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1、It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.-by Mark Twin.,Unit 3 Why I Teach,1.Warm-up questions,Would you like to be a teacher?Why or why not?2)What are the advantages of being a teacher,what are the disadvantages?3)Do you think teaching is easy?Why?4)Wh
2、at qualities does a good teacher need?5)Which teacher do you like best,why?,Words and expressions,palm tree 棕榈树,Do the rewards of teaching outweigh the trying moments?outweigh:v.be more important or valuable than sth.else比重（在重量上）；比重要；比有价值The benefits of this treatment far outweigh any risks.,profess
3、ion:n.职业；同行业的全体人员,I dont know what profession would suit me.He left the teaching profession to set up his own business.Teaching as a profession is very underpaid.Hes a doctor by profession.,convince:v.make someone feel certain that sth.is true;persuade sb.to do sth.,The best way to convince a fool t
4、hat he is wrong is to let him have his own way.I hope this will convince you to change your mind.The lawyer tried to convince the jury陪审团 of his clients当事人 innocence.,Nor do I teach because I think I know answers,or because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share.Sometimes I am amazed that my stu
5、dents actually take notes on what I say in class!Why,then,do I teach?,Chinese,compel vt.强迫,使不得不 Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.My girlfriend compelled me to meet her mother.,I teach because I like the pace of the academic calendar.June,July,and August offer an opportunity
6、 for reflection,research and writing.I teach because teaching is a profession built on change.When the material is the same,I change and,more important,my students change.,Chinese,reflection:n.1.映像,倒影 2.反映 3.深思;考虑;In Greek mythology,Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.T
7、he fact that soldiers are on the streets is a reflection of how terrified the government is.On reflection,I decided I had been wrong.,build on:base on;use as a base for further development,All research builds on work by previous reseachers.Her conclusion is built on a careful analysis of current int
8、ernational affairs.,I teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes,to learn my own lessons,to stimulate myself and my students.As a teacher,Im my own boss.If I want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook,who is to say I cant?Such courses may be huge failures,but we
9、can all learn from failures.,Chinese,stimulate:vt.刺激;激励;鼓励 The government plans to cut taxes in order to stimulate the economy.Good teachers should ask questions that stimulate students to think.Besides reading materials,the use of films and multimedia can stimulate students interest in a subject.,d
10、istribute:v.分发，散布，配销,He distributed sweets to all the children in the class.At the moment he has to take the job of distributing leaflets传单 to promote products for a cosmetic company.,So teaching gives me pace,and variety,and challenge,and the opportunity to keep on learning.I have left out,however,
11、the most important reasons why I teach.,Chinese,leave out 遗漏,省略,删去;未顾及,忽略 Ive made a list of names I hope I havent left anyone out.She left out an important detail in her account.,switch:转变，转换；开关,She started studying English at college,but switched to Accounting in her second year.Would you please s
12、witch the TV off?a light switchCan you flip the switch?,analysis:n.分析,The artical provides a detailed analysis of the root causes of the accident.analysis 的复数形式是analyses,动词形式为analyse或analyze与其有相似变化的词还有：basisbasescrisis-crises,A promotion out of teaching would give me money and power.But I have money
13、.I get paid to do what I enjoy:reading,talking with people,and asking question like,What is the point of being rich?And I have power.I have the power to nudge,to fan sparks,to suggest books,to point out a pathway.What other power matters?,Chinese,matter:事情；问题；重要，要紧whats the matter with your car?Coul
14、d I talk to you about a personal matter?Three of our players were ill,and to make matters worse,our main scorer had broken his ankle.I know Charles doesnt think this project is important,but it matters to me.,Text Analysis,Global analysis,StructureDiagram,1.Question,2 Not easy,5-11 Some Rs,12-17 Maj
15、or Rs,18-20 Love,4 Question,3 Not expert,21 My growth,not because,but becuase,Question,Answer,Why I Teach,the opportunity to share with his students the happiness of their success,6._,the opportunity to teach his students to play their roles in the real world,5._,the freedom to be his own boss(the f
16、reedom to do things in his own way),3._,the variety(Teaching is a profession built on change.),2._,Directions:Go over the text quickly and find out the reasons why the author teaches.,the pace of the academic calendar,1._,the opportunity to keep on learning,4._,Scanning Reasons to Teach,the power to
17、 help his students grow and change,the love teaching offers,the love of learning,of books and ideas and the love a teacher feels for that rare student who walks into a teachers life and begins to breathe,the feeling of remaining young while teaching,10._,_,8._,the joy of seeing his students grow and
