Unit ThreeUnit ThreeUnit ThreeUnit ThreeWhy I Teach?Why I Teach?

Teaching Plan• Warming up• Global Reading• New Words• Text Analysis• Exercise &Assignment• Proverbs & Sayings

• Warming-up• Work in pairs and try to figure

out the occupations of the people in the pictures.

What do you want to be?

• doctor

pilot• entistsci• butcher

• director• engineer

• businessman

• teacher

salesman

Warm-up Questions 1.What do you want to do after graduation? 2.Would you like to be a teacher? Why or

why not?Joys: freedom, change, challenge,

achievement, feeling young and fulfilled, respect, long vacations, etc

Frustrations: low pay, constant challenges, heavy load academic pressure, lack of understanding from students, etc.

The reasons I teach

• Long vacation (opportunity to do what I enjoy, like reading, research)

• Feeling young and fulfilled

• Sense of achievement

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1. Part Division of theText

Part 5 Question and Answer

2. Scanning — Reasons to Teach3. Further Understanding

Global ReadingGlobal Reading Global ReadingGlobal Reading

Part 4 Listing

Part 1 Questions and Answers

Part 3 Sentence Detecting

Parts Paragraphs

Main Ideas

1 1

2 2~3

3 4~11

4 12~19

5 20~21

Part Division of the Text

While all Americans are taught to want money and power, I want to teach and this greatly puzzles my friends.

I teach neither because teaching is easy for me, nor because I have so much knowledge that I must share with my students.

I love the teaching profession because teaching offers me a great number of rewards, such as pace, variety, intellectual challenge and the chance to keep on learning.

Being a teacher, I can help and see my students grow and change in front of me.

Teaching offers something besides money and power: love. In addition, seeing students growing, I find myself growing and changing with them too.

the opportunity to share with his students the happiness of their success6. __________________________________________________________

the opportunity to teach his students to play their roles in the real world5. __________________________________________________________

the freedom to be his own boss (the freedom to do things in his own way)

3. __________________________________________________________

the variety (Teaching is a profession built on change.)2. __________________________________________________________

Directions: Go over the text quickly and find out the reasons why the author teaches.

the pace of the academic calendar1. __________________________________________________________

the opportunity to keep on learning4. __________________________________________________________

Scanning — Reasons to Teach

the power to help his students grow and change

the love teaching offers, the love of learning, of books and ideas and the love a teacher feels for that rare student who walks into a teacher’s life and begins to breathe

the feeling of remaining young while teaching10. __________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. __________________________________________________________

the joy of seeing his students grow and change in front of his eyes7. __________________________________________________________

9.

1. According to the author, what is the goal most Americans are taught to

achieve in life?

2. Do you think an administrative position has anything to do with money

and power?

3. Give Examples for administrative positions in a university.

Questions and Answers

Most Americans are taught to manage to achieve money and power when they grow up.

Yes, it involves the management of the staff and affairs of a university, which tends to offer a higher pay than teaching.

President of a university, faculty director, dean of studies, director of teaching and discipline etc.

Find out the concluding sentence in this part that summarizes the reasons why the author teaches.

Directions:

Sentence Detecting

So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

1) The two most important reasons why the author teaches are:

2) The names of his students that offer the reasons why the author teaches.

2| ） The author helps his students to mould their characters.

1 ） His students grow and change in front of him.

Vicky

George

Jeanne

Jacqui

Listing

1) _______________________________________________________

2) _______________________________________________________

3) _______________________________________________________

4) _______________________________________________________

What does teaching offer besides money and power?

Question and Answer

It offers love, not only the love of learning and of books and ideas, but also the love that a teacher feels for that rare student who walks into a teacher’s life and begins to breathe.

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• New words and expressions

New Words•probably : perhaps, presumably•time and again: 屡次，常常•outweigh: be more important or

valuable than sth. else•比…重（在重量上）；比…重要；比…有

价值

The benefits of this treatment far outweigh any risks.

outdo: do better than: 超过，胜过The nine-year-old outdo all his

siblings.九岁的孩子胜过了他的兄弟姐妹。outgrow: too old to sth: 长大而不再适

合…I have outgrown the age of playing

toy.我已经超过了玩玩具的年龄。She outgrew her dress.

