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2. Why do you think the students of small colleges are less likely to feel lonely and confused? They know their classmates and professors better. 3. What do you know about larger schools?
Larger schools usually offer more courses and activities for students to participate in. 4. What should students do when selecting a college?
They must consider what type of environment most suits their needs. Lines 11:19
The number of these schools has grown very rapidly in the past 40 years. In 1950, there were about 600 in the U.S.A. Today, there are about 1,300, and they serve about five million students (about 55% of all college freshmen). Most community colleges are public schools, supported by local and/or state funds. They serve two general types of students: (a) those taking the first two years of college before transferring to a four-year school for their third and fourth (junior and senior) years; and (b) those enrolled in one- or two-year job training programs. Community colleges offer technical training in many areas of study, such as health services, office skills, computer science, drafting, police work, and automotive repair.
Questions:
1. Why does the author say the number of schools has grown rapidly in the past 40 years? In the past 40 years the number of colleges has grown from about 600 to 1,300 today. 2. In what way are the community colleges financially supported in America? They are usually supported by local or state funds. 3. What kind of people attend community colleges?
There ore two kinds of people attending community colleges. Some take the first two years of college before transferring to a four-year school for their third and fourth (junior and senior) years; and some are enrolled in one- or two-year job training programs.
4. What courses do community colleges usually offer?
They usually offer technical training in many areas of study, such as health services, office skills, computer science, drafting, police work, and automotive repair.
Passage Two
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Nowadays most children go to school but few of them have ever asked themselves why they go there. Some children think that they go to school just to learn their mother tongue, English and other foreign languages, mathematics, geography, history, science and a few other subjects. But why do they learn these things? Are these the only things they should learn at school ?
Questions:
1. What do some children think they go to school for?
They think that they go to school just to learn their mother tongue, English and other foreign languages, mathematics, geography, history, science and a few other subjects.
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Actually children go to school to prepare themselves for the time when they will be grown up and will have to support themselves. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their lives, but there is one more important reason why children go to school.
Questions:
1. What is the real purpose of going to school? Preparing oneself for the future.
2. What is the use of what they learn at school?
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The knowledge they learn at school has some practical use in their lives. Lines 10--16
There is more to education than just learning facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn. Learning is not just for school but for life. So even after we have left school we have to continue to learn. A man who really knows how to learn will always be successful because whenever he is faced with a completely new task or problem, he will teach himself how to deal with it in the best way. Therefore, children do not go to school just to learn languages, mathematics, geography, etc. they go to school to learn how to learn.
Questions:
1. What is the most important thing for children to do at school?
The most important thing for children to learn at school is to learn how to learn. 2. Why do we have to continue to learn after leaving school? Learning is not just for school but for life. 3. Why must a child learn how to learn at school?
If he learns how to learn at school, he will be able to deal with any new task or problem he meets in life. Practical Reading
1. Prepare the transparency of the contents of a book. Then ask the students to find out some specific information from the contents. The contents of our textbook can be used as an example. 2. Ask the students how they look up a new word in a dictionary, and then tell them how to find specific information from the index of a book. A transparency can be prepared beforehand to show to the students and ask them to find some information. The teacher may bring with him a reference book with an index to show to the students. Practical writing
1. Make a transparency of the form in the textbook and then show it to the students. Ask some students to fill in the form one item after another. If a student makes a mistake, the teacher may stop and explain how to correctly fill in the form.
2. If possible, try to get another form which is easy enough for the students to fill in
Key to Exercises
The answers to the questions on the text.
1. Do you agree that \ Yes, I do. The more education you receive, the more money you get in future.
2. Why do students take elective courses? Elective courses help them understand more about human nature, government, the arts, sciences, or whatever else interests them.
3. Why do adults come back to college? They come back to college either for career advancement or personal growth.
4. Do most Americans have a chance to go to college? Yes, they do. In the U.S.A., a college education is not viewed as a privilege reserved for the wealthy or the academically talented. Work Out
1. The reason why the pop singer Cyndi Lauper still wanted to get her high school diploma at the age of 35 is that she thought, \2. In the U.S.A, if you want to find a job, holding only a high school degree is not enough, because most jobs require some education or technical training beyond high school degrees. 3. People go to college not only to prepare for a career, but also to get prepared for life. 14
4. People can choose to go to college either full-time if they don't take a job or part-time if they are busy with their work.
5. In America, the percentage of college graduates among younger adults and working people is much higher than that in most other major countries. II.
