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CurrentNewsArticlesforExtensiveReadingBOOKIEducationI.OverviewInthisunit,youwillreadpassagesconcerningeducation.Readthemandthinkaboutthepurposeofeducation.StructureTeachers,universitiesandeventhewholeeducationalsystemhavebeenfacedwithvariouschallenges,someofwhichareforevertopicsforeducationalistsallaroundtheworld.TextABattlingtheOneBadAppleIt’sanewprofessor’sexperienceofteachingandthelessonshedrawsfromhisrelationshipwithone“bad”studentandthewholeclass.TextBCollegesanduniversitiesareinfiercecompetitionintheadmissionprocess.Butthecompetitionisnotjustwhichschoolhasahighlyprofessionalfaculty,butthefacilitiestoentertainstudents.WhichCollegeBringstheBlingTextCIt’sadiscussionofadvancedplacementexamsandthewaysdifferenteducationalistsperceiveit.MixedResultsonPayingCityStudentstoPassTestsFocusofthissessionII.TextABattlingtheOneBadAppleMainIdeaoftheTextIt’sastorybetweenayoungprofessorwhojustbeginshisteachingincollegeandastudentinhisclasswhoisregardedasabadapple.BackgroundInformationAuthor

EricwasastaffwriterattheWashingtonPostfrom1993until2002.HehaswrittenfortheMetro,StyleandtheSundayMagazinesectionsofthepaperandhaswrittennumerousfrontstoriesaboutthechangingculturalshiftsinAmericansociety.In1999hewasafinalistforthePulitzerPrizeinfeaturewriting.BackgroundInformationSourceTheWashingtonPostisthelargestandmostcirculatednewspaperinWashington,D.C.Itisalsooneofthecity’soldestpapers,havingbeenfoundedin1877.ItiswidelyconsideredtobeoneofthemostimportantnewspapersintheUnitedStatesduetoitsparticularemphasisonnationalpolitics,andinternationalaffairs,andbeinganewspaperofrecord.CulturalNotesStand-upcomedyisastyleofcomedywheretheperformerspeaksdirectlytotheaudience,withtheabsenceofthetheatrical“fourthwall”.Apersonwhoperformsstand-upcomedyisknownasastand-upcomic,stand-upcomedian(comedienneiffemale)ormoreinformallystandup.Itisusuallyperformedbyasinglecomedian,withtheaidofahand-heldmicrophone.Thecomedianusuallyrecitesafast-pacedsuccessionofhumorousstories,shortjokes,andone-liners,whichcomprisewhatistypicallycalledamonologue,routineoract.CulturalNotesNemesis,athersanctuaryatRhamnous,northofMarathon,inGreekmythologywasthespiritofdivineretributionagainstthosewhosuccumbtohubris,vengefulfatepersonifiedasaremorselessgoddess.Nemesisisnowoftenusedasatermtodescribeone’sworstenemy,normallysomeoneorsomethingthatistheexactoppositeofoneselfbutisalsosomehowsimilar.LanguagePointsKeyWords&Expressionsforge(para.2):todevelopsomethingnew,especiallyastrongrelationshipwithotherpeople,groups,orcountries

建立（聯(lián)系）e.g.In1776theUnitedStatesforgedanalliancewithFrance.

（美國與法國于1776年建立了聯(lián)盟關(guān)系。）e.g.Backinthe1980s,theywereattemptingtoforgeanewkindofrockmusic.

（在上個世紀(jì)八十年代，他們那時正嘗試著創(chuàng)造一種新的搖滾音樂。）LanguagePointsunnerving(para.3):upsetorfrighteningsothatsomeonelosetheirconfidenceortheirabilitytothinkclearly

讓人緊張的，令人害怕的e.g.KaraDioGuardiadmitsitwasn‘teasybeingthenewfourthjudgeonAmericanIdol.“Itwasalittleunnerving,”shetoldreportersduringapresscallThursday.“Ididn’tknowwhereIwasgoingtositandwhenIwasgoingtospeak.“

（凱拉·迪奧卡迪承認(rèn)作《美國偶像》新的第四評委并非易事。“有那么點(diǎn)兒緊張，”她在周四記者招待會上對記者說：“我不知道我該坐到哪里，也不知道什么時候我該講話?！保㎜anguagePointshone(para.4):toimproveyourskillatdoingsomething,especiallywhenyouarealreadyverygoodatit

錘煉，訓(xùn)練e.g.Hesetabouthoninghisskillsasadriver.

（他已開始著手訓(xùn)練，進(jìn)一步提高自己的駕駛技術(shù)。）e.g.Shehonedherdeliverybyl