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授课时间第4周第6周（12学时）授课题目Unit One College Life教学目的与要求：1.听力部分：要求学生掌握打招呼，外貌描述的表达法。2.口语部分：要求学生掌握自我介绍的常用表达法。3.阅读部分：要求学生掌握阅读文章A篇和B篇的中心思想和围绕大意而展开的细节。熟记本单元A篇和B篇所出现的四级词汇和短语，以及学习使用文章中的重点句型进行书面表达。结合阅读文章分析语篇，使学生了解英语文章的写作模式。4.写作部分：一般写作要求学生掌握写作的基本功，写好并列句和复合句，掌握句子的过度与连贯; 实用写作部分要求了解如何填写英文版入学申请表格和个人名片。教学基本内容：综合教程：1. Listen and Talk 2. Read and Explore： Passage A: My First Week at HarvardPassage B: Wish for the Freshman Year3. Write and Produce 4. Culture Salon（学生自学）泛读教程：Unit 1 Passage A: The Best Way to Learn a Foreign Language Is to Speak It? Passage B: Computer Game Improves Childrens Language Skills Passage C: Start School with a Click视听说教程：Lesson A Meeting new people Lesson B What does he look like?快速阅读：Unit 1 Profile of Foreign Universities /Passage 1-4教学重点和难点：Objectives: After finishing this unit, students will be able to: get familiar with college life: what they can learn; what activities they can participate in, etc. learn to use the key words and expressions in this unit learn how to form compound and complex sentences learn to adopt the reading skill Skimming or Scanning while reading learn to fill in registration forms and design name cards教学过程：Introduction of college life (1 period)1.Your course: required(compulsory) course and elective(optional) courseRequired course, studying for a degree or diploma;Elective course, not studying for a degree or diploma.2. Your name:Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior 3. College students psychological changing(in my opinion)Freshman: Dont know you dont know yourself.Sophomore: Dont know you know yourself.Junior: Know you dont know yourself.Senior: Know you know yourself. 4. educationJunior college studentUndergraduate studentPostgraduatemaster student and doctor student 5. degreeBachelor degreeMaster degreeDoctor degree6. teachers professional titleInstructor or lecture Associate professor Professor7. some other aspects of college lifeCertificationsActivitiesLeisure Time Library Dormitory Sleeping seeing a film Playing computer Etc. Section I Listen and Talk (2 periods)Step 1 Lead in (25 mins)1. Warm up questions: What are your main activities in college life?Can you describe them?2. Listening: (Listen to the passage and fill the missing words in the blanks. Listen three times)Keywords: spend, golden, explore, experience, lifelong, various, develop, scholars, lay, open3. Words and Phrasesgolden: adj. 黄金的，宝贵的lifelong: adj. 终生的，一生的Opportunity 机会、机遇 Outstanding scholar 杰出的学者 keep a good balance: 保持良好的平衡lay a solid foundation: 打下坚实的基础4. Answer: 1.explore 2.experience3.various4.develop 5.scholars 6.lay 5. Talking about the pictures or say something about your college life (Pair-work) Keywords: discuss, meet, chat, communicateStep 2 Dialogues (40 mins)1. Listen to the two sample dialogues and try to answer some questionsDialogue 1 Meeting on CampusWho is Mike?What help did Mike need?Who is Mr. Wang?Dialogue 2 At the Registration OfficeWhere are the two speakers?What are they doing?Which elective course does Mike choose at last?2. Practice Read two dialogues in pairs (pair work)3. Learn some useful phrases and expressions:have been looking forward to doing sth.: 一直希望着Im here to see whether you need any help. 我能帮你什么忙吗？show sb. the way: 带某人去both and : 既有也有drop out: give uprefund: pay backfill in the forms: 填表格4.New words and expressionsCampus kmps the grounds and buildings of a university, college or school 校园 On campusThe campus of Harvard University is very beautiful.哈佛大学的校园非常漂亮。Elective 英 lektv 美 lktv a course that you can choose to study because you are interested in it, while you are studying for a degree in a different subject选修课 All the students should do some elective courses during their 4 years college life. Refund rfnd A sum of money that is given back 退款 Ill refund you for the apples and any other damage.我会因苹果和其他任何损坏还钱给您。 If youre not delighted with your purchase, we guarantee to refund your money in full.如果您对所购商品不满意，我们保证全额退款。registration redstre()n the act of recording names and details on an official list 登记,注册 the registration of births, marriages, and deaths.出生、结婚、死亡登记。 Her car registration is H53 UVO.她的车牌号码是H53 UVO Sample英 smp()l 美 smpl a small part or amount of something that is examined in order to find out something about the whole样品，标本，试样 The salesman brought some samples of his firms products.推销员带来了一些他公司的产品货样。Semester smest either of the two periods into which a year at universities esp. in the U.S. is divided (尤指美国大学的）一学期，半学年 There are two semesters in a year.一年中有两个学期。Withdraw wdr to take money out of a bank account 提取(银行存款)Id like to withdraw 1000 dollars from my savings account and put it in my cheque account.