Unit 15 Period One

1、Unit 15LearningPeriod OneWarmup and Lesson 1Lifelong Learning.用適當?shù)慕?、副詞填空1I decided to give myself a second chance by studying _ a degree _ the evenings and _ weekends while keeping a secure fulltime job.2I have always dreamed _ starting my own company.3I got my grandson to instruct me _ how to email

2、 and use the Internet.4And aside_ emailing，its fun to see and talk to my grandchildren in the US _ the iCam.5Im doing an English course _ the Internet.佳句翻譯與仿寫1Its never too late to learn.翻譯_仿寫我的咖啡太燙了，沒法喝。_2Now Im about to graduate from the School of Continuing Education at Qinghua University.翻譯_仿寫我剛

3、要給媽媽打電話，這時她回來了。_3In the past，if someone like me had failed to get into university through the college exam，he would have had no chance of getting a degree.翻譯_仿寫要是他仔細一點的話，他是不會犯這樣一個錯誤的。_4I felt as if I had done something wrong!翻譯_仿寫她說話的口氣好像這件事她全都知道了。_5I decided that it was time I became an Internet us

4、er.翻譯_仿寫我該去上學了。_.單項填空1That was the advice _ I got after I failed my college entrance exam.Which choice is WRONG?Athat Bwhich Cwhat D/2Because _ my new qualification，Im getting _ at work.Aof；promoting Bof；promotedC/；promoting D/；promoted3Three months ago，my manager _ about 20 workers，including me.Ala

5、id out Blaid on Claid off Dlaid in4In the past，if Id wanted to see them，I would have had to visit them _.Aon purpose Bby nature Cat heart Din person5It all started a few months ago _ postage went up.Aif Bwhen Cwhich Dsince6When my manager told me that I would be laid off，my mind _ blank and my heart

6、 swelled with anger.Atook Bmade Cwent Dhad7I have learnt _ new skills.Asuch many Bso many Csuch much Dso much8I really enjoy the speed _ my messages get sent and answered.Aof which Bwith which Cat which Dinto which.閱讀理解The question of what children learn, and how they should learn, is continually be

7、ing debated and redebated.Nobody dares any longer to defend the old system, the learning of lessons parrotfashion, the grammarwithawhip system, which was good enough for our grandparents. The theories of modern psychology have stepped in to argue that we must understand the need of children. Childre

8、n are not just small adults；they are children who must be respected as much.Well, you may say, this is as it should be, a good idea.But think further. What happens? “Education” becomes the responsibility not of teachers, but of psychologists(心理學家). What happens then? Teachers worry too much about th

9、e psychological implications(暗示) of their lessons, and forget about the subjects themselves. If a child dislikes a lesson, the teacher feels that it is his fault, not the childs. So teachers worry whether history is “relevant” to modern young children. And do they dare to recount stories about viole

10、nce? Or will this make the children themselves violent? Can they tell their classes about children of different races, or will this encourage racial hatred? Why teach children to write grammatical sentences? Verbal expression is better. Sums? Arithmetic? No.Reallife mathematical situations are more

11、understandable.You see, you may go too far. Influenced by educational theorists, who have nothing better to do than to write books about their ideas, teachers leave their teachertraining colleges filled with grand, psychological ideas about children and their needs. They make elaborate, sophisticate

12、d(精致的，復(fù)雜的) preparations and try out their “modern methods” on the longsuffering children. Since one “modern method” rapidly replaces another, the poor kids will have had a good bellyful by the time they leave school. Frequently the modern methods are so sophisticated that they fail to be understood

13、by the teachers, let alone the children; even more often, the relaxed discipline so essential for the “ informal” feelings the class must have, prevents all but a handful of children from learning anything.1. People do not dare to defend the old system mainly because under the old system_.Atoo much

14、grammar was taught to childrenBchildren were spoiled (寵壞)Cchildren were treated as grownupsDchildren were made to learn passively(被動的)2. What view do the modern psychologists hold?AChildren must be understood and respected.BChildren are small adults and know what they need.CChildren are better off w

15、ithout learning lessons.DEducation of children is the responsibility of psychologists.3. What happens when teachers pay too much attention to the psychology of their lessons?AThey find that the children dislike the lessons.BThey tend to blame students for their failure.CThey do not pay enough attent

16、ion to the actual lessons.DThey no longer want to teach children history.4. Grammatical sentences are regarded as unimportant because_.Ait is better to use verbs onlyBwords are said out of natural feelings onlyCtalking freely and naturally without sentences is a better form of expressionD. it is fel

17、t that formal grammar rules might cause unnatural expressions5. According to the passage, the modern methods are understood by_.Aneither teachers nor pupilsBonly a handful of teachers and pupilsCthe more sophisticated teachersDeveryone who enjoys the relaxed discipline of the informal classeslong ad

18、j.長的；adv.長久地，長期地生義：v.渴望，盼望(1)I longed to see her again.我盼望再次見到她。(2)Tom longed for some excitement，something new.湯姆渴望某些刺激，某些新東西。課時作業(yè)答案解析Period OneWarmup and Lesson 1Lifelong Learning.1.for；in；on2.of3.on4.from；on5.on.1.學習永遠都不會太晚。/活到老，學到老。My coffee is too hot to drink.2現(xiàn)在我即將從清華大學的繼續(xù)教育學院畢業(yè)I was about to

19、 phone mother when she came back.3過去像我這樣不能夠通過高考而考進大學的人是沒有機會拿到學位的。He would not have made such a mistake if he had been careful.4我感覺好像自己犯了錯似的。She talked as if/though she had known all about it.5我覺得是我成為互聯(lián)網(wǎng)用戶的時候了。It is time that I went to school.1.C句意為：這是我在高考失敗后得到的建議。advice之后是定語從句“I got.”，而且advice在從句中作g

20、ot的賓語，所以可以用關(guān)系代詞that或which，或者不填。再者what不引導(dǎo)定語從句，故錯誤項應(yīng)選C項。2Bbecause引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句，because of后只能跟名詞、代詞或動名詞短語，所以排除C、D兩項。主句中I與promote之間為動賓關(guān)系，故選B項。3C句意為：三個月前，我的經(jīng)理解雇了大約20個工人，其中包括我。lay out布置；lay on供應(yīng)(尤指食物或娛樂)；lay off解雇；lay in貯存。由句意知應(yīng)選C項。4D句意為：過去，如果我想見到他們，就不得不親自去看他們。on purpose故意地；by nature天生，生來；at heart內(nèi)心里，實質(zhì)上考慮的是；in person親自，親身。由句意知應(yīng)選D項。5B句意為：一切開