is a profession built on change. ) 2. ______________________ 3. ______________________ the freedom to be his own boss (the freedom to do _____________ things in his own way) the chance of finding good questions 4. ______________________ 5. _______________________ the opportunity to teach his students to play their roles ________ in the real world

Sentence Detecting (Paras. 4 -11) Directions: Find out the concluding sentence in this part that summarizes the reasons why the author teaches. So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Nor do I teach because I think I know answers, or because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share. Sometimes I am amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in class! Why, then, do I teach? I teach because I like the pace of the academic calendar. June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, research, and writing. I teach because teaching is a profession built on change. When the material is the same, I change — and, more important, my students change. I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. As a teacher, I’m my own boss. If I want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I can’t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading I teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer. The world is full of right answers to bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes find good questions. I teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting myself and my students out of the ivory tower and into the real world. I once taught a course called “Self. Reliance in a Technological Society. ” My 15 students read Emerson, Thoreau, and Huxley. They kept diaries. They wrote term papers. But we also set up a corporation, borrowed money, purchased a run-down house and practiced self-reliance by renovating it. At the end of the semester, we sold the house, repaid our loan, paid our taxes, and distributed the profits among the group. So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

Listing 1) The two most important reasons why the author teaches are: A. ____________________________ His students grow and change in front of him. B. The author helps his students to mould their characters. ____________________________ 2) The names of his students that offer the reasons why the author teaches. Vicky 1) ____________________________ George 2) ____________________________ Jeanne 3) ____________________________ Jacqui 4) ____________________________

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Question and Answer What does teaching offer besides money and power? It offers love, not only the love of learning and of books and ideas, but also the love that a teacher feels for that rare student who walks into a teacher’s life and begins to breathe.

7. the joy of seeing his students grow and change in front of his eyes _____________________________ the power to help his students grow and change 8. _____________________________ the love teaching offers, the love of learning, of books and ideas and the 9. _____________________________ love a teacher feels for that rare student who walks into a teacher’s life _____________________________ and begins to breathe _________ 10. _____________________________ the feeling of remaining young while teaching

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading I have left out, however, the most important reasons why I teach. One is Vicky. My first doctoral student, Vicky was an energetic student who labored at her dissertation on a little-known 14 th century poet. She wrote articles and sent them off to learned journals. She did it all herself, with an occasional nudge from me. But I was there when she finished her dissertation, learned that her articles were accepted, got a job and won a fellowship to Harvard working on a book developing ideas she’d first had as my student. Another reason is George, who started as an engineering student, then switched to English because he decided he liked people better than things. There is Jeanne, who left college, but was brought back by her classmates because they wanted her to see the end of the self-reliance house project. I was there when she came back. I was there when she told me that she later became interested in the urban poor and went on to become a civil rights lawyer.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading There is Jacqui, a cleaning woman who knows more by intuition than most of us learn by analysis. Jacqui has decided to finish high school and go to college. These are the real reasons I teach, these people who grow and change in front of me. Being a teacher is being present at the creation, when the clay begins to breathe. A “promotion” out of teaching would give me money and power. But I have money. I get paid to do what I enjoy: reading, talking with people, and asking questions like, “What is the point of being rich? ” And I have power. I have the power to nudge, to fan sparks, to suggest books, to point out a pathway. What other power matters?

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading But teaching offers something besides money and power: it offers love. Not only the love of learning and of books and ideas, but also the love that a teacher feels for that rare student who walks into a teacher’s life and begins to breathe. Perhaps love is the wrong word: magic might be better. I teach because, being around people who are beginning to breathe, I occasionally find myself catching my breath with them.

Before Reading Global Reading Why I Teach 1. What does the expression “step up” mean? Detailed Reading After Reading Peter G. Beidler 　 Why do means “promotion”, the question “Step up” you teach? My friend askedwhich can bring him when I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an money and power. For that I did not a administrative position. He was puzzled example, want university what was obviouslyearns more money all Americans administrator a “step up” toward what and has more power are taught to want when they grow up: money and power. than an average professor and most Americans would be 　 Certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for only too pleased to get a “step up” towards these goals. me. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, 2. Translate the sentence into Chinese. sinking-stomach profession. writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up 所有美国人受的教育是长 大成人后应 该 追求金钱 和权力，而我却 preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the 偏偏不要明明是朝这 个目标 “迈进 ”的 作，他为 之大惑不解。 classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.

Before Reading Global Reading Why I Teach Detailed Reading After Reading Peter G. Beidler 　 Why do you teach? My friend asked the question when I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “step up” toward what all Americans 1. Paraphrase this sentence. are taught to want when they grow up: money and power. Certainly I teach not because teaching is easy for me. 　 Certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for 2. Translate the sentence into Chinese. me. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I 当然，我之所以教书不是因为我觉得教书轻松。 have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.

Before Reading Global Reading Why I Teach Detailed Reading After Reading Peter G. Beidler 　 Why do you teach? My friend asked the question when I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “step up” toward what all Americans Paraphrase this sentence. are taught to want when they grow up: money and power. Teaching is a profession teach because teaching is easy for 　 Certainly I don’t that makes my eyes red for lack of sleep, my palms sweaty because of nervousness and me. Teaching is the most I difficult of disappointed ways I my stomach sinking because often feel so the various have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, with my lectures. writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading What is the grammatical function of “convinced Why I Teach Peter G. Beidler that…usual” in this sentence? 　 asked the question IWhy do you teach? My friendbe considered for an when told him that I didn’t want to Convinced 引导 的是过 去分词 短语 ，作伴随状语 。 administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want More Examples: what was obviously a “step up” toward what all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power. 1. The student left the classroom, disappointed 　 Certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I at the teacher’s decision. have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, 2. For me, teaching couldn’t eat or sleep, worried writer. The mother is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up about her son’s safety. preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading I teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer. 1. What does “bad questions” refer to? The world is full of right answers to bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes find good questions. It refers to careless questions or simple questions that I teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting myself and my students out of the ivory tower and into the real world. I once taught a course called “Selfevery student can answer without difficulty. Reliance in a Technological Society. ” My 15 students read Emerson, Thoreau, and Huxley. They kept diaries. They wrote term papers. 2. Translate this sentence into Chinese. But we also set up a corporation, borrowed money, 我们 run-down house and practiced self-reliance by purchased a这 个世界有无穷 无尽的正确答案来 renovating it. At the end of the semester, we sold the house, 对 付拙劣的问题 。 repaid our loan, paid our taxes, and distributed the profits among the group. So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After 1. How to understand “being present at the creation when Reading the clay begins to breathe”? According to the Bible, man was created by God out There is Jacqui, a cleaning woman who knows more by intuition than most of us learn by analysis. Jacqui has decided to finish high school and go to college. of clay. When God breathed the breath of life into the These are the real reasons I teach, the creation of man and change in clay, it became alive and these people who grow was front of me. Being a teacher is being present at the creation, when the clay completed. begins to breathe. Here the author compares the job of a A “promotion” out of teaching would give me money and power. But I have teacher to the work of God. money. I get paid to do what I enjoy: reading, talking with people, and asking questions like, “What is the point of being rich? ” 2. What can you infer from this sentence? And I have power. I have the power to nudge, to fan sparks, to suggest We can infer from this sentence that books, to point out a pathway. What other power matters? the author implies that the teacher helps the student to become a real man or woman.

