1、Culture and Education,Yang Chen Ning 杨振宁,Lee Tsung Dao 李政道,Samuel Chao Chung Ting 丁肇中,Steven Chu 朱棣文,Chinese Americans,Amy Tan,I. M. Pei (贝聿铭）,Why these Chinese Americans are successful?,Talent effort concentration Ambition intelligence Pressure sacrifice Discrimination tradition,1. Why are these st
2、atics “amazing”? 2. What do you think the explanation is?,A Story of Asian-American Student,Paragraph1-4,describing a story of Kim-chi Trinh .Her parents did a lot to make her get a good education and enjoy a better life.In ordered to repay them she worked hard and did well in her subjects.,excel: (
3、at, in) be exceptionally good; do or be better than,He excelled all of us in/at tennis.,She excels as a teacher of dancing.,I didnt excel academically so I left school as soon as I had the chance.,New words (P. 33),cope with: manage successfully; be able to deal with (something difficult, unpleasant
4、, etc.),Poor families have to cope with a lot of problems.,She felt unable to cope with driving in heavy traffic after her accident.,foster: 1) giving or receiving parental care although not related legally or by blood,foster parents,a foster home,With a home full of foster children she was always b
5、usy.,2) look after or bring up (a child or young animal) as ones own, usu. for a certain period and without taking on the full lawful responsibilities of the parent,We fostered the young girl while her mother was in hospital.,When they are fostered, boys have more behavior problems than girls.,Cf. a
6、dopt: take a (child of other parents), as approved by law, and bring up as ones own child; 采纳,Teenagers who discover they were adopted often search for their biological parents when they are old enough.,Adoptive parents,passage: (cost of a ticket for) a journey by ship or plane from one place to ano
7、ther,Oliver had booked a passage to London.,He is too poor to afford the passage and so he will have to work his passage by doing jobs on the ship.,Language points,in hopes / in the hope (that): hoping (that),Mother was in hopes that the cake would be good to eat.,He showed me a picture of the missi
8、ng girl in hopes I might recognize her.,We left the house early in the hope of avoiding traffic jams.,run out: come to an end; be used up,The car ran out of gas three miles from town.,If coal reserves run out, the situation will become critical.,owe . . . to: have (something good) because of (someth
9、ing/someone),We owe our success to our parents and teachers.,I owe it to my colleagues that I have been able to finish this work.,I owe my knowledge of music to my mother.,stereotype: a fixed general image, characteristic, etc. that is believed to represent a particular type of person or thing,She d
10、oes not fit the stereotype of a woman who spends all her time with her children.,New words ( P 34-P 35 ),label: put into a particular kind or class; describe as,His enemies labeled him a thief.,He was labeled (as) a conservative.,The emphatic form It be . . . that/who . . .,Mary got a very beautiful
11、 birthday present from her aunt.,It was Mary that/who got a very beautiful birthday present from her aunt.,It was a very beautiful birthday present that Mary got from her aunt.,It was from her aunt that Mary got a very beautiful birthday present.,imbue: fill (sb with a feeling, idea, etc.),Churchill
12、 imbued Englishmen with enormous patriotism.,He was able to imbue even the friendliest words with a tone of biting criticism.,Analysis of the Text (Para 1- 11),Part I. Para 1- 4: a story of a Asian AmericanKim-Chi Trinh,Part II. Para 5 & 6: the transitional paragraph which leads to the reasons why C
13、hinese Americans excel,Part III. Para 7- 11: Harold. W. Stevensons research and its result,by contrast (or in contrast): (indicating how different one thing or person is from another thing or person mentioned earlier) very differently; on the other hand,He had almost failed the exam, but his sister,
14、 by contrast, had done very well.,Their economy has expanded enormously in the last five years whereas ours, by/in contrast, has declined.,Language Points in Part III,have what it takes: have the right qualities or skills required for success,I dont think Rebecca has what it takes to be a ballet dan
15、cer.,Do you have what it takes to become a businessman?,whereas conj. while at the same time; while on the contrary,e.g.The elephant weighs about 3,600 kg.The blue whale weighs up to 130,000 kg.,Whereas the elephant weighs about 3,600 kg, the blue whale weighs up to 130,000 kg.,New Words (P 36),orie
16、ntation: a direction or position 定位,1) a new orientation in life,2) Professor Lis essay gave us a new orientation in the academic research.,orient v. 给定方位；使侧重,1) Most teachers are academically oriented.,2) We must orient our products to the needs of the market., Orient n. 东方,oblige v. to constrain b
17、y physical, legal, social, or moral means.oblige sb. to do sth.,obligation: n. sth. that one must do out of duty or promise,1) We are under an obligation to help.,2) The obligation fall upon us all.,Part IV. Three factors that lead to the success of Chinese Americans,Confucianism,Parents bond,assist
18、ant,Top,Base,Frame,Source : Arthur D.Little,The belief in hard work,spring from: have ones origin in; result from,Her doubts spring from too much experience of failure.,His rude behavior springs from selfishness.,What unhappiness can spring from the love of money!,Language points in Part IV.,paraphr
19、ase,And theres a sense of obligation or even guilt that is as strong a force among Asians as Protestant philosophy is among those in the West.,Asians have a strong sense of obligation or even a sense of guilt, and this sense is as influential among Asians as Protestant philosophy is among Westerners
20、.,tie: a connection, relationship, or feeling that links a person with another person, a place, an organization, etc.,the tie between mother and child,I no longer feel any ties with my hometown.,transplant: move to a different environment; transfer (skin, an organ, or other parts) from one person, a
21、nimal, or part of the body to another,Tea was transplanted from China to India.,These plants should be grown indoors until spring, when they can be transplanted outside.,Doctors hope to transplant an artificial heart into the patient within the next few days.,New Words (P 36-P 37),e.g. life span mem
22、ory span span of knowledge,寿命,记忆力保持时间,知识面,span n. the length of time between two dates or events or during which sth. exists or functions,Part V. (Para 15-18),Language points in Part V.,commit： do something illegal or bad. 犯 (罪); 做 (坏事),1) commit a crime, deliberately kill oneself 2) commit suicide,
23、使 (自己) 致力于; 使 (自己) 承诺 (与某人的长期关系)3) commit to doing=be committed to doing,He has committed himself to the cause of education.,committed,坚定的 a committed socialist,cant wait for something/to do something: be very excited about something and eager for something/to do something,All of the kids cant wait
24、for the holidays to begin.,He couldnt wait to tell the good news to his parents.,e.g. industrial potential acting potential potential customer potential resources,工业潜力,表演潜力,潜在的顾客,potential a. & n. the inherent ability or capacity for growth, development, or coming into being,潜在的资源,Exercises,1.我们班女生占
25、大多数。相比之下，他们的班级全由男生组成。 Female students constitute the majority of our class. By contrast, their class is made up of male only.,Exercises,2. 美国孩子通常每天看三个小时电视，而中国孩子必须将放学后的大部分时间用于做家庭作业。American children can usually watch TV three hours a day, whereas their Chinese counterparts have to work on their homew
26、ork most of the time after school.,Exercises,3.他开发的一系列新研究方法使他获得了巨大成功。他说这一切都得归功于他父母的鼓励。 His development of a series of new research methods led to his huge success. He said he owed all these to his parents encouragement.,Exercises,4. 讨论直接涉及他的未来，而他却被排斥在外，对此他表示愤慨。He resented being excluded from discussions that directly concerned his future.,Homework: P 40 IVP 43 XII 5-8,Thank you,
