group work.ppt

Para 3 While conj. 转折连词 在主句和从句中，一般用在主句里，或句子开头，用来表示转折意义。 e.g. While I like him personally, I don’t think what he’s doing is right. 尽管我个人喜欢他，但是我并不认为他的所作所为是正确的。 While professors are talking about economic theories, company chairmen are concerned with profits. 教授们讨论的是经济学理论，而公司领导们关注的是利润。 Para 4 Unlike : 介词 （prep.） different from 与…不同 Unlike me, my son Mike likes get up early. He was firm and brave unlike other men she knew. Para 5-6 Translate: That was the situation until a couple of years later when I was offered an opportunity to study English through an online course. Online learning is not easier than regular classroom study; it requires a lot of time, commitment and discipline to keep up with the flow of the course. Para 8 Learning a foreign language has been a most trying experience for me, but one that I wouldnt trade for anything. Learning a foreign language has been an experience full of difficulties, but I wouldnt exchange it for anything else.? 学习外语对我来说是非常艰辛的经历，但却是一种拿什么我都不换的经历。? Trying: adj. difficult to deal with in a way that makes you annoyed or tired. Those were indeed trying days. 那些日子确实很困难。 Paraphrase: 1. Not only did learning another language teach me the value of hard work, but it also gave me insights into another culture, and my mind was opened to new ways of seeing thing. 2. Now that I speak a foreign language, instead of staring into space when English is being spoken, I can participate and make friends. Keys 1. Learning another language made me understand the benefits of hard work, made me understand another culture, and made me think about the world in different ways. 2. Because I can speak a foreign language, I am able to take part in English conversations and make friends, and I no longer look thoughtlessly into the distance when people around me are speaking English. As a conclusion, please think about the following two topics. As a college student, how do you plan to learn English? If you were a college English teacher, how wo