2021-2022学年度第30-31期总第862期
College majors get updated (P2)
吉林毓文中学   赵传彦
Lead-in
As a senior high student, how do you choose what major you are going to study in college?
study interests
future career
major offerings

Title prediction
What will the text discuss according to the title?

Skimming
Read the passage quickly and try to figure out the style of the passage.
A. Narration  
B. Exposition
C. Argumentation
Key: B

Reading
Read the text and answer the questions.
1.What does the word “approved” in paragraph 2 mean?

It means that these major offerings have officially been given an OK from the government.

2.Why is AI mentioned in the passage?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has continuously been one of the most popular newly registered majors in many institutions this year. According to the catalog, a total of 94 institutions, including Peking University, Tongji University and Southwest University, will have AI majors.
AI is an emerging (新兴的) area with more cutting-edge technologies being developed every day, said Chu Zhaohui, a senior researcher at the National Institute of Education Sciences. Through adding AI as a major, institutions aim to better meet the demands of the times.

It is to show that the purpose of the MOE’s action is to better meet the demands of the times.

3. What’s Xiong Bingqi’s attitude toward simply taking newly added majors as the most popular or core subjects?  
However, when choosing majors, students shouldn’t simply take newly added majors as the most popular or core subjects, Xiong Bingqi, head of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, wrote on the People’s Daily official WeChat account. Institutions’ specialties (特长) as well as students’ own interests and abilities should be considered.

He is opposed.
He thinks students should consider institutions’ specialties as well as students’ own interests and abilities.

Reading for structure  
Divide the text into different parts.

Summary
Summarize the text and complete the table.

Key:
Reading for writing
The author develops the exposition mainly by ...

Discussion   
Please share your ideal university and major? And give reasons.

Language study
1.enter high school            进入高中
2.relate to                     与......相关
3.undergraduate major            本科专业
4.meet the demands            迎合需求
5.take ... into consideration        考虑到
6.spokesman                    发言人
7.belong to                  属于

Find the -ing expressions and figure out their functions in the sentence.
Selecting a major is an important decision, as it relates to studying interests and future careers.
主语
There are 14 majors belonging to engineering, such as Hydrogen Science and Engineering ...
后置定语
However, when choosing majors, students shouldn’t simply take newly added majors as the most popular or core subjects,
时间状语