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1、 Unit 1 COLLEGE LIFE英语系Background InformationnWhen students leave for college at age 17 or 18, many of them have never been away from home and their families. The transition to greater freedom and responsibility may be difficult for them, with no one to wake them up for breakfast or do their laundry
2、, and fewer classes to attend but larger amounts of homework. Some students do not adjust successfully. Background InformationnCollege can be an exciting and rewarding experience, but it can also be very stressful. Making their own decisions can be very difficult for young people accustomed to paren
3、tal supervision. When students make bad decisions, such as drinking too much beer or procrastinating in their studies, they are not always mature enough to admit or correct their mistakes. Background InformationnBut having the freedom to make these mistakes, and the obligation to face their conseque
4、nces, is part of the learning process. When older people look back on their student years, they usually view this as a happy period of life, even if it did not always feel that way at the time.Translation to the Textn大学是一个完全包容的世界吗？n在永远不会听到的毕业典礼演说中，雅各布.诺伊斯那认为 大学经历使得我们认为：“失败不会留下任何记录”，成绩是很容 易取得的。在诺伊斯那看
5、来，大学并不是一个现实生活的很好的 预备学校，因为它培养我们面临的是一个“根本就不存在的世界” 。n毫无疑问，诺伊斯那在形成这么激烈的论点之前，就该对大学生 活的实际情况做更进一步的审视。他完全无视学生们为了学业成 功而经受的一切压力与艰辛。大学生活根本就不是他所描绘的那 样。Translation to the Textn大学难道真的像诺伊斯那所说的那样没有让我们为现实生活做准 备吗？我们所经历的一切难道不是有助于我们了解现实世界吗？ 这些问题都是我在思考诺伊斯那所说的话时想到的。我认为他完 全错了。n n对我们大部分人来说，大学时代正是我们开始独立，学会自己做 重要决定，并对这些决定负责的
6、时代。在大学里，我们必须学会 筹划时间（还包括筹划用钱！），学会容忍（否则我们是无法在 一个拥挤的三人间中生活的）。我们与来自世界各地的人相识， 开阔了我们的视野，使我们彼此加深了解。如果这些对现实世界 是没用的，那我可不知道什么才是有用的。Translation to the Textn诺伊斯那认为在大学里，我们所接受的教育使得我们认为“失败 不会留下任何记录”，因为我们犯了错误可以不受惩罚，并对此 信以为真。我要告诉他的是：要是你考试不及格，你就不能再考 ，或者即使老师明知你一辈子都会恨他，他也不会抹去你的成绩 。要是你中途放弃了某一门课，下学期你就得多修课。要是你有 几门课的成绩很低，就
7、几乎不可能进入一个好的研究生院。要是 你好几门课的平均积分不够高，那你就得不到学位。期中考试， 期末考试来临时，没有人能够逃避不考。n学习紧张时，本来刻苦学习的人就会更加努力学习，因为大学并 不像诺伊斯那所认为的那样，会给失误提供“不费劲的”解决办法 。大学不是一个完全包容的世界，当超过了期限或者没有按规定 的时间完成工作时，老师们也绝不会装作不在乎。Translation to the Textn对于我来说，生活在一个拥挤的三人间 里，期末考试前只有一天时间看书，一 大堆的阅读任务，论文，还有期中考试 都集中在一个星期里进行，这绝不是我 以为的“充满了安逸，自由，包容，方便 ，舒适，有趣，轻
8、松等乐趣的地方”。Key to ExercisesnPart One Listening-Centered ActivitiesnI.n1. A) lead B) lid C) led D) landn2. A) books B) boss C) bought D) bootsn3. A) keep B) kid C) kept D) catn4. A) pull B) poor C) Paul D) pooln5. A) task B) taste C) test D) toothKey to ExercisesnPart One Listening-Centered Activitiesn
9、I.n6. A) short B) show C) shirt D) shoutn7. A) try B) dry C) tree D) dreamn8. A) this B) these C) the D) thosen9. A) same B) shame C) tame D) chainn10. A) sip B) ship C) sheep D) chipKey to ExercisesnII.nIn Britain all children go to school at the age of five. They begin their education in a primary
10、 school. At the age of 11 they move on to a comprehensive school. But in some areas, children go to a middle school at ten, and then to a comprehensive school at the age of thirteen. Children in a few areas take an exam called eleven-plus at the age of eleven. Those who pass the exam go to a grammar
11、 school; those who fail to a secondary modern school.Key to ExcisesenPart Two Reading-Centered Activities nI. n1. The points the writer is going to argue against (Para.1)n1) Students have been made to believe that “failure leaves no record”.n2) College is not a preparatory school for life.n2. The wr
12、iters comments on Neusners points ( Para. 2) n1) He knows little about students college life.n2) He ignores the pressures and hard times students experience at college.Key to Exercisesn3. What is the point that the writer argues against Neusners? (Para.3)nThe point is that college is not preparing s
13、tudents for real life.n4. The writer argues against the so-called students belief that failure leaves no record. What are her counter-examples? List out two examples: n1) If you fail a test or a course, the teacher wont erase the grade.n2) If you drop a class, youll have to take more courses next se
14、mester.n5. Whats the writers conclusion?nCollege is not “ easy, free, forgiving, attentive, comfortable, interesting, unchallenging fun” to me.Key to ExercisesnII.n1. gone throughn2. intolerantn3. by no meansn4. rudenessn5. preparatory n6. get away withn7. horrified n8. on my ownn9. forgiving 10. be rid of11. sufficiently12. for the sake of Key to ExercisesnPart Three Grammar-Centered Activitiesn1. B 2. B 3. D 4. D 5. B n n6. C 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. B n n11. D 12. B 13. A 14. A 15. Bn Key to ExercisesnPart Four Writing-Centered ActivitiesnI
