Young mums shopping in the Copley Mall in downtown Boston-month found themselves being questioned about their use of soap by students from Harvard Business School usually known as HBS. The students were not doing odd jobs to earn beer money. They were preparing to help a firm in Brazil launch an antibacterial cleanser.
The 900 students arriving in Boston this summer for their two-year course were told that they wouldbe subjects. The new practical addition to HBS’s curriculum is known as “FIELD” that stands for Field Immersion Experiences for Leadership Development. Fieldwork — ie, going out and talking to people — is a big change for HBS.
Not all the staff and students were overjoyed to be experimented on. But the man responsible, Nitin Nohria, head of HBS, says that “If it works, the FIELD method could become an equal partner to the case method.”
What happens in the second year of the new course is still being worked out. But the first year has three elements.First, team-building exercises. Students take turns to lead a group engaged in a project. They learn to cooperate and to give and take feedback.Second, students will be sent to work for a week with one of more than 140 firms in 11 countries. In the third part of the course, students will be given eight weeks, and seed money of ＄3,000 each, to launch a small company. The most successful, as voted by their fellow students, will get more funding. The experiment does not come cheap, adding 5-10% to the course’s cost, which HBS will bear while it figures out what works.
1.Why were the students questioning those young mums, according to the first paragraph?
A.To promote an antibacterial cleanser. B.To earn some money.
C.To prepare to help a firm to launch a product. D.To make a study about soap.
2.According to the plan for the first year course, the students_________.
A.will be led by a group and learn to give and take feedback.
B.will have to set up a small company and earn at least $3,000 within eight weeks.
C.will get more funding if his/her company is considered to be most successful by the fellow students.
D.will be sent to work with one of more than 140 firms throughout the country.
3.What’s the best title for the text?
A.A New Course. B.Ways of Learning.
C.Learning Business in Practice. D.Launching a New Business.
A recent documentary produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has caused a stir in China and in the UK.
The documentary, titled Are Our Kids Tough Enough? focuses on five Chinese teachers who are sent to teach 50 UK teens at a school in Hampshire.
The teachers instruct the students for a month. The pupils are then tested, and the results are compared to the ones of those who have continued in the regular UK education system. The idea is to see if the Chinese method improves academic performance.
The Chinese teachers use their own teaching methods but receive strong resistance from the students. A clip from the documentary online shows some problems, with Chinese teachers calling their students lazy and lacking in discipline, while the students say the high pressure and harsh teachers are driving them crazy.
This has aroused a new debate in both China and the UK, with some arguing the teenagers need more regulation and discipline. Others say Chinese methods encourage rote learning (死记硬背) instead of independent thinking. For instance, Chinese language teachers should do more than pass on knowledge about words and characters. They should inspire students, helping them feel the sentiment from Chinese literature. This is a higher level of teaching.
Yang Dongping, dean of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, says, “The Chinese teaching methods are designed to strictly train the majority. Foreign teaching methods, however, are more natural and relaxing, and designed to inspire students’ interest in learning. Education methods are based on culture. That is why a successful education method in one place may not work that well when simply ‘transplanted’ into another place.”
Yang Dongping says, “The documentary does reflect some problems rooted in traditional Chinese teaching methods. Nobel prize winner, Yang Zhenning, gave a very fair comment on this issue. He said the Chinese-style education method works for most ordinary qualified students effectively, helping them reach high standards. However, it may weaken the training for high-potential outstanding students.”
1.Why are five Chinese teachers sent to teach 50 UK teens?
A.To test the intelligence of the UK teens.
B.To help the school improve their teaching efficiency.
C.To do some practical research into the UK education system.
D.To test the effectiveness of Chinese teaching methods.
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “harsh” in the fourth paragraph?
A.Extremely strict B.Quite friendly
C.Rather cold D.Very attractive
3.According to Yang Dongping, Chinese teaching methods ______.
A.fit all countries B.could be improved
C.are the best in the world D.are not as good as British methods
Where can you find a nice place to relax on holiday for both you and your children? Well, I suggest you try the beautiful and green Isle of Wight (IOW). The Isle of Wight is one of the main tourist attractions. Here is some information on a few of the attractions on the IOW.
Dinosaur Isle
It is located in Sandown, a seaside town on the southeast coast. It’s a large, lovely museum, both fun and educational. Here you can see a large fossil collection of all kinds of dinosaurs, as well as a gift shop. You can walk into the past and then the future, learning about the history and the development of the civilization of dinosaurs that lived 120 million years ago.
Robin Hill Country Park
The park is in the beautiful countryside, and is suitable for children’s parties and games. It has five new gardens, and offers great opportunities to see and take pictures of the rare red squirrels.
The West of the Wight
Here we have the Marine Aquarium, the Archaeology Exhibition and the Model Railway. They offer another opportunity to combine fun with learning. This is a great place to see ancient boats crossing the narrow strait between the island and the mainland.
The Wight Bus Museum
This museum is run completely by unpaid volunteers. It has a bus collection stored in what was once a warehouse(仓库). Most of the buses in the museum date back to around the 1910’s.
With all of these choices, what are you waiting for? IOW Tourism welcomes you!
1.In Robin Hill Country Park, children can NOT .
A.have parties. B.buy gifts.
C.play games. D.take pictures.
2.It can be learned from the passage that .
A.there are five new gardens on Dinosaur Isle
B.visitors can drive buses in the Wight Bus Museum
C.those running the Wight Bus Museum work for free
D.on Dinosaur Isle we can learn about all kinds of animals
3.The purpose of this passage is to .
A.show the development of tourism on the IOW
B.advise readers how to relax on holidays
C.attract readers to come to the IOW
D.tell readers what is worth visiting
4.You can read this article in a .
A.travel magazine B.science journal
C.book review D.film advertisement
It is high time that the government _______ the measures to protect the environment.
A.has taken B.took C.takes D.taking
With the old man_______ the way, we had no trouble _______the cave.
A.led, to find B.was leading, found
C.leading, finding D.leads, find
—Why didn’t you buy the gold ring?
—I ______ but I didn’t have the money.
A.would have B.bought C.would like to D.had bought
