新标准大学英语第一册1单元A篇教案

Unit 1 Starting Out

Active Reading (1) Diary of a fresher

Ⅰ. Warm-up Activities:

Describe your university with the help of the following words (You can choose

some of them in your description .)

modern

traditional

friendly

serious

dynamic（有活力的）

lively

impressive（令人印象深刻的）

quiet

busy

spiritual

academic

gym（健身房；体育馆）

stadium（体育场；露天大型运动场）

dormitory

library

laboratory

lecture hall（演讲厅；大教室）

dining hall

swimming pool

Students’ Union

clubs

(In foreign universities, there could even

be: bar, medical centre, seminar room会议室, bookshop, supermarket, arts

centre, Internet cafe可上网的咖啡室)

Ⅱ. Further Discussion:

Work in pairs. Look at the list of education objectives and number them in order

of importance to you.

☐ finding a girlfriend / boyfriend

☐ studying hard and learning a lot

☐ meeting people and making friends

☐ getting a good job when you graduate

☐ having fun

☐ growing up and becoming independent

☐ going to parties

☐ doing lots of sport

☐ reading widely

☐ learning new skills and having new experiences

Ⅲ. How to write a diary in English

1. Format:

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a. Write down the date, the day and the weather on the first line. The date and

the day are on the left, while the weather is on the right.

b. Write the body part. Write this part on the second line.

2. Person:

Write the diary in the first person.

3. Tense:

a. Past tense;

b. Present tense;

c. Future tense.

4. Order:

Write the diary in chronological order.

5. Style:

Casual and informal: express a personal viewpoint with reactions,

reflections and feelings.

Ⅳ. Background Information & Culture Notes:

1. A hall of residence (AmE dormitory): is a place where students live, often a

large building, or a series of buildings with accommodation and some social

facilities.

2. A coffee morning: refers to an informational gathering with coffee, where

people with a common interest meet for an hour or so and get to know each

other better.

3. A gap year: is a year usually between finishing school and starting university or

college when you travel or work.

4. A fresher’s fair: is an event when all the university clubs and societies try to

attract new members.

5. Ballroom dancing: is a type of dancing done by a man and a woman together,

often in a room where formal balls, or dances, take place. Ballroom dances

include:

Waltz

Tango

Foxtrot

Rumba

Swing

Cha cha

华尔兹

探戈

狐步舞

伦巴

摇摆舞

恰恰

6. Artificial intelligence (人工智能): is the ability of a machine to perform those

activities that are normally thought to require intelligence.

Artificial intelligence Society: is a club for members who share the same

interest in artificial intelligence.

7. Bell ringing: is a musical activity which involves a group of six to ten people.

Each person has two bells, one in each hand and take turns to ring them. Each

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bell has a different musical mote, so the whole group can make musical

melodies and harmonies.

8. Extreme sports: (also known as "lifestyle sports" or "action sport") are a

general term for sports featuring speed, height, danger or spectacular stunts. The

sports have rooted in 1960s and have been growing since the late 1980s.

bungee jumping rock climbing bull fighting free diving

9. Choir is an organized company of singers, especially one performing church

music or singing in a church.

Mozart Choir is a club for singers to perform Mozart’s music.

Ⅴ. Words & Expressions:

1. gap: n.

① a period of time between two events间隔，间断

a gap in the conversation 谈话的间隙

他们阔别20年后又见面了。They met again after a gap of 20 years.

Adjectives which can go before Gap in this meaning include:

awkward long short time I was wondering how to fill the awkward gap in the conversation.

② space between things空隙，缺口

 a gap in a hedge/fence/wall 树篱、篱笆、墙壁的豁口

 leave a gap between your car and the next. 在车与车之间留条道。

Adjectives which can go before Gap in this meaning include:

big huge large / small wide / narrow awkward

Verbs which can go before Gap in this meaning include:

fill seal③ difference差距

The gap between the rich and the poor 贫富之间的差距

 The gap between theory and practice 理论与实践之间的脱节

 贫富之间差距的加大导致了本地区犯罪率的增加。

 The widening gap between the rich and the poor resulted in the increasing rate of crime in this

neighborhood.

Adjectives which can go before Gap in this meaning include:

big huge large wide growing widening narrow unbridgeable

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Verbs which can go before Gap in this meaning include:

bridge close

Nouns which can go before Gap in this meaning include:

age generation trade gender culture/cultural knowledge

 学习外语能帮助我弥合我所说的语言和所处的文化与其他人的语言和文化之间的鸿沟。

 Learning a foreign language can help me to bridge the gap between my

language and culture and others’.

2. impress: v.

to make you admire or respect someone 给...留下印象

 impress sth. on/upon sb./one’s mind 把…印在脑子里

 impress sb. : feel admiration and respect for sth. 给某人留下…印象

注意：两个结构中的介词不同，宾语不同

 他的话使我深深铭记心头。His words are strongly impressed on my

memory.

 经理让办公室职员认识到细节的重要性。The manager impressed on his

office staff the importance of details.

 姑娘又活泼又富幽默感，给她的老板留下很好的印象。 The girl

impressed her boss with her liveliness and sense of humor.

impression: n. deep lasting effect on the mind or feeling of sb. 印象；感觉

 make (give, leave, create) an impression on sb. 给某人留下…的印象

 be under the impression that…: have the idea that认为，以为

impressive: a. having a strong effect on 给人印象深刻的

 impressive building, speech, performance 令人难忘的

 His collection of paintings is most impressive. 令人叹为观止

3. swear:

v. to make a sincere statement that you are telling the truth发誓，保证

 He swore his story was true. ( 从句）

 He swore not to be late.（不定式）

 He swore eternal love to her. （名词）

 swear-word 骂人的话

 The drunken fellow started swearing at the policeman.