Before Reading 1. Paraphrase this sentence. Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading There is Jacqui, a cleaning woman who knows more by intuition than most of us learn by analysis. Jacqui has decided to finish high school and go to college. I have the power to give my students a gentle push in 1. These are this sentence. Paraphrase the real reasons I teach, these people who grow and change in frontthe right direction, isto arouse their interest when the clay of me. Being a teacher being present at the creation, and curiosity, to recommend good books, to point out the begins to breathe. A “promotion” out of teaching would give me money and power. But I have way to greater achievements. money. I get paid to do what I enjoy: reading, talking with people, and asking 2. Translate this sentence the point questions like, “What isinto Chinese. of being rich? ” 2. Translate this sentence into Chinese. And I have power. I have the power to nudge, to fan sparks, to suggest 我有权启迪，有权激发 other power matters? books, to point out a pathway. What 才智，有权开出书 目，有 权指点迷津。

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading 1. Paraphrase this sentence. But teaching offers something besides money and power: it offers love. Not only I teach because, when I see that my students are beginning the love of learning and of books and ideas, but also the love that a teacher feelsto grow and change in front of teacher’s life and begins time for that rare student who walks into a me, I from time to to breathe. Perhaps love is the wrong word: magic might be better. I find myself growing and changing with beginning to as if teach because, being around people who are them too, breathe, I new life were being breathed into my body. occasionally find myself catching my breath with them. 2. Translate the sentence into Chinese. 我教书 ，是因为 与开始成长 的学生朝夕相处 ，我 有时 感到自己也和他们 一起成长 了。

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Every teacher probably asks himself time and again: Why am I a teacher? Do the rewards of teaching outweigh the trying moments? Answering these questions is not a simple task. Let’s see what the author says.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Why I Teach Peter G. Beidler Why do you teach? My friend asked the question when I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “step up” toward what all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power. Certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Nor do I teach because I think I know answers, or because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share. Sometimes I am amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in class! Why, then, do I teach? I teach because I like the pace of the academic calendar. June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, research, and writing. I teach because teaching is a profession built on change. When the material is the same, I change — and, more important, my students change. I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. As a teacher, I’m my own boss. If I want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I can’t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures.

Academic Calendar Academic calendar refers to the calendar used in an institution of education. It is a list of important events during the school year, such as when school terms begin, when exams are administered and when commencements(毕 业 典 礼 ) are held.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Nor do I teach because I think I know answers, or because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share. Sometimes I am amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in class! Why, then, do I teach? I teach because I like the pace of the academic calendar. June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, research, and writing. I teach because teaching is a profession built on change. When the material is the same, I change — and, more important, my students change. I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. As a teacher, I’m my own boss. If I want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I can’t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading I teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer. The world is full of right answers to bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes find good questions. I teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting myself and my students out of the ivory tower and into the real world. I once taught a course called “Self. Reliance in a Technological Society. ” My 15 students read Emerson, Thoreau, and Huxley. They kept diaries. They wrote term papers. But we also set up a corporation, borrowed money, purchased a run-down house and practiced self-reliance by renovating it. At the end of the semester, we sold the house, repaid our loan, paid our taxes, and distributed the profits among the group. So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

Ivory Tower “Living in an ivory tower” usually depicts the intellectuals who live only for their work and don’t care much about social and political affairs, They concentrate their entire efforts on the quest for what they perceive to be scientific or artistic truth.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading I teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer. The world is full of right answers to bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes find good questions. I teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting myself and my students out of the ivory tower and into the real world. I once taught a course called “Self. Reliance in a Technological Society. ” My 15 students read Emerson, Thoreau, and Huxley. They kept diaries. They wrote term papers. But we also set up a corporation, borrowed money, purchased a run-down house and practiced self-reliance by renovating it. At the end of the semester, we sold the house, repaid our loan, paid our taxes, and distributed the profits among the group. So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading I have left out, however, the most important reasons why I teach. One is Vicky. My first doctoral student, Vicky was an energetic student who labored at her dissertation on a little-known 14 th century poet. She wrote articles and sent them off to learned journals. She did it all herself, with an occasional nudge from me. But I was there when she finished her dissertation, learned that her articles were accepted, got a job and won a fellowship to Harvard working on a book developing ideas she’d first had as my student. Another reason is George, who started as an engineering student, then switched to English because he decided he liked people better than things. There is Jeanne, who left college, but was brought back by her classmates because they wanted her to see the end of the self-reliance house project. I was there when she came back. I was there when she told me that she later became interested in the urban poor and went on to become a civil rights lawyer.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading There is Jacqui, a cleaning woman who knows more by intuition than most of us learn by analysis. Jacqui has decided to finish high school and go to college. These are the real reasons I teach, these people who grow and change in front of me. Being a teacher is being present at the creation, when the clay begins to breathe. A “promotion” out of teaching would give me money and power. But I have money. I get paid to do what I enjoy: reading, talking with people, and asking questions like, “What is the point of being rich? ” And I have power. I have the power to nudge, to fan sparks, to suggest books, to point out a pathway. What other power matters?

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading But teaching offers something besides money and power: it offers love. Not only the love of learning and of books and ideas, but also the love that a teacher feels for that rare student who walks into a teacher’s life and begins to breathe. Perhaps love is the wrong word: magic might be better. I teach because, being around people who are beginning to breathe, I occasionally find myself catching my breath with them.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading outweigh: v. be more important or valuable than sth. else After Reading Every teacher probably asks himself time and again: Why am I a teacher? Do the rewards of teaching outweigh the trying moments? Answering these questions is not a simple task. Let’s see what the author says. The benefits of this treatment far outweigh any risks. 这 一点是首先要考虑 的。 This outweighs all other consideration.

administrative: adj. of or involving the management of public or business affairs Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading He holds an administrative post in the company. Why I Teach 他的职责 主要是行政方面的。 Why I Teach His duties are mainly administrative. Why do you teach? My friend asked the question when After Reading Peter G. Beidler I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an NB: administrative 的动词形式为 administer，意思为“管理”。 administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “step up” toward what all Americans In many Japanese homes, the funds are administered by are taught to want when they grow up: money and power. the wife. Certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have CF: administer，manage & execute 管理、支配 attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, writer. For me, teaching a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach 指官方的或正式的对事务的管理。 administer Red-eye, becauseis. I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I profession. stay up before I enter the 强调对具体事务机构进行管理，有时含受权管理或处理 managepreparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous Sinking-stomach, classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. because leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even execute I 意为对命令、计划或某一件 作的贯彻、执行或实施。 more boring than usual.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading Directions: Fill in the blanks with the three words above. Change the form where necessary. Why I Teach After Reading Peter G. Beidler Why do you teach? My friend asked the question when ______ 1. He asked his brother to his will. an I told him that I didn’t want execute to be considered for administrative position. He was puzzled. Teachdid not want Why I that I 2. World affairs should by all countries in the be managed _______ what was obviously a “step up” toward Americans world. want when they grow up: what alland power. are taught to money administers _____ 3. The Foreign Minister foreign affairs. Certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. Teaching is the most difficultadministrative ways I have of the various ____ executed 4. The plan was good, but it was badly . attempted to earn my living: mechanic, managed 5. The hotel is badly . carpenter, ____ writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.

