文档介绍：Another School Year –What for ?
John Ciardi
Unit 1
John Ciardi
John Anthony Ciardi (June 24, 1916 – March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet, he also translated Dante's edy, wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, and directed the Bread
In 1959, Ciardi published a book on how to read, write,
and teach poetry, How Does a Poem Mean? which has proven to be among the most-used books of its kind. At the peak of his popularity in the early 1960s, Ciardi also had work television program on CBS, Accent. Ciardi's impact on poetry is perhaps best measured through the younger poets whom he influenced as a teacher and as editor of the Saturday Review.
Theme : The author Tries to clarify the purpose of a university :to put the students in touch with the best civilization that human race has created.
Part1:(-8): The writer describes his encounter with one of his students.
Part2(-14): The author restates what he still believes to be the purpose of a university: putting its students in touch with the best civilizations the human race has created.
Vocabulary
plishment: n.(1) the action of plishing something;同义词:achievement (2) an ability that has been acquired by training 同义词:skill / acquirement / acquisition / attainment 词组: a sense of plishment成就感 plish plished:才华高的
Acquire v.(通过努力、能力等)获得 acquisition adj. (知识、技能等的)获得
Arrogantly : adv. 自大地,傲慢地 arrogant: ,傲慢的
Arts : fine~美术
Aspirin:(解热镇痛药)
Assume: ,假设,认为 assumed : ,假设的 assuming: conj.(连接词)假设、、、为真
Available : ,可购得的 availability :
Average : v. 平均 average out其平均数为
Beanpole : n. 瘦高个子
Bull : n. 公牛,雄的
Certify : ,证实 certitude : ,确实的事
Civilized :
Client : ,当事人;客户机
Contain:,含有,容纳 container: n. 容器
Continuity: continue ,继续
Cyanide:
Democratic:
Disaster:
Drugstore:n