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New Experiencing English 1
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Welcome to NWU
Welcome to College English
Welcome to This Class
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Unit Tasks
I. Lead in
II. Read and Explore
Passage A
Passage B
III. General writing
IV. Practical Writing
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Lead in
My College life?
What shall I do?
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Hi, welcome to our college. You will spend at least
four years here. College days will be the golden time
in your life. There are many opportunities for you to
explore the unknown and you can experience a lot.
You can make lifelong friends; you can enjoy
various kinds of activities; you can develop your
personal interests; and you will meet some
outstanding scholars . Keep a good balance and lay a
solid foundation. There are many doors to your
dreams. You decide how many you can open .
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What, according to the passage, is college
life like?
opportunities (doors to dreams)
you can open
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Look at these pictures.
Are you familiar with these places?
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Maxims for NWU
• Fairness
• Honesty
• Industry
• Simplicity
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Expectations for your
college life in NWU
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II. Read and Explore
Passage A
So Much to Learn
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Contents
• Think About It
• Preview Check
• Text awareness
• Detailed study
• What to focus on
• Language focus
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• Think about it
What to learn in college
knowledge
experience
ability
…
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• Preview Check
1. What exam were the students going
to take?
The students were going to take their
last exam at college.
2. How did the students feel about this
exam before they took it?
They were confident and felt ready
for the exam.
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3. Did the questions turn out to be
easy or difficult? How do you know?
They turned out to be difficult,
because none of the questions could be
answered by the students.
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4. What did the professor say about the
result of the exam? Were the students
able to pass the course?
The professor said the result was what
she had expected, but the students
would be allowed to pass the course
any way.
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5. Why did the professor set such a
test paper?
Because she wanted to make her
students realize that even though they
had completed four years of college
study, there was still much to learn
and their education had just begun.
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• Text awareness
Story telling-narration
– people
– time
– Place
– incident
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Key words for the story
– A professor
– Some graduates
– The final test
– The final lesson
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• Detailed study
So Much to Learn
It was the last day of final
examinations in a large Eastern university.
On the steps of one building, a group of
engineering seniors huddled, discussing the
exam due to begin in a few minutes. <On
their faces was confidence.> This was their
last exam before they went on to
commencement and jobs.
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Some talked of jobs they already had;
others of jobs they would get. With all this
assurance of four years of college study, they
felt ready and able to conquer the world.
The approaching exam, they knew, would
be a snap. The professor had said they could
bring any books or notes they wanted,
requesting only that they did not talk to each
other during the test.
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Jubilantly, they filed into the
classroom. The professor passed out the
papers. And their smiles broadened as the
students noted there were only five
essay-type questions.
Three hours passed. Then the
professor began to collect the papers. The
students no longer looked confident. On
their faces was a frightened expression.
No one spoke as the professor faced the
class with the papers in her hand.
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She surveyed the worried faces before
her, then asked: “How many completed all
five questions?”
Not a hand was raised.
“How many answered four?” Still no
hands.
“Three? Two?” The students shifted
restlessly in their seats.
“One, then? Certainly somebody
finished one.” But the class remained silent.
The professor put down the papers. “That is
exactly what I expected,” she said.
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“I just want to impress upon you that,
even though you have completed four years
of engineering, there are still many things
about the subject you don’t know. These
questions you could not answer are relatively
common in everyday practice.” Then, smiling,
she added: “You will all pass this course, but
remember that even though you are now
college graduates, your education has just
begun .”
The years have obscured the name of
this professor, but not the lesson she taught.
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Snap
•
•
•
•
The rope snapped.
He snapped down the lid of the box.
Take a snapshot.
It’s a snap
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UCLA-CA
UC-Berkeley-CA
Stanford-CA
Northwestern-CA
Harvard-MA
Yale-CT
MIT-MA
Duke-NC
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Disciplines in university
Science
Arts
Engineering
Law
Management
Medicine
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Students in university
Freshman
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Undergraduate
Graduate
BA
BS
MA
MS
PhD
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Types of Examination Question
in the US and UK
The two main types
Multiple choice
Essay
Other types
Blank-filling
Matching
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Essay-Type Questions
These are also called discussion
questions, because the student is
expected to discuss a topic and provide
facts, reasons, examples, etc. to
support the answer, with the grade
depending mainly on how well the answer
is supported not just on the student’s
opinion.
