1、Unit 1 College第1頁/共125頁Unit 1 CollegePart CPart BPart ALead inTextExercisePhoneticsGrammarFunctions and NotionsLead inTextExerciseWritingWorkshop第2頁/共125頁Task 2Task 1Task 3Part A Lead in第3頁/共125頁Task 1 Study the pictures and discuss the questions below in small groups. Use the words given below if n

2、ecessary.Who are the people in each picture? Whats their relationship?Where are they? What are they doing? 1.Do you think they enjoy what they are doing now? Part A Lead inCues: students, classmates, sports friendsCues: classroom, football field, library, listening, playing, looking forCues: very mu

3、ch so, not at all第4頁/共125頁Task 1 Study the pictures and discuss the questions below in small groups. Use the words given below if necessary.Who are the people in each picture? Whats their relationship?Where are they? What are they doing? 1.Do you think they enjoy what they are doing now? Part A Lead

4、 inSome young people are playing football.Many college students are in class.A girl is taking out/putting back a book from a bookshelf. She is obviously in the library. I think people in these pictures are enjoying themselves.第5頁/共125頁Task 2 Listen to the following short dialogues and fill in the bl

5、anks.Dialogue 1 A.Good morning. Is _?B.No, you can take it. A.Thanks. UhAre you also a _ student? B.No. Im in my second year. Call me Anson.A.Oh, Im Blair. Good to meet you, Anson. Well, I feel a little _ aboutuhabout this course. B._?A.I was told that this course is hard for freshmen.B.Dont worry.

6、Professor Johnson is quite a funny guy and really smart. Youll _ while learning. A.Thats great! Part ALead inthis seat takenfirst-yearnervousHow comefeel relaxed第6頁/共125頁Task 2 Listen to the following short dialogues and fill in the blanks.Dialogue 2 A.Hello, you seem _. Anything I can do for you? B

7、.Yes, Im a freshman, and Im looking for _, but there are so many buildings here and Ive forgotten which oneA.Okay, Okaytake it easy. You can follow me. Im _ there.B.Thanks. You know, this is the first day of class, I dont wanna be late.A.I understand. The campus is too large, and many freshmen _ it,

8、 me included a year ago.B.Really? I guess I need a map A.Well, it just _.Part A Lead inworriedTeaching Building Oneon my waygot lost intakes some time第7頁/共125頁 Task 3 Discuss the following questions. 1.What did you do in the first week at college?2.What differences are there between college life and

9、 high school life?Part A Lead inCues: meet someone, explore the campusCues: free time, pressure, not the same as第8頁/共125頁 1.What did you do in the first week at college?2.What differences are there between college life and high school life?Task 3 Discuss the following questions. Part A Lead ina. I m

10、et a boy who comes from the same city as I do/who went to the same high school as I did.a. The biggest difference is that I have more free time, at least for this month. I dont have the pressure I used to have in the high school.b. I spent two days exploring the campus. You know, its so large.b. Wel

11、l, I dont see any real differences. I go to classes. I do my homework. I take tests. Its all the same.第9頁/共125頁The Freshman Experience: College Is Not Summer CampBy Kristine Wellesley The first week of college is summer camp. The second is back to reality. When I arrived on campus a little over a we

12、ek ago, I never imagined going from name games to essays in a blink. Part A Text第10頁/共125頁 My college has a week of orientation, so it never really felt like school until I walked into Geology on Tuesday morning. Before that, I had been watching movies with other freshmen, exploringwell, really gett

13、ing lost in the campus, and tr ying ever y imaginable ice cream combination at the dining halls.Part A Text第11頁/共125頁 From the moment I walked into my class, I realized I cant just watch movies and eat ice cream for the next four years. Buying textbooks before the class was its own problem really, i

14、f a book is used, shouldnt it be dirt cheap, not just a fraction less expensive than the new version? but being in a room filled with strangers, most not nave first years like me, was quite frightening.Part A Text第12頁/共125頁 In high school, the first day was one of my favorites. Sure, I hated knowing

