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UNIT1ANewStart

课序：

No.12学时

Unit1ANewStart

Activereading:

FivethingsIwishI’dknowwhenIstartedcollege

（1）

Leading-in;Newwordsandphrases;Readingandunderstanding;

教学目的与要求：

1.Tolearnsomenewwordsandphrases;

2.Tolearnabouthowtofitintoschoolandtalkaboutit;

3.Togettoknowthegeneralideaofthetext.

教学重点与难点分析：

1.Keywordsandexpressions:

relieve,befacedwith,broadenone’shorizon，assignment,calculate,

assure,reassure,ensure,likely,lack,confidence,scare,inadequate,etc.

2.Themainideaofthetext:

FivethingsIwishI’dknowwhenIstartedcollege

教学方法：

讲授法、讨论法、练习法

教学容与教学组织设计

I.Leading-in

Beforelearningthisunit,I’dliketoaskyoutwoquestions:

1.Youareallnewstudentshereandaremeetingmanynewthings.Soourfirstunitisaboutbeinga

freshmanorfresher.Sowhatdoyouthinkafreshmanorfresheris?

（thefirstyearstudent）

2.Whatdoyouthinkthecontentoftheunitwillbe?

Whatsortofproblemsnewstudentswillhaveand

whatadvicewillyougivetothem?

（Asksomestudentstowritedownthepossibleproblemsinthecollege

thenasksomeofthemtogiveadviceontheseproblems.）

Theunitwillprobablybeabouthowtospendacolorfulandmeaningful,interestingandvaluablecollegelife.Problemsmayoccurlikehowtostudyinthecollegeandhowtomakefriendsinthecollege;howtoarrangeourtimeinthecollegeandwhattolearninthecollegewhethertohaveboyfriendsorgirlfriends.

Advice:

ifanyproblemsoccur,youcantalkwiththeelderstudentsinthecollegefortheiradvice,askteachersaboutyourdoubtsandhowtocopewiththeproblem;youcanlistyourproblemandsetupaplantosolvethem.

II.Startingpoint:

（25’9minutesforthe1stactivityand8minutesforthemtodiscussthequestionsandthen8minutestoasksomeSstoreporttheirdiscussion.）discussthequestionsandthen8minutestoasksomeSstoreporttheirdiscussion.）

Activity1listenforextrawords:

Hereisaratherfunnystoryaboutanewstudent,moneyandhismother.Listentotherecordandmarkalinewhenyouhearanyextrawordsorexpressions.Areyoureadytolistenforextrawords?

Playtherecording.TellSstochecktheiranswerswithoneanother

PlaytherecordingagainandaskSstospeakoutasmanyofthemissingwordsaspossible.

Activity2

checkwithstudentsaboutthemeaningofthegivenwordsandifnecessaryaskstudentstoprovideasamplesentencewithsomeofthewordsormyselfgivethemsomeexamplesentencestoexplaintheusesofthem.

Discussion:

（remindtheclassthatthepurposeofthevariousdiscussionexercisesistogivethemanopportunitytouseEnglish.Theyshouldtrytomaketheexchangeslastaslongaspossible.Theycanbearinmindthattheyarejustrole-playinganddonotneedtospeaktheexacttruth.）

（1）whydidthestudent’smumputthe$1,000checkinthebackofthebook?

Hewillonlyfindthemoneyifhereadsthebookfrombeginningtoend.Itwillberewardifheworkshard.（Somestudentsmaywanttopointouttheriskofitfallingoutandbeinglost,orhisfindingitbychance.Thesearetruepoints,butofcoursethestoryisalight-heartedonetomakeapoint,andnotaserioussuggestion.）

（2）Areyouworriedabouthavingenoughmoneywhileatcollege?

Yes,IhavealreadyspentmuchmorethanIexpected.

（3）Howdoyouthinkyouwillbeabletoresolveanymoneyproblems?

IthinkImightneedtofindajobatnight.