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due:
(showing arrangements made in advance )
expected; supposed (to)
• The next train to London is due here at
Examples:
4 o’clock.
• The plane that was due to arrive at 10
has been delayed for 2 hours by a heavy
fog.
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huddle:
to (cause to ) crowd together, in a group or in a
pile
Examples:
• The flood victims were cold so they
huddled together for warmth that night.
• He lay huddled amongst his blankets in
bed, his knees almost touching his chin.
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obscure:
to hide; to make difficult to see or understand
Examples:
• The moon was obscured by clouds.
• His fame was obscured by the fame of
his wife.
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commencemen
t
commence v.
• commence in arts
• commence learning English
• We commence building on March 18th.
* Commence with
Commence on
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shift:
to change position or direction; to move from
one place to another
Examples:
• When Paul found that the teacher was
reading his composition to the class, he
began to shift uncomfortably in his seat.
• The wind that was blowing from the
south has shifted to the north.
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survey:
to look at, examine or consider ( a person,
place or condition ) as a whole
• You can survey the countryside from the
Examples:
top of the hill.
• The fighter surveyed his enemy for any
weakness.
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file into:
to march or walk in a single line in the
specified direction
• As the audience filed into the stadium,
Examples:
they found the pop group was already
there.
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c.f. file out of:
• When the audience filed out of the
stadium after the concert was over, they
found it had started to snow.
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impress upon:
to make the importance of (sth.) clear to
somebody.
Examples:
• The professor impressed upon his
students the importance of learning how
to learn at college.
• His songs are strongly impressed on my
memory.
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no longer:
not any more; not at the present time
• He no longer drives to work since his
Examples:
doctor told him to exercise more.
• He no longer lives in this apartment for
he has bought a large house near where
he works.
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pass out:
to give out; to distribute
•
He
is
standing
in
Examples:
supermarket, passing
customers.
front of the
out flyers to
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On their faces was confidence. (para. 1)
inverted word-order
Any other examples?
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With all this assurance of four years of
college, they felt ready and able to
conquer the world.
prep. Phrase = adverbial
• He assured me that he had finished.
assure
reassure • We can ensure that the work shall be
done in the right way.
ensure
• When the child was afraid in the storm,
his parents reassured him.
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• What to focus on
1. It was / there was in narration
2. disciplines and students in a university
3. due
4. 介词等在句首的倒装句
5. commence
6. auusre,reassure,ensure的区别使用
7. snap
8. file in / file out
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9. types of examination questions
10. pass out
11. no longer
12. survey
13. impress upon
14. shift
15. in practice
16. obscure
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Reference for Language Focus
Exercise 4
approach confident conquer graduate broaden
impress
senior
shift
survey
obscure
1. To ___ the language barrier, they are working hard at
English.
conquer
2. The teacher is deeply ____ by the students’ ability to
surf the Internet（网上冲浪）.
impressed
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3. Nowadays many of the ___ are beginning to consider
choosing a career.
seniors
4. The Spring Festival _____. A lot of people were
traveling back home to have a family reunion.
was approaching
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5. He looked out of the window,______ the
landscape of the countryside.
surveying
6. We are______ that we can overcome the
difficulties
confident
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7. Tom is the most brilliant（出色的）______of
his year at Harvard University.
graduate
8. He______ impatiently in his seat during the
long speech by the Dean.
shifted
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9. College has helped Bill to______his
interests.
broadened
10. Words that ______the truth must be
discarded (放弃不用).
obscure
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Exercise 5
1.The plane _____take off at 8:30 a.m. has been
delayed because of the thick fog.
due to
2. University students can have various kinds
of part-time jobs such as _____ flyers (传单),
working as private tutors or delivering
newspapers.
passing out
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3. The speech is scheduled at 3 o'clock this
afternoon. The students are ____the assembly
hall now.
filing into
4. They ____their children the virtue（美德） of
always telling the truth.
impressed upon
5. He is ____a child. He should be allowed to
make his own decision.
no longer
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Exercise 6
1.自从有了移动电话后，他再也没有给朋友写信了。
(no longer)
He has no longer written to his friends ever since
he got a mobile phone.
