大学英语综合教程1(上册)unit 1 语言点跟答案新.pptVIP

Unit 1 College Life Learning Objectives After finishing this unit, you should be able to: analyze the structure at sentence and text levels understand the meanings of the suffixes — -ion, -ition, and -ation apply the reading skill — guessing word meanings through context clues — to reading tasks deal with fragments and correct them in writing tasks talk about college life I. Background Information Higher education in the United States It refers to a variety of institutions of higher education in the United States. Strong research and funding have helped make American colleges and universities among the worlds most prestigious, which is particularly attractive to international students, professors and researchers in the pursuit of academic excellence. According to the Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities, more than 30 of the highest-ranked 45 institutions are in the United States (as measured by awards and research output). Public universities, private universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges all have a significant role in higher education in the United States. An even stronger pattern seems to be shown by the 2010 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities with 103 US universities in the Top 200. Text A Why Is College Important？ Language Points 1. After all, college education is not something that comes cheap and it does take a few years before an individual can start earning his or her own income. (Para.1) after all: (1) in spite of what you thought was true or expected to happen He wrote to say they couldn’t give me a job after all. Union leaders announced that they would, after all, take part in the national conference. (2) used to say that sth should be remembered or considered, because it helps to explain what you have just said Prisoners should be treated with respect — they are human beings after all. I don’t know why you’re so concerned — it isn’t your problem after all. Language Points