UNIT 4 Exploring literature The importance of reading literature often seems to be lost on many Chinese people. Even experts in education think that the first goal of education is to encourage a love of learning.Therefore，there is possibly something wrong with the way students are taught here. Why should they read literature？Do stories have value compared with the reading and learning of facts？Studies show clearly that the most powerful ways of learning are by experience，action，doing experiments and taking risks. Yet there are so many important things to learn that cannot be learned in these ways：feelings，problem－solving，danger，relationships，etc. Research into this has shown how deep reading is a valuable experience different to the learning of words or facts. Keen readers of literature understand others better. Their abilities to make good decisions are increased. Young children who enjoy a parent’s reading stories to them show greater awareness when they reach school age. Chinese bookshops are full of storybooks. There is also a Chinese author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. There are moves in Chinese education to promote decision－making and shared values. The value of literature is helpful to these as well as the future of China. 词汇积累 1.problem－solving /'pr bl m s lv / n.解决问题；寻求答案 (合成词) 2.awareness / 'we n s/ n.认识； 意识 (派生词) 3.move /mu v/ v.移动； 搬动→n.行动 (词类活用) 4.decision－making /d 's n me k / n.决策(合成词) 5.compared with与……相比较 6.take risks冒险 7.make good decisions做出正确的决定 8.win the Nobel Prize in Literature获得诺贝尔文学奖 佳句背诵 1.Even experts in education think that the first goal of education is to encourage a love of learning.(that引导宾语从句；不定式短语作表语) 就连教育专家也认为教育的首要目标是培养对学习的热爱。 2.Therefore，there is possibly something wrong with the way students are taught here.(there be句型；the way作先行词的定语从句) 因此，这里的教学方式可能有问题。 Period Ⅰ Welcome to the unit & Reading———通文本 Step Ⅰ Read for the main idea Fill in the blanks according to the text. Part 1(Paras.1&2) Introduction (the story of a child and a man to introduce__the__topic) Part 2(Paras.3－5) Body (three__qualities of literature) Part 3(Para.6) Summary(the__significance of literature) Step Ⅱ Read the lines Read the text carefully and choose the best answers. 1.How does the writer introduce the topic of the text A.By giving a definition. B.By giving an example. C.By listing numbers. D.By comparison. 2.What does the word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to A.A little song. B.A great book. C.A new world. D.Literature. 3.Why does the author give the example of a poet A.To ask us to care the truth and beauty of literature. B.To ask us to read more poems written by the poet. C.To stop to look at the dead grass and write poems. D.To stop to talk with a sensitive human soul. 4.Why does the author give the example of Faustus in paragraph 4 A.To appeal to us to r ... ...
