Book1 Unit1A__College-A_New_Experience.ppt

Marymount University is an independent, comprehensive Catholic university, combining the liberal arts tradition with career preparation. Marymount was founded in 1950 and is sponsored by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. The University is located in Arlington, Virginia, minutes from Washington, DC, and serves approximately 3,700 men and women through its Main Campus, Ballston Campus, Loudoun Academic Center, and outreach activities in northern Virginia. 1. Is your college life the same as you expected? 2. What came into your mind when you became a college student? 3. Are people around you at college nice and friendly to you? Exercise 3 Decide whether the statements are True (F) or False  (F) according to the passage. 1. There were many things for the author to adjust to when she first came to the college. 2. It seemed that the author didn’t know how to open an account while she was at home. 3. Paragraph 3 tells us that people at college are very kind to the author. 4. The author didn’t work very hard in high school. 5. Virginia is not as beautiful as the author’s hometown. handle v. to control, deal with e.g. She couldn’t handle the pressures of her new job. My secretary will handle all the details. She’s very good at handling difficult customers. account n. 1) an arrangement with a bank, shop or other organizations by which they take care of your money or allow you to buy things and pay for them later e.g. I’ve opened an account with a building society. Have you got a bank account? cf. checking account（支票存款账户，活期存款账户） deposit account（定期存款账户） savings account（储蓄存款账户） account: n. 2) a written or spoken description of an event e.g. She gave a vivid account of her recent visit to China at the meeting yesterday. He kept a detailed account of the suspect’s movements. be located in/by/n