大学体验英语综合教程1_第三版_Unit.doc

Unit 1 College LifeObjectives:After finishing this unit students will be able to: get familiar with college life: what they can learn what activities they can participate in etc. learn to use the key words and expressions in this unit learn how to form compound and complex sentences learn to adopt the reading skill Skimming or Scanning while reading learn to fill in registration forms and design name cardsIntroduction of college life 1 period1.Your course: requiredcompulsory course and electiveoptional courseRequired course studying for a degree or diplomaElective course not studying for a degree or diploma.2. Your name:Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior3. College students psychological changingin my opinionFreshman: Dont know you dont know yourself.Sophomore: Dont know you know yourself.Junior: Know you dont know yourself.Senior: Know you know yourself.4. educationJunior college studentUndergraduate studentPostgraduatemaster student and doctor student5. degreeBachelor degreeMaster degreeDoctor degree6. teachers professional titleInstructor or lectureAssociate professorProfessor7. some other aspects of college lifeCertificationsActivitiesLeisure TimeLibraryDormitorySleepingseeing a filmPlaying computerEtc.Section I Listen and Talk 2 periodsStep 1 Lead in 25 mins1. Warm up questions: What are your main activities in college life Can you describe them2. Listening: Listen to the passage and fill the missing words in the blanks. Listen three times Keywords: spend golden explore experience lifelong various develop scholars lay open3. Words and Phrases golden: adj. 黄金的，宝贵的 lifelong: adj. 终生的，一生的 Opportunity 机会、机遇 Outstanding scholar 杰出的学者 keep a good balance: 保持良好的平衡 lay a solid foundation: 打下坚实的基础4. Answer: 1.explore 2.experience 3.various 4.develop 5.scholars 6.lay5. Talking about the pictures or say something about your college life Pair-work Keywords: discuss meet chat communicateStep 2 Dialogues 40 mins1. Listen to the two sample dialogues and try to answer some questions Dialogue 1 Meeting on Campus Who is Mike What help did Mike need Who is Mr. Wang Dialogue 2 At the Registration Office Where are the two speakers What are they doing Which elective course does Mike choose at last2. Practice Read two dialogues in pairs pair work3. Learn some useful phrases and expressions: have been looking forward to doing sth.: 一直希望着 Im here to see whether you need any help. 我能帮你什么忙吗？ show sb. the way: 带某人去 both and : 既有也有 drop out: give up refund: pay back fill in the forms: 填表格4.New words and expressionsCampus kmpsthe grounds and buildings of a university college or school 校园On campusThe campus of Harvard University is very beautiful.哈佛大学的校园非常漂亮。Elective 英 lektv 美 lktva course that you can choose to study because you are interested in it while you are studying for adegree in a different subject 选修课All the students should do some elective courses during their 4 years college life.Refund rfndA sum of money that is given back 退款 Ill refund you for the apples and any other damage.我会因苹果和其他任何损坏还钱给您。If youre not delighted with your purchase we guarantee to refund your money in full.如果您对所购商品不满意，我们保证全额退款。registration redstrenthe act of recording names and details on an official list 登记注册the registration of births marriages and deaths.出生、结婚、死亡登记。Her car registration is H53 UVO.她的车牌号码是 H53 UVOSample 英 smpl 美 smpla small part or amount of something that is examined in order to find out something about thewhole 样品，标本，试样The salesman brought some samples of his firms products.推销员带来了一些他公司的产品货样。Semester smesteither of the two periods into which a year at universities esp. in the U.S. is divided 尤指美国大学的）一学期，半学年There are two semesters in a year.一年中有两个学期。Withdraw wdrto take money out of a bank account 提取银行存款Id like to withdraw 1000 dollars from my savings account and put it in my cheque account.我想从我的储蓄账户上提取 1000 美元转到支票账户上。martial arts mla sport such as JUDO TAEKWONDO TaiJiQuan Nunchaku or KARATE in which you fightwith your hand and feet and which was developed in Eastern countries 东方国家的武术如柔道跆拳道（朝鲜） ，太极拳，双节棍，空手道（日）等Step 3 Communicative Tasks 25 minsWork in pairs and act the dialogues to the whole class.Task 1: Meeting with a foreign student and talking about studiesTips: Glad to meet you. Where are you from Which are you in Im majoring in About your major name:Construction engineering technology major 建筑工程技术专业Electrical and information engineering technology major 电子信息技术工程专业Computer network technology major 计算机网络技术专业Marketing and planning major 市场营销专业Task 2: Helping a foreign friend select his course at the registration officeTips: So far whats your favorite subject What course do you like most Insightful informative boring practical fantastic be interested inStep 4 Assignments1. Read the dialogues and practice communicative tasks2. Preview new words in Passage A.Section II Read and Explore 4 periodsPassage A: My First Week at HarvardStep 1 Pre- reading Tasks 15 mins1. Greetings and a brief revision pair work or group work Ask one or two pairs groups to act out their own dialogues2. Lead-in questions: What do you expect to learn as a freshmanAnswer: The answer may vary. The most important thing a freshman can learn is tolearn how to learn.How do you guess the author of the passage would feel about her first week atHarvard a world-famous universityAnswer: The answer may vary. The student thought that her first week at Harvard wasvery impressive because the new college life would be a once-in-a-life journey forher at a world-famous university in particular.3. Culture notes:1.The Introduction of Harvard UniversityOne of the Most Famous Universities in the USATop 10 World Universities Rank-20031 Harvard Univ USA2 Stanford Univ USA3 California Inst Tech USA4 Univ California - Berkeley USA5 Univ Cambridge UK6 Massachusetts Inst Tech USA7 Princeton Univ USA8 Yale Univ USA9 Univ Oxford UK10 Columbia Univ USAWe can see that Harvard University ranks the first. Harvard is located in Cambridge Massachusetts on the eastern coast of theUnited States. Harvard University which was established in 1636 is the oldestinstitution of higher learning in the United Sates. Most of Harvard Universityscampuses are located in Cambridge and Boston Massachusetts on the eastern coastof the United States of America. It has about 2 100 faculty members and more than 10 000 academicappointments in affiliated teaching hospitals. Harvard University is made up of 11principal academic units ten faculties and the Radcliffe Institute for AdvancedStudy. The ten faculties oversee schools and divisions that offer courses