Unit1Learning

ContentsLearningObjectives1Starter2PassageA3PassageB4ReadingSkills5SupplementaryReading6

LearningObjectivesAfterstudyingthisunit,you’llbeableto:findoutwhatreadingstyleyoushouldchoosewhenyoureadabookorotherreadingmaterialswithcertainspecificpurposes;haveabetterunderstandingoftheimportanceoflearning;graduallyformthehabitsofpositiveselftalk.

StarterWhatkindsofdifficultiesdoyouhaveinstudy?Doyouhaveanyshortcutstoraiseyourefficiencyinthelearningprocess?Discussion

Starter3.Readthefollowingproverbsconcerninglearning,andshareyouropiniononthemwithyourpartner.Striketheironwhileitishot.Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.Abadworkmanalwaysblameshistools.Foolslearnnothingfromwisemen,butwisemenlearnmuchfromfools.Ifyouwantknowledge,youmusttoilforit.Thinking

PassageAHarvardUniversity,foundedin1636,isoneofthefirst-classacademicinstitutioninAmerica.ItisaprivateuniversityandamemberoftheIvyLeague.DoYouKnow?

PassageAWidenerLibraryDoYouKnow?—oneoflargestuniversitylibrarysystemsintheworld—300,000grosssquarefeet—57milesofbookshelves

PassageALizMurrayisthedaughterofalovingbutextremelydysfunctionalBronxfamily.Weigheddownwithacoke-addictfatherandanHIV-infectedmother,Lizspendsherearlyyearsshuttlingfromsqualidapartmenttopublicshelterandbackagain.At15,shebreaksawayfromherhomelifeandtakestothestreets.OnlyafterthedeathofhermotherdoesLizdevelopthedeterminationtobetterherlotinlife.Virtuallybeggingherwaybackintohighschool,shebecomesasuperbstudent.Andat19,withfundingfromascholarshipandapart-timejobwiththeNewYorkPublicInterestGroup,bornloserLizentersHarvardUniversity.TherealLizMurrayco-producedthefilmandplaysacameoroleasasocialworker.HomelesstoHarvardDoYouKnow?

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