unit-1 Secrets of A Students课件

1、unit-1 Secrets of A Students,Unit 1, Text A,21st Century College English: Book 1,Secrets of A Students,Authored by Edwin Kiester your plan of studying English after entering college.,Tip words:,One mans meat is another mans poison,Group Discussion,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,Leading-in Questions,Re

2、ad the title, please find out if there is one mistake in the title? Based on the title, guess what the text is about. Look at the subheadings, 1-8, in the text. Which of these activities do you already do? In which areas do you feel you need improvement?,Pre-reading Activities,unit-1 Secrets of A St

3、udents,Scanning the text,Q1: Para.1 introduces 2 A students, who are they? Q2:Please list the eight English-learning skills mentioned in our text. Assignment: Turn to page 12, look at the reading analysis; work out the answers.,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,Skimming the text(Text Structure),Part I (P

4、ara. 1-3) presenting the importance of the study skills by two specific examples Part II (Para. 4-11) offering the 8 practical English study techniques concretely Part III (Para. 12) stating the secrets of A students can help you become A students once you learn them.,Language points,unit-1 Secrets

5、of A Students,Secrets of A Students,1Alex, now a first-year student in natural sciences at Cambridge, played football for his school in Manchester and directed the school production of a play. He left school with five As. Amanda, studying English at Bristol University, acted in plays at hers, and pl

6、ayed tennis regularly. Yet she still managed to get four As.,Para 2,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,Letter Grades(字母等级计分制 ),A B C D F,Excellent,Good,Average,Below average,Failing,Schools, colleges and universities in Great Britain and the United States commonly use letter grades to indicate the quality

7、 of a students academic performance (学业成绩): A (excellent), B (good), C (average), D (below average), and F (failing).,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,Text-related Information,Introduction Study hard or hardly study? Some students play football, act in plays, play tennis and engage in many other activit

8、ies, but they still get As in their studies. However, there are some other students who study hard enough but do not achieve as much. Why? Is it simply that those A students have better brains? Educational specialists do not think so. They suggest that to succeed in the studies, one should apply a f

9、ew “techniques”. These techniques are the secrets of A students. If you make use of them, you can be an A student, too.,More to learn,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,Text-related Information,Grading System Schools, colleges and universities in Great Britain and the United States commonly use letter gra

10、des to indicate the quality of a students academic performance: A (excellent), B (good), C (average), D (below average), and F (failing). In the United States, work rated C or above is usually required of an undergraduate student to continue his/her studies; work rated B or higher is usually require

11、d of a graduate student to continue. In percentage scales, 100 percent is the highest mark, and 70 percent (or 65 percent) is usually the lowest passing mark.,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,2How do A students like these make it? Brains arent the only answer. The most gifted students do not necessarily

12、 perform best in exams. Knowing how to make the most of ones abilities counts for much more.,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,Para 2 perform,vt/vi. 1) do （a job）; complete (a task) The surgeon was ing a dangerous operation. 2) act, play, sing or do (tricks) before audience. When will the play be ed? per

13、form well/badly/poorly,n. performance: carrying, acting out, playing music E.g. He is excellent in the of his duties. His of Hamlet was very good.,More to learn,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,perform ones job/duty perform an experiment perform an operation perform a trick perform ones promise a good/b

14、ad performance give two performances a day,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,E.g. : One secret of A students is to make the most of their class hours, concentrate on the lectures and make essential notes. He wished to make the most of the occasion, maintaining the harmonious atmosphere.,count for much/li

15、ttle/nothing = to be of much/little/no worth or importance E.g. He seldom comments on things but once he does, his words count for much. The speed of a runaway horse counts for nothing. 脱缰之马的速度毫无价值。,make the most ofto use or enjoy to the greatest advantage; to use in the best way,unit-1 Secrets of A