15、 I had a year of work ahead of me, but I loved seeing old friends, catching up on summer g ossip. Here, I sat down and immediately started taking notes. What part of this lecture was important enough to write down? Who was the person sitting next to me? Was I allowed to raise my hand to ask a questi

16、on?Part A Text第13頁/共125頁 And then came the terrible syllabus, something Ive never used before. So now I have four separate syllabuses from my classes, all confirming that I will be piled down with reading and papers for the next few months. Not only is it overwhelming, but its making me feel hopeles

17、s to even consider joining clubs or having a little social life in college while keeping up with work. Sure, I worked hard for the last four years. But that was nothing. Part A Text第14頁/共125頁 What really scares me is I just dont know what to expect. One professor told me to call him by his first nam

18、e, but Ive heard that another thinks “Hi Professor _” in an email is too informal. Upperclassmen have told me that some professors expect students to drop by during office hours, while others think its a nuisance. How am I supposed to know what is expected from me? Part A Text第15頁/共125頁 From new sub

19、ject matter to new academic expectations to new professors, I am overwhelmed. When I look at my messy dorm room and list of homework in my agenda, I still cant believe Ive been here for less than two weeks. And I cant help but partly wish I were back at camp, not college. (448 words)Part A Text第16頁/

20、共125頁大一新生體驗(yàn)：大學(xué)并非夏令營大一新生體驗(yàn)：大學(xué)并非夏令營 大學(xué)的第一周仿佛是夏令營，但第二周就回歸現(xiàn)實(shí)。一個(gè)多星期以前到校的時(shí)候，我根本沒想過在一眨眼的功夫就完成從游玩到學(xué)習(xí)的轉(zhuǎn)變。Part A Text Translation第17頁/共125頁 我們學(xué)校有一周的入學(xué)教育，因此我根本沒有上大學(xué)的感覺，直到周二早上走進(jìn)地質(zhì)課課堂。在那之前，我和其他新生們一直在看電影，逛校園真正地瞎逛。另外，我們還去餐廳品嘗各種混合花樣的冰激凌。Part A Text Translation第18頁/共125頁 從進(jìn)教室的那一刻起我就意識(shí)到，接下來的四年我不能總看電影、吃冰激凌。上課前買教材就成了問題

21、。真的，用過的書應(yīng)該很便宜呀，怎么能只比新書便宜一點(diǎn)呢？而更讓我恐懼的是一屋子陌生的面孔，且大多不是我這樣傻乎乎的新生。Part A Text Translation第19頁/共125頁 在高中的時(shí)候，我最喜歡開學(xué)第一天。一想到等著我的是一年的學(xué)習(xí)確實(shí)很煩人，但我喜歡見到老朋友，跟他們一起說長道短，閑聊暑假見聞。而在大學(xué)，一坐下來就得開始記筆記，還要想著“這堂課哪些要點(diǎn)得記下來？坐我旁邊的是誰？我是否可以舉手問問題？” Part A Text Translation第20頁/共125頁 接下來就是可怕的課程大綱了，我之前從沒用過。現(xiàn)在我有四份不同的課程大綱，但都確切地告訴我接下來幾個(gè)月要讀大堆

22、的書，要寫大量的論文。這不只是令人備感壓力，簡直讓人絕望，要在學(xué)習(xí)上不掉隊(duì)，就別想加入課外俱樂部或者參加哪怕一丁點(diǎn)兒社交活動(dòng)。過去四年我學(xué)習(xí)已經(jīng)夠努力了，但跟這比，那都不值一提。 Part A Text Translation第21頁/共125頁 真正令我害怕的是我不知道怎么理解別人的意圖。有個(gè)教授要我直呼其名，但又有教授告訴我在郵件里稱“嗨，某某教授”太隨便了，不夠正式。學(xué)長們告訴我有些教授希望學(xué)生在他們辦公時(shí)間拜訪他們，而有些教授則討厭那樣。那我怎么知道別人想我怎樣做呢？ Part A Text Translation第22頁/共125頁 面對這些新的課程內(nèi)容、新的學(xué)業(yè)要求及新的教授，我不

