现代大学英语第三册 Unit 1 Your College Years.ppt

Text Appreciation Adolescent:a person aged 13 to 19, the informal word is teenager. Adults (formal) Grown-ups (informal) Passage of Our Life fertilized egg with DNA code embryo 胚胎 fetus 胎儿 newborn infant / child Teenager (infml)/ adolescent adult (grown-up,infml) / youth / prime（盛年） middle-aged pensioner old-aged / elderly / senile（高龄） senior citizen / the state of infirmity(衰弱） Identity is determined by genetic endowment, shaped by environment, and influenced by chance events.(p2) Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. 读书可以怡情，可以博彩，可以长才。 …and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth. 使我们这个民有、民治、民享的政府永存于世。 Education Hierarchy Nursery Kindergarten Primary/ elementary school Secondary school (age 11 to 18) Middle school (Am. age 6 to 11) High school (Br. 11 to 18; Am. Age 14 to 18) Undergraduate: freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, the bachelor’s degree in science or art, Graduate/ postgraduate,the master’s degree, the doctor’s degree; rhetoric device： Metonymy (转喻) 当甲事物同乙事物不相类似，但有密切关系时，可以利用这种关系，以乙事物的名称取代甲事物，这样的一种修辞手段。转喻的重点不是在“相似”；而是在“联想”。转喻又称换喻，借喻或借代。 I want to cry. I want to do nothing but to cry heartily. To tell you the truth, I want to do nothing but to cry heartily at the moment, so that I can release my pent-up emotions. 大学生刚刚毕业就想立刻找到高薪的工作是不可能的。 　It is impossible for刚刚毕业的大学生to找到高薪的工作。 “We look forward to a world founded upon essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want… everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom from fear… anywhere in the world. “ —Franklin D. Roosevelt 11. excessive a. much more than is reasonable  or necessary Examples: excessive rainfall excessive charges excess n. an excess of enthusiasm That is a city with a population in