puzzle: v. 1) confuse someone or make them feel slightly anxious because they do not understand sth. The findings of the survey puzzled me. Why I Teach 他不知道下一步该 怎么办 （如何回这 封信）。 Peter G. Beidler Why do you teach? My friend asked the question when He was puzzled what to do next / how to answer the letter. I 2) solve a confusing or difficult question by thinking about it told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want carefully what was obviously a “step up” toward what all Americans The teacher left the children to puzzle the answer to the question out are taught to want when they grow up: money and power. themselves. don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. Certainly I He lay looking at the ceiling, trying to puzzle things out. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, n. a game or toy that has a lot of pieces that you have to fit writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach together; sth. that is difficult to understand or explain profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I A jigsaw puzzle is a picture which has been cut up into bits, and you stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the must make the picture again. classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I每周都花到哪里去了还 真是个谜 。 我的钱 leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual. It’s a puzzle where all my money goes each week.

Collocations: 不知如何是好 be in a puzzle Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading （七巧板、九连环等）中国智力玩具 Chinese puzzle cross-word puzzle 纵横填字游戏 Why I Teach Peter G. Beidler jigsaw puzzle 拼板玩具 Why do you teach? My friend asked the question when CF: told him that I didn’t want to be 使迷惑不解 for an I puzzle, confuse & bewilder considered administrative position. He puzzled that I did not want 复杂 , 因而使人感到困惑不解”, 例如: puzzle 指“情况错综 “stepwas toward what all Americans what was obviously a up” are. She’s been puzzling over his strange letter for weeks. taught to want when they grow up: money and power. Certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. confuse 指“把事物混淆或弄乱”或 “由于混淆、混乱而糊涂”, 语 气 Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have 较 弱, 常指暂时现 象, 例如: attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach They asked me so many questions that they confused me. profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I bewilder 指“由于迷惑不解或惊愕而慌乱、糊涂和不知所措”, 语I enter the stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before 气比前两个词 都强, 例如: classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more The child was bewildered by the noise and the crowds. boring than usual. 孩子让 噪声和人群给 弄得晕头转 向。

Before Reading Global Reading Why I Teach profession: n. Why do Detailed Reading After Reading Peter G. Beidler you teach? My friend asked the question when 1) atoldthat needs a high didn’t education and training I job him that I level of want to be considered for an He is a lawyer by position. administrative profession. He was puzzled that I did not want 我不知道我适合什么干职业。 what was obviously a “step up” toward what all Americans I don’t know to want when they grow are taught what profession would suit me. up: money and power. 2) all the people who work teach because teaching is easy for me. Certainly I don’t in a particular profession The doctor is the most difficult of Teaching is respected by his profession. the various ways I have The teaching profession claim to be badly paid. attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, Collocations: writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach 从事某职业 practice a profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I 法律 / 医疗职业（界） the legal / medical profession stay up preparing. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the 以……为职业 by profession classroom, sure that I will be found out for the fool that I am. Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.

convince: v. make someone feel certain that sth. is true; persuade sb. to do sth. Global Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading He was convinced of his error. Teach Why I 我们说you teach? My friend asked the question when Why do 服了安妮放弃乘飞 机而坐火车 走。 After Reading Peter G. Beidler I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an We convinced Anne to go by train rather than by plane. administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “step up” toward what all Americans are taught Pattern: to want when they grow up: money and power. Certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have be convinced of (that) 确信；承认 attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, writer. For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach 完全相信（半信半疑） be fully (half) convinced profession. Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I convince sb. Sweaty-palm, because I’m always nervous before I enter the 使某人承认；使某人信服 stay up preparing. of classroom, sure that I will be found out充分相信 that I am. Sinking-stomach, for the fool convince oneself of because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.

compel: v. force someone to do sth. ; make people have a Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading particular feeling or attitude Nor do I teach because I think I know answers, or because I He was compelled by illness to suspend his have knowledge I feel compelled to share. Sometimes I am amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in experiment. class! Why, then, do I teach? 他们 的聪 明和技艺 博得我们 的赞赏 。 calendar. I teach because I like the pace of the academic June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, Their cleverness and skill compel our research, and writing. admiration. I teach because teaching is a profession built on change. When the material is the same, I change — and, more important, my students change. I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. As a teacher, I’m my own boss. If I want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I can’t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures.

Before Reading Global Reading opportunity: n. a chance to do sth. or an occasion when is easy because I think Nor do Iit teach for you do do sth. I know answers, Detailed Reading After Reading or because I I have been offered have knowledge a. Ijob. It’s a great opportunity. share. Sometimes I am feel compelled to 我没有机会和她谈这件事。 amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in I had no opportunity to discuss it with her. class! Collocations: Why, then, do I teach? grab / seize / take an opportunity 抓住 / 利用机会 I teach an opportunity 提供 错过机会 offer / miss because I like the pace /of the academic calendar. June, opportunity for August offer an opportunity for reflection, 一个……的机会 an July, and research, and writing. 绝好的机会 golden opportunity I teach because occasion CF: opportunity, chance & teaching is a profession built on change. When the material is the这三个名词均含“机会”之意。 same, I change — and, more important, my students change. opportunity 侧重指有利或适合于采取行动，以达到某一目的或实现某种 I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own 愿望的最佳时机或机会。 lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. As a teacher, I’m my own boss. If I chance 侧重指偶然或意外的机会，有时也指正常或好的机会。 occasion 指特殊时机或良机，也指时节。 write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I want my freshmen to learn to can’t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Nor do I teach because I think I know answers, or because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share. Sometimes I am Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words above. Change the amazed form wherestudents actually take notes on what I say in that my necessary. class! a faint _____ that you’ll find him at home. chance 1. There’s Why, then, do I teach? 2. The exhibition is a unique opportunity to see her later works. _______ chance 3. Is. I there any because getting ticketspace of the academic calendar. teach _____ of I like the for tonight’s performance? June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, occasions 4. We met on several _______ to discuss the issue. research, job completely by _____. and writing. chance 5. I got this 6. I seem to remember that on that ______ he was with his on change. When the material is I teach because teachingoccasion is a profession built wife. the same, I change — and, more important, my students change. 7. Let me take this opportunity to say a few words. _______ I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. As a teacher, I’m my own boss. If I want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I can’t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures.