4. assure:

vt. tell definitely, positively or confidently; convince 保证

 He assured me of his readiness to help.

 I can assure you of my full support for your plan.

 He assured me that the police were doing all they could.

life assurance 人寿保险（against death）

Compare: ensure, insure, assure

ensure: vt.: guarantee, make sth. certain to happen

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 This medicine will ensure you a good night’s sleep.

 I can’t ensure that he will be here on time.

 Come early to ensure getting a good seat.

insure: v.: to protect against loss

 My house is insured against fire. 房子保了火险。

5. barely:

adv. only just 刚刚，仅仅，勉强能够

 His handwriting is barely legible.(you can only just read it.)

 He could barely read and write. 他勉强能读写。

 We barely had time to catch the train.我们差点儿没赶上火车。

 She was barely sixteen. (i.e. only just sixteen, no older)

 Although I am a member of the club, I barely go there.

 Although I am a member of the club, I rarely go there

6. ignorant:

a. unaware; knowing little or nothing; lacking education or information

 be ignorant

 He is so ignorant that he cannot write his own name.

 She was quite ignorant of his presence.

ignorance: n. lack of information or knowledge无知，愚昧

 We are in complete ignorance of your plan.

 我们对你的计划一无所知。

 If he did wrong it was only through/from ignorance.

 要是他错了，那也是出于无知。

 I regret my ignorance on the subject.

ignore: vt. take no notice of; deliberately refuse to greet or acknowledge sb不理，不顾，忽视

 He completely ignored all these facts as though they never existed.

 It would be a mistake to ignore their advice.

 I said hello to her, but she ignored me completely!

7. intelligent:

a. clever 聪明的

 He is an intelligent person.

 The child made a very intelligent comment.

 They are a laborious and intelligent people.

intelligence: n. 聪明，智力

 He’s obviously a man of very high intelligence.

 That book is an insult to one’s intelligence.

 The intelligence department of a government collects and studies

information that will help its army and navy. （CIA of the U.S.:

The Central

Intelligence Agency中情局）

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intellectual: a. concerning the ability to reason 有知识的，智力的

n. a person who is well-informed and intelligent 知识分子

 an intellectual family 知识分子家庭

 intellectual property are to be protected. 版权受到保护 (piracy/ pirate 盗版)

 Chess is a highly intellectual game. 高智力游戏

 Teaching is a more intellectual occupation than sweating. 教书是一种脑力工作而不是体力劳动。

 Universities are centers of intellectual activities. 智力活动的中心

 Most of the family members are intellectuals.

8. residence: n.

a person’s home; staying in some place住所，住宅；居住，居住资格

 10 Downing Street is the British Prime Minister's official residence.唐宁街10号是英国首相的官邸。

 Foreign visitors are only allowed one month's residence.外国访客只准逗留一个月。

related words:

 reside: vi. live居住，定居；(in)（权利、权力等）归于或属于

 resident: n. person who lives or has a home in not a visitor 居民

 residential: a. They live in a good residential district. 住宅

[residential area 居民小区]

1. sign up: write your name on the list

 I’ve signed up to take a course at the local college.

 We will not have the picnic unless more people sigh up.



John wants to sign up for the contest.

2. as/so long as: only if; since只要

 As long as you are happy, it doesn’t matter what you do.

 We’ll go as long as the weather is good.



As long as there is a demand for these drugs, the financial incentive for drug

dealers will be there. 只要对这些毒品有需求，也就存在着对贩毒者的经济诱因。

3. burst into tears: 突然哭了/放声大哭

 burst into: enter hurriedly; start suddenly 匆匆进入；突然爆发

 She burst into tears on hearing the bad news.

 听到这个坏消息，她放声大哭

 The children burst into the room laughing and talking.

 孩子们有说有笑地冲进屋子。

related expressions

 burst into laughter: burst out laughing 突然笑了；

 burst into cheers 突然欢呼起来

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Ⅵ. Language in use:

climb out

barely big enough for

round shoulders

coffee morning

be determined to be pleasant

moves his head from side to side

spill into

join a long queue

self-service meal

get dressed

rush over to

looks half asleep

gap year

Freshers’ Fair

join a club

sign up for

Artificial Intelligence Society

Extreme Sports Club

Amateur Dramatics

Mozart choir

burst into tears

ID card

break a rule

run out of …

钻了出来

刚刚够

肩膀厚实

早茶会

打定主意逗人开心

晃动脑袋

撒到···里

排进了长队

自助餐

穿好衣服

急匆匆地赶到···

睡眼惺忪

空挡年

新生集会

加入俱乐部

报名参加

人工智能协会

极限运动俱乐部

业余剧社

莫扎特合唱团

一下子就哭了

能验明身份的证件

违反规定

没有 ···了

Ⅶ. Figure of Speech: The Usage of Exaggeration:

Para. 6: As he speaks, he moves his head from side to side, which makes his coffee

spill into the saucer.

Is this the real reason the coffee spills into the saucer?

Para. 13: The boy in front puts it all on his plate, pays for it, and goes to sit down.

Is this a usual amount of food to eat at one meal?

Para. 19: She impress me, and I feel so ignorant that I shouldn't even breathe the

same air as her.

What does the writer think of Sophie?

Para. 24: If I do, I will be sent to prison.

Will she be sent to prison if she breaks the library rules?

Ⅷ. Assignment:

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Write a diary of yours which records your one-week college life.

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