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1、第1页/共41页adjustment /dstmnt/: n.适应(adaptation to new conditions)stressful /stresfl/: adj.有压力的(causing stress)adjust /dst/: v.适应(become suited to new conditions)tip /tp/: n.小提示(small but useful piece of practical advice)flexible /fleksbl/: adj.随机应变的(adaptable)regular /rejl(r)/: adj.有规律的(happening repe

2、atedly at times or places which are the same )schedule /skedul/ /edul/: n.计划表(programme of work to be done)counselor /kansl(r)/: n.顾问 (adviser)第2页/共41页第3页/共41页Comprehension-I I. Content Questions: Decide which of the following statements are True (Y), False (N), or Not Given (NG). ( ) Only freshmen

3、have to adjust themselves to the new study environment. ( ) New things bring people both excitement and pressure. ( ) Returning to the people and situations you know best is the best way to overcome homesicknessNYN第4页/共41页 ( ) Learning the new language and customs of the new environment is a good wa

4、y to overcome homesickness. ( ) Being adaptable to the new situation means you have grown up.Comprehension-IYNG第5页/共41页 II. Group Work: Break into small groups and discuss the following questions. The teacher may ask you to repeat your groups answers to the class.Comprehension-II第6页/共41页 1. How can

5、you avoid missing your family or high school life? A: Focus on what you are gaining. Instead of thinking about everything you are missing, focus on what you are gaining by being away. Think about all the new experiences you can share with friends and family when you return.Comprehension-II第7页/共41页 2

6、. What could be the right attitude towards the different things you encounter in the new environment? A: Accept that things will be different; different is not bad or wrong. Growing up means learning to be flexible in different situations, so this is the process of preparing you for a wonderful futu

7、re.Comprehension-II第8页/共41页 3. How can you get involved during the new college semester? A: Join a club, study group, or find a part-time job that will get you involved with other people. Knowing that you will see the same faces and interact on a regular schedule helps you feel at home and overcome

8、fear.Comprehension-II第9页/共41页 4. Why does talking about your feelings help to overcome your homesickness? A: It is important to openly admit your feelings rather than keep them inside. Doctors and psychologists often say that sharing your emotions with others helps relieve your mental stress. Moreov

9、er, while sharing what you are going through with others, you will find even more methods to adjust to the college life.Comprehension-II第10页/共41页Language Practice第11页/共41页Words and Phrases to Drillcounselorfreshmanflexibleeventuallygo throughinvolveabroadscheduleregularadjuststressfultipseniorfocus

10、onhomesicksurroundingsinteractgrow upconfidenceindependenceVocabulary第12页/共41页 I. Fill in the gaps with words or phrases from the box. Change the form where necessary. 1. The students began to feel _ after they had been here for a month. 2. Today were going to _ the question of homeless people in Lo

11、ndon. 3. He is a wise _ in time of need.Vocabulary-Icounselorfocus onhomesick第13页/共41页 4. She finds her new teaching job very _. 5. All things are interrelated and _ with each other. 6. He is _ to me, though he is younger. 7. How should we _ ourselves in school life? 8. We need a foreign policy that

12、 is more _. 9. This manual is full of useful _. 10. He could have finished it on _, but somehow he fell behind.Vocabulary-Istressfulinteractseniorinvolveflexibletipsschedule第14页/共41页 II. Replace the underlined parts in the following sentences with words or phrases from the box. Change the form where

13、 necessary. 1. Even the closest and strongest of interpersonal relationships must finally come to an end. 2. Since I left home, I have learned to be more adaptable.Vocabulary-IIeventuallyflexible第15页/共41页 3. Hes amazingly cheerful considering all that hes experienced. 4. Its important for a college

14、newcomer to avoid trouble. 5. This hotel, standing in the elegant and graceful environment, is distinguished from its kind. 6. A child has the right to become an adult in a healthful, caring environment, where caring is applied to circumstances rather than to persons.Vocabulary-IIgone throughgrow up

15、surroundingsfreshman第16页/共41页 III. Word Formation: Fill in each blank with the right form of the word given in the brackets. 1. When a boy leaves college and begins to earn money, he can live a life of _. (independent) 2. For my own part, being careful about my appearance keeps me _. (confidence) 3.

