大学基础英语教程 Unit 2 What to Expect from College Life.ppt

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1、Unit 2,College Life,Leading in:,It has been said that people grow and develop most during two periods of their lives:before the age of five and during college.The college years are packed with so many emotional challenges,in particular,the difficult transition from high school to college and from ad

2、olescent to adult.,Lead-in Listening,Listening to the following interview and check the answers.HW:1.Read the dialogue again and again after class,find out new words or phrases or important sentence structures on your own.2.Present your HW publicly.,Text A What to Expect from College Life,Pre-readin

3、g Questions:1.In which way do you think college life is different from middle school life?2.How are you planning to spend your college life?,New Words,Congratulations:祝贺；恭喜；贺词（congratulation的复数形式）Congratulations on 祝贺，恭喜 Nervous:anxious，uneasy紧张 feel/get nervous nervous system 神经系统Phase:n.any distin

4、ct time period in a sequence of events局面,阶段The child is going through a difficult phase.那孩子正经历困难的阶段。Support:stand up for 支持support oneself 通过做某一种工作养活自己She supported herself by making soil.她靠种地为生。Surroundings:常用复数形式,指环境,周围的事物,词义较狭窄,仅指周围的具体的物质性的东西.The students live happily in beautiful surroundings.en

5、vironment意为环境,周围状况,自然环境一个生物体或一群生物体周围的整体状况,尤其指作用和影响这群生物体的生长,发展和生存的外界物质条件的总和.The twins were separated at birth and brought up in entirely different environment.,Negotiate:v.谈判；度过，越过We cant negotiate until each side is willing to give up some points.Hardship:n.a state of misfortune or affliction艰难,困苦A

6、strong man will bear hardship without complaining.一个坚强的人会忍受困苦而不抱怨。Mountaineering is attractive especially to young people because it is accompanied with hardship and adventure.登山很吸引人，特别是对年轻人来说，因为它伴随着艰难险阻。Hardship disposes man to meet adversity.艰苦能让人适应逆境。Academia/academy研究院、学院、学会/academic/academician

7、院士、大学生、学会会员、大学教师/academics学术水平、学术知识、专业学者,Ideally/ideal idleMature:a.having reached full natural growth or development成熟的,到期的,充分发育的,考虑周到的 His character has greatly matured in the years.这些年他的性格已大大成熟。A fully grown,mature organism.成体,完全发育成熟的有机体Oh,grow up!(i.e.Behave in a more mature way.)噢,别那么不懂事了（表现得成熟

8、些吧）!Physically/Mentally:Professional/amateur Challenge：n.挑战；v.向.挑战This career offers a challenge.这份职业具有挑战性。The time was ripe for a challenge to the power of the government.时机已经成熟，可以向政府权力提出挑战了。Nowadays no one will challenge the fact that the earth is round.现在没有人会对地球是圆的这一事实提出异议。,Realistic/reality Unju

9、st:unfair Communicate:communicate withPeer:n.a person who is of equal standing with another in a group同等的人；同辈The opinions of his peers are more important to him than his parents ideas.在他看来，他同辈人的观点比他父母的观点更为重要。Yell:shout aloud 大声喊叫Do not yell at others./He yelled with pain.Awkward:The president laughe

10、d off the awkward situation.Semester:term,Precious:a.of high worth or cost宝贵的,珍贵的My time is precious;I can only give you a few minutes.我的时间很宝贵，我只能见你几分钟。You should make good use of every precious minute to study.你应很好利用宝贵的每一分钟去学习。Pandas are precious creatures.熊猫是珍贵的动物。,Phrases and expressions,Prepare

11、oneself for:Adjust to:Stand on ones own(two)feet:Equip with:In ones favor:Be popular with:In ones favor:,Be popular with:In return:Take on:Count on:Face up to:Run away:,TEXT,a little bit有点He was a little bit under the weather.他生病了。Helen sings a little bit worse.海伦唱得稍微差一点。Can you try and persuade the

12、 supplier to boost the quantity a little bit?能否请您去说服供货商稍微增加点供货呢？expect v.regard something as probable or likely 预期,盼望,期待The journey was not as nice as we had expected.旅途不像我们预想的那样好。I expect I will be back on Sunday.我预计我会在周日回来的。,Phase n.any distinct time period in a sequence of events局面,阶段The child is

13、 going through a difficult phase.那孩子正经历困难的阶段。support oneself 通过做某一种工作养活自己She supported herself by making soil.她靠种地为生。adjust to 适应,调节Could I adjust to Chinese life at 72?岁的我能适应中国的生活吗？After Nigel left his academic post and went into business,it took him quite a while to adjust to the rat race.奈杰尔弃学从商后

14、，过了很长时间他才适应那种竞争激烈的环境。Astronauts in flight must adjust to weightlessness.宇航员在飞行中必须适应失重状态。,stand on ones own feet 自立，依靠自己We should learn to stand on our own feet.我们要学习依靠自己。You should learn to stand on your own feet from now on.从现在起，你应该学着自立了。This expressed their determination to stand on their own feet

15、.这表达了他们自立更生的决心。hardship n.a state of misfortune or affliction艰难,困苦A strong man will bear hardship without complaining.一个坚强的人会忍受困苦而不抱怨。Mountaineering is attractive especially to young people because it is accompanied with hardship and adventure.登山很吸引人，特别是对年轻人来说，因为它伴随着艰难险阻。Hardship disposes man to mee

16、t adversity.艰苦能让人适应逆境。,Challenge n.挑战；v.向.挑战This career offers a challenge.这份职业具有挑战性。The time was ripe for a challenge to the power of the government.时机已经成熟，可以向政府权力提出挑战了。Nowadays no one will challenge the fact that the earth is round.现在没有人会对地球是圆的这一事实提出异议。in ones favor 对某人有利That might be in your favo

17、r.那可能对你有利。in favor of赞成Are you in favor of his opinion?你会赞成他的意见吗？do sb.a favor 帮忙Sandy,do me a favor.桑迪，给我帮个忙Can you do me a favor?可以请你帮点忙吗？,peer n.a person who is of equal standing with another in a group同等的人；同辈The opinions of his peers are more important to him than his parents ideas.在他看来，他同辈人的观点比

18、他父母的观点更为重要。take on 承担,接受The idea never really took on.这一观念一向不太得人心。We cant take on any more work，were fully stretched(ie working to the utmost of our powers)at the moment.我们不能再接受更多的工作了目前已经全力以赴了.,count on 依靠,指望You can count on me.你可以指望我。Great,Ill count on it!好极了，我就指望它了!You can always count on Jim.你可以永

19、远相信吉姆。face up勇敢地承认,正视He wont face up to the fact that he is too old for the job.他年岁太大不宜做这项工作，他却不愿面对这一现实。He must face up to the fact that he is no longer young.他应该勇于正视自己不再年轻这一事实。make the most of充分利用 We shall make the most of the opportunity.我们应充分利用这一机遇。These photos make the most of the beauty of the

20、morning in the mountains.这些照片将山中早晨的美景表现得淋漓尽致。,acquire e into the possession of something concrete or abstract获得,取得,学到 The collector has acquired a fine collection of impressionist paintings.这位收藏家收集到大量印象派绘画。How did he acquire his wealth?他的财富是怎样得来的？Precious a.of high worth or cost宝贵的,珍贵的My time is precious;I can only give you a few minutes.我的时间很宝贵，我只能见你几分钟。You should make good use of every precious minute to study.你应很好利用宝贵的每一分钟去学习。Pandas are precious creatures.熊猫是珍贵的动物。,