大学体验英语综合教程1-第三版-Unit-1-电子教案.doc

Unit 1 College Life

I.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 cards

II.Teaching Keys and Difficulties:
1. Key words and expressions related to the Listen and Talk
golden time in one’s life explore the unknown
make a life-long friend develop one’s personal interests
outstanding scholar keep a good balance
lay a solid foundation open doors to one’s dreams
2.Key words and expressions related to Passage A
move into gorgeous historic diversity sample
involve remarkable responsible highlight
in terms of think to oneself share with be filled with
be proud of be blown away
It’s a relief to ...
3. Key words and expressions related to Passage B
look back turn back cherish come to involve
at the idea of feel like commitment
4. Form compound and complex sentences

III.Teaching Method: Task-based method

IV.Suggested teaching procedures and class activities
Session 1 (3 periods)
Introduction of college life (1 period)
1.Your course: compulsory/required course and optional/elective course
Compulsory/Required course, studying for a degree or diploma;
Optiona/Elective course, not studying for a degree or diploma.
2. Your name: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior
3. 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 student
Postgraduate｛master student and doctor student｝
5. Degree
Bachelor degree; Master degree; Doctor degree
6. Teacher’s professional title
Instructor or lecture; Associate professor; Professor
7. Some other aspects of college life
Certifications (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. Listen three times)
Keywords: spend, golden, explore, experience, lifelong, various, develop, scholars, lay, open
3. Words and Phrases
golden: 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.develop 5.scholars 6.lay
5. Talking about the pictures or say something about your college life (Pair-work)
Keywords: discuss, meet, chat, communicate
Step 2 Dialogues (40 mins)
1. Listen to the two sample dialogues and try to answer some questions
Dialogue 1 Meeting on Campus
Who is Mike?
What help did Mike need?
Who is Dr. Wang?
Dialogue 2 At the Registration Office
Where are the two speakers?
What are they doing?
Which elective course does Mike choose at last?
2. Practice
Read 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 up
refund: pay back
fill in the forms: 填表格
4.New words and expressions
Step 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 studies
Tips: (P7 )
Glad to meet you.
Where are you from?
Which are you in?
I’m majoring in …
About your major name: Accountant
Task 2: Helping a foreign friend select his course at the registration office
Tips: (P7)
What’s your favorite subject …
What course do you like most?
Insightful, informative, boring, practical, fantastic, be interested in

Step 4 Assignment for this session
1. Pair task
Role-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 tasks
1) Learn the useful words & phrases of Liatsen and Talk.
2) Listen to and read Passage A aloud for at least two times.
3. Group tasks
1) 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 A
Step 1 Pre- reading Tasks (15 mins)
1.Culture notes:
The Introduction of Harvard University
Harvard 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 9
Reading Task 3 :Skim the text and try to find the main idea
Main 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 vocabulary
Students 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 sample
involve remarkable responsible highlight
in terms of think to oneself share with be filled with
be proud of be blown away

Step 4 Further study
Words for further study
1. 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 myself “No freshman should be so lucky!”.
I looked out through the window of the car at this fascinating scene and had a thought 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 with 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.
The 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 that can 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 sample 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 price
　　He 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 students 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 Assisment
1. Individual tasks
1) Write a paragraph describing the most unforgettable during the past weeks( The students 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 Task
Analyze the organzin