16、 Students,Translate:,Knowledge without common sense counts for little 没有常识的知识没多大用处。 没有责任心的人起不了什么作用。 A man with no sense of responsibility does not count for anything.,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,3Hard work isnt the whole story either. Some of these high-achieving students actually put in fewer hour

17、s than their lower-scoring classmates. The students at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can easily learn. Here, according to education experts and students themselves, are the secrets of A students.,Para 4,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,41. Concentrate ! T

18、op students allow no interruptions of their study time. Once the books are open, phone calls go unanswered, TV unwatched and newspapers unread. “This doesnt mean ignoring important things in your life,” Amanda explains. “It means planning your study time so that you can concentrate. If Im worried ab

19、out a sick friend, I call her before I start my homework. Then when I sit down to study, I can really focus.”,Para 5,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,E.g.: Sally tried to concentrate on her studies in spite of the noise. adj. Concentrated: assembled, intense, be absorbed in concentrated juice n. concent

20、ration concentration camp,Focus v assign sb. to do sth. Translate: The father ed each of his sons a room. = The father ed a room to each of his sons. Please a date / place for the next meeting. I ed him to meet the visitors at the airport.,n. assignment C fulfill assignments hand out an assignment g

21、ive an assignment The teacher ed us a lot of assignments. Translate: 他的任务是调查事故的起因。 His is to inquire into the cause of the accident.,Assign:vt. 1) appoint to a job or duty 2) give out,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,athlete: a person who is skilled in bodily exercises and who competes in games that nee

22、d strength and speed, such as running and jumping sportsman/sportswoman: a person who is keen on, or good at, sports. player: sb. who plays in a ballgame, often professionally.,1.Michael Jordan is believed to be the best basketball _. 2.It was quite a view when the _ from all over the world marched

23、onto the sports ground. Mr. Smith is a keen _ and enjoys all kinds of outdoor activities.,Athlete, sportsman, player,player,athletes,sportsman,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,Stick: 1) attach sth to sth else or on a surface 2) keep to, refuse to leave or change (line5, para7) Can you stick the two page

24、s together? Make sure to stick to the point when making the presentation in front of the class.,Translate 作出了许诺，你就应该信守。 If you make a promise, you should stick to it. 苏珊把那则重要信息贴在公告板上了 Susan stuck an important message on the bulletin board,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,6 3. Organize your materials. At

25、 school, Tom played basketball. “I was too busy to waste time looking for a pencil or a missing notebook. I kept everything just where I could get my hands on it,” he says. Paul, a student in New Mexico, keeps two folders for each subject one for the days assignments, the other for homework complete

26、d and ready to hand in. A drawer keeps essentials together and cuts down on time-wasting searches.,Intensive Study,Para 7,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,get ones hand onto get hold of (sth. or sb.); to seize,Translate 1.在那些年月里，她读了所有能够到手的书。,2. The hungry boy ate up everything he could get his hands on

27、from the refrigerator.,In those years, she read everything she could get her hands on.,饥饿的男孩把从冰箱里拿到的所有东西都吃光了。,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,essential : n. (usu. pl.) something that is necessary or very important essential :adj. (to, for) necessary; central E.g.: When we go on holiday, we only take (t

28、he bare) essentials. Water is essential to living things. Its essential that you attend all the meetings,Translate 因居住在遥远的村庄,我认为我的车是一个必需品。 Living in a remote village, I regard my car as an essential. 保证教学质量是教育的本质要求 Maintaining the standards is essential to our education.,unit-1 Secrets of A Students

29、,cut down on to reduce,The skinny girl declared she would cut down on food so as to lose weight. Translate,医生敦促病人减少抽烟和饮酒。,The doctor urged the patient to cut down on smoking and drinking.,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,7 4. Organize your time. When a teacher set a long essay, Alex would spend a couple

30、 of days reading round the subject and making notes, then hed do a rough draft and write up the essay. He would aim to finish a couple of days before the assignment was due so that if it took longer than expected, hed still meet the deadline. Amanda stuck to a study schedule that included breaks eve