reflection: n. 1) careful thought, or an idea or opinion based on this Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After reflection, I feel I make the wrong decision. She failed this time because she did it without Nor do I teach because sufficient reflection. I think I know answers, or because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share. Sometimes I am 2) an image that you can see in a mirror, glass, or water After Reading amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in We looked at our reflections in the lake. class! Why, then, do I teach? 他能够在光亮的桌面上看见 自己的映像。 I teach because I like the pace of the academic calendar. He can see his reflection on a polished table-top. June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, research, and Collocations: writing. I teach because teaching is a built on change. When after reflection — and, more profession my students change. the material is 经过 考虑 之后 the same, I change important, 再三思考 on reflection I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. / 冷静 / 认 真的思考 mature / sober / serious reflection 成熟 As a teacher, I’m my own boss. If I want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I can’t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading build on: base on; use as a base for further development We must build on our reputation to expand the business. Nor do I teach because I think I know answers, or because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share. Sometimes I am 他们 根据自己的研究作出了这 个结论 。 amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in class! They drew the conclusion by building on their own Why, then, do I teach? research work. I like the pace of the academic calendar. I teach because June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, CF: build是一个常用词 ，与之搭配组 成的短语还 有： research, and writing. build in I teach because安装，固定 teaching is a profession built on change. When the material is the same, I change — and, more important, my students change. build into 使固定于，使成为 ……的一部分 I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. As a teacher, I’m my own boss. If I build up want my freshmen 树learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I to 立，建立；增进 ，增强 can’t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading stimulate: v. encourage or help an activity to begin or develop further; encourage someone by making them Why I Teach Nor do I teach because I think I know answers, or because I excited about and interested in sth. have knowledge I feel compelled to share. Sometimes I am amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in The government plans to cut taxes in class! Why, then, do I teach? order to stimulate the economy. I teach because I like the pace of the academic calendar. June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, 表扬 她就能激励她更加努力。 research, and writing. I teach because teaching is a profession built on change. When the material is Praise always stimulates her to make the same, I change — and, more important, my students change. I teach because I like the freedom to make my further efforts / to make greater efforts. own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. As a teacher, I’m my own boss. If I want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I can’t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Why I Teach I think I know answers, or because I 这三个动作均表示“鼓励，激励”之意。 have knowledge I feel compelled to share. Sometimes I am stimulate 尤指人或物因外界因素而受到刺激，使人振作起来或增强做 amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in 某事的信心和勇气。例如： class! The exhibition stimulated interest in the artist’s works. Why, then, do I teach? 这次展览引起人们对这位艺术家的作品的兴趣。 I teach because I like the pace of the academic calendar. encourage 指提高某人情绪，增强战胜困难、实现目标的信心和勇气。 例如： June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, Her parents encouraged her research, and writing. in her studies. 她的父母鼓励她好好学习。 I teach because teaching is a profession built on change. When the material is inspire 通常指鼓起勇气，充满信心和希望。例如： the same, I change — and, more important, my students change. His noble example inspired the rest of us to make greater I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own efforts. lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. As a teacher, I’m my own boss. If I 他那崇尚的榜样激励我们大家更加努力。 want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I can’t? Such courses may be huge failures, but we can all learn from failures. CF: stimulate, encouragebecause Nor do I teach & inspire

struggle: 1. v. try extremely hard to achieve sth, , even though it is very Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading difficult I’ve been struggling to understand this article all the afternoon. I teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer. Fish struggle for survival when the water level drops in the lake. The world is full of right answers to bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes 你给 我这 么多吃的, 我得尽量把它吃完。 find good questions. I teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting myself and my students out of I’m struggling to finish the huge helping you gave me. the ivory tower and into the real world. I once taught a course called “Self. Reliance in a Technological Society. ” My 15 students read Emerson, 2. n. a long hard fight to get freedom, political rights, etc. Thoreau, and Huxley. They kept diaries. They wrote term papers. 我们绝 不会不战 而降。 But we also set up a corporation, borrowed money, We will not surrender without a struggle. purchased a run-down house and practiced self-reliance by renovating the semester, we sold Pattern: it. At the end of taxes, and distributed the house, repaid our loan, paid our the profits struggle against / with 与……作斗争 among the group. So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, struggle for 为 and the opportunity to keep on learning. ……而斗争 struggle to do sth. 为 ……而努力

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading renovate: I teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle v. repair a building or old furniture so that it is in good to answer. The world is full of right answers to bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes condition again find good questions. I teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting myself He renovates old houses and sells them at a and my students out of the ivory tower and into the real world. I once taught a course called “Selfprofit. Reliance in a Technological Society. ” My 15 students read Emerson, Thoreau, and Huxley. They kept diaries. They wrote term papers. 旧家具需要整修翻新。 But we also set up a corporation, borrowed money, purchased a run-down house and practiced self-reliance by The old furniture here should be renovated. renovating it. At the end of the semester, we sold the house, repaid our loan, paid our taxes, and distributed the profits among the group. So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading I teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer. The world is full of right answers to bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes repay: v. pay back money that you have borrowed; do find good questions. sth. for someone, or give them sth, in return I teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting myself and my students out of for helping you the ivory tower and into the real world. I once taught a course called “Self. He had to in a car to repay the bank loan. Reliancesell his Technological Society. ” My 15 students read Emerson, Thoreau, How Huxley. They kept your kindness? and can I ever repay you for diaries. They wrote term papers. 公司发给她奖金以酬谢她 作努力. But we also set up a corporation, borrowed money, The firm repaid her hard work with a and purchased a run-down housebonus. practiced self-reliance by Collocations: it. At the end of the semester, we sold the house, renovating 把钱还给（某人） repay the repaid our money to sb. our taxes, and distributed the profits loan, paid 回报社会 repay one’s debt among the group. to society So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

Before Reading loan: Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading I teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer. The world is full of right answers to bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes 1) an amount of money that you borrow from a bank, etc. find good questions. I’m only asking for a loan. I’ll pay you back. I teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting myself and my students out of We could apply for a loan to buy a car. the ivory tower and into the real world. I once taught a course called “Self 2) the time in a Technological Reliancewhen you lend sth. to sb. Society. ” My 15 students read Emerson, Thoreau, May have the They your diaries. and IHuxley. loan of keptbicycle? They wrote term papers. 谢谢你借给我自行车。 But we also set up a corporation, borrowed money, Thank you purchasedveryrun-down houseyour bike. a much for the loan of and practiced self-reliance by renovating it. At the end of the semester, we sold the house, repaid our loan, paid our taxes, and distributed the profits among the group. So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning. 1. n.

Before Reading Global Reading 2. vt. (American English) lend sb. sth. , esp. money; (British I English) because I like to someone teach lend sth. valuable to ask questions that Detailed Reading After Reading students must struggle to answer. The library loans books, right and videotapes. bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes world is full of CDs answers to This find good questions. 这位艺术家把她的绘画出借给博物馆。 I teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting myself and my students out of The artist loaned her pictures to the museum. the ivory tower and into the real world. I once taught a course called “Self. Collocations: Reliancethe loan of in a Technological Society. ” My 15 students read Emerson, Thoreau, 请求借用…… ask for and Huxley. They kept diaries. They wrote term papers. 借某物 have the loan of sth. But we also set up a corporation, borrowed money, 出借 on loan purchased a run-down house and practiced self-reliance by renovating it. At the end of the semester, we sold the house, repaid our loan, paid our taxes, and distributed the profits among the group. So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

