Unit 1 The Bright Student and the Dull Student（课件）- 《当代商务英语综合教程2》同步教学（华师大版·第2版）

当代商务英语综合教程 2 （第2版） Unit 1 The Bright Student and the Dull Student Contents 2 Text A The Bright Student and the Dull Student Language in Use Text B Not Really Made in China Warm-up Questions: 3 Warm-up Questions: 1. Why will the bright student become successful more easily? 2. Would you please list some of the reasons which lead to the failure of the dull student? Pre-class Task 1 4 Pre-class Task 1 Read the text once for the main idea（s）. Do not refer to the notes, the glossary or dictionaries. Text A The Bright Student and the Dull Student 5 Passage Years of watching and comparing the bright student and the not bright, or less bright, have shown that they are very different kinds of people. The bright student is curious about life and reality, eager to get in touch with it, embrace it, and unite himself with it. There is no wall, no barrier between him and life. The dull student is far less curious, far less interested in what goes on and what is real, more inclined to live in worlds of fantasy. 1 6 Passage The bright student likes to experiment, to try things out. He lives by the maxim that there is more than one way to skin a cat. If he can't do something one way, he'll try another. The dull student is usually afraid to try at all. It takes a good deal of urging to get him to try even once; if that try fails, he is through. Text A The Bright Student and the Dull Student 7 Passage The bright student is patient. He can tolerate uncertainty and failure, and will keep trying until he gets an answer. When all his experiments fail, he can even admit to himself and others that for the time being he is not going to get an answer. This may annoy him, but he can wait. Very often, he does not want to be told how to do the problem or solve the puzzle he has struggled with, because he does not want to be cheated out the chance to figure it out for himself in the future. 2 Text A The Bright Student and the Dull Student 8 Passage Not so the dull student. He cannot stan