选修课-Selective Courses
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SelectiveCourses
Thistermourschoollaiddownanewruleaboutselectivecourt.Forthefirsttwoweeks,wemaysitinasmanyclassesaswelikebeforewedecideonwhichcourses tochoose.Wejumpedforjoy.ThefirstweekIattendedclassesforfoureveningsonendandfoundoutthatmostoftheteacherstookitserioualy.Theywerebusyin"winningvotes"forfear,thatlateronnoonewouldattendtheirlectures.
Forexample,theteacherofModernLiteratureofTaiwansaid,"Actuallytheflrsttwohoursofmylecturewereonlyaprelude.Therealcontentshavenotbeeninvolved.Inthefurore,weshalldiscusssuchfamouswritersasQiongYao,XiMurong,etc,andsuchfamousaetressesasLinFengjiao,LinQingxiaetc.Wehavelotsofvedio-tapedfilmstowatch.Theseareconfinedonlytothosewhoco-majorinthiscourt."See,afterall,thelastsentenceisthecoreofeverythinghesaid.
TheteacherofAppreciationandCriticsofModernOperasaid,"Wehaveavarietyofcontentsandtheteachingmethodischangable.Forinstance,lmaychooseoneactfromaplayandletyouperformitinclass.Ifyoudoagoodjob,youcanputontheplayattheschooltheaterfestival.Also,weshallarrangeforyoutowatchcurrentplays.Theschoolisinchargeofthetrafficandtickets,Ofcourse,onlythosewhoco-majorthiscourseareeligible."Yousee,themostimportantthingesatlastthroughtwistsandturns.
选修课
这学期,学校对选修课有了新的规定:开头两周,大家可以任意选听,然后再决定选什么课。这下我们可高兴了。第1周我连上了4个晚上的选修课,发现大部分老师对这件事都十分紧张,赶紧拉“选票”,以免后来没人选他们的课。
比如,《台湾现代文学》课的老师就说:“实际上,我这门课前两节课仅是序言,根本没有涉及主要内容。后面,我们将讨论琼瑶、席慕蓉等有名作家和名演员林凤娇、林青霞等,还有很多录像带供观看;当然仅限于选修的同学。瞧,说了半天,核心内容就是最后一句。
而《当代戏剧鉴赏与评论》的老师则说,“我们上课内容是丰富的,教学方法是多样的。比如,我将选个戏剧片段让你们在课堂上表演。如果你们演得好,还可以在学校艺术节上公演。另外,我们还将组织你们看新上演的话剧,票钱和路费都可以由学校报销;当然,这些待遇仅限于修这门课的同学。”你看,最后还是绕到最重要的事情上去了。