Unit 1 College LifeI.Teaching Objectives:After finishing this unit, students will be able to:● get familiar with college life: what they can learn; what activities they can participate in, etc.● learn to use the key words and expressions in this unit● learn how to form compound and complex sentences● learn to adopt the reading skill :reading with purpose● learn to fill in registration forms and design name cardsII.Teaching Keys and Difficulties:1. Key words and expressions related to the Listen and Talkgolden time in one’s life explore the unknownmake a life-long friend develop one’s personal interestsoutstanding scholar keep a good balancelay a solid foundation open doors to one’s dreams2.Key words and expressions related to Passage Amove into gorgeous historic diversity sampleinvolve remarkable responsible highlightin terms of think to oneself share with be filled withbe proud of be blown awayIt’s a relief to ...3. Key words and expressions related to Passage Blook back turn back cherish come to involveat the idea of feel like commitment4. Form compound and complex sentencesIII.Teaching Method: Task-based methodIV.Suggested teaching procedures and class activitiesSession 1 (3 periods)Introduction of college life (1 period)1.Your course: compulsory/required course and optional/elective courseCompulsory/Required course, studying for a degree or diploma;Optiona/Elective course, not studying for a degree or diploma.2. Your name: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior3. College students’ psychological changing (in my opinion)Freshman: Don’t know you don’t know yourself.Sophomore: Don’t know you know yourself.Junior: Know you don’t know yourself.Senior: Know you know yourself.4. Education: Junior college student; Undergraduate studentPostgraduate｛master student and doctor student｝5. DegreeBachelor degree; Master degree; Doctor degree6. T eacher’s professional titleInstructor or lecture; Associate professor; Professor7. Some other aspects of college lifeCertifications (CPA,CET 4/6, the Certificate of the Primary Computer Examination ,etc.)Activities ( martial arts ,etc .)Leisure Time ( Library, Dormitory, Sleeping, Seeing a film , Playing computer, Etc. )( introduce the contents)Section I Listen and Talk (2 periods)Step 1 Lead in (25 mins)1.Warm up questions:What’s your first impression of our school?What do you expect to learn in your college?What are your main activities in college life? Can you describe them?2.Listening: (Listen to the passage and fill the missing words in the blanks. Listenthree times)Keywords:spend, golden, explore, experience, lifelong, various, develop, scholars, lay, open3. Words and Phrasesgolden: adj. 黄金的，宝贵的lifelong: adj. 终生的，一生的Opportunity 机会、机遇Outstanding scholar 杰出的学者keep a good balance: 保持良好的平衡lay a solid foundation: 打下坚实的基础4. Answer: 1.explore 2.experience 3.various 4.develop5.scholarsy5. Talking about the pictures or say something about your college life (Pair-work)Keywords: discuss, meet, chat, communicateStep 2 Dialogues (40 mins)1. Listen to the two sample dialogues and try to answer some questionsDialogue 1 Meeting on CampusWho is Mike?What help did Mike need?Who is Dr. Wang?Dialogue 2 At the Registration OfficeWhere are the two speakers?What are they doing?Which elective course does Mike choose at last?2. PracticeRead two dialogues in pairs (pair work)3. Learn some useful phrases and expressions:have been looking forward to doing sth.: 一直希望着I’m here to see whether you need any help. 我能帮你什么忙吗？show sb. the way: 带某人去both … and …: 既有…也有…drop out: give uprefund: pay backfill in the forms: 填表格4.New words and expressionsStep 3 Communicative Tasks (25 mins)Work in pairs and act the dialogues to the whole class.Task 1: Meeting with a foreign student and talking about studiesTips: (P7 )Glad to meet you.Where are you from?Which are you in?I’m majoring in …About your major name: A ccountantTask 2: Helping a foreign friend select his course at the registration officeTips: (P7)W hat’s your favorite subject …What course do you like most?Insightful, informative, boring, practical, fantastic, be interested inStep 4 Assignment for this session1. Pair taskRole-play Communicative task 2 according to the topic and the situation of the task. Performance in class is expected in the next class.2. Individual tasks1) Learn the useful words & phrases of Liatsen and Talk.2) Listen to and read Passage A aloud for at least two times.3. Group tasks1) Do the pre-reading exercise of Passage A in groups.2) Analyze the organizing structure of Passage A in groups.Session 2 (4 periods)Lexical preparation for Passage AStep 1 Pre- reading Tasks (15 mins)1.Culture notes:The Introduction of Harvard UniversityHarvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on