Unit 1 Half a day第1页Naguib Mahfouz纳吉布纳吉布马福兹马福兹 第2页nRealismnBalzac:La Comdie Humaine 人间喜剧；Eugnie Grandet 欧也妮葛朗台nDickens：The adventure of Oliver Twist雾都孤儿;A tale of two cities 双城记第3页Discussion1.Do you remember your first day of going to primary school?Describe your feeling at that time.2.What about the first day of ing to this university?第4页Para1-71.What was the boys feeling of going to school?How do you know?2.What did his father told him about school?第5页nMy mother stood at the window watching our progress,and I turned towards her from time to time,hoping she would help.(para2)nWhat does“progress”mean here?Slow and difficult movement towards the school.第6页We walked along a street lined with gardens(para3)a street where there are gardens along both sideslined with:past participle phrase used here to modify“a street”.It can be regarded as a relative clause cut short,eg.a novel(that was)written by Charles Dickenspersonal puters(that are)made in China第7页Its a place that makes useful men out of boys.(para4)make(out)of sb/sth:to make sb/sth be eHardship helps make a man out of a boy.请补充句子：University is a place that makesout of第8页 I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge,high-walled building.(para5)I didnt think it was useful to take me away from home and put me into that building with high walls.第9页There is no good to be had in doing sth(para5).It is no good/use doing sth.Its no good crying over spilt milk.覆水难收;事已如此，懊悔也没有用了。
第10页para5to tear oneself/sb away from:to make sb leave a place or a person unwillingly because one has toCant you tear yourself away from the TV for dinner？第11页Main idea of Para1-7nThe narrators unwillingness to go to schoolUnwillingness:clutch(cling to),be thrown into,tear away from home,throw into第12页Whats the main idea of Para8-16?第13页nit seemed that my misgivings had had no basis.(para13)nperhaps my doubt,worry and fear about what school would be like were all groundless.第14页Our path,however,was not totally sweet and unclouded.(para15)School wasnt just fun and pleasure.第15页It was not all a matter of playing and fooling around.(para15)all:pletelya matter of sth.:a situation that involves sth.to fool around:to waste time instead of doing sth.that you should be doing 第16页What we did at school wasnt just playing and wasting time doing nothing useful.nLearning is a matter of seeing much,suffering much and studying much.第17页para15nGive rise to:to cause or produce sthnPoor living conditions give rise to many diseases.第18页Even more frequently she would resort to physical punishment.(para15)She used physical punishment more than she scolded us.resort to:make use of;turn to sth as a solution.Try not to resort to violence.第19页para16Nothing lay ahead of us but exertion,struggle,and perseverance.Nothing but:only 可以分开，也可以连用，接动词或名词。
If you read the report,you can do nothing but agree.A single person doing nothing but drink and smoke looks suspicious.She nodded,because for shame she could do nothing but nod.They gave me nothing but troubleI have nothing but admiration for her.For a time we could see nothing but high endless desert.That man has brought her nothing but misery.第20页para16nThose who were able took advantage of the opportunities for success and happiness that presented themselves.nto present itself/themselves:(formal)to appear,happennIf there came opportunities,capable students would seize them to achieve success and happiness.第21页Para8-16Retell the boys experiences at school and what he realized.第22页Para17-20What did the narrator find after school?第23页para17nin vain1.无效果，无用Your efforts will not be in vain.2.白费地，徒劳地I tried to help him,but in vain.Mark waited for them all day in vain.第24页para18spin:turn around quicklyspin,spun,spun第25页Text Appreciationn Structure of the textPart 1(para.1-)about:Part 2(para.)about:Part 3(para.)about:7The boys unwillingness to go to school8-16The boys experience at school.17-20The changes the boy found after school第26页Whats the theme of this text?第27页。