【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 check the true statements about the UK today. Active reading 1: Navigation More Comprehending the text Group 1 read Paras. 14 to check the true statements about the 1960s. 1. students at the University of California, Berkeley did not protest. 2. students in Europe and the US spent a lot of time protesting. 3. there was violence on university campuses in Europe. 4. students and workers went on strike together in France. 5. the UK Prime Minister had to resign because of student protests. 6. students discovered a sense of freedom on campus. Active reading 1: Navigation More Comprehending the text Group 2 read Paras. 57 to check the true statements about the UK today. 7. more young people than ever go to university. 8. most students fail to plete their studies. 9. international students are more interested in lifestyle than quality of courses. 10. students need their parents for financial help. 11. students don’t contact their parents as often as they used to. 12. students don’t enjoy university life as much as they used to. Active reading 1: Navigation Expressing contrasting information Work in groups to find out examples of contrasting techniques in the text. Active reading 1: Navigation ―College isn’t special one‖ is an opinion piece of writing which discusses college life in the 60s and now. To express the idea that student life has changed, the author adopts the following 3 techniques: ? Words suggesting the change ? Questions ? Comparative structure Words suggesting the change: These days political, social and creative awakening seems to happen not because of college, but in spite of it. Yet college education is no longer a topic of great national importance. Instead of the heady atmosphere of freedom which students in the 1960s discovered, students today are much more serious. Gone are the days when a son or daughter rang home once or twice a term. Active reading 1: Navigation Expressing contrasting information More Questions: Where’s the passion today? What’s the matter with college? So why aren’t they true for the students of today? Comparative structure: Instead of the heady atmosphere of freedom which students in the 1960s discovered, students today are much more serious. In an uncertain world, many children rely on their parents’ support much longer than they used to. Active reading 1: Navigation Expressing contrasting information do you think is the purpose of a university education? Should it be an end in itself or a means to an end? factors influenced your choice of university and the course you are doing? you had the chance to continue your studies abroad, what factors would influence your choice of destination? do young people protest more than old people? you think today’s young people in China are very different from the previous generations? Text evaluation Work in groups and discuss the questions, each group with one question only. Active reading 1: Navigation 1. What do you think is the purpose of a university education? Should it be an end in itself or a means to an end? Text evaluation (1) to train people to create thinking and things (2) to transmit theories, knowledge and skills An end in itself A means to an end give Ss the necessary abilities to survive in the real world and to contribute to society Active reading 1: Navigation Back 2. What factors influenced your choice of university and the course you are doing? Text evaluation factors quality of courses offered teaching staff location Active reading 1: Navigation Back 3. If you had the chance to continue your studies abroad, what factors would influence your choice of destination? Text evaluation quality of courses offered teaching staff factors how the university and staff care about their students Active reading 1: Navigation Back 4. Why do young people protest more than old people? Text evaluation We can change the world! strong energy no fear Active reading 1: Navigation Back 5. Do you think today’s young people in China are very different from the previous generations? Text evaluation have great pressure be spoilt Active reading 1: Navigation Back Summarising Talking point Employment opportunities Student life Active reading 1: Destination Summarising What are the most important issues for students today? Is the university 1) ________ really such a different place pared to what it was 40 years ago? For the students in the 1960s, going to college was the most 2) ________________________ experience of their life. They took part in 3) ________ and launched 4) _________ against the establishment with their new and 5) _____________ mitment to freedom and justice. Going to college also meant their first 6) ________ of real freedom. They could discuss the meaning of life, read their first 7) ____________ book and see their first indie film. Summarise the text by filling the blanks. exciting and stimulating campus strikes protests passionate forbidden taste Active reading 1: Destination More Summarising In contrast, the students today don’t have the 8) _________ for college life that they used to. Today, college is seen as a kind of small town from which people are 9) ________ to escape. Instead of the 10) ________ atmosphere of freedom which students in the 1960s discovered, students today are much more 11) __________. College has bee 12) ___________________, an opportunity to improve their 13) __________ of being petitive in the 14) ______________ market, and not an end 15) __________. But in spite of all this, the role of the university is the same as it always has been. It is the place