Imightaskmyuncleforhelp.Heisverykind.

Idon’tknow.IwillhavetoeatverysimplefoodifIspendmorethanmybudget.

（4）Howwellpreparedareyouforcollegelife?

IthoughtIwas,butnowIamhereIamnotsure.Everythingissonew.

Iammissingmyfamilyalot.Mymotherdoessomuchforme.Imustchangealot

IthinkIamquitewellprepared.Ihavebeentocampsbeforeandlearnttodomanythingsformyself.

（5）Iscollegelifewhatyouexpected,orisitverydifferent?

It’sabitofboth.ImeanitiswhatIexpected,buteverythinghappenssoquickly,Ihaven’thadtimetostopandthink.Iwasverynervousbeforecoming,butIamreallyenjoyingeverything.Peoplearesofriendlyandhelpful.

III.Newwordsandphrases

1.relieve

a.happyandrelaxedbecausesomethingbadhasnothappened,orbecauseabadsituationhasended宽

慰的；欣慰的

固定搭配：

be/feel/look/seemrelieved,extremely/greatly/hugelyrelieved,clearly/obviously/visiblyrelieved,relievesomeonefrom/ofsth.,relievefamine/trafficcongestion/tension,try/attempttorelieve,beintended/designed/helptorelieve,temporarilyrelieve

2.broaden

①v.（～one’shorizons）tomakeyouseeawiderrangeofopportunitiesandchoices开阔视野

Eg.Educationandexperiencebroadenhisvision.教育和经历使他眼界开阔。

②v.tobecomewider变宽；变阔

Eg.Broadenhisknowledge,develophiscapabilities.增益其所不能。

（出自《孟子·告子下》）

3.calculate

①vt.todiscoveranumberoramountusingmathematicsorwithapieceofequipmentsuchasacalculator计算；核算

Eg.Thecomputerwillcalculatethebestroute,andreservespaceforthecarallthewaytothecorrectexitfromthehighway.（Jan.2002,CET-4）

计算机会计算出最佳路线，并会在正确的高速路出口前提前通知为汽车预留空间。

固定搭配：

accurately/exactly/calculate,calculateaccordingto/at

②vt.tomakeajudgmentaboutwhatislikelytohappenorlikelytobetrueusingtheavailableinformation估计；预测；推测

Eg.Theeconomistcalculatedthatpricesmaygoupagain.那位经济学家推测，物价或许会再次上涨。

4.horizon

①n.（～s）thelimitsofyourexperience眼界；阅历的围

②n.（the～）地平线

Eg.Thefirstsignsofthedawnappearsonthehorizon.黎明的曙光出现在地平线上。

固定搭配：

limited/narrow/cultural/intellectual/musicalhorizon,broaden/expand/openup/

widenhorizon,above/bellow/beyond/onthehorizon

5.assignment

n.[C,U]workthatyoumustdoaspartofacourseofstudyoraspartofyourjob作业；分派的任务

Eg.Haditnotbeenforyourlaziness,youcouldhavefinishedtheassignmentbynow.

（Jan.1993,CET-4）要不是因为你的懒惰，你现在应该写完作业了。

固定搭配：

special/important/dangerous/written/readingassignment,accept/takeon/give/hand

out/completeassignment

6.assure

vt.（～sbofsth;～sbthat）totellsomeonethatsomethingwilldefinitelyhappenorisdefinitelytrue,

especiallyinordertoremovedoubtaboutit向（某人）保证；使确信

Eg.Iassureyouofthesuccessoftheproject.=Iassureyouthattheprojectwillsucceed.

