大学基础英语教程 Unit 2 What to Expect from College Life.pptVIP

Unit 2 College Life Leading in: It has been said that people grow and develop most during two periods of their lives: before the age of five and during college. The college years are packed with so many emotional challenges, in particular, the difficult transition from high school to college and from adolescent to adult. Lead-in Listening Listening to the following interview and check the answers. HW: 1. Read the dialogue again and again after class, find out new words or phrases or important sentence structures on your own. 2. Present your HW publicly. Text A What to Expect from College Life Pre-reading Questions: 1. In which way do you think college life is different from middle school life? 2. How are you planning to spend your college life? New Words Congratulations:祝贺；恭喜；贺词（congratulation的复数形式） Congratulations on 祝贺，恭喜 Nervous: anxious，uneasy紧张 feel/get nervous nervous system 神经系统 Phase: n. any distinct time period in a sequence of events局面,阶段 The child is going through a difficult phase. 那孩子正经历困难的阶段。 Support: stand up for 支持 support oneself 通过做某一种工作养活自己 She supported herself by making soil. 她靠种地为生。 Surroundings:常用复数形式,指环境,周围的事物,词义较狭窄,仅指周围的具体的物质性的东西. The students live happily in beautiful surroundings. environment意为环境,周围状况,自然环境一个生物体或一群生物体周围的整体状况,尤其指作用和影响这群生物体的生长,发展和生存的外界物质条件的总和. The twins were separated at birth and brought up in entirely different environment. Negotiate: v. 谈判；度过，越过 We can’t negotiate until each side is willing to give up some points. Hardship: n. a state of misfortune or affliction艰难,困苦 A strong man will bear hardship without complaining.? 一个坚强的人会忍受困苦而不抱怨。 Mountaineering is attractive especially to young people because it is accompanied with hardship and adventure. 登山很吸引人，特别是对年轻人来说，因为它伴随着艰难险阻。 Hardship disposes man to meet adversity.? 艰苦能让人适应逆境。 Academia/academy研究院、学院、学会/ academic/academician院士、大学生、学会会员、大学教师/academics学术水平、学术知识、专业学者 Ideally/ideal idle Mature: a. having reached full natural growth or development