the eastern coast of the United States. Harvard University, which was established in 1636, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United Sates. Most of Harvard University’s campuses are located in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts, on the eastern coast of the United States of America.It has about 2 100 faculty members and more than 10 000 academic appointments in affiliated teaching hospitals. Harvard University is made up of 11 principal academic units —ten faculties and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The ten faculties oversee schools and divisions that offer courses and award academic degrees. There are about 21 000 students — about 6 700 undergraduates and 14 500 graduate and professional students.Seven presidents of the United States —John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and George W. Bush — were graduates of Harvard. It has produced more than 40 Nobel laureates.Shopping Week Shopping Week is a special time for freshmen at college to sample classes, which could help them decide which courses they are going to take in the beginning of a school year.2. Lead-in questions:①What do you expect to learn as a freshman?Answer: (The answer may vary. )The most important thing is to learn how to learn.② How do you guess the author of the passage would feel about her first week at Harvard, a world-famous university?Answer: (The answer may vary. )The student thought that her first week at Harvard was very impressive, because the new college life would be a once-in-a-life journey for her, at a world-famous university in particular.Step 2 While- reading Tasks (75 mins)Reading Task 1:Read the text as quickly as possible and try to find the answer to the following questions:1).What did the author think of being a freshman at Harvard? Answer: She thought it was very pleasant and lucky to be a freshman at Harvard. 2).How did the author get along with her roommates? Answer: She got along with them very well and they had helped her a lot.3).What difficult decisions did the girl have to make in the “Shopping Week”? Answer: She had to decide what classes to take.4.)What did the author think of eating on campus for a freshman at Harvard? Answer: Eating is one of the highlights for freshmen at Harvard.5).How did the author appreciate meeting the other students at Harvard? Answer: Appreciating and being surrounded by so many gifted people was what had made her first week at Harvard a truly priceless experience.Reading Task 2: Chart on P 9Reading Task 3 :Skim the text and try to find the main ideaMain idea: The first day is gorgeous for a freshman at Harvard. The author lived with four girls, who helped her through the difficult adjustment process. Freshmen at Harvard can sample classes during “Shopping Week”. Eating is one of the most important and enjoyable highlights for students at Harvard. The best assets for Harvard students according to the author is to have met so many gifted people.Step 3 Exploring vocabularyStudents work in groups to pick out the sentences containing the key words or expressions displayed on PPT from Passage A and discuss how they are used in context. The teacher may assign each group two or three words or expressions.Key words and expressions on PPT:move into gorgeous historic diversity sampleinvolve remarkable responsible highlightin terms of think to oneself share with be filled withbe proud of be blown awayStep 4 Further studyWords for further study1.The day a freshman moves into Harvard Yard is said to always be a gorgeous one and this was certainly true of my first day at Harvard.It is always said that the day a freshman starts college life in Harvard is very exciting and pleasant and the author thought this was also true of her own first day at Harvard.move into:to start living in Examples:She decided not to move into the new apartment until she had finished decorating.We’re excited to move into a new home. Harvard Yard:the main campus of Harvard University gorgeous:extremely pleasant or enjoyable Examples:John said that he met a gorgeous girl at the party last night.Do you want to sample some of the jam? It is gorgeous.2.historic:famous or important in history Examples:Today is a historic occasion for our country.It was difficult for the enterprise to expand during a time of historic change. cf. historical:connected with the past, or connected with the study of the past Examples:Can you tell me something about the historical background to the Civil War?They went to Yuelu Academy to do some historical research. Notes: Historic is usually used to describe something so important that is likely to be remembered, while historical usually describes something that is connected with the past or with the study of history, or something that really happened in the past.3.I gazed out the window at this captivating scene and thought to my self “No freshman should be so lucky!”