distribute: v. 1) share things among a group of people, especially in a Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading planned way He distributed sweets to all the children in the class. 他们 把奖 品分发给获胜 者。 that students must struggle to answer. I teach because I like to ask questions The world is full of right answers to bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes They distributed the prizes among the winners. find good questions. 2) spread sth. over a large area of getting myself and my students out of I teach because I enjoy finding ways the ivory tower and into the real world. I once taught a course called “Self. Our shops are distributed all over the city. Reliance in a Technological Society. ” My 15 students read Emerson, Thoreau, and Huxley. They kept diaries. They wrote term papers. 示威者向行人分发传单 。 But we also set up a corporation, borrowed money, The demonstrators distributed leaflets to the passers-by. purchased a run-down house and practiced self-reliance by CF: distribute, it. At the end这三个动词均含“分配，分发”之意。 the house, renovating assign & divide of the semester, we sold distribute repaid our通常指以整体或定量分为若干份来分配。 distributed the profits loan, paid our taxes, and among the指按照某种原则进行的硬性分配， 常暗示着分配人的武断性。 group. assign So divide teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, 普通用词，侧重将某物分成若干份分配给他人，当某物一分 为二时，含平均分配之意。 and the opportunity to keep on learning.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading I teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer. The world is full of right answers to bad questions. While teaching, I sometimes Directions: Fill in the blanks with the three words above. Change find good questions. necessary. the form where I teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting myself and my students out of have been assigned 1. Two of Dickens’s novels _______ for home reading the ivory tower and into the real world. I once taught a course called “Selfthis term. distributed 2. Reliance in a Technologicalchildren. Santa Claus _______ gifts to the Society. ” My 15 students read Emerson, Thoreau, divided 3. and two brothers _____ thediaries. They wrote term papers. The Huxley. They kept money equally. 4. The company _______ bonuses at the end of each year. distributed But we also me a small a corporation, borrowed money, have assigned 5. They _____set up room. purchased a run-down house and practiced self-reliance by renovating it. At the end of the semester, we sold the house, repaid our loan, paid our taxes, and distributed the profits among the group. So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

Before Reading Global Reading leave out: fail to mention or include; omit Detailed Reading After Reading I’ve made a list of names — I hope I haven’t left anyone out. I have left out, however, the most important reasons why I teach. One is Vicky. My first doctoral student, Vicky was an energetic student who 她在叙述中漏掉了一个重要细节 。 labored at her dissertation on a little-known 14 th century poet. She wrote articles and sent them off to learned journals. She did it all herself, with an occasional She left out an important detail in her account. nudge from me. But I was there when she finished her dissertation, learned that her articles were accepted, got a job and won a fellowship to Harvard working on book developing ideas she’d first had as my student. NB: a leave 还 有很多其他的搭配，例如： Another reason is George, who started as an engineering student, then switched to English because让 ……独自待着；不打扰 than things. he decided he liked people better leave… alone There is Jeanne, who left college, but was brought back leave behind 忘了带 ；留下 by her classmates because they wanted her to see the end of the self-reliance house project. I was there when she came 动 身前往（某地） leave for back. I was there when she told me that she later became interested in the urban poor and went on to become a civil rights lawyer.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading I have left out, however, the most or energetic: adj. having or needing a lot of energy important reasons why I teach. determination One is Vicky. My first doctoral student, Vicky was an energetic student who laboredenergeticdissertation on a little-known 14 th century poet. She wrote articles He is an at her boy; he enjoys sports. and sent them off to learned journals. She did it all herself, with an occasional 这些年轻的学生们越干越有劲。 nudge from me. But I was there when she finished her dissertation, learned that The more the young students worked, the more energetic her articles were accepted, got a job and won a fellowship to Harvard working they became. on a book developing ideas she’d first had as my student. Another reason is George, who started as an engineering student, then switched to English because he decided he liked people better than things. There is Jeanne, who left college, but was brought back by her classmates because they wanted her to see the end of the self-reliance house project. I was there when she came back. I was there when she told me that she later became interested in the urban poor and went on to become a civil rights lawyer.

Before Reading Global Reading send off: send sth. somewhere by post Detailed Reading I have left out, however, the most important reasons why I teach. I sent off the letter this morning After Reading One is Vicky. My first doctoral student, Vicky was an energetic student who labored at her dissertation on a little-known 14 th century poet. She wrote articles 请 注意，这 些包裹必须 立即寄出。 and sent them off to learned journals. She did it all herself, with an occasional nudge from me. But I was there when she finished her dissertation, learned that her articles were accepted, got a job and won a fellowship to Harvard working Please see that these parcels are sent off at once. on a book developing ideas she’d first had as my student. Another reason is George, who started as an engineering student, then switched to English because he decided he liked people better than things. There is Jeanne, who left college, but was brought back by her classmates because they wanted her to see the end of the self-reliance house project. I was there when she came back. I was there when she told me that she later became interested in the urban poor and went on to become a civil rights lawyer.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading occasional: adj. happening sometimes but not often or regularly After Reading I have left out, however, the most important reasons why I teach. One is Vicky. My first doctoral student, We get the occasional visitors here. Vicky was an energetic student who labored at her dissertation on a little-known 14 th century poet. She wrote articles and sent them off to learned journals. She did it all herself, with an occasional Have you seen the occasional table in front of the nudge from me. But I was there when she finished her dissertation, learned that sofa? her articles were accepted, got a job and won a fellowship to Harvard working 家里这 些天需要一个临时 司机。 on a book developing ideas she’d first had as my student. Another reason is George, who started as an engineering student, then The family needs an occasional chauffeur these days. things. switched to English because he decided he liked people better than There is Jeanne, who left college, but was brought back by her classmates because they wanted her to see the end of the self-reliance house project. I was there when she came back. I was there when she told me that she later became interested in the urban poor and went on to become a civil rights lawyer.

Before Reading have work. I on: Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading left out, however, the most important reasons why I teach. One is Vicky. My first doctoral 1) try very hard to improve or achieve sth. student, Vicky was an energetic student who labored at her a new novel. on a little-known 14 th century poet. She wrote articles He is working on dissertation and sent them off to is good, butjournals. to workdidhis all herself, with an occasional His dancing technique learned he needs She on it fitness. nudge from me. But I was there when she finished her dissertation, learned that her articles wereinfluence someone or persuade them toa fellowship to Harvard working 2) try continuously to accepted, got a job and won do book on asth. developing ideas she’d first had as my student. I’m Another reason is get him to take me to the airport. an engineering student, then working on my father to George, who started as switched to English because he decided he liked people better than things. 史密斯游说其他委员投票赞成这项提案。 There is Jeanne, who left college, but was brought back Smith worked on the other committee members to vote for the by her classmates because they wanted her to see the end of bill. the self-reliance house project. I was there when she came back. I was there when she told me that she later became interested in the urban poor and went on to become a civil rights lawyer.

