Getting to know each other: Name toss game
Procedure:
1. Students stand in a big circle.
2. The first student takes the ball and says, My name is? as he/she throws it
to another.
3. The second student does the same, until most of the students have
participated.
4. A volunteer throws the ball around the entire circle, saying Your name is?
as throwing the ball to each student.
5. The procedure is repeated with several volunteers Desk name cards
? Write down your name.
? Paste your pictures next to your name. Biographical questionnaire
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Your name_____
Your homeland______
A hope or a plan you have for the future_______ Something about your family______ Something you are proud of_____ A hobby or special interest_______
The reason you are studying English_____
Anything else that you would like to say about your self______
Biographical questionnaire
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Your name_____
Your homeland______
A hope or a plan you have for the future_______ Something about your family______ Something you are proud of_____ A hobby or special interest_______
The reason you are studying English_____
Anything else that you would like to say about your self______
Unit 1 College
Part A
? Lead-in
Task 1 Study the pictures and discuss the questions below in small groups. Use the
words given below if necessary.
1. Who are the people in each picture? What’s their relationship? 2. Where are they? What are they doing?
3. Do you think they enjoy what they are doing now? Task 2
1. Listen and complete these dialogues.
2. Retell the expereience in these dialogues by beginning with “I”, “I” can be
both A or B.
Eg: (I am B.) This morning, a stranger came to ask me if the seat taken when I was in the classroom waiting for Professor Johnson to give us class. His name is Blair, a freshman. He told me that he was a little nervous about this course. Someone said this course was difficult for freshmen. I comforted him that Professor Johnson was quite a funny guy and really smart and he won’t be nervous in his class. Task 3
1. What did you do in the first week at college?
2. What differences are there between college life and high school life? ? Text A
1. Expressions to learn: students are requested to give 2 or 3 examples of
each word in Wechat as preview to the text.
1) summer camp back to reality imagine doing 2) in a blink explore campus get lost in
3) imaginable combination dining hall 4) dirt cheap fraction version 5) Naiive frightening ahead of 6) catch up on gossip confirm
7) be piled down with keep up with scare 8) informal expect sb. to do drop by 9) nuisance academic expectation 10) overwhelmed messy agenda
2. Scanning and skimming: why college is not summer camp? 3. Read the text again and answer the following questions.
1) What’s the problem with buying textbooks? 2) What made the writer feel frightened?
3) Why did the writer love the first day of high school so much?
4) Why does the writer think it’s almost impossible to join clubs or have a little social life at college?
5) What’s the writer really scared of?
4. Identify the key words or main ideas of the following paragraphs (page 6,
task 2)
5. Learn to write according to the table. Para.1 Para. 2 Summer camp; Back to reality; Imagine doing… in a blink A week of orientation; I had been doing…; Explore campus; Get lost in…; Try sth. dining halls From the moment…, I realized… …was its own problem. …was quite frightening. …was one of my favorites. I loved … and…; Here in a college class, I don’t know …, … and …. What is the syllabus? Be piled down with… not only…but… Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5
Para. 6 Para. 7 what really scares me is…. Expect sb. To do… From… to… to…, I am …
6. Discussion
1) What’s your purpose of going to college? ? ? ? ? ? 2)
For the parents For the country
To serve the people better in the future To get more knowledge To get a degree
What does going to college mean to you?
? ? ? ?
Having more fun Making more decisions Learning as much as possible A bright future
A lot more than just getting a good grade
3)
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15 things a college student should do
Learn by yourself or self-teaching Be a volunteer once
Take part in a club or society Cultivate a hobby Do a part-time job
Love someone deeply; maybe find your lover for life. Don’t forget call or write to your parents.
Try to make a business to check your financial quote Try to organize a big activity Read some good books Travel out
Know about the famous people Control your money
Make friends with students whose families are poorer than yours. Challenges yourself
Homework: task 3, task 4, task 5 in Page 7
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 6.
Part B ? Lead in
Task 1: Listen to the recording, and complete the following passage. Then find out the subject and the predicate in each sentence. And get familiar with the basic sentence patterns.
