北师大版高中英语课文Unit 15 Learning

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Warm-up

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Dave: I write down new words several times on paper. This helps my

spelling, too. Oh, and I also draw little pictures in my vocabulary book,

you know, for “fur” I'd maybe draw a fur coat. And I also imagine the

pages of the textbook in my head, you know, photos might help me

remember a few words, or even grammar structures.

Luning: I can't remember vocabulary very well. If I have to learn a

lot of words, I just repeat them aloud to myself, again and again, till I can

remember them well enough to spell them backwards even. Sometimes

one word makes me think of another, in the list. I also go over the

corrections that my teacher makes in my schoolwork.

Tonghuan: Mm, it's hard to say. It depends on the words, but I often

sort of simplify a word by breaking it up into different parts, you know,

like “entertain-ment”, and this helps me understand how they fit together.

Sometimes a word sounds similar to another word in Chinese, which

helps me remember it.

Xiaofang: This may sound silly, but I have a jar in my room. I write

translations of new words on bits of paper and put them in the jar. After a

week, I open the jar and see if I can remember the words in English. And 学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考

学习资料 I write translations in my vocabulary book and ask my mum to test me.

And sometimes I test myself on my way to school. You know, I say

things in English to myself!

Lesson 1 Life-long Learning

The Importance of Lifelong Learning

Nowadays, more and more people of various ages and backgrounds

are continuing to study to improve themselves. Here's what they have to

say about their life-long learning experience.

Sun Wen – 28 years old “It's never too late to learn.” That was the

advice I got after I failed my college entrance exam. Now I'm about to

graduate from the School of Continuing Education at Qinghua University

with a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering by distance learning.

Because of my new qualification, I'm getting promoted at work.

In the past, if someone like me had failed to get into university

through the college exam, he would have had no chance of getting a

degree. But it's different now. I decided to give myself a second chance

by studying for a degree in the evenings and on weekends while keeping

a secure full-time job. Frankly speaking, the last four years have been

hard work, but it's been worth it!

Ms Tang – 45 years old 学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考

学习资料 Three months ago, when my manager told me that I would be laid off,

my mind went blank and my heart swelled with anger. In the past, if

someone had worked for a company for over 20 years, they would have

stayed there until retirement! I suspect that they laid me off because the

company was not doing that well but it still brought a lump to my throat

and made me want to cry. I felt as if I had done something wrong! I know

this isn't true though. It's just the status of the job market at the moment.

At first, I enjoyed being a full-time housewife and called myself

“CHO” or “chief home officer”. But soon I got bored and decided to do a

business course. I have always dreamed of starting my own company.

I have nearly finished the course now and it has been very helpful. I

have learnt so many new skills and have already prepared a business plan

for setting up my own export company! I think that getting laid off will

prove to be the best thing that ever happened to me.

Grandpa Chen – 75 years old

I'm sure you all know the saying, “You can't teach an old dog new

tricks.” Well, it's certainly not true! I'm an old dog, and I'm teaching

myself new tricks every day!

It all started a few months ago when postage went up. I'd been

sending letters by airmail to my daughter in the US once a week, but,

suddenly, it was too expensive. I decided that it was time I became an

Internet user. I got my grandson to instruct me on how to email and use 学习资料收集于网络，仅供参考

学习资料 the Internet and I really enjoy the speed at which my messages get sent

and answered. And aside from emailing, it's fun to see and talk to my

grandchildren in the US on the i-Cam. In the past, if I'd wanted to see

them, I would have had to visit them in person.

So many people think that after you retire, all you can do is switch

off your brain and bury everything you've ever learnt. This is so wrong!

Anyway, it's time for me to go now. I have to practise the alphabet!

I'm doing an English course on the Internet.

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One morning, Bill was standing in his corn field shouting angrily at

his neighbour's cattle. Somehow, the cattle had broken through the fence

and were now happily eating his corn. Bill tried to get them away but it