2. 尽管很忙，他每天至少花两小时上网(surf the
Internet)，了解这个领域的最新动态。(even though)
Even though he is very busy, he spends at least
two hours every day surfing the Internet in order
to know about the latest developments in this
field.
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3. 李教授在毕业典礼上作了一个简短的讲话，他的
话深深铭刻在我的记忆中。(impress upon)
Professor Li gave a short speech at the
commencement. His words were / What he said was
strongly impressed upon me.
4. 讲到期末考试，学生们一点儿都不紧张，他们满
脸都是自信。(confidence)
Talking of the final exams, the students were not
nervous at all. There was confidence on every one's
face.
5. 在30分钟内写出一篇约100个词的短文，对于他
们班大多数学生来说不过是小菜一碟。(snap)
To write a short passage of about 100 words in 30
minutes would be a snap to most students in their
class.
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Exercise 7 Read and simulate
1. …huddled, discussing…
2. With all this assurance of…
3. …smiles broadened as…
4. impress upon ..., even though… there
are still
5. …have obscured…, but not
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Assignment 1
Sept. 25, 2006
“Summarize” the passage
using the tips below.
1. have mastered quite a lot of information
2. have little experience in using the
information.
3. discover how much they still have to learn
4. make this clear to the students
5.graduation is sometimes called
“commencement”
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Reference Summary
When students finish college, they have
mastered quite a lot of information, but not as
much as they may think they have. Furthermore,
they
have
little
experience
in
using
the
information. When they move forward to their
careers, they will quickly discover how much they
still have to learn. College can only set the stage
for their future learning.
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Reference Summary
There is no way it can give them all the
information they need, because there is too much of
it and it is expanding too rapidly. A good teacher like
the one in the story should make this clear to the
students in a memorable way
that they can take with them
after graduation. This is why
graduation is sometimes called
“commencement”.
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II Read and explore
Passage B
Wish for the Freshman Year
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Contents
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Think About It
Preview Check
Text awareness
Detailed study
What to focus on
Language focus
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• Think About It
Now you have your freshman view
on college life.
What may be your senior view on
college life?
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• Preview Check
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1. When did the author write this passage
and what was he when he wrote this
passage?
He wrote it less than two weeks before
his graduation and he was a senior
student at college then.
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2. How was the author different from many
of his classmates?
Many of them couldn’t wait to graduate
while the author wanted to turn back the
time and cherish every day of his college
experience again.
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3. Which year of college had been the most
remarkable one of the author’s life? Why
did he say so?
His sophomore year of college had been the
most remarkable one because
a) it was in that year that he finally
convinced his mother that he was going
to be OK living on campus.
b) he made some lifelong friends that year
c) he came to know more about himself
through many triumphs and failures.
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4. What kind of feeling did the author
get every time he thought about the
fact that he was going to graduate?
He got a queasy feeling.
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5. How did he feel when he was asked
what he was going to do after college?
He felt like screaming at the top of his
lungs.
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6. Did the idea of a lifetime commitment
to a certain job after graduation
appeal to the author?
No, it didn’t. It seemed like torture to him.
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7. What did the author realize when walking
on campus in the middle of the night?
He realized that he missed his college days
so much. He realized his college days had
been wonderful and special.
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8. What is the main idea the author wanted
to convey to us in this passage?
He wanted to tell us that he valued his
college life and wished it would not have to
end.