College is a small society itself. In college, you will meet lots of people. There will be clubs, teams, parties, volunteer activities, lectures, movies, etc. You will doubtlessly have more work than you have ever had, but you will also have more free time. Also, college experience changes your ideas for life. You get rid of your feeling of importance which you had at high school and realize that in the larger picture, it doesn’t matter if you wear branded clothes or have the hottest hairstyle College also helps you feel free to start conversations with people on many topics. It’s good for you to improve your communication skills. Of course, you may feel nervous and awkward at first. It’s quite understandable. But all that will change.
Apart from the enjoyment and movement, college also provides skills that you need for a wonderful career. You will have chances to learn and practice these skills. And you will get prepared for your dreamed jobs that lie ahead.
Task 2 Discuss the following questions with your partner about your first year plans in college.
1. How often will you go to parties with your friends? 2. Are you going to join any interest groups on campus? ? Text B Surviving Your Freshman Year 1. New expressions
get involved with be a part of
the most important key to sth. is…. Find a balance between … and … Barely Get by Set goals When it comes to…
Spend too much time in… Be benificial to sth Get in a habit
Set a schedule to sth. Dedicate time to do sth The sooner is the better. Work on sth. It is worth it. Require
A large amount of preparation and research Pat yourself on the back As for Get familiar with
As… as possible Become involved in Better sth. 2. Reading tasks in P12 and P13. 3. Sentence analysis:
1) It will be a pain at first, but trust me when you are finished it’s so worth it.
一开始会很痛苦，但请相信，完成作业的那会儿，你会觉得这样做很值。
2) It will be much easier on you in the end and you will definitely want to “pat
yourself on the back.” 这样到最后你会觉得轻松多了，而且你肯定会想奖励一下自己。
3) Get as familiar with the test material as possible so you can go in the test
confidence, you will do well. 还要尽量熟悉考试资料，这样你就可以信心满满地去参加考试了，而且你会考出好成绩的。
? Homework Unit 1of Workbook
Part C Phonetics Front Vowels Front Vowels
元音(vowel)是英语音素的一种，与辅音(consonant)相对。元音在发音过程中气流通过口腔而不受阻碍。元音分为单元音和双元音(front vowel)。单元音包括前元音、中元音和后元音；双元音包括合口双元音与集中双元音。前元音包括[i:]、[i]、[e]和[?] ，发音时舌的最高部位移向口腔前部并稍微拱起。
Part C Grammar 名词单复数 名词的复数
一、一般名词的规则变化 情况 一般情况 以s, x, ch, sh收尾 的词 以“辅音字母+y” 收尾的词 以f 或 fe结尾的词 用法 加-s 加-es 例词 boy-boys book-books boss-bosses box-boxes torch-torches brush- brushes family-families city-cities 改 “y” 为 “i” 再加 -es 多数变f 或fe为 v knife-knives shelf-shelves thief-thieves leaf-leaves 再加-es 有一些直接加-s roof-roofs cliff-cliffs belief-beliefs proof-proofs 二、名词复数使用中常见错误
A box of table tennis balls are on a+表示群体单位的名词（basket, body, box, chain, flock, the table. list, stack, set等）+of+复数名词作主语，谓语动词用单(are 应改为is) 数。 Bryant, with his two classmates, 主语和动词之间有插入语时，不能根据插入语的单复are in the car. (are 应改为is) 数，而应该根据真正主语的单复数来决定动词的形式。 There are a mouse, two cats and 在there be 结构中，当充当主语的是一组名词时，be 动three bones in the picture. 词应该与第一个名词保持数的一致，即就近原则。符合(are应改为is) 本原则的还包括由关联连词连接的两个名词作主语时的情况，如“either?or, neither?nor, as?as, not so?as” None of the students are from 在none, neither 和either +of +复数名词的结构中，动词China.（are应改为is） 应该是单数形式。 Her clothes expensive. (is应改为are) is certainly 有些由两部分构成的工具或器械的名称，疾病的名称等本身就是复数形式，它们在充当主语时，动词应该用复数。有些名词形式上是复数，但是通常只是当作单数看待，如：politics, physics, economics, news The woman servants are all high 由woman, man 后面加上名词构成复合名词在变成复school graduates. 数的时候需要将两个复合成分都变成复数；一般复合名 词构成复数时只需要将主体名词变成复数就可以，如：(woman servants应改为 son (s)-in-law passer (s)-by editor (s)-in-chief; 没有women servants) 主体名词的复合名词构成复数时直接在最后一个词后面加复数词尾，如：go-between (s) draw-back (s) Fifty kilometers seem like a long 数词+表示时间、重量、长度、价值等单位的复数名词walk to me. (seem应改为 作主语时，如果作整体看待，谓语动词用单数形式. seems) This pair of gloves are wearing this/a pair of +复数名词（表示成对的东西）作主语时，out. 谓语用单数。The pair+ of +复数名词时，谓语用复数。 (are应改为is) A quarter of a dollar are 25 cent. half, the rest, proportion, quarter 等+of+单数名词作主语（are应改为is） 时，谓语用单数，+of+复数名词时，谓语用复数。
Part C Functions and Notions
Greetings and Introductions
The following are some common expressions for making greetings and introductions. Hello!