我想从我的储蓄账户上提取1000美元转到支票账户上。martial arts m()l a sport such as JUDO, TAEKWONDO, TaiJiQuan, Nunchaku, or KARATE, in which you fight with your hand and feet, and which was developed in Eastern countries (东方国家的)武术(如柔道,跆拳道（朝鲜），太极拳，双节棍，空手道（日）等)Step 3 Communicative Tasks (25 mins)Work in pairs and act the dialogues to the whole class.Task 1: Meeting with a foreign student and talking about studiesTips: Glad to meet you.Where are you from? Which are you in? Im majoring in About your major name: Construction engineering technology major 建筑工程技术专业Electrical and information engineering technology major 电子信息技术工程专业Computer network technology major 计算机网络技术专业Marketing and planning major 市场营销专业Task 2: Helping a foreign friend select his course at the registration officeTips:So far, whats your favorite subject What course do you like most?Insightful, informative, boring, practical, fantastic, be interested inStep 4 Assignments1. Read the dialogues and practice communicative tasks 2. Preview new words in Passage A.Section II Read and Explore (4 periods)Passage A: My First Week at HarvardStep 1 Pre- reading Tasks (15 mins)1. Greetings and a brief revision (pair work or group work)Ask one or two pairs (groups) to act out their own dialogues2. Lead-in questions: What do you expect to learn as a freshman?Answer: The answer may vary. The most important thing a freshman can learn is to learn how to learn.How do you guess the author of the passage would feel about her first week at Harvard, a world-famous university?Answer: The answer may vary. The student thought that her first week at Harvard was very impressive, because the new college life would be a once-in-a-life journey for her, at a world-famous university in particular.3. Culture notes:1.The Introduction of Harvard UniversityOne of the Most Famous Universities in the USATop 10 World Universities (Rank-2003)1 Harvard Univ USA 2 Stanford Univ USA 3 California Inst Tech USA 4 Univ California - Berkeley USA 5 Univ Cambridge UK 6 Massachusetts Inst Tech USA 7 Princeton Univ USA 8 Yale Univ USA 9 Univ Oxford UK 10 Columbia Univ USA We can see that Harvard University ranks the first.Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the eastern coast of the United States. Harvard University, which was established in 1636, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United Sates. Most of Harvard Universitys campuses are located in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, on the eastern coast of the United States of America.It has about 2 100 faculty members and more than 10 000 academic appointments in affiliated teaching hospitals. Harvard University is made up of 11 principal academic units ten faculties and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The ten faculties oversee schools and divisions that offer courses and award academic degrees. There are about 21 000 students about 6 700 undergraduates and 14 500 graduate and professional students. Seven presidents of the United States John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George W. Bush were graduates of Harvard. It has produced more than 40 Nobel laureates. 2. Shopping Week Shopping Week is a special time for freshmen at college to sample classes, which could help them decide which courses they are going to take in the beginning of a school year. Step 2 While- reading Tasks (75 mins)1. Read the text as quickly as possible and try to find the answer to the following questions:1).What did the author think of being a freshman at Harvard? Answer: She thought it was very pleasant and lucky to be a freshman at Harvard.2).How did the author get along with her roommates?Answer: She got along with them very well and they had helped her a lot.3).What difficult decisions did the girl have to make in the “Shopping Week”?Answer: She had to decide what classes to take.4.)What did the author think of eating on campus for a freshman at Harvard?Answer: Eating is one of the highlights for freshmen at Harvard.5).How did the author appreciate meeting the other students at Harvard?Answer: Appreciating and being surrounded by so many gifted people was what had made her first week at Harvard a truly priceless experience.2. Skim the text and try to find the main idea:Main idea: The first day is gorgeous for a freshman at Harvard. The author lived with four girls, who helped her through the difficult adjustment process. Freshmen at Harvard can sample classes during “Shopping Week”. Eating is one of the most important and enjoyable highlights for students at Harvard. The best assets for Harvard students according to the author is to have met so many gifted people. 