阅读
1. Comparative education;
第一阶段是以17至18世纪,curious为开始的,大家到处看看像讲旅行见闻一样交流所见所闻。
第二阶段19世纪,开始有意识的去观察学习,属于borrow的阶段。但是只局限于descriptive和uncritical的。
第三阶段20世纪,现代教育学家认为教育制度几种局限性,其中一种是只比较各方面相似的情况,比如欧美。
2. Forecasting Volcano Activity;
火山爆发预测的几种方式,但这种预测的程度也就像天气预报一样,不是非常准确但是有助于我们预防和避免。
3. Archeological Analysis of Ancient Pottery;
判断出土史前陶器的年代的几种方式及不确定性,根据陶器的花纹,判断史前陶器的实用性或仪式性或多用途的方式及理由。经过比较确立其他遗址的年代,可以确立用途和年代。
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听力
1.一个学生想要参加一个项目,他不了解这个项目,于是去找他的老师然后让她写推荐信。但是这个项目要求很严,而且费用很贵,以这个学生的能力看来,这个项目估计没他的份。(考题:老师的态度题)于是老师建议他去G老师那里做助教,这个G老师去年就跟这个学生说过让他做助教的事,但是学生貌似不感兴趣。但是今年,这个学生觉得两个都应该申请,但是这两个项目又有时间冲突。
2.一个学生讨论跟教授有关的课程,讨论了一些戏剧
3.一个学生3月自行车被收,结果去问学校,学校说6月就丢到垃圾堆了,你9月才来问。。
(2,3题都与学术相关,非经典加试题目)
4.一个女生,在开学后去Public safty找她的ID,然后就撤到了她的自行车,由于她在放暑假之前没有把自行车带回家,Public safty的人就把她的车处理掉了。。。。这女生觉得很不可思议(这里有题)。。。。但是没办法,扔了就是扔了。
5 ~6空档
7~9 听力经典加试。 鸟的迁徙,大王花。。。
M: We will probably blame the school for its poor communication. The publicity of new exhibitions is offen late and inaccurate. There were even quite a few times that when we finally saw the introduction of an art display in the school newspaper, the exhibition was over already.
The man expresses his opinion of the university's plan. Please state his opinion and explain the reasons he gives for holding that opinion.
口语
1 What qualities should a leader have?
说了两点:(1)一要公平(2)二要有远见
2 Do you agree or disagree: people should always tell the truth?
依情况而定(1)有时应该(2)有时不应该
3 Reading:大学准备关闭学生的art gallery。
Listening: 男生反对该决议:1. 该大学艺术系学生多,作品来源不成问题。2. 学校的宣传做得不好,经常是展览结束后了,才有介绍文章出来,大家都不知道有展览。
附录原文:
W: Did you read the school newspaper? The art galley will be closed in a few days.
M: Hum, I knew the decision. You know what? I am going to write an e-mail to Dean to complain about this plan.
W: So, what are you complaining about? It looks they have done nothing wrong about it. You know, not too many art majors take the advantage of the gallery and display their works there.
M: Ah, that is true, obviously. But...but they see only part of the truth.
W: What do you mean?'
M: Well, let me put it this way. The reason that many majors don't display their works in the gallery is that they take the chance of exhibiting in the gallery very seriously. So they always wait until everything is perfect before sending their works to the exhibition.
W: Aha, I didn't know it before. But how would you explain that only very few students come to the gallery even during the period of exhibiton?
4 Reading: 心理学一概念:讲你希望对方成为什么样的人,你就应该按照你希望他(她)成为的那个样子去对待他(她)。
Listening: 一个实验,一组随机挑选的小学生,告诉教师他们(她们)都是是精挑细选的优秀生。老师因此努力教学,经常鼓励,小学生短期内成绩提高。
5男生参加校emergency response team,需要大量训练以达到国家标准,没有时间做literature reading,为此苦恼不已。女生给出两个解决办法:1. 放弃这个队明年再重新加入。男生说不行,如果这样,他队内位置会被别人取代。2. 与director谈,要求用两学期而非一学期完成训练。
6商品价格与需求成反比关系。商品价格升高,需要下降,比如咖啡。但有例外,如面包。面包在18世纪的英国是最便宜的主食。相比肉而言,无论面包怎么贵 需求量都不会下降。价格上涨反而会使得更多的人去买面包。
写作
综合写作:
Has the large corporation lost its attraction to American
阅读:越来越多的人对在大公司上班失去了兴趣,转而自己开公司(self-employed)
(1),大公司上班有太多bureaucracy,难以实现自己的idea。(2),大公司上班工作稳定感大大不如从前。(3),大公司最近几年不提供extra benefits,比如退休金,更低的医疗保险。
听力:一一反驳三个观点
(1),自己开公司要面对的手续会更多。(2),自己开公司明显更有风险,稳定感更不强。(3),自己开公司extra benefits更没有保证。
独立写作
It is better for students at university or in college to choose difficult classes even if they cannot get top grades. 学生要不要总是选高难度有挑战性的课,哪怕拿不到高分?