31、ry two hours. “Trying to study when youre overtired isnt smart,” she advises. “Even a short break to stretch or get some fresh air can work wonders.”,Intensive Study,Para 8,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,E.g.： set a task; set an alarm clock set a table; set June 6 as the day of invasion The manager se

32、t his secretary various tasks when he was away on a business trip,Set adj. fixed or established by agreement The order to cancel launching the space shuttle came only 5 seconds before the set time. Translate: 请按照固定程序来申请奖学金 Please follow the set procedures for the application of the scholarship.,set

33、: v.to assign, put forward or arrange as (material to be dealt with),unit-1 Secrets of A Students,due adj. to be paid 当付的；应付给的 B) (attrib) suitable; right; proper 应有的,正当的,合适的 C) (to be) expected or supposed (to happen, arrive, etc.) 到期的，预定应到的;预期的;约定的 D) due to, that may be ascribed or attributed to.

34、 因为,由于 辨析: due for due in due to,E.g.: This is the reward for your services. He handled it with due care. The bill is on June 1. Her world-wide fame is to his support. C due to：owing to, because of , on account of,due n. Thing that should be given to sb by right 应得之物;应得权益;应付款 He received a large rew

35、ard, which was no more than his due. Idiom give (a person) his due = be fair to sb give the devil his due : do just, even to those who dont deserve it.,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,Meet the deadline: Finish the task before the date or time it must be finished. 如期Miss the deadline: havent finished th

36、e task on time.超过期限,Im afraid you have missed the deadline, so your application cant be considered. Translate: 老板让他对没能如期完成任务作出解释 His boss called him to account for failing to meet the deadline on the task.,back,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,E.g.： A few words of encouragement can work wonders in her w

37、hen she is not very confident. Doctors have discovered that keeping a pet can do wonders for ones health,Translate: 科学家在试验中试用了新方法，令他惊讶的是，效果奇佳。 The scientist tried the new approach in the experiment, and to his amazement, it worked wonders!.,work/do wonders bring unexpectedly good results,unit-1 Secr

38、ets of A Students,8 5. Learn how to read. “I used to spend hours going through irrelevant material,” Amanda remembers. “But then I got used to reading quickly; if the first sentence of a paragraph wasnt relevant, Id move on to the next paragraph.” “The best course I ever took,” says an Oklahoma stud

39、ent, “was speed-reading. I not only increased my words per minute but also learned to look at a books table of contents and pictures first. Then, when I began to read, I had a sense of the material and I retained a lot more.” To such students, the secret of good reading is to be an active reader one

40、 who keeps asking questions that lead to a full understanding of the material being read.,Para 9,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,E.g.： The argument will certainly lead to still greater differences between the two countries. Too much work and too little rest often lead to illness,Translate Active readin

41、g, according to education experts, will lead to a better understanding of what is being read。 教育专家认为积极阅读会导致对阅读材料更好的理解。,lead to have as a result, cause something to happen or exist 导致；导向,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,9 6. Take good notes. “Before writing anything, I divide my page into two parts,” say

42、s Amanda, “the left part is about one third of the page wide; the right, two-thirds. I write my notes in the wider part, and put down the main ideas on the left. During revision, this is very useful because you can see immediately why the material is relevant, rather than being worried by a great ma

43、ss of information.” Just before the end-of-lesson bell rings, most students close their books, put away papers, talk to friends and get ready to leave. But a smart student uses those few minutes to write two or three sentences about the lessons main points, which he scans before the next class.,Para

44、 10,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,rather than: used in parallel structure,with 2 adjs, advs,nouns,infinitivesconj. 宁可.也不愿(与其.倒不如,而不是),It is a telex rather than a letter. These are political rather than social matters. Translate: 他惟恐婚姻破裂，把一切都告诉了妻子。 Rather than risk breaking up his marriage, he told hi

