大学体验英语第一册unitpassageB.pptVIP

Unit One Passage B Wish for Freshman year Background Knowledge: Education System in America Levels of Education in the United States and Canada Education in the United States and Canada is divided into the following levels at the indicated ages. Primary Education Pre-school age: 2-6 Elementary: 6-12 Junior High School Age: 12-14 High School age: 14-18 Post Secondary School Junior College: 18-20 4 years college: 18-22 Graduate School (MA): 22-24 Graduate School (PH.D.) 22-26/28 Post graduate: After PH.D. Grading Systems 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 compute 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, but this may be up to the professor. 1. In less than two weeks, I’ll have graduated. (Para 1) I’ll have graduated within two weeks. 不到两周，我就要毕业了。 This is an example of the use of the future perfect tense. The future perfect tense tells us something that will be past at or before a certain time in the future. Examples By this time next week, you’ll have taken your examination. I hope it will have stopped raining before we have to go. I hope that everything I have told you will not have been forgotten by the next lesson. I can still remember the first day of classes, looking on the map on the back of the Schedule of Classes and asking where the classroom building was. (Para 1) 我依然记得第一天去上课时的情景，我一边望着课表背面的地图，一边打听教学楼在哪儿。 Now I’m a senior, looking at the freshmen with envy. 1) n. a feeling you have towards someone that you wish you could have the same thing or quality they have e.g. He was filled with envy at my suc