文档介绍：Unit Two Who’s Afraid of Maths Anyway ?
New Century English, Book I
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Background Information
Liberal arts
Liberal arts refer to college or university subjects such as literature, history, and political science. Examples of prevocational and preprofessional studies include programes in the health sciences, engineering, architecture, puter programming. In the United States fewer than a third of all college students graduate with bachelor’s degree in liberal arts subjects. heless, liberal arts education still has passionate advocates. Defenders of the liberal arts claim that a broad-based non-specialized education prepares young people for the variety of experiences and occupations they can espect to purse over the course of a lifetime.
If you had a choice, would you choose to be a man or a woman? Why or why not?
Discussion
Some ideas
Freedom
Intelligence
Opportunity
Prejudice
Strength
Questions
What kind of explanation have scientists offered as to the difference between girls and boys?
What does the scientist’s remark suggest?
Scientists have tried e up with biological esplanations for the difference between boys and girls. However, none were convincing enough to esplain the general picture. As one scientist points out, “There are slight ic differences between the sexes at birth, which may influence the subjects boys and girls choose. But the difficulty is that by the time children reach school age, there are so many other influences that it is almost impossible to tell whether girls are worse at science and maths, or whether they’ve been brought up to think of these subjects as boys’‘territory’.”
Examples:
He came up with a new idea for increasing sales.
He came up with a good excuse for being late the meeting.
come up with
find or offer (an answer, a solution, etc.)
Example:
She failed to convince him of his mistake.
He managed to convince the jury that he was telling the truth.
convincing
make someone believe tha