Unit1 Ways of Learning
Part II Reading Task
Comprehension Content Question Pair Work
1. They were studying arts education in Chinese kindergartens and
elementary schools in Nanjing.
2. Their 18-month-old son Benjamin was fond of trying to place the key
into the slot of the key box during their stay at the Jinling Hotel. 3. They would come over to watch Benjamin and then try to teach him how
to do it properly.
4. Because he realized that this anecdote was directly relevant to their
assigned tasks in China: to investigate early childhood education and to throw light on Chinese attitudes toward creativity.
5. Most of them displayed the same attitude as the staff at the Jinling
Hotel. 6. He emphasized that the most important thing is to teach the child that
on can solve a problem effectively by oneself.
7. He means that this incident pointed to important differences in
educational and artistic practices between China and the USA.
8. The manner in which the Chinese staff saw the need to teach the child
by guiding his hand in the characteristic of a broader attitude to education, one that stands in contrast to the Western preference for leaving the child to explore and learn unaided.
9. One example is of children at the age of 5 or 6 painting flowers, fish
and animals skillfully and confidently; in a second example, calligraphers 9 and 10 years old were producing works; and in a third, young artists work on perfecting their craft for several hours a day. 10. Americans think that unless creativity has been acquired early, it
may never emerge, and skills can be picked up later. Chinese think that if skills are not acquired early, they may never be acquired, and there is no hurry to promote creativity.
11. This is mainly due to the difference in their way of thinking. 12. The author makes the suggestion that we should strike a better balance
between the poles of creativity and basic skills.
Text Organization Working On Your Own
1.
1) The text begins with an anecdote.
2) His thoughts are mainly about different approaches to learning
in China and the West.
3) He winds up the text with a suggestion in the form of a question. 2. Chinese
1) Show a child how to do something, or tech by holding the hand 2) Give greater priority to developing skills at an early age,
believing that creativity can be promoted over time Americans
1) Teach children that they should rely on themselves for solutions
to problems
2) Put more emphasis on fostering creativity in young children,
thinking skills can be picked up later
Language Sense Enhancement
(1) Summarizing
(2) value originality
and independence (3) contrast between
(4) in terms of (5) harbor (6) fearful (7) comparable
(8) promote
creativity (9) emerge
(10) picked up
Language Focus Vocabulary I
1.
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 2.
1)
2) 3) 4) 5)
insert
on occasion investigate In retrospect initial
6) phenomena 7) attached 8) make up for 9) is awaiting 10) not; in the
least 11) promote 12) emerged
a striking contrast between the standards of living in the north of the country and the south.
is said to be superior to synthetic fiber. as a financial center has evolved slowly.
is not relevant to whether he is a good lawyer.
by a little-known sixteen-century Italian poet have found their way into some English magazines.
3.
1) be picked up; can’t accomplish; am exaggerating
2) somewhat; the performance; have neglected; they apply to 3) assist; On the other hand; are valid; a superior
II
1.
1) 2) 2.
1) 2) 3)
continual continuous principal principal principle
3) continual 4) continuous 4) principles 5) principal
III
1. 2. 3. 4.
themselves
himself/herself
herself/by herself/on her own itself
5. ourselves
6. yourself/by yourself/on your
own
Comprehensive Exercises I. cloze
1.
(1) contrast
(2) exaggerating (3) priority
(4) on the other
hand
2.
(1) end
(2) perform (3) facing (4) competent
(5) promoting (6) pick up (7) assist
(8) accomplish (9) occasion (5) equipped (6) designed (7) approach (8) rest
(10) (11) (12)
neglecting worthwhile superior
(9) definitely (10) quality
II. translation
1.
(1) It takes an enormous amount of courage to make a departure from
the tradition.
(2) Tom used to be very shy, but this time he was bold enough to give
a performance in front of a large audience.
(3) Many educators think it desirable to foster the creative spirit
in the child at an early age. (4) Assuming this painting really is a masterpiece, do you think it’s
worthwhile to buy it
(5) If the data is statistically valid, it will throw light on the
problem we are investigating.
2.
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