Unit 7 Learning Strategies

nullnullUnit 7 Learning StrategiesThink About ItPassage APassage BRelated InformationRead About ItTalk About ItWrite About ItThink About ItRelated InformationRead About ItReading Skills PracticenullThink About ItRelated InformationRead About ItTalk About ItWrite About ItPassage ALanguage PointContent AwarenessLanguage FocusRead and Complete Ex.4 Ex.5 Ex.6Read and Translate Ex.7Read and Simulate Ex.8Read and Think Ex.2 Ex.3您所在位置: Unit 7 Learning Strategies / Passage A Information , PleaseNot Just a Job, an Adventure: Undergraduate ResearchnullThink About It1. Some people say, “We learn more outside class.” Do you agree? Why or why not?您所在位置: Unit 7 / Passage A /Think About itnull您所在位置: Unit 7 / Passage A /Think About itNo, Why Not?Yes, Why?Yes, that’s true, because what we get in class is just book knowledge, while outside class or in the society we get real-life knowledge, which is more practical for our future life.No, if so why should we go to school or college and attend so many classes? Why should we care how well our teachers are prepared for their jobs.null2. According to the passage, what benefits can undergraduate students get by doing research at college?Think About It您所在位置: Unit 7 / Passage A /Think About itnullThey can earn academic credit, money, and experience as well. They can learn to think for themselves and gain intellectual confidence. They can expand their minds in new directions. They can prepare for their careers.Think About It您所在位置: Unit 7 / Passage A /Think About itnullRelated InformationUndergraduate Research Ways to Graduate with Honors’ Honors Thesis您所在位置: Unit 7 / Passage A /Related InformationnullIn many universities, students are encouraged to participate in research to develop their own original research designs under the guidance of instructors. Students are usually paid for their research. If they register for a course and doUndergraduate Researcha project, they can earn academic credits. In some departments a research project might constitute an honors thesis.Related Information您所在位置: Unit 7 / Passage A /Related InformationnullWays to Graduate with Honors’In U. S. education there are four main ways students may graduate with honors. all A’s ______ may graduate with highest honors’ mostly A’s ______may graduate with high honors’ mostly A’s& B’s ______ may graduate with honors’ A student may graduate with honors in the major field. This requires high grades in the major, fairly good grades overall, and an extra research project in the major.Related Information您所在位置: Unit 7 / Passage A /Related Informationnull您所在位置: Unit 7 / Passage A /Related InformationRelated InformationAn honors student does an extra research project in the major and writes a research Honors Thesispaper can graduate with honors. This extra research project paper is usually called an honors thesis, which resembles a short master’s thesis. nullNot Just a Job, an Adventure: Undergraduate ResearchSophia Stella, a sophomore at Columbia's School of Engineering, is one of many undergraduates who become involved, one way or another, in research performed at the university. Some do it for academic credit, some for money, some just for experience. Students and professors agree that an undergraduate research project can be uniquelybeneficial to both parties.您所在位置: Unit 7/ Passage A / Language PointsnullNot Just a Job, an Adventure: Undergraduate Research Ideally, undergraduate research is an opportunity for the kind of intensive study that can expand the mind in ways traditional courses can't. Economics Professor Ralph Edison says: "To really understand a discipline you have to get the feeling that knowledge isn't just out there and you passively have to absorb it, but rather that it's constantly being created and we're constantly rethinking things.... 您所在位置: Unit 7/ Passage A / Language PointsnullNot Just a Job, an Adventure: Undergraduate ResearchWhen students see a discipline as evolving rather than fixed, they usually get a lot more excited about learning because they see that it's an ongoing process.” He points out that research can be exciting because "a research project really gives students an opportunity to answer real-life questions that we don't know theanswers to."您所在位置: Unit 7/ Passage A / Language PointsnullResearch also spurs independent thinking and intellectual confidence in students. Amelia, a graduate student in computer science, says, "You had to go out and learn on your own. You weren't going to be spoon-fed." Her fond memories of work as an undergraduate researcher played an important role in her decision to leave her Wall Street programming job and return to Columbiaas a graduate student. 