ConfessionsofaMiseducatedMan

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ackgroundWarmingupUnit9Questions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreviewObjectivesWarmingupConfessionsofaMiseducatedManUnit9Whatisaconfession?aformalstatementthatyou’vedonesth.wrongorillegal;aprivatestatementtoapriestaboutthebadthingsyou’vedone;WarmingupQuestions/Activities

miseducated&uneducated

Anuneducatedpersonisonewhohasreceivednoformalschooleducationwhileamiseducatedpersonisonewhohasreceivedformaleducationbutiseducatedinawrongway.

WarmingupQuestions/ActivitiesDidyouwellpredictthetopicoftheessay?Whyorwhynot?Whatwouldyouseeasthebiggestdifferenceamonghumanbeings,language,religion,orpolitical/ideologicalsystem?Whatistheirmostimportantsimilarity?Doyouagreeifsomepeoplesaythatglobalizationisthestrategyofculturaldifferences?WarmingupQuestions/ActivitiesWhatdoestheauthorwanttosayintheessay?Canyoupickoutthesentence(s)youthinkbestexpress(es)hisidea?Accordingtotheauthor,whatisthemostimportantsimilarityamonghumanbeings?Doyouagreewithhimonthat?Whatarethose“superficialdifferences”?Isittruethattherearemoresimilaritiesthandifferencesinhumanbeings?WarmingupQuestions/ActivitiesWhatarethebasiclessonsofaneweducation?Andwhatistheimportanceofsuchaneweducation?HowwouldyourelatetheissueofthisessaytothatofAnotherSchoolYear—WhatFor?andTheGreenBanana?WarmingupQuestions/ActivitiesBackgroundCultureTipsAuthorGenreTimeConfessionsofaMiseducatedManUnit9NormanCousins1915-1990BackgroundAuthorSomeofhislifehistorypossiblyrelatedtotheessayBorninNewJersey,1915anddeceasedin1990;EducatedinandgraduatedfromColumbiaUniversityTeachersCollege;EditorofSaturdayReviewfor35yrs;Lifelongconcernsincludingworldpeace,worldgovernance,justice,humanfreedom,health,etc.;Proponentofworldfederalismandworldgovernment;TraveledextensivelyinEuropeandAsiaandthenpublishedWhoSpeaksforMan?in1953;BackgroundAuthorWhatisworldfederalism?

WorldFederalismmeanshavingdemocraticallyaccountablepoliticalinstitutionstodealwithissuesatthemostappropriatelevel,accordingtotheprincipleofsubsidiary.BackgroundAuthorInthebook,Cousinsexpandedhisargumentsforworldfederalismandforaworldnolongerbasedonthesupremacyofnationalismandothersuperficialdifferencesasfollows:“Theneweducationmustbelessconcernedwithsophisticationthancompassion.Itmustrecognizethehazardsoftribalism.Itmustteachmanthemostdifficultlessonofall—tolookatsomeoneanywhereintheworldandbeabletoseetheimageofhimself.Theoldemphasisuponsuperficialdifferencesthatseparatepeoplesmustgivewaytoeducationforcitizenshipinthehumancommunity.”

Cf.Para.7BackgroundAuthorAndhecontinued,“Withsuchaneducationandwithsuchself-understanding,itispossiblethatsomenationorpeoplemaycomeforwardwiththevitalinspirationthatmenneednolessthanfood.Leadershiponthishigherleveldoesnotrequiremountainsofgoldorthunderingpropaganda.Itisconcernedwithhumandestiny.Humandestinyistheissue.Peoplewillrespond.”

Cf.Para.11BackgroundAuthorHeconcludedthebookwith:

