英语报刊阅读教程unit 1 Culture, Education and Religion
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Unit One
Culture, Education and Religion
Titles
Passage 1 University’s Boot Camp Gives Freshmen Fighting Chance
Passage 2 What Is a B.A. in English Worth Anymore?
Passage 3 Egypt Top Court Rules Against Islamist-backed Election Law That Lifts Ban on Religious Slogans
Passage 1
Passage 1 University’s Boot Camp Gives Freshmen Fighting Chance
D
3. According to Thompson, which of the following statement is NOT true?
A. College is very different from middle school.
B. The boot camp can help freshmen change their roles from middle school students to college students in a short time.
取消（原有安排）
Regularly scrub them to make sure germs aren't germinating.
经常擦洗垃圾桶，确保细菌不会滋生 。
Vocabulary
2. drop out: (中途)退学；退出（比赛等）。
One new initiative calls for local leaders to be dismissed whenever high numbers of girls drop out of school.
The graduate rate and retention rate is very low in university. It is necessary to help students to adapt to the life of college, to reduce the risk of dropping out and to improve the graduation rate.
一项新的倡议提出，一旦有大量的女孩退学， 当地的领导就应该被免职。
Vocabulary
3. credit…to:为…增光的人[事物]，记入……帐 目。
但是很难将太多功劳归功于该目标本身。 But it is hard to assign much credit to the exercise
Exercises :
Multiple Choice Translation
Multiple Choice
Choose the best answer from A,B,C and D 1. What do freshmen do in the academic
boot camp?
A. They are to be trained for combat. B. They scrub the latrines with toothbrushes. C. They overcome their shortcomings. D. They attend classes, work in groups and take
Before Reading
(The Introduction of Background Information)
Liberal Arts education
Before Reading
Liberal Arts education
字面意思为自由教育，或称为通识教育，人 文教育，强调对人的教育，而不是对技艺的教育 。它关注的是如何把一个人教育成一个能够独立 思考、具有价值观念和道德操守、了解文化差异 的健康个体。一般来说，在liberal arts education系 统下，学生需要学习艺术、历史、哲学、人文、 社会科学、自然科学等领域内的课程。在接受了 足够广泛的学习后，学生根据自身的兴趣选择一 个专业方向，进行进一步的深入学习。
他把取得的进步归功于集中训练营的训练方法— —让大一新生在进入第一个学期之前就接触高等
教育中严苛的学习要求。
Passage 2
What Is a B.A. in English Worth Anymore?
Before Reading Global Reading Detaied Reading After Reading
Nevada, Reno 连续13年名列美国年度最佳学院之列, 而且 经美国教授协会评估为”Class 1” 的学术研究机构。研究院 被全美大学教授联盟评为一级研究院，它集活力和创新于
一体。内华达里诺大学University of Nevada, Reno 的 Reynolds School of Journalism新闻学院曾经产生了六名 Pulitzer Prize普立兹奖的得主。Hydrologic Sciences 水文 科学, Logistics Program后勤运输学, 政治学, 自然科学, 艺 术的专精也都知名于世，农业，矿业和文学方面的教育水
exams. D
2. What is the purpose of UNR’s boot camp?
A. To improve the chance of surviving their first semester of university. B. To improve the graduation rate. C. To improve the retention rate. D. All of the above.
4. What can students know from the Boot Camp?
a. How to deal with roommates from a social aspect.
b. The work in college load harder thຫໍສະໝຸດ Baidun they expected.
Translation
Translate the following paragraph into Chinese.
He credits that improvement to the way boot camp exposes freshmen to the tougher academic requirements of higher education before they start their first semester. He credits that improvement to the way boot camp exposes freshmen to the tougher academic requirements of higher education before they start their first semester.
itself.
Vocabulary
4. mess up:搞砸；弄糟; 干扰；搅乱；使不得安 宁。
When politicians mess things up, it is the people who pay the price... 政客们把事情搞砸的时候，埋单的是老百姓。
After Reading
5. What freshmen should NOT learn before they begin their first semester? A. To manage the credit load. B. Exams are crucial to their grades. C. College is more freedom than at home. D. The intensity of academic study is very hard. C
平在世界上都享有盛誉。
Global Reading
Structure of the passage Text Analysis
Global Reading
Part Division of the Text
Detailed Reading
Content Questions Vocabulary
Global Reading
Structure Text Analysis
Global Reading (Part Division of the Text)
2. What is the Problem of graduate rate and retention rate in UNR?
Last year, slightly more than half of the freshmen who entered UNR in 2006 graduated.
c. The exams are crucial to their grades.
d. The newly found freedom that freshman experience when they leave home poses another danger
Vocabulary
1. scrub: [skrʌb]vt.& vi.用力擦洗，刷洗；
The graduation rate in 2012 for UNR students who earned a diploma in six years was 54 percent. That’s 2 points below the national six-year graduation rate of 56 percent.
C. The boot camp is open to all of freshmen.
D. Freshmen can have chance to experience tougher academic requirements of higher education before the start their university.
C
4．What do we know about mentors? A. They are also majoring in biology and neuroscience. B. They are undergraduates. C. They help freshmen to adapt to college life. D. All of the above. D
Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading
Before Reading
UNR
建立于1974年, 是一所综合性的公立大学。根据U.S. News & World Report 的报导, 内华达雷诺大学University of
79 percent of the freshmen who came on campus in 2011 were still enrolled when the next fall semester began.
3. What can we conclude from the data mentioned in question 2?
Content Questions
1. What is the purpose of University’s Boot Camp?
It is to help freshmen majoring in certain scientific fields improve their chances of surviving that fragile first semester of college.
