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Unit5straightAilliteracy

UnitFive

1、Lead-in

MovieClip

Watchthefollowingvideoandthendotheexercise、Youcanfindtheinterpretationofsomewordsandphrasesin"WordBank"、

Book6Unit5、mp4（00:

00–02:

34）

Script

-Oh,hello、

-Oh,hello、

-Hi,howareyou?

-Fine、

-Sodoyouladiesuh、、、

-Comehereoften?

-DoIcomehere?

Icomehereabit、I'mhereyouknowfromtimetotime、Doyougotoschoolyet?

-Yep、

-Yeah,that'sit、SoIthinkIhadaclasswithyou、

-Oh,yeah?

Whatclass?

-History、

-Maybe、

-Yes,Ithinkthat'swhatitwas、Youdon'tnecessarily、、、maynotrememberme、YouknowIlikeithere、Itdoesn'tmeanIgohere、I'magenius、Iamverysmart、

-Hey、

-Hey,how'sitgoing?

Howareya?

-Good、Howyadoing?

-Whatclassdidyousaythatwas?

-History、

-Justhistory、Itmusthavebeenasurveycoursethen、

-Yeah,itwas、Itwassurveys、

-Right、

-Youshouldcheckitout、It'sagoodcourse、It'dbeagoodclass、

-How'dyoulikethatcourse?

-Youknow,frankly,Ifoundthatclass,youknow,ratherelementary、

-Elementary、YouknowIdon'tdoubtthatitwas、IuhIrememberthatclass、Itwas、、、um、、、itwasjustbetweenrecessandlunch、

-Clark,whydon'tyoujustgoaway?

-Whydon'tyourelax?

-Whydon'tyougoaway?

-I'mjusthavingfunwithmynewfriend、That'sall、

-Arewegonnahaveaproblem?

-Nononono、There'snoproblemhere、Iwasjusthopingyoumightgivemesomeinsightintotheevolutionofthemarketeconomyinthesoutherncolonies、MycontentionisthatpriortotheRevolutionaryWar,theeconomicmodalitiesespeciallyinthesoutherncoloniescouldmostaptlybecharacterizedasagrarianpre-capitalist、

-Letmetellyousomething,allright?

-Hangonasec、You'reafirst-yeargradstudent、YoujustgotfinishedreadingsomeMarxianhistorian,PeteGarrisonprobably、You'regonnabeconvincedofthattillnextmonthwhenyougettoJamesLemon、Thenyou'regonnabetalkingabouthowtheeconomiesofVirginiaandPennsylvaniaareentrepreneurialandcapitalistwaybackin1740、That'sgonnalastuntilnextyear、You'regonnabeinhereregurgitatingGordonWood,talkingabout,youknow,thepre-revolutionaryutopiaandthecapital-formingeffectsofmilitarymobilization、

-Wellasamatteroffact,Iwon'tbecauseWooddrasticallyunderestimatestheimpactof、、、

-"Wooddrasticallyunderestimatestheimpactofsocialdistinctionspredicateduponwealth,especiallyinheritedwealth、"YougotthatfromVickers、"WorkinEssexCounty",page98,right?

Yeah,Ireadthat,too、Wereyougonnaplagiarizethewholethingforus?

Doyouhaveanythoughtsofyourownonthismatter?

Oristhatyourthing?

Youcomeintoabar、Youreadsomeobscurepassageandthenpretendyoupawnitoffasyourown,asyourownideajusttoimpresssomegirls?

Embarrassmyfriend?

（FromGoodWillHunting）

WordBank

1.elementary:

introductory,fundamental

e、g、I'monlyfamiliarwiththesubjectatanelementarylevel、

2.recess:

apausefromdoingsomething,break

e、g、Thestudentshavea15-minutemid-morningrecess、

3.colony:

thecountryordistrictsettledorcolonized殖民地

4.modality:

aparticularmethodorprocedure

e、g、Thestudentsarefamiliarwiththetraditionalmodalitiesofrepresentingtimeandspace、

5.agrarian:

relatingtofarmingorfarmers

e、g、Chinausedtobeatypicallyagrariancountry、

6.regurgitate:

repeataftermemorization

e、g、Fortheexam,youmustbeabletoregurgitatetheinformation、

7.predicate（up）on:

involveasanecessaryconditionofconsequence

e、g、Solvingtheproblemispredicatedonunderstandingitwell、

8.plagiarize:

takewithoutreferencingfromsomeoneelse'swritingorspeech

e、g、Heaccusedotherscientistsofplagiarizinghisresearch、

9.pawnsomethingoff:

topersuadesomeonetobuyoracceptsomethingoflowquality

e、g、Themantriedinvaintopawnoffanoldbicycletosomegirls、

Exercise

1.Clarkinterferesintheconversationbecausehewantsto___________、

A、discussaproblemwiththeboyB、impressthegirl

C、showoffhishistoryknowledgeD、embarrasstheboy

2.ItseemsClarkis___________、

A、recitingsomeone'swords

B、pretendingthatheknowsmorethanhedoes

C、seekingafight

D、interestedinthegirls

Key:

1、D2、A

InspirationalQuotes

Auniversityiswhatacollegebecomeswhenthefacultylosesinterestinstudents、

—JohnCiardi

Discussion

DoyouthinkitisimportantforacollegestudenttogetA'sonallsubjects?

Why?

II、TextI

Pre-readingQuestions

1.Yousurelyknowwhatkindofstudentastraight-Astudentis,andyoumayalsoknowwhat"illiteracy"means、Doyouthinkitabitunusualtoassociatethenotionofastraight-Astudentwiththatofilliteracy?