16、 How important is it for you to have _ in your working hours? (flexible)Vocabulary-IIIflexibilityconfidentindependence第17页/共41页 4. They feel that all the _ in nature has a purpose. (regular) 5. The psychologist claimed repetitive work can be just as _ as more demanding but varied work. (stress) 6. T

17、he music aroused an intense feeling of _ in him. (homesick) 7. The goods that our shop purchased before the price _ are still for sale at low prices. (adjust) 8. There should be a lot more _ between the social services and local doctors. (interact)Vocabulary-IIIregularitystressfulhomesicknessadjustm

18、entinteraction第18页/共41页 Consult a dictionary for the meanings of the phrasal verbs given below. The fill in the blanks with appropriate phrase verbs. Change the form where necessary.Vocabulary-IVWords and Phrasesgo back ongo overgo throughgo behindgo on withgo againstgo bygo after第19页/共41页 1. He _ t

19、he advice of his colleagues and resigned from the board last week. 2. _ your goals and dont be afraid to ask for your teachers help. 3. The contract comes into effect today, so we cant _ our word now. 4. You have to _ the poets words to see what she really means.Vocabulary-IVwent againstGo aftergo b

20、ack ongo behind第20页/共41页 5. You will be more comfortable with your job as time _. 6. Robbie met with his boss to _ a new plan for promoting digital cameras during the Spring Festival. 7. The plan must _ several stages before it can be put into practice. 8. Professor David convinced me to _ my studie

21、s.Vocabulary-IVgoes bygo overgo throughgo on with第21页/共41页 I. Translate the following sentences into English. 1. 在当前阶段，高校辅导员队伍正由严格的教育管理向教育服务转换。(university counselor) At present (At the present stage) the university counselor team is changing from the type of strict educational administration to that

22、 of educational service.Translation-I第22页/共41页 2.为了能和孩子们保持经常联系，我们装上了电脑，并且申请了电子邮件和在线聊天服务。(regular communication) To (In order to) maintain regular communications with the kids, we have installed a computer and set up an email and chat-line service.Translation-I第23页/共41页 3.因为他的太太病了，他必须调整他的作息来配合她。(adju

23、st his schedule) Because his wife was ill, he had to adjust his schedule to suit hers.Translation-I第24页/共41页 4.本厂的优质商品畅销国内外。(at home and abroad) The high-quality goods from our factory sell well (both) at home and abroad.Translation-I第25页/共41页 5.他渴望假日是由他的思乡病引起的。(homesickness) His longing for the hol

24、idays resulted from his homesickness.Translation-I第26页/共41页 6.我必须集中精力，为下个月的入学考试做好准备。(focus on) I have to focus on preparing for the entrance exams next month.Translation-I第27页/共41页 7.动物园里的动物不同于生活在自然环境中的动物。(natural surroundings) Animals in zoos are different from those in natural surroundings.Transla

25、tion-I第28页/共41页 8.如果人们愿意灵活一些，保持开放的头脑，并不断学习，他们将在这变化的世界中变得越来越富有。(flexible) If people are willing to be flexible, keep an open mind and learn continuously, they will grow richer and richer in the changing world.Translation-I第29页/共41页 II. Simultaneous Interpretation: Now the Chinese sentences are played

26、 back without stopping. Translate them into English orally at almost the same moment you hear them.Translation-II第30页/共41页Matching (1)The Touch-Screen GenerationA) On a chilly day last spring, a few dozen developers of childrens apps (应用程序) for phones and tablets (平板电脑) gathered at an old beach reso

27、rt in Monterey, California, to show off their games. The gathering was organized by Warren Buckleitner, a longtime reviewer of interactive childrens media. Buckleitner spent the breaks testing whether his own remote-control helicopter could reach the halls second story, while various children who ha

28、d come with their parents looked up in awe (敬畏) and delight. But mostly they looked down, at the iPads and other tablets displayed around the hall like so many open boxes of candy. I walked around and talked with developers, and several quoted a famous saying of Maria Montessoris, “The hands are the