and awardacademic degrees. There are about 21 000 students about 6 700 undergraduates and14 500 graduate and professional students. Seven presidents of the United States John Adams John Quincy AdamsTheodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Rutherford B. Hayes John FitzgeraldKennedy and George W. Bush were graduates of Harvard. It has produced morethan 40 Nobel laureates.2. Shopping Week Shopping Week is a special time for freshmen at college to sample classes whichcould help them decide which courses they are going to take in the beginning of aschool year.Step 2 While- reading Tasks 75 mins1. Read the text as quickly as possible and try to find the answer to the following questions:1.What did the author think of being a freshman at HarvardAnswer: She thought it was very pleasant and lucky to be a freshman at Harvard.2.How did the author get along with her roommatesAnswer: She got along with them very well and they had helped her a lot.3.What difficult decisions did the girl have to make in the “Shopping Week”Answer: She had to decide what classes to take.4.What did the author think of eating on campus for a freshman at HarvardAnswer: Eating is one of the highlights for freshmen at Harvard.5.How did the author appreciate meeting the other students at HarvardAnswer: Appreciating and being surrounded by so many gifted people was what had made her firstweek at Harvard a truly priceless experience.2. Skim the text and try to find the main idea: Main idea: The first day is gorgeous for a freshman at Harvard. The author lived with four girls who helped her through the difficult adjustment process. Freshmen at Harvard can sample classes during “Shopping Week”. Eating is one of the most important and enjoyable highlights for students at Harvard. The best assets for Harvard students according to the author is to have met so many gifted people.3. Language points 1. The day a freshman moves into Harvard Yard is said to always be a gorgeous one and this was certainly true of my first day at Harvard: It is always said that the day a freshman starts college life in Harvard is very exciting and pleasant and the author thought this was also true of her own first day at Harvard. move into: to start living in Examples: She decided not to move into the new apartment until she had finished decorating. Were excited to move into a new home. Harvard Yard: the main campus of Harvard University gorgeous: extremely pleasant or enjoyable Examples: John said that he met a gorgeous girl at the party last night. Do you want to sample some of the jam It is gorgeous. 2.historic: famous or important in history Examples: Today is a historic occasion for our country. It was difficult for the enterprise to expand during a time of historic change. cf. historical: connected with the past or connected with the study of the past Examples: Can you tell me something about the historical background to the Civil War They went to Yuelu Academy to do some historical research. Notes: Historic is usually used to describe something so important that is likely to be remembered while historical usually describes something that is connected with the past or with the study of history or something that really happened in the past. 3.I gazed out the window at this captivating scene and thought to myself “No freshman should be so lucky”: The author looked out through the window of the car at this fascinating scene and had a thought in her mind: “I should be the luckiest freshman” think sth to oneself: to have a thought in ones mind but not tell it to anyone Examples: After listening to the professors suggestion Jane thought to herself“Im sure I will make it.” He gazed out the window at this boundless grassland and thought to himself “What a beautiful scenery it is” 4. Im sharing a suite with four other girls that has four single bedrooms and a largecommon room: The author is living in a suite with other four girls and the suite consists offour single bedrooms and a large common room.share with: to use participate in enjoy receive etc. jointlyExamples: The two chemists shared the Nobel prize Kate is a very generous girl for she always shares what she has with others5. Were all completely different in terms of background ethnicity religion and interests we reflect the diversity that Harvard is so proud of: The author and the other four girlsare quite different in terms of background ethnicity religion and interest which is refl ectionof the variety that Harvard is proud of.in terms of: with regard to the particular aspect or subject specifiedExamples: Hes quite rich in terms of money but not in terms of happiness. It is difficult to express it in terms of science.diversity: a range of different people or things varietyExamples: Diversity is conducive to the learning environment We should get a thorough understanding about the cultural diversity of the UnitedStates.6. During this first week its a relief to have four girls I can call friends and that can helpme through this adjustment process which is quite difficult at times: In the first week I amlucky to have the four girls that I can call friends. It is them who helped me through thisadjustment process which is rather hard sometimes.it is a relief to do sth: to have a feeling of comfort when something frightening worrying orpainful has ended or has not happenedExamples: I hate to say it but it was a relief to have him out of the house. It is a relief to see you get through those terrible days.7. Thankfully Harvard allows freshmen to sample classes during “Shopping Week”.sample: to try an activity go to a place etc. to see what it is likeExamples: We sampled the stuff and found it satisfactory. I sampled several classes and decided to choose four of them this semester.8. Which to get involved inget involved in: to take part in an activity or eventExamples: I got involved in a quarrel about the price He regretted that he got involved in that matter.9. . but its where we eat thats truly remarkable.remarkable: unusual or surprising and therefore deserving attention or praiseExamples: She is remarkable for her sweet temper When we went swimming last summer we saw the most remarkable sunset at the beach. 10. Our dining hall is more like a church or a museum than a cafeteria: The dining hall is like a church or a museum rather than a cafeteria. 11. . and is filled with statues and portraits of famous figures from Harvards past. be filled with: to become completely full Examples: After reading his poems I was filled with admiration. I didnt go last time because my hands were filled with