Culture, Education and Religion
Titles
Passage 1 University’s Boot Camp Gives Freshmen Fighting Chance
Passage 2 What Is a B.A. in English Worth Anymore?
Passage 3 Egypt Top Court Rules Against Islamist-backed Election Law That Lifts Ban on Religious Slogans
Passage 1
Passage 1 University’s Boot Camp Gives Freshmen Fighting Chance
D
3. According to Thompson, which of the following statement is NOT true?
A. College is very different from middle school.
B. The boot camp can help freshmen change their roles from middle school students to college students in a short time.
取消（原有安排）
Regularly scrub them to make sure germs aren't germinating.
经常擦洗垃圾桶，确保细菌不会滋生 。
Vocabulary
2. drop out: (中途)退学；退出（比赛等）。
One new initiative calls for local leaders to be dismissed whenever high numbers of girls drop out of school.
The graduate rate and retention rate is very low in university. It is necessary to help students to adapt to the life of college, to reduce the risk of dropping out and to improve the graduation rate.
一项新的倡议提出，一旦有大量的女孩退学， 当地的领导就应该被免职。
Vocabulary
3. credit…to:为…增光的人[事物]，记入……帐 目。
但是很难将太多功劳归功于该目标本身。 But it is hard to assign much credit to the exercise
Exercises :
Multiple Choice Translation
Multiple Choice
Choose the best answer from A,B,C and D 1. What do freshmen do in the academic
boot camp?
A. They are to be trained for combat. B. They scrub the latrines with toothbrushes. C. They overcome their shortcomings. D. They attend classes, work in groups and take
Before Reading
(The Introduction of Background Information)
Liberal Arts education
Before Reading
Liberal Arts education
字面意思为自由教育，或称为通识教育，人 文教育，强调对人的教育，而不是对技艺的教育 。它关注的是如何把一个人教育成一个能够独立 思考、具有价值观念和道德操守、了解文化差异 的健康个体。一般来说，在liberal arts education系 统下，学生需要学习艺术、历史、哲学、人文、 社会科学、自然科学等领域内的课程。在接受了 足够广泛的学习后，学生根据自身的兴趣选择一 个专业方向，进行进一步的深入学习。
他把取得的进步归功于集中训练营的训练方法— —让大一新生在进入第一个学期之前就接触高等
教育中严苛的学习要求。
Passage 2
What Is a B.A. in English Worth Anymore?
Before Reading Global Reading Detaied Reading After Reading
Nevada, Reno 连续13年名列美国年度最佳学院之列, 而且 经美国教授协会评估为”Class 1” 的学术研究机构。研究院 被全美大学教授联盟评为一级研究院，它集活力和创新于
一体。内华达里诺大学University of Nevada, Reno 的 Reynolds School of Journalism新闻学院曾经产生了六名 Pulitzer Prize普立兹奖的得主。Hydrologic Sciences 水文 科学, Logistics Program后勤运输学, 政治学, 自然科学, 艺 术的专精也都知名于世，农业，矿业和文学方面的教育水
exams. D
2. What is the purpose of UNR’s boot camp?
A. To improve the chance of surviving their first semester of university. B. To improve the graduation rate. C. To improve the retention rate. D. All of the above.
4. What can students know from the Boot Camp?
a. How to deal with roommates from a social aspect.
b. The work in college load harder thຫໍສະໝຸດ Baidun they expected.
Translation
Translate the following paragraph into Chinese.
He credits that improvement to the way boot camp exposes freshmen to the tougher academic requirements of higher education before they start their first semester. He credits that improvement to the way boot camp exposes freshmen to the tougher academic requirements of higher education before they start their first semester.
itself.
Vocabulary
4. mess up:搞砸；弄糟; 干扰；搅乱；使不得安 宁。
When politicians mess things up, it is the people who pay the price... 政客们把事情搞砸的时候，埋单的是老百姓。
After Reading
5. What freshmen should NOT learn before they begin their first semester? A. To manage the credit load. B. Exams are crucial to their grades. C. College is more freedom than at home. D. The intensity of academic study is very hard. C
平在世界上都享有盛誉。
Global Reading
Structure of the passage Text Analysis
Global Reading
Part Division of the Text
Detailed Reading
Content Questions Vocabulary
Global Reading
Structure Text Analysis
Global Reading (Part Division of the Text)
2. What is the Problem of graduate rate and retention rate in UNR?
Last year, slightly more than half of the freshmen who entered UNR in 2006 graduated.
c. The exams are crucial to their grades.
d. The newly found freedom that freshman experience when they leave home poses another danger
Vocabulary
1. scrub: [skrʌb]vt.& vi.用力擦洗，刷洗；
The graduation rate in 2012 for UNR students who earned a diploma in six years was 54 percent. That’s 2 points below the national six-year graduation rate of 56 percent.
C. The boot camp is open to all of freshmen.
D. Freshmen can have chance to experience tougher academic requirements of higher education before the start their university.
C
4．What do we know about mentors? A. They are also majoring in biology and neuroscience. B. They are undergraduates. C. They help freshmen to adapt to college life. D. All of the above. D
Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading
Before Reading
UNR
建立于1974年, 是一所综合性的公立大学。根据U.S. News & World Report 的报导, 内华达雷诺大学University of
79 percent of the freshmen who came on campus in 2011 were still enrolled when the next fall semester began.
3. What can we conclude from the data mentioned in question 2?
Content Questions
1. What is the purpose of University’s Boot Camp?
It is to help freshmen majoring in certain scientific fields improve their chances of surviving that fragile first semester of college.