1、Listen and RespondTask One Focusing on the Main IdeasChoose the best answer to complete each of the following statements according to the information contained in the listening passage.1) Online learning is good in that _.A) it is easy to conduct B) it is convenient and flexibleC) it provides more d
2、egrees D) it teaches more skills2) Before you start online learning, you should know the following EXCEPT _.A) what skills you needB) where to find a course or programC) when the course starts and who will teach youD) what type of course delivery format will work best for you3) You are ready to star
3、t online learning once you feel confident about your _.A) course delivery methods B) reading comprehensionC) writing techniques D) technical skills4) You can search for course providers on the Internet by _.A) using search engines B) typing your questionsC) entering the right password D) making Inte
4、rnet phone calls5) The passage is mainly about _.A) the benefits of online learningB) the importance of online learningC) the ways of conducting online learningD) the reasons why online learning is convenientTask Two Zooming In on the DetailsListen to the recording again and fill in the blanks accor
5、ding to what you have heard.1) Online learning is a new way to earn your degree or master new skills .2) You must have the basic computer skills. At the very minimum , you should be able to send and receive email comfortably, search the Internet, and type reasonably fast and accurately .3) Perhaps t
6、he best way to find the right online course format is to consider your education needs and learning style .4) Type into the search engines the key words and you can easily get what you want. Before you know it, your fingers will be flying and your online learning adventure will have begun.Read and E
7、xploreTask One Discovering the Main Ideas1 Answer the following questions with the information contained in Text A.1) What disaster did the author encounter earlier in his career?He encountered a student who challenged the curriculum which required a pharmacy student to study literature.2) What are
8、the differences between the certificate that reads Qualified Pill-Grinding Technician and the one that reads Bachelor of Science?The former means that the graduate has completed the training of professional skills in pharmacy while the latter, besides professional training, also involves education i
9、n the ideas mankind has generated within its history.3) How did the author communicate the significance of studying the literal arts in college to the pharmacy student?He explained to the student that the time of a persons life could be divided into three parts: one is for sleep, the second is for w
10、ork which involves professional skills, and the third part is for life after work in which education in liberal arts philosophy, arts, music, literature, history, etc. plays a vital part.4) What is the business of college education according to the author?The business of college education is not mer
11、ely to train students, but to civilize them with the best human thoughts in history. In other words the author draws a clear distinction between training and education. The former provides one with skills for a job or career while the latter enables one to become a civilized person by coming into co
12、ntact with the best minds in history.5) How can a person become civilized according to the text?A person has to enter the past and familiarize himself/herself with both the technical and spiritual resources created by mankind, so that he/she could become civilized and play his/her role in civilizati
13、on.6) What does the author think of the mission undertaken by the faculties of a university? How can they accomplish this mission?The faculties of liberal arts colleges as well as of specialized schools are entrusted with the mission to put students in close contact with the best human minds in hist
14、ory. They should turn themselves into some sort of storehouse of human experience and try their best to communicate that experience to their students, so that their students will become civilized humans instead of savages who only know how to operate machines or push buttons.2 Text A can be divided
15、into three parts with the paragraph number(s) of each part provided as follows. Write down the main idea of each part.Part Paragraph(s) Main IdeaOne 17 In response to the challenge posed by a particular student who merely intends to pursue skills at college and takes no interest in literature, the a
16、uthor draws a distinction between professional training and college education. The former can only provide students with professional skills while the latter enables students to become civilized humans. Hence the importance of liberal arts education at college.Two 810 College education must enable s
17、tudents to come into contact with the best minds in history, so that they can become civilized and useful human beings instead of new species of savages who only know how to operate machines or push buttons. Three 11 College education must target at enabling students to become both specialists and c
18、ivilized humans. All college teachers must make themselves some sort of storehouse of human experience and try their best to communicate that experience to their students.Task Two Reading Between the LinesRead the following sentences carefully and discuss in pairs what the author intends to say by t