3. Language points1. The day a freshman moves into Harvard Yard is said to always be a gorgeous one and this was certainly true of my first day at Harvard: It is always said that the day a freshman starts college life in Harvard is very exciting and pleasant and the author thought this was also true of her own first day at Harvard. move into: to start living in Examples:She decided not to move into the new apartment until she had finished decorating.Were excited to move into a new home.Harvard Yard: the main campus of Harvard Universitygorgeous: extremely pleasant or enjoyableExamples: John said that he met a gorgeous girl at the party last night.Do you want to sample some of the jam? It is gorgeous. 2.historic: famous or important in historyExamples:Today is a historic occasion for our country.It was difficult for the enterprise to expand during a time of historic change. cf. historical: connected with the past, or connected with the study of the pastExamples:Can you tell me something about the historical background to the Civil War?They went to Yuelu Academy to do some historical research.Notes: Historic is usually used to describe something so important that is likely to be remembered, while historical usually describes something that is connected with the past or with the study of history, or something that really happened in the past. 3.I gazed out the window at this captivating scene and thought to myself “No freshman should be so lucky!”: The author looked out through the window of the car at this fascinating scene and had a thought in her mind: “I should be the luckiest freshman!” think (sth) to oneself: to have a thought in ones mind, but not tell it to anyoneExamples:After listening to the professors suggestion, Jane thought to herself,“Im sure I will make it.”He gazed out the window at this boundless grassland and thought to himself, “What a beautiful scenery it is!” 4. Im sharing a suite with four other girls that has four single bedrooms and a large common room: The author is living in a suite with other four girls, and the suite consists of four single bedrooms and a large common room.share with: to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc., jointlyExamples: The two chemists shared the Nobel prizeKate is a very generous girl, for she always shares what she has with others 5. Were all completely different in terms of background, ethnicity, religion, and interests we reflect the diversity that Harvard is so proud of: The author and the other four girls are quite different in terms of background, ethnicity, religion, and interest, which is refl ection of the variety that Harvard is proud of.in terms of: with regard to the particular aspect or subject specifiedExamples:Hes quite rich in terms of money, but not in terms of happiness.It is difficult to express it in terms of science. diversity: a range of different people or things; varietyExamples:Diversity is conducive to the learning environmentWe should get a thorough understanding about the cultural diversity of the United States. 6. During this first week, its a relief to have four girls I can call friends and that can help me through this adjustment process which is quite difficult at times: In the first week, I am lucky to have the four girls that I can call friends. It is them who helped me through this adjustment process, which is rather hard sometimes.it is a relief to (do sth): to have a feeling of comfort when something frightening, worrying or painful has ended or has not happenedExamples:I hate to say it, but it was a relief to have him out of the house.It is a relief to see you get through those terrible days.7. Thankfully, Harvard allows freshmen to sample classes during “Shopping Week”.sample: to try an activity, go to a place etc. to see what it is likeExamples:We sampled the stuff and found it satisfactory.I sampled several classes and decided to choose four of them this semester.8. Which to get involved in?get involved in: to take part in an activity or eventExamples:I got involved in a quarrel about the priceHe regretted that he got involved in that matter.9. . but its where we eat thats truly remarkable.remarkable: unusual or surprising and therefore deserving attention or praiseExamples:She is remarkable for her sweet temperWhen we went swimming last summer, we saw the most remarkable sunset at the beach.10. Our dining hall is more like a church or a museum than a cafeteria: The dining hall is like a church or a museum rather than a cafeteria. 