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1、Warming upStarting pointActive readingLanguage in useReading across culturesFurther readingTalking pointGuided writingLive and learnWarming upLive and learn1. Listen and underline any words or expressions which are different from what you hear. Think about it! Here are some tips for students who wan
2、t to increase their thinking power. The more carefully you think about something, the less interesting it becomes. A university student can learn a lot from TV programmes as well as from teachers. If you take a break when you get stuck on a difficult passage in a book, it may be more difficult to un
3、derstand when you come back to it. The more carefully you think about something, the less interesting it becomes. (more) A university student can learn a lot from TV programmes as well as from teachers. (other student) If you take a break when you get stuck on a difficult passage in a book, it may b
4、e more difficult to understand when you come back to it. (easier)Starting point Dont believe anything your teacher says. Be prepared to check the facts. Read your lecture notes again within 24 days. Otherwise they may not make sense to you anymore. If you have any good ideas while you are in the bat
5、h, get out and write them down. Otherwise you will forget them. Its important to believe in your own ideas as much as anybody elses. Dont believe anything your teacher says. Be prepared to check the facts. (everything) Read your lecture notes again within 24 days. (hours) Otherwise they may not make
6、 sense to you anymore. If you have any good ideas while you are in the bath, get out and write them down. Otherwise you will forget them. (bed) Its important to believe in your own ideas as much as anybody elses. (more than)Starting point2. Work in pairs and discuss the advice. Decide which tips you
7、 agree with, and which you dont.Shorter points on the tips: 1st one: The first seems true to me. If you just look at an ant for a moment, it is of little interest, but if you start thinking about how they live, what they do and so on, it gets fascinating, and its like that with most things. 2nd one:
8、 Though perhaps there is a difference. You are more likely to learn subject knowledge from your teacher and other types of knowledge from friends who have had different experiences of life.Starting point 3rd one: There is no point in just reading and rereading. You need to go and give your mind a br
9、eak, and then try again when you feel fresh. 4th one: I think that depends on the sort of thing the teacher says. If a teacher gives you facts about the subject, they are not likely to be wrong; but you can question opinions. 5th one: This is very good advice. I wish I took it more often. Some of my
10、 notes are like a strange foreign language!Starting point 6th one: Even better keep a notebook with you all the time. You can put it by the bath as long as you are careful not to get it wet, as well as beside your bed. It is better than getting up and looking around for pen and paper. 7th one: Maybe
11、, but there have been plenty of wiser and cleverer people than me so probably I should listen to their opinions first.Starting pointActive readingThinking for yourself Nancy Kline Look at the title of the passage and answer the questions. 1 What is “thinking for yourself”?The main meaning is not sim
12、ply adopting the opinions of others, but taking the time and effort to form your own opinion, to be an independent thinker.Active reading2 Is it important to think for yourself?It is of great importance to think for yourself; you couldnt just simply accept the views of others. But we should also lis
13、ten to the wiser people, as they tend to advise us according to their deeper experience.Active reading3 How do you learn to think for yourself?One way is, on any question, to try to think about different points of view. This means you do not just accept an idea but test it against others and only ad
14、opt it if it seems the best one to you.Active reading4 Is it possible to teach someone to think forthemselves?Yes, it is possible but not easy. It has to be a process. I think it comes slowly when students, with the encouragement of teachers, learn to challenge themselves in a stimulating environmen
15、t. One day they will find themselves actually thinking for themselves. If the teacher praises them for this, it will strengthen the habit.Active reading Browse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it. Choose the best answer to the questions on page 4 and 5.Task1 Why does the writer
16、 believe thinking for oneself is not popular?(a) Because it takes too much time.(b) Because institutions dont like it.(c) Because it doesnt lead to progress.(d) Because only a few people are able to do it.Answer: (b)Skimming2 How often are people interested in what other people think according to the writer?(a) Always.(b) Often.(c) Hardly ever.(d) Never.Answer: (c)Skimming3 Who first made
