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1、Unit 8 Coping with an Educational ProblemLead in ActivitiesGlobal ReadingCulture NotesExercisesDetailed ReadingText A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem Do you think you are lazy,especially intellectual laziness?Do your parents hope you are lazy?Do you expect your ch
2、ildren are very lazy?Will you force them to study hard or work hard?What is the result of laziness or idleness?Genius is one percent inspiration,and ninety-nine percent perspiration.-Thomas Alva Edison.Hunger,poverty,and slavery are the fate of the lazy ox.Lazy hands make a man poor,but diligent han
3、ds bring wealth.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational ProblemQuestions:1.What was the teenage salesgirl amazed at?2.What is the authors thought about this incident?Why?What is your thought?3.What other examples does the author give to show children today are ignorant and
4、 lazy?4.Can he avoid the competition with Asians?Why?5.With an idle,ignorant labor force.What will happen?6.To awaken teenagers,what does the author suggest?What will I do?Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem7.How many Kevin Hanleys are there in this part?Name R
5、elationship JobKey wordsKevin1835Great-great-great-grandfatherApeasantKevin1928Great-grandfatherAsteel-millworkerKevin1945 grandfatherAsoldierKevin1966 FatherAstudentKevin1990 himselfAcleanerKevin2020 SonAporterKevin2050 grandsonLiveinaslumandsearchthroughtrashPilesforfoodText A-Fable of the Lazy Te
6、enagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem8.What does the fable convey to us?9.What is the use of education?10.What can make Japanese rise from the ashes after they were defeated?11.Why does Kevin 1990 decide to study instead of going shopping?Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with
7、 an Educational Problem Text StructurePartsParasMain IdeasPart 1Part 2para 1-10Teenagers idleness and ignorance will produce serious effects on all concerned and society as a whole.para11-24Kevin 1990 comes to realize in his dream how greatly lack of education costs his forebears,himself,his childre
8、n and the society they live in,and how important it is to study hard.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational ProblemTheWealthofNationsU.C.L.AText A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational ProblemvU.C.L.A:The largest of the eight branches of the Universi
9、ty of California.It was established in 1919 and now has about 35000 students It is known especially for its film students.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational ProblemvTheWealthofNations:Animportantworkof economic and social theory by AdamSmith,publishedin1776.Itsfulltil
10、ewas“AnInquiryintotheNatureandCausesoftheWealthofNations”.Initheanalyzedthe relationship between work and theproductionofanationswealth.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational ProblemHisconclusionwasthatthebesteconomicsituationresultsfromencouraging free enterprise.This id
11、eahashadagreatinfluenceoneconomictheoriessinceanditformedthebasisoftheeconomicpoliciesoftheconservative government in Britain inthe1980s.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational ProblemDetailedUnderstandingLanguage PointsSentence StructureWriting SkillsTranslationText A-Fab
12、le of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem1.run out of:use up or finish a supply of sth.Have you run out of your money you parents give you?Ive run out of milk/money/ideas/patience.My patience is beginning to run out.My passport runs out next monthText A-Fable of the Lazy Teena
13、gerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem2.in amazement:with a feeling of great surprise or disbeliefShe stared in amazement.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem3.upset:make sb.Worry or feel unhappy;be upset by/aboutHe were upset by his parents divorce.The ba
14、d news upset me.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem4.ignorant:knowing little or nothing;be ignorant of/aboutMany teenagers are surprisingly ignorant about current politics.Do you know much about western movies and music?I am ignorant of the fact that he was dea
15、d two days ago.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem5.sum up:give a brief summary of sth.The teacher would sum up the main points of the lesson before he ended the class.How do you sum up your college life up to now?Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping
16、with an Educational Ppete with:try to be better than sb.;compete with/against sb for sth.Its difficult for a small supermarket to compete against/with the big supermarkets.to compete with others for a prize;compete with other countries for world marketText A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping w
17、ith an Educational Problem7.accumulate:collect,gather together,esp,over a period of timeBuying ten books every month,he soon accumulated a large number of good books.His debts accumulated.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem8.affect:have an influence onThe divor
18、ce affected every aspect of her life.I was deeply affected by the film.The whole zhejiang was affected by the drought this summer.Our economy was affected by the Asian financial crisis.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem9.jam:get stuckThe door has jammed.The ro
19、ad is jammed up with cars.The lock jammed and I couldnt open it.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem10.break down:stop working Our car broke down.Talks between the two countries broke down when the two sides failed to reach an agreement.Text A-Fable of the Lazy
20、TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem11.drive home to:make sth clear so that people understand it;drive sth to sb.His parents tried to drive home to him the importance of hard work.I tried to drive home to the point that I need more money to do this work,but the boss seemed not to unders
21、tand it.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem12.better off:richer than you were before;more comfortableIn china,most people are better off than they were 10years ago.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem13.decline:a gradual de
22、crease in the quality,quantity,or importance of sth.Followed by inHis interest in the music declined after his wife died.a decline in the number of unemployedthe decline of the Roman EmpireHome cooking seems to be on the/in declineText A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Pr
23、oblem14.acquire:getWe must work hard to acquire a good knowledge of English.he acquired a reputation for dishonesty.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerUnit 8 Coping with an Educational Problem15.astonish:surprise very muchWe were astonished to hear that their football team had won the champion.He was
24、astonished at what he found.Text A-Fable of the Lazy TeenagerWriting Strategy cause and effect Sound Reasoning or Logic When discussing causes and effects,make sure your analysis is logical.You must not take it for granted that event A causes event B simply because event A precedes event B.In other words,you must explain clearly what really brings about a particular result.Possible Shift in Order In cause-and-effect writing,it seems convenient to state the effect first and then analyze the causes.The reverse order,however,is to be preferred when one cause leads to number of effects.Back