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calligraphers ’ personal feelings, knowledge-,csueltlifvation, personality, and
’ s
so forth, thus there is an expression that “ seeingthe calligrapher handwriting is like seeing the person
culture, Chinese calligraphy shines splendidly in the world of culture and art.
” . As one of the treasures of Chinese
’ s treasu
Text B The great journey of learning
2. Understanding the text
D. 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. D
4. Words in use
mysterious 2. desperate 3. devise 4. negotiate 5. recalled 6. specifically 7. depict
8. Ignorance 9. Expand 10 confusion
5. Expressions in use apply to
2. in a bid to
3. end up
4. speaking of
8. focus on
5. get hold of 6. appealed to 7. leaving ..behind
EX. 6 Sentence structure .
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even though it is important of the students to have a deep understanding of the texts, it doesn the beginning to the end
as it is a matter of little importance to us, it doesn argue out which is wrong or right or which is better or worse
it makes no sense to compel children to obey their parents; instead, we should try to tell them what is right and what is wrong.
’ t make much se
’ t make any sense to read texts word for word from
EX. 7.
II might as well have stayed at home. We might as well have taken the train home So he might as well have told me all about it .
Collocation: Warm-up essential framework
2. distinctive difference
3 high standards
6 acquire
4 valuable possessions knowledge
5 considerable frustration
7 overcome deficiencies 8 sketch thoughts Ex. 8
1 essential framework language deficit
9 devise a scheme
2 proper vocabulary 3 excellent control 4
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5 high standards 6 language proficiency 7 acquire knowledge
8 competent communication 9 overcome deficiencies
10 sketch
thoughts
11 effective communication
12 advanced vocabulary
Unit 2 College-The ladder to success
Text A The humanities:Out of date?
Reading Comprehension
1. because English or history majors are considered less competitive when
the job market is shrinking, and they have to study something that can help them more easily locate their future jobs.
2. because as the tuition is climbing higher and higher, many students have run away from studying the h umanities and toward
“ hard ”they think will lead to employment.
3. since more students are now taking job-oriented
courses, libraries,
where students of liberal arts used to study, are getting less popular than before; in contrast, labs are getting more eye-catching because students of science and engineering do experiments and research there.
4. because this inner drive that can be either constructive or destructive is so mysterious and powerful that it has attracted many people to speculate
on it. From ancient times, these men and women developed artistic
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skills that
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“ languages in ”the form of story, music, myth, painting, architecture, sculpture, landscape and traditions, which from the very foundation civilization.
5. Studying the humanities improves your ability to read and write, makes you familiar with the language of emotion and the creative process, and, more importantly, provides you with a wide scope of possibilities that are open to you.
6. Because in modern life, an ideal capacity for establis
hing one
’ s career is
of
to have both technical knowledge and inner insight, not just one without the other. 7. “ We-lrlounded
human beings ”are those who have insight
and
understand the passions, hopes and dreams common to all humanity. 8. Since many people who once studied the humanities became famous
in their career, the author implies that if students spend more time studying the humanities, they could surely become successful in the future as well.
Language focus 3
1. promotes 2. accelerate 3. mystery analysis
7. calculate 8. barriers 9. destruction 10. prospect
4. insight
5. boost 6.
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