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1、Unit7Unit7LettertoaBStudentSectionOnePre-readingActivities.Culturalinformation1.QuoteHistoriesmakemenwise;poemswitty;themathematicssubtle;naturalphilosophydeep;moralgrave;logicandrhetoricabletocontend.—FrancisBacon2.GradesGradesarestandardizedmeasurementsofvaryinglevelsofcomprehensionwithina
2、subjectarea.Gradescanbeassignedinletters(forexample,A,B,C,D,orF),asarange(forexample4.0–1.0),asdescriptors(excellent,great,satisfactory,needsimprovement),inpercentages,or,asiscommoninsomepost-secondaryinstitutionsinsomecountries,asaGradePointAverage(GPA).TheGPAcanbeusedbypotentialemployersor
3、furtherpost-secondaryinstitutionstoassessandcompareapplicants.ACumulativeGradePointAverageisthemeanGPAfromallacademictermswithinagivenacademicyear,whereastheGPAmayonlyrefertooneterm.SectionTwoGlobalReadingITextanalysis1.Whatissuesdoesthewriteroftheletterintendtodealwith?Howshouldstudentsrega
4、rdgrades,bothgoodandbad?Aregradesasimportantastheyareassumedtobe?Dogoodgradesnecessarilyleadtoachievementsandbadgradesresultinfailureinastudent’slaterlife?2.What’sthethemeofthispieceofwriting?Itisexplicitlystatedinthefirstsentenceofthethirdparagraph:toputaBstudent’sdisappointmentinperspectiv
5、ebyconsideringexactlywhatthegradeBmeansanddoesn’tmean.IIStructuralanalysis1.Dividethetextintopartsbycompletingthetable.ParagraphsMainidea1Itintroducesthetopicoftheletter.2-5Gradesdonotmeaneverything.6-8GettingaBinclassdoesnotmeanonewillalwaysbeaBperformerinlife.9-10Inacomplexsocietylikeours,
6、labelsarenecessarybuttheyshouldbekeptinperspective.2.Apartfromthefirstparagraph,therestofthetextfallsclearlyintothreeparts,eachofwhichismarkedatthebeginningbyakeywordorwords.Trytofindthesekeywords.Paragraphs2–5:Disappointment28Unit7Paragraphs6-8:Thestudentasperformer;thestudentashumanbeing.P
7、aragraphs9-10:PerspectiveSectionThreeDetailedReadingTextILettertoaBStudentRobertOliphant1YourfinalgradeforthecourseisB.Arespectablegrade.Farsuperiortothe“Gentleman’sC”thatservedasthenormacoupleofgenerationsago.ButinthosedaysA’swererare:onlytwooutof