29、 instruments of mans intelligence.”第31页/共41页MatchingB) What, really, would Maria Montessori have made of this scene? The 30 or so children here were not down at the shore poking (戳) their fingers in the sand or running them along stones or picking seashells. Instead they were all inside, alone or in

30、 groups of two or three, their faces a few inches from a screen, their hands doing things Montessori surely did not imagine.C) In 2011, the American Academy of Pediatrics updated its policy on very young children and media. In 1999, the group had discouraged television viewing for children younger t

31、han 2, citing research on brain development that showed this age groups critical need for “direct interactions with parents and other significant care givers.” 第32页/共41页MatchingThe updated report began by acknowledging that things had changed significantly since then. In 2006, 90% of parents said th

32、at their children younger than 2 consumed some form of electronic media. Nevertheless, die group took largely the same approach it did in 1999, uniformly discouraging passive media use, on any type of screen, for these kids. (For older children, the academy noted, “high-quality programs” could have

33、“educational benefits.”) The 2011 report, mentioned “smart cell phone” and “new screen” technologies, but did not address interactive apps. Nor did it bring up the possibility that has likely occurred to those 90% of American parents that some good might come from those little swiping (在电子产品上印) fing

34、ers.第33页/共41页MatchingD) I had come to the developers conference partly because I hoped that this particular set of parents, enthusiastic as they were about interactive media, might help me out of this problem, that they might offer some guiding principle for American parents who are clearly never go

35、ing to meet the academys ideals, and at some level do not want to. Perhaps this group would be able to express clearly some benefits of the new technology that, the more cautious doctors werent ready to address.第34页/共41页MatchingE) I fell into conversation with a woman who had helped develop Montesso

36、ri Letter Sounds, an app that teaches preschoolers the Montessori methods of spelling. She was a former Montessori teacher and a mother of four. I myself have three children who are all fans of the touch screen. What games did her kids like to play, I asked, hoping for suggestions I could take home.

37、“They dont play all that much.”Really? Why not?“Because I dont allow it. We have a rule of no screen time during the week, unless its clearly educational.”No screen time? None at all? That seems at the outer edge of restrictive, even by the standards of overcontrolling parents.“On the weekends, they

38、 can play. I give them a limit of half an hour and then stop. Enough.”第35页/共41页MatchingF) Her answer so surprised me that I decided to ask some of the other developers who were also parents what their domestic ground rules for screen time were. One said only on airplanes and long car rides. Another

39、said Wednesdays and weekends, for half an hour. The most permissive said half an hour a day, which was about my rule at home. At one point I sat with one of the biggest developers of e-book apps for kids, and his family. The small kid was starting to fuss in her high chair, so the mom stuck an iPad

40、in front of her and played a short movie so everyone else could enjoy their lunch. When she saw me watching, she gave me the universal tense look of mothers who feel they are being judged. “At home,” she assured me, “I only let her watch movies in Spanish.”第36页/共41页MatchingG) By their reactions, the

41、se parents made me understand the problem of our age; as technology becomes almost everywhere in our lives, American parents are becoming more, not less, distrustful of what it might be doing to their children. Technological ability has not, for parents, translated into comfort and ease. On the one

42、hand, parents want their children to swim expertly in the digital stream that they will have to navigate (航行) all their lives; on the other hand, they fear that too much digital media, too early, will sink them. Parents end up treating tablets as precision surgical (外科的) instruments, devices that mi

43、ght perform miracles for their childs IQ and help him win some great robotics competition-but only if they are used just so. Otherwise, their child could end up one of those sad, pale creatures who cant make eye contact and has a girlfriend who lives only in the virtual world.第37页/共41页MatchingH) Nor

44、man Rockwell, a 20th-century artist, never painted Boy Swiping Finger on Screen, and our own vision of a perfect childhood has never been adjusted to accommodate that now-common scene. Add to that our modern fear that every parenting decision may have lasting consequences-that every minute of enrichment lost or mindless entertai