Unit1ChineseHumanism
新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材（修订版）高级英语1电子教案
Contents
5ConsolidationActivities
6FurtherEnhancement
4TextAppreciation
3DetailedReading
2GlobalReading
WarmUp
2.TheearliesthumanistsduringtheperiodofWestern
Renaissancehadinterestonlyinclassicliterature.T/F?
3.Humanistsdeclarethateveryonebebornequal.T/F?
4.Religioushumanismcentersonhumanneeds,interests,
andabilities.T/F?
5.InChina,Confuciusisregardedasthehumanistic
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Takethequizbelowtoseehowwellyouknowabouthumanism.
1.Humanismistheassertionofthegreatnessofman.T/F?
primogenitor.T/F?
F
6.InclassicChinesehumanism,ethicalphilosophyisbased
onhumanvaluesratherthanthesupernatural.T/F?T
7.ThescientificinquirythatfollowedtheRenaissance
adoptedempiricalobservationsandexperimentationofthephysicaluniverse.T/F?T
8.Themaintypesofhumanismintheworldare
Renaissancehumanism,Religioushumanism,and
Inclusivehumanism.T/F?T
9.Humanistsareneverconcernedaboutthemeaningoflife.
T/F?F
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10.Themodernworld,withitsover-developmentof
machinery,hastakentimetoensurethatmanenjoys
whathemakes.T/F?F
Discussthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.
1.Whatcomestoyourmindwhenyoucomeacrossthe
term“humanism”?
2.Haveyoueverreadanyworksabouthumanism?
3.Doeshumanismvaryfromcountrytocountry?Ifit
does,arethereanyelementsintheconceptthatareuniversallyshared?
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AbouttheAuthor
LinYutang:aChinesewriter,
translator,andeditor,bornin
Longxi(nowZhangzhou),Fujian
Province,educatedinChinaand
atHarvard,withP