新編大學(xué)英語綜合教程1-unit4

In-ClassReadingFreshStart新的開端當(dāng)我父母開車離去，留下我可憐巴巴地站在停車場上時，我開始尋思我在校園里該做什么。我決定我最想做的就是平安無事地回到宿舍。我感到似乎校園里的每個人都在看著我。我打定主意：豎起耳朵，閉上嘴巴，但愿別人不知道我是新生。第二天早上我找到了上第一堂課的教室，大步走了進(jìn)去。然而，進(jìn)了教室，我又碰到了一個難題。坐哪兒呢？猶豫再三，我挑了第一排邊上的一個座位?！皻g迎你們來聽生物101課，”教授開始上課。天哪，我還以為這里是文學(xué)課呢！我的脖子后面直冒冷汗，摸出課程表核對了一下教室——我走對了教室，卻走錯了教學(xué)樓。怎么辦？上課途中就站起來走出去？教授會不會生氣？大家肯定會盯著我看。算了吧。我還是穩(wěn)坐在座位上，盡量使自己看起來和生物專業(yè)的學(xué)生一樣認(rèn)真。下了課我覺得有點(diǎn)餓，便趕忙去自助食堂。我往托盤里放了些三明治就朝座位走去，就在這時，我無意中踩到了一大灘番茄醬。手中的托盤傾斜了，我失去了平衡。就在我屁股著地的剎那間，我看見自己整個人生在眼前一閃而過，然后終止在大學(xué)上課的第一天。摔倒后的幾秒鐘里，我想要是沒有人看見我剛才的窘相該有多好啊。但是，食堂里所有的學(xué)生都站了起來，鼓掌歡呼，我知道他們不僅看見了剛才的情景，而且下決心要我永遠(yuǎn)都不會忘掉這一幕。接下來的三天里，我獨(dú)自品嘗羞辱，用以果腹的也只是些從宿舍外的售貨機(jī)上買來的垃圾食品。到了第四天，我感到自己極需補(bǔ)充一些真正意義上的食物。也許三天時間已經(jīng)足以讓校園里的人把我忘在腦后了。于是我去了食堂。我好不容易排隊取了食物，踮腳走到一張桌子前坐下。突然我聽到一陣熟悉的“嘩啦”跌倒聲。抬頭看見一個可憐的家伙遭遇了和我一樣的命運(yùn)。當(dāng)人們開始像對待我那樣鼓掌歡呼的時候，我對他滿懷同情。他站起身，咧嘴大笑，雙手緊握高舉在頭頂上，做出勝利的姿勢。我料想他會像我一樣溜出食堂，可他卻轉(zhuǎn)身重新盛一盤食物。就在那一刻，我意識到我把自己看得太重了。我是否摔了個托盤，坐在教室的哪個位置，甚至是否走錯了教室，有誰會在乎呢？沒有人在乎。這不像在中學(xué)。在大學(xué)里，這些都無關(guān)緊要。我完全可以按自己的意愿行事。一旦意識到我不必考慮別人的期望，只要自己滿意就行，我感到釋然。我開始把大學(xué)看作一個美妙的實(shí)驗(yàn)。我稍稍改變了自己的穿著，開始欣賞爵士樂，還認(rèn)定自己喜歡光著腳走路。在接下來的大學(xué)生活里，我不再試圖做出什么姿態(tài)，而是順其自然。大學(xué)，在我看來，也許是唯一一個犯錯誤可以得到完全諒解的階段（包括踩到番茄醬，摔了托盤）。于是，我利用這個機(jī)會來體驗(yàn)我認(rèn)為自己可能會犯的所有過失。大學(xué)畢業(yè)已經(jīng)三年了，我仍然時有過失。其中的一些過失我甚至還是得到了原諒。After-ClassReadingCollege-aNewBeginning大學(xué)——一個新的開端“今天上午早些時候，我與一位同事通電話。他告訴我，今天我不用到辦公室來，因?yàn)檎切律雽W(xué)的時候，校園里一切都亂套了。他說得沒錯。真的是一團(tuán)糟。校園里有數(shù)百輛車，載著汗流浹背的新生、他們的家人、還有許多行李。父母們?yōu)槭裁磿r候停車、在哪里停車、是否要停車爭執(zhí)不停。校警竭盡全力指揮交通，但是他們知道，今天不得不允許人們違反一些規(guī)則了。這是一年中最忙亂的日子，這一點(diǎn)毫無疑問。這也是我最喜歡的日子。”這是夏洛特?J.帕特森在迎新致辭中的開場白。作為弗吉尼亞大學(xué)的一位心理學(xué)教授，帕特森對新生了如指掌：她了解他們的希望、夢想和顧慮。在開學(xué)的這一天成為大學(xué)一年級學(xué)生意味著什么？帕特森教授認(rèn)為它意味著一個嶄新的開端。她接著說：“它使我想起了積雪消融的早春時節(jié)。你無論踩到哪里都會濺起水花。但即便是又冷又濕，我也無法使自己怨恨那些日子，因?yàn)樗鼈冋咽局禾斓膩砼R。新生的到來讓學(xué)校變得一團(tuán)糟，但我同樣無法討厭這件事。新生來到鎮(zhèn)上，就像綠色的新苗從四處冒出來，尋找陽光。當(dāng)他們從宿舍的窗戶里探出頭來時，就好像古老的大樹上綻出的新芽。也許有人會擔(dān)心陽光是否充足，土壤是否肥沃，霜凍是否降臨，但是對于幼苗和大學(xué)新生來說，能夠存活，能夠跨進(jìn)大學(xué)的校門，就足夠了?！笆堑?，今天是新生活的開始。昨天你們還是媽媽的孩子，住在家里；今天，你們已經(jīng)是大學(xué)的新生，開始獨(dú)立生活了?！律?我喜歡這個稱呼。這個稱呼本身讓人想到一個問題。我們在讀這個詞時，應(yīng)該把重音放在‘新'上呢，還是放在‘生'上？怎么讀都可以。無論你把成年看作是人生的一段旅程還是新起點(diǎn)的到來，今天無疑是你們?nèi)松缆飞系囊淮蟛健Ｐ律臍g喜和新生的憂愁都掛在我周圍每一張年輕的臉上?！按髮W(xué)是令人激動的時期，也許還是你一生中最開心的時光，但同時也是進(jìn)行許多重大調(diào)整和經(jīng)歷一些挫敗的時期。如今，大多數(shù)研究領(lǐng)域的競爭都已經(jīng)非常激烈了。你們必須努力學(xué)習(xí)，做好充分準(zhǔn)備，才能進(jìn)入這些領(lǐng)域。信息爆炸對想要吸收所有信息的人提出了更高的要求。因此，對大學(xué)生活來說，越來越需要有一個安排更合理的開端?，F(xiàn)在，學(xué)校里針對新生的課程越來越受歡迎。作為新生，你們應(yīng)該選修一些這樣的課程，它們能幫助你們?yōu)閷韺W(xué)習(xí)難度更大的課程做準(zhǔn)備。你們應(yīng)該確保自己能夠提高讀、寫、說等各方面的能力，不要懼怕那些迫使你思考的課程。思考可以令人興奮并且大有裨益。同時，花一些時間享受生活——放松一下，注意飲食，笑口常開。讓大學(xué)生活如你所愿，成為美妙而有價值的經(jīng)歷。