2020-2021学年度第43期总第835期
University’s enduring impact
吉林毓文中学  赵传彦
Lead-in
Which university comes to mind when you think of the best university in China?

 Peking University
 Tsinghua University
 Nankai University
There was a university called "Mount Qomolangma in the history of China's education". Can you guess which university it is?

1. It's a university that only existed for more than eight years.
2. There are a lot of famous graduates Yang Zhenning, Li Zhengdao, Xu Yuanchong, Wang Zengqi and others.
3. It had famous professors including linguist (语言学家) Chen Yinke, historian Qian Mu, architect Liang Sicheng and philosopher Feng Youlan. 
 the National Southwestern Associated University

Read for prediction
What will the text talk about, according to the title?
University’s enduring impact
which university?
on a person?
     university?
     society?
     nation?
Skimming: match the main idea with the paragraphs 
Para 1    The everlasting impact of Xinan Lianda
Para 2    High praise for the National Southwestern Associated University
Para 3-6  The introduction of Xinan Lianda
Para 7-9  A documentary and TV series about students at Xinan Lianda
 
While reading
1. Few universities in the world are so intimately (紧密地) tied to a nation’s founding and development as is the National Southwestern Associated University, known as Xinan Lianda in Chinese. Though it was only open for several years, its history and graduates have played a key role in modern China.
2. On May 29, a documentary called One Day When We Were Young (《九零后》) invited 16 alumni (校友) – all famous scholars – to share their stories about the university. A TV series to be released, The National Southwest Associated University And Us will tell stories of students in the university who study hard to serve our motherland.

Q1. According to the first paragraph, what lasting influence does the National Southwest Associated University have on the country?
It is intimately tied to China's founding and development. Its history and graduates have played a key role in modern China.
Q2. According to the upcoming TV series, why did Xinan Lianda have such a big influence on our nation?
Because the students at the university studied hard to serve our motherland.

While reading: para 3-6
Life of Xinan Lianda
 
 

While reading
4. Studying there was never easy. Students were short of food, books and clothing. Forty students had to live in a big thatched (茅草铺盖的) room. Bugs were everywhere. Sometimes they were subjected to sporadic (间或出现的) bombing by the Japanese.
5. Even so, the university still served “as a beacon (灯塔) of hope during the bleakest (最暗淡的) hours of the Japanese invasion” for students, noted the Global Times. Here they could continue their study and animatedly (热烈地) debate the future of China with teachers. 

Q3. Use two words to summarize the living conditions at Xinan Lianda?
hard
food, books, clothing
bugs
dangerous
bombing
Q4. What kind of rhetoric is used in the underlined part of paragraph 5? 
Simile
Xinan Lianda is a source of hope for the hard-working and enthusiastic students during the war. 
  According to the Global Times, Xinan Lianda had five colleges and 26 departments, with 179 elite (精英) professors. They included famous figures like linguist (语言学家) Chen Yinke, historian Qian Mu, architect Liang Sicheng and philosopher Feng Youlan. Three principals (校长) of the university, Jiang Menglin, Mei Yiqi and Zhang Boling, received both Chinese and Western education. Students here could have a higher education based in large part on the American model. It sought to provide general education and academic freedom.

Q5. What is the main idea of this paragraph? 
There were excellent teachers at Xinan Lianda. There was also academic freedom.

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Though Xinan Lianda was disbanded (解散) and each school moved back to its original home in 1946, the experience of studying there had an everlasting (永久的) impact on students. 
Two of its students, Yang Zhenning and Li Zhengdao, shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1957. Yang has said many times in the past that his experience in Kunming profoundly (深刻地) influenced his career and that he would not have been as successful without it.
“The National Southwestern Associated University set a good example for contemporary Chinese universities, and there are many treasured legacies (遗产) for us to inherit, to cherish, and to share,” Li Zhong, vice-president of the university’s Beijing alumni association, told the Global Times.   

Q6. What is Xinan Lianda's impact?
Impact on students: The experience influenced their career. They would not have been as successful without it.
Impact on contemporary Chinese universities: There are many treasured legacies for us to inherit, to cherish, and to share.
Impact on our nation: It is intimately tied to China's founding and development.

After reading

After you read the passage:
    Explain the following phrase: “There are many treasured legacies (遗产) for us to inherit, to cherish, and to share.” 
    What can you learn from the National Southwestern Associated University? 
    Why do we need to record that period of history (through documentaries, TV series, etc)?

Language focus
Find the following expressions in the article.
持续影响
国立西南联大
起到重要的作用
报效祖国
撤退到...
合并成
遭受到
学院
系
enduring impact
the National Southwestern Associated University
play a key role in
serve our motherland
retreat to
merge into
be subjected to
college
department
名人
语言学家
历史学家
建筑师
哲学家
在很大程度上
学术自由
树立榜样
famous figures
linguist 
historian
architect 
philosopher 
in large part
academic freedom
set a good example

Language focus
A TV series to be released, The National Southwest Associated University And Us will tell stories of students in the university who study hard to serve our motherland.

动词不定式做后置定语
当修饰词是序数词或者被序数词修饰时，通常用动词不定式做后置定语。如：the first\second\last\only\very...+名词+不定式
被修饰词是形容词最高级或者被形容词最高级修饰时。
被修饰词前有the only、the very、the next等后常用不定式做定语。
一些抽象名词，time、way、reason、chance、opportunity、ability、courage、wish等词后常用不定式做后置定语。

    there be 句型中，做主语的名词或代词其后常跟不定式做后置定语。
    表示将来的动作时，要用不定式做后置定语，如果不定式与被修饰词之间是主动关系，不定式用主动形式，如果是被动关系，用不定式的被动形式。
    例句：
    1. He was the first one to arrive.
    2. He is the best person for the job.
    3. There is nothing to worry about.
 
 

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