现代大学英语精读第3册lesson 1课件.pptVIP

 Lesson One Your College Years Consider the following questions: What’s the difference between middle school life and college life? What important changes have happened to you? What problems /difficulties have you come cross? Were you happy in the past year? List your progress/success and your loss/failure in the past year. Have you had a better understanding of your strengths and your weakness? Background Information This text is addressed to college students about what they will experience in their “college years”. It is particularly appropriate now as we are just beginning the second academic year, which is the most important in our college life. With our first year’s experience we can better understand the issues involved and the effective ways to deal with them. What does college life mean? First of all, to go to a university usually means to go to a new place far away from home and live among strangers. It means that we are on our own, independent. We have to take care of ourselves and even learn to take care of others. How to handle the sudden independence or freedom? Some students are at a loss. They can no longer get parental guidance for everything they do; the teachers do not seem to care very much what they do or do not do. Independence really means self-discipline and a strong sense of responsibility. Structure of the Text Part I (para.1-4): theoretical analysis on adolescent’s developmental changes Part II (para.5-9): specific changes that college students would face Part III (para.10): brief summary of importance of college time Special technical terms developmental changes (para.1): a psychological term. It refers to the physiological and behavioral changes throughout the lifespan. Changes take place to people from one life stage to another. Detailed discussion of the text Has it ever occurred to you that… (para.1) It (suddenly / never) occurs to someone that… It (suddenly / gradually) dawned on someone that… It str