您所在位置: Unit 7/ Passage A / Language PointsNot Just a Job, an Adventure: Undergraduate Researchnull Arthur Hannah, a political science graduate of Columbia College says undergraduate research "felt like a whole new mode of learning." Instead of looking for the knowledge we do have, he says, research forces students to look for knowledge we don't have. It's a process of looking for holes and trying to plug them, which is completely different from the classroom experience of learning what others already know.   He also describes how creating a piece of original research instilled a "pride of authorship" in his work, somethinghe hadn't found in his regular classes.您所在位置: Unit 7/ Passage A / Language PointsNot Just a Job, an Adventure: Undergraduate Researchnull Most undergraduates doing research are working for credit. They register for a semester-long course and do a project for a professor who gives them a grade for their efforts. In some departments a research project might constitute您所在位置: Unit 7/ Passage A / Language PointsNot Just a Job, an Adventure: Undergraduate Researchan honors thesis.null Some students do research for pay. Taken simply as a form of employment, it's one of the most desirable jobs available to undergraduates. Stella says, "I need some kind of income, and I'd rather work here than in the cafeteria"; paid research work gives her an opportunity to transform a work-study job into an engaging aspect of her education. The money for her wages is available because of a program started this year providing $100,000 to fund undergraduate research. This funding is intended to support about 50 undergraduates in work-studyresearch positions. 您所在位置: Unit 7/ Passage A / Language PointsNot Just a Job, an Adventure: Undergraduate ResearchnullOther students do research not for credit or for money but simply on a volunteer basis. Usually, these are students pursuing a career that requires some demonstration of altruistic commitment, such as As Economics Professor Ralph Edison says: “Undergraduate research can become a valuable part of education. It's a real and valuable privilege. It has to remain an extraordinary undertaking for extraordinary people in extraordinarymedicine.circumstances."您所在位置: Unit 7/ Passage A / Language PointsNot Just a Job, an Adventure: Undergraduate ResearchnullEx.2 Choose the best answer to each question with the information you got from the passage. 1. What can undergraduate research do for students that traditional courses can’t? A) Guarantee that the students will graduate with high marks. B) Expand the students’ minds through intensive study of evolving knowledge. C) Help the students graduate more quickly than other students. D) Answer questions the students will certainly face in their future careers. √您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Content Awareness / Read and Think Ex. 2 nullEx.2 Choose the best answer to each question with the information you got from the passage. 2. What does “spoon-fed” mean in the sentence “You were not going to be spoon-fed”? A) To be taught passively in every step. B) To learn actively. C) To learn very fast. D) To learn little by little. √您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Content Awareness / Read and Think Ex. 2 null3. What made Amelia return to Columbia to pursue further studies? A) She wanted to leave her Wall Street programming job. B) She wanted to go out to learn on her own. C) She was so fond of computer science. D) She enjoyed her days as an undergraduate researcher at Columbia. Ex.2 Choose the best answer to each question with the information you got from the passage. √您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Content Awareness / Read and Think Ex. 2 null4. Why did Stella prefer to do research work rather than work in the cafeteria? A) She could earn more money than in a cafeteria. B) She could earn more credits by doing research. C) She could easily get the opportunity to transfer to another job. D) She believed that research could be another kind of learning. Ex.2 Choose the best answer to each question with the information you got from the passage. √您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Content Awareness / Read and Think Ex. 2 nullEx.2 Choose the best answer to each question with the information you got from the passage. 5. What’s the passage mainly about? A) How to perform an undergraduate research project. B) Undergraduate research is one of the easiest jobs for undergraduates to earn money. C) The various benefits of doing undergraduate research. D) Every student must be involved, one way or another, in research performed at university. √您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Content Awareness / Read and Think Ex. 2 null Ex.3 Answer the following questions with the information you got from the passage. 1. Who can benefit from doing undergraduate research? Reference:Both students and professors. 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Content Awareness / Read and Think Ex. 3 nullReference: Ex.3 Answer the following questions with the information you got from the passage. 