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• Text awareness
Your comment on this passage
language & expression
organizational structure
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Writing style
narration in general
reflection in use
a case of flashback
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Six paragraphs in all
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Para 6
time；wish
a learning great experience；
remarkable sophomore year
soul-searching； unwilling；
safety net
in denial about graduating
not ready for long career commitment
realize；cherish
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• Detailed study
mixed use of tense
Wish for the Freshman Year
After four years, the time has come. [In less
than two weeks, I will have graduated.] I look back
now and I can't believe how fast it all went. 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. Now I'm a
senior, looking at freshmen with envy. [Every day I
wish I could freeze time and make the next two
weeks go more slowly.] I know a lot of people who
can't wait to graduate, but for me it's the opposite.
I want to turn back time instead and cherish every
day of my college experience once again.
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For me, college has been a great learning
experience, and most of the learning process has
taken place outside of the classroom. My sophomore
year of college was perhaps the most remarkable year
of my life. This was the year that I finally convinced
my mom that I was going to be OK living on campus,
and she finally let me go. This was the year that I
made some lifelong friends, [and through many
triumphs and failures I came to know more about
myself. ] My sophomore year involved experimenting
with new things, such as camping in mountains,
attempting to present some lousy poems to newspapers
and drawing cartoons of my teachers in class.
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As I walk down the familiar routes on campus,
[I find myself doing a lot of soul-searching and
reminiscing. ] I find myself wanting to start all over
again and recapture the fun and excitement of my
college days. I have been panicking at the idea of
graduating. I have been going to school for as long
as I can remember, and I feel like there is so much
more that I want to learn, but instead I have to
graduate. The world is enormous and the possibilities
are endless. For the past four years I have been
surrounded with a safety net. The student status
has been a somewhat comforting feeling, giving me an
escape from the realities of the world outside.
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With less than two weeks left of school, [I'm
getting a queasy feeling deep down every time I think
about the fact that I'm going to be graduating.] For
as long as I can remember, I have been a student. I
feel like I'm living in denial about graduating. Every
time I get asked about what I'm going to do after
college I feel like screaming at the top of my lungs. I
don't know what I want to do with the rest of my life.
It's too difficult to even contemplate the idea that
soon I will be waking up in the mornings and not have a
class to which I should be going.
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On a recent interview, I was asked, "Is this
the profession you want for the rest of your life?" I
was amused and almost laughed at the question, but
I gave an honest answer. I don't know what the
future holds. During the last four years I have
changed my mind so many times, the idea of a
lifetime commitment to a certain job seems like
torture.
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Walking on campus in the middle of the night
I realize how much I will miss my college days. Every
little thing seems so much more beautiful. And every
little thing makes me realize how wonderful and
special my college experience has been. I will cherish
these days forever as I reluctantly close the doors
on my college life.
Self-reflection
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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.
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Primary Education
Elementary School
ages 6 - 12
Pre-school
ages 2 – 6
kindergarten
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Secondary Education
High School ages 14 - 18
Junior High School
ages 12 - 14
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Post Secondary Education
Junior College
ages 18 - 20
4 Year College
ages 18 - 22
Graduate School
ages (MA) 22 - 24
Graduate School
ages (PH.D.) 22 - 26/8
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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.
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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.
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cherish:
to care for tenderly; love; to keep a
feeling deeply and firmly in mind
Examples:
• The old man cherished the girl as if she
were his daughter.
• The child has been away for more than
three years and his parents always
cherish the hope that he will come back
soon.
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commitment:
a responsibility or promise to follow
certain beliefs or a certain course of
action
Examples:
• Come and look round our shop without a
commitment to buy anything.
• I don’t want to get married because I
don’t want any commitments.
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contemplate:
to think (about) deeply and thoughtfully
Examples:
• The doctor contemplated the difficult
operation he had to perform.
• The possibility of war is too horrifying
to contemplate.
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envy:
1)
n. a feeling you have towards
someone that you wish you could have
the same thing or quality they have
Examples:
• He was filled with envy at her success.
• His new car was the envy of all his
friends.
2) v. to feel envy of (sb.) or at (sth.)
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involve:
to have as a part or result
Examples:
• Taking the job would involve living abroad.