• administrative ； step-up • administrative [əd‘mɪnɪstretɪv] adj.

管理的，行政的 He holds an administrative post in

the company. hold a post: 任职 administrate v. 管理；经营 administration n. 管理，行政 administrator n. 管理人员，行政人员

• My friend asked the question when I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for an administrative position.

• T:• 当我朋友为我为什么教书时，我告诉他是

因为我不想考虑做管理类的工作。

• Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, carpenter, writer.

• mechanic: [mə‘kænɪk] n. 机械工，机修工• carpenter: [‘kɑrpəntɚ] n. 木匠 • attempt to do sth: try to do sth difficult• 尝试做某事

• earn one’s living: 谋生 = make a living

• 我尝试着以写作谋生。• I try to earn my living by writing.• I try to make a living by selling

clothes.

• For me, teaching is a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach profession.

• sweat: [swɛt] 汗水 (n&v)

• drip with sweat

• sweaty: adj. 流汗的，出汗的• sweaty palm • sweaty workout• palm [pɑm]

palm : 手掌 palm : 棕榈树

金棕榈奖：

• sinking-stomach: • Here, “stomach” means

“spirit, heart”. A person’s stomach sinks when he is upset, disappointed.

• 精神沮丧的

• profession:n. 职业• A profession is a type of job that

requires advanced education or training.

• occupation: 泛指各种各样的职业• professional a. 职业的 by profession 以……为职业• He is a lawyer by profession.•

• Red-eye, because I never feel ready to teach no matter how late I stay up preparing.

• stay up: 熬夜• I used to stay up to watch TV.• 我熬夜写作业。• I stay up to do my homework.• T:• 说熬红眼睛，这是因为我晚上无论备课备到多

晚，总觉得备得还不充分。• no matter+ 疑问词：引导让步状语从句

• Sinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual.

• convince:[kən‘vɪns] vt. 说服；使确信，使信服

convince sb of sth 使某人确信• convince sb that convince sb to do 说服某人做某事• How can I convince you of her honesty?• Her smile convinced him that she was happy.• I’ve been trying to convince him to come with me.

convinced: adj. 确信的，坚信的be convinced of 确信be convinced that I am convinced of his guilt. I was convinced that we were doing

theright thing.convincing: adj. 令人信服的，有说服力的a convincing speaker 令人信服的演说家

convinced convinced 引导的是过去分词短语，作伴随状语。More Examples:The student left the classroom,

disappointed at the teacher’s decision.

The mother couldn’t eat or sleep, worried about her son’s safety.

More practice on P 57.

Para 3• compel [kəm‘pɛl] v. 强迫，迫使• 强迫某人做某事？• compel sb to do sth= force sb

to do sth• Nothing can compel me to do

such a thing.• take a note: 记笔记

• Nor do I teach because I think I know answers, or because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share.

• T:• 我之所以教书，也不是因为我认为自己能够解

答问题，或者因为我有满腹学问，觉得非与别人分享不可。

Para 5• I teach because I like the pace of

the academic calendar. June, July, and August offer an opportunity for reflection, research, and writing.

• pace [peɪs] 步法，步调• keep pace with: 保持同步，跟上步法• Education should keep pace with

the changes of the society.

• calendar:[‘kæləndɚ] 日历• 阴历： lunar calendar• 阳历： solar calendar• reflection: 反思• reflection is careful thought about a

particular subject. • V. reflect 深思，考虑 reflect on/upon I must reflect upon how to answer that

question.

Para 6• stimulate [‘stɪmjə’let] 刺激；激励，

鼓舞• The teacher’s praise stimulated

Tom to study even harder.• 老师的表扬鼓励着汤姆更加努力地学习。• Exercise stimulates the

circulation of blood.• 锻炼刺激血液循环。

Learn a lesson: 吸取教训freshman n. 大一学生sophomore['sɑfəmɔr] n. 大二学生junior n. 大三学生senior n 大四学生

• I teach because teaching is a profession built on change.

build on: base on; use as a base for further development

All research builds on work by previous reseachers.

Her conclusion is built on a careful analysis of current international affairs.

Even if I use the same textbook I have use

before, I always teach in a different way as I may have new ideas about the subject.

