Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem

Lead in Activities Global Reading Culture Notes Detailed Reading ExercisesText A----Fable of the Lazy Teenager

Unit 8 Coping with an Educational ProblemDo you think you are lazy, especially intellectual laziness? Do your parents hope you are lazy? Do you expect your children are very lazy? Will you force them to study hard or work hard? What is the result of laziness or idleness?Genius is one percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent perspiration. -- Thomas Alva Edison. Hunger, poverty, and slavery are the fate of the lazy ox. Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

Text A----Fable of the Lazy Teenager

Unit 8 Coping with an Educational ProblemQuestions: 1. What was the teenage salesgirl amazed at? 2. What is the author’s thought about this incident? Why? What is your thought? 3. What other examples does the author give to show children today are ignorant and lazy? 4. Can he avoid the competition with Asians? Why? 5. With an idle, ignorant labor force. What will happen? 6. To awaken teenagers, what does the author suggest? What will I do?

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem7. How many Kevin Hanleys are there in this part? Key words Name Relationship Job Kevin 1835 Kevin 1928Great-great-greatgrandfather Great-grandfather

A peasant A steel-mill worker A soldier A student A cleaner A porterLive in a slum and search through trash Piles for food

Kevin 1945 grandfather Kevin 1966 Father Kevin 1990 himself Kevin 2020 Son

Kevin 2050 grandson

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem 8. What does the fable convey to us? 9. What is the use of education? 10. What can make Japanese rise from the ashes after they were defeated? 11. Why does Kevin 1990 decide to study instead of going shopping?Text A----Fable of the Lazy Teenager

Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem

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Teenager’s idleness and ignorance will produce serious effects on all concerned and society as a whole. Kevin 1990 comes to realize in his dream how greatly lack of education costs his forebears, himself, his children and the society they live in, and how important it is to study hard.

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem

U.C.L.A The Wealth of Nations

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem U.C.L.A

: The largest of the eight branches

of the University of California. It was established in 1919 and now has about 35000 students It is known especially for its film students.

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem The Wealth of Nations: An important work of economic and social theory by Adam Smith , published in 1776.Its full tile was “ An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Na

tions”. In it he analyzed the relationship between work and the production of a nation’s wealth.

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem His conclusion was that the best economic situation results from encouraging free enterprise .This idea has had a great influence on economic theories since and it formed the basis of the economic policies of the conservative government in Britain in the 1980s.

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem Detailed Understanding

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem1. run out of: use up or finish a supply of sth.

Have you run out of your money you parents give you? I've run out of milk/money/ideas/patience. My patience is beginning to run out. My passport runs out next month

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem2. in amazement: with a feeling of great surprise or disbelief

She stared in amazement.

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem3. upset: make sb. Worry or feel unhappy; be upset by/ about

He were upset by his parents’ divorce. The bad news upset me.

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem4. ignorant: knowing little or nothing; be ignorant of / about Many teenagers are surprisingly ignorant about current politics. Do you know much about western movies and music? I am ignorant of the fact that he was dead two days ago.

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem5. sum up: give a brief summary of sth. The teacher would sum up the main points of the lesson before he ended the class. How do you sum up your college life up to now?

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem6. compete with: try to be better than sb.;

compete with/against sb for sth.It's difficult for a small supermarket to compete against/with the big supermarkets. to compete with others for a prize; compete with other countries for world market

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem7. accumulate: collect, gather together, esp, over a period of time

Buying ten books every month, he soon accumulated a large number of good books. His debts accumulated.

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Unit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem8. affect: have an influence on The divorce affected every aspect of her life. I was deeply affected by the film.

The whole zhejiang was affected by the drought this summer. Our economy was affected by the Asian financial crisis.

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