Unit 1
Key to Exercises
Part I Pre-Reading Task
Script for the recording:
Ways of learning is the topic of this unit. It is also the topic of the song you are about to listen to, called Teach Your Children sung by Crosby, Stills and Nash.
Teach Your Children
Crosby, Stills and Nash
You, who are on the road,
Must nave a code that you can live by.
And so, become yourselr,
Because the past is just a goodbye.
Teach your cbildren well,
Their lather's hell did slowly go by.
And reed them on your dreams,
The one they picks,the one you'll mow by.
Don't you ever ash them why, ir they told you, you will cry, So just look
at them and sigh and know they love you.
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And you, oi tender years,
Can't know the rears that your elders grew by.
Ana so please help them with your youtb,
They seek the truth before tbey can die.
Teacb your parents well,
Tbeir children's bell will slowly go by.
And reed them on your dreams,
Tbe one tbey picks,tbe one you'll know by.
Don t you ever ask them why, ir tbey told you, you will cry, So just
look at them and sigh and know tbey love you.
The first part of die song is about how parents can inspire their children through sharing with them their dreams, their hopes for a better life. It starts with advice on how you need a set of rules, "a code diat you can live by," to guide you on the road of life. Only then will you be able to fully realise all that is within you and "become yourself." Therefore, parents need to teach their children well.
And children — "you of tender years" — also have something to teach their parents, for learning is not a one-way street. Children should share their own dreams with their parents so that young and old can get to understand each otiier better.
That said, one should not go too far. For some things are perhaps better left unsaid between parents and children. "Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry." At such moments all that there is left to do is to look at one another and sigh, happy in each otiier's love.
Part II Text A
Text Organization
1. 1) The text begins with an anecdote/incident.
2)His thoughts are mainly about different approaches to learning in China and the West.
3)He winds up the text with a suggestion in die form of a question.
1. Vocabulary
1) insert2) on occasion
3) investigate4) In retrospect
5) initial6) phenomena
7) attached8) make up for
9) is awaiting10) not …in the least
11) promote12) emerged
2. Rewrite each sentence
1) There is a striking contrast between the standard of living in the north of the
country and the south.
2)Natural fiber is said to be superior to synthetic fiber.