Each year I have new students who are different from the ones I have taught before and therefore I have to change my way of teaching according to meet their needs.

Para 8• I teach because I like to ask

questions that students must struggle to answer.

• T ：• 我教书，是因为我喜欢向学生提出必须

绞尽脑汁才能回答的问题。

• The world is full of right answers to bad questions.

• What does “bad questions” refer to?• It refers to careless questions

or simple questions that every student can answer easily without difficulty.

• T ： 我们这个世界有无穷无尽的正确答案来对付拙劣的问题。

Para 9• I teach because I enjoy finding

ways of getting myself and my students out of the ivory tower and into the real world.

• ivory [‘aɪvəri] n. 象牙；乳白色

Ivory Tower

Ivory Tower 是根据圣经《旧约雅歌》（ the Old Testament, song of songs ）里，睿智富有的以色列王所罗门（ Solomon ）曾诗歌 1005首，其中《雅歌》都是爱情之歌。在第五首歌中，新郎是这样赞美新娘的，“ …Your neck is like an ivory tower.”

Institutions like universities and colleges are often referred to as “ivory towers” where professors and their students engage in pursuits that are disconnected from the practical concerns of everyday life .

• T ：• 我教书，是因为我喜欢想方设法使

自己和我的学生从象牙塔里走出来，步入现实世界。

• I once taught a course called "Self-Reliance in a Technological Society."

• Reliance:[rɪ‘laɪəns] 信赖；信心；依靠

• self-reliance: 自力更生• rely: 依赖，依靠 rely on• 注意： dependence 是依靠的意思• independence 是独立，不依靠

• technological adj. [tɛknə‘lɑdʒɪkl] 技术的，工艺的

• We are living in an era of rapid techonological change.

• 我们生活在一个科技快速变化的时代。• technology n. 技术•科学技术： science and technology

Para 10• But we also set up a corporation,

borrowed money, purchased a run-down house and practiced self-reliance by renovating it.

• corporation:[,kɔrpə‘reʃən] 有限公司• multinational corporation: 跨国公司• set up a corporation: 建立一个公司

• Run-down adj. 破败的，衰弱的

• Renovate [‘rɛnəvet] restore old buildings,oil paintings to a former ,better state 修复，修整

• T:•但除此而外，我们还办起一个公司，借钱买下一所破旧的房屋，通过对这一建筑物的整修翻新，我们就自力更生这一课题进行了一次实践活动。

• distribute: [dɪ‘strɪbjut] vt. 分配；散布；分开• 分发，分配• The organiztion distributed food and

blankets to the earthquake victims.• The newspaper is distributed free.• People there often complain that wealth is

not evenly distributed in their society.• distribute the profit: 分发利益——分红• distribute sth to/ among sb• 把…分给某人，或在某些人之间分…

• At the end of the semester, we sold the house, repaid our loan, paid our taxes, and distributed the profits among the group.

• repay:归还，偿还• to repay a debt/loan• 我将下个星期偿还欠他们的钱。• I will repay the money I owe them next

week.

• So teaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.

• give me pace means 给了我步调，即让我的生活有了规律

• variety: state of varying 变化的状态• My job lacks variety; I am doig the same

things all the time.

• My first doctoral student, Vicky was an energetic student who labored at her dissertation on a little-known 14th century poet.

• doctoral:[‘dɒkt(ə)r(ə)l] adj. 博士的；博士学位的；有博士学位的

• doctoral degree

• master degree

• bachelor degree--- bachelor of engineering

• electric automatization[ɔ,tɑmətɪ‘zeʃən] •电气自动化

• energetic:[,ɛnɚ‘dʒɛtɪk] adj. 精力充沛的；积极的；有力的

• energy n. ['ɛnɚdʒi]• n. 能量；精力；活力；精神 • dissertation [‘dɪsɚ’teʃən] n. 论文，

学位论文• doctoral disseration 博士论文• academic disseration 学术论文

• labor at sth: 苦干某件事情•就什么内容，关于什么 用介词： on• T:

•维基是我的第一个博士生。她精力充沛，孜孜不倦地撰写她那篇论述 14 世纪一位不知名诗人的学位论文。

• send … off: • post: 寄• 我妈妈昨天给我寄了一个包裹。• My mother send off a package to

me yeasterday.• dispatch:派遣• The American government send

off an army to Iraq.

