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Unit 12 Education
Warming up Listening
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Confucius was born from a noble family in the
state Lu. So he was able to read many books when
young. At 22, he started a private school which
accepted students from all classes of the country
and where anyone could study for a very small
fee.
551BC479BC
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He taught them culture, tradition, and encourage
them to aim for chung yung or constant mean by
balancing their own personal ambitions with what
was best for all people. Confucius teachings
have influenced todays Chinese and Chinese
communities.
551BC479BC
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Anton Makarenko, Russian educator and novelist,
believed that physical labor and discipline were
important in education, that cooperation within
the school community was essential and that
democratic principles should be brought into
education.
18881939
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Anne Sullivan became a tutor of Helen Keller at
20, who taught Helen to learn to read French,
German, Greek and Latin in Braille and attended
college with her to translate the lectures into
her hand. She also campaigned for the blind and
issues concerning the prevention of blindness.
18661936
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Tao Xingzhi is a great Chinese educationist. He
went to study in the US under an American
educator, Dewey in 1914, and came back to China
in 1917. He was serving the people heart and
soul, but taking nothing back, sharing happiness
and sadness with the public.
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Tao Xingzhi made a great contribution to the
cause of peoples education and left behind works
of six million words, which are a treasure for
human beings. Mr. Guo Moruo praised him Two
thousand years ago, we had Confucius, and now we
have Mr. Tao Xingzhi.
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Listening P.233
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Fill in the blank 1.We all know that exams are
__________ and cause anxiety. 2.Anxiety is
a _________, _________ __________ to stress
or fear. 3.Anxiety causes ___________ changes
which __________ your body and mind to
___________ ___________. 4. Anxiety becomes a
problem if you __________ it too __________.
stressful
normal
natural
response
physical
prepare
face challenge
experience
frequently
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beat

• 3-step approach to _______ anxiety.
• Use __________ exercises to _________
• your physical stress.
• 2. Use __________ thinking methods to ________
  your mind.
• 3. Plan your _________ using the _______
• _____________ approach.

reduce
breathing
positive
calm
schedule
Eating
an elephant
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Word study P.302

• no choice, must be done because of the
• rule or law_______________

compulsory adj.

• Education is between 5 and 16 in Britain.

• The factory had the of lay-offs.

absent adj.
2. away, not present ______________
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3. Spread around a space or area ______________
distribute v.

• They distributed grass seed over the lawn.
• 180 pounds of muscle are well distributed over
  his 6-foot frame.
• They are distributing some advertisement on the
  street.

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expand v.
4. make bigger, increase______________

• She expanded her store by adding a second room.
• The bird expanded its wings and flew off.
• The business has expanded from having one office
  to having twelve.
• He expanded his remarks afterward.

• Air is expandable when heated.

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commitment n.
5. a promise ______________

• He doesn't want to get married because he is
  afraid of any commitments.
• Her to work is beyond question.
• The plan involves of money and time.

6.The range of subjects taught in a school or
college ______________
curriculum n.

• Have computer studies been introduce into our
  school ?

curriculum vitae C.V.
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7. not trusting people or ideas, doubting that
sth. is true. ______________
sceptical adj.

• Many scientists remain skeptical about the value
  of astrology.

8.support a particular way of doing sth.
publicly________________
advocate v./ n.

• Extremists openly violence.
• He is an advocate of civil rights.

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9. present as a gift to a fund or cause
contribute ______________
donate v.

• The businessman donated a lot of money to the
  hospital.

10. keep or confine within limits_________
restrict v.

• He restricts himself to two cigarettes a day.
• Schools have a restriction against boys
• wearing long hair.

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Homework

• Exx. 2. 3. P. 105106
• Read Education For All
• Post-reading 1. 2.