Unit 1 Fresh Start
1-2 Text A: Toward a bright future for all
Pre-reading activities 1 BDCAE
Pre-reading activities 2 参考.
1. In fact all the pieces of advice mentioned in the interview are very useful. But if I have to choose one as the most useful, I'd choose \school, we spent almost all our time studying. There lacked a balance between social life and academic life in high school. It's important to keep a balance between life and work because it will give us a sound mind in a sound body. Now we have much more free time, so we can join student organizations or go to different activities,
2. Before I left for college my parents did have a talk with me. They told me how important college experience would be in my life. They told me about the opportunities that college education would open up to me. They told
me to try to develop more interests and join some student clubs. The most impressive advice they gave me was that I should not only read books about my major; instead, they advised me to read as widely as possible. All these are very valuable pieces of advice.
Reading comprehension 参考:
1. The parents reminded their children to work hard and achieve the best they could.
2. The president calls on the students to make the most of the great resources on campus: to explore new subjects, to meet
fascinating people, and to pursue new passions. 3. By saying \students should try many different courses and try something new to see what it is like.
4. If we don't challenge ourselves, we will not become broadly educated people, and we may not find the passion that will help us shape our future.
5. We can learn from the example of Vera Wang that we should challenge ourselves, and by challenging ourselves,
we are more likely to find an interest we don't know we have, and this interest may help us build a prosperous future. 6. We should not worry, and we should learn to face this new part of our life with enthusiasm. College experiences, pleasant or unpleasant, will provide us with valuable lessons and will enrich our life.
7. The expression \time for you to acquire knowledge and to pass it on. 8. The president's welcoming speech is really impressive. He mentions many important things about college life, all the resources available on campus, as well as the opportunities we have and the responsibilities that we should take. The speech is very useful for freshman students.
1-3 Text A: Language focus Words in use 1 1. confidence 2. explore 3. emerged 4. assume 5. pose
6. comprehensive