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1、英语时文泛读 Current News Articles for Extensive Reading,BOOK II,College and Responsibility,I. Overview,This unit focuses on the responsibilities and problems of university education in the US.,Structure,In this unit, you will read 3 passages about different aspects of the responsibilities colleges and un
2、iversities should take. Read them with a critical eye and think about what social responsibility college students in China should take.,Text A,What Exactly Does GWs President Do?,Its a self-account of the duties and responsibilities of the GW president.,Text B,Its about growing gambling problems aff
3、ecting US university students.,Campuses Slow to Deal with Growth in Gambling,Text C,Its about Bill Gates Commencement speech delivered at the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association in June 2007.,Gates Urges Graduates to Tackle Global Inequity,Focus of this session,II. Text A,What Exactly D
4、oes GWs President Do? Main Idea of the Text The GW president describes the duties and responsibilities of an American university president as is exemplified in his own experiences.,Background Information,Author Stephen Joel Trachtenberg (1937-) is a former President of The George Washington Universi
5、ty and currently holds the title of President Emeritus and University Professor of Public Service. He assumed this title on August 1, 2007. Trachtenberg is a native of Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Columbia University in 1959, and earned a Juris Doctor from Yale in 1962 and a Master of Publi
6、c Administration degree from Harvard in 1966.,Background Information,Source The GW Hatchet is an independent student newspaper at The George Washington University. Founded in 1904, it is the second-oldest newspaper in the District of Columbia, behind only The Washington Post. It also serves as the n
7、ewspaper of record for the Universitys archives. The Hatchet is currently the best non-daily student newspaper in the country, as awarded by the Society of Professional Journalists. The paper derives its name from the implement apocryphally used by George Washington to chop down his familys cherry t
8、ree.,Cultural Notes,The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a private, coeducational university located in Washington, D.C., United States. The school was chartered on February 9, 1821 as The Columbian College in the District of Columbia by an Act of Congress and since that time has develope
9、d into a nonsectarian research institution. Located four blocks from the White House, GW is known for its undergraduate International Affairs, International Business, Political Science, and Political Communications programs, as well as its graduate and doctoral programs in business, social sciences,
10、 international affairs, medicine, education, public health, and law.,Cultural Notes,The main GW campus consists of 43-acres in historic Foggy Bottom and is located a few blocks from the White House and the National Mall. Barring a few outlying buildings, the boundaries of campus are delineated by Pe
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