How are you!
How are you doing? How is everything? How do you do? Fine, thanks. Nice to meet you. Hi!
What’s up?
I’d like you to meet… How’s it going? Glad to see you. Pretty good, thanks. Not bad, thanks.
Task 2 Make a conversation according to the following situation, using expressions for greeting and introduction. Sample:
You: Excuse me. Are you Tom Smith? Visiting student: Yes. And you are…?
You: I’m Wu Lin, one of your classmates. I saw you in Professor Chen’s class yesterday. Nice to meet you. Visiting student: Glad to see you.
You: This is my friend Zhang Bing. We are from the same city. Visiting student: Hello, nice to meet you. Zhang Bing: Nice to meet you.
You: You’re from America, right?
Visiting student: Yes, I am. I just arrived a week ago. But I’m going to study here for one term.
You: That’s great. I hope you’ll enjoy your stay here. Visiting student: I’m sure I will.
Part C Writing
Suggested Answer
Notice
Please be informed that Dormitory Safety Training Session will be conducted from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. this Friday afternoon in Conference Room 512. Monitors of all classes are required to come.
Handouts will be available after the session.
Students’ Union October 13
Part C Workshop
Step 1: Go to the home page of the university whose online address you know. If you don’t know any, try this one: http://www.ox.ac.uk/ .
Step 2: Since course introduction is a must on the website of a university, you can’t miss it. Search until you find detailed introductions to the courses you are interested in.
Step 3: Download the information, on the basis of which you need to complete the following form. Focus on one course if you think it is too much work.
Review:
Task 1
Verbs: imagine blink confirm scare overwhelm Adjectives: imaginnable na?ve academic Campus facilities: library dorm classroom gym
Courses: English maths P.E. army training military theory Sports: basketball tennis football badminton jogging aerobics Kicking shuttllecocks swimming Task 2 making sentences 1. confirm:
Further scans are required to confirm the diagnosis of an abnormality. 需要进一步扫描来确诊是否出现异常病变。
The spokesman confirmed that the area was now in rebel hands.. 这位发言人证实该地区现已落入叛乱分子手中。 Can you confirm this? 这个你能确定吗？ 2. imaginable
Parents encourage every activity imaginable. 父母鼓励孩子参与一切可能的活动。 We had the greatest difficulty imaginable. 我们遇到了可以想象到的最大困难. This is the only solution imaginable. 这是唯一想得出的解决办法. 3.overwhelm
No difficulty can overwhelm us. 困难压不倒我们.
After my lecture,the students began to overwhelm me with questions. 讲课之后, 学生们开始问一系列问题,使我不知所措. 4. drop by
Daddy called and asked me to drop by his office. 爸爸打来电话让我去他办公室一趟。 She and Danny will drop by later. 她和丹尼一会儿要来坐坐。
I'll drop by on my way home if I have time. 有空的话回家途中我会顺便来看你. 5. get lost in
We always get lost in London. 我们在伦敦老是迷路。
Aaah, it's all so big you get lost in it. 哎, 问题太大了,把人都搞糊涂了.