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1、Unit Three,Why I Teach? 我为什么教书？,Before Reading_1.1,Discussion,Work in pairs and try to figure out the occupations of the people in the pictures.,What do you want to be?,doctor,pilot,scientist,butcher,director,engineer,businessman,teacher,salesman,Warm-up Questions,1.What do you want to do after grad
2、uation? 2.Would you like to be a teacher? Why or why not? Joys: freedom, change, challenge, achievement, feeling young and fulfilled, respect, long vacations, etc Frustrations: low pay, constant challenges, heavy load academic pressure, lack of understanding from students, etc.,The reasons I teach,L
3、ong vacation (opportunity to do what I enjoy, like reading, research) Feeling young and fulfilled Sense of achievement,before the text,probably : perhaps, presumably time and again: 屡次，常常 outweigh: be more important or valuable than sth. else 比重（在重量上）；比重要；比有价值,The benefits of this treatment far outw
4、eigh any risks. outdo: do better than: 超过，胜过 The nine-year-old outdo all his siblings. 九岁的孩子胜过了他的兄弟姐妹。 outgrow: too old to sth: 长大而不再适合 I have outgrown the age of playing toy. 我已经超过了玩玩具的年龄。 She outgrew her dress.,Para. one,1. What is the goal most Americans are taught to aim for in their life? 2. De
5、os the author want the same as most Americans do? 3. Why was the authors friend puzzled? 4. What does the expression “step up” mean?,Para One,administrative ；step-up administrative dmnstretv adj. 管理的，行政的 He holds an administrative post in the company. hold a post: 任职 administrate v. 管理；经营 administra
6、tion n. 管理，行政 administrator n. 管理人员，行政人员,My friend asked the question when I told him that I didnt want to be considered for an administrative position. T: 当我朋友为我为什么教书时，我告诉他是因为我不想考虑做管理类的工作。,step-up: promotion, 递升的，递进的,Analyze: He was puzzled that I did not want what was obviously a “step-up” toward
7、what all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money and power. 主句？ He was puzzled 主系表结构 that 引导的宾语从句 I didnt want what was: what 引导want 的宾语从句,toward what all Americans are taught to want what 引导的是toward 介词后面的宾语从句，want 的宾语 money and power : 解释说明,T: 所有的美国人受的教育是长大成人后应该追求金钱和权力，而我却偏偏不要明明是朝着这个目
8、标“迈进”的工作，他为之大惑不解。,Para 2,mechanic; carpenter; sweaty ; palm; profession; stay up; convince Certainly, I dont teach because teaching is easy for me. 如何理解？ A. 我不教书，是因为教书对我来说很简单。 B. 我教书，不是因为我觉得教书轻松。,I dont teach because teaching is easy for me.在形式上允许两种语义的解释：,1）I dont teach because teaching is easy for
9、me. (Teaching is easy for me, so I dont teach.) 2) I dont teach because teaching is easy for me. ( I teach, but it isnt because teaching is easy for me.),not because 结构,not一般修饰because,但也可修饰not后面的内容。视上下文而定。 For examples： I dont take fast food because I like it; I have got to save time. Bob was not he
10、re because he lost his way. I dont love you because of your wealth.,Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, writer. mechanic: mknk n. 机械工，机修工 carpenter: krpnt n. 木匠 attempt to do sth: try to do sth difficult 尝试做某事,earn ones living:
11、谋生 = make a living 我尝试着以写作谋生。 I try to earn my living by writing. I try to make a living by selling clothes.,For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession. sweat: swt 汗水 (n use as a base for further development All research builds on work by previous reseachers. Her conclusi
12、on is built on a careful analysis of current international affairs.,Even if I use the same textbook I have use before, I always teach in a different way as I may have new ideas about the subject. Each year I have new students who are different from the ones I have taught before and therefore I have
13、to change my way of teaching according to meet their needs.,Para 8,I teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer. T： 我教书，是因为我喜欢向学生提出必须绞尽脑汁才能回答的问题。,The world is full of right answers to bad questions. What does “bad questions” refer to? It refers to careless questions
14、or simple questions that every student can answer easily without difficulty. T： 我们这个世界有无穷无尽的正确答案来对付拙劣的问题。,Para 9,I teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting myself and my students out of the ivory tower and into the real world. ivory avri n. 象牙；乳白色,Ivory Tower,Ivory Tower是根据圣经旧约雅歌（the Old Testam
15、ent, song of songs）里，睿智富有的以色列王所罗门（Solomon）曾诗歌1005首，其中雅歌都是爱情之歌。在第五首歌中，新郎是这样赞美新娘的，“Your neck is like an ivory tower.” Institutions like universities and colleges are often referred to as “ivory towers” where professors and their students engage in pursuits that are disconnected from the practical conc
16、erns of everyday life .,T： 我教书，是因为我喜欢想方设法使自己和我的学生从象牙塔里走出来，步入现实世界。,I once taught a course called Self-Reliance in a Technological Society. Reliance:rlans 信赖；信心；依靠 self-reliance:自力更生 rely: 依赖，依靠 rely on 注意：dependence 是依靠的意思 independence是独立，不依靠,technological adj. tknldkl 技术的，工艺的 We are living in an era of rapid techonological change. 我们生活在一个科技快速变化的时代。 technology n. 技术 科学技术： science and technology,Para 10,But we also set up a corporation, borrowed money, purchased a run
