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1、Cover Page,Unit 4 Matriculation Fixation,新世纪高等院校英语专业本科系列教材（修订版） 综合教程第六册(第2版) 电子教案,上海外语教育出版社 南京信息工程大学 刘杰海,contents page,Contents,Learning Objectives Pre-reading Activities Global Reading Detailed Reading Consolidation Activities Further Enhancement,objectives,Learning Objectives,Rhetorical skill: nar
2、rative and descriptive writing Key language & grammar points Writing strategies: subtopics Theme: the meaning of high education,Pre-R: picture activation,Picture Activation | Pre-questions,Why do some people have an obsessive interest in attending elite colleges?,Pre-R: pre-questions-1,1. Admission
3、to a good university has always been an important goal for many teenagers. There is a great chance that you have experienced all the pains and joys of fighting for this goal. Now in a different stage of life, would you like to rethink the importance of this goal that has framed and is still framing
4、many young lives?,Picture Activation | Pre-questions,Open for discussion.,Pre-R: pre-questions-2,2. It is undeniable that education enlightens the educated and offers them a greater chance for success. Yet, we know there are many high-achievers who do not have a brilliant educational record and also
5、 many mediocrities who have attended prestigious universities. What do you think is the most important element for one to live a successful life?,Picture Activation | Pre-questions,Open for discussion.,G-R: text introduction,In the essay the author offers his advice to those parents who have college
6、-bound children. He first criticizes those parents who boast of having got their children into select universities. He points out that a good university does not necessarily guarantee a successful career. This is supported by the example of his high school friends. Then he tells those disillusioned
7、parents whose children are unlikely to enter prestigious universities that many people achieve huge success in this society without a degree from a prestigious university. This is supported by his own experience. Finally he reminds those parents that “. life doesnt have just one act. There is often
8、Act Two. And Act Five.”,Text Introduction | Culture Notes | Author | Structure,G-R: CN-Prussian,Prussian (Paragraph 9) the adjective form of “Prussia.” Prussia was a former kingdom of Germany. Originally a small country on the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea, it became a major European power,
9、covering much of modern northeastern Germany and Poland, under Frederick the Great. After the Franco-Prussian War of 18701871, it became the center of Bismarcks new German Empire.,Text Introduction | Culture Notes | Author | Structure,G-R: CN-Amherst,Amherst (Paragraph 11) Amherst is a town in Hamps
10、hire County, Massachusetts, United States in the Connecticut River valley. The town is home to Amherst College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, three of the Five Colleges.,Text Introduction | Culture Notes | Author | Structure,G-R: CN-vanity fair,Vanity Fair (Paragrap
11、h 12) Vanity Fair is an American magazine of pop culture, fashion, and politics published by Cond Nast Publications. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. The current editor is Graydon Carter.,Text
12、Introduction | Culture Notes | Author | Structure,G-R: CN-Bill Gates,Bill Gates (Paragraph 12) US entrepreneur; full name William Henry Gates (1955 ). He co-founded Microsoft, a computer software company. He is one of the richest men in the world today.,Text Introduction | Culture Notes | Author | S
13、tructure,G-R: CN-David Geffen,David Geffen (Paragraph 12) (1943 ) a record executive, film and theatrical producer, and philanthropist. He has been dubbed “Hollywoods first crossover business star.” Born to a Jewish family in New York, Geffen attended the University of Texas at Austin but soon dropp
14、ed out.,Text Introduction | Culture Notes | Author | Structure,G-R: CN-Michael Dell,Michael Dell (Paragraph 12) (1965 ) the chairman of the Board of Directors of Dell, the company he founded in 1984 with $1,000 and an unprecedented idea to build relationships directly with customers. In 1992, Mr. De
15、ll became the youngest CEO ever to earn a ranking on the Fortune 500.,Text Introduction | Culture Notes | Author | Structure,G-R: CN-Graydon Carter,Graydon Carter (Paragraph 12) (1949 ) Canadian-born American journalist and author. He is editor of Vanity Fair. He also co-founded, with Kurt Andersen,
16、 the satirical monthly magazine Spy in 1986.,Text Introduction | Culture Notes | Author | Structure,G-R: CN-Madonna,Madonna (Paragraph 12) (1958 ) US pop singer and actress. Albums such as Like a Virgin (1984) and her image as a sex symbol brought her international stardom in the mid-1980s.,Text Introduction | Culture Notes | Author | Structure,G-R: CN-Ronald Reagan,Ronald Reagan (Paragraph 12) (19112004) 40th president of the