• Listening to radio programs is a good
pastime because it involves the listener’s
imagination.
be involved in
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recapture:
to capture again; to get into one’s power
again; cause to be experienced again
Examples:
• The police
prisoner.
recaptured
the
escaped
• During the party with some young people,
the parents found themselves recapturing
the joys of their youth.
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remarkable:
worth mentioning; unusual
Examples:
• She is remarkable for her sweet temper.
• When we went swimming last summer,
we saw a most remarkable sunset at the
beach.
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reminisce:
to talk or think about past experiences,
esp. pleasant ones
Examples:
• The two friends were reminiscing about
their youth.
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at the idea of:
at the thought of
Examples:
• Having never lived away from her parents,
Jane began to panic at the idea of living on
campus on her own.
• Smiles broadened my mother’s face, she
just couldn’t help it at the idea of the
family reunion.
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feel like:
(informal) to have a wish for; want. It is
often followed by a noun or a gerund.
Examples:
• Do you feel like a cup of coffee?
• It is such a fine day. I feel like going out for a picnic.
c.f. “What is this in my pocket? It feels like a nut.”
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turn back:
to (cause to) return
Examples:
• We’d better turn back. It is getting
dark.
• So much for the new words.
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read the text.
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In
less than two weeks,
graduated. (Para 1)
I’ll
have
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.
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Examples:
By this time next week, you’ll have taken
your examination.
I hope it will have stopped raining before
we have to go.
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Every day I wish I could freeze time and make
the next two weeks go more slowly. (Para 1)
“wish” is followed by a subjunctive clause
here.
Examples:
I wish you had been to the cinema with us
last night. ( You didn’t.)
I wish it were cooler. (It is not cool. It is
hot.)
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... and through many triumphs and failures I
came to know more about myself. (Para 2)
I
had experienced many successes and
many failures. It was through these
successes and failures that I got to know
myself better.
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As I walk down the familiar routes on campus, I
found myself doing a lot of soul-searching
and reminiscing. (Para 3)
As I walk on the familiar campus road, I
find myself thinking about the passed days I
spent at the college.
soul-searching: a deep examination of one’s
mind and conscience.
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The world is enormous and the possibilities
are endless. (Para 3)
The world is so big and who knows what
will happen (after graduation).
parallel structure 平行句型结构的使用
in speeches
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The Torch has been Passed to a New
Generation of Americans
In the long history of the world , only a few
generations have been granted the role of
defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.
I do not shrink from this responsibility--- I welcome
it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange
places with any other people or any other
generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion
which we bring to this endeavor will light our
country and all who serve it---and glow from that
fire can truly light the world.
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And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what
your country can do for you; ask what you can do
for you country.
My fellow citizens of the world: Ask not what
Americans can do for you, but what together we
can do for the freedom of the man.
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Finally, whether you are citizens of America
or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same
high standards of strength and sacrifice which we
ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure
reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let
us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His
blessing and His help, but knowing that here on
earth God’s work must truly be our own.
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I am getting a queasy feeling deep down
every time I think about the fact that I’m
going to be graduating. (Para 4)
I feel quite uneasy at the idea that I will
graduate from college.
every time
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Noun phrases like every time / the moment
/ next time can also be used to introduce
adverbial clauses of time.
Examples:
Every time I catch a cold, I have a pain
in my back.
Stormy applause broke forth the moment
the pop star appeared on the stage.
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instead
1) In the place of something previously mentioned
2) In preference; as an alternative
• If you cannot go, let him go instead.
• He loved instead peace and freedom.
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somewhat
To some extent or degree
• I was somewhat surprised.
• He is somewhat of a musician.
Somehow
for some reason; in some way
• She somehow got lost.
• She somehow fired her sales manager.
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all over
1. Over the whole area or extent:
2. Everywhere:
3. In all respects:
• You can start all over.
• She searched all over for her missing key.
• Carefree and fun-loving, that's him all over.
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• What to focus on
1. reflection in narration
2. flashback in narration
3. future perfect tense / mixed use of tense
4. envy (n./v.)
