新视角研究生英语读说写2一单元课后练习答案.ppt

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1. Inparagraphs1and2,theauthortellsastoryaboutaprofessorinRobertA.Fowkes’sclass.Whatwasstrangeabouttheprofessor?

First,theprofessorsaid“ladiesandgentlemen,”whiletherewasonlyonestudent.Second,RobertA.Fowkes,theonlystudentinclass,missedoneclass,buttheprofessordidn’tgivethelectureFowkeshadmissed,butgavethenextoneinthesequence.

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2. Whywasthelecturesystempopularinthethirteenthcentury?

Inthe13thCenturybooksweresorareandexpensivethatfewstudentscouldaffordthem.

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3. Inparagraphs5–7,whatdoestheauthoruseanimaginaryclasstoshowus?

Theauthorusesanimaginaryclasstoshowustheinadequacyofthelecturesystem.

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4. Intheimaginaryclass,whatmakesMaryandotherstudentsbored?

Thewaytheprofessorlectures:Heisjustreadingfromastackofhisveryoldnotes.

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5. WhydoMaryandherfellowstudentsstickitoutwhilesomedropoutofcollege?

Maryandsomeotherstudentsbecomeresignedtothelecturesystemandwaittobecomejuniorsandseniors.Then,theywillattendsmallerclassesandatlastgetthekindofpersonalattentionthatreallearningrequires.

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6. Inparagraph10,theauthordiscussesactivelearningandpassivelearning.Givesomeexamplesofboth.

Activelearning:Studentswriteessays,doexperimentsandthenhavetheirworkevaluatedbytheirinstructors.Passivelearning:Attendinglectures.

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Moststudentslearnbestbyengaginginfrequentandevenheateddebate.

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Inwhatwaydomoststudentslearnbest?

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