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大学英语阅读电子教案 （第一级） Unit 2 Starting College I. Lesson objectives In this unit, the students are expected to Revise words and ideas treated in Comprehensive English Practice faster reading skills Read extracts from a book about life and schooling in the US Learn more about how to learn effectively grade 9-12 are more popularly called “high school”. 2) Roman Catholic A Roman Catholic is a person who is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, which is the part of the Christian religion ruled by the Pope in Rome. 3) As American as apple pie Apple pie is a typical American food. “ as American as apple pie” means typically American. 4) He now earns almost $ 40,000 a year enough to afford a comfortable home, but barely enough to keep a daughter in College, too: The money he earns is enough to cover the daily expenditure of the family, but not enough to pay for the daughter’s college expense. barely: by the smallest amout, almost not, hardly 5) Cindy has a brother, Jimmy, who is sixteen. Jimmy 是 brother 的同位语；who is sixteen 是修饰brother 的非限定性定语从句。 6) He now earn almost $ 40,000 a yearenough to afford a comfortable home, but barely enough to keep a daughter in college, too. 由破折号引出对前部分内容的进一步解释。 此处破折号的作用相当于which is. Part 2 Cindy: the all-American girl (2) I. Notes and sentence structures. 1) yellow school bus American school buses are usually painted yellow. 2) She graduated in the second 20% (second quintile) os her class. 百分之二十是五分之一。此处是把班里同学按成绩优劣分为五档。Cindy 属于第五档， 虽不是最好，但也不错，相当于我们所说的 “中上等” 。因此，文中提到 She was a fairly good students. 3) get driver’s education at school Courses in American high schools are divided into required core courses and elective courses. Students are guided by school counselor in choosing elective subjects, bearing in mind the relevant credit requirement. 4) Music accompanies her social event, and often is the event. 动词“accompany” 和　 “is” 同为主语 “music” 的谓语，后半部分相当于 “music often is the event”. 朗读时应重读 “is”. 5)