Unit 1 Your College Years

1、Your College Years Bob Hartman R einforcement T ext Analysis Your College Years B ackground W arming up Unit 1 Questions/Activities Check-on Preview Objectives Unit 1 Warming up Your College Years Warming up Questions/Activities What does going to a university mean to you? What changes have taken pl

2、ace in your life, esp. in your first year? What is the article mainly about? How much do you know about developmental changes? What does the author say that strikes you most? What is an identity crisis? Can you define “identity”? Are there any other key concepts mentioned in the text that you know a

3、bout or want to know? Warming up Questions/Activities developmental changes: a psychological term which refers to the physiological and behavioral changes throughout the lifespan identity: the qualities that make sb or sth what they are who you are; what strengths and weaknesses you have; how you pe

4、rceive yourself as well as how other people perceive you ( self image and the image you present to others) identity crisis: the difficulties, confusions and anxieties that one goes through when he/she is not sure who he/she is and what his/her purpose in life is Objectives Understand the key psychol

5、ogical concepts. Understand the structure of the essay. Appreciate the formality of the writing style. Learn about some useful words and expressions Warming up Background Erik Erickson Sigmund Freud Unit 1 Your College Years Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud: (1856-1939) Father of psychoanalysis, author o

6、f The Interpretation of Dreams, famous for his conception of the unconscious, death instinct, the Oedipus/Electra complex, and structural model of human psyche. Background Erik Erickson: (1902-1994) Freudian ego-psychologist, “father of psychosocial development” and “the architect of identity.” Acco

7、rding to Erickson, the identity crisis is the most important conflict human beings encounter when they go through eight developmental stages in life. Erik Erickson Background Background Erik Erickson Stage (age) Psychosocial crisis Significant relations Psychosocial virtues Maladaptations undergoing

8、; suffering 经历(困难、痛苦) The country has gone through too many wars. to finish You have to go through necessary customs formalities before you can enter another country. to pass They just went through the forest in total silence. Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion (Para. 2) 4. It is important t

9、o 不但要了解别人怎样看待他们,而且要了解自己如何看待 自己, 这是十分重要的。 perceive (fml) to know, realize, notice I perceived that I could not make him change his mind. perceiveas He needs to perceive change as opportunity, uncertainty as challenge and corruption as disease. n. perception Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion

10、(Para. 2) 5. Explain the sentence： “How people see themselves in both roles is unquestionably a part of their identity.” What does “both roles” refer to? 人们如何看待自己扮演的这两个角色无疑正是他们性格 特征的一部分。 Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion (Para. 2) Explain the sentence “How people see themselves in both role

11、s is unquestionably a part of their identity.” What does “both roles” refer to? 6. While students are going through an identity crisis to be independent from/of The seasons change, independent of anyones wishes. Cf. Financially they are still dependent on their parents. 7. Did you experience indepen

12、dence/dependence struggle in your later adolescence stage? Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion (Para. 3) 8. In fact, it may be heightened by their choice to pursue a college education. Actually, if the students choose to go to college to continue their education, they will face an even more s

13、erious struggle between the desire to be independent and the need to depend on the financial support of their parents. Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion (Para. 3) 9. What are the four distinct aspects of late adolescents psychological separation from their parents? a. Functional independenc

14、e b. Attitudinal independence c. Emotional independence d. Freedom from “excessive guilt, anxiety, mistrust, responsibility, inhibition, resentment, and anger in relation to the mother and father” Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion (Para. 4) 10. First, there is functional independence, Funct

15、ional independence: independence in handling everyday life situations; the ability to solve practical problems 处理日常生活的能力 handling finances: learning how to spend money wisely choosing their own wardrobes: choosing their own clothes determining their daily agenda: determining what they are going to d

16、o every day Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion (Para. 4) 11. freedom from an excessive need for 摆脱对父母的认同、亲近、陪伴以及情感上的过分依赖。 freedom from sth: no longer having sth you do not want 免除; 摆脱 freedom from hunger. freedom from prejudice 没有偏见 Cf. freedom of: 自由、权利享有权；特权 to give a friend the freedom of

17、 ones house 自由进出房屋的权利 Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion (Para. 4) 12. What is your interpretation of “freedom from “excessive guilt, anxiety, mistrust, responsibility, inhibition, resentment, and anger in relation to the mother and father.”? 13. Why should college students stand back to see

18、 where they are in the independence/dependence struggle？ Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion (Para. 4) 14. What is meant by “establishing their sexual identity”? Why is it stressful? It includes relating to the opposite sex and projecting their future roles as men or women. 15. Probably nothi

19、ng can make students feel lower or higher emotionally than the way they are relating to whomever they are having a romantic relationship with. Perhaps nothing can make a student experience such a big emotional change except his/her relationships with his/her lover. Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Di

20、scussion (Para. 5) 16. How does college students change the way they relate to others as they grow and reach young adulthood? 17. During the course I had come to realize that come to do sth. to begin to realize, understand sth. as a result of time or experience. in college she came to realize that l

21、iterature is one of the best ways to understand a culture. (para. 8) 18. He was seeing his world shrink and his options narrow. He was beginning to realize that his world was getting smaller and his choices fewer. Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion (Para. 6) 19. Another change for college st

22、udents is internalizing to internalize: a psychological term, meaning “to make faith, values, morals, etc. part of your nature by learning them unconsciously. 使(信仰、道德等)内化、吸收；使成为自我之一部分 20. Did you ever question the values instilled by your parents in your adolescence? 21. What makes it possible for t

23、hese values last a lifetime? Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion (Para. 7) 22. What new ways should college students develop in acquiring knowledge? Learning process: gather, process and apply New perspectives of knowledge: Whats the purpose of materials? Learn to be critical. Establish your

24、own attitudes. Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion （Para. 8) 23. To see sth/sb in a certain light: to see sth/sb in a certain way 而且，在看报纸和电视新闻时，我已经以一种不同的视角去 看待其他国家的人民了。 24. Do you have a similar experience, that your interaction with people of other cultures introduces you to new ways of inte

25、rpreting life, new understanding of the world and of yourself? 25. Why do you think it important to become a world citizen? Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Discussion (Para 9) Recap of Part II: Content Developmental changes in college years New ways of learning New ways of dealing with people self p

26、arents people of other cultures other adultsthe other sex assembling, processing sth is applied to (运用，应用) develop develop an idea 详细阐述 develop a new medicine 研制 develop the natural resources; develop the west region 开发 Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Words develop a habit; develop understanding of

27、each other 产生，形成 develop ones business 发展 develop lung cancer 患病 develop into crisis 产生，出现 develop a film 冲洗 Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Words & Expressions Useful Expressions is very much a part of feel free to stand back handle finance choose a wardrobe determine ones daily agenda come to realize be rebelled against be looked after be taken care of be attended to be put an end to be done away with be focused on be agreed on be put up with