Unit One College LifeІ. ListenDirections: Listen to the following passage and try to fill the missing words in the blanks.Script: 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. Key to Exercise: 1. explore 2. experience 3. various 4. develop 5. scholars 6. layП. TalkDirections: Answer the following questions and work with your partner.Questions:•1. What are your best and worst subjects? Why?•2. What courses will help you most?Tips: interesting, boring, funny…ListenListenListen andandand TalkTalkTalkPassage A So Much to LearnІ. Culture Notes1. Types of Examination Question in the US and UKThe two main types of examination questions are multiple choice and essay. Other types include blank-filling and matching. Different teachers use different types, e.g., a typical exam might consist of 50 multiple choice questions for one point each and two essay questions for 25 points each.2. Essay-Type QuestionsThese 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.П. Words and Expressions1. assurance: n. a firm statement that sth is certainly true or will certainly happen; promise; confident belief in one’s own ability and powers 担保，保证，确信辨析：assurance, insurancesure----assure: v. 保证，确信，担保----assurance: n. 保证，确信sure----insure: v. 投保，保险----insurance: n. 保险1) give sb an assurance that …= assure sb that …向某人保证…E.g. The manager gave her his assurance that her complaint would be investigated.2) with assurance=with confidence 充满信心的E.g. “She’ll like that,” said Dick with assurance.ReadReadRead andandand ExploreExploreExplore2. broaden: v. to make or become broader 加宽， （使）变宽，是扩大adj.+en----v. 使……（widen, fasten, sharpen, lighten, deepen, heighten, strengthen…）E.g. For college students to do a part-time job will broaden their outlook.The road broadens after this bend.3. confidence：n. a calm unworried feeling or manner based on a strong belief in one’s abilities; self-assurance 信心；把握；自信辨析：belief, faith, trust, confidence 都含有“相信”的意思。
Belief 指“承认某事是真的，尽管有或没有确凿的证据”；faith 指“认为有确凿的证据或道理而完全相信”；trust 指“信赖、信任”含有坚定的信念的意思；confidence 指“在有证据的基础上相信”，也常指“自信、有把握”1) with confidence 满怀信心地 E.g. He answered the question with confidence.2) in confidence 私下地，秘密地E.g. I’m telling you this in confidence, so don’t breathe a word of it.E.g. Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.（Emerson）自信是踏上成功之路的第一步爱默生)4. confident: adj. feeling or showing confidence 确信的；自信的；有信心的 confidence in: We have confidence in our futureconfident of: We are confident of our future.搭配：a confident smile 信赖的微笑；a confident bearing 自信的举止；a confident attack 大胆的攻击；be confident in/of (doing) sth.对……充满信心。
5. shift: v. to change position or direction; to move from one place to another 改变（位置或方向） ；变换；转移；移动shift …to/onto 把…推卸给，转嫁给…E.g. Don’t try to shift the responsibility onto: you must do the job yourself.•辨析：shift, convert, alter, transform•shift 指位置或方向的移动、改变•convert 指一种形式或用途改变为另一种形式或用途，convert crude oil into gasoline•alter 改衣服使之合身，态度，性格的改变 •transform 指外貌、性格或性质的彻底改变 Transformers 变形金刚6. survey: v. to look at, examine or consider ( a person, place or condition ) as a whole 纵览，审视，全面观察辨析：1) inspect : look into 检查，视察，inspect a school 视察学校2）survey:在…上看，俯瞰， 指全局性的检查或全面调查3）investigate :指具体调查研究某事，investigate the robbery 调查抢劫案E.g. The man surveyed the region to prepare a new map.7. fill into: to march or walk in a single line in the specified direction 鱼贯而入，排成纵队前E.g. The soldiers filed into the parade ground and passed the general. c.f. file out of: 鱼贯而出E.g. When the audience filed out of the stadium after the concert was over, they found it had started to snow. 8. impress upon (on): to make the importance of (sth.) clear to somebody.铭刻；使铭记E.g. The professor impressed upon his students the importance of learning how to learn at college.His songs are strongly impressed on my memory.9. pass out: to give out; to distribute 分发E.g. He is standing in front of the supermarket, passing out flyers （广告传单）to customers.Please pass out these sheets to the students in the lecture hall.10. talk of: talk about 谈论E.g. We were just talking of the matter before you came in.He talked of going abroad at his birthday party.11.huddle: to cause to crowd together, in a group or in a pile 使挤作一团，聚成一堆E.g. We all huddled around the radio to hear the news.我们聚在收音机旁听新闻12. due: expected; supposed to13. approach: v. 走近，接近；n.道路；学习（研究方法）E.g。