• learned: adj. 博学的，有学问的；学术的• He is a scholar, genuinely learned

man.• journal [‘dʒɝnl] n. 杂志，报纸；期刊• Wall Street Journal 华尔街日报• medical journal 医学期刊• core journal 核心期刊• learned journal 学术期刊

• She did it all herself, with an occasional nudge from me.

• Occasional: happening from time to time; not regular

• Your writing is quite good except for a few occasional mistake in spelling or grammar.

• nudge:[nʌdʒ] 启示• encouragement or suggestion• T:• 这一切都由她独立完成，我偶尔从旁略

加指点。

fellowship n. 研究员职位；研究员薪金

-ship: suffix 后缀 表示情况、状态、身份、资格、职位或职务

• ownership 所有权，所有制• professorship 教授身份• leadership　领导• authorship 作者身份• scholarship 奖学金

• But I was there when she finished her dissertation, learned that her articles were accepted, got a job and won a fellowship to Harvard working on a book developing ideas she'd first had as my student.

• work on a book: 著书论著• T:• 我亲眼看到了她完成了她的论文，得知她的文章被采用，找到了工作并且获得了在哈佛大学当研究员的职位，著书论著她在做我学生时萌发的思想。

• engineer: [,ɛndʒɪ‘nɪr] 工程师• an engineering student 一个工科的学

生• switch v. 转换 n. 开关• switch to • switch on 接通，开启 • switch off （用开关）关掉；切断（电

源）

Para 15• end: 目标 ; 结果• urban:[‘ɝbən] 城市的• urban-rural （农村的，乡下的）• urbanize v. 使城市化• urbanization n. 城市化• morden ——mordenize——

mordenization

civil rights 民事权利• civil: of or relating to ordinary citizens

rather than the armed forces or the church;

• Of or relating to the citizens of a country.

• T:• 我亲耳听到她对我说，她后来对城市贫民产

生了兴趣，继而成了捍卫公民权的律师。

Para 16• intuition [,ɪntu‘ɪʃən] n. 直觉• by intuition: 凭直觉Intuition told me that something

was wrong with our plan.The old hunter knew by intuition

that the deer would soon be there.

• analysis: n. 分析 The artical provides a detailed analysis

of the root causes of the accident.analysis 的复数形式是 analyses, 动词形式为 analyse 或 analyze

与其有相似变化的词还有：basis—basescrisis---crises

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• Text Analysis

JacquiJacqui

…rare student who walks into a teacher’s life (L.69, Para. 20)

There are the real reason I There are the real reason I teach, these people who teach, these people who grow grow andand change change in front of me. in front of me.

Being a teacher is being Being a teacher is being presentpresent at the at the

CREATIONCREATION, when the , when the clayclay begins to begins to breathebreathe..

God created a man out of clay God created a man out of clay and gave him life and gave him life

by breathing the breath of lifeby breathing the breath of lifeInto his nostrils.Into his nostrils.

BreatheBreathe

Of leaning, books Of leaning, books and ideasand ideas

Rare students Rare students and their growthand their growth

I teach because, being around I teach because, being around people who beginning to people who beginning to breathebreathe, I , I occasionally find myself catching occasionally find myself catching my breath my breath with them. (para.21)with them. (para.21)

StructureStructureDiagramDiagram

1 Question1 Question

2 Not easy2 Not easy

5-11 Reasons5-11 Reasons

12-17 Major 12-17 Major ReasonsReasons

18-20 Love / 18-20 Love / MagicMagic

4 Question4 Question

3 Not expert3 Not expert

21 My growth21 My growth

QuestionQuestion

AnswerAnswer

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Exercise • 1)were short of• 2)attached any importance to• 3)have applied for• 4)consists of• 5)vital• 6)range• 7)Judging by• 8)leisure• 9)awkward• 10)ultimate• 11)constitute• 12)slim

• 1) salary• 2) prospect• 3) in turn• 4) smelled of• 5) depressed• 6) suburb• 7) stale• 8) protested• 9) incompetent• 10) interview• 11) Having little in common• 12) disapproval• 13) advertise• 14) plus

• 1) A résumé generally consists of personal information, work experience and educational background.

