1. Confucius— 孔子

2. Confuxius (KongZi), styled Zhong Ni, is one of China’s greatest thinkers and educationists. His teachings have become known as Confucianism and they continue to influence today’s Chinese and Chinese communities all over the world. Confucius was the first to start a private school which accepted students from all classes of the country. He stimulated his students to think by posing questions. Confucius spent his whole life trying to restore peace and harmony in society by emphasizing moral virtues and values.

3. 学而不思则惘, 思而不学则殆 He who learns but does not think is lost; he who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. 温故而知新, 可以为师矣 Exploring the old and deducing the new makes a teacher. 学而时习之, 不亦悦乎 ? To learn and at due times to repeat what one has learnt, is that not after all a pleasure?

4. Makarenko--- 马卡连柯

5. Light in My Darkness Hellen Keller Ann Sullivan

6. Tao Xingzhi was born in She County of Anhui Province in 1891. He is a great Chinese educationalist. He devoted all his life to the cause of education until his death. He went to study in the US under an American educator, Dewey in 1914 and came back to China in 1917. He founded the theory of “Life Education”, laying the spiritual foundation for the reform and development of the Chinese people’s education.

7. When he passed away in 1946, Mrs. Song Qingling eulogized him as “the model of teachers for ever ( 万世师表 )”, and Mr Guo Moruo praised him “Two thousand years ago, we had Confucius, and now two thousand years later, we have Mr Tao Xing zhi”

10. 1.load, workload 2.strict be strict with/in 3.compulsory compulsory education 4.promise commitment 5.to begin/ start with first of all 6.tend tendency 7.absence absent 8.leave school drop out

11. 9.expand enlarge 10.lead to result in lie in result from 11.donate 12.ministry the Ministry of Education 13.charity 14. worldwide 15.asprct

12. Reading EDUCATION FOR ALL

15. Fast reading What are the problems with Chinese education? A shortage of teachers; large class sizes; teachers have mixed grade classes

16. Read through the whole text quickly, then choose the best heading for each paragraph. ____Education for all children worldwide will be difficult to achieve ____Solving the problem of teaching quality in remote areas ____Compulsory education for all Chinese children ____Problems of number and location ____Encouraging people in rural areas to accept education ____Meeting the cost ____Education for all----an international target G F A D C E B

17. Unit12 用所给动词的适当形式填空： In 1986, the Chinese government introduced a law ____(state) that by the year 2000, every Chinese child would have nine years of compulsory education. It ____(report) 99% of school-age children in China attended primary school by 2004. In china, as in other countries, the government realizes that the future welfare of its citizens _____(link) to education closely. It has to _____(explain) how the child, the family and the community can benefit. There has been a ____(short) of teaching staff in the remote areas of many ______(develop) countries. ____(solve) this, Australia uses “distance learning” methods, where the students have lessons by two-way radio and mail. _____(provide) them with a full curriculum is difficult. In these countries, where some people don’t even have fresh water or basic health care, ____(reach) the target of “education for All” will be a huge task, despite help from the international community.

18. 短语： 1.To begin with 2.education of high quality 3. attach importance to education 4. make a commitment to do.. 5. have a tendency to do.. 6. rely on..depend on.. 7.adopt distance learning methods 词： target / welfare/ calculate/ accomplish/ remote/rural/community/ available

20. 1.to begin/start with…, secondly …, finally 1). I don`t agree with you. To begin with, we don`t have enough time; secondly, we are not experienced. 2. drop out ( of ) e.g. To our great surprise, he decided to drop out of politics. What do you think we should do to prevent the children from dropping out of school ? 退出，辍学

21. “ drop” phrases drop behind drop in on sb. drop in at sw. drop into … 落后, 落伍 顺便走访 跌入, 落入, 不知不觉 1. If I have time, I am sure to_______________ you. 2. With the meeting going on, most of them _____________ sleep. 3.During the journey, Tom and Tim _________ the rest of the teammates. drop in on dropped into dropped behind

22. expand v. expand reproduction 1.The bird expanded his wings into the blue sky. 2.This factory has expanded to the river. 3. Metals expand when they are heated. 4. The flowers expand in the sunshine.

23. donate vt. 1.Many more warm-hearted people donated blood to the poor girl. 2. In his will, he volunteered to donate his body to medicine.

24. result in----- lead to result from------- lie in As we all know, diligence ____________ success while failure_____________ laziness. results in results from Firemen said the fire was under control, but they warned that the change in the weather might __________ new fires. A. result from B. bring in C. lead to D. break out C

25. advocate vt. It is teaching reform that our headmaster advocate in our school. select vt.----- choose 1.In choosing friends, we should take every possible care. 2. I can not select one from these good toys, as they are wonderful. “Selected Works of Mao Tsetung ”

26. Choose, select, pick out Choose 通常指在所提供的对象中，凭个人的判 断力进行选择 Select 指有目的地仔细认真地选择，有 “ 精选 ” 的 含义。 Pick out 比较通俗， 指按个人的喜好或希望进 行挑选，多用于有形的东西（人或物） 1. You can ______ your new bicycle. 2. He looked through the suits and _________the cheapest one for me. 3. _________ the best answers. Pick out selected Choose

27. Fit, suit, match Match 和 …. 相配； 和 …. 相称； 使较量， 一般指两样东西互相匹配或两人的能力势 均力敌，互为对手 Fit 指大小，，尺寸合体。 Suit 指颜色，花样或款式食物，设计适合。 This hat ________your jacket perfectly. The color of the cloth ________ a woman at my wife’s age. These shoes don’t _________ me----------- have you got a large size? This climate doesn’t ________ her. matches suits fit suit