“Warisaninventionofthehumanmind.Thehumanmindcaninventpeacewithjustice.”BackgroundAuthorDetailedAnalysisStructureThemeUnit9TextAnalysisConfessionsofaMiseducatedManPartI(para.1)PartII(paras.2-6)PartIII(paras.7-11)Introduction:WhatI’mgoingtosayinthearticle;Awarenessofmyeducationbeinginadequateforanewtimeandanewworldinitsfocusonthedifferencesamongpeopleswhilebypassingthesimilaritiesamongthem;Anewtypeofeducationisthereforenecessary,withwhichwecanrecognizethefactthathumanlifeisarareoccurrence,thatallpeoplesbelongtoonesinglehumanspecieswithcommoncapacities,andareunitedwiththeircommonneeds.Withsuchvitalunderstandingwecanworktogetherforthecommonwelfareandforthehumandestiny;TextAnalysisStructureWhatkindoftestdoestheauthorsuggest?Whatmarksthedifferencesbetweentheworldin1850andtheworldnow?Whyis“AsiaandAfrica”thebestplacetoapplythetest?Whatdoestheauthor’seducationteachhim?Giveexamples.Whydoeshesaythathiseducation“protectedmeagainstsurprise”?Whatdoestheeducationfailtoteachhim?Doyouagreewithhim?DetailedAnalysisPartII:MainIdeaTextAnalysisTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:MainIdeaWhattimedoeitpossiblyrefertoin“atatime”attheendofpara.4?Whatis“theidea”inthefirstsentenceofpara.5?Whatarethethings“Ihadtoforget”inpara.5?Whenwaspossibly“onlyafewyearsago”?Whatdoes“aneducationindifferencesofreferences”possiblymean?Inshort,myeducationprotectedmeagainstsurprise.(para.3)Paraphrasing:Inaword,theeducationIhadhadtaughtmeenoughaboutthedifferencesamongpeoplesothatIwouldn’tfeelsurprisedatwhatIsaw,nomatterhowdifferenttheymightbe.DetailedAnalysisTextAnalysisPartII:SentenceParaphraseButwhatmyeducationfailedtodowastoteachmethattheprincipalsignificanceofsuchdifferenceswasthattheywerelargelywithoutsignificance.(para.4)Paraphrasing:TheeducationIhaddidnotteachmetoseethefactthatthemainmeaningofrecognizingsuchdifferenceswasthattheywerenotmeaningfulinagreatmeasure(ifcomparedwiththemeaningofunderstandingthesimilarities).TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:SentenceParaphraseMyeducationhadby-passedthesimilarities.(para.4)Paraphrasing:TheeducationIhadhaddidnotteachme/avoideddealingwiththesimilaritiesamongpeoples.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:SentenceParaphraseItwasthemarkofaroundedmantobewelltraveled…(para.6)Paraphrasing:Onesign/indicationofapersonwhohashadawell-rounded(notone-sided),completeeducationisthats/hehasbeentomanyplacesorcountries…DetailedAnalysisTextAnalysisPartII:SentenceParaphrasePartII:Words&expressions

toputittothetestadequate,enough,sufficientabird’s-eyeview

toprotectsb.againststh.allbutbeathometowipeouttobuildontogetthroughTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisFillinthefollowingblankswithenough,sufficientandadequate.Hewasnottall________tocarryarifle.Welacked__________fundstofinishtheproject.Idon’tthinksheis__________astheteamleader.enoughsufficientadequateKeyWordsandExpressionsTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisNotthat…(para.3)We’vebeenhappytogetherforhalfacentury—notthatweneverquarreled.Istoppedandpickedyouup—notthatIwasnotafraid.Wewillnotincludethechapteronconstitutionallawinthistextbook.Notthatitisirrelevant.It’sjusttoodifficultforthestudentstounderstand.她沒買那件外套，并不是不喜歡，而是以為太貴了。Shedidnotbuythecoat—notthatshedidnotlikeit.Shejustfeltthatitwastooexpensive.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysistoprotect…against…(para.3)tokeepsb./sth.safeagainst/fromKidsshouldbeprotectedfromallthatviolence.Itsskinprotectsitagainstpredators.Takethesevitaminstoprotectagainstminorinfections.我們已做好了一切準(zhǔn)備以防營地被偷襲。We’vedoneallthepreparationstoprotectthebaseagainstsurpriseattacks.

TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisallbut…(para.4)almostcompletelyTheirscreamsallbutdrownedoutthemusic.IallbutgotattackedbythetwotimberwolveswhenMaheeguncametomyrescue.我們差一點(diǎn)兒就輸?shù)袅吮荣悺eallbutlostthegame.

TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysistowipeout…(para.4)todestroy,remove,getridofsth.CompletelyHalfthepopulationwaswipedoutbyplague.Theheathaswipedmeout.(informal,tomakesb.feelextremelytired/exhausted)Compare:Thepricewillwipethesmileoff

hisface.Inafewyearsthisspeciescouldbewipedoffthefaceoftheearth.

TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysistoacton…(para.5)todosth.becauseof…theonemakingnodistinctionsofgoodandevil,actingonnoprinciples…Sheisactingontheadviceofherlawyers.Policesaytheyactedoninformationreceived.他凡事都憑自愿。Heactedonhisowninitiativeallthetime.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysistoturnout(that…)(para.5)tohappeninaparticularway…toseeiftheyhadanydecentwinesinthatcountry.Asitturnedout,theyhadn’t.Iwasabitdoubtfulatfirst,butitturnedouttobeareallygoodidea.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisWorkingroupsoffourorfiveandworkonthequestionsaboutpara.7,8,10,11.Group1:para.7Group2:para.8Group3:para.10Group4:para.11DetailedAnalysisTextAnalysisPartIII:MainIdeaPara.7Whatis“thegreatcompression”that“cameovernight”?Whatcanwegettoknowabouttheevolutionoftribalismininterculturalcommunicationin“tribalismhadpersistedfromearliesttimes,thoughithadtakenrefinedforms”?Whatarethose“refinedforms”?ComparedwiththeeducationmentionedinPara.6,whatcanbeexpectedfrom“aneducationinself-recognition”?

TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartIII:MainIdeaPara.8Whatisthefactexactlyin“webeginwiththefactthatuniverseitselfdoesnotholdlifecheaply”?Whatsortoffacultyorgiftis“acreativeintelligence”?Whatdoesitenablemantodointheauthor’sview?Canyouexplain“toreflectandforesee,totakeinpastexperience,andalsotovisualizefutureneeds”?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartIII:MainIdeaPara.10Howwouldyouunderstand“Nextinorderwouldbeinstructionintheunityofhumanneeds”?Whydoestheauthorsay“Howeverfriendlytheuniversemaybe,ithaslefttheconditionsofhumanexistenceprecariouslybalanced”?Whatare“theconditionsofhumanexistence”?Howcanweuse“self-understandinginthecauseofhumanwelfare”?Whatare“theengineswehavecreatedthatthreatentoaltertheprecariousbalanceonwhichlifedepends”?Canyougivesomeexamples?

TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartIII:MainIdeaPara.11Whatdoes“somenationorpeople”possiblyrefertointhetext?Whatsortof“l(fā)eadership”istheauthortalkingabout?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartIII:MainIdeaTheoldemphasisuponsuperficialdifferenceshadtogivewaytoeducationformutualityandforcitizenshipinthehumancommunity.(para.7)Paraphrasing:Thetraditionaleducationwiththeemphasisonthesuperficialdifferencesbetweendifferentpeoples,differentcultures,etc.shouldbereplacedbyanewtypeofeducationfocusingonmutualrespect,mutualunderstanding,equalityinterdependenceandhowtobeacitizeninthewholehumancommunity.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartIII:SentenceParaphraseLifeisarareoccurrence

among…thatoccupyspace.(para.8)

Paraphrasing:(Sofarwe’venotyetfoundanysignoflifeinouterspace.)Humanlifemaywellbetheonlylifeformintheuniverse,soitismorethanprecious(Itthusimpliesthattherespectfortheonlyandpreciouslifeistheverybasisonwhichwebuildthefutureworldcommunity).TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartIII:SentenceParaphrase

allatonceinliberationfromtopersistrefinedforms

togivewaytototakeaform

totakeintocountnot…but…

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torespondtotoseektodosth.tothreatentodosth.toalterthebalance

toconcern

tocomeforwardthunderingpropagandahumandestinyTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartIII:Words&Expressionstogivewayto…(para.7)togiveitsplacetosth.better,tobereplacedbyThetraditionalextendedfamilyhasnowgivenwaytothenuclearfamily.Coalisdirtyandwillhavetogivewaytogasorothercleanerenergy.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysis

totakein…(para.8)tounderstandandrememberItoldGrandpaweweregoingaway,butIdon’tthinkhetookitin.小孩子極難了解社會(huì)責(zé)任全部意義。Itishardforchildrentotakeinthefullmeaningofsocialresponsibility.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysis

torespondto…(para.9)toreacttosth.thathasbeensaidordoneCliverespondedtomysuggestionwithalaugh.TheUSrespondedtothechallengebysendingtroopsintoIraq.至今還沒有些人對(duì)我們埋怨作出回應(yīng)。Noonehasyetrespondedtoourcomplaints.Hercancerfailedtorespondtotreatment.(toimproveasaresultofaparticularkindoftreatment)TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysis

toconcern(para.10)1.Ifsth.concernsyou,itaffects/involvesyouThepriceofwaterwillconcernmanypeople.(notinpassive)tomakesb.feelworried/upset;ThatBessdidnotworktosaveforheroldagereallyconcernedLottie.

2.Ifastory/book/reportconcernssb./sth.,itisaboutthemThisessayconcerns(isabout)howtheauthorthinksofhiseducationinthepastyears.DetailedAnalysisTextAnalysisTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisRelated