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　　Unit NineText A We need a Dug-out Canoe to Navigate the Net

　　Do a survey Design a survey Report a survey

　　Read the following survey, and then discuss how to design a survey

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　　Designing a survey Set the purpose of your survey (why) Set the sample of your survey (Who) Design questions (three kinds)

　　Watch the following survey reports. Comment on them. Discuss on how to report a survey

　　How to report a survey Background Purpose Process (sample, questions, how) Results Conclusion

　　Group work A Survey on the On-line Behavior among Graduate Students in NUAA (Survey)

　　Warming-up 1. How did you use Internet to collect information when you prepare your presentation? 2. In such a process, how can Internet help you? What problems might you come across?

　　True of False Questions 1. While looking at the world, hedgehog writers search here and there, looking for a variety of information. 2. In today s world dominated by Internet, most of us are foxes 3. Today we need a new kind of literacy, the ability to choose what is useful and discard what is useless from the abundance of information. 4. In the world dominated by Internet, the fundamental way we think has changed greatly. 5. Kayaks were built by cutting down huge trees, cutting and burning away the excess wood.

　　About the Title Words for watercrafts Ship vs. boat Ships typically are large ocean-going vessels. Boats are smaller and travel most often on inland or coastal waters A rule of thumb says a boat can fit on a ship, but a ship can't fit on a boat, and a ship usually has sufficient size to carry its own boats, such as lifeboats.

　　独

　　木舟(canoe)、划艇(kayak)、筏 (raft)、驳船(barge)、帆板 (windsurfer)、冲浪板(surfboard)、 水上摩托(jet ski)、鱼雷(torpedo) aircraft carrier (航母)

　　What is a dug-out canoe?

　　A dug-out canoe is made of an entire tree, by simply cutting away and discarding the wood not needed.

　　kayaks versus canoes

　　Part One: Paragraph 1-2The FoxWhat

　　Two categories of thinkers

　　Who

　　What The hedgehog

　　Who

　　I

　　Isaiah Berlin (1909–97) was a British philosopher, historian of ideas, political theorist, educator and essayist. For much of his life he was renowned for his conversational brilliance, his defense of liberalism, his attacks on political extremism and intellectual fanaticism, and his accessible, coruscating writings on the history of ideas.

　　Marx and Dialectical Materialism

　　Deduction life-affirmation They took a complex world and simplified it.

　　induction

　　stress our common humanity through plays

　　Science must reflect the pluralism of the world

　　draw on a wide variety of experiences, and the world cannot be boiled down to a single idea

　　Words and expressions Twinkle in the eye (L1, Para 1) Gleam/spark in the eye Can you explain: When the Internet was just a twinkle in the eye?

　　Overriding (L1, Para 2) 稳定高于一切 Stability is of overriding importance. Explain: See the world through the prism of a single overriding idea

　　Dart (L2, Para 2) The child made a sudden dart across the road. Shoot a dart

　　Hither and thither, from pillar to post (L2, Para 2) Butterflies flit hither and thither. 她在果园里东跑西跑 She ran hither and thither in the orchard.

　　Para 3-7

　　Hedgehogs rightly fear the foxes. Why?

　　According to the survey of Edge, How is the internet changing the way you think? Fox Most people using internet isAt its worst/At its best

　　Fox thinking is dominant

　　Both an extraordinary time saver And a prodigious time-waster

　　Store of knowledge is less important.

　　Words and Expressions Feast on (L1, Para 3) The dog was feasting on his dinner. 饱览夏威夷美丽的海岸。 Feast your eyes on the beautiful shores of Hawaii. Anarchic: Lawless, uncontrolled (L1, Para 3) cornucopia (L2, Para 3) 书是知识的宝库。 The book is a cornucopia of information.