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1、Some inspirations from the titlev Why I Teach vI like the pace of the academic calendar.vTeaching is a profession built on change. vI like the freedom to make my own mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. vI like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer

2、. vI enjoy finding ways of getting myself and my students out of the ivory tower and into the real world.vteaching gives me pace, and variety, and challenge, and the opportunity to keep on learning.vthe opportunity to share with his students the happiness of their successthe pace of the academic cal

3、endara profession built on changethe freedom to make my own mistakesask questions that students must struggle to answergetting myself and my students out of the ivory tower and into the real worldfeatures of the textual narrationvparralelism vcomparison (positive/negative)vAllusionvexamplicationPara

4、llelismv concern the balance of a sentence, or the similarity of words, phrases, or clauses in a list or series within a sentence.Allusionv a figure of speechv in which one refers covertly or indirectly to an object or circumstance from an external context.v It is left to the audience to make the co

5、nnection;v where the connection is directly and explicitly stated by the author.vIn the arts, a literary allusion puts the alluded text in a new context under which it assumes new meanings and denotations.vI dont teach because .vNor do I teach becausevRed-eye, because.vweaty-palm, because Im always

6、nervousvSinking-stomach, because I leave the classroom vI teach because.vI teach because.vI teach parisonvI dont teach because .vNor do I teach because.v v v v I teach because.v I teach because.v I teach because.v .v v emphasizeAllusionvBeing a teacher is being present at the creation, when the clay

7、 begins to breathe. v Yahweh fashions a man from the dust and blows the breath of life into his nostrils. v God causes the man to sleep and creates a woman from a part of his body.vThe man describes the woman as bone of my bones, flesh of my flesh, and he calls his new partner woman for this one was

8、 taken from a man.examplicationvSelf-Reliance in a Technological Society.vVickyvGeorgevJeannevJacquiSelf-Reliance in a Technological Society.VickyGeorgeJeanneJacquiPhrases from Unit 3v1. asks himself v2.time and again v3.the reasons for v4.choosing teaching as a career v5.outweigh v6.the trying comm

9、ents v7.not a simple task v8.be considered for v9.an administrative positionv10. a step up toward v11.money and powerv12.be easy for sbv13.the most difficult of the various waysv14. attempt to do sthv15.earn ones livingv16. a red-eye, sweaty-palm, sinking-stomach v professionv17.feel ready to dov18.

10、 stay up v19.be convinced thatv20. feel compelled to dov21. take notes on sthv22.the pace of the academic calendarv23. offer an opportunity for reflection, research and writing v24.a profession built on change v25.the freedom to do v26.make my own mistakesv27. to learn my own lessonsv28.to stimulate

11、 myself and my studentsv29. creating their own textbookv30. be huge failuresv31.learn from failuresv32.struggle to answerv33.enjoy finding ways of v34.getting myself and my students out of the v ivory tower and into the real worldv35. kept diariesv36.write term papers. v37. set up a corporationv38.a

12、 run-down house v39. practice self-reliance v40.repay our loanv41.distribute the profits among the group v42.give me pace, and variety, and challenge, v and the opportunity to keep on learningv43. leave outv44.an energetic student v45.labor at her dissertationv46. an occasional nudge from mev47.work

13、 on a book v48. Switch to English v49. become interested in v50. the urban poorv51.know more by intuition v52. grow and change in front of mev53.being present at the creationv54.the power to nudge, to fan sparks, to suggest v books, to point out a pathwayv55. the love of learning and of books and id

14、easv56. catch my breath with themUnit 3 Why I Teachv1. vAnswering these questions is not a simple task.v2. vMy friend asked the question when I told him that I didnt want to be considered for an administrative position. v3.vHe was puzzled that I did not want what was vobviously a step up toward what

15、 all Americans are taught to want when they grow up: money vand power. v4.vCertainly I dont teach because teaching is easy vfor me. v5.vTeaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: mechanic, vcarpenter, writer. v6.v Red-eye, because I never feel ready to tea

16、ch no matter how late I stay up preparing. v7.vSweaty-palm, vbecause Im always nervous before I enter the vclassroom, sure that I will be found vout for the fool that I am. v8. vSinking-stomach, vbecause I leave the classroom an hour later convinced that I was even more boring than usual. v9.vNor do

17、 I teach because I think I know answers, vor because I have knowledge I feel compelled to share. v11. Sometimes I am amazed that my students actually take notes on what I say in class! v12. I teach because teaching is a profession built on change. v13.vI teach because I like the freedom to make my o

18、wn mistakes, to learn my own lessons, to stimulate myself and my students. v14.v If I want my freshmen to learn to write by creating their own textbook, who is to say I cant? v15.vI teach because I like to ask questions that students must struggle to answer.v16. vWhile teaching, I sometimes find goo

19、d questions. v17.vI teach because I enjoy finding ways of getting vmyself and my students out of the ivory tower vand into the real world.v18. vMy first doctoral student, Vicky, was an energetic student who labored at her dissertation on a little-known 14th century poet. v19.vShe did it all herself,

20、 with an occasional nudge vfrom me.v20. vBut I was there when she finished her dissertation, vlearned that her articles were accepted, got a job vand won a fellowship to Harvard working on a book developing ideas shed first had as my student. v21.vAnother reason is George, who started as an venginee

21、ring student, then switched to English vbecause he decided he liked people better than vthings. v22.vThere is Jeanne, who left college, but was brought vback by her classmates because they wanted her to vsee the end of the self-reliance house project. v23. vI was there when she told me that she late

22、r became vinterested in the urban poor and went on to become a civil rights lawyer. v24.vThere is Jacqui, a cleaning woman who knows vmore by intuition than most of us learn by analysis. v25.vThese are the real reasons I teach, these people vwho grow and change in front of me. v26.vBeing a teacher i

23、s being present at the creation, when the clay begins to breathe. v27.vA promotion out of teaching would give me vmoney and power. v28.vNot only the love of learning and of books and videas, but also the love that a teacher feels for vthat rare student who walks into a teachers life vand begins to breathe. v29.vI teach because, being around people who are vbeginning to breathe, I occasionally find myself vcatching my breath with them.78 结束语结束语