Unit 1 College Life

I.Teaching Objectives:

After finishing this unit, students will be able to:

● get familiar with college life: what they can learn; what activities they can participate in, etc.

● learn to use the key words and expressions in this unit ● learn how to form compound and complex sentences ● learn to adopt the reading skill :reading with purpose ● learn to fill in registration forms and design name cards

II.Teaching Keys and Difficulties:

1. Key words and expressions related to the Listen and Talk golden time in one’s life explore the unknown make a life-long friend develop one’s personal interests outstanding scholar keep a good balance lay a solid foundation open doors to one’s dreams 2.Key words and expressions related to Passage A

move into gorgeous historic diversity sample involve remarkable responsible highlight

in terms of think to oneself share with be filled with be proud of be blown away It’s a relief to ...

3. Key words and expressions related to Passage B

look back turn back cherish come to involve at the idea of feel like commitment

4. Form compound and complex sentences

III.Teaching Method: Task-based method

IV.Suggested teaching procedures and class activities

Session 1 (3 periods)

Introduction of college life (1 period)

1.Your course: compulsory/required course and optional/elective course Compulsory/Required course, studying for a degree or diploma; Optiona/Elective course, not studying for a degree or diploma. 2. Your name: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior 3. College students’ psychological changing (in my opinion) Freshman: Don’t know you don’t know yourself. Sophomore: Don’t know you know yourself. Junior: Know you don’t know yourself. Senior: Know you know yourself.

4. Education: Junior college student; Undergraduate student Postgraduate｛master student and doctor student｝ 5. Degree

Bachelor degree; Master degree; Doctor degree 6. Teacher’s professional title

Instructor or lecture; Associate professor; Professor 7. Some other aspects of college life

Certifications (CPA,CET 4/6, the Certificate of the Primary Computer Examination ,etc.)

Activities ( martial arts ,etc .)

Leisure Time ( Library, Dormitory, Sleeping, Seeing a film , Playing computer, Etc. )

( introduce the contents)

Section I Listen and Talk (2 periods) Step 1 Lead in (25 mins) 1. Warm up questions:

What’s your first impression of our school? What do you expect to learn in your college?

What are your main activities in college life? Can you describe them?

2. Listening: (Listen to the passage and fill the missing words in the blanks. Listen three times)

Keywords: spend, golden, explore, experience, lifelong, various, develop, scholars, lay, open

3. Words and Phrases

golden: adj. 黄金的，宝贵的 lifelong: adj. 终生的，一生的 Opportunity 机会、机遇 Outstanding scholar 杰出的学者 keep a good balance: 保持良好的平衡 lay a solid foundation: 打下坚实的基础

4. Answer: 1.explore 2.experience 3.various 4.develop 5.scholars 6.lay 5. Talking about the pictures or say something about your college life (Pair-work)

Keywords: discuss, meet, chat, communicate Step 2 Dialogues (40 mins)

1. Listen to the two sample dialogues and try to answer some questions

Dialogue 1 Meeting on Campus Who is Mike?

What help did Mike need? Who is Dr. Wang?

Dialogue 2 At the Registration Office Where are the two speakers? What are they doing?

Which elective course does Mike choose at last? 2. Practice

Read two dialogues in pairs (pair work) 3. Learn some useful phrases and expressions:

have been looking forward to doing sth.: 一直希望着

I’m here to see whether you need any help. 我能帮你什么忙吗？ show sb. the way: 带某人去 both … and …: 既有…也有…