• 2) In today's job market, importance is attached to practical experience as well as formal education.

• 3) The pay for this type of work ranges from ten to fifteen dollars per hour.

• 4) The thought of having to take the exam again depressed me./ I was depressed at the thought of having to take the exam again.

• 5) Tony and his brother have little in common except that they share the same interest in cricket./ Tony and his brother have little in common except their shared interest in cricket.

• 6) England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland constitute the United Kingdom.

• 1) unlock• 2) unpacked• 3) undo• 4) unfolded• 5) unsay• 6) undressed

• 1) a blue-eyed girl• 2) a kind-hearted woman• 3) a simple-minded young man• 4) a double-faced guy/a double-faced

fellow• 5) a long-haired rabbit• 6) a white-haired girl• 7) a left-handed person• 8) a red-tailed bird• 9) a narrow-minded man• 10) a short-sighted woman

• 1) smells lovely/smells sweet• 2) could smell cigarettes• 3) Smell the milk• 4) smells stale• 5) smells of wine• 6) can smell something burning• 7) was smelling a ball of wool• 8) smell of fish/smelt of

fish/smelled of fish

• 1) surprising/surprise• 2) surprised• 3) excited    interested• 4) frightened• 5) bored   closing• 6) closed• 7) frightening• 8) winning• 9) amusing   thinking• 10) lost

• 1) The rumour proved (to be) true.• 2) The experiment proved (to be)

a success in the end.• 3) The student proved (to be)

much brighter than he had first appeared.

• 4) His experiences on the farm proved (to be) a turning point in his writing career.

• 1) I could say "Thank you"• 2) I had time to look over my

answers• 3) most of the students

understood the first problem• 4) I could stop him

• 1) the letter must have been written by a small child

• 2) they are probably Japanese• 3) he might have failed in his

English exam• 4) the performance must be a

great success

• 1) advertised• 2) local• 3) slim• 4) apply• 5) disapproval• 6) consisted of• 7) attached importance• 8) Obviously• 9) in common• 10) salary• 11) prospect

• 1) Out• 2) apply• 3) others• 4) know• 5) preferred/chose/select• 6) single• 7) a• 8) at• 9) behind• 10) careful• 11) to• 12) considerate/thoughtful• 13) when• 14) questions• 15) polite• 16) rest/others• 17) floor• 18) placed• 19) turn• 20) When• 21) noticed• 22) brushed• 23) nails• 24) excellent• 25) more

• 1) hiring• 2) link• 3) college graduate• 4) somewhere• 5) find out• 6) checked with his university• 7) he'd be right for the job• 8) eagerness• 9) left me with only one other question• 10) call on

• 1. She got a post as a cashier at a local bank. But she was soon fired because she proved to be incompetent.

• 2. It is obviously/clearly his young assistant who is running the book store.

• 3. No sooner had the proposal been announced at the meeting than she got to her feet to protest.

• 4. Bill has applied to Harvard University for a teaching assistantship, but his chances of getting it are slim.

• 5. Being short of funds, they are trying to attract foreign capital.

• 6. The room smells of stale air. It must have been vacant for a long time.

• 7. As far as hobbies are concerned, Jane and her sister have little in common.

• 8. It is self-evident that the education of the young is vital to the future of a country.

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Proverbs and Sayings

1. Example is always more efficacious than precept.

身教胜于言教。

2. Only a nation of educated people could remain free.

只有受过教育的人民组成的国家才能保持自由。

3. Education is the transmission of civilization.

教育传播文明。

4. The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. — Aristotle, Ancient Greek philosopher

5. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. — Adams, American historian

教育的根是苦涩的，但其果实是香甜的。 —— 古希腊哲学家 亚里士多德

教师的影响是永恒的；无法估计他的影响会有多深远。 —— 美国历史学家 亚当斯

6. The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. — Forbes, American educator

7. Hold what you really know and tell what you do not know and this will lead to knowledge. — Confucius, Chinese philosopher and educator

教育的目的是用接受新思想的头脑去取代一个空虚的灵魂。 —— 美国教育家 福布斯

知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。 —— 中国哲学家、教育家 孔子

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