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1、2Thehumanities:Outofdate?Unit2SectionAFOREIGNLANGUAGETEACHINGANDRESEARCHPRESSAIRFORCEENGINEERINGUNIVERSITYThehumanitiesshouldconstitutethecoreofanyuniversityworththename.—TerryEagleton(Britishliterarycritic,writer)Ideally,weallwantanintegratedlife.Yourgoalshouldbetof
2、indawaytodowhatyoulove,andmakeyoureducationsupportthat.—BruceB.Janz(Americanphilosopher)22UNITContentsThehumanities:Outofdate?SectionAWarming-upactivitiesTextstudyLanguageapplicationSummaryWarming-upactivitiesLead-inPre-readingactivitiesCulturalbackgroundThehumanitie
3、s:Outofdate?SectionA1.Howdoyouthinkofyourcurrentmajor?Ifyouweregivenasecondchancetochooseyourmajor,whatwouldyouselectandwhy?IfIweregivenasecondchancetochoosemymajor,Iwouldchoose…/Ithinkbeinga…is…accounting,computerscience,psychology,civilengineering,philosophy,medica
4、ltechnology…popular,interesting,enjoyable,promising,practical,meaningful,beneficial,well-paid…Lead-inShortanswerquestions2.Whatliberalarts/humanitiescoursesdoyoulearnincollege?Doyouthinktheyarenecessaryforyoureducation?IlearnChinese,English,philosophy,psychology,hist
5、ory…incollege.Ithinktheyareanessentialpartofthecollegeeducationandbenefitmealot.•gainmoreinsightinlifeandsociety•betterunderstandandpredicthumanbehavior•realizedifferentinterpretationsoflifeandhistory•understandthepastwhichhascreatedthepresent•beawareofculturalandrel
6、igiousdifferencesLead-inShortanswerquestions1.Whatdidthespeakercomparehishighschooleducationto?ListentoatalkaboutanativeEnglishspeaker’slearningexperienceinhishighschoolyears.Choosethebestanswertoeachofthefollowingquestions.ATechnicalschool.BModernartscollege.CLibera
7、lartscollege.ListenandtalkPre-readingactivities2.Whatwasthemostbeneficialpartforthespeakertotakehistoryclasses?AHelearnedmoreabouthistory.BHelearnedhowtowriteagoodessay.CHegainedmoreculturalawareness.3.HowdidthespeakerbenefitthroughlearningtheSpanishlanguage?AHebecam
8、eamorecompetentcommunicator.BHesatisfiedtherequirementsofaforeignlanguage.CHelearnedhowtospeakSpanishfluently.ListenandtalkPre-read