45、s wife everything.,back,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,107. Ask questions. “If you ask questions, you know at once whether you have got the point or not,” says Alex. Class participation is a matter of showing intellectual curiosity. In a lecture on economics, for example, curious students would ask ho

46、w the Chinese economy could be both socialist and market-driven, thus interesting themselves not only in whats, but also in whys and hows.,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,E.g.： He is an intellectual person. C intellectual faculties intellectual work intellectual class intellectual pursuits,intelligent，

47、clever , smart clever and smart mean someone is good in his or her brain and doesnt mean he or she knows a lot. intelligent means the ability of learning; intellectual implies the curiosity for studying sth and having a deep understanding of something. E.g.: A small child with a clever quick mind is

48、 intelligent but he can hardly be an intellectual.,intellectual adj. of intellect; n. a person who is well-informed and intelligent,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,8. Study together. The value of working together was shown in an experiment at the University of California at Berkeley. A graduate student

49、 there who observed a first-year calculus course found that Asian-American students discussed homework, tried different approaches and explained their solutions to one another while the others studied alone, spent most of their time reading and rereading the text, and tried the same approach time af

50、ter time even if it was unsuccessful.,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,E.g.： I like her unconventional approach to the problem The new approach for learning English has done wonders in the 3rd grade pupils.,approach v. 1)to come or go near or nearer (to), as in space / time 2). to come close to, as in q

51、uality, appearance, or condition E.g.: As graduation day approached, excitement increased. The performance approaches perfection.,approach n.method of doing something or dealing with a problem,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,12After all, the secrets of A students are not so secret. You can learn and ma

52、ster them and become an A student, too.,Summary,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,E.g.： Why is he not allowed to make the decision on his own? After all, hes over 18. Without enough blood supply, the doctor decided to do the operation after all.,Translate A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and

53、 life is after all a chain. William James (1842-1910) U.S. psychologist Key 一根链条最脆弱的连接处就是这根链条的结实程度，要知道生命就像一根链条。,Translate 我知道工作很辛苦，不过你的报酬毕竟也不低。 KeyI know the work is hard, but you are highly paid after all.,after all1) it should be remembered that 要知道2) in spite of everything毕竟，终究，还是,unit-1 Secrets

54、of A Students,New Words,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,count: v. be important or valuable E.g., It doesnt matter where they get money from; what counts is how they do with it. count for much/little : be of much/little importance concentrate: vi/vt. direct all ones attention, etc. towards sth. E.g., He

55、 concentrated (his efforts) on writing (=) focus retain: vt. keep (possession of), avoid losing E.g., Amid the attention, Martin managed to retain some privacy. (=) keep,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,intellectual curiosity intellectual: adj. involving a persons ability to think and to understand idea

56、s and information (/ of or relating to knowledge) vs. intelligent (an ability by instinct) (rather than acquired) - intelligence (n.) IQ (_ quotient) / His father is very knowledgeable he is an _. curiosity: n. adj. curious intellectual curiosity: curious about knowledge,unit-1 Secrets of A Students

57、,economics, economy: n. economics / economy 经济学/经济 Economic / economical 关于经济的 / 经济合算的 E.g., He wanted to buy a small and _ car. / the Chinese _ / He studied _ in college. / _ development approach: n. a manner or method of doing sth, or dealing with a problem E.g., an approach to a problem /task/ si

58、tuation,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,Matching,retain concentrate economical economic count economics approach intellectual,focus knowledgeable of economy keep not needing/wasting a lot of money method, way a major in college be important,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,focus knowledgeable of economy keep not needing/wasting a lot of money method, way a major in college,C_ I _ E _ R_ E _ A_ E_,unit-1 Secrets of A Students,Summary,Writing Skills: Topic Sentence-specific details Reading Skills: skimming and scanning Reflection1.As to the activities mentioned in the text