switch: 1. v. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After 1) change from doing or using one thing to doing or using Reading another I have left out, however, the most important reasons why I teach. I used to cook on electricity, but I’ve switched to gas. One is Vicky. My first doctoral student, Vicky was an energetic student who 2) turn off a machine, light, radio, etc. using a switch labored at her dissertation on a little-known 14 th century poet. She wrote articles and sent them off to learned journals. She did it all herself, with an occasional Would you please switch the radio off? nudge from me. But I was there when she finished her dissertation, learned that her articles were accepted, got a job and won a fellowship to Harvard working 2. book developing ideas she’d first had as on an. the act of turning or changing my student. Another reason is George, who started as an engineering student, then When did you make the switch from gas to electricity in switched to English because he decided he liked people better than things. this house? There is Jeanne, who left college, but was brought back by her classmates because they wanted her to see the end of 几次转 向之后, 我发现 自己来到了邮 局门口。 the self-reliance house project. I was there when she came back. I was there when she told me that she later became After several switches of direction I found myself in interested in the urban poor and went on to become a civil front of the post office. rights lawyer.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Pattern: have left out, however, the most important reasons why I teach. I 变换, 转移 switch from / to One is Vicky. My first doctoral student, Vicky was an energetic student who switch off / on dissertation 切断/接上（电流） labored at her to on a little-known 14 th century poet. She wrote articles （从某方面）转变（到另一方面） switch them off to and sentover (from one tolearned journals. She did it all herself, with an occasional another) nudge from me. But I was there when she finished her dissertation, learned that （把电话）接到（某分机） herswitch through accepted, got a job and won a fellowship to Harvard working articles were on a book developing ideas she’d first had as my student. Another reason is George, who started as an engineering student, then switched to English because he decided he liked people better than things. There is Jeanne, who left college, but was brought back by her classmates because they wanted her to see the end of the self-reliance house project. I was there when she came back. I was there when she told me that she later became interested in the urban poor and went on to become a civil rights lawyer.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading I have left out, however, the most important reasons why I teach. One is Vicky. My first doctoral student, Vicky was an energetic student who labored at her dissertation on a little-known 14 th century poet. She wrote articles and sent them off to learned urban: adj. of or relating to a city or townjournals. She did it all herself, with an occasional nudge from me. to urban one. there when she finished her dissertation, learned that But I was He prefers rural life her articles were accepted, got a job and won a fellowship to Harvard working 他在农村生活了二十多年还是没有脱掉城市习气。 on a book developing ideas she’d first had as my student. He is still urbanreason is George, who the Another after more than twenty years in started as an engineering student, then countryside. switched to English because he decided he liked people better than things. There is Jeanne, who left college, but was brought back by her classmates because they wanted her to see the end of the self-reliance house project. I was there when she came back. I was there when she told me that she later became interested in the urban poor and went on to become a civil rights lawyer.

intuition: n. Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading the ability to understand or know sth. because of a feeling rather than by considering the facts; an idea about what is true in a particular situation based on a feeling rather than facts There is Jacqui, a cleaning woman who knows more by intuition than most of I can’t explain how I knew — I just had an intuition that to college. us learn by analysis. Jacqui has decided to finish high school and go you’d been involved in an accident. people who grow and change in These are the real reasons I teach, these front of me. Being a teacher is being present at the creation, when the clay 没有人告诉 我到哪儿去找你. 我纯 粹是凭直觉 找到你的. begins to breathe. A “promotion” out of teaching would give me money and power. But I have Nobody told me where to find you. It was sheer intuition. asking money. I get paid to do what I enjoy: reading, talking with people, and questions like, being Collocations: “What is the point of powerrich? ” And I have power. I have the to nudge, to fan sparks, to suggest books, to point out a pathway. What other power matters? have an intuition 有一种直觉 trust one’s intuition 相信某人的直觉 by intuition 凭直觉

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading There is Jacqui, a cleaning woman who knows more by intuition than most of analysis: n. study of sth. by examining its parts and to finish high school and go to college. us learn by analysis. Jacqui has decided their relationships These are the real reasons I teach, these people who grow and change in The chemist is making an analysis of the poison. front of me. Being a teacher is being present at the creation, when the clay We to make a close beginsmustbreathe. analysis of the situation. NB: analysis 的复数形式是out of teaching analyse或analyze money and power. But I have A “promotion” analyses, 动词形式为 would give me 与其有相似变化的词还有： money. I get paid to do what I enjoy: reading, talking with people, and asking basis—base questions like, “What is the /point of being rich? ” paralysis—paralyse paralyze And I have power. I have the power to nudge, to fan sparks, to suggest books, to point out a pathway. What other power matters?

matter 1. v. be important, especially to be important to you, or to Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading have an effect on what happens I know Charles doesn’t think this project is important, but it matters to me. woman who knows more by intuition than most of There is Jacqui, a cleaning us learn by analysis. Jacqui has decided to finish high school and go to college. 我们迟 到了，可好像没什么关系。 These are the real reasons I teach, these people who grow and change in We were late but it didn’t seem to matter. front of me. Being a teacher is being present at the creation, when the clay begins to breathe. 2. n. a subject or situation that you have to think about or I have A “promotion” out of teaching would give me money and power. But deal with to do what I enjoy: reading, talking with people, and asking money. I get paid questions like, “What is the point of being rich? ” Could I talk to you about a personal And I have power. I have the to nudge, to fan matter? out a pathway. Whatpower matters? sparks, to suggest books, to point other 谈论 世界问题 是一回事， 解决问题 却是另一回事。 Talking about the world’s problems is one thing, but solving them is another matter altogether.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading There is Jacqui, a cleaning woman who knows more by intuition than most of us learn by analysis. Jacqui has decided to finish high school and go to college. These are the real reasons I teach, these people who grow and change in Collocations: front of me. Being a teacher is being present at the creation, when the clay 着手处理一个问题 pursue / take up a matter begins to matters 安排事情 arrange breathe. A “promotion” 澄清事情 clear up matters out of teaching would give me money and power. But I have money. I get paid to do what I 解决问题 reading, talking with people, and asking enjoy: settle matters questions like, “What is the point of being rich? ” And I have power. I have the power to nudge, to fan sparks, to suggest books, to point out a pathway. What other power matters?

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading rare: adj. not seen or found very often, or not happening very often The museum is full of rare and precious treasures. But teaching offers something besides money and power: it offers love. Not only the love of learning and of books and ideas, but also the love that a teacher 除了极其个别的情况外, 他现在不公开露面。 feels for that rare student who walks into a teacher’s life and begins to breathe. With rare Perhapsexceptions, hewrong word: magic might be better. love is the does not appear in public now. 这三个形容词均含“稀罕的，很少发 CF: rare, scarce because, being around people who are beginning to breathe, I I teach & uncommon 生”之意。 occasionally find myself catching my breath with them. 指难得发生的事或难遇见的人或事，侧重特殊性。 rare It is rare for a person in his position to make such a mistake. It is rare for her to arrive late. 她很少有迟到的时候. scarce 指暂时不易发现、不存在或数量不足、供不应求的东西。 Eggs are scarce and expensive this month. 本月鸡蛋缺货且价格昂贵。 uncommon 指一般不发生或很少发生的事情，故显得独特、异常与例外。 Hurricanes are uncommon in England. 飓风在英国比较罕见.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading magic: 1. n. the ability of particular people in children’s stories to But teaching offers happen by saying special words make impossible things something besides money and power: it offers love. Not only magic, the car learning andboat books hits the love of changes into a of when it and ideas, but also the love that a teacher Like feels for that rare student who walks into a teacher’s life and begins to breathe. water. Perhaps love is the wrong word: magic might be better. 他们相信那都是魔法造成的。 I teach because, being around people who are beginning to breathe, I They believe that it was all done by magic. occasionally find myself catching my breath with them. 2. adj. very good or very enjoyable That music is really magic! You got the tickets? Magic! 我们今天玩得很痛快! We had a magic time today!