23、知所措。看看我那亂糟糟的宿舍和日程表上一項(xiàng)項(xiàng)的作業(yè)，我真不敢相信我開學(xué)還不到兩周，我不禁有點(diǎn)希望我不是在學(xué)校而還在夏令營呢。 Part A Text Translation第23頁/共125頁The first week of college is summer camp. The second is back to reality.The first week of college is like summer camp (which is usually full of excitement and fun), but in the second week, we have to go b

24、ack to our real life at college.Part A Text Language Points第24頁/共125頁I never imagined going from name games to essays in a blink.I hadnt thought I would change from playing games to studying hard so fast.Part A Text Language Points第25頁/共125頁Here name games simply mean playing instead of studyingNote

25、: The Name Game (also known as the Adjective Game) starts with one person in the room picking a word that describes himself or herself as a person. The catch is that the word must start with the first letter of their first name.Part A Text Language Pointsname games第26頁/共125頁 imaginev. to form a pict

26、ure in your mind of what something might bee.g. She imagined singing her favorite song on a big stage. 她想象著自己在一個(gè)巨大的舞臺(tái)上唱自己最喜歡的歌曲。 Close your eyes and imagine (that) you are in a forest. 閉上眼睛，想象自己在森林里。Part A Text Language Points第27頁/共125頁 blinkn. (usually singular) the act of shutting and opening your

27、 eyes very quickly e.g. He finished all his food in the blink of an eye. 一眨眼功夫他把食物全吃光了。She does not comprehend the meaning of my blink. 她沒有領(lǐng)會(huì)我眨眼的意思。Part A Text Language Points第28頁/共125頁n. training or information that you are given before starting a new job, course, etc.e.g. This is orientation week

28、for all the new students. 這是讓全體新生熟悉情況的迎新周。 New employees receive three days orientation. 新雇員接受三天的入職培訓(xùn)。Part A Text Language Points orientation 第29頁/共125頁it never really felt like school until I walked into Geology on Tuesday morning. It was not like school until I walked into the Geology class on Tue

29、sday morning. Here “felt” is a link verb, different from when it is used in “feel like doing sth.”Part A Text Language Points第30頁/共125頁a. used with superlatives, and with “all” and “every”, to emphasize that something is the best, worst, etc. that you can imagine, or includes every possible examplee

30、.g. This is the only solution imaginable. 這是唯一可想得到的解決辦法。 Posters were put up on every imaginable surface. 每一處能想到的空白都張貼著海報(bào)。Part A Text Language Points imaginable第31頁/共125頁Buying textbooks before the class was its own problemIts hard to get cheap second-hand textbooks for this course.Note: College stu

31、dents in some countries have to buy textbooks, often second-handed ones, on their own. For many courses, there are simply no textbooks, but reference books, and students do not always have the option to purchase these items.Part A Text Language Points第32頁/共125頁 (informal) extremely cheap, as cheap a

32、s dirte.g. The shop owner let us have the stuff dirt cheap. (used as adverb) 店主很便宜地賣給我們這些東西。 She bought the fashionable dress at a dirt-cheap price. (used as adjective) 這件時(shí)裝她買得很便宜。 Part A Text Language Points dirt cheap第33頁/共125頁but being in a room filled with strangers, most not nave first years li

33、ke me, was quite frightening.I felt frightened, because the classroom was full of students whom I did not know, and most of them were not silly freshmen like me. Here first years refer to first year students, or freshmen. Note: In the western universities where the credit system (學(xué)分制) is in practice

34、, it is not uncommon to find students of different majors or ages sitting in the same classroom for the course they choose. Part A Text Language Points第34頁/共125頁 to find out about things that have happenede.g. Let me catch you up on all the gossip. 我跟你透露一點(diǎn)最近的閑話。 Im afraid I cant catch up on how thin

