Unit SevenEducationEnhance Your Language Awareness Words in ActionWorking with Words and Expressions1.In the box below are some of the words you have learnt in this unit. Complete the followingsentences with them. Change the form where necessary.▆ Answers:1)associate2)specializes3)combined4)emphasis5)suffices6)phase7)presided8)peculiar9)rear10)negotiate11)indispensable12)illusion13)implemented14)reconcile2.In the box below are some of the words you have learned in this unit. Do you know how touse them in the proper context? Now check for yourself by doing the blank-filling exercise.Change the form where necessary.▆ Answers:1)stay out of2)try out3)in store4)lend themselves to5)in essence6)in accordance with7)crying out for8)See to it that9)have no businessget out of10)．11)to this endcalls for12)brought about 13)averaged out14)Increasing Your Word Power ▆1. Study the following pairs ofwords which are similar in meaning. Reflect on the differences in usage between the words in each pair and fill in each blank with an appropriate one. Changethe form where necessary.▆Answers:1)participating2)enroll3)proved4)certified5)reveal6)exposed7)assume8)think9)host10)presiding11)shook12)shuddered13)negotiating14)reconcile15)diversity16)distinction17)imagination18)illusion19)scheme20)plan2. The prefixes radio- and tele- are used to form new words, as is shown in the following table.Now fill in the blanks in the following sentences using the words in theabove table.Change the forms where necessary.▆Answers:1)telescopes2)telecast3)Telemarketing4)radioactive5)radio frequency6)teleplay7)teleconferenceGrammar in Context1.Examine the following sentences, paying special attention to the two different sentencepatterns introduced respectively by “so…that” and “such…that.”Now recast the following sentences using “so…that” or “such…that”. ▆ Answers for reference:1)such a shy boy2)such a well-written report3)such a long time4)so many people5)so firmly2.The italicised subordinators(从属连词) in the following sentences areincorrectly used.Study the sentences carefully and put the correct ones in the brackets. ▆ Answers:1)before2)when3)until4)unless5)asClozeComplete the following passage with words and phrases chosen from Text A. The initial letter ofeach is given.▆ Answers:1)To this end2)in store3)indispensable4)calls for5)diversity6)implement7)In accordance with8)emphasis9)combining10)in depth11)equip12)independent13)access14)get…out ofTranslationingiven expressions and words the using English, into sentences following the Translate 1.brackets.▆ Answers for reference:1)A positive attitude towards life is indispensable in that / because it lays the foundations for the successes of one's future work and studies.2)West China is crying out for talented people for its development. To this end, the government has laid down / made favorable policies, calling for more college graduates togo and work there.3)Upon / On graduation, the president will present you with the diploma, which certifiesthat you have specialized in business administration and passed all the exams you arerequired to take.4)Web addicts spend so much time on the Internet that they are unable to draw adistinction between the virtual world and the real world.5)A university will see to it that every student is put in touch with mankind's spiritual resources, even if they are merely fragments of those great thinkers' minds andexperience.6)Distance learning is a global trend. With its quick growth / development, people are given/ can enjoy an equally convenient access to educational resources, no matter where theyare.2.Translate the following paragraph into English using the words and expressions in the boxbelow.▆ Answers for reference:A university, in essence, provides students with both occupational training and intellectualdevelopment. The students acquire professional skills in order to have the minimum qualificationsto become specialists, such as pharmacists, engineers, technicians and lawyers. It might be reasonable to believe that those skills suffice to enable them to get a good job. Nevertheless, doesone feel content with merely a good job? We know that most young people who enroll inuniversities long for not only professional training, but also quality education; namely, they wantto learn what the past learnt for them and get in touch with the minds and experience of the master thinkers in order to become civilized people. Those who are knowledgeable only in their peculiar fields may be labeled (as) “mechanized savages”, because of their incompetence in understanding the thinking and works of other fields, for example, philosophy, literature and thearts. Thus, the university is most likely to help young people realize two dreams after they graduate:having a good job where their occupational training will be effective, and living a meaningful life for which diversity of knowledge is required.Theme-Related WritingDo either one of the following two tasks after class.1.Write an essay entitled “The Significance of Lifelong Education.” The following outlinemay be of some help:1)In the past, a college education was enough to ensure a well-paid, much-respected joband a sense of achievement., it is a must to renew”knowledge societywith the increasing competition in our “Today, 2)．one's knowledge and upgrade one's skills. What's more, a general college educationserves only as a passport to lifetime education.3)The concept of lifelong education finds expression in the slogan “Live and Learn.”2.“Should Family Schooling Exist?” This question is raised in a news report carried in anEnglish newspaper in China. Read the report below and write a short essay to express yourown views on the issue.▆ Sample essay for task 1:The Significance of Lifelong EducationDecades ago, due to the low standard of living in China, only a small percentage of thenation's population could receive college education. Once given the opportunity, one would surely secure a well-paid and much-respected job, which he or she would probably do for a lifetime. Therefore, to secure a college degree used to be the ultimate goal of a person's education.Today, however, we are living in what is called a “knowledge society,”where creative ideasand innovations are generated at a fantastic speed. One must constantly renew one's knowledgeand upgrade one's skills so as to meet the needs of the changing world. Moreover, at the stage of general education, it is pointless for a person to attempt to know everything. When one is requiredto settle down to be a specialist in a specific field, one has to make an in-depth study of thesubject one is supposed to know. In this sense, general education can provide students with only a passport to lifelong education. As Robert Maynard Hutchins once said, the object of education isto prepare the young to educate themselves throughout their lives.In my opinion, life in modern society is not only a process of “learning to live”but also a process of “living to learn”. The slogan “Live and Learn”can best reflect the concept of lifelong education. (226 words)▆ Sample essay for task 2:Should Family Schooling Exist？Meng Mu Tang, a private school in Shanghai, is modeled after the educational system ofancient Chinese home schools, which favored rote memorization and recitation of classic works.But the local education authorities in Shanghai have declared it illegal according to a report in 21st Century. Should family schooling exist? What role should it play?In my opinion, family schooling should be permitted to play a positive role in the current educational system in China. Every family should be free to choose the form of education that best suits their children's interests and natural gifts. Although the existing education system in Chinahas remarkably improved, it does not fit each child perfectly. Since family schooling provides a means to develop a person's talents and unique interest, Meng Mu Tang, as a private school geared to a specific group of children, should not be banned in haste. In view of the current dynamic,quality-minded educational reforms in China, we should permit family schooling to enrich and diversify our educational system.On the other hand, home schooling should adapt itself to the modern world. To preparechildren for the future, it should equip them with knowledge and innovative power so that theycan cope with the development of the modern world. While tapping children's innate talents on anMuMeng development. all-round their neglect never should schooling family basis, individualTang may not be a perfect private school, but we should let it live and have a try so that family schooling may eventually become an indispensable component of our formal education. (260 words)。