19、he italicised parts.1) Will there be a book in the house? Will there be a painting a reasonably sensitive man can look at without shuddering? (Para. 5)Do you have a cultivated mind to know what books your family should read? And do you know what kind of paintings you should put up on the wall that w
20、ould not offend a cultured eye?2) “I hope you make a lot of it,” I told him, “because youre going to be badly stuck for something to do when youre not signing checks.” (Para. 7)I hope you will make a lot of money, but Im sure youll be at a loss what to do when you are not signing checks. In other wo
21、rds, you can have a lot of money, but you may not live a meaningful and fulfilling life.3) You are on the way to being new species of mechanized savage, the Pushbutton Neanderthal. (Para. 8)Not getting in touch with what the best human minds have thought, you are going to be uncivilized humans or a
22、new type of savages who can only operate machines by pushing buttons.4) Our colleges inevitably graduate a number of such life forms, but it cannot be said that they went to college; rather, the college went through them without making contact. (Para. 8)A number of our college graduates have indeed
23、turned out to be “new species of mechanized savage”. This only means that they have not received a college education though they have spent some time there, for they have failed to make contact with the best human minds in history.5) If you are too much in a hurry, or too arrogantly proud of your ow
24、n limitations, to accept as a gift to your humanity some pieces of the minds of Sophocles, of Aristotle, of Chaucer and right down the scale and down the ages to Yeats, Einstein, E.B. White, and Ogden Nash then you may be protected by the laws governing manslaughter, and you may be a voting entity,
25、but you are neither a developed human being nor a useful citizen of a democracy. (Para. 10)Even if you are too busy or feel complacent and, therefore, refuse to come into contact with the best human minds within history, you can still be protected by law and enjoy the right to democratic voting. But
26、 you can never be considered as an educated, civilized person; nor can you be accepted by society as a useful citizen in a democratic nation.Checking Your VocabularyWord Detective1 Put down the right word from Text B in the space provided according to the given definition. The first letter of each w
27、ord is already given.Example: global: of or concerning the whole world1) combine: join together; unite2) implement: carry out or put into practice3) illusion: a false idea, esp. about oneself4) indispensable: too important or too useful to be without5) intelligence: (good) ability to learn, reason,
28、and understand6) emphasis: special force or attention given to sth. to show that it is particularly important7) reconcile: find agreement between (two ideas, situations, etc., that seem to be in opposition)8) negotiate: talk with another person or group in order to try to come to an agreement or set
29、tle an argument2 Fill in each blank with a word or phrase from Text B. Both the explanation and the number of the paragraph in which the target word or phrase appears are given in brackets. Be sure to use the proper form.Example: The whole region is crying out for rain it has been dry for three mont
30、hs.(be in great need of; demand urgently: Para. 2)1) There was a big surprise in store for Paul when he got to his office: he got promoted!(about to happen: Para. 1)2) He wants to buy a DVD player, and has been saving money to this end for these two months.(to help achieve this aim or purpose: Para.
31、 2)3) His grandma died last month. And in accordance with her will (遗嘱), she was buried in France.(in a way that fulfils or agrees with: Para. 2)4) The details of this programme are dealt with in depth elsewhere in this book.(done with great thoroughness: Para. 5)5) Before this road was built, the o
32、nly access to the village was by boat. (means or right of using, reaching, or obtaining: Para. 8)6) Dont worry about your sons shyness; its just a phase hes going through.(a stage of development: Para. 10)Checking Your Comprehension1 Answer the following questions with the information contained in T
33、ext B.1) On what should the role of education be based in the 21st century?The role of education in the 21st century should be based on the hope for a world that is a better place to live in.2) What are some of the problems in the 21st century that humankind should overcome in order to make the worl
34、d a better place to live in?We have to overcome the tensions between the global and the local, between tradition and modernity, between long-term and short-term considerations, between the need for competition and the concern for equality of opportunity and between the spiritual and the material so
35、as to make the world a better place to live in.3) In what way can we learn to live together?We can learn to live together by understanding others and their history, traditions and spiritual values, implementing common projects and managing the inevitable conflicts in an intelligent and peaceful way.
36、4) Is the idea of being a multi-subject specialist feasible? Why or why not?No. Because there are so many different types of knowledge; any attempt to know everything would be an illusion.5) Whats the fundamental function of general education?General education provides the passport to lifelong education. It enables people to learn other languages and become familiar with other subjects. It