catch one’s breath: rest so as to be able to continue an Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading activity, stop breathing for a moment from surprise, shock, etc. After running to the bus stop, we sat down to catch our breath. But teaching offers something besides money and power: it offers love. Not 长 the love of learning and of books and ideas, but also the love that a teacher only 途追逐后，这 几条狗气喘吁吁 feels for that rare student who walks into a teacher’s life and begins to breathe. The dogs were catching their breath after the long chase. Perhaps love is the wrong word: magic might be better. Collocations: I teach because, being around people who are beginning to breathe, I occasionally find myself catching my breath with them. hold one’s breath 屏息 out of breath 气喘吁吁 under (one’s) breath 压 着嗓音，低声说 in one breath / in the same breath 同时 ，立刻

EXERCISES

1. FILL IN EACH OF THE BLANKS IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH A WORD OR PHRASE CHOSEN FROM THEWORDS & HRASES TO DRILL BOX. P CHANGE THE FORMS WHERE NECESSARY. 1. In terms of population, Greater New York City is the largest _______ center in the United States. urban analysis 2. The article provides a detailed _____ of the root causes of the accident. keep a diary 3. Many young girls like to ________ for recording their private thoughts and feelings. 4. There are obvious benefits in allowing each student pace to go at his own _____. 5. The dredger represents a major _______ technological advance in keeping the river clear.

6. The tired traveler stopped to ________ catch his breath and make sure of his directions. 7. Bob didn’t turn up at the party; I had an intuition ______ that something must have gone wrong. 8. Roger was quite stubborn and it was almost impossible to _____ him of his mistakes. convince 9. In history the war between the Union and the eleven Southern states (1861 -1865) is called Civil American _____ War. was 10. The office building ______ recently _____ renovated for greater comfort and efficiency. 　

2. Replace the italicized parts in the following sentences with words or phrases chosen from the Words & Phrases to Drill box: 1. The secretary kept a detailed record of what the members of the Board of Directors(董事会) had discussed at the meeting. took detailed notes __________ 2. He knew he had said the wrong thing and quickly changed the conversation to a less embarrassing subject. switched __________ 3. Young children are often much more vigorous than adults. energetic __________ 4. The visit to the computer center has aroused the pupils’ stimulated interest in computer science. __________ 5. All research is based on work completely by previous researchers. __________ builds on

6. After a careful investigation, the committee decided to renovate restore the old house to good condition. ______ 7. He has read extensively and won the respect of his learned (man) colleagues as a man of great knowledge. ______ 8. He wanted very much to run for a second term, but owing to poor health he was forced to give up the idea. compelled ______ 9. As soon as the class began, the teacher gave out the test distributed paper. ______ 10. You have taken such good care of our children during our absence that we feel we shall never be able to return repay your kindness. ______

3. Use the verb in brackets to form an appropriate phrasal verb you may have learned and replace with it the italicized part in each of the following sentences: switch to 1. The firm has decided to ______ another line of products, as these are not selling well. (switch) 2. The local government _____ a number of colleges has set up and technical schools to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding economy in the region. (set) kept on 3. Despite the scorching heat, the farmers _______ working until all the crops were got in. (keep)

4. Because of the limitation of space, I had to ______ leave out a lot of excellent material, which I intended to include in another book. (leave) called on 5. The environmental organizations have ______ the government to take measures to protect the endangered species of fish. (call) 6. Please _____ these parcels by air at once. (send) send off stayed up 7. On most of the nights, Jane ________ reading classical literature. (stay) found out 8. After patient observation, we _______ why the bridge was sinking. (find)

Translation Turn the following sentences into English, using as many of the words and phrases you have learned from the text as possible 1. 许多美国大学生申请政府贷款交付学费。 Many American students apply for government ______________________ loans to pay for their tuition. ______________________ 2. 除阅读材料外，使用电影和多媒体(multimedia) 会激发学生学习的兴趣。 ______________________ Besides reading materials, the use of films and ______________________ multimedia can stimulate students’ interest in a _______ subject.

3. 这位律师试图说服陪审团(jury)他的当事人 (client)是无辜的。(convince sb. of ) ____________________ This lawyer tried to convince the jury of his client’s innocence. ____________________ 4. 提问常常会引发创造的火花。 Asking questions often generates the spark of _____________________ creativity. _________________

5. 我已经把我的简历(resume)寄往几家公司，但 尚未收到回复。 _____________________ I have sent off my resume to several corporations, but haven’t yet received a reply. ____________________ 6. 她的结论是建立在对当前国际情况进行了认真 的分析的基础上的。 _____________________ Her conclusion is built on a careful analysis of _________________ current international affairs.

7. 我们满怀期望地来参加会议，离开时却大失所望。 We came to the meeting full of expectations, yet _____________________ we left very disappointed. ____________________ 8. 暂时他只得接受了一份给一家化妆品公司发促销传 单的活儿。 At the moment he has to take the job of distributing ______________________ leaflets to promote products for a cosmetic company. ______________________

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading 1. Useful Expressions 2. Listening Comprehension 3. Discussion 4. Summary Writing 5. Multiple Choice 6. Text Analysis 7. Talk about the Pictures 8. Writing Practice — Find the Topic Sentence 9. Proverbs and Quotations After Reading

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading Useful Expressions 1. 行政职务 an administration position 2. 创办公司 set up a company 3. 熬夜 stay up 4. 校历 the academic calendar 5. 凭直觉 by intuition 6. 省去 leave out 7. 期末 the end of a semester 8. 提供机会 offer an opportunity 9. 学术刊物 learned journals 10. 记笔记 take notes After Reading

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading 11. 吸取教训 learn one’s lessons 12. 指点迷津 point out a pathway 13. 激发才智 fan sparks 14. 被迫做…… be compelled to do … 15. 努力做， 苦干 labour at 16. 谋生 earn one’s living 17. 寄出，送出 send off 18. 确信 be sure 19. 写书 work on a book 20. 喘息，屏息 catch one’s breath After Reading

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Listening Comprehension Directions: Listen to the following passage and choose the best answers. 1. In America, school education is ____. KEY A) very cheap B) free C) at most 9 years D) expensive 2. If the child fails in a test, ____. KEY A) he is allowed to go into next grade B) he has to repeat the test C) he has to repeat the grade D) he has to go to another school ■

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading 3. In Britain, schools _____. KEY A) are free for children B) charge a fee C) require students to come home only on holiday D) include state schools and private schools 4. Students in both countries_____. KEY A) listen to the teacher all the time in class B) seldom talk in class C) often have group discussion in class D) never ask any questions in class After Reading

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading 5. A more suitable title for the passage might be ____. KEY A) Foreign Students B) Schools in America and Britain C) Education Abroad D) Different teaching Methods After Reading

