世纪大学实用英语综合教程 ....ppt

21世纪大学实用英语综合教程 第一册 Unit 1 Text A College – A Transition Point in My Life Starter Group Discussion How did you feel when you first got to college? Name three things that you felt excited about and three things you felt worried about. Four things worried the writer when he first got to college: 1. He was afraid that he was not able to do well in his studies. 2. He was afraid of being off by himself. 3. He was afraid that he was surrounded by people he didn’t know and who didn’t know him. 4. He had to make friends with them and also compete with them. structure Part one (1-2) : What worried the writer when he first got to college. Part two (3-5) : How to overcome these difficulties. Part three (6) : Life in store for the writer. Paragraph one What was the writer afraid of when he first became a college student? What are the three questions he had about his classmates and himself? Paragraph two What did the writer have to do in order to do well in his studies? Paragraph three What mistakes did the writer make at first? Paragraph four What happened to him shortly after? What other things did the writer do in addition to his studies? Paragraph five How did the writer begin to see himself and his own future? Paragraph six What did he think of his future at that time? Why was the writer so sure about himself and his own future? What does the expression “this important hurdle in my life” mean? Homework The transition from high school to college can be difficult for some young people. What are your difficulties and how are you going to overcome them? Discuss the question with your classmates and write a short essay. * *