Does"straight-Ailliteracy"soundparadoxical?

2.Makeaguessastowhatkindofilliteracytheauthorisgoingtodiscussinhisessay,andwhatmadehimthinkofsuchasubject、

GeneralReading

I、Whichofthefollowingdoyouthinkmostappropriatelydescribesastraight-Ailliterate?

A.Awell-educatedperson,typicallyonewithaPh、D、degree,orworkingtowardit,andwithahighI、Q、,butdisabledbylong-termexposuretoacademicjargontowriteinclear,plainEnglish、

B.Acollegestudent,usuallyoneworkingtowardadegree,whogetsallA'sforthecourseshetakesandisthusapromisingcandidateforacovetedfellowship,butisunabletoverbalizehisthoughtsclearlybecauseofover-concentrationonacademicreadings、

C.Acollegestudent,auniversityprofessor,oranypersonoftheacademicworld,whoisanexpertinusingtheacademicjargontoexpresshimselfbutatadisadvantagewhencommunicatinginplaineverydayEnglish、

Key:

A

II、Determinewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse、

1.InDegnan'sopinion,ofallthoseatuniversitymanyarenotabletoreadorwriteproperly,andthisproblemhasalreadybecomeagravesocialconcern、

2.Thesortofwritingthestraight-Ailliteratesproduceishardlyintelligibletoothers,butcrystallycomprehensibletothemselves、

3.Ifwecomparestraight-Ailliteracytoadisease,asDegnandoes,thenthevirusthatcausessuchadiseasemustbenootherthantheuniversityprofessors、

4.Straight-AilliteracyisregardedasanimportantqualificationforPh、D、degreesandfellowshipsbyuniversityauthorities、

5.Althoughstraight-Ailliteracyaffectsfewerpeoplethanordinaryilliteracy,Degnanstillthinksitisworsethanthelattertype、

Key:

1、T2、F3、F4、T5、T

BackgroundNotes

1.AmericanSociologicalReview:

abimonthlypeer-reviewedacademicjournalcoveringallaspectsofsociology、ItispublishedbySagePublicationsonbehalfoftheAmericanSociologicalAssociation、Itwasestablishedin1936、

2.MalcolmCowley（1898–1989）:

U、S、critic,andliteraryandculturalhistorian、Heestablishedhimselfasanimportantwriterin1934withthepublicationofExile'sReturn、Andin1965,hewassaidtobe,"nexttoEdmundWilson（1895–1972）,oneofAmerica'sforemostliterarycritics,thefinestliteraryhistorianandcriticaliveinAmerica"、HisotherimportantworkisASecondFloweringWorksandDaysoftheLostGeneration（1973）、

TextStudy

Text

Straight-AIlliteracy

JamesP、Degnan

1Despiteallthecurrentfussandbotherabouttheextraordinarynumberofordinaryilliterateswhooverpopulateourschools,smallattentionhasbeengiventoanotherkindofilliterate,anilliteratewhoseplightis,inmanyways,moreimportant,becauseheismoreinfluential、Thisilliteratemay,asoftenasnot,beauniversitypresident,butheistypicallyaPh、D、,asuccessfulprofessorandtextbookauthor、ThepersontowhomIreferisthestraight-Ailliterate,andthefollowingiswritteninanattempttogivehimequaltimewithhiswidelypublicizedcounterpart、

2Thesceneismyoffice,andIamatwork,doingwhatmustbedoneifoneistoassistinthecureofadiseasethat,overtheyears,Ihavecometocallstraight-Ailliteracy、Iaminterrogating,Iamcross-examining,Iampryingandprobingforthemeaningofastudent'spaper、Thestudentisacollegeseniorwithastraight-Aaverage,anextremelybright,highlyarticulatestudentwhohasjustbeenawardedacovetedfellowshiptooneofthenation'soutstandinggraduateschools、HeandIhavebeenatthis,havebeengoingoverhispapersentencebysentence,wordbyword,foranhour、"Thechoiceofexogenousvariablesinrelationtomulti-colinearity,"Ihearmyselfreadingfromhispaper,"iscontingentuponthederivationsofcertainmultiplecorrelationcoefficients、"Ipausetocatchmybreath、"Nowthatstatement,"Iaddressthestudent—whomIshallcall,allegorically,Mr、Bright—"thatstatement,Mr、Bright,whatonearthdoesitmean?

"Mr、Bright,hisbrowfurrowed,triesmightily、Finally,withbothofuscombiningourlinguisticandimaginativeresources,finally,afterwhatseemsanotherhour,wedecodeit、WedecideexactlywhatitisthatMr、Brightistryingtosay,whathereallywantstosay,whichis:

"Supplydeterminesdemand、"

3Overthepastdecadeorso,Ihaveknownmanystudentslikehim,manycollegeseniorssufferingfromBright'sdisease、Itattacksthebestminds,andgraduallydestroysthecriticalfaculties,makingitimpossibleforthesufferertodetectgibberishinhisownwritingorinthatofothers、Duringtheyearsofhighereducationitgrowsworse,reachingitsterminalstage,typically,whenitsvictimreceiveshisPh、D、Obviously,thevictimofBright'sdiseaseisnoordinaryilliterate、Hewouldneverturninapaperwithmisspellingsorerrorsinpunctuation;hewouldneveruseadoublenegativeortheword"irregardless、"Nevertheless,heisilliterate,intheworstway: