Unit 4
Fresh Start
In-Class Reading Fresh Start
新的开端
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当我父母开车离去，留下我可怜巴巴地站在停车场上时，我开始寻思我在
校园里该做什么。我决定我最想做的就是平安无事地回到宿舍。我感到似乎校园里的每个人都在看着我。我打定主意：竖起耳朵， 闭上嘴巴，但愿别人不知道我是新生。
2 第二天早上我找到了上第一堂课的教室，大步走了进去。然而，进了教室，我又碰到了一个难题。 坐哪儿呢？犹豫再三，我挑了第一排边上的一个座位。 3 “欢迎你们来听生物101 课，”教授开始上课。天哪，我还以为这里是文学课呢！我的脖子后面直冒冷汗，摸出课程表核对了一下教室——我走对了教室，却走错了教学楼。
4 怎么办？上课途中就站起来走出去？教授会不会生气？大家肯定会盯着我看。算了吧。我还是稳坐在座位上，尽量使自己看起来和生物专业的学生一样认真。
5 下了课我觉得有点饿，便赶忙去自助食堂。我往托盘里放了些三明治就朝座位走去，就在这时，我无意中踩到了一大滩番茄酱。手中的托盘倾斜了，我失去了平衡。就在我屁股着地的刹那间，我看见自己整个人生在眼前一闪而过，然后终止在大学上课的第一天。
6 摔倒后的几秒钟里，我想要是没有人看见我刚才的窘相该有多好啊。但是，食堂里所有的学生都站了起来，鼓掌欢呼，我知道他们不仅看见了刚才的情景，而且下决心要我永远都不会忘掉这一幕。
7 接下来的三天里，我独自品尝羞辱，用以果腹的也只是些从宿舍外的售货机上买来的垃圾食品。到了第四天，我感到自己极需补充一些真正意义上的食物。也许三天时间已经足以让校园里的人把我忘在脑后了。于是我去了食堂。
8 我好不容易排队取了食物，踮脚走到一张桌子前坐下。突然我听到一阵熟悉的“哗啦”跌倒声。抬头看见一个可怜的家伙遭遇了和我一样的命运。当人们开始像对待我那样鼓掌欢呼的时候，我对他满怀同情。他站起身，咧嘴大笑，双手紧握高举在头顶上，做出胜利的姿势。我料想他会像我一样溜出食堂，可他却转身重新盛一盘食物。就在那一刻，我意识到我把自己看得太重了。
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9 我是否摔了个托盘，坐在教室的哪个位置，甚至是否走错了教室，有谁会在乎呢？没有人在乎。这不像在中学。在大学里，这些都无关紧要。我完全可以按自己的意愿行事。
10 一旦意识到我不必考虑别人的期望，只要自己满意就行，我感到释然。我开始把大学看作一个美妙的实验。我稍稍改变了自己的穿着，开始欣赏爵士乐，还认定自己喜欢光着脚走路。
11 在接下来的大学生活里，我不再试图做出什么姿态，而是顺其自然。大学，在我看来，也许是唯一一个犯错误可以得到完全谅解的阶段（包括踩到番茄酱，摔了托盘）。于是，我利用这个机会来体验我认为自己可能会犯的所有过失。
12 大学毕业已经三年了，我仍然时有过失。其中的一些过失我甚至还是得到了
原谅。
After-Class Reading College-a New Beginning
大学—— 一个新的开端
1 “今天上午早些时候，我与一位同事通电话。他告诉我，今天我不用到办公室来，因为正是新生入学的时候，校园里一切都乱套了。他说得没错。真的是一团糟。校园里有数百辆车，载着汗流浃背的新生、 他们的家人、还有许多行李。父母们为什么时候停车、在哪里停车、是否要停车争执不停。校警竭尽全力指挥交通，但是他们知道，今天不得不允许人们违反一些规则了。这是一年中最忙乱的日子，这一点毫无疑问。这也是我最喜欢的日子。” 2
这是夏洛特·J. 帕特森在迎新致辞中的开场白。作为弗吉尼亚大学的一位
心理学教授，帕特森对新生了如指掌：她了解他们的希望、梦想和顾虑。在开学的这一天成为大学一年级学生意味着什么？帕特森教授认为它意味着一个崭新的开端。她接着说：
3 “它使我想起了积雪消融的早春时节。你无论踩到哪里都会溅起水花。但即便是又冷又湿，我也无法使自己怨恨那些日子，因为它们昭示着春天的来临。新生的到来让学校变得一团糟，但我同样无法讨厌这件事。新生来到镇上，就像绿色的新苗从四处冒出来，寻找阳光。当他们从宿舍的窗户里探出头来时，就 好像古老的大树上绽出的新芽。也许有人会担心阳光是否充足，土壤是否肥沃，霜冻是否降临，但是对于幼苗和大学新生来说，能够存活，能够跨进大学
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的校门，就足够了。
4 “是的，今天是新生活的开始。昨天你们还是妈妈的孩子，住在家里；今天，你们已经是大学的新生，开始独立生活了。‘新生！’我喜欢这个称呼。这个称呼本身让人想到一个问题。我们在读这个词时，应该把重音放在‘新’上呢，还是放在‘生’上？怎么读都可以。无论你把成年看作是人生的一段旅程还是新 起点的到来，今天无疑是你们人生道路上的一大步。新生的欢喜和新生的忧愁都挂在我周围每一张年轻的 脸上。
5 “大学是令人激动的时期，也许还是你一生中最开心的时光，但同时也是进行许多重大调整和经历一些挫败的时期。如今，大多数研究领域的竞争都已经非常激烈了。你们必须努力学习，做好充分准备，才能进入这些领域。信息爆炸对想要吸收所有信息的人提出了更高的要求。因此，对大学生活来说，越来越需要有一个安排更合理的开端。现在，学校里针对新生的课程越来越受欢迎。作为新生，你们应该选修一些这样的课程，它们能帮助你们为将来学习难度更大的课程做准备。你们应该确保自己能够提高读、写、说等各方面的能力，不要惧怕那些迫使你思考的课程。思考可以令人兴奋并且大有裨益。同时，花一些时 间享受生活——放松一下，注意饮食，笑口常开。让大学生活如你所愿，成为美妙而有价值的经历。祝大家好运！”
课内阅读练习答案
Part One Preparation
1 Talking About High School Classmates
Sample
? Among the 54 students in my high school class, I’m the only one enrolled in a national key university. There are 14 others who were accepted by provincial universities or colleges. Their majors vary greatly, covering most of the engineering fields. Of the 14 former classmates, 4 are now studying in Shanghai, 2 in Shandong, 3 in Beijing and the rest in other parts of the country. Though initially dissatisfied with their universities or colleges, they are quite happy with their majors.
? I graduated from ________ High School, a key high school in ________ Province. Among the 50 students in my class, 48 are enrolled in universities, mostly national key
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universities. Three went to Peking University and two to Tsinghua University. The three who study at Peking University are majoring in law, philosophy and physics respectively and the two at Tsinghua are majoring in computer science and information science. In this university alone there are five of us, each with a different major. Another three of my former classmates are enrolled in normal universities, one in Beijing Normal University, one in South China Normal University and one in East China Normal University.
2 A Freshman’s School Life
STEP ONE
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STEP TWO
Sample
I’m a freshman at Zhejiang University with a major in economics. I have been on campus for
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about two months. I’m living in a dorm and have three nice roommates. I enjoy reading to widen my horizons, so I spend a lot of time in the university library. So far I have been enjoying my new life except that sometimes I worry about the coming mid-term and final exams. Our professors stress in class that students’ top priority here is to acquire as much knowledge as possible. We should attend classes regularly and take good notes. We should hand in our assignments on time; and the results of quizzes will account for part of our final grades. Usually we are very busy during the week. But on weekends we can spend some time on our hobbies. The spare time thing I like to do most is to surf the Internet. Some students make use of their spare time to do some part-time jobs, for example, serving as a tutor. They say they have to earn at least part of their tuition. I think I’d prefer to work hard to win a scholarship to support myself.
Additional activity
A Freshman’s Alphabet
For this activity, the teacher can ask students to work in pairs to complete a Freshman’s
Alphabet by filling in the blanks with suitable words.
A is for the ASSIGNMENTS that the teachers give us.
B is for the B that I enjoy reading.
C is for the CAMPUS where _________________________. D is for the D E is for the E
that I share with my roommates.
that give me headaches.
F is for the FRIENDS whom _________________________. G is for the G H is for the H
that I learn in the English class. of mine, such as playing tennis.
I is for the INFORMATION that _________________________. J is for the J
that I want to get after I graduate from college.
K is for the K
that we are acquiring in school.
L is for the L
where we can borrow books.
M is for the M of mine—business.
N is for the N
that I take in class.
O is for the OK I say to my mother over the phone. P is for the P
who give us lectures.
Q is for the QUIZZES that _________________________. R is for the R
that we write after we have done research.
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Book1 unit4 课文翻译及课后练习答案
