学术英语 综合 Unit 1

Unit 1
Economics
Unit Objectives
1. Professional Knowledge
•Get acquainted with some important economic concepts(e.g. the invisible hand, signaling theory, antitrust law, comparative advantage,etc.)
7. Academic language and discourse
•Know what is specialized vocabulary and acquire some specialized vocabulary of economics
•Understand the functions of parenthetical statements
•Analyze complex or controversial issues critically (e.g. monopoly, free market vs. government regulation, etc.)
Unit 1
Economics
Unit Objectives
3. Listening
•Make predictions about the content of a lecture
4. Speaking
•Ask for information and clarification in a polite and effective way
•Learn to do interviews and report the findings in an oral presentation
Unit 1
Economics
Cultural Points
1. Contribute as much as possible what you know about the following:
• Thanksgiving • Adam Smith • the invisible hand
Unit 1
目标：训练对信息的获取、分析、整 合、利用能力；提高学生撰写学期论 文及学术论文的技能；帮助学生过度 到专业双语课程及全英课程学习；全 面培养学生的学业能力、思辨创新能 力和解决实际问题的学术研究能力。
Unit 1
Economics
Unit Contents
Unit objectives Text A Text B Text C Academic language and discourse Listening Speaking Writing
2. Reading
•Summarize the main ideas of a text and identify essential supporting points
•Understand difficult sentences (e.g., sentences with abstract meaning or ambiguous reference)
•Comprehend stylistic differences between formal and informal English and acquire some formal expressions
Unit 1
Economics
Text A Lead-in
How do you celebrate Spring Festival? Write down your activities in the table in the textbook and analyze whose skill and labor are required to make these activities possible.
Economics
Text A Supplementary information
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1. Thanksgiving
It is an annual national holiday in the U.S. and Canada. Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November, honoring the early Plymouth settlers and their harvest feast. They commonly trace the Thanksgiving holiday to a 1621 celebration at the Plymouth Plantation, where the Plymouth settlers held a harvest feast after a successful season. Although prayers and thanks were probably offered at the 1621 harvest gathering, the first recorded religious Thanksgiving in Plymouth happened two years later in 1623. On this occasion, the colonists gave thanks to God for rain after a nearly catastrophic drought.
Share your answers with your partner and discuss the following questions:
1. What’s the power that leads people to work and cooperate?
2. What do you understand about economic life from the table?
5. Writing
•Understand what kind of topic is suitable and manageable for a term paper
Unit 1
Economics
Unit Objectives
6. Researching
•Independently locate and study a variety of resources (articles, books, videos, etc.) to know more about the Microsoft case
学术英语 综合
Academic English — An Integrated Course
What is EAP?
English for Academic Purposes/EAP
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