全新版大学英语第一册Unit One.ppt

Unit one -Russell Baker How do you feel about writing courses? Hints: interesting, exciting, tedious, boring, dull Russell Baker 普利策奖也称为普利策新闻奖 1917年根据美国报业巨头约瑟夫·普利策（Joseph Pulitzer）的遗愿设立，七、八十年代已经发展成为美国新闻界的一项最高荣誉奖，现在，不断完善的评选制度已使普利策奖被视为全球性的一个奖项。 普利策奖在每年的春季，由哥伦比亚大学的普利策奖评选委员会的十四名会员评定，5月由哥伦比亚大学校长正式颁发。 普利策奖分为两类，新闻界和创作界。普利策奖也是一个鼓励美国的奖。新闻界的获奖者可以是任何国籍，但是获奖条目必需在美国周报（或日报）中发表的。创作界获得者必须是美国公民，唯一例外是历史奖。只要是关于美国历史的书都可获奖作者不必是美国人。 Pulitzer Prize The Outline of the Unit One Structure Analysis Cultural Background Grade schools in the U.S. U.S. students generally go through elementary school( kindergarten to 5th or 6th grade), middle schools (grades 6-8) or junior high schools (grade 7-9), and high schools (grades 9-12 or 10-12). “ the third year in high school”( Para.1) equals “ the eleventh grade” (Para.9) . Text Analysis 1.The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Belleville, but it wasn’t until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. = Ever since I was a child in Belleville, I had thought of becoming a writer from time to time, but I didn’t make up my mind until I was in the eleventh grade. off and on (or on and off) : from time to time, now and again, irregularly 有时 e.g. It has been raining off and on for a week. take hold: become established 生根，确立 e.g. Old habits die hard. That’s why you should stop smoking before the habit takes hold.  2. associate: v. 使联系起来的；使联想(with) n. 合伙人；伙伴；同事 adj. 副的 大专生： associate- degree student 博士： a doctorate holder 走读生： a day student; a non-resident student 特困生： a most needy student 3. assignment: n.（分配的）工作，任务，作业 e.g. She was sent on a difficult assignment. assign: vt. 分配，分派 assignable: adj. 可分派的，可指定的 4. turn out: produce 编写，生产，制造 e.g. American film studios turn out hundreds of films every year. 5. When our class was assigned to Mr.F