现代大学英语精读1—lesson5

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1、Lesson5AngelsonaPinWhyisthearticleentitled“AngelsonaPin”?Thetitleofthetext“AnglesonaPin”comesfromthemuch-talkedaboutquestion:“Howmanyanglescandanceontheheadofapin?”whichisusedtoridiculethosepeoplewhoaskedmeaninglessquestionsabouttheBibleintheMiddleAges.Itisalsousedironicallytodescribethekindofque

2、stionsthatphilosophersponder.Medievalscholasticswerefondofdebatingsuchmeaninglessquestionsas“Howmanyangelscandanceonthepointofapin?”“DidAdamhaveanavel?”and“Doangelsdefecate?”Theemergingsciencesreplacedsuch“scholarly”debateswithexperimentationandappealstoobservablefact.DiscussionHowadults“kill”cre

3、ativity?Insistingthatchildrendothingsinthe“rightway”Teachingachildtothinkthatthereisjustonerightwaytodothingskillstheurgetotrynewways.Pressuringchildrentoberealistic,tostopimagining.Whenwelabelachild’sflightsoffantasyas“silly”,webringthechilddowntoearthwithablow,causingtheinventiveurgetodie.Makin

4、gcomparisonswithotherchildren.Thisisasubtlepressureonachildtoconform;yettheessenceofcreativityisfreedomtoconformornottoconform.Discouragingchildren'scuriosity.Oneoftheindicatorsofcreativityiscuriosity;yetweoftenbrushquestionsasidebecausewearetoobusyfor"silly"questions.Children'squestionsdeservere

5、spect.IntroductiontotheText1.ThisarticlewaswrittenatatimewhenthewholeoftheUnitedStateswasthrownintoapanicoverthelaunchingofthefirstsatellitebytheRussians.2.ManyAmericansbelievedthattheremustbesomethingseriouslywrongwiththeireducationalsystem..3.Thenation’sproblemineducationwasthetraditionalteachi

6、ngandtestingmethods,whichemphasizedbookknowledgeratherthanstudent’soriginalityandcreativity.ThemeoftheStoryPartofthenation’sproblemineducationisthetraditionalteachingandteachingmethods,whichemphasizebookknowledgeratherthanstudents’originalityandcreativity.Part1(para.1)about:Part2(paras.)about:Par

7、t3(paras.)about:TextAnalysisStructureoftheText2—56—10Theauthorwasaskedtobearefereeonthegradingofanexamquestion.Thestudent’swayofsolvingaproblemofphysics.Thestudent’sflexiblewayofworkingthingsoutarousesourawarenessofthe