.I looked out through the window of the car at this fascinating scene and had athought in my mind: “I should be the luckiest freshman!” think (sth) to oneself:to have a thought in one’s mind, but not tell it to anyone Examples:After listening to the professor’s suggestion, Jane thought to herself,“I’m sure I will make it.”He gazed out the window at this boundless grassland and thought to himself, “What a beautiful scenery it is!”4.I’m sharing a suite w ith four other girls that has four single bedrooms and a large common room.I am living in a suite with other four girls, and the suite consists of four single bedrooms and a large common room. share with:to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc., jointly Examples:The two chemists shared the Nobel prize Kate is a very generous girl, for she always shares what she has with others 5.We’re all completely different in terms of background, ethnicity, religion, and interests — we reflect the diversity that Harvard is so proud of.T he other four girls and I am quite different in terms of background, ethnicity, religion, and interest, which is refl ection of the variety that Harvard is proud of. in terms of:with regard to the particular aspect or subject specified Examples:He’s quite rich in terms of money, but not in terms of happiness.It is difficult to express it in terms of science. diversity: a range of different people or things; variety Examples:Diversity is conducive to the learning environment We should get a thorough understanding about the cultural diversity of the United States.6.During this first week, it’s a relief to have four girls I can call friends and thatcan help me through this adjustment process which is quite difficult at times.In the first week, I am lucky to have the four girls that I can call friends. It is them who helped me through this adjustment process, which is rather hard sometimes. it is a relief to (do sth): to have a feeling of comfort when something frightening, worrying or painful has ended or has not happened Examples:I hate to say it, but it was a relief to have him out of the house.It is a relief to see you get through those terrible days.7.Thankfully, Harvard allows freshmen to samp le classes during “Shopping Week”.sample:to try an activity, go to a place etc. to see what it is like Examples:We sampled the stuff and found it satisfactory.I sampled several classes and decided to choose four of them this semester.8.Which to get involved in? get involved in:to take part in an activity or event Examples:I got involved in a quarrel about the priceHe regretted that he got involved in that matter.9.... but it’s where we eat that’s truly remarkable. remarkable:unusual or surprising and therefore deserving attention or praise Examples:She is remarkable for her sweet temper When we went swimming last summer, we saw the most remarkable sunset at the beach.10.Our dining hall is more like a church or a museum than a cafeteria:The dining hall is like a church or a museum rather than a cafeteria.11.... and is filled with statues and portraits of famous figures from Harvard’s past.be filled with:to become completely full Examples:After reading his poems, I was filled with admiration.I didn’t go last time because my hands were filled with the paper work.12. All of these first-week experiences will make great life-time memories but the best assets Harvard has offered me thus far have been the other student s I’ve met:The first week experiences will make a life-time impression on me, but the most valuable thing Harvard University has offered me so far has been the students I have met on campus.13. I’m blown away! be blown away:to be extremely impressed Examples:Students were blown away by his inspiring speech.Everyone I told that story to, I mean everyone, is just blown away.14. One week down, four more years to go —I can’t wait: One week had passed, and the author was looking forward to the coming four years.Step 5 Assisment1. Individual tasks1) Write a paragraph describing the most unforgettable during the past weeks( Thestudents are expected to use the words and expressions learned in the passage)2) Do Exercises 4-7.3)Retell Passage A with the key words.2. Group TaskAnalyze the organzing structure of Passage B in groups.OPTIONAL (1 period )Passage B Wish for the Freshman Year (4 periods)Step 1 Pre-reading Tasks (15 mins)3.Greetings and a brief revision(individual work)Ask students present their dialogues according to “Talk About It”4.Lead-in questions:How do you think you’ll feel after four years of