11. . and is filled with statues and portraits of famous figures from Harvards past. be filled with: to become completely fullExamples:After reading his poems, I was filled with admiration.I didnt go last time because my hands were filled with the paper work.12. All of these first-week experiences will make great life-time memories but the best assets Harvard has offered me thus far have been the other students Ive met: The first week experiences will make a life-time impression on me, but the most valuable thing Harvard University has offered me so far has been the students I have met on campus.13. Im blown away!be blown away: to be extremely impressedExamples:Students were blown away by his inspiring speech.Everyone I told that story to, I mean everyone, is just blown away.14. One week down, four more years to go I cant wait: One week had passed, and the author was looking forward to the coming four years. 4. New words and expressionsasset n. the things that a company owns, that can be sold to pay debts 资产，财产 cafeteria n. a restaurant where you choose your own food and carry it to the table, often in a factory, college etc.（工厂、学校等的）自助餐厅，食堂 captivate v. to attract sb. very much 使着迷，迷住，吸引 chandelier n. a large round structure for holding candles or lights that hang from the ceiling and is decorated with many small pieces of glass 枝形吊灯 cuisine n. the food cooked in a particular restaurant or hotel, esp. when it is very good 特制饭菜 definitely adj. with no chance of being wrong, certainly 确切地，肯定地 dew n. the small drops of water that form on outdoors surfaces during the night 露珠，露水 dine v. have dinner 进餐 diversity n. a range of different people or things, variety（人或物的）多种多样 down-to-earth adj. practical and direct in a sensible honest way 务实的，脚踏实地的 encounter v. to meet sb. or experience sth. unexpectedly 意外地遇见，偶遇 ethnicity n. the fact or state of belonging to a common national or cultural tradition 种族属性；民族属性 expository adj. intended to explain or describe sth. 说明的，解释的 filter v. if light or sound ilters into a place, it can be seen or heard only slightly（光线） 隐约地透过，（声音）隐约地传入 freshman n. a student in the irst year of high school or university（美）（高中或大学）一年级学生 gaze v. to look at sth. for a long time, giving it all your attention always without realizing you are doing so（长时间无意识地）凝视， 注视 gorgeous adj. extremely pleasant or enjoyable 令人十分愉快（开心）的 highlight n. the most important, interesting, or enjoyable part of sth. 最重要（有趣，愉快）的部分 historic adj. a historic event or place is important because it is, or will be,remembered as part of history 有重大历史意义的，历史性的 illuminate v. to make a light shine on sth., or ill a place with light 照射，照亮，照明 impeccable adj. (of behavior, performance or appearance) in accordance with the highest standards of propriety; faultless（行为、表演、外表）最佳的，完美的 impeccably adv. 完美地 incredible adj. too strange to be believed or very dificult to believe 不可相信的，难以置信的 involve v. to include sth. as a necessary part or result 包含，包括 lofty adj. of imposing height 高耸的，极高的 mandatory adj. required by law or rules, compulsory 规定的，强制的，必须遵守的 moreover adv. in addition 此外，而且 musical adj. connected with music or consisting of music 音乐的，配乐的 portrait n. a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person 画像，照片，肖像 profound adj. showing great knowledge and understanding 知识渊博的，见解深刻的，深奥的 publication n. a book or magazine 出版物，书刊 remarkable adj. unusual or surprising and therefore deserving attention or praise 不寻常的，奇特的，值得注意（赞扬）的 responsible adj. having a duty to be in charge of or to look after sb. or sth.（对某人或某物）负责的 sample v. to try an activity, go to a place to see what it is like 体验 solo n. a piece of music for one performer 独奏曲，独唱曲 sparkle v. to shine in small bright lashes 闪闪发光，闪烁，闪耀 stain v.n. to change the colour of sth., esp. sth. made of wood, by using a special chemical or dye 给（某物尤其指木制品）染色，着色a mark on sth. that is dificult to remove 污点，斑点 statue n. a carved or cast igure of a person or an animal，esp. one that is life-sized or larger 雕像，塑像 suite n. a set of rooms 套房 surround v. to have a particular kind of people or things near you 周围有很多.，被.围住 talent n. a special natural ability or skill 天资，天赋，才能 ultimately adv. after everything or everyone else has been done or considered最后，最终 vibrant adj. full of energy and enthusiasm 充满活力的 vibrantly adv. 充满活力地Step 3 Post-reading Tasks (90mins) (individual work)1. Summarize the passageSummary: The first day is gorgeous for a freshman at Harvard. The author lived with four girls, who helped her through the difficult adjustment process. Freshmen at Harvard can sample classes during “Shopping Week”. Eating is one of the most important and enjoyable highlights for students at Harvard. The best assets for Harvard students according to the author is to have met so many gifted people. Check the answers of Ex. 3,4, 5,6 and 7Step 4 Assignments 1. Oral Practice-Talk ab
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