35、gs are in that region. 恐怕我無法跟進(jìn)那一地區(qū)的情況。 Note: In informal conversations, “Lets catch up.（改天見面聊 一聊）” is a very common and polite way of saying “Lets get together and have a talk.”Part A Text Language Points catch up on第35頁/共125頁 gossipn. informal talk or stories about other peoples private lives, that

36、 may be unkind or not truee.g. Dont believe all the gossip you hear. 別對那些道聽途說都信以為真。 Marys in there having a gossip with Maggie. 瑪麗在那里和瑪吉閑聊。Part A Text Language Points第36頁/共125頁And then cameHere the subject and verb are in an inverted order.Part A Text Language Points第37頁/共125頁 confirmPart A Text Lan

37、guage Pointsv. to state or show that something is true or correct, especially by providing more evidencee.g. Research has confirmed that the risk is higher for women. 研究證實(shí)這種風(fēng)險(xiǎn)對女性來講要大一些。 Has everyone confirmed that theyre coming? 他們是不是每一個(gè)人都確定會(huì)來？第38頁/共125頁that I will be piled down with reading and pap

38、ersthat I will be loaded with piles of books and papers.Part A Text Language Points第39頁/共125頁 scarePart A Text Language Pointsv. to frighten somebody e.g. The thunder scared the children. 雷聲使孩子們感到害怕。 Some parents try to scare their children into behaving well. 有些父母試圖用嚇唬的法子使孩子守規(guī)矩。第40頁/共125頁 to pay an

39、 informal visit to a person or a placee.g. Ive got to drop by the bank to get some money. 我得順便到銀行去取點(diǎn)錢。 Drop by whenever you are in the area. 如果你來這地方，請到我這里來坐坐。Part A Text Language Points drop by第41頁/共125頁 overwhelmPart A Text Language Pointsv. to defeat somebody completelye.g. The army was overwhelme

40、d by the rebels. 軍隊(duì)被叛亂者擊垮了。 He met with an accident that overwhelmed his career. 他遭到一次意外事故，那毀了他一生的事業(yè)。 第42頁/共125頁Task 2Task 3Task 4Task 5Task 6Task 7Task 1Part A Exercises第43頁/共125頁 Task 1 Read the text again and answer the following questions.Whats the problem with buying textbooks?What made the wri

41、ter feel frightened?Why did the writer love the first day of high school so much?Part A ExercisesUsed books were not as cheap as they should be.Studying with strangers, most of whom were not freshmen.Because he loved to meet old friends and gossip about summer vacation.第44頁/共125頁 Task 1 Read the tex

42、t again and answer the following questions.Why does the writer think its almost impossible to join clubs or have a little social life at college?5.Whats the writer really scared of? Part A ExercisesBecause he has to read piles of books and write papers, which is overwhelming for him.He is scared of

43、not knowing what to expect.第45頁/共125頁Task 2 Identify the key words or main ideas of the following paragraphsPart A ExercisesParagraph 3:_, textbooksParagraph 4:_ between high school and collegeParagraph 5:_, overwhelming workParagraph 6:I dont know what to _.classesdifferences syllabusexpect第46頁/共12

44、5頁P(yáng)art A ExercisesTask 3 Fill in the puzzle spaces with the words from Text A according to the explanations given below.Across1. outline or summary of a course of studies3. to frighten somebodything or person that causes trouble and annoys otherssmall part or bita particular form of an earlier or or

45、iginal typeto talk about the affairs of other peopleDown2. relating to studies at college4. an organized plan for matters to be attended to5. the act of shutting and opening eyes very quickly8. to state or show that something is truesyllabus 2. academicscare 4. agendablink 6. nuisancefraction 8. con

46、firm9. version 10. gossip第47頁/共125頁Task 4 Complete the following sentences with the words from Task 3. Change the word forms if necessary.1.The teacher tried to stop her but she disappeared in a _.2.The question is not related to any practical affair and it is very _. 3.Could you move a _ closer so

