大学英语精读第三册第1单元课件.pptVIP

Until 1 Text A: Your College Years Text B: Predictable Crisis of Early Childhood Background (1) The text is about what students will experience in their college years. It is addressed to college students in the U.S. but what the author says here will also make perfect sense to the students in China. It is particularly appropriate at the present moment as we are just beginning the second academic year, which is considered by many as the most important in our college life. With our first year’s experience we are in a better position to understand the issues involved and the ways to deal with them effectively. College life is both exciting and frustrating. First of all, to go to a university usually means to go to a new place far away from home and live among strangers. It means that you are on your own. Instead of being taken care of, you have to take care of yourselves and even learn to take care of others. You have to handle you your own finance, choose your own wardrobe and determine your own agenda. In short, you have to face many of what the author called “developmental changes” and make many important adjustments and decisions as to your education and career, values and social responsibilities. Background (2) Second, we have to handle what the author called “identity crisis.” Third, you must learn to be independent or self-reliant psychologically as well as in other matters. To be independent does not mean to be isolated. It simply means that you have to relate to your family, your teachers, your school, the people around you and the society as a whole in a new and more mature way. It means that you have to increase your knowledge, develop new ideas, form new habits, adopt new attitudes and cultivate new relationships. Finally, not everyone knew how to handle their sudden independence or freedom. Some students find it scary. They are often at a loss because they can no longer get parental guidance for what they do and they complain that the university profe