我向你保证这个项目会成功。

7.lack

①vt.tonothaveanyorenoughofsomethingyouneedorwant缺乏；没有

②n.asituationinwhichyoudonothaveanyordonothaveenoughofsomethingyouneed缺乏,；没有

固定搭配：

by/from/for/throughlackof,profound/serious/severelackof,complete/sheer/total

lackof,really/completely/entirelylack

8.scare

vt.tomakesomeonefeelfrightenedorworried使害怕；使惊恐；吓唬

Eg.Thatshouldbeenoughtoscareanymanintogreyhair.那足以把任何人吓得一夜白头。

固定搭配：

scaresomeonesilly/stiff/todeath,scaresomeoneinto/with

9.inadequate

①a.someonewhoisinadequatedoesnotfeelconfidentthattheycandealwiththesituationtheyarein

信心不足的；不能胜任的

②a.notenoughornotgoodenoughforaparticularpurpose不适当的；不充分的；不够格的

固定搭配：

consider/find/judge/thinksthinadequate,inadequateat/for/to,be/feel/seem

inadequate,personally/professionallyinadequate,deeply/dreadfully/hopelesslyinadequate

10.bet

①v.（I～;I’ll～）（spoken）usedforsayingthatyouaresureaboutsomething我敢肯定

Eg.I'llbetthesubwaysarecrowded,too,aren'tthey?

我敢肯定地铁也是那么挤，是不是？

②v.toriskanamountofmoneybysayingwhatyouthinkwillhappen打赌；下赌注

固定搭配：

have/make/place/putbet,accept/take/win/losebet,dosth.forabet,good/safe/sure/

fair/outsidebet

11.rhythm

n.[C]aregularpatterninnatureorinlife（自然、生活中的）规则变化

Eg.Becauseoftheclimatechange,itishardertofindouttherhythmoftheseasonsnow.由于气候变

化，现在要发现四季的变化比以前难了。

12.seminar

n.[C]aclassatacollegeoruniversityinwhichagroupofstudentsdiscussasubjectwithateacher

讨论课；研讨会

13.physical

a.relatingtoyourbodyratherthanyourmind身体的；体力的

14.crucial

a.Somethingthatiscrucialisextremelyimportantbecauseithasamajoreffectontheresultof

something至关重要的；关键性的

固定搭配：

consider/deem/regardsthascrucial,crucialfor/to,be/prove/become/remaincrucial,

really/absolutely/hardly/fairly/obviouslycrucial

15.neglect

①vt.tofailtodosomethingthatyoushoulddo忽视；疏忽

Eg.Heneglectedtorepairmybicycle.他忘了修我的自行车。

②vt.tofailtolookaftersomeonewhenyouareresponsibleforthem疏于照顾（某人）

Eg.Thewomandeniedthatshehadneglectedherchild.那位女士否认疏于看管自己的孩子。

16.detect

vt.tonoticesomething,especiallywhenitisnotobvious察觉，发觉，发现（尤指不明显的事）

Eg.DoIdetectanoteofironyinyourvoice?

听起来你是在说反话吧？

固定搭配：

detectbomb/radiation/faulty,detectanger/noteofsarcasm,becapableofdetectingsth．

early/late/quickly/easily/readily/accuratelydetect

17.confess

v.toadmitsomethingaboutyourselfthatyouwouldnotnormallytellpeoplebecauseyouare

embarrassedaboutitortheycouldbedisappointedbyit承认（令人尴尬或者令人失望的事）

Eg.Caughtintheact,hehadnoalternativebuttoconfess.他被当场抓住，除了招供别无出路。

固定搭配：

confesscrime/lie/unfaithfulness/sins,must/havetoconfess,confesstosomeone（that）,

confesstodoingsth.

18.ambition

n.somethingthatyouverymuchwanttodo,usuallysomethingthatisdifficulttoachieve（通常指较难

实现的）强烈欲望，追求目标

Eg.Ambitionspursapersonon.野心驱策人上进。

19.ambitious

a.determinedtobesuccessful,rich,famous,etc.雄心勃勃的；野心勃勃的

Eg.Hequalifiedhisfriendasanambitiousself-seeker.他把他的朋友说成是野心勃勃的利己主义者。

20.shiver

vi.ifyoushiver,yourbodyshakesslightly,forexamplebecauseyouarecoldorfrighte