新视角研究生英语读说写一单元答案ppt课件.ppt

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1. In paragraphs 1 and 2, the author tells a story about a professor in Robert A. Fowkes’s class. What was strange about the professor?
First, the professor said “ladies and gentlemen,” while there was only one student. Second, Robert A. Fowkes, the only student in class, missed one class, but the professor didn’t give the lecture Fowkes had missed, but gave the next one in the sequence.
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2. Why was the lecture system popular in the thirteenth century?
In the 13th Century books were so rare and expensive that few students could afford them.
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3. In paragraphs 5–7, what does the author use an imaginary class to show us?
The author uses an imaginary class to show us the inadequacy of the lecture system.
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4. In the imaginary class, what makes Mary and other students bored?
The way the professor lectures: He is just reading from a stack of his very old notes.
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7. In what way do most students learn best?
Most students learn best by engaging in frequent and even heated debate.
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8. According to paragraph 13, why do administrators love lectures?
They can cram a lot more students into a lecture hall than into a discussion class.
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9. Why may smaller classes be exhausting to the teacher?
Smaller classes may require energy, imagination, mitment from the teacher, which can be very exhausting.
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