18、 change in front of his eyes,7._,9.,Find out the concluding sentence in this part that summarizes the reasons why the author teaches.,Directions:,Sentence Detecting,So teaching gives me pace,and variety,and challenge,and the opportunity to keep on learning.,1)The two most important reasons why the a
19、uthor teaches are:2)The names of his students that offer the reasons why the author teaches.,The author helps his students to mould their characters.,His students grow and change in front of him.,A._,B._,Vicky,George,Jeanne,Jacqui,Listing,1)_,2)_,3)_,4)_,Part one,Para.one,1.What is the goal most Ame
20、ricans are taught to aim for in their life?2.Deos the author want the same as most Americans do?3.Why was the authors friend puzzled?4.What does the expression“step up”mean?,“Step up”means“promotion”,which can bring him money and power.所有美国人受的教育是长大成人后应该追求金钱和权力，而我却偏偏不要明明是朝这个目标“迈进”的工作，他为之大惑不解。,Para.tw
21、o,para.2,1.Which profession is most difficult for the author?teacher,mechanic,carpenter or writer?2.How do you know?,I dont teach because teaching is easy for me.在形式上允许两种语义的解释：,1）I dont teach because teaching is easy for me.(Teaching is easy for me,so I dont teach.)2)I dont teach because teaching is
22、 easy for me.(I teach,but it isnt because teaching is easy for me.),not because 结构,not一般修饰because,但也可修饰not后面的内容。视上下文而定。For examples：I dont take fast food because I like it;I have got to save time.Bob was not here because he lost his way.,Teaching is the most difficult,Paraphrase I have tried many ot
23、her ways to make a living.I have worked as a mechanic,a carpenter,a writer,and now I am working as a teacher.Of all these professions,teaching is the most difficult for me.,What does the author mean by calling teaching a red-eye,sweaty-palm,and sinking-stomach profession?1.Teaching is a profession t
24、hat makes my eyes red for lack of sleep.2.Teaching is a profession that my palms are sweaty because of nervousness.3.Teaching is a profession that my stomach sinks because I often feels so disappointed with my lectures.,What does“stomach”mean here?,Here,“stomach”means“spirit,heart”.A persons stomach
25、 sinks when he is upset,disappointed.,convinced,convinced 引导的是过去分词短语，作伴随状语。More Examples:The student left the classroom,disappointed at the teachers decision.The mother couldnt eat or sleep,worried about her sons safety.More practice on P 57.,Para.three,1.Does the author think he is knowledgeable?2.
26、How does he feel when he sees his students take notes in his class?Why?,Part(para.411),1.In this part,how many reasons were given to us about why the author teaches?2.Find out the concluding sentence in this part that summarizes the reasons.Question+Reasons+Conclusion,Parallelism,I teach because.I t
27、each because I teachI teach because I like the freedom to make my own mistakes,to learn my own lessons,to stimulate myself and my students.,Para.5,1.What does the author think of the school calendar?The author likes the academic calendar.2.What does he do in the summer vacation?Reflection,research,w
28、riting,Para.6,What does the author mean when he says“teaching is a profession built on change”?Even if I use the same textbook I have used before,I always teach in a different way as I may have new ideas about the subject.Each year I have new students who are different from the ones I have taught be
29、fore and therefore I have to change my way of teaching according to meet their needs.,Para.7,What does the author mean he says“As a teacher,Im my own boss”?,Para.8,What does“bad questions”refer to?It refers to careless questions or simple questions that every student can answer easily without diffic
30、ulty.2.Translate this sentence into Chinese.我们这个世界有无穷无尽的正确答案来对付拙劣的问题。,Para.9&10,1.What does the author mean by saying“out of the ivory tower and into the real world”?2.Why did the author and his students do in the ivory tower and what did they do in the real world?,Ivory tower,Ivory Tower是根据圣经旧约雅歌（t
31、he Old Testament,song of songs）里，睿智富有的以色列王所罗门（Solomon）曾诗歌1005首，其中雅歌都是爱情之歌。在第五首歌中，新郎是这样赞美新娘的，“Your neck is like an ivory tower.”Institutions like universities and colleges are often referred to as“ivory towers”where professors and their students engage in pursuits that are disconnected from the pract
32、ical concerns of everyday life.,Summary for the first period,1.Transferred negative:not.because2.Parallelism:I teach because3.连词省略：I have attempted to earn my living:mechanic,carpenter,writer.4.Metonymy(转喻):My students read Emerson,Thoreau,and Huxley.5.Metaphor:ivory tower,Part(Paras.12-17),Please f
33、ind out some special persons the author has taught.What are the most reasons the author gives for choosing teaching as his profession.,Listing,The two most important reasons why the author teaches are:2)The names of his students that offer the reasons why the author teaches.Vicky,George,Jeanne,Jacqu
