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students’ ments indicate they don’t understand something, the teacher can then do something to help students improve their understanding. Students’ ments may also help teachers decide which activities and materials are effective and ineffective. Also, the knowledge that their view counts in class may motivate students to get involved with class work.4. How do your experiences in both lecture classesand smaller classes pare with Daniels’s descriptions? As a student, which type of class do you prefer? Why? If you were an instructor, which type of class would you prefer to teach? Why?Answer:Answers will vary.ThesisandSupport OutlineThesis: Colleges and universities should offer interactive, not lecture, classes to first and secondyear students (4, 15). 1. The lecture system is outmoded (4). 2. It is inadequate for students, especially less experienced students (511). 3. It is harmful to educators (12). 4. The lecture system continues because administrators like its profitability and teachers and students find it easier (13). 5. Small, interactive classes benefit both students and teachers (14).1. 若不給自己設限,則人生中就沒有限制你發(fā)揮的藩籬。 the reality is that alcohol can make one less sexy (56). 3. A third part of the myth is that alcohol bines well with athletics。 alcohol will make you sexually attractive) behind such ads.Critical Reading and Discussion,6691. Dunayer presents and then rebuts four “myths” about alcohol. What are these four myths? According to Dunayer, what is the reality behind each myth?Answer:(1) Alcohol will make you professionally successful. In fact, says Dunayer, alcohol is frequently tied to low achievement and poverty. (2) Alcohol will make you sexually attractive. Dunayer says that alcohol actually lowers one’s hormones and can lead to impotence and infertility. (3) Alcohol and sports mix well. Dunayer points out that alcohol slows the reflexes, interferes with the eyes’ ability to focus, and increases the likelihood of various serious diseases. (4) Alcohol brings families closer together. In fact, Dunayer writes, alcohol is frequently involved in domestic violence, suicide, and birth defects.2. Dunayer concludes, “‘Here’s to your health’ rings with a terrible irony when it is acpanied by the clink of liquor glasses” (paragraph 11). What is the “terrible irony” she refers to? How does this irony—already signaled in her essay’s title—relate to her main point?Answer:The irony is that alcohol, rather than promoting one’s health, is often tied to illness and misery. The irony is also implied in her main point—that while advertising myths promise us that alcohol will improve our lives, it is far more likely to have destructive effects.3. Do you think Dunayer’s essay about the myths of alcohol is onesided, or is it balanced? Explain. What additional points could be used to support her point or to rebut it?Answer:The essay is onesided in the sense that Dunayer does not include opinions from people who disagree with her. Other points she might have used to support her argument include the widespread idea among young people that using alcohol makes them seem more adult. Rebuttals of Dunayer’s argument could include the ideas that many people use alcohol responsibly and that the problem is not with the product itself but with irresponsible people’s misuse of it.4. Advertisers often create myths or use false ideas to get people to buy their products. Besides alcohol ads, what are some other examples of manipulative or deceptive advertising? Do you think advertisers should be permitted to use such tactics to sell products?Answer:Answers will vary.Thesisand Support OutlineThesis: The media and our culture promote a false myth about alcohol. 1. Part of the myth is that alcohol signals success。 it represents her perspective, which contradicts what the ad in paragraph 3 suggests about whiskey.Contrary to what the liquor pany would have us believe, drinking is more closely related to lack of success than to achievements.She then follows that sentence with supporting facts. By presenting her perspective after describing each part of the myth, Dunayer makes her points more dramatically: She sets up an appealing image in the first paragraph of each pair only to knock it down with force in the second one.4. In her essay, Dunayer provides vivid descriptions of alcohol advertisements, particularly in paragraphs 3 and 5. What vivid details does she provide? How do these details support her main point?Answer:In paragraph 3 she describes in detail the print ad showing two prosperouslooking businessmen in a restaurant, surrounded by fine crystal, velvet draperies, and spotless linen. In paragraph 5, she provides details about a beach scene: a young, beautiful, sexy woman。 7 and 8。 answer d, never directly stated in the article, is too narrow. 5. b Paragraph 6 6. False Paragraph 4 7. True Paragraph 8 8. a 9. False Paragraphs 6 and 8 10. d Paragraphs 4 and 8Structure and Technique,668669 1. What method of introduction does Dunayer use? What effect do you think she hoped to achieve with this introduction?Answer:She uses an anecdote. By telling a brief story about Tod’s experience, she puts a human face on the larger idea that alcohol abuse is linked to societal pressure. It also sets the tone for Dunayer’s thesis by showing th