祝大家好運(yùn)！”內(nèi)閱讀練習(xí)答案PartOnePreparationTalkingAboutHighSchoolClassmatesSample?Amongthe54studentsinmyhighschoolclass,I'mtheonlyoneenrolledinanationalkeyuniversity.Thereare14otherswhowereacceptedbyprovincialuniversitiesorcolleges.Theirmajorsvarygreatly,coveringmostoftheengineeringfields.Ofthe14formerclassmates,4arenowstudyinginShanghai,2inShandong,3inBeijingandtherestinotherpartsofthecountry.Thoughinitiallydissatisfiedwiththeiruniversitiesorcolleges,theyarequitehappywiththeirmajors.?IgraduatedfromHighSchool,akeyhighschoolinProvince.Amongthe50studentsinmyclass,48areenrolledinuniversities,mostlynationalkeyuniversities.ThreewenttoPekingUniversityandtwotoTsinghuaUniversity.ThethreewhostudyatPekingUniversityaremajoringinlaw,philosophyandphysicsrespectivelyandthetwoatTsinghuaaremajoringincomputerscienceandinformationscience.Inthisuniversityalonetherearefiveofus,eachwithadifferentmajor.Anotherthreeofmyformerclassmatesareenrolledinnormaluniversities,oneinBeijingNormalUniversity,oneinSouthChinaNormalUniversityandoneinEastChinaNormalUniversity.AFreshman'sSchoolLifeSTEPONESTEPTWOSampleI'mafreshmanatZhejiangUniversitywithamajorineconomics.Ihavebeenoncampusforabouttwomonths.I'mlivinginadormandhavethreeniceroommates.Ienjoyreadingtowidenmyhorizons,soIspendalotoftimeintheuniversitylibrary.SofarIhavebeenenjoyingmynewlifeexceptthatsometimesIworryaboutthecomingmid-termandfinalexams.Ourprofessorsstressinclassthatstudents'toppriorityhereistoacquireasmuchknowledgeaspossible.Weshouldattendclassesregularlyandtakegoodnotes.Weshouldhandinourassignmentsontime;andtheresultsofquizzeswillaccountforpartofourfinalgrades.Usuallyweareverybusyduringtheweek.Butonweekendswecanspendsometimeonourhobbies.ThesparetimethingIliketodomostistosurftheInternet.Somestudentsmakeuseoftheirsparetimetodosomepart-timejobs,forexample,servingasatutor.Theysaytheyhavetoearnatleastpartoftheirtuition.IthinkI'dprefertoworkhardtowinascholarshiptosupportmyself.AdditionalactivityAFreshman'sAlphabetForthisactivity,theteachercanaskstudentstoworkinpairstocompleteaFreshman'sAlphabetbyfillingintheblankswithsuitablewords.AisfortheASSIGNMENTSthattheteachersgiveus.BisfortheBthatIenjoyreading.CisfortheCAMPUSwhere.DisfortheDthatIsharewithmyroommates.EisfortheEthatgivemeheadaches.FisfortheFRIENDSwhomGisfortheGthatIlearnintheEnglishclass.HisfortheHmine,suchasplayingtennis.IisfortheINFORMATIONthatJisfortheJKisfortheKthatIwanttogetafterIgraduatefromcollege.thatweareacquiringinschool.LisfortheLwherewecanborrowbooks.MisfortheMofmine—business.NisfortheNthatItakeinclass.OisfortheOKIsaytomymotheroverthephone.PisforthePwhogiveuslectures.QisfortheQUIZZESthatRisfortheRthatwewriteafterwehavedoneresearch.SisfortheSthatIhopetowin.TisfortheTUITIONthat.UisfortheUthatgiveusthechanceforhighereducation.VisfortheVthatI'mlookingforwardto,WisfortheWenIcanrelaxmyself.XisfortheX'MASCARDSthatIwillreceivefrommyfriendsinDecember.YisforYAHOOthatweliketovisitontheInternet.ZisfortheZEAL（熱情，渴望）Ihaveforknowledge.Key:AisfortheASSIGNMENTSthattheteachersgiveus.BisfortheBOOKSthatIenjoyreading.CisfortheCAMPUSwheremoststudentslive.DisfortheDORMthatIsharewithmyroommates.EisfortheEXAMSthatgivemeheadaches.FisfortheFRIENDSwhomI'mgladtostaywith.GisfortheGRAMMARthatIlearnintheEnglishclass.HisfortheHOBBIESofmine,suchasplayingtennis.isfortheINFORMATIONthatIgetfromtheInternet.JisfortheJOBthatIwanttogetafterIgraduatefromcollege.KisfortheKNOWLEDGEthatweareacquiringinschool.LisfortheLIBRARYwherewecanborrowbooks.MisfortheMAJORofmine—business.NisfortheNOTESthatItakeinclass.OisfortheOKthatIsaytomymotheroverthephone.PisforthePROFESSORSwhogiveuslectures.QisfortheQUIZZESthatteachersgiveusnowandthen.RisfortheREPORTSthatwewriteafterwehavedoneresearch.SisfortheSCHOLARSHIPSthatIhopetowin.TisfortheTUITIONthatmyparentspayformyeducation.UisfortheUNIVERSITIESthatgiveusthechanceforhighereducation.VisfortheVACATIONSthatI'mlookingforwardto.WisfortheWEEKENDSwhenIcanrelaxmyself.XisfortheX'MASCARDSthatIwillreceivefrommyfriendsinDecember.YisforYAHOOthatweliketovisitontheInternet.ZisfortheZEAL（熱情，渴望）Ihaveforknowledge.ExpectationsofCollegeLifeSample?Forme,Items1,2,4,5areveryimportantbecauseIwanttotakeadvantageofmycollegeyearstolearnsomethingreallyuseful.WhenIwasinhighschool,mygoalwastoenteraprestigiousuniversity,somostofthetimeIstudiedhardjustforthesakeofgettinghighmarks.Nowthingsaredifferent,andIammoreconcernedaboutmyfuturecareer.Thus,Iplantodevotemytimetowhateverwillpreparemeformyfuturejobandlife.TheonlyitemthatisnotimportanttomeisItem10becauseit'stooearlyformetoconsiderarecommendationletter.Therestoftheitemsaresomewhatimportanttome.IhopeIcandevelopagoodrelationshipwithmyteachersandclassmates.?IthinkthemostimportantgoalIwanttoachieveincollegeistodevelopmyinterpersonalskills.Asweknow,undergraduatestudiesshouldbefocusedonqualityeducation.Gainingknowledgeissomethingverynaturaltoundergraduatestudentsifweattendclassesregularlyandpayenoughattentiontolectures.Infact,learningisalife-longactivity.Ihaveawiderangeofinterests.I'malsoagoodproblemsolver.SoItems6to9areveryimportanttomewhileItems1to5arelessimportant.AsI'mplanningtopursuefurtherstudiesabroadaftergraduation,Item10issomewhatimportanttome.PartTwoReading-CenteredActivitiesIn-ClassReadingPost-ReadingReadingComprehensionReadingComprehension1dormitory/dormroom2watching3freshman4wrong5biology6literature7cafeteria8stepped9dropped10ashamed/embarrassed11forgotten12fate13serious14matter15experiment16forgiven1No,thatwasjustthewaythewriterfelt,becauseshewasself-consciousandshy.2Sheprobablywantedtobeoutoftheprofessor'sview.Mostbiologymajorsareserious.4AHere“it”refersto“myentirelife”.BItwasamiserableday.5Here“it”referstothemiserableandembarrassingmoment.Becauseshewasafraidthatotherstudentsmightrecognizeherandmakefunofher.Droppingthefoodtrayandfallingtotheground.Becausehetookitasnothingserious.Whetheryoudropatray,whereyousit,orwhetheryoushowupinthewronglecture,etc.Sample?OntheafternoonofthedayIcametocollege,Isawmyparentsoffandwentbacktothecampus.Ifoundmydormandwalkedin.SettlingintomybedasIwastired,IreachedforthecuponthedeskwhenIsensedsomethingstrange.Twopersonsintheroomwerestaringatme,puzzled.IcanstillrememberIwasabitshockedatthatmoment.Whowerethey?Ijumpedoutofbed,puzzled,too.Whyweretheystaringatmelikethat?ButinafewsecondsIrealizedwhathadhappened:Ihadcometotherightroombutthewrongbuilding.Iflushedandapologizedinaclumsyway.Thetwoguysseemedtobeamused.TheytoldmethattheywerealsofreshmenandthatIwaswelcometotheirdormanytimeIliked.Isaidthanksandthenfled.?IthappenedaboutaweekafterIcametocollege.JustasIgotoutofthelibrarybuilding,IfoundthatIhadtakensomeoneelse'sbag.Howfoolish!Ihurriedbacktothelibrary,onlytofindthattheguywasalreadyinthelibrarians'officewithanangrylook.Themomenthesawhisbaghesmiledwithrelief.Iapologizedformymistakeandwaitedforhissharpwords.Tomysurprise,hepattedmeonthebackandsaidinafriendlyway,“Don'tworry,Ihavemadethesamemistake,too.”?ImadeaseriousmistakeonmyfirstEnglishtest.Iforgottoputmynameonmypaper.Myteacherdidn'tblamemebuttoldmetoavoidrepeatingthesamemistake.ItwasagoodlessonformeandIlearnedtobeverycarefulwhenitcametodetails.Vocabulary11rearing2tips3settled4major5lot,lot6rear7settle8major9settled10tipping21seriously2crashed3schedule4slip5clasps/clasped66groped7accidentally8grinned9opportunity10hesitationTranslation1Theindividualswhohavecontributedarefartoomany/numeroustomention.2Thenoisewokeusupinthemiddleofthenight.3Heshouldn'thavebeenangryatwhatIsaid.Itwasnothingmorethanajoke.Weinvitedallourfriendstothepicnic,butitrainedandonlyfiveofthemshowedup.Marriageisviewedasaseriousmatter.6Tomydisappointment,themoviedidn'tliveuptomyexpectations.PartThreeFurtherDevelopmentGrammarReviewSectionAlaughing/tolaughbe/shouldbehadn'thelpedgolikeaseithercanweVocabularyReview1.living2.findoutawaitingbrokeupclappedintendsresourcefunds3CollegevsHighSchoolSampleDifferencesbetweencollegelifeandlifeinhighschool:Atcollegeweliveoncampusinsteadofathome,thatis,wehavetotakecareofourselves:Wewashourclothesbyourselves,weeatatthedininghall,wegetupandgotobedwithoutourparentsbustlingaround,andwelearntobudgetourmoneycarefully.?Collegeteachersarequitedifferentfromthoseinhighschool.Theywon'tdriveyoutostudy.Theygivelectures,theyanswerquestions,andtheydisappear,leavingyouamassofassignmentstodo.Veryoftenyou'llbeaskedtocoverhalfofabookinjustoneweek.Butgenerallythey'remuchmoreknowledgeable,humorousandtolerantthanhighschoolteachers.?Studentsincollegecomefromalloverthecountry.Youcanevenseesomeforeignstudentsoncampus.Weshareourknowledgeabouttheplaceswearefrom:differentdialects,differentcustomsanddifferenteatinghabits.Wemakefriendswitheachotherandspendalotoftimetogether;thuswecanbroadenourhorizonsanddiscoveranevenricherworld.?Highschoolworkwaseasy,sowealwaysknewtheanswersandgothighscores.Butincollegethetextsaremoredifficulttounderstand,thequantityofrequiredreadingisgreater,andnobodycananswerallthequestions.Itseemshighschoolstudentsareswimminginapoolwhilecollegestudentsareadriftinasea.?Goodstudyskillsareamustincollege.We'reentitledtomuchmorefreetimebutweshouldlearntouseitinareasonableway.Incollegemostclassesmeetonlyonceortwiceaweek.Wehavetoworkhardtokeepupwiththecoursework.Wehavetolearntotakenotesfromtextsandlecturesbecausecollegeteachers,unlikehighschoolteachers,seldomprovidenotesforus.Andweshouldalsotakeanactivepartindiscussionsinclass.?Weprobablyhavefewertestsincollege,usuallywithmid-termandfinalexamsonly.?Thecollegeoftenhelpswithourneedsforassistance—studentloans,scholarships,specialstudentaidfunds,etc.Therearealsowork-studyprogramsthatareavailabletosatisfystudents'differentneedsforfinancialaid.?Collegestudentscantakesomepart-timejobs.Inthiswaytheycanearnsomemoneytosupportthemselves.Atthesametime,theygetsomeusefulexperienceandlearntogetalongwithdifferentkindsofpeople.?Wearefreetoorganizeextracurricularactivitiesincollege.Forexample,inoursparetimewemayholdaparty,asportsmeet,anEnglishspeechcontest,orwemaygotothemoviesonweekendsorgoforapicniconaspringday.Inshort,collegelifeisveryexcitingandinmostcasesyou'rethedecision-makers.FightingAgainstFreshmanLonelinessSampleWaystofightagainstlonelinessoncampus:?makemorefriends;?keepyourselfbusy;?haveagoodsleep;?surftheInternet;?haveatouraroundthecitywhereyouruniversityislocated;?gotoamovie;?playsports;?phoneyourfamilyorfriends;?writeletterstofriendsorsendtheme-mails;?readanovelorlistentomusic;?talktosomeoneyouknow;?visitsomerelativesoracquaintanceswhoareinthesamecity;?strollaroundthesupermarketordepartmentstoreevenifyouaren'tgoingtobuyanything;?befriendlywithyourclassmates/roommatesandspendsomeout-of-schooltimewiththem;?consultyourcounselor;?attendanassociation/cluborbeamemberoftheStudentUnion.PartFourWritingandTranslation2.TranslationPractice“我要告訴任何一個想回到學(xué)校的人，事情不像你想的那么難，”卡倫?喬納特斯說。去年，她47歲，取得