college?5.Culture NotesGrading System in the U.S.Most colleges use letter grades like A, B, C, D, F, and some use plus or minus like B-or C+. To computer students’ averages they say A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0. It takes an average of 2.0 to graduate. Grades of F must be repeated to get credit. Most students take 5 or occasionally 6 courses per semester, and most courses are 3 credits. It usually takes between 120 and 130 credits to graduate. A few colleges use numerical grades instead of letters. If so, most likely A=90, B=80, C=70, D=60, F=50, but this may be up to the professor.Step 2 While-reading Tasks (75mins)1.Read the text as quickly as possible and try to find the answer to the followingquestions:1)Why was the author less eager to graduate than his classmates?2)What was he thinking about while he was taking a walk on campus?3)What is the main idea of the passage?2. Read again and find the key words from each paragraph.Para.1: introductory paragraph. Author’s attitude (envy)Para 2: sophomore year (remarkable year)Para 3: soul-searching (reminiscing)Para 4: queasy feelingPara 5: a torture ideaPara 6: concluding paragraph. Cherish3. Language points:1)look back (on sth.): to review the past; to think of what has happenede.g. Looking back on the past, I can now see that I have wasted so much of myprecious time.He looks back at the four years of college with satisfaction.2)schedule of classes: a timetable on which class times are marked out 课表3)envy:n. a feeling you have towards someone that you wish you could have thesame thing or quality they havev. to feel envy of sb. or at sth.4)turn back: to (cause to) returne.g. We’d better turn back. It’s getting dark.5) remarkable: worth mentioning; unusuale.g. a remarkable person/feat/event/career/talent/achievementShe is remarkable for her sweet temper.6)come to: to learn to, to grow toe.g. He had come to like the city better after living here for three years.7) involve: to have as a part or resulte.g. Taking the job would involve living abroad.8)find oneself doing…e.g. I find myself reading alone in the library.9)reminisce (about sth/sb): to talk or think about past experience, esp. pleasantonese.g. The two friends were reminiscing about their youth.10)at the idea of: at the thought ofe.g. Smiles boarded on my mother’s face, she just couldn’t help it atthe idea of the family reunion.11) queasy feeling: an uneasy feeling12)feel like: to have a wish for; wante.g. It is such a fine day. I do feel like going out for a picnic.13) contemplate: to think deeply and thoughtfullye.g. The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform.14) torture: n. the act of causing someone sever physical paine.g. It was sheer torture to have him play the violin so badly.The interview was sheer torture from start to finish.15) cherish: to care for tenderly; love; to keep a feeling deeply and firmly in minde.g. The old man cherished the girl as if she were his daughter.Children need to be cherished.4. some new words and expressionsStep 3 Post-reading Tasks (45mins)1.Summarize the passageSummary: College is safe laboratory in which to experiment with new things. There are no parents around to control you or make all decisions for you. But most of the decisions you make don’t have as great a risk as they will have after college. Being a student is a real career but only a temporary one. Teachers can give some guidance without being either parents or bosses. Classmates can set either a good or a bad example, and you can learn to tell the difference. What happens outside the classroom is an important part of the college experience. Students should cherish all of this like the student in the story, because they may never have such and opportunity again.2.Check the answers of Ex.12, 13 and 14Step 4 Assignments1.Read Passage B.2.Review the words and phrases in Passage BSection III Write and Produce (2 periods)Step 1 Revision (10 mins)Dictation of words and phrases in P assage A and BStep 2 Grammar (35 mins)1.Forming compound and complex sentencesSimple sentence: Birds sing. S + VCompound sentence:It was late, so we went home.S + V S + VHere “so” is a conjunction.2.Conjunctionsthat, before, whether, if, although, because, as long as, as soon as, since, after, who, which, whom, those, why, where, how, when3.Do Ex.17 and 18 and check the answers.4.Pair works. Do Ex.19 in pairs.Step 3 Practical Writing (40 mins)1.Registration FormsThink about it: What is registration form?How to fill registration form?2.Work in pairs. Make a registration form for your friend. CardsWhat’s name card?eful abbreviationsAdd. Tel. Email O.H. P.C. Fax5.Do Ex. 20 and check the answer (personal work)Step 4 Assignments (5mins)Ex.21. Design a business card.。