2. Why does Professor Ralph Edison say that research can be exciting? Because a research project gives students an opportunity to answer real-life questions. 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Content Awareness / Read and Think Ex. 3 nullReference: Ex.3 Answer the following questions with the information you got from the passage. 3. Why does Arthur Hannah say that undergraduate research is a whole new mode of learning? Because research forces students to look for information they don’t know, not for knowledge they already have. 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Content Awareness / Read and Think Ex. 3 nullReference: Ex.3 Answer the following questions with the information you got from the passage. 4. Why do some students do research without caring for money or credit? Because they work as volunteers, pursuing a career that requires altruistic commitment. 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Content Awareness / Read and Think Ex. 3 nullReference: Ex.3 Answer the following questions with the information you got from the passage. 5. What kind of learning strategies does Professor Edison encourage the students to use in learning a discipline? To learn actively, to see a discipline as evolving, and to rethink things constantly. 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Content Awareness / Read and Think Ex. 3 nullEx. 4 Fill in the blanks with the word word文档格式规范word作业纸小票打印word模板word简历模板免费word简历 s given below. Change the form where necessary. original intensive constitute spur mode plug constantly demonstrate independent passively The first-aid instructor (急救指导员 ) the correct way to bandage a wound. 2. How can you accept the defeat so ? Why don’t you try again? demonstrated passively 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and complete Ex. 4 null3. Although she has a wealthy background, she would like to earn enough money to be financially . 4. You should rubbers in your ears when you swim. Ex. 4 Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. original intensive constitute spur mode plug constantly demonstrate independent passively independent plug 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and complete Ex. 4 nullEx. 4 Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. original intensive constitute spur mode plug constantly demonstrate independent passively 5. Twelve people ________ the jury(陪审团) in a law court to listen to the facts about a crime and to decide whether the person accused is guilty. 6. It’s the money that ________ these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey. constitute spurs 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and complete Ex. 4 null7. A good teacher should stimulate students to come up with ________ ideas and inventions. Ex. 4 Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. original intensive constitute spur mode plug constantly demonstrate independent passively 8. With the rapid development of the economy, our ________ of life has changed greatly these years. original mode 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and complete Ex. 4 nullEx. 4 Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. original intensive constitute spur mode plug constantly demonstrate independent passively 9. She studied almost ________ for the big test, more than 12 hours per day for nearly a month. 10. Mr. Selby is seriously ill and has been transferred to ________ care. constantly intensive 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and complete Ex. 4 nullEx. 5 Complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions from the passage. Change the form where necessary.Our English class is conducted ________ a twice-a-week ________. on a ... basis The farmers have ________ the bare hills _______ rich farmlands. transformed ... into您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and complete Ex. 5 nullEx. 5 Complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions from the passage. Change the form where necessary.Scientists have long ________ that lung cancer is associated with smoking. pointed outAlthough vitamins ________ health, you cannot skip the traditional health measures like exercising and having a low-fat diet. are beneficial to您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and complete Ex. 5 nullEx. 5 Complete the following sentences with phrases or expressions from the passage. Change the form where necessary.I work best ________, while he can get nothing finished without help from others. on my own您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and complete Ex. 5 nullEx. 6 Select a proper word from each pair given below to fill in the blanks in the following sentences. Change the form if necessary. He has made an agreement with his business associate to share the profit on a 50-50 ________. 1. base, basisChina’s ethnic minorities ________ less than 7 percent of its total population. 