【2017年整理】综合与教程1Unit8.ppt

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Working towards academic excellence constitutes one of the most important parts of college life and is the goal of most college students. Straight-A students, in this respect, can be of great help by sharing their secrets in achieving academic excellence. Read the following text to find out what some of these secrets are.;Secrets of Straight-A Students;The students at the top of the class attain academic excellence by mastering a few basic principles that others can easily learn. To begin with, top students know how to set their priorities right. Study time is never compromised for phone calls, television programmes or snacks. In other words, it is always;;;;;;Secrets of Straight-A Students;…, it is far more important for a student to know how to make the most of his or her innate abilities.;Study time is never compromised for phone calls, television programmes or snacks. In other words, it is always placed above recreation.;They must know how to pace each assignment or project according to their daily timetable and work ability so that they might not be overwhelmed by the tasks at hand.;Another winning formula which teachers promote lies in a student’s ability to hand in neat work.;According to one professor, the student who turns in neat work is already on the way to scoring an A.;The experiment also illuminated the value of hypothetical tests conducted among the students and on their own.;Experts confirmed that students who devise possible test questions often find many of the same questions during the real examination and thus score higher.;The latter set high standards for their children and held them to those standards.;They impressed the lessons of responsibility on their children, and the children delivered.;;innate: adj. (of a quality) which someone was born with;attain: vt. gain or arrive at, esp. after long effort; reach;;academic: adj. concerning education, esp. college or university level; being or based on subjects that are