34、i,A._,B._,His students grow and change in front of him.,The author helps his students to mould their characters.,Language points,About Vickyan occasional nudge occasional:now and then,not regular nudge:suggestions or encouragementI was there when she.Paraphrase:What was really rewarding was to be th
35、ere when,About George,who started as an engineering student,then switched to EnglishParaphrase who began as an engineering student and then changed his subject to EnglishBecause he decided he liked people better than things.A student of English studies mainly literature,which reflects mans life and
36、thought,while an engineering student focuses on the making of things.,Engineering,Chemical Engineers Electrical EngineersEnvironmental engineeringMechanical engineering,About Jeanne,civil rights lawyerIn the U.S.A variety of state and federal civil rights laws have been passed to protect persons aga
37、inst discrimination by individuals and organizations,as well as by the government.If a U.S.citizen is denied these rights in any way,he has the right to take the matter to court,and those lawyers who devote all their time to“civil rights”cases are called civil rights lawyers.,About Jacqui,a cleaning
38、 woman who knows more by intuition than most of us learn by analysis.Paraphrase:a cleaning woman whose intuition enables her to make more correct judgments than most of us can do with all that we have learned by analysis.,Difficult Sentence in Para.17,Being a teacher is being present at the creation
39、,when the clay begins to breathe.According to the Bible,man was created by God out of clay.When God breathed the breath of life into the clay,it became alive and the creation of man was completed.Here the author compares the job of a teacher to the work of God.,What can we infer from it?,We can infe
40、r from this sentence that the author implies that the teacher helps the student to become a real man or woman.,Para.18&Para.19,As a teacher,the author says that he also has money and power.Can you explain in detail?Para.18What is the point of being rich?=What is the use of being rich?point:use;purpo
41、se,Para.19,I have the power to nudge,to fan sparks,to suggest books,to point out a pathway.to nudge:to give my students a gentle push in the right directionto fan sparks:to arouse their interest and curiosity,to give them spark of good ideasto suggest books:to recommend good booksto point out a path
42、way:to point out the way to greater achievements,Part para.20,What does teaching offer besides money and power?what does“rare student”refer to?Why does the author say“love is the wrong word”?,In Para.20,what does“rare student”refer to?,“Rare student”refers to that exceptionally good student who beco
43、mes part of a teachers life and begins to grow and change in front of him.Why does the author say“love is the wrong word”?Perhaps the word“love”is not sufficient to describe what teaching offers.,In Para.21,how do you understand the only sentence in it?,When I see that my students are beginning to g
44、row and change in front of me,I from time to time find myself growing and changing with them too,as if new life were being breathed into my body.,1.行政职务,2.创办公司,3.熬夜,4.校历,5.凭直觉,6.省去,7.期末,8.提供机会,an administration position,set up a corporation,stay up,the academic calendar,by intuition,leave out,the en
45、d of a semester,offer an opportunity,Useful Expressions,9.学术刊物,10.记笔记,learned journals,take notes,11.吸取教训,12.指点迷津,13.激发才智,14.被迫做,15.努力做，苦干,16.谋生,17.寄出，送出,18.确信,learn ones lessons,point out a pathway,fan sparks,be compelled to do,labour at,earn ones living,send off,be sure,19.写书,20.喘息，屏息,work on a bo
46、ok,catch ones breath,I dont teach because teaching is easy.,Sentence Structure,When I leave the classroom,I was convincedthat I was even more boring than usual.,I teach not because teaching is easy.,I leave the classroom convinced that I was even more boring than usual.,I find myself catching my bre
47、ath with them.,Find+oneself+pp,Many American students apply for governmental loans to pay for their education/tuition.Besides reading materials,the use of films and multimedia can stimulate students interest in a subject.The attorney/lawyer tried to convince the jury of his clients innocence.Asking
48、questions often generates the spark of creativity.,Translation Practice,I have sent off my resume to several corporations,but havent yet received a reply.Her conclusion is built/based on a careful analysis of current international affairs.We came to the meeting full of expectations,yet we left very
49、disappointed.At the moment he has to take the job of distributing leaflets to promote products for a cosmetic company.,Translation Practice,5,6,7,8,Find the Topic Sentence,Guided Writing,见外教社PPT,Why I chose to attend college,A paragraph is made up of a group of sentences about the same topic.The mai
50、n idea of the paragraph is usually given in the first sentence or last sentence of the paragraph.This sentence is called the topic sentence.I.because.I.not because.I find.,Exercise,page.53/54,Writing assignment,Why I chose to attend college Your decision to go to collegeMain reasons for choosing to