2. consist , constitute basisconstitute 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and complete Ex. 6 nullEx. 6 Select a proper word from each pair given below to fill in the blanks in the following sentences. Change the form if necessary. A researcher has shown that viruses can be forced to ________ in ways to benefit humans. 3. evolve, involveHe won the lottery and became wealthy overnight, which changed his whole ________ of life. 4. mode, mood evolvemode您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and complete Ex. 6 nullEx. 6 Select a proper word from each pair given below to fill in the blanks in the following sentences. Change the form if necessary. The developers, working on electronic replacements for ink and paper, hope the new “electronic ink” will ________ books and5. transform, transfernewspapers.transform您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and complete Ex. 6 nullEx.7 Translate the following sentences into English.The trade negotiation is a big success, so it can be uniquely beneficial to both parties. 1. 这次贸易谈判非常成功， 它对双方都有特别大的好处。trade negotiationa big successbe uniquely beneficial to您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and translate Ex. 7 nullEx.7 Translate the following sentences into English.My classmates have been involved, one way or another, in the activities organized by the Student Union. 2. 我们班的同学或多或少都参加过学生会组织的活动。(involve, one way or another)one way or anotherbe involved in the Student Union您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and translate Ex. 7 nullEx.7 Translate the following sentences into English.It’s one of the most desirable jobs available to a person without higher education. 3. 对一个没有受过高等教育的人来说，这是他能得到的最理想的工作之一。(be available)person without higher educationavailablemost desirable您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and translate Ex. 7 nullEx.7 Translate the following sentences into English.Undergraduate research can spur students’ independent thinking and effective learning. 4.从事科研工作能激发大学生的独立思考和有效学习的能力。spurindependent thinking and effective learning您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and translate Ex. 7 nullEx.7 Translate the following sentences into English.The cost of tuition continues to climb each year, which has constituted a heavy burden upon students from poverty-stricken backgrounds 5. 学费每年都在上涨，这已成为贫困家庭学生很重的负担。(constitute, poverty-stricken)cost of tuitionconstitutemost desirableheavy burden您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read and translate Ex. 7 nullRead And SimulateEx.8 Read and compare the English sentences, paying attention to their italicized parts and translate the Chinese sentences by simulating the structure of the English sentences.您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read And Simulate Ex. 8 null1. Ideally, undergraduate research is an opportunity for the kind of intensive study that can expand the mind in ways traditional courses can’t. Read And SimulateChoice Sentences:Simulated Reproduction:The seminar is an opportunity for the kind of study that can expand our minds in ways traditional courses can’t. 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read And Simulate Ex. 8 nullRead And SimulateReference:Simulated Translation:公司新的分配体系能鼓励员工参加这种开拓智能的培训，这是以前的政策无法做到的。 The new distribution mechanism of the company is an encouragement for this kind of training that can expand the mind of the employees in ways the previous policy couldn’t. 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read And Simulate Ex. 8 nullRead And SimulateChoice Sentences:Simulated Reproduction:To really understand a discipline you have to get the feeling that knowledge isn’t just out there and you passively have to absorb it, but rather that it’s constantly being created… To get a good job you have to get the feeling that the job isn’t just out there waiting for you, but rather that you have to find it. 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read And Simulate Ex. 8 nullRead And SimulateReference:Simulated Translation:要提高成绩，你得感受到，好成绩不是现成的在那儿摆着要你去被动地接受，而是需要你不懈的努力去获取。 To improve your achievements, you have to get the feeling that better marks are not just out there for you to accept them passively, but rather that it needs your constant efforts to go after them. 您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read And Simulate Ex. 8 nullRead And SimulateChoice Sentences:Simulated Reproduction:Some do it for academic credit, some for money, some just for experience. Some walk for health, some for sports, some just for relaxation.您所在位置: Passage A / Read About It / Language Focus / Read And Simulate Ex. 8 nullRead And SimulateReference:Simulated Translation:每天有成千上万的人上网。有些是为了获取信息， 有些是为了交流，有些纯粹是为了放松消遣。 Every day thousands of people get onto the Internet. Some do it for information, some for communication, some just for relaxa