Unit 1 Starting College
Yang Xue 许昌学院公共外语教学部 全新版大学英语预备级
Teaching Objective
❖ To read for the key ideas in a passage ❖ To help to enlarge students’ vocabulary
c) Being a brilliant student，he speaks English very well.
d) He is a brilliant student; he speaks English very well.
Sentence Structure
Non-finite form
① v-ing ② v-ed ③ v-to do
more opportunities…
Domitory Playground
College life is colorful yet short ……
GO TO
College
How to Adapt to College Life Quickly
▪ Answer “Why am I going to college?”. ▪ Imagine your ideal college experience. ▪ Set clear goals for each class. ▪ Get an early start each day. ▪ Have some serious fun!
Text A Fresh Start
--By Evelyn Herald 全新版大学英语预备级
Reading Skills
sபைடு நூலகம்imming
to quickly identify the main ideas of a text
scanning
to search for key words or specific information
❖ To acquire cultural background knowledge ❖ To develop students’ critical thinking
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Teaching Procedure
Pre-reading Tasks While-reading Tasks Post-reading Tasks
Sentence Structure
① He is a brilliant student. ② He speaks English very well.
a) He is a brilliant student and he speaks English very well. b) He is a brilliant student who speaks English very well.
freshman sophomore
junior senior
as fresh as paint
精神饱满的
fresh in one’s mind
记忆犹新
fresh from / out of school 才离开校园
leave (Para 1, Line2)
1) go away from (a person or place) 离开
向…前进 从…挤过去
摸索前进
Sentence structure
重意合Vs重形合
例1：我不叫你你不要进来。 Don’t come in until I call you.
例2：我心里暗笑他的迂，托他们也是白托，他们 只认得钱。 --- 《背影》
I sniggered at father for being so impractical, for it was totally useless to entrust me to those attendants, who cared for nothing but money.
Text Structure
Parts Paras
Main Ideas
One 1
The author felt first gradish on her
arrival at the campus.
2-10 Two
experience in classroom
some fresh
experience experience in cafeteria
seek (Para 3, Line 1)
Seek: 寻找，搜寻；征询
hide-and-seek
a sought-after tourist place
Csseoeelelkokca-safotteuiorgnh:t-s追ou求gh，t 找寻 sseoeukgfhotr-after 试图很找吃到香的，受欢迎的
Classroom
Lawn （草坪）
In College，more free time
to explore your interests and passions…
Library
extracurriculum activities
Gala（晚会）
Dining hall
Speech Contest (演讲比赛)
Warm-up activities ➢ What is your life like in high school? ➢ What are your expectation of college life?
现在好好学习， 上大学了随便
玩！
Realities of University Life
I first began …when my parents…,leaving me…, wanting nothing more…my dorm room. (Para 1, Line 1-4)
译文： 当我父母驱车离开学校时，我才开始思考成为大学生究竟 是怎么一回事儿。当时，我站在停车场上，顾影自怜，只 想能顺顺当当地找到自己的宿舍。
set off (Para 2, Line 2)
set off 出发;（使）开始
set off on a race
set off on journey
set off fireworks
Example:
ISf eyotuosuett thoimdooff talking o开n c始hild做e某duc事ation, he’ll go on all evening. 你Se如t 果ab能ou使t 他do开in始g 谈sth论这开个话始题，,他着会手继做续某谈事上几个小时。
fell to the ground fHirsatdchaallphteisr meals
in
the
dorm
2) What did Evelyn learn from the fall of the other student?
He should have taken himself far too seriously.
(F )
3. She was so excited that she wanted everyone to know
her.
( F)
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Part Two
1) What preparation did he make before class?
Three 21
The author learned a few lessonsfrom
her first experience on campus
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Part One
How about your feelings…? Author’s feelings:
break out (Para 5, Line 4)
break out: 爆发
a fire break out break out in laughter
break out (of prison)
翻译:
b一re想ak到i要n (在to那) 么多人面前讲话破，门我就而直入冒冷汗。
bI rebarekaukpout in a cold swea分t ju手st；th分in解king about speaking
True or False for Part I
1. When Evelyn’s parents took her to college, she didn’t
know what to do.
(T )
2. She felt a little worried and curious about the college life.
find one’s way to (Para 1, Line4)
find one’ s way to 找到路，找到解决办法
e.g. How did you find your way to your dorm room the first day on campus?
Collocation:
make one’s way through/to Push one’s way through/to feel one’s way through/to
at a loss pitiful
first gradish
“-ish”
childish womanish foolish selfish
fresh (title)
fresh —new or newly-made.新的，新鲜的
fresh food/ air/ memory Collocation:
2) neglect or fail to take 丢下，遗留 Collocation: leave sb. to himself 不管某人 leave sb. / sth. alone 别烦某人 e.g. The children were left very much to themselves during the holidays.