1、陈伟彬,手机：13695018704 QQ: 381808506,Who are you and what are you doing here?,Mark Edmundson,Warm up,What do you expect of the title? What would you like to write about if you are given this title to write an essay?,Structure of the text,Part I (Paras. 1-2) Part II (Paras. 3-4) Part III (Paras. 5-7) Par
2、t IV (Paras. 8-18) Part V (Paras. 19-23) Part VI (Paras. 24-29) Part VII (Paras. 30-34) Part VIII (Paras. 35-38) Part IX (Paras. 39-40),Part I (Paras. 1-2),Q 1: “You are to be commended”? Q 2: Raising a child effectively takes a village? How about in China? Q 3: To win a place in the entering class
3、has taken a lot of grit on your part? Q 4: what is the authors tone in this part?,Part II (Paras. 3-4),Q 1: Is the author disappointed with all American universities? Q 2: So why cant the students just go on as before, work hard, listen to the teachers, and so on? Q 3: The speaker asks the students
4、to fight, but fight what? Fight who?,Part III (Paras. 5-7),What is his fathers reaction to the authors plan to major in law in college? How about your parents opinions towards your major? What a university education should be?,Part IV (Paras. 8-18),Students problems? Facultys problems? Administrator
5、s problems?,Students want the credentials that will help them get ahead? How about Chinese students? To be poor in America is to be a failure? How about in China? Do you find the problems mentioned in para.9 existing in Jimei University?,The faculty aim to get on? Do you know the evaluating system o
6、f faculty in a university? What do you think a university teacher should focus on? Teaching the students or publishing academic works? Do you find the problems mentioned in para.12 existing in Jimei University? Any solution to the problems?,Why do the administrators fear the students? Cheating is co
7、mmon? Why do students cheat? Any solution to the problem?,Part V (Paras. 19-23),What is Brodheads idea about the aim of university education? What is the authors opinion? How do you understand para. 23? “So why make trouble? Why not just go along”?,Part VI (Paras. 24-29),The quest at the centre of a
8、 liberal arts education is not a luxury quest but a necessity quest? Do you agree? Who are you? Peoples influence on your values? Your parents, friends, teachers,? Do you know Schopenhauer, Edmund Burke? Why are they mentioned in this part?,Part VII (Paras. 30-34),“You may not have read yourself rig
9、ht, and college is the place where you can find out whether you have or not”? Do you agree? What is the reason to read liberal works, such as those written by Blake, Dickinson, Freud and Dickens? What is the “alienated majesty”? Have you ever felt it? What has the author learnt from Emerson and Freu
10、d respectively?,Part VIII (Paras. 35-38),What attitude should the students hold towards those famous writers? What are the students expected to do if they want to get a real university education?,Part IX (Paras. 39-40),How do you understand para. 40? Do you agree with the authors idea about college
11、education mentioned at the end of this essay?,Assignment 1,Presentation in English Choose one of the following topics: 1. 中国大学的建筑与文化 2. 中国学霸 3. 我眼里的老师们（幼儿园、小学、中学、大学） 4. 象牙塔中的生活：成长与烦恼 5. 反思：我的大学生活是不是梦想中的生活 6.大学里的财富（上大学，要学会什么，为谁而学，为什么而学？） 7.大学里的奇闻轶事 8.大学之美 9.（美国、英国、中国名校）大学校训 10. 老师教过我什么？读书至今最深刻的回忆。,Re
12、quirements,Group work of 4 Students You are to make the presentation on Thursday of Week 2 Everyone should participate in and contribute to the presentation. But you may choose one member as the representative to do the presentation. You can use pictures, videos, clips from films or a television pro
13、gram. Time duration for each group: 5-10 ms.,Assignment 2,Write an essay about one of the following topics of at least 400 words: 1. Watch the BBC documentary “Are Our Kids Tough Enough?” （“中国式教学”）, and comment on the merits and the problems of the education systems of both the two countries shown i
14、n it. 2. Your opinion on the problems of college education in China,Requirements,Go to http:/www.pigai.org/index.php?c=teacher&a=createv2 and write down your essay there. 第一个题目作文号：482680， Reflection over the BBC Documentary. 第二个题目作文号：482682 My View on the Problems of College Education in China. You
15、can revise your essay as many times as you like and you have to print the one you are satisfied with and hand in it to me before the National Day Holiday.,Assignment 3,Reading workshop: You are required to finish reading the given section of Frankenstein written by Mary Shelly and you will be asked
16、to summarize it and answer some related questions in each Thursday Class. And you are to do the presentation on the topics given to you in week 12 (Students will be divided into groups) Week 3: Preface and Chapters 1&2 Week 4: Chapters 3-5 Week 5: Chapters 6-8 Week 6: Chapters 9-12 Week 7: Chapters 13-16 Week 8: Chapters 17-20 Week 9: Chapters 21-the end Weeks 10-11: Preparation for presentation in week 12,
