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Unit1 Ways of Learning Part II Reading Task Comprehension Content Question Pair Work

1. They were studying arts education in Chinese kindergartens and elementary

schools in Nanjing.

2. Their 18-month-old son Benjamin was fond of trying to place the key into

the slot of the key box during their stay at the Jinling Hotel. 3. They would come over to watch Benjamin and then try to teach him how to

do it properly.

4. Because he realized that this anecdote was directly relevant to their assigned

tasks in China: to investigate early childhood education and to throw light

on Chinese attitudes toward creativity.

5. Most of them displayed the same attitude as the staff at the Jinling Hotel. 6. He emphasized that the most important thing is to teach the child that on

can solve a problem effectively by oneself.

7. He means that this incident pointed to important differences in educational

and artistic practices between China and the USA.

8. The manner in which the Chinese staff saw the need to teach the child by

guiding his hand in the characteristic of a broader attitude to education, one

that stands in contrast to the Western preference for leaving the child to

explore and learn unaided.

9. One example is of children at the age of 5 or 6 painting flowers, fish and

animals skillfully and confidently; in a second example, calligraphers 9 and

10 years old were producing works; and in a third, young artists work on

perfecting their craft for several hours a day.

10. Americans think that unless creativity has been acquired early, it may never

emerge, and skills can be picked up later. Chinese think that if skills are not

acquired early, they may never be acquired, and there is no hurry to promote creativity.

11. This is mainly due to the difference in their way of thinking. 12. The author makes the suggestion that we should strike a better balance

between the poles of creativity and basic skills. Text Organization Working On Your Own 1 1.

1) The text begins with an anecdote.

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 the form of a question. 2. Chinese

1) Show a child how to do something, or tech by holding the hand 2) Give greater priority to developing skills at an early age, believing that

creativity can be promoted over time Americans

1) Teach children that they should rely on themselves for solutions to

problems

2) Put more emphasis on fostering creativity in young children, thinking

skills can be picked up later Language Sense Enhancement

(1) Summarizing (4) in terms of (8) promote creativity (2) value originality (5) harbor (9) emerge and independence (6) fearful (10) picked up (3) contrast between (7) comparable Language Focus Vocabulary I 1.

1) insert 5) initial 9) is awaiting

2) on occasion 6) phenomena 10) not; in the least 3) investigate 7) attached 11) promote 4) In retrospect 8) make up for 12) emerged 2.

1) a striking contrast between the standards of living in the north of the

country and the south.

2) is said to be superior to synthetic fiber. 3) as a financial center has evolved slowly. 4) is not relevant to whether he is a good lawyer.

5) by a little-known sixteen-century Italian poet have found their way into

some English magazines.