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Unit 1 Education
Objectives
1.
Read what Bill
Gates says about education;
2.
Build up your
vocabulary relating to campus life;
3.
Learn
something from an ancient Greek educator;
4.
Study
different types of nouns;
5.
Write an introduction of yourself.
Focuses
1.
Build up your vocabulary relating to
campus life;
2.
Write an introduction of yourself.
Outline
1.
Warm-up
Discussion;
study
of
words
and
expressions
in
Text
A;
Vocabulary
Check
(B and C)
2.
Discussion of Text A and the follow-up
exercises (A and B)
3.
Active Words and Vocabulary Check;
Grammar Tips
4.
Discussion of Text B and the follow-up
exercises
5.
Comprehensive Exercises (Ask the
students to do the translation exercises
outside of the class beforehand)
6.
Practical
Writing
Procedures:
Classroom Activities
I.
Warm-up discussion
Question:
Do
you
know
anything
about
Bill
Gates
such
as
his
life
and
his
educational
background?
Hint
1)
birthday and birthplace: October 28,
1995; Seattle, Washington
2)
educational background: Harvard
University (education not completed)
3)
career:
chairmen
and
chief
software
architect
of
Microsoft,
the
word’s
largest
and most profitable software company.
4)
main events in
his life:
a.
beginning programming computers at age
13;
b.
developing
a
version
of
the
programming
language
BASIC
for
the
first
microcomputer in Harvard;
c.
founding
Microsoft Corporation in 1975 at the age of 19
II. Vocabulary in Text A
1. education
n.
教育
e.g. Children
in poor areas receive free education.
educate
v.
教育；教导
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educated
adj.
受教育的
e.g. a well-
educated man
educator
n.
教育家，教育者
2. count
v.
派用场，点数
e.g. 1)
Every seconds counts.
2) What
counts more is whether you have tried your best.
3) to count from 1 to 100
4) Count these apples.
3. advantage
n.
有利条件，好处；优点，优势
e.g. This product has many advantages.
advantageous
adj.
有利的，有益的，便利的
e.g. It is highly advantageous to us.
Phrase: take advantage of
很好的使用；利用
e.g.
take advantage of all educational opportunities
Antonym: disadvantage
n.
不利；不利条件
e.g. His bad health is a great
disadvantage to him when he looks for work.
4. lifetime
n.
一生，终生
e.g. 1) a
lifetime guarantee
2)lifetime
membership
3) In my
father’s lifetime there have been many changes in
the village.
5. part-time
adj.& adv.
兼职的（地）
e.g. 1)a
part-time job
2)He works part-
time.
full-time
adj.
全职的
e.g. a
full-time housewife
6. programmer
n.
程序师，编程员
program
v.
编制程序
e.g.
Please program the computer to do the job instead
of doing it
manually(
手
工操作
).
7. discourage
vt
.
不鼓励；使泄气，使失去信心
e.g. His parents discouraged him from joining the
air force.
discouraged
adj.
泄气的，失去信心的
discouraging
adj.
使人泄气的，使人失去信心的
e.g. 1) If you meet difficulty in your
study, don’t be discouraged.
2) It is discouraging
that I didn’t know
how to solve the
problem.
Antonym: encourage
vt.
鼓励
e.g. I encouraged her to work hard
and to try to pass the examinations.
courage
n.
勇敢，勇气
e.g. David showed great courage when
he saved the child from the burning house.
8. diploma
n.
文凭，毕业证书
e.g. a
college diploma
diplomatic
adj.
外交的，从事外交的
e.g. Julia joined the diplomatic
service after her graduation from university.
9. project
n.
项目，课题
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e.g. 1) an impossible project
2) The professor is directing a
research project.
Synonym: plan
10. highly
adv.
高度地；非常
e.g. 1)
a highly interesting story
2) a
highly paid job
Phrase: speak/ think
highly of
赞扬，对…给予很高评价
e.g. The leader speaks / thinks
highly of our work.
11. focus
v.
（使）集中；
（使）聚焦
e.g. 1) to focus (one’s
mind) in work
2) All
eyes focused on the speaker.
focus
n.
（兴趣活动等的）中心，焦点
e.g.
Because
of
his
strange
clothes,
he
immediately
became
the
focus
of
attention
when he entered
the office.
12. range
n.
范围
e.g. You
have a wide range of choices.
range
vi.
在某范围内变化
e.g. The
temperature ranges from 10 to 20 degrees.
13. attend
v.
参加，出席
e.g.
attend school
attend a lecture
attendance
n.
出席，到场
14.
automatically
adv.
自动地
e.g. the
machine operates automatically.
automatic
adj.
自动的
e.g. We
have an automatic washing machine.
15.
drop out of
退学，不参与，退出
e.g.
1)
He
dropped
out
of
school
at
the
age
of
10
because
his
family
was
too
poor
to afford the tuition.
2) She decided to drop out of the
competition because it was not fire.
16. chance of a lifetime
千载难逢的良机，一生中唯一的机会
e.g. It’s the chance of a lifetime. You
will regret it the rest of your life
if
you don’t take it.
17. try
out
试验，考验
e.g.
She bought a cookbook and tried out a few new
recipes.
18. in short
简而言之，总之
e.g.
In short, you should study hard for a better
future.
Synonym: in brief/ to sum
up/ all in all/ in conclusion
III. Language Points in Text
A
1.
They want to know what to study, or
whether it’s Ok to drop out of college
since that’s what I did.
what to study:
This is a wh-
word + infinitive structure used as the object,
which
can be changed into an object
clause. Wh-word + infinitive structure can be used
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