Exercises for Integrated Skills
1. Dictation
Dictation U8.mp3(下载附件 3.54 MB)
2. Fillin each blank in the passage below with ONE word you think appropriate.
We need a revolution in the aimsand methods of academic inquiry. Instead of giving priority to the search forknowledge, academia needs to devote itself to seeking and promoting wisdom byrational means, wisdom being the capacity to realize what is (1) ______ valuein life, for oneself and (2) ______. A basic task ought to be to help humanitylearn how to (3) _______ a better world.
Acquiring scientific knowledgedissociated (4) ________ a more basic concern for (5) ________, as we do atpresent, is dangerously and damagingly irrational.
Natural science has beenextraordinarily successful in increasing knowledge. This has been of great(6)________ to humanity. But new knowledge and technological know-how increaseour power to act which, (7) ________ wisdom, may cause human suffering anddeath as well as human benefit. (8) ________ our modern global problems havearisen in this way: global warming, the lethal character of modern war andterrorism, vast inequalities of wealth and power round the globe, rapidincrease in population, rapid extinction of other species, even the aidsepidemic (aids being spread by modern travel). All these have been (9) ________possible by modern science dissociated from the rational pursuit of wisdom. Ifwe are to (10) ________ in this century the horrors of the last (11) ________ — wars, death camps, dictatorships, poverty,environmental damage — we urgently need to learn how to acquire more wisdom, which in (12)________ means that our institutions of learning become devoted to that end.
Ⅴ.Oral Activities
1. Giving a talk
Topic: National pride or ethnocentrism?
Viewpoints for reference:
l The belief that thestate is of primary importance.
l The belief that onestate is naturally superior to all other states.
l Apromotion of expansion into new territories, usually with the claim that theexisting territory is too small or is not able to physically or economicallysustain the nation’s population.
l An expression of intense supportfor one’s nation, often characterized by authoritarianism.
2. Making a dialogue
Viewpoints forreference
1) My interests and responsibilities as ascientist
l A strongcuriosity about reality.
l A desire tounderstand why the world is as we see it and how it came to be.
l A desire to introducea new understanding of the natural world.
l A responsibility to apply scientific knowledge for thebenefit of people’s health, the nations, the world, nature or industries.
2) My interests and responsibilities as aphilosopher
l A desire to uselogic toward a more comprehensive understanding of intangible aspects ofreality that lack a direct connection to nature, focusing on the realm ofthought itself.
l An interest inthe study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected withexistence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.
l A responsibilityto instill the nature of the good life and the importance of understanding andknowledge in order to pursue it; the explication of the concept of justice, andits relation to various political systems.