47、that I can see you clearly?4.Dont believe all the _ you hear.5.The noise was so loud that it was just a _ to the neighbors.Part A Exercisesblinkacademicfractiongossipnuisance第48頁/共125頁Task 4 Complete the following sentences with the words from Task 3. Change the word forms if necessary.6.He hasnt fo

48、und the latest _ of this software.7.You need to start from the first thing on your _.8.The local people _ off the wolves by lighting a fire.Please write to _ that your boss will be present at the meeting.9.English and mathematics are not on this years _. Part A Exercisesversionagendascareconfirmsyll

49、abus第49頁/共125頁Task 5 Complete the sentences using derivatives (派生詞) of the words in the box. Change the word forms if necessary.1.It took the freshmen a whole week to _ themselves in the new school.2.The president has won support from the _ majority of people.3.The little girl doesnt know how to _ t

50、hese two sentences into one.4.Can you _ what our life would be like without electricity? 5.She is the teacher whom we have been _. Part A Exercisesorientateoverwhelmingcombineimagineexpecting第50頁/共125頁Task 6 Rewrite the following sentences after the models. My parents are there. My teacher is there

51、too.He writes his own plays. He also acts in them. 3.He had read the book. He also remember what he had read.Part A ExercisesNot only are my parents there, but my teacher.Not only does he write his own plays, but acts in them.Not only had he read the book, but remembered what he had read.第51頁/共125頁T

52、ask 6 Rewrite the following sentences after the models.I dont know how to tell her the bad news. It troubles me most. What will I do after graduation? My father is always concerned about it. 3.He passed the exam, which really surprises each of us. Part A ExercisesWhat troubles me most is that I dont

53、 know how to tell her the bad news.What my father is always concerned about is what I will do after graduation. What really surprises each of us is that he passed the exam.第52頁/共125頁Task 7 Translate the following sentences into English, paying attention to the highlighted parts.Part A Exercises一眨眼的功

54、夫，他和他的女友就不見了。(in a blink)他明天在這里要見一個(gè)老朋友，了解彼此的情況。(catch up on)3. 3. 下周到北京旅游時(shí)，我想順便拜 訪一下我叔叔。(drop by)4. 4. 他們應(yīng)該在一小時(shí)以前到達(dá)這里。 (be supposed to)5. 5. 我很難設(shè)想到中國以外的地方去生活。(imagine) In a blink, he and his girl friend disappeared.2. Hell meet an old friend here tomorrow to catch up on each others news.3. I intend

55、to drop by on my uncle when I am traveling in Beijing next week.4. They were supposed to be here an hour ago.5. I cant imagine living anywhere but China.第53頁/共125頁Task 1Task 2Part B Lead in第54頁/共125頁P(yáng)art B Lead inTask 1 Listen to the recording, and complete the following passage. College is a small

56、(1)_ itself. In college, you will meet lots of people. There will be clubs, teams, parties, volunteer activities, (2)_, movies, etc. You will doubtlessly have more work than you have ever had, but you will also have more free time. Also, college (3)_ changes your ideas for life. You get rid of your

57、feeling of (4)_ which you had at high school and realize that in the larger picture, it doesnt matter if you wear branded (5)_ or have the hottest hairstyle. societylecturesexperienceimportanceclothes第55頁/共125頁P(yáng)art B Lead inTask 1 Listen to the recording, and complete the following passage. College

58、also helps you feel free to start (6)_ with people on many topics. Its good for you to improve your (7)_ skills. Of course, you may feel (8)_ and awkward at first. Its quite understandable. But all that will change. Apart from the (9)_ and movement, college also provides skills that you need for a w

59、onderful (10)_. You will have chances to learn and practice these skills. And you will get prepared for your dreamed jobs that lie ahead. conversationscommunicationnervousenjoymentcareer第56頁/共125頁Task 2 Discuss the following questions with your partner about your first year plans in college.Part B L

60、ead in How often will you go to parties with your friends?2.Are you going to join any interest groups on campus?Cues: once/twice, dont like, prefer to stayCues: a member of, be good at第57頁/共125頁Task 2 Discuss the following questions with your partner about your first year plans in college.Part B Lea