人教修订版 高中三年级 Unit 12

1. 人教修订版 高中三年级 Unit 12

2. Speaking

3. Warming up The following are some famous educators. Do you know when they lived and where they came from? How about their ways of teaching?

5. Confucius was born in 551 BC, and died in 479 BC. According to Chinese tradition, Confucius was a thinker, political figure, educator, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought. It is said that Confucius’ great grandfather had moved from his native

6. land Song to Lu, somewhere near the present town of Qufu in southeastern Shandong. Confucius’ teachings, conversations and exchanges with his students are recorded in the Lunyu. Study, for Confucius, means finding a good

7. teacher and imitating his or her words and deeds. A good teacher is someone older who is familiar with the ways of the past and the practices of the ancients.

9. Anton Makarenko was born in 1888 and died in 1939. He was one of the outstanding Soviet educators. Makarenko’s works, which shows his way of teaching: “... education is a process that is social in the broadest sense....With all the highly complex

10. world of ambient activity, the child enters into an infinite number of relationships, each of which constantly develops, interweaves with other relationships and is compounded by the child’s own physical and moral growth. All this ‘chaos’ is seemingly

11. quite unquantifiable but nevertheless gives rise at each particular instant to definite changes in the personality of the child.”

13. Anne Sullivan (1866-1936) was a devoted teacher who, despite her own handicap, demonstrated a tireless commitment to a student (Helen Keller) who had severe learning disabilities. She developed a method of touch teaching, using direct

14. experience rather than attempting to explain a concept; and she reasoned that children learned by imitation and repetition, working out their own understanding of the subject.

16. Mr. Tao Xingzhi is a great Chinese educationalist for the people. Born on October 18 in She County of Anhui Province, he went to study in the US after graduating from Jinling University in 1914. He came back to China in 1917. Mr. Tao Xingzhi was

17. always “giving whole-heartedly to the people and taking nothing back”, sharing both happiness and sadness with the general public and working closely with Chinese Communist Party. Mr. Tao spared no effort for his whole life and had made indelible

18. contribution to the cause of people’s education, liberation and democracy. Mr. Tao Xingzhi left behind works of 6 million words, which are treasures for the mankind. Pooling the souls of thinking of different educationists, he founded the theory of “Life

19. Education”, laying the spiritual foundation for the reform and development of Chinese people’s education. Mr. Guo Moruo praised him “Two thousand years ago, we had Confucius, and now two thousand years later, we have Mr. Tao Xingzhi”.

20. A learned and respectable paragon for teachers, Mr. Tao is deserved to be a “Giant” in China’s modern history of education. Mr. Tao Xingzhi belongs to not only China, but also the whole world.

21. 551- 497 BC China Finding a good teacher And imitating his or her words and deeds

22. Entering into a lot of relationships, each of which constantly develops, interweaves Russia 1888- 1939

23. with other relationships and is compounded by the child’s own physical and moral growth. Russia 1888- 1939

24. Using direct experience rather than attempting to explain a concept; learning by America 1866- 1936

25. imitation, repetition, and working out their own understanding of the subject

26. 1891- 1946 To give all citizens equal opportunities for education. To create an environment that would encourage learning and the China

27. development of learning. To live a democratic life through experiencing the democratic process. 1891- 1946 China

28. Speaking The following graphs will give us some information about education in China. Discuss the statistics shown in the graphs and describe them in your own words.

29. School-age children attending school

30. A: The number of school-age children attending school increased between 1985 and 2002. In 1985, more than 95 percent of school-age children attended school, while in 2002 more than 99 percent of school-age children attended school, rising by

31. nearly 4 percent. I think, it is with the help of the government that more and more school-age children have the chance of attending school. According to the graph and the present situation as well, it is hoped that all the school-age children will

32. go to school in 2010. I would like to put the bar for 2010 as high as 100%. B: I don’t agree with you. Because a lot of mountainous villages don’t have schools, teachers and equipment for teaching. We still

33. have a long way to go. Though we have achieved a lot, and we are trying our best, we have to keep in mind that many problems remain there for us to overcome, and some of them will take a long time, perhaps more than ten years, or twenty years.

34. People aged 15 and over who are unable or find it very difficult to read

35. C: Fewer and fewer people are unable to read or find it very difficult to read. In 1997, nearly 18 percent of people aged 15 and over are unable or find it very difficult to read, while in 2002 only 8 percent of people aged 15 and over are unable

36. or find it very difficult to read, going down by nearly 10 percent. As we can see, people are becoming richer and richer; more and more people begin to realize the importance of providing their children with a proper education. Of course, our government is playing an important

37. role in helping more children and adults learn to read. According to the graph and the present situation as well, it is certain that all the children and adults will be able to read in 2006. I would like to put the line to 2006 down to bottom.

38. D: I hope so, too. But I don’t think so. After all, facts are facts. I once met a group of school-age children in the railway station, they were just wandering, begging, stealing something here and there for a living. They could not read,

39. and none of them had ever been to a school. My parents travel a lot, and they often meet such people wherever they go. China has the largest population in the world, and many people refuse to learn because they don’t have the money, even for water and bread.

40. Talking a heavy workload, to reduce the workload, to meet parents’ expectations, to be strict with, to raise academic standards, under high pressure

41. A: First, we think China is making great progress in education, whether for school-age children or for those who can not read. As we see from the graphs, people are putting more money and effort into their children’s education. Second, there

42. still remain a lot of problems. For example, the government doesn’t offer enough money for education for all, and the teachers are not well paid. B: The teachers are living a simple life and working very hard, so are the

43. students. We have to study from morning till night to meet our parents’ expectations. It is under such high pressure that we are burdened with a heavy workload. As we know, the load is becoming heavier and heavier.

44. C: The government has been trying to reduce the workload of the students, but it really disappoints us. I think the government should focus on raising the students’ academic standards instead of putting a workload on our shoulders.

45. Besides, the teachers should be strict with us students, but they should not forbid us to do some activities just because they didn’t do them when they were young. We would like to talk about the second topic. Personally, I think lifelong learning is a good idea. I’m D:

46. sure I will keep on learning all through my career or, I may say, throughout my whole life. Because it is really necessary for us to learn non-stop if we want to enjoy a happy and full life. As I grow old, perhaps I will become more interested in learning something practical.

47. E: I think lifelong learning is important for those who are healthy enough, but not necessary for every old person. If an old person is not strong enough, or doesn’t have a clear mind, why should he or she learn new techniques?

48. F: Lifelong learning will become more and more necessary as the whole society ages. I think we should make the youth — the old in the future, aware of the worrying prospect and be ready to face it. No matter what is

49. necessary for the society, people should learn it. Just do it, for you, for me, for the whole world.

50. Homework 1. Remember the information about the famous educators and review your notes about the differences and similarities between the education in China and the USA.