1. Language is our major problem when we travel abroad. 2. The woman is viewed as the very person to be manager of the company. 3. The front seats are reserved for foreign visitors, so would you please move? 4. In the view of most people, good eating habits do good for children's health. 5. In China, children's spare time seems to be dominated by homework. 6. With a better education, the younger generation usually outearn their parents. 7. In addition to public libraries, many art centres have reading rooms. 8. Tom has passed all his exams and finally made it as a lawyer.
9. He is a talented speaker, for it seems that he is able to make everybody accept all he says. 10. Not only school education but also social experience is good preparation for a college student's future career.. III.
1. Since all the tasks are finished ahead of time, can we find some ways to (entertainer) entertain ourselves? 2. These washing machines (variety) vary in several aspects, such as shape, size and weight. 3. When (view) viewing the problem, the leaders should take the following points into account. 4. With careful preparations, John Brown finally won the (elective) election. 5. The (major) majority）多数；半数以上 of doctors believe smoking does harm to health. 6. I have some (reserve) reservations保留；限制about the truth of his story.
7. A heavy snowstorm prevented the army from (advanced) advancing towards the front. 8. This IT company is badly in need of a large number of computer (talented) talents. 9. After finishing her letter, she (addition) added a few lines to express her thanks to him. 10. If you do less than others, you can't and shouldn't expect to (outearn) outeam them. IV.
1. more money, do, always, not, more diplomas, mean More diplomas do not always mean more money. 2. entertainers, everyone else, great athletes, outeam, and Great athletes and entertainers outeam everyone else.
3. high school, the next step, going to college, after, is becoming, naturally Going to college is naturally becoming the next step after high school. 4. recent, the college campuses, no longer, high school, graduates, dominate Recent high school graduates no longer dominate the college campuses. 5. for adults, for personal growth, to come back to college, it is common It is common for adults to come back to college for personal growth. V.
1. The harder he studies at present, the more he will earn (他得到越多) in the future. 2. Though he has been here for many years, I still view him as 我仍然认为他是) a person with little experience.
3. Jack always tells lies, and we no longer believe him (我们不再相信他了)． 4. In addition to the dictionary he wanted (除了他要的词典之外), I also bought him
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some reference books.
5. Several weeks later, I realized either he or I was wrong (不是他错了，就是我错了)．
VI. Model 1: The more you learn, the more you earn. 1. we looked forward to his early arrival, we became disappointed
The more we looked forward to his early arrival, the more disappointed we became. 2. Karl pretended to be happy in public, he felt sad in private
The happier Karl pretended to be in public, the sadder he felt in private. Model 2: It is quite common for adults of all ages to come back to college. 1. a social custom for people, exchange gifts at Christmas
It's a social custom for people to exchange gifts at Christmas. 2. exciting for me, speak in public for the first time It's exciting for me to speak in public for the first time Model 3: Going to college, either full-time or part-time, is naturally becoming the next step after high school. 1. is considered, a good habit, getting up early Getting up early is considered a good habit. 2. is called, taking natural materials out of the rubbish and using them again, recycling Taking natural materials out of the rubbish and using them again is called recycling.
Model 4: Serving this great variety of people are about 3,400 colleges and universities enrolling more than 12 million students. .
1. were, the restrictions that prevented blacks from voting, gone Gone were the restrictions that prevented blacks from voting. 2. more serious, the question of how the chairman world present the announcement, was More serious was the question of how the president would present the announcement. VII. Grammar Tips
1. Is _x (a / the / x) green her favorite color ? 2. Every weekend, the girl usually practices playing the (a/the / x) piano. 3. The two friends like playing _x (a / the / x) chess in their spare time. 4. When a (a / the / x) dog bites a (a / the / x) man, that is not news; but when a (a / the / x) man bites a (a/the / x) dog, that is news.
5. He majored in x (a/the / x) history in college, but he turned out to be a salesman after graduation. 6. The story is about a man trapped by _x (a / the / x) fear and hunger.
7. George Bush, _x (a / the / x) president of the U.S.A., made a speech on TV last week. 8. The girl who is playing the violin comes from x (a / the / x) South China. 9. The more satisfied our customers feel, the (a / the / x) happier we will become. 10. I caught him by the (a/the / x) fight hand.
VIII. Fill in each blank of the following paragraph with an appropriate
words.
1) At the waiter's table there was 2) an old Jewish man who used 3) to watch me trying to read that paper. I asked him one night 4) what a word meant, and 5) the Jewish man told me. I thanked him and went 6) back to my paper. He went 7) on watching me for a 8) few seconds and then said, \9) across a lot of words you don't understand.?\
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