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1、Unit8 CopingwithanEducationalProblemBackgroundInformationAbouttheauthor:BenjaminSteinFableUCLAAdamSmith’sTheWealthofNationsIwoJimaReadingActivitiesTextAnalysisLanguageStudyLearningStrategyDiscussionQuestionsFurtherDevelopmentWritingQuizPreviewQuestionsDoyouthinktherearediffe
2、rencesbetweenAmericaneducationandChineseeducation?Whatarethey?Accordingtoyourideas,whatisthebigprobleminAmericaneducation?Oneofthecurrenttrendsinhighereducationisthemoveawayfromliberal,broad-basededucationtoeducationthatisvocationalorjob-oriented.Whatisyouropinionofthegenera
3、ltendency?Whatdoyouthinkeducationcanoffertohumanbeings?Canyouimaginehowamanmakesalivingwithouteducation?BackgroundInformationBenjaminSteinBenjaminJ.SteinwasbornNovember25,1944inWashington,D.C.HegrewupinSilverSpring,Marylandwhichislocatedabout10milesnorthofWashingtonD.C.Hegra
4、duatedfromColumbiaUniversityin1966withhonorsineconomics,andin1970hegraduatedfromYaleLawSchoolwherehewaselectedvaledictorianofhisclassbyhisclassmates.SteinhasworkedasapovertylawyerandatriallawyerinthefieldoftraderegulationattheFederalTradeCommission.In1973and1974,hewasaspeech
5、writerandlawyerforRichardNixonandthenforGeraldFord.SteinhasalsobeenacolumnistandwriterformanynewspublicationsincludingTheWallStreetJournal,Barrons,andTheWashingtonPostamongothers.Steinisalsocreditedforhavingwrittenandpublishedover16books.Despitehavingaresumethatboastsagamuto
6、floftyprofessionsandpart-timeendeavors,Steindidn'tachievehisofficialcelebritystatusuntilhispartastheboringteacherinthe1986movieFerrisBueller'sDayOff.Since1997hehasbeenapopularfixtureoncabletv'sComedyCentralasthehostofthegameshow"WinBenStein'sMoney."Hisworks:CanAmericaSurvive
7、(2004)MechanicalandElectricalEquipmentforBuildings,9thEdition(1999)BuildingTechnology:MechanicalandElectricalSystems,2ndEdition(1997)Yes,YouCanBeASuccessful,IncomeInvestor:ReachingforYieldinToday'sMarket(2006)Yes,YouCanStillRetireComfortably!(2005)Yes,YouCanTimetheMarket!(20
8、04)HowtoRuinYourLoveLife(2003)Fableisataleoftenfeaturinganimalcharacters,to