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading In America, all children from six to sixteen go to school. They spend six years in “elementary” school and four or six years in “secondary” or “high” school. School education is free. At the end of every school year, the child takes a test. If he does well, he goes into the next grade. If he doesn’t do well, he has to repeat the grade. Some schools have modern teaching equipment, like computers and closed circuit televisions, but there also small country schools, with just one classroom. At the end of their time at school, most students get a high school diploma. If they want to go on to college, they take college admission tests. In Britain, all children from five to sixteen go to school. They spend six years in “primary” schools, and then go on to “secondary” schools. In Britain there are “state” schools, which are free, and private schools for which parents pay. Many British private schools are “boarding” schools. The children stay at school all the time, and only come home during the holidays. They usually wear uniforms. Teaching in both countries is usually quite informal. Students often work together in groups and go to the teacher only when they need help.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Discussion 1. In your opinion, what are the joys and frustrations of a teacher? Joys: pace, freedom, change, challenge, opportunity, achievement, power, love, magic, feeling young and fulfilled, respect, long vacations, etc Frustrations: low pay, long working hours, constant challenges, heavy load, academic pressure, lack of understanding from students, etc. 2. What’s your attitude toward failures? “Failure is the mother of success. ” We learn more when we fail.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Summary Writing As a teacher, I have money. ( 我 拿了薪水 去做 ) ______ what I enjoy. I get paid to do And I have power (启迪，激发才智，指点迷津) to nudge, to fan sparks, to point out ______________ is a profession built on a pathway. _____ Teaching ( 是 建 立 在“变化” 这一基础上的职业 ) _________ change. ( 与 那 些开 始成长的人朝夕相处) ________________ Being around people who are beginning ________ , I occasionally find myself catching my breath with them. to breathe

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Multiple Choice 1．In a time of social reform, people’s state of mind tends to keep ______ with the rapid changes of society. KEY A) step B) progress C) pace D) touch 2．Many novels that attempt to mirror the world are really ____ of the reality that they represent. KEY A) reflections B) demonstration C) illustrations D) reproductions

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading 3. TV, if properly used, can ____ a child’s imagination. KEY A) cause B) arise C) encourage D) stimulate 4. Don’t place too much ____ on his advice. KEY A) reliance B) emphasis C) trust D) obedience After Reading

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading 5. The time of day when you feel most ____ is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. KEY A) energetic B) vigorous C) enthusiastic D) dynamic 6. There was no person _____ enough to understand it. KEY A) known B) learned C) taught D) studied

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading 7. They got a ____ result, and they were wild joy. KEY A) magic B) magician C) magnetic D) magical 8. The new machine ______ seeds evenly and quickly over the whole field. KEY A) switched B) controlled C) risked D) distributed

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading 9. Breaking Mary’s doll was purely _____; John did not mean to do it. KEY A) occasional B) accidental C) casual D) incidental 10. I was ___ the point of telephoning him when his letter arrived. KEY A) to B) on C) at D) in

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Text Analysis The most distinctive stylistic feature of this article is the use of parallelism, especially the pattern “I teach because. . . ” in Para. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and the last paragraph. These paragraphs seem to be open-ended ones. It seems as if more reasons could be added to them. The author repeatedly uses the same parallel structure to reinforce his points, to express his strong emotion and to build up the climax, thus hammering home his arguments for the reasons of being a teacher. Parallel structure (Parallelism) is a frequently used writing skill in poetry as well as in prose. It can be defined as “consisting of phrases or sentences of similar constructions and meanings placed side by side, balancing each other. ”

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Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Writing Practice — Find the Topic Sentence 1. A brief introduction A paragraph is made up of a group of sentences about the same topic. The main idea of the paragraph is usually given in the first sentence or last sentence of the paragraph. This sentence is called the topic sentence. It introduces the topic and controls the information given in the other sentences of the paragraph. The other sentences that add details to the topic are called the supporting sentences.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading 2. Some Examples Directions: Read the following paragraphs and underline the topic sentence(s). 1. There are many reasons why millions of Americans move every year. Some move to find better jobs or to advance their careers. Others are attracted to places with better weather. Still others want to move to a place with less crime. Finally, many people want to move to a place with lower cost of living. 2. Just as I settle down to read or watch television, he demands that I play with him. If I get a telephone call, he screams in the background or knocks something over. I always have to hang up to find out what’s wrong with him. Babysitting with my little brother is no fun. He refuses to let me eat a snack in peace. Usually he wants half of whatever I have to eat. Then, when he finally grows tired, it takes about an hour for him to fall asleep.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading 3. In the United States, old people who no longer have an income or suffer from a loss of physical abilities are often forced to give up living alone. They must leave their homes and depend on someone else to give them a place to live and to take care of their physical needs: they must either live with relatives or live in the homes for the aged. This loss of independence is a major problem for the aged. 4. Good manners are important in all countries, but ways of expressing good manners are different from country to country. Americans eat with knives and forks while Japanese eat with chopsticks. Americans say “Hi” when they meet while Japanese bow. Many American men open doors for women while Japanese men do not. On the surface, it appears that some good manners in America are not good manners in Japan, and in a way this is true. But in any country, the only manners that are important are those involving one person’s behavior towards another person. In all countries it is a good manner to behave politely toward others. It is only the way of behaving politely that differs from country to country.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading 3. Homework 1. Directions: Try to find the topic sentence for each of the last five paragraphs of the text and write them down. If the topic sentence does not appear but is implied, add one. KEY 1. Being a teacher is being present at the creation, when the clay begins to breathe. 2. I get paid to do what I enjoy: … 3. I have the power to nudge, to fan sparks, to suggest books and to point out a pathway. 4. Teaching offers something besides money and power: it offers love. 5. …occasionally find myself catching my breath with them.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading 2. Directions: Write a composition entitled “Why I Chose to Attend College”. The following points may serve as a framework. 1. Your decision to go to college 2. Main reasons for choosing to go to college a. burning thirst for more knowledge and keen interest in learning b. opportunities a college education may provide for all-round development c. a necessary step to a good career You may begin like this: As my high school years were drawing to a close, I turned over and over again in my mind the question of whether I should go to college. . . KEY

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading As my high school years were drawing to a close, I turned over and over again in my mind the question of whether I should go to college. Even as a little girl, I had the dream of being a college student. I’ve worked very hard since I entered elementary school. At first, I just admired the lucky people who could enter college. When I grew up, I came to know why I had a burning thirst for college. The reason was that I had a burning thirst for more knowledge and keen interest in learning. I was especially crazy about foreign languages. If I obtained the opportunity to go to college, I could learn foreign languages under excellent teachers, in excellent studying conditions; moreover, college can provide an opportunity to achieve all-round development, I can learn and be taught various kinds of new things. Finally, after I finish college, I have been armed with knowledge, with which I can find a good job; therefore, a college education is a necessary step to a good career.

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading Proverbs and Quotations 1. Example is always more efficacious than precept. 身教胜于言教。 2. Only a nation of educated people could remain free. 只有受过教育的人民组成的国家才能保持自由。 3. Education is the transmission of civilization. 教育传播文明。 After Reading

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading 4. The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher 教育的根是苦涩的，但其果实是香甜的。 —— 古希腊哲学家 亚里士多德 5. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. — Adams, American historian 教师的影响是永恒的；无法估计他的影响会有多深远。 —— 美国历史学家 亚当斯

Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading 6. The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. — Forbes, American educator 教育的目的是用接受新思想的头脑去取代一个空虚的灵魂。 —— 美国教育家 福布斯 7. Hold what you really know and tell what you do not know and this will lead to knowledge. — Confucius, Chinese philosopher and educator 知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。 —— 中国哲学家、教育家 孔子