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1、UNIT1ActiveReading1Whatarethemostimportantissuesforstudentstoday?Istheuniversitycampusreallysuchadifferentplacecomparedtowhatitwas40yearsago?Forthestudentsinthe1960s,goingtocollegewasthemostexcitingandstimulatingexperienceoftheirlife.Theytookpartinprotestsandlaunchedstrikes
2、againsttheestablishmentwiththeirnewandpassionatecommitmenttofreedomandjustice.Goingtocollegealsomeanttheirfirsttasteofrealfreedom.Theycoulddiscussthemeaningoflife,readtheirfirstforbiddenbookandseetheirfirstindiefilm.Incontrast,thestudentstodaydon’thavethepassionforcollegeli
3、fethattheyusedto.Today,collegeisseenasakindofsmalltownfromwhichpeoplearekeentoescape.Insteadoftheheadyatmosphereoffreedomwhichstudentsinthe1960sdiscovered,studentstodayaremuchmoreserious.Collegehasbecomeameanstoanend,anopportunitytoimprovetheirprospectsofbeingcompetitiveint
4、heemploymentmarket,andnotanendinitself.Butinspiteofallthis,theroleoftheuniversityisthesameasitalwayshasbeen.Itistheplacewherestudentshavetheopportunitytolearntothinkforthemselves.ActiveReading2Oldergenerationsgenerallyhaveanegativeattitudetotoday’sstudents,theproductofpostm
5、oderntimes.Today’sstudentsareexpectedtoaccomplishanythinginanerawithextraordinaryprivilegesandopportunities.Itwouldseemtheydotheopposite.TheydirecttheirenergyontheInternetcommunicatingideasandfrustrations,insteadoftryingtoasserttheiridentitybyrevolution.Perhapswhentheyareno
6、ttoldaboutwhattheirparentsdidbefore,theywillbeseenwritingtherevolutionintechnology.UNIT2ActiveReading1Empathy,orginallyknownasmotormimicry,stemmedfromphysicalimitationofothers’plight,whichthenevokesthesamefeelingsinoneself.Childrenseemtofeelsympatheticdistressfrominfancy—mu
7、chearlierthantheyrealizetheyexistapartfromotherpeopleByoneyearold,theystarttolearnthepainissomeoneelse’sbutstillseemconfusedaboutwhattodo.Ataroundtwoandahalfyears,motormimicryfadesfromtoddlers’repertoirewhentheyareabletodistinguishtheirownfeelingsfromothers’feelings,sotheya
8、reabletouseothermeanstocomfortothers.Atthesametime,theirsensivitytoother’semotiona