5. wish + subjunctive mood
6. instead
7. cherish
8. remarkable
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9. involve
10. all over
11. recapture
12. at 短语
13. 平行句型的使用
14. somewhat
15. feel like
16. commit commitment
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Reference answers for Language Focus
Exercise 12
convince
envy
amuse involve failure panic
permanent remarkable surround reality
1. We were greatly___ to hear about his sitting on
the wet paint.
amused
2. His father was quite stubborn and it was almost
impossible to___ him of his mistakes.
convince
3. The part-time job ___working at night.
involves
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4. He moves from job to job, so he never has a
___address.
permanent
5. He is always ___at the sound of fire alarms.
panicking
6. The professor was highly respected for his___
achievements in civil engineering (土木工程).
remarkable
7. It was the old lady's eightieth birthday, and she
was sitting in a chair ___with her children and
grandchildren.
surrounded
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8. How I ___you! I wish I could write as beautifully
as you do.
envy
9. She had many___ before finding the right
method.
failures
10. He gives the impression of being generous, but in
___he is a very selfish man.
reality
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Exercise 13
1. At the commencement ceremony, he was awarded
(授予) a Bachelor's Degree (学士学位). On his way
back to the dormitory, he___ on his college days
with mixed feelings.
looked back
2. _____ the coming National Holiday, I can't
concentrate on (集中注意力) my study.
At the idea of
3. It is such a fine day that I ___ going swimming in
the river.
feel like
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4. He didn't know anything about the
Internet a month ago, but today, he has___
realize what an important role the Internet is
playing.
come to
5. At college, students can ___and declare
another major if they find out they don't like
the one they have declared before.
change their minds
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Exercise 14
1.我发觉自己对英语口语有着浓厚的兴趣。(find...
doing)
I've found myself having great interest in spoken
English.
2. 驱车行驶在高速公路上，我意识到近几年来，中
国的公路系统发生了巨大的变化。(realize;
enormous)
Driving on the expressway, I realized that
enormous changes had taken place in China's
highway system in recent years.
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3. 我简直不敢相信他这么快就学会了操作计算机。(can
hardly believe; work)
I can hardly believe that he has learned how to
operate a computer so quickly / in such a short time.
4. 三年的时光已经过去，这一刻终于来临了：不到两周我
就要回国了。 (in less than)
Three years has passed, and the final moment has
come. In less than two weeks, I will return home / go
back to my country.
5. 许多我认识的人都迫不及待地想要出国，而我却宁愿和
家人一起呆在国内。(can't wait)
I know a lot of people who can't wait to go abroad,
but I prefer to stay with my family in my own
country.
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III. General Writing
Forming Compound and Complex Sentences
A complete written sentence is one that
contains at least a subject (S) and a predicate-verb
(V) (谓语动词).
Examples: 1. Birds sing.
2. The little boy is playing on the play
ground.
If a sentence is made up of more than one set
of S-V, usually linked by a conjunction (连词), it
becomes a compound or a complex sentence.
Examples: 1. It was late, so we went home.
2. Tom wanted to watch TV, but his wife
decided to go to the movie.
3. He was pleased because his work was
completed.
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Exercise 17
1. Tom is a hardworking young man, but he
does not always make big progress.
2. Both John and Ted like football very much.
3. Neither my father nor my mother went to
university.
4. He was getting tired, so he stopped his
work.
5. Take this medicine, or you will not be
recovered.
.
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6. It was almost eight o'clock when I woke up in the
morning.
7. I woke up to find I was late, so I jumped out of
bed quickly and ran to the school.
8. After I rushed out of the bedroom, I took a look
at my watch and turned back.
9. I couldn't help laughing to myself because I had
mistaken seven for eight.
10. It was just seven o'clock. I couldn't believe it
and I took a look at my watch again
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Analyzing the following sentences
1.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which
we bring to this endeavor will light our
country and all who serve it---and glow from
that fire can truly light the world.
2. Aides to U.S. President George W. Bush say
he is on the verge of calling for a return to
the Moon as part of a dramatic new mission
for NASA.
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IV. Practical Writing
Registration Forms and Name Cards
Task
Design a business card for Mr. Dai.
(assignment)
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