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Hi, welcome to our college. Y
ou
will spend at
least four years here.
College days will be the golden years
of your life. There are many
opportunities for you t
o explore the
unknown and you can
experience
a
lot. You can make lifelong friends; you
can enjoy
various
kinds of
ac tivities; you can
develop
your
personal interests; and
you will meet some out
standing
scholars
. Keep a good
balance and lay
a solid
foundation. There are many doors to
your dreams. Y
ou decide how many you
can open.
The Internet is
really an ocean of information and a
tool for communication. You can find
almost
anything you want. ,
for example, may
you just fine.
Y
ou can also
communicate
with whomever you wish
t
o online. If you want to explore
cloning technology, find a discussion group; if
you want to share
opinions
on how to improve
your
English,
a query on BBS
or
ent
er
a
om
.
Many colleges and millions of students
are now
advantage of
online
learning programs. Peter
Drucker
pre
dict
ed, “Thirty years
from now the big universit
y campuses
will be relics... It’s as large a
change as when we first got the printed
book” .
TGIF
(Thank God it’s Friday)! What’s
your
time gig?
What
’s
your
spare
time gig?
clubs
and societies?
Sports
?
Basketball
? Come on, guys! W
e are the
best of CUBA! (I love this game!) Prefer to stay
in
the dorm listening t
o
.music
? What’s that?
Michael Learns t
o Rock or Backstreet
Boys?
time
again. Meet
people and make
new friends. Oh?
Y
ou’d rather just
hang out
?
Y
ou won’t be
bored
anyhow .
How do
you underst
and the idea of living on
your own? You may have felt very much
your own
when
you left home to ent
er college. A free
bird out of its
2. cage
, now,
eh? Is it really so? Think
again. Are
you able to
the tuition by yourself? Can you really
take care of all your
needs? “I sure
can. It’s a snap,
” some might say.
“Just find a
5. part-
time
job, and everything will be
OK.
” Others may
find
ional
college life quit
e safe and convenient.
Are you ready to t
ake the
risk?
What
are
your
key
sources
of information?
Do
you
get
most of
your information by talking to other
people?
People could already
do that in the Stone Age. When the printing press
was invent
ed several hundred
years ago,
.writt
en
sources
became important to anyone who
could
read. Now we
read
magazines
and
newspapers as much as we read books.
But we also get a lot of information from
electronic
sources.
Radio is not yet
100 years
old,
television
has
only
been
popular for
about 50
years,
and the
.
Internet
is younger than all
the students in this class. Y
et these
are some of our favorit
es. What
you’re
your
favorites
? How many different sources
of information do you use in a typical day?
The modern Olympics
occur every
four
years.
This is one
of the biggest and
most
important
.events
in the
world.
V
olunt
eers
contribute
greatly
t
o its success. They offer
attendants
in various
ways, such as
transportation, catering,
ticket sales, room
, etc. Have you
had any previous
ence
as
a
volunteer
, perhaps
only locally? Are you
do
any
volunt
eering when the
Olympics
come to
Beijing? If so,
what kind of
volunteer work would you prefer?
1.
自从有了移动电话后，他再也没有给朋友写信了。
(no
longer)
He has no longer written to his
friends ever since he got a m
obile
phone.
2.
尽管很忙，
他每天至少花两小时上网
(surf the Internet)
，
了解这个领域的最新动态。
(eve
n
though)
Even though he is
very busy, he spends at least two hours every day
surfing the
Internet in order to know
about the latest developm
ents in this
field.
3.
李教授在毕业典
礼上作了一个简短的讲话，
他的话深深铭刻在我的记忆中。
(i
mpress upon)
Professor Li
gave a short speech at the
commencem
ent. His words were / What he
said was strongly impressed upon
m
y memory.
4.
讲到期末考试，学生们一点儿都不紧张，他们满脸都是自信。
(con
fidence)
Talking of the final exams,
the students were not nervous at all. There was
full
confidence on every one's
face.
5.
在
30
分钟内写出一篇约
100
个词的短文，对于他们班大多数学生来说不过是小菜一碟。
(snap)
To write a short passage of about 100
words in 30 minutes would be a snap to
m
ost
students in their
class.
1.
我发觉自己对英语口语有着浓厚的兴趣。
(find...
doing)
I've found m
yself
having great interest in spoken
English.
2.
驱车行驶在高速公路上，
我意识到近几年来，
中国
的公路系统发生了巨大的变化。
(realize;
enormous)
Driving on the
highway, I realized that enorm
ous
changes had taken place in China's
highway system
in recent
years.
3.
我简直不敢相信他这么快就学会了操作计算机。
(can
hardly believe; work)
I can
hardly believe that he has learned how to work a
com
puter so quickly / in such
a short tim
e.
4.
三年的时光已经过去，这一刻终于来临了：不到两周我就要回国了。
(in less than)
Three
years has passed, and the final m
oment
has com
e. In less than two weeks, I
will return home / go back to
m
y country.
5.
许多我
认识的人都迫不及待地想要出国，而我却宁愿和家人一起呆在国内。
(can't
wait)
I know a lot of people who can't
wait to go abroad, but I prefer to stay with
m
y
fam
ily in
m
y own country.
1.
他的生活经历在他的学术生涯
(academic
career)
中一直扮演着一个重要角色。
(play a
role in)
His life
experiences have always been playing an big role
in his academic career
.
2.
那家餐厅最近已经延长了营业时间。
(extend)
The restaurant has recently extended
its opening hours / business hours.
3
我刚刚读完一本从一种新的视角研究莎士比亚
(Shakespeare)
的有趣的书。
(approac
h)
I've just read an interesting book
which has a new approach to
Shakespeare.
4
随着电
子邮件的广泛应用，垃圾邮件
(spam
/ junk em
ail)
问题已引人们的极大关注。
(
issue
/problem, draw much concern)
With the wide use of em
ail,
the issue of spam
has drawn much
concern.
5
传统教育比起网
络教育来对于学生和教师之间的交流和互动有着更多的限制。
(communicati
on and interaction, limitation)
In traditional / conventional education
there are m
ore limitations on
communication
and interaction between
teachers and students than there are in online
education.