新视野大学英语第三版读写教程unit1讲义

新视野大学英语读写教程（第三版）讲义

Book One Unit Two

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I. Warming-up Activities

1. Preview and Lead-in (p2)

2. Background Information (

教参

p2-3)

American higher education

In

USA,

students

can

choose

to

go

to

college

after

high

school.

(Or

they

can

choose

to

go

straight

to

the

workforce

after

high

school.)

They

have

the

option

of

attending

a

two-year

community

college

before

applying

to

a

four-year

university.

Admission to community college is easier, tuition is lower, and class sizes are often

smaller than at a university. Community college students can earn an associate degree

and transfer up to two years of course credits to a university.

College and university students need to pay tuition, but many earn scholarships or

receive loans. Although admission policies vary from one university to another, most

determine

admission

based

on

several

criteria,

including

a

student’s

high

school

course

of

study,

high

school

Grade

Point

Average

(GPA),

participation

in

extracurricular

activities,

SAT

or

ACT

exam

scores,

a

written

essay,

and

possibly

a

personal interview with a representative from the admission office.

Most students in USA take the SAT (known asScholastic Aptitude Test) or ACT

(American College Testing) during their final year of high school. Each university sets

a minimum SAT or ACT score that a student must achieve in order to gain admission.

These

are

standardized

quantitative

examinations.

The

SAT

tests

critical

reading,

mathematics,

and

writing

skills.

The

ACT

tests

English,

mathematics,

reading,

and

science reasoning, and includes an optimal writing test.

Extracurricular

activities

may

include

scholastic

clubs,

athletic

teams,

student

government,

and

philanthropic

clubs.

V

oluntary

participation

in

these

kinds

of

activities

is

an

indication

that

a

student

has

learned

valuable

life

lessons,

such

as

teamwork, leadership, or civic responsibility.

University

students

pursuing

a

bachelor’s

degree

are

called

“undergraduates”;

students pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree are called “graduate students”.

Most universities give undergraduate students

a

liberal

education, which means

students are required to take courses across several

disciplines before they specialize

in

a major

field

of study. Graduate and professional

programs, such

as medicine or

law,

are

specialized.

All

degree

programs

require

students

to

complete

a

minimum

number of credit hours in order to graduate.

Selection for admission to a graduate program is based on several criteria. These

include

completion

of

a

bache

lor’s

degree,

the

student’s

undergraduate

coursework

and GPA. Students are also expected to write an essay as part of their application or to

submit a writing sample. Most master’s programs require students to have a minimum

score

on

the

Graduate

Record

Examination

(GRE),

which

tests

verbal

reasoning,

quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and analytical writing skills.

2

Vera Wang

Vera

Ellen

Want

(

王薇薇

,

1949-)

is

a

Chinese-American

fashion

designer.

She

was born and raised in New York City. While trained as a figure skater in high school,

she eventually earned a degree in art history from Sarah Lawrence College in 1971.

But

a

career

in

fashion

was

her

dream.

She

worked

as

a

senior

fashion

editor

for

V

ogue (

《时尚》杂志

) for 15 years.

In

1985,

she

left

V

ogue

and

joined

Ralph

Lauren

as

a

design

director

for

two

years.

In

1990,

she

opened

her

own

design

salon

in

New

York,

and

featured

her

trademark

bridal

gowns.

Wang

has

made

wedding

gowns

for

many

well-known

celebrities

and

public

figures,

such

as

Jennifer

Lopez

(< /p>

珍妮佛

·

洛佩兹

),

Sharon

Stone(

莎 朗

·

斯通

),

and Chelsea Clinton (

切尔西

·

克林顿

).

3. Pre-reading Activities (Compound dictation)

Universities

are

generally

bigger,

offer

more

__________

and

do

more

research.

Modern

universities

developed

from

those

of

the

______________ in Europe. The word “university” came from the Latin

“universities.”

This

described

a

group

of

people

__________

for

a

common purpose

3

4. Video Watching

Topic i: How to enrich your campus life?

As

shown

in

the

video,

college

is

not

only

a

place

for

us

to

get

a

degree but also a place for us to enrich our experience. For the sake of our

healthy growth, in effect, every college campus in China is abundant with

extra-curricular activities, such as mathematical modeling, English salon,

dance training, sports center, and fine art clubs. An active participation in

such activities can broaden our horizons, thus enabling us to pursue new

passions. And best of all, we will form more firm bonds of friendship in

the process that will blossom over many years.

Topic ii: How to reap the most out of your campus life?

How much we will reap from our campus life depends upon what we

do

from

now

on,

as

it

is

often

said

in

our

life

that

you

will

reap

what

you’ve sown. In order to avoid reaping nothing or even regret, I’d like to

share with you my own plans:

To keep up with the flow of my courses. If I fail to keep pace with

my courses, as far as I know, I will stand little chance of reaping the most

out of my campus life. So it is the bottom line of my campus life to keep

in step with them. To be concrete, I will attend classes and hit textbooks

in time so as to condition myself better for the exams in advance.

To embrace the campus life with my whole being. Since there is a lot

more to my campus life than passing exams, I will throw my heart into it

and keep my curiosity as the best guide to my pursuits. If I sign up for

model designing and making out of curiosity, for example, I believe I will

reap a lot from a good combination of theory and practice;

To get ready for new challenges. Readiness for challenges from, say,

unknown fields of my interest will not only lead to growth in my abilities,

but help find out my new passions as well.

As the old Chinese saying I

love most goes, “Success is always in favor of those who keep prepared

for it”.

5. Topic-centered study of new words and their use

1.

While many students felt ____________ in face of the challenge,

he chose to rise to it.

2.

What you will achieve tomorrow has much to do with how much

knowledge you ___________ today.

3.

As you’ve made your ___________, so will you carry it out.

4.

Teaching resources are always __________ to those who are ready

to make best use of them.

4

5.

With no compass in the ocean of learning, your __________ for it

will cool soon.

6.

The golden ____________, once lost, will never come by again.

7.

He who has lost ___________ can lose nothing more.

8.

What you will ___________ from your campus life rests with what

you direct your efforts to now.

9.

What one finds ___________ now may turn out to be

nothing but

a waste of time in the future.

10.

Whereas

some

__________

joys

of

college

life,

others

taste

regrets for it.

II. Vocabulary Study

1. pledge

vt&n

(

fml.

)

（尤指公开或正式作出的）誓言；誓约；保

证

[

同近义词

] promise; undertake; guarantee

[

搭配

] pledge sth. (to sb./sth.)

pledge to do sth.

保证去做

…

pledge that

pledge oneself to sth./to do sth.

保证某人做某事或支持某事

[

例句

]

The

Government

has

pledged

itself

to

send

aid

to

the

flood

victims.

2. routine

n.

常规，管理

adj.

惯常的；常规的；例行的

[

助记< /p>

]

：

在

rout e

里面加了个

in;

每天都在这条路 线里走，

就是日常

的、例行的

(rou tine)

事情。

[

词性变化

]routinely adv.

[

例

句

]

She

found

it

difficult

to

establish

a

new

routine

after

retirement.

3. attain

vt. (fml)

获得；赢得；得到

[

词性变化

] attainable adj.

可得到的

,

可达到的